//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Missing Pieces // by keithsterling //------------------------------// ~It one month later 643.74 kilometers east of the Ruin city of horses called Majing in the neighboring state of Sung in the large city of Dai Xian~ One month later, as Rear Admiral (Upper) Justice Silverlight and his wife Galactic Technician Officer Celestia Silverlight find themselves in the neighboring state of Sung in the only large city called Dai Xian. After Galactic Technician Officer Celestia Silverlight translated a tablet that mentioned an entity called Celestial White Tiger. The two Ancient Alicorns asked the research scientists at the site where they can find more information about the Celestial White Tiger; they suggested the great library in the city of Dai Xian. Before she could say anything, the head Research Scientist morph told her if they head to the state of Sung to do research at the Great Library they must pay for the trip on they own as they are advisers and not actual research scientist from Animal Exploratory council for research safety. Celestia's snorted angrily at the head research scientist morph as Justice grabs hold of her hand and walks her way from the head research morph. He reminds his wife that between them, they have a considerably vast fortune and more options to play with than the research scientists here at the site do. After packing their luggage, the two Ancient Alicorns put their bags in the backseat of the land rover and drives to the state of Sung to do some research at the Great Library in the City of Dai Xian. In a lovely room at a very nice hotel in Dai Xian city, Celestia sits on the edge of a very nice and soft bed with her legs crossed, revealing her fairly large, full, thick, and plush white bare feet to warm air of the room. In her hand, she was looking at her notes in her personal journal that she discovered from the books she found at the Great Library on the Celestial White Tiger. Sitting in a chair at a table in front of her was her husband Rear Admiral (Upper) Justice Silverlight he was sketching images in his personal journal of thing he uncovers through his research at the Great Library. A moment later, there was a muted pip plop of mare's bare feet on the carpeted floor in the room coming up behind him. Soon a mare's snouts appeared in his peripheral vision, and he felt a kiss on his cheek. "What was that for my love?" Justice inquiries as she kisses him again on his cheek. "Do I need a reason to kiss my husband?" Celestia answer as she's noticed the sketch of an anthropomorphic version of Philomena her pet phoenix. That is now being taking care of by her oldest daughter Grand Solar Princess Aurora Sol Silverlight, the head of the Federation of Equestria on Sol. "This sketch looks like a Morph version of my pet phoenix Philomena," Celestia comments as she taps her finger on top of her husband's sketch in his personal journal. "It does look like your pet phoenix, Celestia. But this phoenix is called the Red Bird. From the books, I went through this Celestial Red Bird, and the Celestial White Tiger are the guardians of Majing. I found out through my research southeast of the city of Majing was once a lake called Red Bird Lake. It was supposedly the residence of the red bird." Justice explains tapping on a hand-drawn map in his journal the location of lake southeast of the city of Majing. "So yet more evidence supporting that their more layers to this city call Majing," Celestia comments sitting in the chair on the opposite side of her husband. "It seems so my love. But that brings up some uncomfortable questions." Justice comments as Celestia nod her head in agreement. "Like why try and bury this history? Did something happen near the reign of this king of peace that caused Majing to become abandoned? What was the cause, and how did it start?" Celestia poses as Justice suddenly yawns. "All excellent questions, my love. But that must wait till tomorrow I am drain we spend all day at the Great Library looking through old books for answers to our questions and only come up with more questions." Justice said exhausted as he walked toward the bathroom to change into his pajamas to go to bed. "Truth be told, my beloved, you're the one stallion I didn't mine spend the whole day at the Great Library with. With our snouts in old books looking for answers." Celestia said pleasantly as she stood up and walked over behind a folding screen to change into her nightgown. A moment later, the two Ancient Alicorns emerge simultaneously wearing their sleepwear before walking towards the foot of the two beds and climbing into their respectable beds; the two Ancient Alicorns embrace each other and kiss each other goodnight. Watching the hotel lights go off in the room of the two Ancient Alicorns across the street was gorgeous silver scaled dragoness with shoulder-length silver hair with a pair of backswept horns on her head. Prominent silver frills run down the full length of her neck to her shoulders. Her 6ft 10in polished silver scaled reptilian figure was attired in heath red korurisode kimono a more formal garment with short swinging sleeves. On the body of the kimono was a more elaborate embroidered scene of a mountain peak shrouded in clouds. Around her waist was red Hakata obi tied in traditional iris knot (Ayame Musubi). She walks upon a pair of three-toed silver clawed bare scaly feet. Her chin rest in the palm of four-fingered silver clawed hand, she was thinking about something. Folded on her back were her silver bat wings. This silver dragoness was Celestine Minister from the kingdom of Heaven Margaret Silverwing. She is soon joined by a handsome burnished steel gray male dragon with a short blue-gray hair with sword-like frills on his head. His 6ft 9in refined steel gray scaled reptilian figure was attired in green thigh-length robe and knee-length trousers. On the back of the robe was embroidered city scene. Around his waist was simple white obi. He walks upon a pair of three-toed burnished steel gray clawed bare scaly feet. His four-fingered burnished steel gray clawed hands were at his side as he walks up to the dragoness. Folded on his back was his burnished steel gray colored bat wings. This male Steel dragon was Celestine Functionary from the kingdom of Heaven Stefan Blade. "My lady, what are you thinking about?" Stefan asks as both their long tails drag on the ground behind them. "Just wondering if that male dark blue alicorn stallion is an Imperator Alicorn. He is giving off an ethereal aura." Margaret comments as she brings her arms to her side before turning toward the steel dragon. "An Imperator, Alicorn! If that so my lady that not first time that the Kingdom of Heaven has got into conflict with that ethereal species. Even conflict with Imperator Alicorns has ended in a stinging defeat for the Kingdom of Heaven. Their full control of the creation and eternal magic is unquestionable. If that stallion is an Imperator Alicorn, we better hope him not part of the Infinity Star Sector royal family for our master Lord Bahamut has a long friendship with Empress Galaxy Cosmos. They have mutual respect for each other power." Stefan explains as the heavy thud of a dragoness smaller, three-toed, clawed bare-scaly foot causes the ground to tremble underfoot. "What are those Kingdom of Heaven dragons doing here? Are they tried to make sure the false history the ancient Celestine Bureaucrat created remains intact! So far, those two strange-looking equines I am told don't share the view of those die-hard believers in Celestine Bureaucrat mandate of heaven. That the house of the horse was first." A male voice said frigidly, followed by an aggravated long squeak as the figure disappears down an alley. Meanwhile, at about midnight in the hotel room of Rear Admiral (Upper) Justice Silverlight and his wife, Galactic Technician Officer Celestia Silverlight. Justice tosses and turns in his bed, unable to get back to sleep. He rolls out of his bed and slips his large dark blue bare feet into his slippers before standing up. He walks over to a coat rake in one corner of the room with his, and his wife's robe hangs and pulls on his robe. He floats his room key card off the nightstand into the pocket of his robe. Before leaving the room to take a short walk around the hotel hallway to tire himself out, he bends over his peacefully sleeping breathtaking beautiful Alicorn wife and gently kisses her on her cheek. Soon a smile form on her snout from her husband's caring gesture. 'What was that strange telepathic message? Asking if I am an Imperator Alicorn why I slept? It sounds like a young female voice.' Justice thought as he walked down the hallway to a small seating area on the second floor overlooking the lobby. 'I am going to assume you are an Imperator Alicorn, only your species can hear my telepathic thought. If you continue down this hallway, you will find an exit to the outside, leading into an alley. I'll meet you, their Imperator Alicorn.' The same female voice said in his head as Justice continues down the hallway. As the female voice says at the end of the hallway was a one-way exit door, Justice quickly jams his slippers into the door to keep it from closing. His dark blue warm bare feet pip plop through small puddles on the ground in the alley. A moment later, there a heavy thud of footsteps walking toward Justice causes the ground to tremble underfoot. The heavy thuds belong to the smaller three-toed clawed bare scaly feet of young silver dragoness with heath red korurisode kimono a more formal garment with short swinging sleeves and a more elaborate embroidered scene of a mountain peak shrouded in clouds. "A young silver dragoness! I am assuming you are from the Celestine Bureaucrat from the Kingdom of Heaven! What did your Celestine Bureaucrat do this time, dragoness!?" Justice said sharply as the young silver dragoness took offense about the attitude this normal Imperator Alicorn stallion displayed toward her. "I will not be spoken to like a misbehaving wyrm! You will treat me as a young adult dragoness! Imperator Alicorn!" Margaret said hotly as she growled at the normal Imperator Alicorn stallion in front of her. "I will speak to you how every I like dragoness! Anytime a Celestine Bureaucrat from the Kingdom of Heaven is planet-bound, it spells trouble! Then my species must clean up your Celestine Bureaucrat mess!" Justice said fiercely as the dragoness bared her teeth toward the Imperator Alicorn stallion. She was going to use her breath weapon on him. "Margaret Silverwing! You might want to think twice about using your breath weapon on that Imperator Alicorn Stallion!" A male steel dragon calls as he comes walking down the alley toward dragoness and stallion. "Why should I think twice, master? This normal Imperator Alicorn stallion needs to be taught manners!" Margaret said brazenly as her master stands between them. "If you please, Lord Prince." The male Steel dragon asked as Margaret blink with surprise went gold bio-mechanical metal bird wings appeared on his back. "Eep! This Imperator, Alicorn Stallion, is a Royal Celestial Alicorn. Who is he master?" Margaret asked nervously look at her master then the stallion. "This Royal Celestial Alicorn is Lord Prince Justice Silverlight. The great-grandson of Empress Galaxy Cosmos and the Imperator Alicorn Rear Admiral (Upper) for their space fleets." The male steel dragon explains as he bows to Justice. "Greetings, Master Blade, is this dragoness one of your students?" Justice inquiry as he studies acutely the silver dragoness standing in front of him from head to toe. The unwanted attention put on the dragoness causes her stomach to knot as she smiles too much from nerves. "M-M-M-Master, please tell him to stop staring at me. I don't like it." Margaret said very shyly as her eyes peer about wildly. "I see Lord Prince, you have noticed how immensely gorgeous this Silver dragoness is. It's hard to believe that she came from that dragon egg your great grandmother found on that spoiled planet and gave Elder Bahamut to raise." Stefan explains as Margaret continues to tremble before breaking into tears and retreated behind Master Blade fearful. "Huh? What happened? Her confidence broke!" Justice comment as the silver dragoness started to act like wyrmling that just hatches from her egg. "Her adopted father, Elder Bahamut, believes the prolonged exposure to corruption went she was in her egg affected her mind. This not the normal personality of this type of species. All the silver dragons I have taught are the knight-errant of dragonkind fierce champions of great causes. This one is quite timid compared to them." Stefan explains as steel dragon coaxes the Silver dragoness out from behind him. "I understand that Master Blade, but what does that have to do with me?" Justice inquiry as the silver dragoness slowly started to regain her young adult persona and confidence. "King Bahamut is hoping that you can take the time to build up his adopted daughter, confidence. I would do it myself, but I have constant new waves of Dragonkind coming to become part of the Celestine army and must train them. Plus, your great grandmother has been asking Elder Bahamut to send a representative from Celestine Bureaucrat to serve in her court. Despite her timidness, she quite a good Minister, the youngest dragoness to earn that title." Stefan explains as Margaret begins to assume a posture of superiority. "I mean no disrespect toward Elder Bahamut and you Master Blade. It must have been a fluke that this hatching became a Minister. She doesn't seem qualified for that title." Justice said condescendingly as Margaret's arrogant bubble pops, and she growled at him. "I will not be condescended by even a member of a royal family my adopted father respects!" Margaret said defensively as she begins to growls even more fiercely trying to intimidate Justice. With that, Justice Just walks up to her unfazed and gets into her face. "Then prove it adopted daughter of Elder Bahamut!" Justice said forcefully as Margaret realized that this Royal Celestial Alicorn is just like her adopted father, Elder Bahamut. "I will!" Margaret said respectful as Master Stefan Blade smile and head back to Celestine Bureaucrat and King Bahamut.