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// A Royal Summons 
// Story: All It Takes is the Turn of a Key 
// by Fallen_Stargazer 
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As the sun rose over the peaceful land of Equestria, many ponies were getting up to begin their daily routines or to start out on some grand new adventure. However one pony in particular, a certain lilac unicorn who was usually up happily to have breakfast and get the library open was just climbing into bed, grumbling softly. "Stupid moutain troll. Didn't have to chuck those boulders at me. At least we got him to relocate and stop bothering that village. Though Natsu didn't have to go and destroy half the place." She said with a giggle and yawn as she closed her eyes preparing to sleep. Though the waking world had other plans as the door was slammed open, Spike giving a cheerful smile. "Come on Twilight, breakfast is ready. I made blueberry pancakes."

Twilight sighed as she slowly stood up from her bed, levitating a brush over to clean up her mane. She could at least relax for a while and enjoy her breakfast. She had worked out a contract with Lucy that made the summoning spell work like an answering system. The summon now only worked if Twilight accepted, in case she was busy or there was another little mishap involving dangerous creatures from the Everfree Forest, or if it was a dire emergency and they needed her help immediately. "Ok Spike. I'll be down in a minute. Just let me freshen up a little." She said with a smile, heading down the hall to the bathroom to take a quick shower to wash off some of the dirt and stone that had clung to her mane and fur even after returning to Equestria. She sighed and smiled, heading downstairs. 

Spike put the plates with large stack of pancakes on the table. Making sure there was plenty of syrup. He smiled and nibbled on a ruby he pulled from his secret stash while waiting for Twilight to come downstairs. A few moments later said unicorn walked through the kitchen archway. "It smells wonderful Spike." She said with a smile as she levitated a fork and knife and began to eat her pancakes, after meticuluously making sure every piece had some syrup and butter on them. Just as she was about to dig into her next pancake, she heard a small belch from across the table. "Spike, I know its only the two of us, but you could still remember your table manners." Spike gave a groan and wiped his mouth. "Wasn't my fault Twilight. The princess sent you a latter." He said as he held up a scroll that had a tiny bit of syrup on the edges of the paper. Twilight levitated the scroll over to her. "Strange. I wasn't expecting a letter from Princess Celestia any time soon." She said as she opened the letter.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,
It has come to my attention that there has been a large fluctuation of magic within the vicinity of your library over the last several days. I would like for you and Spike to come to the castle as soon as possible to meet with me. I have sent a carriage to pick you up. It should arrive right about....


"Now." Twilight read aloud, a knocking at the door resounding through the library. "Twilight Sparkle. Her majesty has sent us to bring you to the palace." Spike blinked as he held up a forkful of pancake. "How does the princess always do that?" He said, stuffing his mouth as he went to open the door. Twilight walked over towards the center room of the library. "I'll be right out sirs. Just let me grab a few things from my room." She said. The two armored pegasi nodded as they waited while Twilight ran upstairs, packing several quills, a couple inkwells, and her massive stack of notes she had taken while on her trips in Fiore. A few moments later she came downstairs, her saddlebags nearly full as she walked over to the door. "Twilight dear, what on earth is going on here?" Said a voice with an accent that warranted drama.

Twilight looked over, seeing Rarity there with a confused look on her face, her little sister by her side. "Oh, no problem Rarity. I just got a letter from the princess asking me to come to Canterlot to see her about something." At this Rarity looked both excited and slightly worried. "Is it something that requires the elements of harmony? Should I get the others? Oh what should I wear? It is Canterlot after all." Twilight held up her hoof to stop her friend before she began hyperventilating. "Rarity. Rarity. As far as I know there is no imminent crisis that requires the Elements of Harmony. And the resquest was for me to come. Though I don't think the princess would mind if you tagged along and were allowed to walk around Canterlot while I see what she needs." At this Rarity's face brightened and she dashed off, soon returning with her own saddlebags stuffed with clothes, as well as a bag of clothes for Sweetie Belle. "But Rarity I was going to hang out with applebloom and scootaloo to work on our cutie marks." Rarity gave a soft laugh. "Oh Sweetie Belle don't be ridiculous. Canterlot is a wonderous city. And its never to early to get yourself noticed by high society." She said with a gleam in her eye. 

Twilight smiled and gave a nervous chuckle at her friend's reaction. She then turned to the armored pegasi who had hooked themselves up to the carriage. "I hope this isn't a terrible bother to you gentlemen." The two pegasi looked at each other and shook their heads. The three ponies and dragon climbed into the carriage, the vehicle soon giving a lurch as it was pulled along the ground then into the air as the group made their way to Canterlot.

The quartet sat silently aside from Sweetie Belle leaning over the side of the carriage to look at the scenery as they were flown to the royal city. After several more minutes of flying, the quartet finally landed in one of the courtyards leading to the castle. Almost immediately Rarity dashed off towards the fashion district, practically dragging Sweetie Belle there, the little filly struggling to hold onto her older sister. Twilight, Spike, and the guards all stared at the siblings then blinked, Twilight turning to the two Stallions. “Thank you again sirs for bringing us here.” She said with a smile as her and Spike headed up towards the castle gates.

As the two entered the castle, a few of the servants around began whispering slightly about what could be going on. Rarely did the princess ever call for her pupil unless it was a dire situation. One maid even began screaming in panic and ran out of the palace shouting out about the end of us all. One of the guards rolled his eyes and caught the panic stricken mare in the side with a cupcake, the sugar dosed treat causing her to go loopy for a second before passing out in an immediate sugar crash. Twilight and spike both gave soft chuckles at the reaction, reminding themselves to check on the mare later as they headed for the throne room. As they entered, the two of them saw both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna sitting on their thrones

Spike blinked and looked at the two regal sisters. “But wait, I thought only Princess Celestia wanted to see us.” Both sisters gave a smile, Luna speaking up first. “While it was my sister that sent the letter, this matter concerns both of us young dragon.” Celestia nodded at her younger sister’s words. “Twilight Sparkle. As stated in the letter, both me and my sister have detected strange and massive fluxuations of magic within Ponyville. We were hoping you may be able to shed some light on the situation.” Twilight smiled softly and walked up to the steps leading up to the thrones. “Well your hignesses, I believe I can actually give you more information than that. You see....” Twilight then began to tell Celestia and Luna of how she was originally brought to the world of Fiore and first met the guild. After several moments of silence, the two princesses looked at each other with slacked jaws, reaching over and pushing each other’s jaw up with a hoof. They then turned back to Twilight, staring incredulously at the mare. Even Spike had a blank, almost dumbfounded look as this was the first time he heard the fact behind Twilight’s random disappearances lately.

Twilight smiled sheepishly at their reaction, clearing her throat a bit. “If you would like Princesses, I have my notes as well as journal entries from when I’ve gone there. Would you like me to tell you one of the first adventures that happened while there?” The two Princesses blinked and then looked at each other, then stood up and walked over to Twilight. “Come Twilight. Let us get some food and drink from the kitchen. From your description of this world, this may be one riveting tale.” Celestia said with a smile, the Princesses leading Twilight and Spike to the kitchen. After procuring their snacks and drinks, the quartet headed out to the garden where some servants had set up a table and four spots for them to sit and enjoy. Twilight gave a smile, waiting for them to be comfortable, taking a sip of her tea before smiling. “Well then, let me tell you three, about the first adventure I had with the Fairy Tail mages. This is the story of how we encountered an ancient wyvern.”


Author’s note: alright well after much technical, real life, and just plain out me being lazy difficulties, the next chapter is up. However I will have the next one up some time later tonight. Hooray insomnia. comments both positive and negative are appreciated. I know there are going to be a good amount of spelling or grammatical issues due to me writing this by myself with no prereaders. Originally i was going to include part of the story in this chapter but decided to just put the whole adventure at once as the next chapter. a good chunk of it is done already. So once again slight tease but be prepared for action next chapter. One other thing. When doing the adventures while over in Fiore, it will be told through the perspective of Twilight’s journal, aka switching to first person from Twilight’s perspective. So there will be I’s and me’s used. Right then. ANDIAMO!!! (got that little bit from the new story I read called the Hourglass always stays. was featured. 
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