Celestia walked through the Castle with a simle. Her student was doing so well! She walked to Luna's room, but then stopped. She wanted to see her student cast the spell. She went back to her own room and looked out the window. Lucky for her, the garden had been made in the perfect spot for her viewing pleasure.
Celestia smiled at Twilight Sparkle and her friends in the garden. She saw as her student cast a spell on a little white bunny in the garden. It was Angel, Fluttershy's rabbit. He had fallen and broken his leg.
Poor little rabbit.. She thought to herself.
A moment later, she could see the rabbit hoping around with joy, its leg all healed!
“Very well done, my student.” Celestia smiled.
Celestia turned away from the window and looked to her mirror. She stared at her reflection, with a frown on her face. She was depressed. Why? Even SHE barely knew. Was it Twilight? No, Twilight was doing wonderful at magic. The spell she had just cast on the rabbit proved it to be so. Was it her life? No, she had a lovely life. She was the Princess, after all. Perhaps it was because she was imortal? She lived forever, and would eventually see her student die. The thought made a single tear fall from Celestia's cheek. Even though it was sad that one day her student would leave her, she had gotten over that fear long before this time. She still cried a bit now and then, but this sadness was different. It wasn't related to her student. Something else bothered her. What was it?
Celestia sighed as she stared at her reflection. She continued to frown. She continued to think of her student, and her friends. She thought to herself about the elements of Harmony.
Fluttershy is the element of Kindness. she thought to herself. Rarity represents the element of Generosity.
Celestia continued to list the names of the elements in her mind.
Rainbow Dash represents the element of Loyalty, Applejack is Honesty, Pinkie Pie is laughter, and Twilight Sparkle is Magic.
Celestia turned back to the window and saw her student playing with the bunny. "One of my best students." she smiled.
She turned to the mirror again, still wondering why she was so upset. She could hear the laughter of a certain pink pony from a distance. She stared at her frown. Oh, Pinkie wouldn’t like that! She thought to herself, and smiled. Much better!
She was still sad, though. And her smile disappeared in a second. Perhaps it is time to get Luna. She exited her room, and left for Luna's room. She walked slowly, her sadness her almost completely taken over. Her head was down as she walked.
All the guards stared at the Princess as she walked by. Every single one of them wanted to ask why Celestia was so sad, but none thought they should.
As Celestia neared the entrance to Luna's bed chamber, one guard finally spoke up. "Uh... Princess?"
Celestia looked up to see the guard. "Yes?" Her voice was not the normal majestic one that we would normally hear, it was a sad one. An almost pleading one. Like that of a filly.
The guard stared at her for a moment, she looked different, in the same way her voice sounded different. Her eyes were on the verge of letting several tears go, and her face wore a frown. She didn't look like the Princess we all know. This made the guards even more worried, but they stood firm.
After 5 seconds that seemed like 5 hours to both the Princess and the guard, he spoke again. "Well, we wanted to ask if you were feeling alright today. You seem a bit down."
Even though a guard was supposed to keep a straight face at all times, this one showed a look of compassion for the Princess. Celestia let her head fall back down the moment his question was complete.
"I'll be fine, thank you sir." she said quietly.
The guard nodded, even though he wasn't convinced. He watched as Celestia continued to slowly walk down the path to Luna's room. Celestia sighed as she walked by. She needed her sister for comfort, and she needed to tell her that Twilight and her friends had arrived. At the entrance to Luna’s room, she stopped. She continued to wonder about her sadness. However, after a few moments of thought, she knocked on the door.
“Lulu? Are you in?” Celestia called.
Luna, with her mane messed up terribly, answered the door, “Celestia? Why have you come? Are they here?” She said sleepily.
Celestia’s eyes widened. She had forgotten about Luna's rest.
“Pardon me, Lulu- er, Luna! I forgot about your rest. There are here, but It was nothing important, you may go back to sleep.”
“Oh, it was almost over, anyway." Luna smiled, and then stared at her sister. She saw her apperance, and heard her voice, just as the guard did. Unlike the guard though, she promised herself she was going to find out why her sister was sad. She would do it slowly, though. Taking her time. She started out through a small question with an obvious answer. "Are you sad, Tia?” Seeing as Celestia was using Luna’s nick-name, she thought she should do the same.
Celestia smiled. It was just like the old days when they were fillies. She was still sad, though. Why? Was Luna not the sister she wanted? Lulu does not even remember our oldest sister. Celestia thought to herself. She must be reminded.
Celestia took a deep breath, but not deep enough for Luna to notice. She thought about how to explain this to Luna. How would she even react? What will I say? Oh, prehaps she will remember... At last, she spoke. “Luna, do you remember Twilight?”
Luna tilted her head, confused. She though to herself. Why wouldn’t I?'
Luna smiled, anyway. “Of course, sister! Twilight Sparkle and her friends freed me from Nightmare Moon!”
“No, not Twilight Sparkle…" Celestia took another deep breath. Hoping she wouldn't have to explain. "...Twilight.”
What does she mean by that? Luna thought to herself. Her plan was working, but not in the way she had expected. She continued to stare at her sister. “I… do not understand your question, sister. There is more than one Twilight?”
Celestia sighed. Luna had forgotten Twilight. It was just as she had expected, yet she had hoped so much that she wouldn't have to explain. No, Luna must know. She thought. “Come with me, Luna. I will explain.”
Luna was unsure, but she had a feeling that whatever ths was, it was important. She gave a suspicious look, but still she listened to Celestia “I trust you, sister…” her voice showed how unsure she was.
Celestia walked away, and Luna followed behind her. With every step, and tear seemed to fall down Celestia’s cheek. At first, Luna didn't notice. After a while though, she realzed she was stepping on small pools of water. She looked up at her sister, who was crying silently. She saw several tears, and heard nothing. She felt even more worried at the sight of so many tears, and spoke at last.
“Sister,” Luna said, “Is something wrong?”
“It’s nothing, Luna… I just miss her.” Celestia's voice was shaky, and Luna's eyes watched as another tear fell.
Miss who? This new Twilight she talked about? Please make more sense, Tia. Luna thought. “You miss your student? Isn’t she outside?” Luna was very confused.
“No, the other Twilight.” Celestia let her head fall again, as she continued to walk through a hallway that Luna had never been through.
“Is that where we are going?" Luna asked eagerly. "You are bringing me to this other Twilight?”
“Yes.”
Luna stared at her surroundings. There were no guards. That's unusual. She saw many ancient toys and tools that she recognized from her foalhood. She smiled and remembered how things were like before, but then turned back to her sister.
“What is she like? This other Twilight, will I like her?”
Celestia continued to let tears fall, and her voice was shakier then ever. “Oh, you… you loved her.”
Luna’s eyes widened. “You mean… I will love her?”
“No…” That word came out of Celestia's mouth like a whisper, but Luna still heard, just barely.
With that, Luna became even more worried. She didn’t know why, but something felt wrong… very wrong.
She began to drift into thought about this “New Twilight”. What was wrong with her? Surely there was something wrong, or Celestia wouldn’t be crying. Is she evil? Is she a wanted villan? So many acusations when through Luna’s mind, and all of them wrong.
When her mind went back to her destination, she found herself at the end of a dark hallway, facing a locked door. It had a small hole in it. It was similar to the door that kept the Elements of Harmony hidden. This was different, though. The door that held the elements was beautiful, and new. This door was old and dusty. Luna stared at it.
Celestia began to tear up again. “Luna, I need to teach you a spell."
"A new spell? Alright." said Luna.
Celestia inserted her horn into the whole of the door, and her horn began to glow. When her horn was removed, the door slowly opened.
Luna smiled widely. This is just like the door that holds the elemets! I wonder what it holds... she thought.
“It was a trick mother and father taught me…” she admitted.
Luna gasped. “Mother and Father?!?!”
Celestia nodded, and went inside. Luna couriously followed.
The room was dark. Cobwebs were everywhere. How come I never came here before? Luna thought as she followed Celestia into the darkness. She stopped next to Celestia at a lantern, which Celestia lit.
“Wait here.” Celestia said to Luna, and she began to light 12 lanterns, Luna counted.
After light filled the room, Luna began to explore. She found old things from when she was a filly. All her old toys, and special things from mother and father. Several things in Luna’s mind began to click. Like, “Oh! I remember this!” or “Oh, how fun that was!” or “Oh, how silly we were!”
Luna came upon a picture of the family. There was mother, and father. Tears came to Luna’s eyes…. Oh, how she missed them! Celestia was there as a filly. She saw herself as a filly, and thought of herself as So CUTE! She saw another mare in the picture with them. It couldn't have been Cadence, because the mare was bigger than Celestia! Unfortunatly for Luna, the large mare had been scratched out of the picture, so she was unable to identify her. Maybe Celestia remembers this picture. Suddenly, a conclusion popped into Luna's head. Perhaps it was Cadence’s mother? Luna had been wondering about Cadence’s mother for centuries, because Celestia wouldn’t tell her, and Cadence herself didn’t even know!
Luna took the picture and ran up to Celestia, who saw staring to at a statue. “Hey, Tia?”
Celestia turned to her sister. “What is it?”
“Who is this?” Luna pointed to the half-scratched, half-faded mare in the photo. “Is that Cadence’s mother?”
Celestia nodded.
“Well, who is she?” Luna smiled widely. Finally, after centuries, she would know.
Though, seconds after Luna asked, she wished she hadn’t. Tears began to flow from Celestia’s eyes even faster, snd she hung her head in sadness.
“Oh, um… if you don’t want to answer… you don’t have to.” Luna hid the picture behind her and decided she could go another 100 years without knowing.
“No, it needs to be heard.” Celestia looked to the statue. “Read the ingraving, Luna."
Luna turned to the statue that Celestia was staring at. It was a figure of a mare, with words ingraved at the bottom. Luna read, and her eyes had grown wider with every word. She turned to her sister.
“Celestia…”
Celestia turned to her sister, tears in her eyes.
“Why don’t I remember her?” Luna felt water running down her cheeks. She didn't even realize it, but she was crying.
Celestia sighed. “Luna, please send word to Twilight Sparkle and her friends. I have a story to tell.”