Nauseating spurts of adrenaline course through Celestia's veins spotting the solid black memory portal appear before her. A slowly sickening wave of terror welled up from Celestia's belly as this was the memory portal that would tell her why she blocked her memory. As she reaches her white with a hint of pink slender hands out to touch the memory portal to enter the memory, sweat begins to trickle down from her armpits as her facial muscles twitch nervously. The moment the sensation of a trapdoor suddenly opens in Celestia's belly, she back away from the memory portal and begins sniffling, not wanting to learn what cause her memory block.
"I am so sorry, my love. I can't do it? I am very fearful of what that memory portal will tell me about my memory block!" Celestia's voice breaks as she degenerates to a childish whimper.
Slowly Celestia's ears on top of her head begin to unfold as she's pick-up the slow click-clacking of heels on the ground coming up behind her. As she slowly stood up and looked behind her, walking toward her was a gorgeous light blue imperial Alicorn mare with vivid crimson red mane and tail despite her advanced age. This Imperial Alicorn mare has retained her beauty with only a hint of brilliant silver-gray in her mane and tail.
Her 6ft 12in athletic equine figure was attired in a coral gold-colored short-sleeve midi length fit and flare dress. On her light blue stunning long and slender mare's bare feet with natural beauty painted with crimson red nail polish were gray heeled sandals with three and three-fourths inch heels.
On top of her head, behind her horn holding her mane, was a jewelled diadem, an ornamental headband and folded on her back were her large bejewelled bio-mechanical gold metal feathered bird wings. This ancient Imperial Alicorn mare was Empress Galaxy Cosmos, the supreme creator of all Imperial Alicorns and supreme ruler of Imperial Alicorn Space plus Justice Great grandmother.
"By the first star! A terran Alicorn mare! How is a terran Alicorn mare able to enter Imperial Alicorn reverie?" Galaxy exclaims as she blinks with surprise and slowly hesitantly approaches the terran Alicorn mare.
"You're Imperial Majesty? I am not Terran Alicorn! I am." Celestia said, fearful as Galaxy reached out and placed her hand on her shoulder.
“By the first star!” Galaxy exclaims as the clothing Celestia was wearing transforms into the uniform of Imperial Alicorn in-training Timekeeper Administrator from the Great Library citadel station went she touches her shoulder.
"I am in training Timekeeper Administrator Celestia Borealis," Celestia said as the breath caught in the Empress’s throat.
"Now I understand why my great-grandson pushed so hard to have me approve protecting of Planet of Equus and those Terran Alicorns that ruled each land. He was protecting his lost mate in training Timekeeper Administrator Celestia Borealis." Galaxy explains as she hugs her great-grandson's missing mate.
"Your Imperial Majesty! What do you mean?" Celestia said, a bit confused.
"What I mean, Miss Borealis, we lost contact with Equus outpost station. We thought the station was destroyed by the inhabitants of the planet of Equus as the whole planet was in a state of turmoil at the time of the landing." Galaxy said straightforwardly as she flipped her palm up toward the ceiling in a casual manner as Celestia's mouth quirks in annoyance. But soon softened, recalling the Imperial Alicorn prime directive.
“Prime Directive code eighty-five: If imperial Alicorn Outpost station doesn’t respond within one hundred space cycles of landing on the hostile planet, it to be considered lost. The high command may try to reestablish contact with the lost station five times! After the fifth attempt, the Empress will send an investigation and retrieval mission to the hostile planet to locate and collect all materials related to the lost mission." Celestia recites as Galaxy nod her head acknowledging.
"Yes, code eighty-five! But went my great-grandson Justice arrived on the planet of Equus. He discovered that the Equus outpost station was intact, with most of the damage contained to the Throne room of the station. He heads to the observatory and finds it fully intact with no sign of Timekeeper Administrator in charge of the station and her foals." Galaxy explains as Celestia's light magenta eyes blink with incredulity.
"So he searched for me, your imperial majesty on the Planet of Equus," Celestia said as she became incurably sad putting her beloved stallion through what she did.
"Yes, Miss Borealis…But that doesn't explain why you are in the Reverie?"Galaxy comments as she looks around the Reverie.
"I believe I intentionally blocked my memories somehow?" Celestia explained as Galaxy grinned at Celestia as she fixed with a smouldering eye toward Galaxy.
"But a child of the first star. An Imperial Alicorn can't block their memories. Without getting violently ill. We Imperial Alicorn have lived for many millenniums; we revere each and every memory that we create in our life, be it good or bad. You being a timekeeper Administrator, can collect other memories for your Epoch. I am surprised you have not gone mad with these many memories you collected." Galaxy explains as Celestia recoil in horror.
'So all my sickness was caused by me? Trying to block my bad memories!’ Celestia thought, realizing as she watched Galaxy look over the black memory portal.
"So, your imperial majesty, It my fault for my sickness? What is this black memory portal?" Celestia asked, worried as Galaxy walked back over to her.
"This black memory portal is a memory you have not come to terms with. To come to terms with this memory, you must use those you love the most to clear it. Or it will haunt you forever.” Galaxy explains as she gestures to Celestia to face it.
Meanwhile, back in the real world at the castle of the royal pony sister at the observatory Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight continue his efforts to figure out why his beloved wife blocked her memories and cut herself off from the Reverie. Before long, his attention is drawn to the click-clacking and squish of heels on the dirt cover two-inch gray tumbled travertine hexagon mosaic floor of the observatory.
"Huh!" Justice exclaims, watching his and Celestia's eldest daughter walk into the observatory as if she is in a deep trance and not in control of her own movement.
“Aurora! Wake up!” Justice exclaims as he gently shakes his eldest daughter awake.
"Huh? What? Father? How did I get here? And what is this?" Aurora asked a bit puzzled as she looked around the imperial Alicorn observatory.
"What??? You have never been to this room?" Justice said, dumbfounded as Aurora nodded her head.
"As for how you got here? My dear daughter, I am hoping you can tell me?" Justice asked Aurora.
"Last thing I remember, father, before waking up with you in front of me. Was hearing my mother calling to me. After that, I remember nothing else." Aurora explains as Justice might have figured out what going on.
“It has to be a female Imperial Alicorn maternal bond with her foals…great grandmother has a theory that it could happen! But could never prove it because all Imperial Alicorns have a connection to each other." Justice explains as his great grandmother's theory is quickly confirmed went their younger daughter and only son arrive under the same trance as their eldest daughter.
"But it looks like my great grandmother's theory has a huge flaw, Aurora." Justice comments, gesturing to the arrival of her aunt Luna, Cousin Cadence and her daughter Flurry's heart and friend Queen Twilight under the same trance as her foals. The only group that didn't arrive in a trance was Sunny and her friends, who followed Twilight from the dig camp went she’s left.
"By my mother's light!" Aurora exclaimed as she, her brother and sister, and her father began waking up the other ponies.
"But anyway, father. What is this place?" Aurora asked as each pony walked about the observatory looking around the room.
“This is a Great Library citadel station collection point…station one thousand five hundred one," Lara explains as she arrives little perplexed with so many terran ponies knowing the location of the hidden Imperial Alicorn outpost.
"Please, your imperial highness, could you explain how these terran ponies? Know the location of this station, one thousand five hundred one?" Lara asked, concerned as her equine face grew chalky.
“I didn't want to tell you until I was convinced, Miss Borealis. But it looks like I have no recourse but to tell you." Justice comments as Lara's eye skeptically toward the Imperial Prince.
"Tell me what, your imperial highness?" Lara said as she weighed his reaction with a critical squint.
"My wife, Princess Celestia Silverlight and my sister-in-law Princess Luna Borealis are your missing foals," Justice said as Lara unleashed great gales of laughter that confused every pony in the observatory.
"Please forgive me, your imperial highness…But I knew that went I first saw Luna come out from behind that building. What I didn't expect was my oldest daughter arriving went she did and saying she is your mate. That only reason I released Miss Sparkle was she fulfilled her word to lead me to my missing foals." Lara explains as the sensation of a trapdoor suddenly opening in Twilight’s belly.
"Plus, I must apologize to your foals…I sense their uncomfortableness with my curiosity toward them, especially your youngest Princess Blueberry Swirl Silverlight. I never knew that an Imperial Alicorn mare could have a live birth…As we use star nurseries for our offspring's." Lara explains as the royal foals reel with astonishment with their grandmother's comment.
"What in Maretime Bay! Are you talking about star nurseries? Live birth? What are your mare talking about!?" Hitch Trailblazer exclaimed, frustrated as Flurry heart taps her uncle on his shoulder and whispered something into his ear.
"It's fine, Mr. Trailblazer; it something mares only talk about. I don't know what they are talking about either." Justice comments as he smiles like a saint toward Hitch.
“Are you patronizing me, Mr. Silverlight?” Hitch said, suspicious as he did a slow, appraising glance at Justice.
"Of course not! Mr. Trailblazer!" Justice said convincingly as he made an elaborately casual expression that placates Hitch.
"Good! I am the sheriff of Maretime bay, an important pony back home!" Hitch said with a little hint of arrogance.
“Father pleases? You never like anyone being arrogant about law enforcement, and we know you were the very best Royal investigator mother had in ancient Equestria!" Blueberry said proudly as Sunny, Izzy, Pipp and Zip gasped at once upon hearing that Justice was the Royal Investigator for his wife.
(Back in the Reverie)
Celestia feels strangely disembodied in the black memory portal watching the battle between her and her sister from one thousand years ago. Empress Galaxy Cosmos was equally fascinated with the fight but not for the combat. But for what Celestia was holding in her hands, a katana and wakizashi, the standard bladed weapon of the imperial Alicorn race. Both masterwork blades were getting charged not from the battle but Celestia herself.
‘By the first star! No wonder she could maintain the memory block for so long! She unknowingly transferred her memories into her weapons!’ Galaxy thought, watching the battered and beaten Celestia from memory get kicked through a round stained glass window into the throne room of an ancient castle. Before slamming against an odd sculpture of a tree in the center of the room, causing the weapons to fly out of her hands.
"Daughter-in-law listens to me! If you want to clear this memory, find your blades! The truth is I never wanted you to marry my great-grandson! So I approved your mother's request to take you and your sister to the Planet of Equus! Hoping that he would forget you! But he didn't!" Galaxy calls as it snaps Celestia out of her fear and sadness about what she did.
Quickly Celestia gets to her feet and begins searching for her lost blades in the room. She spots them lying on the ground nearby when she touches the handles of her swords. The Celestia from the memory calls on the elements of harmony to banish her sister to her moon.
As the Celestia in the memory breaks down from banishing her sister, the other Celestia floats the two empty scabbards off her waist and places both her blades into the sheaths. She slowly walks toward Empress Galaxy Cosmos; a spasm of irritation crosses her's face.
"You know your imperial majesty; I don't care if you approve of me or not…even on this planet of Equus, no one wanted me to marry Justice. But I did it anyway…I do love that stallion of mine. I also know how much respect he has for you, mother-in-law. So I am never going to tell him what you say. So I suggest you don’t try to disrupt our life together…unless you want to start a civil war within the Royal family…I know that Justice has the full loyalty of the Royal battle fleet.” Celestia said frigidly as an incriminating smile formed on Empress Galaxy Cosmos' snout and slowly transformed into a knowing smile.
‘Hahahahaah…you think it was an accident that your teacher Star swirl the bearded found the Imperial Alicorn outpost base on the Planet of Equus and learn about the Epoch. No, my dear child of the star…no, not at all.' Galaxy thought her supreme goddess features had a remarkably composed and angelic look to them.