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// Additional Changes 
// Story: Scenes of Immortality 
// by Kytin 
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	"Luna, what on earth happened to your guardsponies?" Celestia questioned with a small note of alarm in her voice. The guardsponies in question looked something like dark grey pegasi, but with black, batlike wings instead of feathered ones.

"Impressive, huh?" Luna replied cheerfully. "I made them wings out of shadows and moonbeams."

Celestia frowned and took a closer look. "I don't see why you bothered." She replied. "We already have pegasi guardsponies. Enchanted wings or not, there's no way an earth pony will be able to fly as well as a pony that has been doing it their whole life."

"Yes, but my pegasi keep falling asleep on duty." Luna replied with a frown. "Unicorns too. The earth ponies seem have better stamina. Besides, if I promise enchanted wings to my guardsponies, I might actually get some ponies that want to be in the lunar guard."

Celestia gave her sister a puzzled look. "Being in a princesses personal guard is a highly prestigious position, or so I'm told. I would have thought that any guardspony would want to be in the lunar guard."

"No, they want to be in the solar guard." Luna replied. "The lunar guard is second pick. Nopony works all night and sleeps during the day if they can help it." She paused before adding "It doesn't leave much time for family."

"Ah." Celestia responded awkwardly. An uncomfortable silence followed.

"I'm thinking I will need to make an enchantment for their eyes too." Luna finally said. "When we were testing the wings last night they kept on flying into things in the dark."

"I'm sure you will figure it out." Celestia replied encouragingly.

Luna looked away from her sister and her gaze became distant. "I was brushing my tail earlier, and I noticed something. I think my cutie mark is getting bigger."

"Your what?" Celestia blinked in surprise.

Luna turned so that her flank was clearly visible to her sister. "You see the black part? I think it's spreading."

"Huh." Celestia commented. "I don't have anything like that happening, although I think my mane is shifting color again."

"The new colored streaks, or all of it?" Luna queried.

"All of it." Celestia replied. "At least I think so. It's bit hard to tell yet. And I think it's 'blowing' harder than it was before."

"Hmm. I haven't noticed any new changes in mine, but I will keep an eye on it." said Luna.

"You haven't figured out what is causing it yet, have you?" asked Celestia.

Luna shook her head. "No, but it doesn't bother me as much anymore. It doesn't seem to be harmful, whatever it is."