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// Puzzles 
// Story: A Mockery of Life 
// by Farseer 
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Lemon Hearts burst back into her room, scowling. Of course it was Colgate. But she couldn't say anything about it until she was able to ensure that the High Prophet was on her side. If she didn't... not only would Mockingbird's life be on the line, hers would be too. She stalked right past the large cloud hovering to the side- the one that she had managed to bring in here for Mockingbird. Ignoring the confused expression on her face as she passed. She entered her room, then closed the door... to find, waiting for her, Ice Darkness's corpse... and, crudely framed, all six of the Elements of Harmony, from back in the days before the Celestial Sisters disappeared. Somehow, this effort from Mockingbird touched her. With tears in her eyes, she got to work on the corpse, thinking quietly on how to work this out...





I watch as my mother storms past the cloud, her face contorted with anger. I wonder if it had anything to do with the pony who she took out of here. I try to say something- maybe something to help her calm down- but before I can even form the words, the doors to her room had shut down.

Sighing, I settle down on my cloud again, when the last two puzzle boxes draw my attention. I decide, for lack of anything else to do, to open them. The first box I open seems full of dark pieces. I slowly begin to put together the pieces. A dark shape. A pony. No. When I put on the elusive last pieces, about an hour later, I discover that this is an alicorn. A dark blue alicorn with a flowing mane and tail. She has a moon behind her.

And then I realize the picture is only half complete.

I open the next box to reveal a large amount of light pieces. As I slowly put together this next puzzle, I realize that it says "Princess Luna" on the top and, "al Sisters". I wonder what the last part means. I wonder who this Princess Luna is.

I finish the next puzzle, to find that, it too, is only half done. It says on it, "Princess Celestia" and "The Celesti". It is another alicorn, only this time, she is right. Something buzzes in the back of my brain, and, suddenly, it makes sense. These were the Celestial Sisters. And the puzzle...

Fits together...

RIght along the line. Which it does. Perfectly. It says on the top, clearly, "Princess Celestia & Princess Luna." Along the bottom, there is a line that says, "The Celestial Sisters." It shows a pair of ponies embracing each other. The Royal Sisters. So these were to ponies that were in charge of ensuring that the moon and sun were on charge. Why did they leave? A mystery to all...

I wondered about what would happen when I showed Lemon Hearts the picture? I decide to wait- a few minutes, at least- before disturbing her...