Prisoners of War
“Plop” went the magic dampener as it was gently removed from Luna's horn.
"Ahhh," said Luna, gently easing magic back through her horn. Truth be told, these changelings were pretty nice; she'd have to see if it was possible to hire them to replace her servants back at the castle.
It really seemed that every one of them was desperate to please her by any means necessary, to the point where she had to tell the injured ones to go back to bed before they hurt themselves any more than they already were.
They had just agreed to remove the magic dampener from her horn, and hadn't told her why yet. They all seemed... for lack of a stronger word, depressed.
She honestly wondered if they were disappointed that they no longer needed to help her so much, now that she had her magic back.
Ah well. She would have to-
OH NO
Luna looked up at the wall, where she could feel the fury of the sun even through stone.
Celestia was here.
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There.
Celestia could see the green goop in the castle of the royal pony sisters.
They had abducted Twilight Sparkle and imprisoned her sister.
They didn't even try to hide themselves from her.
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There was the thunderous sound of shattering rock. Celestia broke through the wall into the castle of the Royal Pony Sisters, sun behind her head like a crown, as she glared in utter fury at the cowering wounded changelings within.
Celestia snarled and fired a bolt of pure sunfire at the changelings huddling as far away from her as possible.
Only to have it blocked. She snarled and turned her head to face-
Luna?
Luna had blocked her?
"Shame upon you, Celestia." Luna spoke. "Do you seek to dishonor us for all to see?"
"Wha-" Celestia was cut off.
"As prisoners of war, as well as being a critically endangered species, Celestia, these changelings clearly deserve your courtesy and respect." Luna said coldly, glaring daggers at her sister.
"And tell me, Celestia, were you not just ready to attack what amounted to a hospital full of changelings? All clearly too weak and terrified to fight back? Even after you saw what kind of state they were in?"
"Were you too blinded by fury to even notice those you were about to slaughter in the name of justice?"
"Should I call you SOLAR FLARE now?" Luna spat the name like a damning curse.
"But..." Celestia stopped for a moment, and started looking around for the first time.
Changelings shrank back from her gaze, fear in their eyes, and Celestia was reminded of a scene she had only watched from a distance...
Celestia's eyes went wide...
“But, I didn’t…” Celestia tried to appeal to the room in general.
Frightened eyes looked at her from all corners of the hall.
Celestia fled, unable to escape the accusing glares long after she left sight of the broken castle.