If there was one this Twilight truly despised, it would be her current predicament. A reference to three mysterious beings called Planeswalkers, no written information in any books, and the only pony how might know something was being incredibly tight lipped about it. With a groan, Twilight pushed open the doors to her own chambers in the castle.
While she usually lived in Ponyville, she did have her own quarters in the castle for whenever she visited. The walls were covered in bookshelves, much like her library back home. Rare tomes and obscure books filled the shelves from floor to ceiling. The only other furniture in the room was a large oak desk with plenty of blank scrolls in the drawers, as well as a few gallons of ink. A four post bed sat against one of the walls in the octagon shaped room. A magical fireplace sat along the opposite wall, across from the bed. Normally, a fireplace being surrounded by tons of books was a recipe for an inferno. Twilight knew this, and placed a number of safety enhancements on the area surrounding the open flame.
“Yo, Twilight. How’d your study session go?” Spike asked as he stood up from in front of the fireplace.
“Terrible. I find one ancient tome that talks about some mythical creatures, and then every other book I check makes it seem like they don’t exist at all!” Twilight nearly shouted as she flopped onto her bed.
“Well, maybe the princesses would know about it. Did you try asking one of them?” The young dragon suggested as he hopped up onto the bed next to the distraught alicorn.
“I asked Celestia about it, but she just kept giving vague answers. I know she knows about them, but I can’t understand why she won’t tell me anything concrete...” the young princess exclaimed with a sigh.
“Uhhh, who are ‘they’?” Spike asked with a confused look.
Twilight groaned as she put her hooves over her eyes. “Planeswalkers, Spike. Planeswalkers.”
“Huh, never heard of ‘em,” Spike replied with a shrug. “So if Celestia won’t talk about these Planeswalkers, why not ask Luna?”
Twilight’s eyes shot open and a grin crossed her face. “Spike, that’s a brilliant idea!” With that said, Twilight bolted out the door
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The two Alloy Myrs and the Palladium Myr quietly crept through the castle. Over the years of being stored on the shelf, they had occasionally snuck out of the archives and explored the massive palace. As such, they knew exactly where they were going, and how to get there without being seen by the usual guard patrols.
With a rehearsed efficiency, the three myrs quietly made their way through the castle, sticking along the walls to avoid detection. After seven minutes of successful sneaking, the myrs encountered a problem. Walking toward them from the other end of the hall was none other than princess Twilight. She looked incredibly focused on something as she trotted down the hall.
Before the alicorn could reach them, the myrs all darted across the current hallway and ran down an intersecting hallway. Unfortunately, Twilight noticed the three silver blurs cross in front of her. Taking off at a gallop, Twilight turned the corner in pursuit of the three myrs.
Luckily, this wasn’t the first time somepony had noticed the myrs trying to sneak through the castle. The myrs continued to run along the base of the wall until they came to a brick marked with a small “x” scratched into the middle. Hearing the approaching alicorn, the Palladium Myr began to press against the brick until it slowly pushed into the wall, revealing a small open area behind the brick.
Before the alicorn could catch them, all three myrs had slipped behind the brick and pushed it back into place. Not knowing the myrs had just given her the slip, Twilight continued her search. Waiting for the sounds of galloping hoofbeats to fade, the myrs slowly emerged from their hiding spot. With the distraction gone, the myrs resumed their mission.
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Luna groaned as she slowly came back to the waking world. She took a deep breath as she prepared to throw off the covers. Though something was not right. As she let out her breath, she felt a weight shift on her left side. As the princess opened her eyes, she came face-to-face with an Alloy Myr sitting on her shoulder.
The colorful Alloy Myr cocked it’s head and flashed its lights at her, mimicking a blinking eye. Luna’s mind was having a very difficult time coming to terms with what she was looking at. As one of the three myrs began chirping at her, the lunar princess swept all off them into a tight embrace.
After a few moments, Luna eased up on her hug. Looking down at the three myrs in her hooves, a single thought crossed her mind.
“Wait, where did you three come from?” The myrs began chirping back at her excitedly.
“They’re back?!” Luna shouted, her wings shooting open as her head recoiled in shock.
The three myrs nodded.
“Where?!” Luna replied with pleading eyes.
The Palladium Myr began chirping and pointing at the door. In one fluid motion, Luna set the three myrs on her back and threw the doors open with her magic. While Luna could have easily just teleported to her destination, she and her sister had made a rule of not teleporting in the castle. More than once, guards and servants alike would sometimes find themselves walking along in their daily routines, only to run headfirst into a teleporting princess. On some of the more rare occasions, said guards and servants found themselves underneath a teleporting princess. Suffice to say, after the first few ponies were crushed, both sisters agreed to just walk while inside the palace.
As Luna cantered through the maze of hallways and passages, the myrs had migrated from her back to the top of her head. The two Alloy Myrs each grabbed onto one of her ears. The Palladium Myr, however, was standing just above her forehead, using one hand to hold on to the base of her horn while pointing the way with the other.
It took very little time for the lunar princess to cover the distance between her chambers and the archives. With another quick use of magic, the doors to the archives swung open just long enough for the princess and passengers to slip through before slamming shut. The Palladium Myr holding onto her horn began using its tiny weight to pull the princess’s head in the direction she needed to go.
With the myr guiding her, Luna finally came to her destination, only to see her sister standing in front of a red tome.
“Sister! Where are the-”
Luna never got a chance to finish the sentence as she was suddenly rolled onto her back by a pair of strong arms. Before she could voice any surprise, the hands began furiously tickling her exposed belly.
“Ha ha ha- Oh please! No mo- ha ha ha ha!” Luna shouted as she flailed her hooves.
Her torturer was having none of it, and continued with his relentless assault. Without warning, Ziggle looked into Luna’s eyes with a mischievous grin. The alicorn’s face dropped as she instantly recognized what was coming.
The Planeswalker took a deep breath before puffing out his cheeks. Luna had no chance as the Planeswalker blew the mother of all raspberries into her soft belly. It proved to be too much for the alicorn as she began laughing and flailing until Ziggle was forced to come up for air.
As Luna caught her breath and Celestia finally stopped giggling, the door to the archives slammed. Everyone looked in the direction of the door, only to see an irate princess Twilight glaring at everyone.
Ziggle, who was still hunched over an upside down Luna, was the first to speak.
“Heh he... uh oh.”
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The group found themselves sitting at one of the long dining tables while Twilight paced back and forth. No one dared to speak for fear of setting off the already fuming alicorn. Luna looked to Celestia as if to say, ”She’s your bucking student! Do something!”.
Eventually, Twilight turned to the three Planeswalkers. “So... I think it is safe to assume that the three of you are, in fact, Planeswalkers?”
“What gave it away? The spell book with our portraits?” Ziggle mumbled.
Kayne quickly elbowed him in the side before politely asking him to shut the fuck up. Now Twilight turned to Celestia with a hurt expression.
“You knew about them, but you wouldn’t tell me. Why?” the young princess asked.
Celestia looked to the Plainswalkers before turning back to Twilight. “There are plenty of things I don’t tell you. You just happened across one of the more sensitive topics.”
“Alright, but that doesn’t explain how you know them. Besides, their... behavior, around both of you doesn’t make any sense!” Twilight shouted as she pointed at the three Plainswalkers.
“To be fair, we’ve known Celestia and Luna longer than anyone alive,” Donovan replied as he raised his right hand.
Twilight whipped her head to see Celestia’s reaction. “He’s telling the truth.”
“Yeah, we knew both of them when they were just wee little fillies. Boy were they a handful...” Ziggle added with a chuckle.
Luna rolled her eyes at this. “Oh please, we weren’t that bad.”
Donovan slowly leaned forward to stare at Luna with a deadpan glare. “Your father had to call three Planeswalkers to keep you both out of trouble. I don’t even wanna hear it.”
The lunar princess grinned sheepishly as she shrank back into her chair.
“Wait a second, you all knew the princesses when they were fillies?” Twilight asked as she recoiled in shock.
“Yes, Twilight, they did. As a matter of fact, they were our foal sitters. Much like Cadance was yours,” Celestia answered with a nod.
Twilight’s face paled at the revelation, her brain refusing to process what she had just heard. Taking the opportunity, Kayne decided to ask a question of his own.
“Who’s Cadance?”
“My adopted niece. It’s... a long story.” Celestia quietly replied as Twilight struggled to come to terms with what had been said.
“By that do you mean it’s actually a long story, or you just don’t remember it?” Donovan asked with a sly grin.
“The second one,” Luna replied for her sister.
“Okay, okay, okay... so why is there no record of any of you existing? Surely beings like you would be fairly obvious.” Twilight stated as she looked to the three Plainswalers.
“Simple; we wanted to keep our existence a secret,” Donovan responded.
“Why?! Something like this would be huge! Imagine what Equestria would think of this,” Twilight exclaimed by throwing her hooves in the air.
Donovan calmly leaned forward and looked at Twilight. “It’s for that exact reason that we chose to stay hidden. If our actions were recorded and then circulated, what do you think that would do to Celestia and Luna’s image?”
“I... guess that would depend on what you did,” Twilight replied with a hint of nervousness.
“Tell me, what do you know of the Discordian War?”
The young alicorn didn’t hesitate with her answer. “A lot. Short version, it was the period when Celestia and Luna fought against the forces of chaos, resulting in Discord being imprisoned in stone.”
The Planeswalkers began to chuckle. “And what if I told you that you only know about five percent of what really happened?” Donovan continued.
Twilight looked at him with disbelief and then to Celestia. The white alicorn could only nod slowly. “Well... what do you mean? What else is there?”
“My dear, there is much you don’t know. With Celestia and Luna’s permission, I would be willing to share the story with you,” Ziggle stated as he looked to the other two alicorns at the table.
“It’s fine with me. What about you, sister?” Luna asked as she looked to Celestia.
“I suppose. Though Twilight, you must promise me to keep what you hear a secret. No pony can know what is about to be said,” Celestia said as he horn lit up.
“Of course Princess,” Twilight replied eagerly. “Might I ask what spell you just cast?”
“A ward spell and a soundproofing spell. I want us to be alone and free of eavesdroppers. Proceed, Don.”
“Right, well before we can dive into the Discordian War, I think we should first go back to a time that neither of my darling god-daughters remember,” Donovan began.
“Wait! What did you just say?!” Twilight shouted.
“Patience, young one. Everything will be clear by the end. Now, it all began with their father, King Solaris.”