As Twilight and Trixie slept, their Aunt Celestia still had a few hours to rise her sun into the sky to help ponies start going about their day. Luna looked down at her two sleeping daughters as she was curled around them and they shared a blanket covered in stars and moons to keep the warm They had the design of both the unicorn, well alicorn foals past cutie marks from their other reality. They soon approached Ponyville seven miles out and were greeted by the sound of a loud horn blowing, stating they were near. This in turn woke the sisters of magic up with a shock. Scared by the noise, the girls did the only thing they could do, they started to cry.
Luna was quick to try and calm them down as she picked them up and held them close to her chest. "Shh, shh, it's okay girls, Mommy's here. shh," Luna said as she held them.
Twilight and Trixie still cried but Luna's reassuring tone helped them calm down a bit. They were starting realize, they were losing more control with their adult mind as their foal mind battled to take over. Much of the way the reacted was due to how any foal mind would react.
"Um, Auntie Luna, can I suggest something?" Cadence asked.
"Yes dear niece what is it?" Luna asked back.
"Well, maybe we could put up a sound barrier around the carriage so they can sleep some more," Cadence suggested.
"Hmm, that's actually a good idea. I'm surprised none of us thought about it earlier," Luna said.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Celestia asked.
"Oh, right," Luna said before she cast the spell around the carriage.
Twilight and Trixie were having trouble getting back to sleep. For one, their adult side wanted to stay up, and for another their foal side wanted to play as the batted each other's hooves gently, giggling as they did. "Come on you two, you need your rest if your gonna play with you friends later on," Celestia said to her nieces.
Twilight and Trixie just kept playing. "I know, Auntie Luna, how about your lullaby?" Cadence asked.
"Oh, well, I guess that would help now wouldn't it," Luna said.
"Just a moment little sister," Celestia said, as her horn glowed.
Soon there was ear protection on her. "Don't want your sister raising the sun late do you?" Celestia said.
"Hmhmhm, I suppose not. Here we go," Luna says.
She begins her song:
By the time she was finished, two foals had buried their faces into her warm fur as they were now deep in dreamland, protected by their mother's dream shield from the nightmares that tried to get into their heads. They were not the only ones who had fallen asleep, for their older cousin Cadence was now fast asleep laying close to them. Luna and Celestia smiled as the Lunar Princess gently laid her daughters next to their cousin. "Seems you have a talent for making even the toughest fighters surrender to the world of dreams," Celestia said as she removed her ear protection.
"Indeed. Now that Cadence is asleep as well, I was hoping to talk to you sister," Luna said.
"About what dear sister?" Celestia asked.
"It's about my daughters, and I know you know what I mean," Luna said.
"I have a hunch I know where this is going. Is it about the flash of magic we saw yesterday in their nursery?" Celestia asked.
"Yes, you and I both know there are other, alternate worlds out there," Luna said.
"Yes, of course," Celestia stated.
"And that there are many ways to enter those worlds," Luna added.
"Mmhm," Celestia replied.
"But you do also know there is the rare case where worlds combine with one another, right?" Luna asked.
"Yes, and if I am getting this right, you think that it has happened to us," Celestia said.
"Not think, I know it has," Luna said.
"How?" Celestia asked in shock.
"While you were all asleep, I decided to have a peak at my daughter Twilight's dreams, for she seemed to be a little on edge as she slept. As I went into her dreamscape, I was surprised at what I saw. She was there, but as her 'adult' self. The Twilight of another world was in her dreams and was having thoughts of something dark that had happened to me in that Trixie and Twilight's world. I was then met by another me, and she was as real as my night. She told me everything that had happened before her body fused with my own," Luna said.
Celestia was only a tad bit surprised.
"The Twilight and Trixie of that world now have their minds within my daughters of our world, they and one other pony, aside from me discovering, are aware of this. Everypony else seems to have let the minds of the ponies of our world take over the minds of the ponies of the other world within the ponies of our world. I couldn't make out the third name of the third pony. The name that the other Luna gave me was too garbled to hear. Reason I am bringing this up is because I wonder if we can find a way to send the adult minds of the alternate Twilight and Trixie back to their own world?" Luna asked.
"As far as I know little sister, once the worlds fuse, there is no pulling them back apart. Now, I am not saying to lose hope, but chances are slim to none that the other world that fused with us will ever be restored. It is only effecting three ponies at this time. They could soon have no recollection of the other world in a month or so. That's what happens when worlds fuse. Only way we were able to know worlds fuse was when we had one of our ponies travel to these worlds and noticed that a few ponies of the realm acted strange, mainly grown ups. Now, We can look in our books more closely once back in Canterlot, but don't have your hopes too high," Celestia said.
"I know, let us just enjoy today, oh, and sister, your sun," Luna said as she lowered the moon below the horizon.
"Ah yes, thank you little sister," Celestia said as she brought out the sun to start the ponies of Ponyville and Equestria off for the day.
Soon the carriage came to a stop at a familiar house. "Ah, the Sparkles residence, looks like Cadence won't to wake up to see her colt friend coming out," Celestia said.
"Huh, who, wha, I'm up, I'm up," Cadence said as she jumped to her hooves and swung open the carriage door, knocking one of the pegasus guards unconscious when he came to open it.
"Oh no I am so sorry," Cadence said.
"No worries your majesty. If we got a bit for every time a noble knocked us out by accident, we would be just as wealthy as your cousin Prince Blue Blood," Bronze Shield said.
This made everypony aside from the sleeping foals and the unconscious guard have a small laugh. There was soon the sound of a door opening, which revealed a familiar face Cadence had been wanting to see. "Good morning your highnesses, I trust you traveled smoothly on your way to Ponyville?" Shining Armor inquired as he bowed.
"Very smoothly," Luna said as she stepped out of the carriage with her little girls Twilight and Trixe on her back.
"I see the the youngest Lunar princesses had a mostly quiet trip your majesties," Shining Armor stated.
"How very astute of you my little pony," Celestia said.
"Oh, where are my manners? Would you be tempted in having breakfast with our family this morning your majesties?" Shining Armor asked.
"Well, I don't have anywhere else to be at the moment. How about you Luna?" Celestia asked in a joking manner.
"Let me check my schedule here," Luna said as she pulled a schedule book from one of her suitcases.
She flipped through the pages and said, "I am free to have breakfast. Cadence, are you planning to do anything?"
Cadence looked at them and smiled as she rolled her eyes. "As that colt Little Macintosh sometimes says, Eenope," She said, making all the ponies giggle at her Little Mac impression.
"Well, come right this way your highnesses," Shining said as he led them to the door.
He soon opened it and as Cadence walked in after her aunt Luna, he looked at her as she walked in. Celestia smiled and asked, "Were you observing my niece on her way in?"
"Your highness, I-I-I," Shinging stuttered, not knowing how to respond.
"If wish to win her heart, I expect a young colt like you to take on a task few colts dare to try for," Celsetia said, remembering last meeting with the Sparkles revealed that he had mind set on joining the guard.
Shining remained silent, wondering how she figured out he liked Cadence as more then his princess or friend. They soon walked inside the house and Bonze Shield and the other pegasi guard trotted off to park the carriage before a news crew could catch wind that the Princesses had arrived.