Both Starswirl and Celestia had thought that the changeling queen had made the hasty retreat back to her hive in order to create a new plan to be used against them. But the reality of the situation laid a little bit different. The queen never returned or fled to the hive right away after her final battle. A battle which she actually wanted to be erased from the books of history and was going to be helping personally in it. Because the first stop that she would make was going to be the castle of the royal alicorn. Somewhere within the walls of that cursed place, laid something she desired.
She had disguised herself as Starswirl himself and calmly walked through the halls of the place without trying to make any contact with any of the guard. The changed queen memorized the exact place of where the chamber of the stallion was. She was searching for something precious. Something that the stallion himself held dear to him and she could make great usage out of it.
Chrysalis was on the hunt for nothing else but the stone that kept the aging stallion from actually dying. He had found the way to stay immortal and she was going to use it for herself. She wanted it so badly because with it, she could stay submerged under the ground and plotting for the coming decades of time.
And with her as well as her children being so inactive that they would be forgotten by time itself. It was that little aim she had set her eyes on. That was her desire to just disappear from history before returning on a day that would spell disaster for her ex-stepsister.
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The changeling queen could be found sitting upon her throne deep inside of the hive as she held a ruby like stone in her magical field. The mysterious stone was hovering before her eyes and she grinned like only a devil could do so. Some of her children were of course wondering what the object was that she had managed to acquire but not a word was released to them.
Their buzzing faded away in the voices of millions and millions. They all joined their brothers and sister inside of the organic tubes. Their wings creating the highly annoying sound that was music to the queen her ears.
A queen who started to grin to herself the more she looked into the depth of the stone. Or to be more exact, to the very heart of it. The grin itself became only bigger the more she made the realization that pure immortality had once again been hers and that alone was more than enough to make her snicker and laugh like a maniac. Or, like the maniac that she happened to be.
“We’ll meet again, Celestia, and the next time I won’t be so kindly! Hahaha!” Chrysalis shouted to herself as well as the surface before the torches lost their flames one after the other. The only thing that was still visible happened to be the eyes of the queen and the magical aura. But even those lights disappeared fast enough and the inner sanctum of the central changeling hive was nothing more but a dark pit where the worst and cruelest of imagination became a reality.
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It took both Celestia and Starswirl a bit of time before they had made their own return to the castle. The main reason for it was that they had helped with the general repairs of the places that were hit most by the rampage of the white coated alicorn.
“You certain you will see her again?” the stallion dared to ask her.
Celestia could only give a nod to those words. “One day, we shall be standing against one another again. Sooner or later, the queen shall return in order to claim that what she thinks is rightfully hers. I can only pray on the fact that wouldn't be in the near future.”
“Let’s hope that yes.” Starswirl replied before he looked into the night skies and came to a standstill. “Once the mare in the moon is set free, six children of harmony will appear and prove themselves worthy of their might by vanquishing the evil hidden deep inside of it.”
“What was that Starswirl? Why, why did you speak in the tongue of the ancient unicorns just yet?” Celestia wondered herself after she had heard the ancient words leaving the mouth of the stallion. Her head was tilted as she simply stared down at him with a confused look.
“I, I don’t know, your highness. It just, came to me, like the stars shined at night.”
“Nothing ever happens without a reason, old friend. Perhaps, it’s a prophecy to call upon the new bearers of the elements since, well, you know what happened,” replied Celestia to the best of her ability.
The stallion gave a simple nod at first as he looked back towards the alicorn with an expression of confusion on his face as well. “Words written in the stars shouldn't be taken lightly though, they are a prophecy for certain, but for whom, I can not say.”
“We shall see when the time is there,” added Celestia with a faint smile visible below her muzzle. Their story was over for the moment. From that moment on, Celestia could only repay Equestria for the wrong she had caused it. For the next thousand years, he shadow would only grow.
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“My faithful student Twilight, you once asked me if there were things in my life for which I am ashamed of, unpleasant or downright disgust. But when you asked me the question you were too young to understand the deeper meaning of my words. Now that you are old and wise enough, the words should be clear as crystal for you. Enclosed by this letter, you will find three arcane scrolls that tell the tales of the very things that I am lesser proud on in my life. May you put the knowledge you will receive to a good use and don’t think any different about me or the choices I have made. -Your teacher and mentor, princess Celestia.”
Those words were read aloud by the mulberry unicorn named Twilight Sparkle. Her curiosity was immediately sparked by it. She looked over to the three scrolls and was just so eager to read the tales of her mentor. But a hesitation caught with her and she started to doubt herself about actually reading it.
The images of each of her so beloved friends shot before her eyes while the ears went flat. She didn't had a single clue of what to do with the arcane scrolls. That was until she gained a little spark inside of her eyes. A spark that told her something she rather didn't dream about.
If even a pony like Celestia made mistakes, they should be learned from. But if the mistakes are unknown to the mind it was the duty to figure them out.
Going with that thought did the young unicorn calmly close her eyes and she released a deep sigh just before she took out the very first scroll. The scroll that was for some reason smelling like a perfume the princess would wear.
Then she just opened it and was sucked right into the words that were written down on it. The tale that was told, was the one of the draconequus and the alicorn that fell in love.