Celestia sat in her throne, her eyes looking to the skies, hours ago dark clouds had appeared to the north and Celestia had a sickening feeling in her gut of troubles ahead. She could feel power coming from beyond the clouds and dreaded them for one had the familiar feeling of one she had fought long before, Queen Chrysalis, but that was only one power, none of the others were familiar to her and that she dreaded.
She couldn't think clearly as to what they could be and she was not the one in charge of such things, Luna had taken up that occupation after her return and though she had objected to her sister taking up the laborious task of cataloging beings of power, Luna had eventually gotten her to give in by playing upon her feelings of being the younger sister. Celestia looked to the clouds and saw something bright among them and she was able to instantly recognize what it was, a letter sent through magic and judging from it's direction, it had left from the Crystal Empire.
Celestia sped up it's journey hastily with a quick speed spell, she had nothing else to do at the moment so hurrying a letter was the only thing she could do right now without infringing on Luna's nightly duties. The letter moved faster then it had been before, fit to out race Rainbow Dash and, much to the surprise of the Princess, the letter sped towards her. It was in front of her in a matter of seconds and swirled to return to a solid state before Celestia and she gasped at it.
The letter bore the seal of Cadence, but it wasn't pressed in wax like the seal of other letters, it had been burned in by magic, always a grave sign among Equestrians. The letter itself was no better a sign, while the parchment itself was unremarkable, the spatter of blood upon it wasn't. Celestia hastily opened the letter and read it's contents.
"I fear that there isn't much time to write this, but the news is grave and I know I won't survive long enough to tell you personally, The Changelings have invaded The Empire, but they were accompanied by Zerg, I know they shouldn't be here, but they are and they are ravaging the city as I write this, I fear that they plan to invade Equestria next, hurry please, set up the defenses, rally the militia, alert the soldiers, do something but hurry please and Auntie, I love you, tell Twilight and Luna I love them too
Cade-
The letter cut off before she had finished signing her name and below the blood was spattered, Celestia knew her niece was dead, a quick magic test confirmed the blood as hers. Tears were streaming down her face as she finished reading and read again to make sure she missed nothing of importance in the letter, her magic flickered from the letter and, without it's magical support, it floated down to the ground, touching down silently.
Celestia starred into blank space and, without warning, she wailed loudly, fit to be heard across the world and she sobbed uncontrollably, continuing to wail, only once before, when she thought her sister lost forever, had she last herself to grief like this. Her Guards rushed into the room upon hearing her screams and they found her curled on the floor, her wings held tight to her body and the little bit of mascara she wore running.
Soon following the Guards was The Night Princess herself, Luna and, upon seeing her sister,ordered the Guards to leave, she'd deal with this personally. As soon as they left, she rushed towards her elder sister "What is wrong?" she asked, extreme worry in her voice, but Celestia didn't respond, unable to hear her sister, but Luna did not need a response as she caught sight of the letter.
She skimmed it quickly and looked at it wide eyed, she turned her gaze back to her sister and let the letter drop as her sister had, her expression changed into one of support and understanding, Luna was always the better at hold emotions, but even her eyes watered after reading the letter. She lay a hoof upon her sisters shoulder, closing her eyes and letting her head droop as she sobbed silently along with her sister's wails of grief.