The morning was calm and quiet. Barely visible stars swirled around in a still dance, fading slowly in the morning light. The only thing to interrupt the perfect calm was the twitches and screams coming from a open window at the top of Canterlot Castle. Inside was a certain white princess with a flowing and bedraggled pink, green, and purple mane. Celestia twitched. With a final start, she leapt out of bed, eyes red, wings outstretched, and a wide battle stance. She looked around warily, and sighed. "Just another nightmare..." Celestia muttered. She glanced around the room. Sheets were strewn around her, lamps knocked off, balancing cautiously on the nightstand. She sighed, quickly getting to work tidying up the place. With the last lamp upright, Celestia finally had time to tidy herself up. One look in the mirror told her that she would be there awhile. Her mane was waving all directions, looking like a swaying afro. Celestia sighed again. Dutifully picking up a comb, she managed to get her hair in an acceptable shape, before she heard crying. Dismissing it as one of the maid's children, she kept combing.
More crying. This maid better hurry, or else I'll come in there. She shuddered, remembering the "cat incident". Looking down at herself, she could still see scratches from it. Celestia suddered again. Okay, maybe I won't come down. The crying was escalating. Finally throwing the comb down in despair, she followed the sound. It led her surprisingly to the Canterlot Garden, quite an unusual place for a child at 2:00 in the morning.
Deep inside the well-kept woods, a group of animals huddled around the source of the crying in a circle. Celestia's horn glowed yellow, performing an ancient animal communication spell. "Everything alright here?", Celestia asked. The animals shook their heads, parting a path for her. What she found was not one, but three fillies, all pegasi. One was a certain cyan filly with a rainbow mane. The next was a pale orange color, complete with a orange version of a rainbow mane. The last was a white coated filly, with a blue version of a rainbow, instead of orange. Celestia gasped. "My nightmare..." She shook her head, pushing the thought to the back of her mind. She encased the fillies in her magic, flying back to Canterlot Castle.
On the main balcony, Luna was lowering the moon. Celestia landed. "Is it time?" Luna simply nodded, incasing the fillies in her magic without a second thought. Celestia's horn glowed, raising the sun with ease. As soon as she was finished, she heard a tinkle of magic, followed by her vision being obscured by a rainbow dash, a blue dash, and an orange dash. "Wah.. Whats happening to me!", Celestia cried out in despair. It stopped slowly, revealing a laughing Luna, rolling on the ground and a certain three fillies looking up at her with puppy dog eyes.
"This is going to be a long one..."