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// Chapter 7 
// Story: Feather to Feather 
// by Chatterjoy 
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	"-Then there was that time that Tia tried to cook with using the power of her sun. She cracked the eggs on the sanitized rock, and she intensified the heat of the sun. The eggs did cook, but so did the rest of the world! It took a few months to get the temperature to a bearable state!" Luna exclaimed on the train. The two mares giggled uncontrollably.

Twilight had to admit that she was having quite a bit of fun with Luna. The 'family' stories of her former mentor and Luna's own mishaps were quite hilarious. Twilight could barely imagine her almost perfect idol Princess Celestia trying to cook a few eggs with the sun. Something told her, however, that Luna might have been slightly exaggerating.

"Oh let me tell you about the time that Tia tried to fight off a manticore!" Luna exclaimed excitedly. "It all began with an expedition into the Everfree forest..."

Twilight had already began to tune the Lunar Monarch out as she gazed out the window to gaze upon Canterlot growing closer and closer. The young alicorn began to think of what she would say to her mentor turned aunt. It would no doubt be awkward for both her and the princess. Twilight couldn't help but imagine how the scenario would take place.

	She walked up to the throne with Luna by her side. Her mother had wrapped a hoof around her barrel in comfort as they faced Celestia.

"Why did you lie to me all these years?" Twilight asked, stepping forward and out from underneath Luna's wing.

"Twilight, listen how could I tell you that your mother was an evil empress and banished to the moon. How would you have reacted? It wasn't your time yet."

"I could have handled it just fine!" Twilight retorted, folding back her ears and scuffing her hoof on the ground while looking away.

"Like how you handled it when Luna spilled the beans?"

Twilight didn't have a reply to that, as usual, Celestia was the one who was right. She would have reacted badly. It wouldn't have been a good idea for her to know. Plus, as a little filly Twilight loved to tell others what she knew. Everypony would think her insane if she said that a myth was her mother and in fact she was over a thousand years old. It would have put Celestia in a bind. Choose to put her in an asylum or banish her or side with Twilight and reveal too soon of Luna's existence thus keeping Twilight from meeting her new friends.

"-ght. -light. Twilight!" Luna exclaimed shaking the younger princess awake. When the purple alicorn looked around confused, she had noticed that the train was stopped. "We hath arrived at our destination. Thou hadst fallen asleep, and We had thought twould be inappropriate to wake thee from thy slumber. As We art aware of how precious sleep can be."

"Thank you Princess Luna," Twilight replied. She covered a yawn with a hoof and walked off of the train.

"Please, call Us Luna," the princess remarked heartily. Twilight only nodded as a sign that she had heard. The two mares walked at a brisk pace to the palace. Most of the ponies on the way bowed to the two princesses. Twilight had a sneaking suspicion that it was more out of fear for Luna.

Judging by the look on the Lunar Monarch's face, Twilight had hit it on the mark. Her ears folded back in shame, as she realized that she was just as much of a jerk, as these ponies on the street. Luna had no pony else except her sister and her. Originally, as a friend and then supposedly as a daughter. Luna was lonely, and she had taken a risk to tell Twilight the truth, knowing that it would either bring them closer together or rip them apart.

True, Luna had actually let it slip, but was still planning to tell. Twilight had been a jerk. The purple mare released a sigh, which Luna caught, before the older princess could ask what was wrong, Twilight grabbed the princess with her magic and teleported them to a park that was mostly abandoned.

"Twilight?" Luna asked. She was confused by all of this. Weren't they supposed to be talking to her sister? To get some answers? The younger mare didn't answer, instead she went to a nearby swing and sat on it. She looked up grinning at Luna.

"Twilight Velvet used to push me on this swing when I was younger," Twilight admitted. Luna suddenly got the picture and grinned broadly. The Lunar Monarch practically flew over to the swing, her skips barely touching the ground. She began to lightly push Twilight on the swing.

A white glow enveloped Twilight's form and a young filly version of herself took the purple mare's place. Luna gave Twilight a puzzled look, and was slightly worried. "Don't worry, Luna. Last Nightmare Night I analyzed your transformation magic. I just made myself the size of a filly."

A glow of pride filled Luna's chest. "Twilight, this...!" Luna never got to finish because Twilight had jumped out of the swing and gave the now much bigger alicorn a hug.

"Luna, I'm sorry for the way I overreacted. I was just so confused! But, I know that was not how I should have acted. It is still the same though. It may be a while till I can call you mother, but I'm willing to try to accept it now, instead of just running and denying it."

Luna just gave the younger alicorn a hug. "We, no I forgive you Twilight."

For the rest of that day Twilight, still in the guise of a filly, and Luna played in the park. It wasn't until the giant clock tower in the Canterlot Plaza chimed nine o' clock that the two mares, with Twilight's guise now gone, headed back to the palace. 

The two mares entered the thrown room. Luna's wing wrapped around Twilight's barrel, as they walked through the giant door. There were no guards in the chambers and the throne was empty.

Celestia was gone.