Chapter 9: A Trip Down Memory Lane
Princess Cadence was in what looked like a library, walking around and looking at the books that sat upon the high shelves, when all of a sudden, a ball light appeared before her and started to grow... but that's not what startled her. She was smiling in fact, waiting to greet whomever may be in the ball, but what surprised her was that the ball kept growing and growing until it was big enough to hold two ponies. Then in one blink, it was gone and replaced by two ponies with there lips locked.
Cadance looked around awkwardly, not knowing what to do, until she recognized one of them.
"Flash," Cadance exclaimed in shock, making the two look at her blushing, "Are you cheating on Twilight?!"
"N-No mam, it's not what you think," Flash stammered.
"Really, care to explain your little friend," Cadacne glared.
"This is Twilight..." Flash tryed to explain.
"That's... That's actually possible... maybe."
"What's going on," Twilight exclaimed.
"Twilight... do you know who I am?"
"Cadance... I think... yeah, you're married to Shining Armor, he was so kind to allow us to stay with you two at the castle, but I guess that royals help out other royals."
"That's it,' Cadance questioned.
"Yep," Twilight replied.
"Who is she, Flash," Cadacne growled.
"It really is Twilight," Flash said, "let me explain. After Twilight and I broke up..."
"You two broke up!"
"Why is everypony surprised at that! Just listen, after we broke up, she got captured by two Changelings who were working for Solar Eclipse, who altered Twilight to look like this and doesn't have any memory before her coronation. Then Solar and Celestia battled leading to the Changeling's hive collapsing. Twilight and I got trapped inside and we tried to escape, but ended up here somehow," Flash then looks around, "where is here."
"Well, at random times, one or two Prince or Princesses appear here in this library. It can happen at any time really, could span from days to months to even years from one visit till the next, we never know, that's why were not around sometimes. We're not exactly sure what or where this place is, but it seems these books hold every single thing that has ever happened in Equestria. We wonder these corridors to either try and understand more of this place, or learn the history of Equestria. We stay here for a few hours, then poof, we're gone."
"Wow, that's hard to believe... but after what we've gone through today, I'm up for believing anything," Twilight said, making a gesture to her current form.
"Let's see if we can do something about that," Cadance said, then aimed her horn at Twilight. It sparked and started to glow a light blue as Cadance focused all of her energy into one spell, then the glow floated over to Twilight and engulfed her entirely, lifting her into the air... but it suddenly disappeared and Twilight fell back to the ground unchanged... for the most part.
"I can't... reverse it," Cadance panted.
"It's alright, Cadance. You did your... wait... I actually do remember a few more things... yes, I remember.... chaos... and my friends being apart, forgetting who we truly were... then Celestia sent me some letters that help me remember the magic of friendship... that's all," Twilight said.
"Twilight your hair, it's short again," Flash exclaimed.
"It is," Twilight asked, feeling the top if her head, "it is! I guess remembering a few things help me realize who I truly am, just like when I read those letters! Quick, Cadance, try it again!"
Cadance closed her eyes as she tryed it again, but her horn was only able to sputter out a few blue sparks as she panted again.
"Sorry... Twilight... that first one took... a lot out of me."
"How else am I going stop being Blackout," Twilight said, starting to panic.
"Well... didn't you say that you remembered who you where when you remembered about your life, and this place seems to have records of everything, their has to be one of your past adventures Twilight," Flash said.
"Good idea, Flash," Twilight exclaimed, "but how are we going to find it in this big library?"
"That's easy," Cadance said after regaining some energy, "follow me."
They followed Cadance out into a main hallway that had staircases leading up to three upper floors, each floor holding thousands of shelves and each shelf holding thousands of books. Cadance didn't lead them up any flights of stairs, just across the hall into a hallway leading with the sign above the entrance that said "Biographies".
It lead into a big room with billions of books in an alphabetical fashion. They went down a corridor of books labeled "T" and a section of it labeled "W". Cadance however didn't take the time to look though, she immediately pulled a very small book off as if she knew which one it was.
"There," Cadance said.
"Uhh, how can this tiny book hold all of my life story?"
"Just open it and ask for 'letters to Princess Celestia."
"Alright," Twilight shrugged, then opened the book and asked it for the letters.
All of a sudden, the book started glowing as the pages flipped back and forward madly... then it stopped. It stopped at page titled "Twilight Sparkle's letters to Princess Celestia" followed by every single lesson Twilight has learned.
"Go ahead and read it," Cadance urged.
Twilight nodded in response as she read aloud the letters. She kept reading and reading while, to the shock of the other two, her black coat and mane started to fade into their normal color! Once she finished reading the final letter before her coronation, she looked down at herself and saw she had changed back fully!
"We did it, I'm back to normal, I remember everything! Thank you... sis," Twilight smiled.
"Your quite welcome, but you should be thanking him. I would have never thought of trying to use your adventures to bring back you memory," Cadance said.
"It really was nothing," Flash blushed.
"It was everything Flash," Twilight replied, "you have helped me so much no matter what. You were always there for me, and I'm truly glad that you still stick by me, even when I push you away or break your heart."
"Heh, what can I say, I'm not one to give up easy."
"Your such a kind pony Flash, and I can't believe it took all this to realize that. I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you, will you forgive me?"
"Of course Twilight."
"Well... do you think we could... you know... start over," Twilight nervously asked.
"I would like that alot," Flash smiled, holding Twilight's hoof.
"Well I'm glad you two made up," Cadance smiled, then two white, glowing rings appeared, one around Cadance and one around Twilight and Flash, and started spinning in circles while growing around them again.
"Looks like our time is up," Cadance yelled above the noise, "See you two later!"
"Bye," they both answered.
Then two rings growed into full capsules around them as the glowing grew brighter and brighter until they both disappeared.
(To Be Continued...)