"The past is a good place to visit, but certainly not a good place to stay."
All she could see was darkness...
The darkness that surrounded the little filly started to fade, being replaced by a blinding white light. Only, it wasn't blinding. The filly stared into the white light, hoping for something to happen. Something that would make sense. But was that even possible? All she remembered was walking into that chamber, that bedroom, before being surrounded by darkness.
The blinding white light started to fade, leaving in it's place the chamber that she and the others had found. But instead of seeing her three friends, she saw an alicorn. The alicorn was a bit bigger than Celestia, and was colored more like Luna, with a few brighter colors in her mane. Who was she?
"Asteria!"
The little filly turned her attention to where the sound came from. Her eyes widened when she saw who had called out. It was Celestia. Only it wasn't the Celestia she knew. She was still very young, maybe around the element bearers age (which is still very young considering the fact she lives for thousands of years). Her mane wasn't full of colors like it was, but it was a solid light pink color. The little vampire-bat filly was confused.
"Yes, Tia?" the big alicorn asked.
"Have you seen Lulu around? I have been trying to find her since a bit after sun high, but she isn't anywhere!" the young Celestia asked, whining a bit.
"Luna is probably in her room sleeping, Tia. You know she'd rather be up during the night, rather than the day," the big alicorn -Asteria?- said.
"You're right. I didn't think to check her room," young Celestia said, her ears dropping.
The big alicorn sighed, and said, "Why don't you go see if she is there. If she is, then bring her back here with you and I'll give you two a small magic lesson."
Young Celestia's head shot up, her eyes wide. She exclaimed in excitement, "Really?! You will!?"
The big alicorn laughed and nodded, and spoke, "Yes, I will. But you better go find your sister."
Before the big alicorn even finished her sentence the young Celestia was already sprinting out of the chamber, yelling Lulu as she ran. Comet Blaze watched as the young princess ran. She was confused. Hoping to find some answers, she turned back to the big alicorn, who was also watching the young Celestia running down the corridor yelling out her sister's name. The big alicorn sighed, before walking over to her desk.
"Mother, how long do I have to teach them, before I must leave?" the big alicorn -Asteria- asked, seemingly to nothing.
"Patient, my child. The Night of Alignment is when you must go. This night is not for another few," a voice answered.
The big alicorn sighed, before whispering, "Why did Eris have to do this? Disharmony and her creation, Discord, have caused nothing but pain, misery, and heart ache."
Discord? Hearing the name of the creature of many parts caused the little filly to pay attention.
"Why did Leto have to disappear? "
The big alicorn kept asking questions, ones she knew would not be answered, but she still asked. Everything was slowly falling apart, the world was even falling apart. Discord, the creature of disharmony, was running around causing chaos everywhere. The sun and moon were difficult to control, as the two fillies of her dear sister, Leto, were born. The sun knew that Celestia was the one that it had wished for to control it. The moon, too, knew that Luna was the one it had wished for to control it. This caused a lot of trouble for Asteria, as it was up to her now to raise and lower the sun and moon. Before, the task was always Leto's, as the sun and moon both adored her. The trait passed from Leto to the goddess' children. Asteria's task was with the stars and comets. The smaller things in the sky.
The big alicorn, Asteria, had spent so much time thinking and questioning, she had missed the sound of hooves clicking against the stone floors of the corridor. The solar and lunar princesses raced into the room, jumping up and down with excitement. It was obvious to the little vampire-bat filly that the magic lessons were, either, very rare or they both really loved learning magic, or both, probably. It took a few moments before the big alicorn -Asteria- turned around to see the two young princesses, the children of her dear sister, waiting anxiously for the magic lesson.
"Who's ready for a magic lesson?"
Darkness started to surround the small vampire-bat filly once again.
Similar to the last time, a blinding white light started to replace the darkness.
As the white light faded, another scene was placed before her. She was still inside the chamber behind the stone wall carved with an eight-pointed star, the sun, and the moon. The big alicorn -Asteria- was lying in her bed, she looked weak and tired. The little vampire-bat filly started questioning what was happening and how much of a jump was between here and where she just was. Just as she was thinking, two ponies came into the room.
It was Celestia and Luna!
This time, they looked just like they did back in the real time, only both still have a single, solid colored mane, and still a bit shorter. The two smaller alicorns' eyes widened at the sight of Asteria, lying weakly in her bed. They both rushed to her side, trying to figure out what was wrong.
"Asteria? Why do you look so weak?" the still quite young Celestia asked, worry evident in her voice.
"My students, my children, I wish I could explain everything to you, but I cannot do so. You must be brave, Celestia and Luna. A time is coming, one where you both must stand tall, one where you will do so without me," the bigger alicorn replied.
"No! You can't leave us!" the smaller, lunar alicorn exclaimed.
"Oh, Luna. I must, if this world is to become what it has to be. You and your sister are the key to getting the world back to harmony. To do this, for you both to see, I must go. But do not worry, I won't be gone forever," Asteria explained softly.
Tears started to swell in both the lunar and solar alicorns' eyes. They weren't ready to say goodbye their teacher, to their aunt, no, not their aunt, their mother.
"My children, do not fear what is to come," the bigger alicorn spoke, "You must understand your present, before you can comprehend your future."
"But Asteria, how are we suppose to do this on our own?" the smaller lunar alicorn asked.
"You will find a way, I know you will. Goodbye, my children," the alicorn, Asteria, whispered.
After that, the bigger alicorn turned into a fine dust, the night time air blowing the fine dust into the sky. The solar and lunar alicorns started to cry. Their aunt, no their mother, had just disappeared. Leaving them alone. The two young princesses stayed like this until it was time for the young solar princess and the young lunar princess to lower the moon, and raise the sun.
It will not be forever, my children.
The young vampire-bat filly was thrown back into the present with a quick jolt. Her eyes shot open, only around her wasn't the stone walls of the chamber, but the book-covered walls of the tree-library. Closing her eyes tightly, she opened them after a few moments. That is when she noticed many ponies surrounding her. The element bearers, the original three Cutie Mark Crusaders, and Twilight Sparkle.
"What happened?" Comet Blaze asked, groggily.
"We don't know. We were hoping for you four to explain," Twilight Sparkle asked, angrily, looking between the filly lying on the couch and the three standing close by.
"W-we decided to e-explore the c-castle of the two s-sisters and C-comet Blaze had found a-a star-patterned p-path, but w-we c-couldn't see it. We all decided to let her lead us down the path, and w-we ended up in a chamber, and after a few moments Comet Blaze fainted," Sweetie Belle explained.
"Wait, you followed a path you couldn't see?" Rainbow Dash asked, confused.
"Well, Comet Blaze could see it!" Scootaloo exclaimed.
All nine of the ponies, not including the little vampire-bat filly, turned and looked at Comet Blaze. The little filly looked down at her hooves, not wanting to look at all the ponies that were staring at her. After a few moments her dreams, or what ever they were, started to fill her mind. Was what she saw real? Was that what happened in the past?
The little vampire-bat filly was taken out of her mind by the violet alicorn shaking her and yelling her name.
"What?" Comet Blaze asked, eyes wide, as she looked around.
"I asked how did you see a path, but those three couldn't?" Twilight Sparkle repeated, rolling her eyes and pointing a hoof at the three other little fillies.
"I... I don't know," Comet Blaze whispered.
Everypony was silent.
"Did you find the third item you need yet?" a voice asked, breaking the silence.
"Third item?" Comet Blaze repeated, confused. She already found all five items.
"You know, the items you came here to find? Did you find the third one yet?" the voice, Scootaloo, asked.
"What are you talking about? I've already found all five," Comet Blaze replied, confused.
"You found all five?! When?!" Sweetie Belle asked, loudly.
"I got the last item last night," the little vampire-bat filly whispered.
"If you have all five, does that mean you have to return home soon?" Sweetie Belle asked, this time quietly.
"After today, I think I have only another day left here, before she's going to make me leave," Comet Blaze said, thinking out loud.
"Who is 'she'?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Oh, Princess Luna," Comet Blaze said, still thinking.
"Wait, you've been hanging out with the princess?!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.
"Well, sort of. At night she flies with me. She was even the one to bring me to Ponyville," Comet Blaze explained.
Before anymore questions could be asked, the vampire-bat filly curled herself into a ball, allowing the darkness to engulf her for the third time today. Thankfully, this time the darkness was not interrupted by a blinding white light.
Only one day left in Ponyville...