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// The Other Universe 
// Story: Hestia's Carpet 
// by mikki 
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Luna woke up a few hours later  in the Forbidden room. Everything looked the same except for the banners. The banners representing her colors were the same but the banners representing Celestia's colors changed. They turned red, orange and yellow.
"That is strange. Where am I?" thought Luna as she could not help but wonder what would happen to her and where she was. Luna stood up and walked out of the room. She decided to walk towards the throne room. Behind the corner she saw Cadence's colorful tail and heard two voices discussing about the recruiting of new soldiers. She felt safe seeing her cousins tail.
"Cadence, thank goodness it is aaaaahhhh," screamed Luna. This was not Cadence. It was a stallion who resembled Cadence. Beside him was a mare in golden armor and a golden crown who resembled Shining Armor.
"You are not Prince Artemis! Who are you? Thief!" shouted the pink alicorn stallion as the mare called the royal guards, who were all mares for some reason. It quickly became the chase at her palace all over again. She tried to run and escape, but in vain. The mares caught Luna and two pegasi held her up high in the air. 
" Follow me to take her to Prince Solaris. Come Gleaming Shield." nodded the alicorn towards the white unicorn mare. Lead by the alicorn and Gleaming Shield, Luna was shoved by the guards to the throne room where the white unicorn and the pink alicorn sat on their thrones next to a white alicorn. Luna looked around the room and saw three creatures sitting on silver chairs behind a long, silver table with golden plaques writing the names of the Clave members. Eris, bearer of the element of laughter, King Chrysylis, bearer of the element of loyalty and Tyruk, bearer of the element of generosity.
"What happened Prince Tempo?" asked the white alicorn stallion as he nodded to the guards to let Luna go. Luna was in awe. Sitting on the thrones were three alicorn stallions: a white alicorn resembling Celestia with a long and wavy etheral mane, shaded in reds, oranges and yellows He must have been Prince Solaris. To his left was a blue alicorn who resembled Luna with a long and slightly wavy etheral mane shaded in the darkest of blues. He must have been Prince Artemis. To Solaris' right was Prince Tempo who resembled Cadence and Gleaming Shield who resembled Shining Armor.
"I found this 'alicorn' coming from the Forbidden Room. I thought you and the Clave might want to judge the situation. So tell me 'alicorn', what secrets bring you here?" sneered Prince Tempo.
"Be careful with thy language when addressing a princess!" shouted Luna stamping her hoof as lightning went off in the background. Everyone was shocked. Everyone but Prince Artemis. He was silently enjoying himself.
"So what is your name princess?" asked Prince Solaris.
"I am Princess Luna of Equestria, raiser of the stars and moon at night. Who art thou is the better question,"hissed Luna.
"I am Prince Solaris of the sun. This is my brother Prince Artemis of the moon and stars and my cousin Prince Tempo with his wife Princess Gleaming Shield," answered Solaris, pointing to each royal in turn.
"But I am the raiser of the moon and stars in Equestria!" shouted Luna.
"Me too!" shouted Artemis rudely.
"How it this possible?" questioned Tempo.
"There could be a way Solaris. But it hasn't been used for years," replied Eris.
"You mean?"
"Yes."
"But how could she have traveled here?"
"Hestia's carpet."
"Does it still exist?"
"It was never destroyed."
"Where could it be?"
"The Forbidden room apparently."
"Solaris, how do we know that she isn't lying to us?" interrupted Artemis.
"We don't we just have to trust her. Unless, of course you would like to perform a revealing spell on her."
"That would be my pleasure." grinned Artemis as his horn started glowing. Luna watched in shock as a beam of light surrounded her, blackening her world again as she fainted.