Two troopers stood guard at the door as the meeting was held in the throne room. Charming Thunder sat as Celestia spoke, "I sense that we have a traitor in our mints in Equestria."
"Who do you think it is?" Charming Thunder asked.
"I'm not sure but keep your eyes open for anything suspicious. You can go, Charming Thunder. And keep your eyes open." Charming Thunder nodded as he made his way out of the room.
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Light was reading a book on the history of the Discord Wars as she jotted down important notes with her quill. Her cutie mark was similar to her mother's but has a red lightning bolt behind the star. "Light," Twilight shouted.
"I'll be right there, mom," she replied as she puts away the book and brought her notebook along.
Charming Thunder and Twilight sat at the dining room table as their plate was already served. Light walks to her chair as she levitate her notebook. "You know," Light began. "I may have found something interesting in this book."
"And what might that be?" Charming Thunder asked after he sipped his tea.
"I had it jotted down in my notebook. The book had something about the draconequus race before the time of Discord." Silence filled the room as Charming Thunder took a bite of his food. "If I may ask, does that race still exist?" He then nodded and Light looked down at her notebook. "Then Discord is the only one left then. He must be lonely without his family."
"He was the lord of chaos during the war. Now that he returned, he promised to use his magic for good."
"Ah." Light thought a moment as it was the right time to ask her parents. "I was thinking about joining the Crystal Knights. Just so that I can be a protector just like mom's brother."
"It maybe dangerous for that there are trials that some never returned from."
"Sure that I'll understand what--"
"You must understand I need you here, Light."
"But that's because I'm princess without wings."
"It doesn't matter if you have wings," Twilight said. Light then got up from her chair as the alicorn asked, "Where are you going'?"
"It looks like I'm going nowhere. I need to wash up to get ready for bed."
Twilight then turned to Charming Thunder who was still eating as she said, "She can't stay here forever you know. Trixie has gone there. It means so much to her."
"I promise you, dear. I'll make it up to her when the time is right." Twilight sighed and continued to eat her dinner then took a sip of her tea.
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Light walked into her room using her towel to dry her hair and then turned to see the sunset. She then placed her towel on her bed and walked to her window to watch the sunset as she thought about what her father said. She then walked to her table and took out the history book and continued to read it.
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Trixie sat at a table in the temple as she analyzed an ancient artifact of the old Crystal Knights. As she studied it more, she heard a voice coming from the other side of the bookshelf. She levitated the artifact and placed it in her saddlebag as she got up from the tasble and followed the source of the voice. She peeped the corner where she saw a Crystal Knight talking to a hologram of a hooded figure. "Are sure you want to do that?" the knight asked.
"I assure you it will not be a problem," the figure said. "Once I find the alicorn amulet, I will use its magic to bring back an ancient race. Even though that one survived, he won't be a use to us."
"And what of the princesses?"
"Her betrayal will be dealt with. I want you to go to Canterlot tommorow and deal with Celestia. Including Luna if you have to."
"As you say." The hologram disappeared and the knight looked around to see if there were any suspicions. As he turned to the other direction, Trixie hid away from his gaze. When he was gone, she walked out of the library casually to act like she never heard a thing about the knights plot.
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Charming Thunder stood in a room that looked a lot like a temple. He explored the room as he encountered a wall with hieroglyphics that tells a legend of the Crystal Knights and the draconequus race. "Odd," Charming Thunder said. "I can't understand what it means but..." He then turned to see his father walk up to him.
"This is the language of the ancient droconequus," Sombra explained. "It was during the time Discord was born and before he met Princess Celestia."
"Father, what does it all mean?"
"A thousand years ago, the draconequus was a peaceful race before the Discord Wars. When Discord began to spread chaos and when I was corrupted by his magic, they helped the lord of chaos fight in the war against the Crystal Knights. Only one important figure was important to his cause; the Son of Discord."
"Who is he?"
"Nopony knows about his nature, but all they know was his name; Slade. All I can tell you is that he was sealed away in the Crystal Empire and when it returned and I was defeated by the Crystal Heart, he broke free from his prison in the crystal temple." He then faded away as Charming Thunder reached out to him.
"Father, wait."
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Charming Thunder woke up from Twilight shaking him. He opened his eyes and rolled over to see Twilight laying next to him in the bed. "Good morning, dear," Twilight said.
"Morning," Charming Thunder replied.
"Did you have another nightmare?"
"No. It was something else. I'll explain to you while we have breakfast." Charming Thunder then got out of his bed sheets and stretched his legs from his long nap.