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// Mysterious Happenings 
// Story: The Weeping of the World 
// by 2006midnight 
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Upon seeing that Twilight was awake, Celestia got up off of her throne and walked over to her former student. Twilight herself had not moved from where she had been lying the entire time that she was viewing the past. She was too confused by what she had seen to even completely register that she had fully returned to the present. As Celestia approached, Twilight jumped to her hooves and turned to face the Princess of the Sun. Before Twilight could speak, Celestia raised a hoof to stop her and said, “I know, Twilight. I know that was probably more confusing than helpful, and for that I’m sorry, but you did need to see it.”

Twilight nodded, “It’s alright Celestia. I am extremely confused, but I trust you if you say that seeing that was important.”

Celestia half-smiled as she replied, “I am glad that you trust me Twilight. Now, as to why I showed you that, well, I’m not even entirely certain of that myself. The night before last, I had a dream that, while extremely confusing in its own way, was also somewhat enlightening although not as much as is necessary to be able to fully understand anything about Jägerin. However, the portion of that dream that I could puzzle out was signaling me that not everything we see about Jägerin could be taken at face value.”

“But, I still don’t get how you could have this memory if you weren’t actually present at any of those events,” Twilight said, “It just doesn’t make sense. At least, as far as I know, there isn’t a way for anypony to possess a memory that is not their own. The most that anypony other than the owner of the memory can do is view said memory. And, based on all that you’ve said, you had no knowledge of Jägerin’s existence until learning of what Luna showed me in my dream last night. Unless you were lying about that, and, don’t get me wrong, I’m not accusing you of doing so, there shouldn’t have been a way for you to get the memory that I just saw.”

Celestia sighed, “Twilight, everything you say would be completely true if not for the fact that the memory you saw is about Jägerin. A couple centuries after the memory that you saw, something happened that I do not know anything about, nor do I understand it anymore now than I did back then. But, whatever that something was, it caused a select few of Jägerin’s memories to be placed in the dreamscape. Those memories could be accessed by anypony who could walk freely in the land of dreams. While I myself am not very skilled in that, as you know, Luna is a master of that art. Two nights ago, she came across those memories by accident and took them into her own mind in case they might be useful. At the very least, she intended to see what I knew about them, which is woefully little.”

Twilight’s eyes had been widening the entire time that Celestia had been speaking. She stood motionless for a few moments before managing to get out, “That-that’s incredible. Something like that shouldn’t even be possible at all, and yet, I suppose, with Jägerin, we might find a lot of things that appear to be out of the realm of possibility, especially given that she’s a winged wolf and all.”

Celestia nodded thoughtfully, “That’s a very intelligent observation Twilight. You’ve given me a lot to think about. Unfortunately, much more than I actually have time for, but, I don’t suppose either of us can do anything about that.” She gave a bitter laugh before continuing, “Well, the one thing I do know is that we must find a way to be as prepared as possible for the day when Jägerin arrives here in Canterlot. Based on this conversation, I will be delving into many theoretical manners of how we might be able to, at the very least, resist her attack.”

Twilight replied, “I think it would be best if I didn’t bother you any longer then. You’ll need all the time you can get before Jägerin reaches Canterlot. And I should tell my friends as much as I can without completely confusing them so that they aren’t completely unprepared when Jägerin arrives.”

Celestia turned to look out the windows of the throne room as she said, “You’re right on both counts there Twilight. I definitely will need every second of what time is left, however much that may be, and I agree that your friends need to know at least the basic facts on Jägerin. Unfortunately, due to how complex much of the information we know about her is, it would probably not be wise to tell them all that you have seen nor much of what we’ve said just now. Not to mention, the amount of time that would be needed to recount such a monstrous amount of information is more than we have at our disposal.”

Shaking her head sadly, Twilight sighed, “I’ll do my best to keep it as brief as I can manage. And, tomorrow, I will start doing research of my own. It would not be right for you to have to do all of the work.”

Celestia smiled, “Thank you, Twilight. I hope you don’t have too much trouble explaining this to your friends.”

Twilight smiled back, “Thank you as well. I wish you luck in trying to figuring out how to defeat Jägerin.”

Celestia nodded and smiled once more to acknowledge Twilight before beginning to pace around the throne room, clearly deep in thought. Twilight turned and walked out of the throne room and went off in the direction of where her friends should’ve been given suites to stay in. As she walked, she began to make a mental checklist of what she needed to research the next day.