Cold. So cold. These familiar chills. The eeriness of this still-black early morning. The time of our unity has arrived at last. You shall soon be free.
Celestia was sprawled across her throne quite uncomfortably, trying to find a suitable position where she could finish the piles of paperwork that she had put off for far too long. Now, she was paying the price for it by being stuck up at this hour.
"Luna will be raising tomorrow night's moon by the time I'm finished," she mumbled to herself. "I'll never put my work off-" Celestia stopped mid-sentence to hear a faint sound of hooves clopping swiftly against the castle floors not too far from the throne room. "What? I don't know anypony who would decide to go for a jog at this hour.."
The sun princess was startled by the doors to the throne room being thrust open, but thankfully the pony who barged through the golden doors was not another miscreant planning to take over Equestria.
"Luna, you know you don't-" Celestia was cut off yet again, as her sister seemed determined to get straight to her point. "Sister, do you not recall what today is!? Can you not feel it?"
Celestia was completely muddled. Today was like any other day. There were no special events to attend, no special ponies arriving at the castle, nopony attacking Equestria...
Wait.
Celestia stopped dead in the middle of her thinking. She could feel it now too. The room temperature dropped by at least 30°, or at least she thought it did.
The elder alicorn tried to convince herself it was not true, that it was not time, but it was to no avail.
"Tia, I know that look on your face. We both know we cannot do anything to stop it, or even give ourselves an extra minute of time. It has been long enough and I know very well that you don't want to wait any longer, but first we must face her to free her. Today, we have Twilight and her friends to aid us. We are not alone, dear sister."
Celestia noticed that Luna had finally mentioned the pony by pronoun. She didn't want to think about the current problem and what could happen. Of what has already happened.
Luna's right. I have Twilight and her friends to help this time. Cadence and Shining Armor as well. We stand a better chance then before. But nopony else must know or help. It would be too big of a risk.
Celestia smiled softly at her sister. "Then we must begin at once. Gather the wonderbolts, and," Celestia instantly thought of the fastest pony she knew. "Rainbow Dash. Yes, tell them to spread all across Equestria as fast as they can fly and warn everypony to stay inside and out of site, lights off, no sounds, princesses order. No more. After that, order all ponies inside the castle to evacuate and head home immediately. I must find the ponies we need and tell them what to do. You inform Rainbow Dash. I must raise the sun in an hour, and from there we time will only be ticking."
"Of course sister. I will meet you back here." Luna had already begun flying out the door halfway through her sentence.
Celestia looked up at the night sky through a window not yet decorated with stained glass. Her thoughts were scattering all around her mind, but that did not stop the discomforting feeling rising up through her elegant body. The feeling of true fear.