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// A Mysterious... Unicorn 
// Story: The Missing Princess 
// by PopsicleLove 
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The pony's eyes adjusted. She only saw... dirt... crash this way, crash that way, it was all dirt. As the pony stood to her full height she groaned, and fell back down. What had she just hit? Her horn had hit the-

Her horn. She had a horn, didn't she? A long one at that. But something was still missing. Her horn blinked a couple times, until it glowed bright blue. She craned her neck around at her flank. It was blank. She was just unicorn. What happened? Somepony did something... what did they... she blacked out again.



"I swear, there's a pony in there!" shouted Rarity. "I was just looking for gems, and I found something living, breathing, it was warm! There. Is. A. PONY. There!"
"No one has been in these caves for years, except for you. No one is in there." reasoned Luna.
"THERE IS A PONY IN THERE!" repeated Rarity, screaming at her princess. Since Luna was the only princess, other than Cadance, they had renamed her the Princess of Balance. She was the Princess of the Sun and Moon, she was Nightmare Moon, yet she was also Princess Luna.

Luna sighed at her loyal subject. She supposed she owed her a favor, after all the things she and her friends had done for Equestria, including leading a search for her dear Tia, and trying to restore the Princess of Friendship. Luna sighed, blowing through her nostrils. She lit her dark blue horn.
"Where?" she asked, rather exasperated. Rarity nodded to herself, and galloped off into the cave, Luna racing behind her.



She finally awoke again. She heard footsteps. Galloping ones.
"H... he-e-ee... h...el...p..." she whispered, with all the strength she had.
"Shush, I heard something!" a voice hushed. They stopped, and listened.
"I-... I'm... he...." she blacked out for a couple seconds to dirt rushing upon her white coat. Her eyes were half open now. Her dull blue eyes stared into a pony's blue ones. And a pony's turquoise ones. Her eyes winced as she tried to stand, only to fall again, and drop down to her knees. The pony with blue eyes brushed a white hoof through her purple mane's curls; and she gasped. Princess Luna lifted the mysterious unicorn out of the ditch, which was rather easy because she was rather weak. The mysterious pony was blacked out, and Princess Luna had a headache.



She awoke on a comfy bed. A bright room, it had books, a white dresser, and pictures of an oh-so-familiar sun. Why did it all feel so... natural?
"Ah, you've awoken." called a regal voice. The mysterious unicorn groaned.
"Not a morning person?" the regal voice lightly joked. The unicorn slowly sat up in the bed.
"So, what's your name?" asked the blue pony who had the flowing blue main and turquoise eyes.
"I... I... I don't know." the pony replied.
"Well, I'm Luna." said the blue pony. The unknown unicorn nodded slightly.
"Would you like us to give you a name?" Luna asked. The unicorn nodded.

Luna smiled.
"How does Dawn Orchid sound?" Luna asked. The unicorn smiled, and then collapsed into bed. Luna's comforting smile dropped into a concerned frown. She was no doctor. Nurse Tenderheart strode in, and assured Luna she was just blacked out. Luna nodded, and smiled weakly.

She'd never seen this pony before. The pony had long pink hair, blue magic, a white coat, and purple eyes. Yet, she was a full grown pony without a cutie mark. She was tall, taller than... Tia had been. She missed her sister. Very much. She sat down in her throne, and she looked at her sister's throne. She had ordered for it to not be removed. It was clean. Someone came to dust it every day. In the middle of their thrones was Twilight's. Hers was dusted. Behind her throne, sat a great pillar that held her clean crown, and the Elements of Harmony as well.

"Princess Luna, the Princess of Balance..." she muttered. It didn't sound right. She was the Princess of the Moon, not of Balance. She was far from balanced.