"Princess Cadence?"
"Huh?" Cadence looked around for a moment "Oh, hello. Are we almost to Canterlot?"
"Yes ma'am. We will arrive in roughly 10 minutes. I wanted to give you some time to wake up first. We also wanted to talk to you before we had to wake her up" The guard explained motioning to the small purple alicorn
"You want to know why I didn't freak out seeing her?" Cadence asked with a knowing smile
All three guards looked at her surprised. "How did you?"
Cadence slowly got up, making sure not to wake her quite yet. She met up with her guards at the other end of the car. "As for how I know; I would be asking the same thing as you. As for why I didn't freak out; I have seen a lot stranger from powerful unicorns."
The pink Alicorn looked over to Twilight. "I have a feeling Sweetie Belle did this. It is rare, but there are unicorns out there that hold a lot of magic. They just have little control over, or it might be too hard to them to use it because their limited knowledge. This is actually more funny then anything" She explained with a giggle. "Twilight had trouble doing any spell past basic levitation at first. There was a burst of power, and it gave her enough strength to use her magic. That is a story for a later time."
"What kind of strange things?" A guard hesitantly asked
"Yes, that's you're only question from that" A different guard asked rolling his eyes
"Things that would put Discord to shame." The princess deadpanned. Laughing at everyponys shocked expression.
The third guard raised his hoof "Umm is that even.."
"Sadly yes. That is possible." She finished. "Trust me, it took forever trying change the fish in the castle gardens
back to normal. Thankfully nopony was eaten." She let out a small shiver "So many feathers."
"Look there's the station. I'm guessing about five minutes?" The guard said trying to change the subject.
"Oh, thank you." Cadence walked over to the sleeping filly and gently kissed her cheek
"Twiley?"
"But I'm not done looking at the stars Princess" She mumbled
"Come on Twilight. Were almost there." Cadence giggled, nuzzling Twilight. "Where almost to the train station."
Two purple eyes shot open. "Were almost there." She exclaimed jumping up.
"Yep." She looked Twilight over, smiling at how she looked like she was in a tornado. "Lets brush you first though. We want you looking your best."
"Oh right. I guess that might help a little."
Twilight sat down in front of Cadence as one of the guards handed Cadence her brush. "Thank you." She said smiling. She quickly used her magic to help clean Twilight up a little before they arrived at the station.
"3,2, and 1. All done."
"Thank you Cadence."
"You are more then welcome."
"Princess, we have arrived." The conductor announced opening the door.
"Lets go! Lets go!" Twilight squealed running out of the train.
"Twilight wait up!"
"Huh?" Twilight turned around to see a large pair of eyes, almost the same colors as her own.
"Twilight, you can't go running off like that. Stay with me, promise?"
"Yes Cadence." The filly let out a small yawn. It was a really short nap then what she should have had
A solar guard walked up to the group. "Princess Twilight?"
"Princess Twilight?" Twilight asked very confused
"It's a long story." A crystal guard offered
"Alright then. Your ride is this way." He motioned towards the chariot
"Thank you." Cadence knew that it wasn't far to the castle and could have walked. She was exhausted though, and now had Twilight. They all sat down inside, and their escorts hooked up their harnesses.
"Now Twilight, when we start moving I want you to stay seated. Ok?" She asked putting a wing around the small alicorn
Twilight snuggled closer to Cadence. "I will." Cadence knew she was to comfy to move anyways.
Twilight watched everything go by her as the adults were talking about something that sounded really important. Something
about a bug named Discord, and cleaning a empire. It sounded like a fun bug though, so she didn't understand why she was so
upset about it.
"Ooooo pretty." She thought looking at a small garden. Looking at the others she was sure nopony was watching, and jumped out
of the chariot. "What kind of flowers are these? Oh wow, a glass bird. It's so cute!" she thought to herself. She looked
over her shoulder and a familiar animal caught her eye. "Ducky! Waddle waddle waddle..."
"Twilight, what did I say before we left?"
Twilight jumped at the voice. "Sorry Cadence, but look!"
It was then she saw the garden and ducks. "Yes, they are very pretty. We really need to go though." She used her magic to pick up the filly and put her on her back before walking back to the others.
"She likes running away. Doesn't she?" A guard asked smiling
"She just gets distracted. Unless she has a book or something in front of her, then she will stay focused. For a little while
at least." She explained giving the filly a -you know better- stare. "We just have to keep a close eye on her."
"Hi Twilight, my name is Shimmer Steel. Question, do you want to ride on my back instead of in the chariot? You can see so much more
that way." He offered with a warm smile
"Can I Cadence? Pretty please!?" Twilight asked with puppy eyes
Cadence knew that this way, there was no way she could run off again. "Of course."
"Thank you." She sqeed climbing onto the guards back.
"Alright hold on!" And with that they were off. Again. Cadence and the guards started talking again. She didn't care though, she rarely got to go anywhere like this, so she got to see a lot of different things.
"Butterfly!" She whispered to herself.
"Oh no you don't." Steel told her, feeling her try get off. "You can see more butterflies at the castle then you can count. We have to get there first."
"Okay." She sighed, never taking her eyes off the flying creature.
"She was so cute at this age. I wonder what Celestia did to make her like she is now." He whispered to his partner, making sure she couldn't hear him. Causing them both to laugh.
"Well Hiya Flash. Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, What can I do for ya?"
"Hello Applejack. I was looking for you Applebloom and her friends. Have you seen them around?"
Applejack bucked one more tree before walking to meet up with the guard. "I'm real sorry Flash, but I don't." The farm pony sighed "What did those three do now?"
"There was a small accident with Princess Twilight. At least we hope it was a accident, but I need to talk with them. Princess Twilight is currently with Princess Cadence on her way to Canterlot." He tried to keep it as simple as possible for now. It was a very unique situation after all. " Oh, I also was wondering where Spike was."
"I heard that my Sis and her friends might need help from Fluttershy. Maybe Check there? If not, I'd check the library next."
Smiling, knowing he now had somewhere to start. "Thanks Applejack. Oh there is a small chance they will come to Canterlot with me. If they do I will be sure to let you, and the others know."
"TWILIGHT!"
"Well speakin of my sis." The farm mare groaned
Flash let out a small laugh "That was easier then I thought it would be."
Applebloom ran up seeing her sister "Hey Applejack, this might sound weird but have you seen..." It was then she noticed the guard.
"See what Surgarcube?"
"Umm, it's nothin. Really."
"Applebloom, I know about Twilight." He gave her a warm smile "I do need to talk to you to find out what happened." He explained
"I don't know the full story. If I can get my friends though, then we can s'plain what happened." She explained before getting a look of fear. "I ain't in trouble. Am I?"
He smiled. You have to love when they are this age. "Depends on one thing."
Applebloom took a step back, wondering what the question was. "What's that?" she asked shakily
"Was it a accident?
"I think so. I arrived after it happened. Only Sweetie Belle knows how it happened." She confessed
"Then no your not." He ruffled her mane a little "Let's go find your friends?"
"Ah huh." And with that Applebloom started running towards town
"Thanks again Applejack. I will let you know what happens next. Right now I need to find out the whole story."
"No problem." and with that, she went back to her daily work as Flash flew up to catch the little filly
"Sweetie is still at the library lookin for Twi, then Scoots is going around town."
Flash thought for a moment. "Ok, so we should get Sweetie Belle first, and then find Scootaloo in order to save some time. Also where is Spike? He wasn't with Twilight"
"Oh, he is with Fluttershy." Applebloom explained running up to the library. "Sweetie! I know where Twilight is!" She called out opening the door.
"Sweetie?" Looking around she noticed her friend knocked out on the floor.
"Sweetie Belle!"
"Let me look at her." Flash looked over the filly before noticing that her horn was slightly pink near the tip and she was running a fever.
"What's goin on with her. This is the third time she passed out like this." Applebloom asked concerned for her friend
Sighing in relief she picked her up on his back, and laid a wing over her to keep her safe and warm. "It looks like she tried a really hard spell, and ran out of magic. When unicorns run out of magic like this, they can get sick. She will be ok in a few days though." He explained
"Fluttershy said if she started actin weird, to bring her to her right away." Applebloom confessed "Well I guess that makes since." She thought, but letting a little worry come through in her voice."
"Let's go to Fluttershy's then find Scootaloo." He explained heading for the door.
Sighing Applebloom knew he was in charge. "Ok Flash."