Supernova, Pinkie, and Christian trek through the caverns of the moon; following Princess Luna as she tracks this new and familiar feeling within her. The caves have gotten pitch black as they have gone deeper into the moon; the only light coming from the magic being generated by Luna and Supernova. Even with this small amount of luminescence, the tunnels were still drenched in darkness. The three lagging behind Luna keep pushing, hoping to discover what Luna is being lured to.
“We’ve been in these caves for ten minutes!” Christian says, trying not to trip over any loose rocks on the floor below him. “Where the heck is Luna going?” He asks, stumbling over a dip in the cave floor.
“No idea.” Supernova says, looking back at the two following him. “But whatever it is, Luna seems determined to find it.” Nova suddenly stops, realizing that Luna’s form has vanished from his sight; her dark blue light also missing from the tunnel before him. “Speaking of which, where did she go?” He glances around the space in front of him, yet still nothing. At this point, Christian sighs with impatience. This is starting to get ridiculous.
“Okay, you know what? This ends now!” Christian pushes Nova aside and continues walking forward, angered and annoyed. “I don’t care what Luna is doing. I just want to go ba-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Christian suddenly screams as his voice quickly softens to the point of it almost being inaudible. Pinkie and Nova glance at each other before rushing to where Christian walked into the darkness. The two quickly come to a halt as they realize where Christian is: Below in a giant open space smack in the middle of the cave system. Light from outside the moon trickles in from small openings above; giving the two just enough light to see their human friend tens of feet below them.
“Christian! Are you okay?” Pinkie yells down. “Groan once for yes, twice for no!” A loud and muffled groan is heard from the fallen human. Pinkie smiles at his answer. “He’s fine.” She says happily. Supernova rolls his eyes at her and looks back at Christian, who is just now trying to get back to his feet.
“Well, that was unexpected… And painful.” Christian mumbles to himself as he leans up on his arm.
“Christian! Do you see Luna down there?!” Nova yells down. Christian looks out into the large open space for any sight of the blue alicorn. Suddenly, his eyes pop open at the sight before him. He quickly scrambles to his feet and looks up at where he fell.
“Uh, you two might want to see this!” He shouts in shock and worry. The two ponies look at each other confused before hopping down to meet him. The lower gravity softens their landings as they go to Christian’s side, who is just standing in awe at what is before him.
“What do you see Christi-” Nova’s sentence freezes as he sees the sight before him. “For the love of Celestia...” Nova says, now gasping at the same view before him. Pinkie looks at the two of them oddly before looking in front of her. Before the three of them, at the end of the large chamber is the towering structure of a large and ruined castle. The light from outside shown the castle’s brick colors of an onyx black, while the flags, roofs, and other smaller features were a deep blue; almost like a navy or cobalt in color. The structure itself was an almost exact copy of Canterlot Castle; almost like it's a sort of decrepit shadow of said building. Nova looks down at the fallen front doors of the ruins to see a blue pony standing motionless before the building: Princess Luna. Supernova starts trotting towards her without so much as a word, for he already knows why this castle is here. The other two quickly snap out of their fixated trance and follow their unicorn friend. As Nova approaches Luna, he takes a breath.
“She built this… Didn’t she?” He says to her. Luna keeps her back to Supernova, yet his voice shocks him. She seems to be out of whatever trance she was in. The princess slowly nods at his words.
“Yes…” Luna says, softly. “A thousand years stranded here is a lot of time. One gets bored quite quickly. Besides, I needed someplace to stay.” She says while finally turning around. Pinkie and Christian rush up to meet the princess. Christian looks back up at the ruined and towering structure.
“So wait, this was made by Nightmare Moon?” Christian asks. Nova and Luna both nod. “Huh, awesome.”
“I’ll say!” Pinkie says while bouncing over the human. “But how did get in the moon?” She questions aloud with a tilt of her head. Luna sighs at the question.
“Rocks from space must have pludged this castle down within the depths of the moon.” She answers, somewhat sourly. “I only wished that it was fully destroyed as well.” The group behind her continue to marvel at the structure before them. To think that this once belonged to such a powerful villain is mind-boggling!
“Wow, Nightmare Moon’s castle!” Pinkie exclaims with joy. “This outta be fun!” She starts jumping towards the castle’s broken entrance. This sole act alerts the others with horror.
“Pinkie! Get back here! Who knows what’s in there!” Christian shouts as he races after her. Luna and Nova quickly follow in pursuit; entering the creepy castle. Pinkie jumps along the long hallway inside; over debris and rocks, allured at every sight around her. In reality, the interior of the castle has the same format as Canterlot’s: A long hallway ending at a single throne. The tattered rug leading to a partial destroyed tall, blue and black throne with a crescent moon crest on top. Rocks and pillars dotted the hallway; which were easy obstacles for Pinkie who hopped over them easily. The others ran around the obstacles as they tried catching up to the hyperactive pink pony.
“Weeee!” She shouts while flipping over a fallen column and onto the throne.
“Pinkie! Hold still or so help me, i’ll-” Christian goes to threaten her with his crossbow; yet he then remembers that he no longer has it. He quickly tries to think of something else. “I’ll… use a… sleeping spell on you?” He says unsuringly. Nova looks at him, unimpressed.
“Great job, Christian. That will get her to stop.” He states with smirk and sarcastic roll of the eyes as all three of them catch up to Pinkie, who is still bouncing up and down on the broken throne. “Pinkie!” He shouts at the pony. “Quit jumping up and down! This entire place is completely unstable! You might make this castle collapse in on us!” He warns. Pinkie ignores him and keeps jumping on the throne.
“Aww, come on, Nova!” She says while leaping off the throne and in front of the group. “It’s a lot of fun!” Suddenly, the throne behind her cracks and breaks down into a pile of rubble. Then, a extremely violent shaking starts rocking the entire castle. The wall behind the throne starts crackling and crumbling apart as more columns plummet from where they once stood. Pinkie’s little stunt had set off a chain reaction of collapse. Supernova glares at Pinkie, irate at her lack of listening skills.
“Next time I say something, LISTEN!” He screams at her. Pinkie smiles nervously.
“Whoops, my bad!” She says with a nervous rub of her neck. The group looks around to see their surroundings falling apart. All four of them lock eyes with each other and the same plan seems to be understood between them: Get the heck out of here! The four of them race to the front door of the castle; when suddenly, another large pillar starts to fall towards them. The group screeches to a halt before swiftly backtracking to avoid getting squashed. With a dive, they just manage to escape being crushed. As the pillar smacks into the ground, the shaking subsides and the dust settles. Luna gets up off the ground; coughing after that catastrophe.
“Is everyone alright?” She asks as the others start to get up. Nova jolts up; eyes angrily crossed at Pinkie who is just getting to her hooves.
“We’re fine. However, we were lucky that the entire castle didn’t cave in around us!” He shouts in rage. “Pinkie, we were almost crushed because of you!” Pinkie looks down at the ground in sadness.
“Gee, I’m sorry; Supernova. I was just having fun.” Supernova prepares to give the mare a stern talking to as Christian starts to get to his feet. As he does, he notices Luna being fixated on something in the back of the castle. Curious and wanting to avoid hearing any of the argument, he starts toward the princess. Coming up next to her, he follows her eyes to where the throne once stood, and he too is fixated on what is before him.
“Hey… guys.” Christian says, still in shock. Yet Pinkie and Nova keep arguing in the background.
“It’s an unstable structure!” Nova continues. “Of course if you jump around like a mad pony it could collapse!”
“It was fine for all this time; I figured it would be safe enough.” Pinkie defends herself.
“That does make any-”
“SUPERNOVA! PINKIE! CEASE YOUR BICKERING!” Luna shouts at the two of them. The two ponies become dead silent as they look up at the lunar princess. Luna quickly loses her irate look as she turns her head to look back at the two of them. “Pinkie, your act was of a great benefit to us.” Luna continues. Pinkie hears this and smiles.
“Really? How so Luna?” She asks, Supernova gives the princess a curious look.
“See for yourselves.” She steps aside as the two ponies trot towards where she and Christian were looking towards. As they approach the end of the hall, they stand in awe at what is before them. Behind where the dark throne stood, the back wall had been demolished in the small collapse of the castle; revealing a hidden chamber. The chamber is small, yet very special: as on a pedestal in the center lay a necklace.
The necklace looks similar to The Alicorn Amulet; yet instead of silver alicorn head, horn, and wings; a unicorn is in its place. The unicorn’s head is an onyx color that’s as dark as outer space. The silver eyes of the unicorn’s head contrasted against this black background like the stars in the night sky. In the center of the necklace is a beautiful cyan gem in the shape of a club, like from the suit of cards. The moment everyone saw the necklace, they all knew what it was.
“Is… that…” Nova goes to say, yet Luna beats him to the punch.
“Yes. That is an Element of Conflict.”
“How the heck did THAT get up here?!” Christian asks as he approaches the necklace. Luna laughs a bit at the question.
“I was given that element a long time ago by my sister. When I was…. Nightmare Moon and after Celestia… well.” She pauses and looks away for a few seconds. “Anyway,” She snaps back to reality and continues. “As Nightmare Moon; I believed I was above such objects. So I stored it somewhere safe and hidden. I figured I had no need for it, for I was already quite powerful.”
“I can’t believe our luck!” Nova exclaims as he rushes to Christian’s side to observe the legendary artifact more closely. Christian thinks about what he says before getting a suspicious feeling in the back of his head.
“Yea, it’s a bit TOO lucky.” He mumbles to himself.
“Your right, Christian.” Luna says, coming up from behind him.
“Hmm?” He responds, looking back at Luna.
“It makes me think that there is a bigger game being played here.” She comments, with Christian nodding; understanding what she meant by her statement.
“That shouldn’t matter now though!” Pinkie jumps into the conversation. “We beat Paradox and Trixie! They can’t get the element now!” Christian and Luna look at Pinkie and nod happily at each other. She was right. If those two were going after the element, they had lost their chance.
“This necklace is positively amazing!” Supernova shouts in glee. “Imagine what types of powers that this could give to its rightful owner!”
“Actually Nova, I don’t think its true owner is very far.” Luna points out. Supernova looks at her funny.
“What do you mean?” He asks nervously. Christian and Pinkie look at each other before looking at the necklace in good detail, and then to the unicorn beside it. After going back and forth a few more times, they realize what Luna was implying.
“Dude… It’s YOU!” Christian shouts while pointing at Supernova, who reels in shock at his exclamation.
“I-I’m sorry?” He responds nervously. Christian rushes up to the pedestal and swipes the necklace clean off its resting place.
“Look at this thing, Nova.” Christian turns the unicorn’s head to come eye to eye with the necklace. “It’s a black unicorn with silver eyes with a light blue club for a symbol. There is only ONE unicorn I know with those colors, and that’s you!” Nova’s eyes bug out at his friend’s realization: The necklace did look a lot like him. “You should try it on! We might as well see if the theory is correct!” Supernova’s eyes shrink. If there is one thing he can’t back down from, it is proving if a theory is right or wrong.
“Well…” Supernova says with a gulp. “I-I guess it’s w-worth a shot. F-for science.” He stutters, reaching for the necklace with a forehoof. Christian places the trinket in Supernova’s forehoof and backs away to Luna and Pinkie. Supernova takes a long look at the necklace before looking back to his three friends nervously. With a heavy exhale, he gazes at the necklace before levitating it up into the air with some magic. “Alright then.” He says with another nervous breath. “Here goes nothing.” He flips the necklace around and prepares to place it on his neck…
Back in Equestria, the citizens of Ponyville are still in a deep sleep. Completely oblivious to the relative danger that was above their heads minutes ago. Along with the rest of the town, Twilight Sparkle is enjoying her slumber with Spike. Then, a white light starts shining through her window. Twilight, who is somewhat awakened by the light, shifts to her side to avoid being disturbed further. However, the light grows in its luminescence. Now annoyed, Twilight lifts her head up to see what is going on. Groggy from her rude awakening, she looks out her window to see what the hay is going on outside. At this point, Spike is also woken up by the same disturbance.
“Twilight, what’s going on out there?” He asks. Twilight shrugs at him before returning her view towards outside. Looking up, she sees the full and bright moon. However, that is not the source of the light: It is the shining white pillar coming out of the moon’s side that is providing the blinding light; which is still increasing in its brightness. Twilight looks at this harsh light with fear in mind, scared that something is wrong with the moon.
“Spike, we need to get to the castle! Quickly!” She says as Spike hops on her back and they rush out the door. Dashing out of the library, Twilight gallops through Ponyville; whose citizens have also been awoken by the light above them. Most of which are concerned by the strange omen. Twilight can hear ponies’ panic whispers to each other as she races towards Canterlot. Suddenly, Dash drops from the sky, flying alongside Twilight.
“Hey Twilight, the hay is going on with the moon?” She asks, flying on her back.
“No idea, Dash. But I doubt it's good through; whatever it is.” She answers. “Can you get the rest of the girls and tell them to meet me at the castle? We need to sort this out quick!” She asks.
“That’s not necessary, Twi.” A voice from behind her says. Turning around, Twilight sees Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy all racing behind her. Twilight smiles. “We were all woken up by that light. And we all want ta know what the hay is goin’ on!” Twilight nods as they continue heading towards the castle.
The doors of Canterlot Castle burst open as the five mares charge in. The castle is oddly quiet at this time of night. The light from the moon had finally died down just as the girls were approaching the exterior of the castle. However, the glow of the moon still fills the castle with an eerie white and low light. The girls look around the castle, wanting to see any signs of activity. Then, Princess Celestia emerges from the staircase above her throne.
“Hello, girls.” She says with a yawn. The mares freeze in shock at her relatively calm state.
“Princess,” Twilight starts. “We’re here to see-”
“I’m aware of what happened with the moon, Twilight.” She cuts her off with a smile.
“Oh.” She murmurs softly.
“However, it was smart of you girls to come here to tell me anyway.” She starts down the rest of the stairs. Her expression changes to that of being concerned. “My sister seems to be missing from her room. I am worried about her whereabouts.”
“Come to think of it,” Rarity adds. “Has anyone seen Pinkie?” The other girls look around and notice their pink friend is missing from the group.
“You think she’s with Princess Luna?” Dash questions.
“I don’t know.” Celestia continues. “But we must find the two of them. Wherever they-”
FWOOSH!
Out of nowhere, a rainbow portal opens up in between the princess and the ponies. The girls instantly recognize the portal as Christian’s portable portal. The girls peer into the colors and duck out of the way as Christian jumps out. Rolling out onto the floor, he looks back at the girls with a grin that can only be described as seeing something unbelievable and completely amazing. The girls quickly rush to his aid.
“Christian?! Are you okay?!” Twilight asks. Christian doesn’t answer for a few seconds, still in awe about something, before nodding slowly.
“I’m fine. In fact… I’m better than fine.” He says slowly.
“Why? What happened? Were you on the moon, Christian? Were you with Luna?” Celestia asks, hastily; wanting to know what happened to her sister. Christian again, nods slowly.
“Yes, I was with Luna. In fact…” As if on que, the blue princess of the night pops out of the portal. And just like Christian, she has the same look of bewilderment. Celestia sighs in relief as she goes to hug her sister.
“Oh Luna! I’m so happy to see that you’re alright!” Luna quickly snaps out of her trance and hugs her sister right back.
“Tia! I’m happy that you're fine as well!” Her sister’s comment makes Celestia look at her sister curiously.
“Of course i’m okay, Luna. Why would I not be?” Luna looks away from her sister and looks up at her moon.
“Paradox and Trixie… They were up there.” The girls gasp at what Luna has said. “They had this… device that would have made you evil forever. However, with some help-” She looks back at Christian and the portal. Suddenly, Pinkie leaps out of the portal, still looking as happy as ever. “We managed to stop them.”
“Hi girls!” She introduces herself to her friends. The rest of the mares rush over to their friend, relieved that she’s okay.
“Pinkie!” Twilight shouts with worry. “Are you okay?” Pinkie gleefully nods.
“Yea, i’m fine. You should see Supernova, though!” She comments with another smile. The girls look at each other.
“Uhh, Supernova? Why?” The all say simultaneously. Pinkie hops next to the portal and presents a forehoof.
“See for yourself!” Right as her sentence ends another pony jumps out of the portal. Celestia and the girls look towards the portal as the final pony jumps out: Supernova. Yet this Supernova is different; he looked more… fearless and tranquil. He also is wearing some sort of necklace. However, the girls already knew what that necklace was; even before Supernova looks at the crowd before him and speaks:
“I am Supernova: The Element of Space!” His shout echoes throughout the castle’s interior. The girls’ jaws collectively drop as they stare at this awoken legend. A collective of ‘ohh’s and ahh’s’ flow throughout the hallway as Nova puffs out his chest in pride. This new power flowing through him felt amazing.
“Wow! Another Element of Conflict! Incredible!” Twilight exclaims.
“No kiddin’!” Applejack adds. “What kind of powers did ya get, Nova?” She asks, eager to know. Supernova gives a smirk as his horn starts to glow an electric blue. He moves his forehooves across the ground, as if trying to feel or sense something. Suddenly, the group surrounding him starts floating right off the ground around the unicorn. Everyone besides Pinkie and Christian start freaking out as they start floating for some unknown reason.
“Hey! What’s going on?!” Twilight shouts as she is hoisted into the air.
“Not cool! Only I can control when I fly!” Dash yells while trying to use her wings to stay upright, yet it is to no avail.
“Eep!” Fluttershy murmurs.
“Get me down! Get me down, THIS INSTANT!” Rarity demands while flailing her hooves like a maniac.
“Whoa! This is wild!” Applejack comments as she starts slowly flipping backwards.
“This is awesome!” Spike cheers with a front flip. Supernova laughs at the ponies’ frightened and confused expressions.
“Relax, girls. As the bearer of the Element of Space; I can control the gravity of a surrounding area AND the gravity of any objects I desire. Even myself.” He says this as his hooves start glowing cyan and he himself starts flying up into the air. Then, the cyan light fades around his hooves and Nova starts floating all on his own. He soars around the hall as the girls hover below him, trying to flip over and control themselves; yet they remain slowly spinning and flailing in mid-air. Nova twirls and flips over them as if he were a highly trained pegasus; minus the wings. Landing back on the ground, his horn glows once more as he releases the girls from his anti-gravity grasp. The girls crash back down the ground, aching a bit from the landing. Christian, Luna, and Pinkie all look at Nova proudly. This new power is a great advantage to them.
“How cool is that?!” Christian shouts, nodding to Nova. Dash gets up off the floor; a bit angry that she had no control over her levitation.
“Yea, that’s great.” She says, irked. “What else can you do?” Nova looks outside to the stars above.
“Well…” With another cyan glow of his horn, the stars outside seem to come alive. In a instant, hundreds of shooting stars soar across the starry background. Everyone in the castle gazes at the marvel outside the windows in awe. “I can control nearby space debris in order to create shooting stars; if that counts for something.” The stallion says proudly.
“Indeed it does, Supernova.” Celestia says with a satisfied smile. Everyone looks towards her; the ‘Equestrian Legends’ book now floating beside her. Opening it up and flipping through a few pages; Celestia presents the book with the “Elements of Conflict” pages shown to the group in front of her. On the top right of the right page, diagonal of Frostbite’s picture, is the brand new picture of Supernova and a new description. “Ahem,” Celestia clears her throat as she prepares to read it:
“The Element of Space, a unicorn of magic and science; he has the abilities of bending the gravity around him at his will. Doing so, he can control the gravity of objects close to him, from leaves to ponies to boulders. He can even bend his own gravity to give himself flight without the use of wings. The Element of Space can also control nearby asteroids to bombard the area around him in order to control the field of battle if the need arises. The laws of physics mean nothing to him, as he controls what follows them and what does not.” Celestia finishes with Supernova beaming with pride. “Now Nova,” Celestia starts up again. “You understand what this means, correct?” Nova cocks his head in confusion.
“Uhh, I’m the true owner of a legendary artifact?” Celestia laughs a bit at him.
“Well yes; but it also means that i’ll need to keep a close eye on you...”
“Wait, wait;” Nova slowly approaches Celestia. “You mean you want me to stay here in the castle as well?” He questions. Celestia nods.
“But of course! Besides, you and Luna could spend more time together to study magic.”
“Huh, that’s a nice side benefit.” Luna comments with a small smile. Nova nods.
“Well, I would love to stay here at the castle, Celestia! It would be an honor!” He says with a bow.
“Glad to hear it, Supernova. We can move you in tomorrow on one of the upper floors of the castle. It has a balcony, so it is perfect for you to continue your astrological research and it is right next to Luna’s room so you can practice magic with her as you wish.” Supernova gives the princess a wide smile at the location of his new home. He couldn’t be happier.
“I’ll help you move in tomorrow, Nova.” Christian adds in with a huge yawn. Looks like all the sugar Pinkie gave him earlier is starting to wear off. “After I collapse from lack of sleep back home.” Too tired to even walk back to the portal in town. Christian takes out his own portal device and lazily throws it out onto the floor.
“Destination is set to: Earth. Location?” The orb asks. Christian, whose eyes are now have open, spaces out and stares at the device for a few seconds before answering.
“Uhh… Home.” He says with another yawn. The orb sends out a bunch of beeps as another colorful portal opens before him. Christian goes to take a step towards it before immediately collapsing to the floor, sound asleep. Twilight rolls her eyes before lifting the passed out human onto her back.
“I’ll make sure he gets home safely.” The unicorn says as she walks through the portal to Earth.
“Christian’s got the right idea, though.” Applejack points out with a yawn of her own. “Ah’m goin’ back ta bed.”
“Same here, darling.” Rarity says as she goes towards the door. “I just hope Sweetie Belle didn’t wake up with all the noise.”
“I think you girls should all go back to sleep.” Luna says. “It’s a been a long night, and with the sun rising soon. I myself need some rest.”
“No problem, Princess Luna!” Dash yells as she starts for the door with the others. Twilight then appears leaping out of another portal that has appeared in the hallway. As she exits, her legs are noticeably wobbling as the unicorn tries to walk around.
“Well, Christian’s home.” She says, somewhat aggravated. “He managed to shoot off a paralyzing spell at me before I put him in bed. I don’t even know where he learned that spell!” Twilight mumbles to herself while trying to trot over to her teacher. Celestia can’t help but laugh a little at the scenario.
“Looks like Christian has been doing some extra studying!” She comments. “You should be proud, Twilight! You’ve been a great teacher for him!” Twilight rolls her eyes, but in her head; she is a bit proud that Christian has been advancing his studies all on his own. She’s happy that he has been taking an interest in his magic.
“Well, at least he’s practicing more.” She says to herself.
“You should head home with the others, Twilight.” Celestia address her student. “We’ll be able to sort all of this out thoroughly in the morning.” The princess heads back to her sister; bringing Luna close and giving her a warm, comforting hug.
“Yea,” Spike says with a yawn. “Let’s go catch up on our shut eye, Twilight.” He rubs an eye tiredly before climbing back onto Twilight’s back. Resting his head on her’s, he quickly falls back asleep. Twilight sighs with a smile at the little dragon before heading towards the door. Twilight looks back down the hallway one final time; again smiling at the two sisters enjoying each other’s company before she slips out the door as quiet as a mouse, as to not wake Spike.
*Click*
The door slowly closes, and silence takes over the castle.
“...She is gone, Tia.”
“Yes…” Celestia parts from her sister and goes over to the window beside her. Luna looks on at her sister nervously as Celestia stares up at the moon; a disgruntled frown frozen on her face. “Luna,” She starts, her eyes still fixated to the view outside. Luna does not respond to her sister. “Luna,” Celestia’s voice suddenly sharpens in worry and a touch of anger. “What was their plan up there… What machine did they create?” The alicorn turns her head, a stern frown still on her face. Luna gives her sister a soft nod; taking a breath before answering.
“Paradox called it The Malevolent Influencing and Normalizing Device, or The M.I.N.D.” Celestia makes no motion except for a small nod as she continues to stare out the window. She already knows how Paradox and Trixie were able to create the device. “Thier plan,” Luna continues. “Their plan was to use that device on me to become Nightmare Moon forever.” Celestia gasps at what her sister says before gritting her teeth at the very thought. “But they were going to use it on you, Tia.” Celestia hears this and, suddenly and inexplicably smiles. Luna sees this and raises a brow at her sister.
“Well, it seems that won’t be a problem.” Celestia comments as she looks back at her sister. “You and the others destroyed that device; they failed in their plan.”
“Like they were going to succeed, dear sister.” Luna says to Celestia. “They were doomed from the start.”
“Yes…” Celestia’s smile is then replaced with another frown, yet this one of a concerned look. “However, this only makes me worry about that other blueprint. If Paradox managed to get one of those devices working, he can most likely make the second device operational as well.” She looks at Luna; determination on her face. “I must tell John about this in the morning; and we must find out what that second weapon is!”
“Of course, Tia.” Luna puts a forehoof on her sister’s shoulder. “We will stop Paradox’s plans! He shall not succeed!” Celestia stares deeply into her sister’s eyes; inside is a fire burning with a passion to stop this malevolent spirit and protect Equestria from his rule. “Whatever this device is, we will stop it! You, me, Christian, The Elements of Harmony AND The Elements of Conflict!” Celestia agrees with her sister with a silent nod.
“Of course, Luna. I just fear what Paradox has planned.” She starts up the stairs, with Luna following after her. “That time spirit is smarter than we have anticipated. We must plan our next moves very carefully. Because if we don’t-” Celestia stops halfway up the steps and turns to her sister, her pupils small and her breath short and nervous. “Equestria will have a new ruler.” She thinks about her sentence before shaking her head and snapping out of this trance. “But we will make sure that doesn’t happen.”
“Yes, sister. He will not rule as long as we stand.” Luna trots up in front of Celestia. “Now come, sister;” She says, tiredly. “Let’s both of us get some well deserved sleep.” Celestia nods at Luna, and the two of them continue up to their rooms and spend the next few hours asleep and determined to keep Equestria out of the hands of evil.