Chapter 1 : New Princess, Old Threats
3 weeks after Princess Twilight's coronation...
Twilight trotted around the throne room in the Canterlot Castle, anxiously awaiting Princess Celestia's return. She had been called out of a royal meeting by the Pegasus Captan of the Royal Guard. Princess Luna and Cadence sat at the meeting table, murmuring hastily. Twilight finally stopped pacing when Celestia reentered the throne room, looking distraught. "Something wrong, sister?" Luna asked. Celestia's only response was to look at Twilight sadly.
"It appears that the cure for Werewolfism wore off on the cured ponies," Celestia announce. Twilight's mouth hung open, surprised at what she is hearing. "Ponies have reported werewolves running rampant along the streets and finding mutilated animal corpses laying in their yards. Twilight, have you experienced any nightly pain?"
Twilight was to shocked to talk, so she shook her head, her mouth still hanging open. Werewolves? Again? Will this nightmare ever end for Twilight? She shivered, thinking about the unspeakable pain that coursed through her every full moon while cursed. Celestia walked over to the newly-crowned Alicorn and touched her horn to Twilight's.
Celestia's horn illuminated gold, spreading to Twilight's horn and spreading throughout her body. Celestia concentrated hard to find and little trace of the curse still left in Twilight's body. Sadly, Celestia had spotted a few rogue cells in Twilight's brain, indicating the the Alicorn mare was still cursed. Twilight's good eye shone completely purple once Celestia located the cells, making Luna and Cadence gasp. Twilight shook her head, clearing the purple from her eye. The other eye shone white underneath the eyepatch, so bright that is was like looking at the sun through dark sunglasses. The scars on her cutie mark and eye glowed a pale green before fading back to the pale color of injured flesh. Celestia raised her horn and sighed heavily. "Twilight Sparkle, you are still under the influence of the curse."