One of Celestia's private guards ran down the halls of Canterlot Palace. The guard Ran with the immediate information that was only for the princess. The guard finally ended his long journey and headed into Celestia's private chambers. The guard entered the princess's chambers and found the sun princess with her personal student Twilight Sparkle.
"This Twilight is a great spell for turning things into other things" Celestia explained to her student Twilight "to do this, you only have to think what the item you want and then the spell will transform the object into what you desire"
As quickly as the guard entered the room Celestia turned her attention to the interruption.
"Princess" the guard said bowing down to the sun princess "there is an urgent matter to which you must attend to your majesty"
Celestia looked at the guard and then back at her student "I'm sorry captain but I'm currently teaching Twilight magic, and I will attend this urgent matter later" she spoke looking back at the still bowing guard
"I'm sorry princess but this is a code 99" the guard said which took the princess by surprise.
The princess quickly suppressed her surprise and turned towards her student "I'm sorry Twilight, but a matter has occurred, and only I can deal with. I promise to continue our lesson in time, please take this time to study this new spell" the princess apologised to her student before leaving the room with the captain.
The captain and princess quickly left the private chambers of the sun princess and quickly left down the halls of Canterlot, down to the deepest part of Canterlot palace. After a couple of minutes of silent walking the princess was the first to break the silence. "Has he said anything?"
"No your majesty" the captain quickly responded leading the princess down into the dungeons
"Then what's wrong with him"
"When the doctor did the routine check-up he discovered something, something that you should know" the captain said
"What is it" the princess asked entering a hallway with four Unicorn guards, each saluted as they passed by
"The doctor discovered markings. Markings across his stomach" the captain explained to the princess "the doctor discovered that these markings made seven words"
"Seven words" the princess asked curious
"Well more like, six names and one word, princess" the captain said at the end of the hall way entering the last door. The princess quickly followed and entered the deepest room in the entire palace.
The room was dark. Only six candles lit the room, all spread out like a hexagon all surrounding a huge glass box, which was pitch black inside.
"You sure he has not said anything, captain" the princess asked the guard fearful of the answer to which she may receive
"No, my princess" the captain said to which relieved the princess, "is it true he has not said a word for over a thousand years" the captain asked the princess
"Yes, it is true captain" the princess said soon continuing before the captain could ask another question "it is also true that if he speaks, that Equestira's destiny may change"
"Is that a good thing or bad thing princess" the captain asked showing his lose nerves
"No pony knows captain" the princess said "he's just as chaotic as Discord, with his reasoning"
Suddenly something moved within the glass box. The captain turned his attention to the box just as something, jumped at the box and pressed against the glass, which made the captain jump. Celestia however did not even flinch. The thing that jumped at the glass box looked just like a normal pony. Grey fur covered the pony, his mane a shade of deep red. What the captain looked at was the pony's eyes; one was blue the other green. The captain could swear his eyes were looking into his soul with just his gaze, which made the captain shudder. The pony looked normal, but the captain knew otherwise just like the princess. The grey pony was an Alicorn, both the princess and captain could not see the pony's horn or wings because of the darkness within the box.
The princess removed her gaze from the fellow Alicorn and left the room the same way she entered. The captain however was slow to remove his gaze; the Alicorn's gaze was just creepy. Slowly turning around the captain quickly followed the princess out, all the while the grey Alicorn slowly moved back into the darkness.
As the captain entered the hallway he found his princess looking at him.
"What were the words the doctor found on him captain" the princess asked
The captain quickly regained himself and then spoke "the first word princess was, element's princess"
"Elements" the princess asked surprised
"Does that mean something to you princess" the captain asked curious
"Maybe… the other words, captain"
"They were names princess" the captain spoke which made the princess raise an eyebrow
"What were the names, captain?"
"First name was Applejack"
"Applejack" the princess said unsure who that name belonged to
"Yes your majesty, I had my guards check out that name out and it's the name of an earth pony, currently living in Ponyville" the guard said which made the princess to start to walk in cycles around the room in deep thought. "Second name was Fluttershy" the captain said "a Pegasus pony living within Ponyville. Third name was Pinkie pie, an earth pony also living within Ponyville" the captain stopped looking at the worried looking princess, before continuing "fourth name was Rarity, a Unicorn also living within Ponyville. Fifth name was Rainbow Dash, a Pegasus pony who is the weather pony for"
"Ponyville" Celestia said interrupting the captain
"Yes princess" the captain said
"They all live in Ponyville, but why what's the significance of that" the princess said while stopping to look at the captain
"Excuse me princess but the last name does not live in Ponyville" the captain said which made the princess look more confused "this last name surprised even us princess, and you may not like it"
This made the princess anxious "what is the name of this pony and where do they live" the princess asked letting fear slip into her words
"Twilight Sparkle" the captain said
"Twilight" the princess said shocked beyond words
"I don't understand princess what does it all mean" the captain asked the princess
"I truly don't know captain, but he seems to think these ponies are important, but I don't know why" the princess said
"What are your orders, princess?" the captain said standing to attention
Thinking deeply the princess came to an answer "captain I want these five ponies' with in Ponyville under watch, don't interact with them I just want you to watch and report in their actions." The princess told the captain
"What about Twilight Sparkle, princess"
"I will keep an eye on her" the princess said leaving the hall walking back into Canterlot leaving the captain alone. While the princess walked back to the palace of Canterlot she was deep within thought. 'What's so special about these six ponies, and why would he mark their names on his stomach' the princess wondered worried about these ponies futures. 'One year to go, and now he takes action, after one thousand years'. "what does all this mean" the princess asked herself allowed "what connects these things" the princess asked herself again walking to her chambers to understand todays strange events 'and why does it have to do with the elements'.