Chapter 2: The Start of The Journey

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Now with no further a-do, let the story begin...

It was another beautiful day in Ponyville. Twilight had taken the time to go stretch her wings, seeing as nothing needed her attention right now. Yes, everything was right in the world, as it should be. She zoomed past every cloud, occasionally bumping into a few, seeing she wasn't a master at flying, yet. The wind blowing through her mane, the adrenaline pumping through her veins, it was a sensory overload - and she loved it. She settled down on a cloud, just enjoying her time, when a deep masculine voice cut through her thoughts.

"Princess. Princess!" it called. "Wha-?" Now she remembered. She wasn't in Ponyville right now. She was in Canterlot, attending a summit with the other princesses to discuss opening the neighboring county's borders to Equestria.

And she wasn't flying-she was sleeping.

Drooling, at that.

The golden-plated pegasus pony bowed his head with respect. "My apologies, Your Highness, but Princess Celestia requested that I escort you to the throne room in preparation for the meeting this afternoon," he explained. "Right. I'll be right there," Twilight said as she gathered her notes. She made her way out to the corridor. "I'll be there shortly." she said. The guard bowed his head and walked away. Twilight sighed and looked out the window. She had been here for a couple of days now and she, so desperately, wanted to go home. But, she also had to make sure that everything was perfect for the dignitaries, even if it was the first meeting she would be attending with the other Princesses. So, she trotted away unsurely.

Princess Cadance could sense the nervousness radiating from her sister. "Twilight?" she called. The purple alicorn looked towards her. "Is everything alright?" she said with concerned eyes. Twilight averted her own. "You do know you can talk to me about anything, right?" Twilight turned to meet her sister-in-law.

"I'm kinda nervous," she said. Cadance raised an eyebrow. "That's all?" she asked. Twilight looked at her with incredulous eyes. "What do you mean, 'That's it'?! What if I mess something up? What if I embarrass myself in front of the dignitaries? What if I embarrass myself in front of Princess Celestia?! I still remember when she visited Ponyville to check on the Starlight's progress in her friendship lessons," Twilght rambled. "What happened?" the pink alicorn asked. "I won't go in to details but she wasn't happy. I wasted her time. I don't want to do that to them," Twilight explained. Cadance wrapped her wing around her little sister. "Are you kidding? Everypony messes up from time to time. Even Celestia's messed up a few times. But a good Princess knows when she's done something wrong and fixes it and you've done a great job so far," Cadance said. Twilight slowly nodded.

"Now c'mon. Celestia's probably wondering where we are."

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The fanfare started automatically. The sun radiated off of Celestia's royal white coat as her multicolored mane flowed in the nonexistent wind. The doors opened widely, showing three sillouettes. "The Queen of Mobius and her two children," a guard announced. Twilight looked to Cadance for guidance but her violet eyes were fixed on the purple queen, a small smile present on her pink face. The four princesses gracefully walked down the staircase. Both sides of the castle lobby bow to each other. "Welcome back, Queen Aleena. I'm glad you have decided to reopen our previous treaty," Celestia spoke. "As am I. It's so good to see you once more, Celestia, and not under secretive terms," Aleena agreed. The orchid hedgehog behind her raised an eyebrow to her brother whilst he merely shrugged. Celestia smiled and motioned for Aleena to follow her. Let's get this over with, I guess, Twilight thought.

Spike paced back and forth in front of the castle doors. "Twilight's got this. Oh, but what if she doesn't?" he said to himself. Soon, Twilight came out of the door, wings spread and head held high. "How'd it go?" Spike asked. "We've negotiated a deal. Equestrians can go across the border whenever we want, but Princess Sonia requested to post some guards there, which is understandable." Twilight said.

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"What?"

Twilight playfully rolled her eyes. "We can go across the border whenever we want but there'll be security there," Twilight explained. "Oh..." Spike said. Twilight flapped her wings as she prepared to fly away. "Are you ready to go?" Twilight asked. "Yeah! I can't wait to take a well-deserved nap," Spike said, being levitated onto Twilight's back. "Let's go, then!" she exclaimed, taking off.

Meanwhile...

"Luna?" Celestia called. The cobalt alicorn turned from her spot on the balcony. "Yes, sister?" she answered. Celestia walked up to her younger sister. "Is everything alright? You hadn't said a word during our meeting with Aleena," she said. Luna back out to the land. "I fear we all may be put at risk," Luna said, quietly. Celestia looked taken aback. "You do not trust Aleena?" she asked. "I do!" Luna said quickly, "I just feel as if we all may be in danger... Not just Equestria, but the lands beyond it as well." Celestia walked towards her with a small smile. "If we truly are at risk, I trust Twilight and her friends will know just what to do. Perhaps you are just being paranoid. Everything shall be fine, little sister," Celestia said walking back to the throne room. Luna reluctantly followed. "Perhaps..."

With Twilight...

"That took long enough..." Spike commented. Their hoof/footsteps echoed through their own castle halls. "Queen Aleena and Princess Celestia are old friends. They just wanted to catch up a little, since Aleena was forced into hiding for 20 moons," Twilight explained. "Still, Twilight. I'm sure even her kids were ready to go, too!" Spike said. Twilight rolled her eyes and opened the throne room doors, where she saw what she wanted to be a nightmare.

King Sombra sat on her throne with Starlight cowering before him. "I'll ask you once more, for my patience is wearing thin. Where is your Princess?" he asked calmly. Starlight looked to be on the brink of tears. "Right here!" Twilight called. Sombra snapped his head to the lavender alicorn and grinned maliciously.

"Twilight..." he hissed.

"Sombra..." she hissed back.

Hope you guys like it! Took longer than expected, I'm pretty happy with the result.

Edit: 5/22/17: Do yourselves a favor and skip chapter 3. For your own sanity and mine. It's that bad

Eat you later, Kitkats!