Chapter 25

The 4 alicorns and Starswirl could have easily just teleported to the waiting room, but they chose to walk. It served more than one reason. The first, to see if there were any other intruders, and two to give Celestia and Star Shine a chance to get their heads around the fact that there were older alicorns out there. Well, technically two of them were still in Canterlot castle, whereas the other had run away. After a while Star Shine finally broke the silence. She asked Starswirl:

"I get that aunt Tantabus and uncle Flaming Halo had to go abroad to keep an eye on Night Shadow, but how come no pony remembered them? Even disguised ponies would wonder why their princess and princes had left."

"King Solar casted a powerful spell that erased ponies memories of the royal siblings." Starswirl explained. "They protected me from that spell with a shielding spell. So, my memory was not affected."

"But why did they do that?" Star inquired.

"Because if something happened to them after their daughter was born, they wanted someone who knew the danger of Night Shadow besides just Flaming Halo and Tantabus. Especially because they had to stay in disguise." Starswirl further explained.

"That makes sense." Celestia said "If anything out of the ordinary happened, you would have been the first to notice."

"But what would happen if they'd never became immortal, who would've known?" Star shine asked, and the other agreed it was a valid point.

They were getting closer to the waiting room now. Tantabus and Flaming Halo had not said much. They were happy to be out of their disguises and spending time with their younger sister and eldest niece on Luna's side of course. But they also knew now, that trying to stay disguised would no longer work. Finally they got to the waiting room. Stygian had regained his consciousness but was surprised by the appearance of the two alicorns. He might have fainted again, but Discord conjured up a bucket of water and splashed Stygian in the face.

"So, the prodigal siblings have returned eh?" Discord asked, the two elder alicorns shocked at this. "How do I know about them? The spell the King and Queen made worked on ponies, but I am the spirit of chaos. I have known about these two and the evil one since the beginning. I found it amusing that the nightmare maker that Luna had made to torture herself was named after her older sister. I was so tempted to tell you both of truth many times. But who was I to deprive you of discovering these things for yourself? But I think that the question that is worrying Stygian right now is: how is his wife? And how many foals does he now have?"

Celestia shot him a look that, could be considered murderous, and said 'You love me and never told me any of this?! You and I are going to have a LONG conversation about this later.'

"Yes. Exactly." Stygian said in a shocked and scared voice.

"It had been a close call. The first birth went off without a hitch. But the second one was a breach. The filly is alright, but Luna had lost a LOT of blood! If it were not for myself and our sister she would be dead right now, and the birth of the new prince and princess would have ended in tragedy." He paused as Stygian looked to Celestia who nodded to confirm that it was all true, making the Unicorn gulp. "You have a new son and daughter." Flaming Halo replied with a smile. "Your son is an alicorn and your daughter is a unicorn. But we will have to keep an eye out for Star's adopted father and the ponies he is working for, as well as my brother Night Shadow. Tantabus will help by staying in Canterlot for a while. Because earlier this night your daughter, sister-in-laws, and myself have been dealing with these intruders for the better part of the night. And Celestia I would suggest that you have a better training program for the castle guards and staff, they've slacked off over the years, so that these things don't become a regular occurrence."

Celestia nodded in agreement to what was said, and all Stygian could say was:

"What?!" Before once again fainting.

Halo looked to his brother-in-law and asked his younger sister, with a chuckle. "Is he always so quick to faint?"

"You have no idea." She chuckled shaking her head, Discord snapped a talon and Stygian was teleported to his and Luna's room.

Wow, all that and we still do not know the foals names?! Sheesh! Stygian you gotta get this fainting thing under control! How will he handle seeing Luna and the foals? Oi, will he faint then too? Will Celestia break it off Discord with his sneaky nature? I don't know but He might deserve it after all he never told either sister, that they had older siblings, so if she kicks him to the curb I'd understand. That kind of secret would hurt.

Author note The previous chapter said 22 but I was tired when I composed that, and made that mistake. But it did have a connection with that chapter so the mistake was okay. I also would like to thank bluecatcinema for the continued support and reviews. So, Discord has known about the royal siblings all a long, what is Celestia going to say to him? Will Star Shine get a long with her new siblings? What will Luna do once she feels better? Feel free to review guesses but continue reading to find out!