We reached Canterlot by 4:50 and the Gala started at 5:00 so we rushed through the crowd of people to the front gate were the Gala was being held. We all split up and wandered and mingled. I heard a familiar voice nearby, so I walked over to it. As the clock stuck 5:00, I saw Anarchias standing with another Griffon who was wearing a Brown suit and a red bow-tie. I walked over to them and they looked at me.

"Thunder, good to see you again." Anarchias said, and the other griffon bowed.

"I am Tom, A pleasure to meet you, mister Thunder." He said, raising his talon for a handshake. I shook his hand and turned back to Anarchias.

"You look great in that suit, Thunder." Anarchias commented. I was wearing the suit Rarity had made for me.

"Why thank you." I said happily. Anarchias was only wearing a simple blue bow-tie. "Huh, red and blue." I said, pointing to their bow-ties respectively. They looked at each other and chuckled.

"Hadn't noticed that before." Tom said, still chuckling. We talked for a couple of minutes until Anarchias had to go and find Princess Luna, and after that me and Tom said our goodbyes and left for our own destinations. I wandered around and saw Marelyn, Twilight, and Princess Celestia all talking about something and greeting guests. I decided to leave them to them selves. The next few ponies I saw was Rarity with the Stallion from the train and a pony I presumed to be Fancypants. I walked over to them and Rarity greeted me with a smile.

"Fancypants, This is my friend Thunderstrike." Rarity said, gesturing towards me.

"How do you do, fine sir?" He said in an accent I can't quite place. He bowed slightly and stood back up.

"I'm fine, how about you?" I said. He was a little surprised that I had answered so calmly.

"Well I'm faring terrifically." He said. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a monocle and a blue tie. "And I say, Rarity you've really outdone yourself with this fine man's outfit." He said to Rarity, who blushed slightly.

"Oh, it really was nothing at all, I whipped it up in a few minutes." Rarity said, the blush fading. At this time, the mystery stallion walked up to me and extended his hoof to me. He had a whitish-yellow coat with a blue mane with a yellow streak through it. He was also a pegasus

"I'm Cloud Spin, but everypony just calls me Cloud." He said. I shook his hoof with a friendly smile.

"Well, it's been a pleasure meeting you all but I really need to go and find Rainbow now." I said, turning to my right.

"Ok, see you around." Cloud said, smiling.

"Do take care, Thunder." Fancypants said, smiling but with a more forced look on his face. I continued walking until I saw Luna and Anarchias in the corner, whispering to each other. I could only guess what they were saying, but when they saw me, they stopped talking to one another and looked up at me with forced smiles.

"Hello, Thunder. We were Umm… Just talking about you!" Luna said guiltily.

"Explain." I said firmly. They gulped, but just before they started talking, Somepony came up behind me and surprised me. I jumped and spun around, ready to yell at whoever did that. But when I saw the familiar cyan pegasus with the Rainbow mane and tail, my anger quickly morphed into happiness.

"Rainbow, good to see you!" I said, giving her a hug. She hugged me back, and we separated. I turned around to find Luna and Anarchias had swiftly and silently left.

"So, What do you want to do tonight?" I asked, turning back to Rainbow. She blushed as she thought.

"Well, there is one thing that I wouldn't want to try…yet." She said with a very naughty giggle. "But I suppose we could go and find the Wonderbolts."

I followed her through the crowds of pish-posh ponies and towards a spot were Rainbow had told me that the Wonderbolts were hanging out. We were on our way when I was pushed aside by royal guards. I saw that they were carrying something. It was large, on a white stretcher, and was dark blue. I recognized the crest and crown of Princess Luna.

"…Luna?" I said uncertainly. Princess Celestia, Twilight, and Marelyn came over to us.

"What happened?" Celestia asked, a little worriedly.

"Well…I thought I saw Luna on a stretcher." I said, also very worried. I then looked back at where the guards had passed through and saw that everypony was looking at the path they had taken. It was covered in blood, and a few dark hairs. I turned to Celestia, who was simply staring at the blood.

"Oh my God." She said, then she rushed off in the direction of the stretcher. She avoided the blood as best she could, but did step in it a few times. I heard screaming and hollering from behind us and turned around to see more guards coming towards us with a pony in a straightjacket. I looked at him and noticed blood on his hooves. He was a dark brown pony with a dark red mane and tail. I couldn't see his cutie mark, as it was covered in blood. I stopped the guards, who tried to keep going, but I shouted an order at them.

"Halt!" I yelled, and they stopped. I walked up to the brown pony and gazed into his eyes. "What did you fucking do." I said sternly. He simply sneered at me until I punched him in the face. His sneer vanished as he knew I meant business. "What did you FUCKING DO!" I shouted in his face. He looked at me with a frown.

"I have no idea why you all are falling for Nightmare Moon's trickery!" He yelled at everypony in the room. "That's right! She's still Nightmare Moon! And she'll enslave us all and keep the moon up forever! She'll-"

I slapped him across the face, causing him to stop. "Shut up." I spat at him. "Take him away." I ordered. The guards took in the account of my bad attitude and took him away, and in rather a hurry. I hung my head and shed a single tear. Rainbow came up to me and put her hoof on my chin and raised it. I looked deeply into her eyes and she just stared back. The moment was interrupted by Shining Armor walking up to me.

"Did I just hear you ordering guards around?" He asked sternly. I was slightly taller that him and slightly more strongly built.

"Yes, I guess I did." I said, my tone of voice calm and relaxed. He looked at me with slight annoyance. We stared at each other long and hard before Rainbow pulled me away and Cadence came up and pushed her husband in the opposite direction. Me and Shining broke eye-contact and I looked back at Rainbow.

"Why did you do that?" She asked. I looked around and saw everypony starring at me. The realization hit me, and it hit hard. I just talked back to the captain of the royal guard and also Twilight's sister. Luckily, Twilight wasn't there, she was with the princess and Marelyn. I looked behind me and saw Shining doing the same. He smiled an apologetic smile and I smiled back in response. I looked back at Rainbow and smiled. I looked at my watch to look at the time, but my watch had stopped.

"Rainbow, I'm assuming that its late and we should probably get going." I said, walking towards the door. "But first we must talk with Celestia."

Rainbow quickly followed me and so did the rest of the gang, who had found us. We explained what happened and we rushed to the hospital. I got there and we asked what room Luna was in. She said she was in 2B, but she wasn't taking any visitors at the moment. I told her that we were some of her friends and she let us through. We ran to the room, but slowly opened the room. Twilight, Marelyn, and Princess Celestia were standing over the bed, tears flowing from their eyes.

"Is she ok?" I asked before I could see her. Marelyn turned to me and beckoned me and Rainbow over, but not anyone else. We looked over Luna with horror. Her face multiple large, deep cuts that bleed freely. Her horn was broken off and she also had a black eye. Her side had one massive cut along it that was covered by a blood-soaked bandage. Her front left hoof had been cut almost to the bone. The bed was covered in blood and bits of fur. We gazed over her as she managed to open one eye.

"Si-Sister?" She asked, extremely weak. Celestia leaned over her, tears still flowing from her eyes.

"I am here, Luna." She said, a single tear dropping onto Luna.

"Come closer." Luna said, her voice dry and cracked. elastic leaned over Luna and she whispered something to her that made her eyes go wide. Celestia's eyes soon went back to normal when Luna had finished. A doctor pony came in and shoved us out, saying it was time for bandaging and casts. We all left the hospital with heavy hearts, and our heads hung low.

"Celestia, What did Luna say to you?" I asked, looking up at her. She looked back down at us, tears still flowing.

"That is for you and Rainbow's ears only/" She said, walking towards an alley. We looked at each other and shrugged, and we walked after her. Once we reached her, she was facing us, tears pouring even heavier than before.

"If Luna….Doesn't survive this… She wants you two to…Take care of Pluto." She choked out the words. Me and Rainbow looked up at her, our own eyes also still flowing with tears. "And she also wants you two to know that while Luna is out of commission, she wants one of our…acquaintances to raise the moon."

"Who's that?" Rainbow asked, taking the words right out of my mouth.

"Our…. he's not important right now." She said, beginning to walk out of the alley. Rainbow followed but I stood there, wondering who it could be. I felt as if I was being watched for some reason so I looked around. Not seeing anything, I turned and walked out of the Alley. We all walked back to the group were we then departed from Celestia and to Ponyville. Me and Rainbow decided not to take the train and simply fly home. We made it a race as usual and we pulled off some Sonic Rainbooms, but I let Rainbow win as we reached Cloudsdale.

"Hah! I beat you! WooHoo!" Rainbow yelled as we entered our house.

"You know you only won because I bumped into a cloud." I said, chuckling.

"But still, WooHoo!" She said back cheerily. We wandered to her room and plopped into the bed. I realized how immensely tired I was. I felt A movement next to me and Saw Rainbow setting her head on my chest. She was already asleep.

"Well, This has been an interesting day." I said to myself.