Rainbow Dash landed along with the others. While everyone was celebrating, Rainbow Dash looked at the newly transformed Percy with a pang she had been ignoring. Percy and Annabeth's necks were intertwined and their wings were wrapped around each other. For almost a month it had been just her and Percy against the sky. But they had won, and he had found his Annabeth, the one thing he made clear time and time again that he was constantly trying to get to her.

"You've got a horn." he said with exhaustion in his voice.

"So do you, seaweed brain." Annabeth chuckled. She was teasing him, but her voice was full of tenderness and love.

"Twilight! I knew I could count on you and your friends." Princess Celestia flew down to where they were, with Princess Luna right behind her. She looked glorious as usual.

"Princess Celestia! You're alright!" Twilight exclaimed as she ran up to her and they embraced.

"Yes, I seem to have all my strength back." Princess Celestia stretched out her wings as though stretching.

"I actually can't take all the credit. We had a lot of help from our new friends " Twilight motioned to the new alicorns.

Princess Celestia's expression went from surprise to curiousity then to looking to Twilight for an explanation. "It seems we have much to discuss." She then addressed Percy and Annabeth. "I am Princess Celestia. I rule over Equestria along with my sister Luna."

"You look different." Luna eyed Percy.

"Yeah, I've got a horn now." Percy quipped.

"You were in a different form." Luna clarified.

"You've seen him?" Celestia questioned.

"In my dreams, I mean, your present, I mean, . . ." Percy sighed frustratedly. He was clearly struggling. "It's complicated." He labored. "Glad to see that you're okay."

"Perhaps we can continue this discussion after we get some rest." Annabeth interrupted. "Percy over extended himself." She looked at him worriedly. Now that Rainbow Dash really looked at him, he looked more than exhausted. His eyes were sunken in, and he leaned heavily against Annabeth as if he didn't even have the strength to move.

Princess Celestia seemed to have noticed as well. "Of course, where are my manners? You will be out guests in the palace." She then turned to address a couple of guards. "Take them to the palace and see them accommodated."

Percy was so tired he didn't even have the strength to get up. Two soldiers used their magic to lift Percy and take him to the castle. Rainbow Dash wanted to follow them and make sure he was taken care of, but Annabeth was right by his side, speaking words of comfort.

"Why don't we adjourn to the palace as well." Celestia suggested. It had been a long day, and a long war. Everyone looked tired as they made their way to the palace. "I know everyone is tired, including myself, but I would like to know what happened."

Once they were settled at a dinning table, laden with food, Twilight, as usual, took charge. She explained seeing the streaks in the sky, the map calling them, their decision to trust the map and follow it. Twilight described meeting Annabeth, who like Percy, was only concerned about finding each other. She also had a hard time with her transition into a pony. Twilight described their first encounter with the monsters and Annabeth's ingenuity in fighting them. After the fight, Annabeth's cutie mark appeared and she was able to draw a special weapon out of it that worked against the monsters, like Percy. Twilight then recounted their many battles with the monsters as they traveled northward to Canterlot. She described everything that happened during the battle in Canterlot. With each word, it seemed Princess Celestia and Princess Luna"s eyes grew wider. When Twilight had said everything she could think of, there was a large silence, as if they were trying to comprehend everything that was just said.

"And you three went to find Prince Perseus?" Princess Luna inquired.

"Oh, yes." Rarity had no problem picking up the narrative. She went into a rant about how water healed him because his father was the god of the sea. She described how he used water to fight with a sword. Then she went into far too great of detail about Percy's armor. Pinkie Pie interjected Percy's plan to use her cannons. Rarity continued over her about their battles to get here. Throughout it all, Rainbow Dash remained silent until, Cloudsdale was brought up. Since she was the only on who was with Percy in Cloudsdale, she had no choice but to talk.

"It was cool. We went and we realized that we needed a unicorn's shield, so Lightning Dust and I found Twilight, but Star Swirl and Mist Mane offered to go instead, so we took them. Then Percy had some dream or something and said we had to get to Canterlot."

"He did not dream." Luna corrected.

"He was asleep." Rainbow Dash argued. "What else was it?"

"I have never known anyone powerful enough to move through the dream world to the present moment. I saw him, as clear as day, but no one else could. The manticore sensed him, and forced him to leave, I had almost thought I had imagined it. He gave me hope, and I found strength to continue to resist their desire for me to become Nightmare Moon."

Rainbow Dash just shrugged. Everyone else was looking very thoughtful. "Well, it seems that you have had quite the adventure. The magic surrounding our guests is quite strong. I look forward to talking with them further, but for now, I think we all could use a good night's rest." Princess Celestia sighed.

"Rest, sister. I will watch over you tonight." Princess Luna placed a hoof comfortingly on Celestia's hoof. Princess Celestia gave a small smile, before excusing herself. Princess Luna left with her to raise the moon.

"Everything alright, Rainbow Dash?" Twilight singled her out. "You've been awefully quiet. I know this war with those horrible monsters was aweful, but I want you to know that, you have your friends."

"I'm fine." Rainbow Dash tried to play it cool. "Just tired. I'm going to bed. G'night." With that she flew s fast as she could out of the room. Truth was, she didn't want anyone to discover that she had grown fond of someone she could never have. She shoved her feelings down, and swore to never let them out again.