(Welcome back to my next chapter readers. This time the three humans will be visiting the royal city of Canterlot.)
One morning, the girls, Spike, Cody, Sabrina, and Jeremy were on a train bound for Canterlot. As the three humans looked out the train window, they could see the city just up ahead"Whoa, there it is!" Cody gasped.
"Canterlot!" Sabrina gasped.
"This is so cool!" Jeremy said in awe.
"Yes, it is amazing isn't it?" Twilight asked, "But remember you guys, we need to see Princess Celestia about these recent encounters."
"We know that." Cody answered.
"We're here." Applejack said, as the train pulled into the station.
When they got off, they were on their way to the castle. As they walked through the city, Cody, Sabrina, and Jeremy looked all around seeing how magnificent it looked with all the fancy shops, buffets, and other places. Sabrina noted most of the Canterlot folk were dressed so refined, "The ponies here sure know how to be classy."
"But of course, this is the royal Capital of Equestria, after all." Rarity reminded her.
Jeremy started strutting it out, while the group looked at him oddly, "Jer, what're you doing?" Cody asked.
"Strutting, of course."
"And why are ya struttin'?" Applejack inquired.
"To show these Canterlot folk I'm not lower than them just because I don't look classy," he noticed a unicorn stallion, "Hey, there!" he pointed his index finger at the pony, and clicked his tongue. The stallion was confused by the gesture, and just trotted along.
When they reached the castle, Twilight spoke to the guards by the gates, "Princess Twilight Sparkle and friends. We're here to see Princess Celestia."
"Come right in, your highness." one of the guards said, permitting them entry.
When they entered the castle, the three humans looked around in wonder, "Whoa, would you get a load of this place!" Jeremy gasped.
"It really is like something out of a fairy tale." Sabrina added in nostalgia.
"Come on, you two." Twilight said, as the two followed the others through the halls.
As they were passing the hall of the stain glass windows, Jeremy looked up at them seeing the girls and Spike were in some of them, "You got your own windows here in the castle?"
"That's right, because we're like heroes." Pinkie bounced.
"And we're so awesome." Rainbow added, as she flew around.
When they reached the throne room of Princess Celestia, they saw the Princess of the sun on her throne with her sister Luna at her side, "Princess Celestia, Princess Luna!" Twilight greeted them.
The two princesses stepped off the throne and down to their level, "It's good to see you all here." Celestia began.
"Hey, Princess," Jeremy called, as the three approached, "Long time no see."
"Jeremy, Cody, and Sabrina, how nice to see you three again." Celestia greeted them.
"Are these the humans you talked about, sister?" Luna inquired.
"Yes, they are, Luna."
The three saw Luna, as Cody spoke, "Who's she?"
"Cody, Sabrina, Jeremy, allow me to introduce my little sister, Princess Luna." the older sister introduced them.
The three approached and bowed their heads to the younger sibling, "We're honored to meet you, Princess." Cody greeted her.
Luna smiled, "Please, the pleasure is mine. My sister and my fellow princess did mention of you three, and when I heard you would be coming to Canterlot I just had to see you for myself."
"So if your sister raises and lowers the sun, then that means you raise and lower the moon?" Sabrina asked.
"That is correct."
"Cool." Jeremy answered.
Celestia spoke up, "Now the reason you all came here was because of some incidents happening these last few days?"
"That's right." Fluttershy answered.
"First we were attacked by goblins in Ponyville park, and then when we were up in Cloudsdale we were attacked by gargoyles." Cody explained.
"I can't think of any reason for a group of goblins or even gargoyles to launch an attack in those areas." Twilight added.
"It is very confusing, I can agree." Luna nodded.
"Indeed. There should be no real reason for those tribes to invade Ponyville or Cloudsdale." Celestia put in.
"So what do you make of it?" Sabrina asked.
"I cannot say for sure, but I have my hunches somepony is behind these attacks. And whoever that is is no doubt the one responsible for you three being here." the Princess of the sun explained.
"She's got a point, the two attacks were at the spots we were at the time." Cody reminded the group.
"So what do we do?" Jeremy asked.
"For now, you should be on high alert wherever you go."
"Well this kills the mood." Cody sighed.
"But I wouldn't think an invasion or attack would happen here. We've continued to amp up security in Canterlot after a previous invasion some time ago." Celestia noted.
"Invasion?" the three asked.
Twilight spoke, "We'll tell you some other time."
"Now then, since you've come all this way, why don't we give you a tour of the castle?" Celestia offered.
"Really?" the three humans gasped.
"I can assume this is your first time in a castle anywhere?"
"Uh-huh." Cody nodded.
"Unless you count Disney Castle in Florida." Jeremy put in.
"Jer, that's fake." Sabrina said dryly.
"Well allow us to give you a tour." Luna offered.
"We'd be delighted right, guys?" Cody asked, and his friends nodded.
"Then let's tour!" Pinkie cheered, as the group led the three around.
And so they showed the humans all around the castle, with Cody, Jeremy, and Sabrina marveling at the interior décor and all, "Man, if I were a king, this would definitely be my choice in a castle," Jeremy began, "Of course there'd have to be some touch ups like more darker colors, and the wallpaper would be of my favorite superheroes." Cody and Sabrina rolled their eyes, while the girls giggled.
When they entered the ballroom, Princess Celestia spoke up, "And this is our castle ballroom."
"We hold some of our most exquisite banquets here." Luna added.
"Man, you could have a wild rave in this place." Jeremy said, as he walked around.
"If we held one here with the guys from school they'd turn this place into a frat house." Sabrina joked.
Cody chuckled, before looking at the stage, "Holy crap!" he ran to the stage and climbed on it, "Guys, come up here!"
Jeremy and Sabrina went over and climbed onto the stage, "Now this is a stage fit to rock on." Jeremy said.
"What kind of music usually plays up here?" Sabrina asked the princesses.
"Mostly the royal musicians or hired ones." Celestia answered.
"No rock stars? What a shame." Cody sighed.
"We should give this stage a little rock touch." Jeremy suggested.
"Problem, Jer. We're without out instruments and one band member short." Sabrina reminded him.
"Are you?" Discord appeared in a poof of smoke.
"You really love popping in and out don't you?" Jeremy asked him.
"It's what I do." he admitted.
"You are their fourth band member, Discord?" Celestia inquired.
"Why yes," he stretched his arms out and pulled the three close, "We're Summer Fun, where we make it feel like Summer time all the time! And since I heard you all wished to practice here, how could I ignore your desire?" he poofed their instruments and amps up.
"Sweet!" Jeremy said, as he picked his guitar up.
Sabrina turned to the princesses, "You don't mind if we did a little practice here do you?"
"Not at all." Celestia answered.
"I myself am curious about your band." Luna added.
"Well then band mates, to your positions!" Cody ordered, as they did so. He spoke into a mic, "Ok, guys. Ready?"
"Ready." they nodded.
"Throw it!" Cody called, as the band started playing.
The princesses were amused by their rocking rhythm, and to even see Discord on drums. The band continued rocking, while every pony present was unaware of Prince Blueblood entering the room looking disturbed by what was playing.
"Excuse me!" he called, but no one could hear him, "Excuse me! Hey!" the as the group saw him, the band slowed down, "Please-please. Stop that-stop that. Please for all that is sacred stop that crazy noise!"
The band felt insulted, as Jeremy spoke in outrage, "What the- Crazy noise?!"
"That's exactly what you're all doing. You're just making some big crazy noise." the prince stated.
Cody frowned as he looked down on the prince from the stage, "Excuse me, pal. But that is a beautiful rocking melody that you are so rudely interrupting!"
"Sir, when you do that..." Blueblood began.
"Yes?" Cody asked.
"You hurt my ears! You hurt my ears!" he got into Cody's face, as Cody held a fist up to him.
"I'm gonna hurt your muzzle!" Blueblood just slapped his fist away with his hoof.
"Just who authorized this band to play in here?" he demanded out of the ponies.
"We did." Celestia answered, as Blueblood did a double take at his aunts.
"What?"
"We were interested in these three sharing their musical talent with us." Luna added.
"Talent?" the prince asked in outrage, "It sounded like a trapped cat."
Sabrina frowned, "No one likes a killjoy."
"Yeah, if you don't like it go somewhere else." Rainbow agreed.
"The sound will just echo throughout the castle!" he complained.
Discord scowled at the prince's whiny attitude, "Oh, dry up, Blueblood." he snapped his digits.
Suddenly Blueblood's coat and mane poofed up into one big fuzz ball. The prince screamed, "I need my groomer!" he galloped out of the ballroom.
The princesses looked to Discord who shrugged his shoulders, "What, it had to be done."
"Yeah, he was throwing off our groove." Jeremy added.
"We apologize for our nephews behavior." Celestia replied.
"I'd like to see him try and apologize himself." Rarity whispered to the girls and Spike, who nodded in agreement.
"Well now that he's gone, let's go from the top." Cody said, as the band picked up where they left off.
As they played, they started attracting some of the other ponies in the castle, ranging from the butlers, maids, chefs, and even some of the royal guards. When the band finished, the workers, the girls, Spike, and the princesses applauded, "Thank you! Thank you very much!" Cody waved.
As the day was coming to an end, the girls, humans, and Spike were leaving the castle, "Thanks for giving us the grand tour." Cody thanked the princesses.
"Thank you for putting on quite the performance." Celestia thanked back.
"Our pleasure." Jeremy replied.
"We'll be sure to send a letter if any more situations come up." Twilight said, as her mentor and Luna nodded.
"Catch you later." Sabrina said, as they took off back to the station to catch the next train to Ponyville.
That night in Celestia's chamber, she was looking through an old photo album of her with past students she took under her wing. Most of her pictures of her and Twilight were around the end of the album, while the ones in the front were of students she mentored hundreds of years ago, while the pictures in the middle of the album were of ponies she trained before Twilight or any of her friends were even born.
She stopped to look at one picture of her with a colt about the same age Twilight was when she began her studies. The two were smiling happily in the picture, while Celestia looked at it with sorrow and she looked at the colt who had a familiar five pointed star pentagram for a cutie mark, "Why did you take the path I warned to to stay away from?" she asked, as a single tear fell from her eye.
(And that's the chapter. The three got to rock out in the palace, and meet Princess Luna. And it looks like Celestia had a former student who is the cause of all this. Catch you all next time.)