Just some quick information about the universe, twilight "castle of friendship" is with-in the "castle of the two sisters" and the two sisters castle is fully restored and is currently serving as her palace/ castle... over a large city that is in and around the walls of it.

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Basically there is a bit of fan fiction alternate reality magic going on.

On with the story

On a world, Separated from the universe by a barrier, that surrounding the entire system, was a planet inhabited by the most peaceful of creatures.
Even though in many human mythology's a lot of these creatures were depicted as destructive and evil creatures, they were not even close to this.
The planet and its inhabitants have not experienced any kind of war, famine or any other kind of disasters, so It could be argued that this planet was paradise due to its peacefulness and lack of problems, environmental,diplomatic or otherwise.

This planet was also named after its most dominant race, Equestria, after the equines, otherwise known as ponies.

all the races are peaceful and tolerate one another, (and the changelings which even though are not peaceful, have not engaged in any wars that involved any kind of killing or physical harm to even one soldier) all live with-in the equestian boarders, which cover 85% of the planet, hence why the planet is named Equestria.

In the heart of equestria is a valley, a valley that holds two magnificent city's and a simple, joyful town, which produces some of the best cider around.
The first and larger city of the two is anchored high up into a mountain with giant struts supporting the city, it's made with gold and enchanted marble, as well as a large assortment of precious gems that has been forged into the infrastructure of the city to not only increase its structural integrity but also make it rather beautiful. Canterlot is the capital of equestria and is the seat of power for the two highest rulers that reside there, that being princesses Celestia and princess Luna.

The other city resides in a forest, one that used to be cursed and corrupted forest from long ago, now however the forest is enchanted, thanks to the magic of ponies, being able to dispel and re-enchant the forest, making it a place of wonder, contentment and safety. Its tall watch towers and large walls protect a massive and thriving city that is with-in its great gates, with markets full of exotic goods and library's with almost every book. unlike Canterlot this city was filled with more familys due to its friendly and animate atmosphere.

Between these two majestic city's, is the small town called Ponyville. this town was the site where a now famous, great and quite powerful friendship was forged, called the mane 6.
this friendship previously consisted of two pegisi, unicorns and two earth ponies, however now it consists of a single pegisis and single earthen, the other three, due to the elements of harmony, the way Alicorns are created,events that have happened and absolute fulfillment of the true nature of the element they represented, they are now Alicorns including twilight sparkle...

The two that have been changed and joined twilight in becoming Alicorns have had to change their attitude somewhat before they could "ascend". Fluttershy is no longer as shy as she once was, in fact she has become father courageous and confident, being able to speak in front of thousands, and because of this there have been rumors going around that she is going to change the 'shy' part of her name to something that now better suits her.

Next is Rarity, who has had to slow down and put aside her dress making career because she is soon to have a kingdom of her own to look after. Currently the mane 6 are hoping that her Castle is not to far so they can stay together and not be broken up. Princess Celestia is currently mentoring both Rarity and Fluttershy about how to rule a Castle so, hopefully when they get their own castles they will not fail or be frightened about making decisions.

Rainbow dash, apple jack and pinkie pie are yet to become Alicorns and AJ and RD hope that day never comes, but the others try to assure them that its OK becoming Alicorns and when they do they don't have to do anything they don't want to.
Pinkie pie however is changing and the signs of her 'ascending' are all there, She is still the same happy sun shine and rainbows but is slowly becoming able to see the negatives and accept them and trys to solve them instead of just ignoring them as well as being able to be very serious at times when she needs to get her point across. She is also starting to style her hair to be in a bun, which scares everyone.

Now with that introduction done, we pan our view to a open field hill, where a late-night picnic involving the mane 6, twilight's older brother and his wife and princess Celestia and Luna.
"Oh! pass that please" "pinkie you can't eat it like that, otherwise we'll get nothing!" "this stuff is quite good, where did you get it twi-"
With no-one invested in any particular topic, there were conversations left, right and center, but it was a harmonious chaos, with playful and happy chatter, small talk and over all just another happy reunion
After awhile the other arrived, the others being direct family and some other friends.
AJ's brother came up the hill bringing an extra supply of apple fritters, pies and a lot more cider than was first originally stocked for the picnic, as well as her younger sister carrying a few apple family treats.

It was one massive family, with all of the mane six's family and friends there gathering together for the sake for friendship and harmony, making the environment fill with cheer.
"Oh hi!" "Welcome wel-" "so goo-" "you should try this! its -"
The cheerful and ecstatic chatter went on for hours until all the food was gone, and deserts were eaten. Then finally everyone was having one single conversation together, talking about family's, reunions, recent and upcoming events and all manner of, in general, good things.
That was until it came to Twilight's mother, when she was asked, by princess Celestia, how she was going, she started like everyone else did, how good things are and then mentions something in particular...
"-So yes, everything is just going up in our lives, i mean, look at where my lovely daughter and my eldest son have become. Anyway, we are planning a family reunion later this year. Its been so long since the whole family has come together for a dinner, me and my husband decided to make one in hopes that even our youngest son will come for once."

"Oh really? twilight, have you heard about this?"

"No princess Celestia. Mom! when were you going to tell me about this?"
With shining following closely behind with a similar sentence

"When were you going to tell us?"
There was a short pause, as a look of sadness crossed their mothers face.

"Well... i wrote to your youngest brother first...i wanted to see if he was going to come before i told you two, i just wanted to see if he was coming, and not raise your hopes only to let them be dashed like the last few times..."

Rainbow dash was the first to ask the big question.
"Wait wait wait. Wait a minute... twilight? how long has it been since you've seen your little brother, i thought you said he only went out of equestria for a small adventure? where can he possibly be that he can't make it to any family reunions?"

Twilight looked over to her mother, then her brother and his wife, then princess Celestia, then to everyone else in the group. She was studying everyone faces for some unknown reason, and just as she was about to speak, Shining decided to start talking and spare twilight.
"we don't know, last i saw him i walked about three or four miles past the equestrian boarders with him before i came back. none of us have seen him in a long while, its been nearly over 6 years since any of us have seen him."
everyone was shocked...

princess Celestia broke the silence that had fallen on the group.
"do you even keep in contact with him?"

The mother quickly responded
"Yes, oh yes he does, he tells us how he is fine and doing well where ever he is, but won't tell us what he is doing, where he actually is or anything about what is happening, he won't allow us to tell him about anything happening here either."

Apple jack raised her hoof to ask a question and waited for a few seconds before the mother saw her
"Yes?"
"well i was just wondering, why doesn't he not allow you too?"
Shining was the one who answered.
"its his golden rule, 'a written word only has as much meaning as the value of its ink, however the value of a spoken word is undeniably invaluable'. its one of his sayings, translated he means that all the value and meaning in words are lossed when written and read, having only the value equal to the ink used, and that they only have true meaning when its shared face to face with the individual."
Fluttershy decided to pipe up.
"Well i hope one day Solar comes back home, and maybe then we can finally all meet him, he sounds quite smart from the times you talked about him."

Twilight's family had a cloud of sadness that quickly spread and infected everyone else rapidly. slowly each member of twilight's family started to share story's about Solar Midnight, while twilight was preoccupied with her own thoughts
Twilight:" i miss my little brother" twilight lifts her gaze from the ground up, into the sky.
"i wish... i wish..." she closes her eyes so tight that they begin to hurt, causing them to water.

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"i wish...
I wish...
I wish he would come home..."
suddenly, there is an explosion in the sky, and a flaming object comes flying down from the sky, heading towards a place far off, outside the equestian boarders. everyone looks up in wonder. Pinkie pie came up next to twilight and whispered in her ear
Pinkie:"oh look twilight! i think your wish came true!"
Every pony got up an admired the sight, some pointing at it and admiring its colors.
"look at it-" "so colorful!" "-an amazing sight"
Pinkie came up even closer to twilight and whispered again, this time closely with one hoof being used to stop the sound going else, into her ear: "you wished upon a falling star before we even saw it twi, you must of gotten your wish!"

Who is ready for a family reunion?
I know i am.

Hooray! I finished a long overdue chapter.
sorry for the long wait, but now its out.
it will be a while before the next one is out but i have alot of time so i shouldn't take more than a week to post the next one.
Like always, don't hesitate to point out any errors or if you have any ideas, don't be shy to share them.