A/N: Ahhhh… I finally have a job. I'm a carhop at the local sonic, and I finally have something to do. This does not, however, excuse my lack of posting, especially to the Hour. I should have been typing more of this whenever I've gotten the chance, and I probably should have waited to post the first chapter of that other story, since it's kinda the first chapter of part 2...

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Raindrop Splash: Don't worry about awkward, Raindrop. If you knew my family, you'd know why I say that. I'm glad to see that this is one of your favorite stories, but it might be easier to keep track of if you hit that little button at the top that says Follow. That way, whenever a new chapter is posted, you'll get an email saying that it was posted. And yes, a lot of people left reviews about my 'killing' of Fluttershy, but as you have no doubt read already, she is immortal, though not in the same way as Twilight.

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And so we go

Twilight appeared in a flash in Luna's chambers, surprising the Princess of the Night, as well as causing her to drop the tea she had been magically lifting to her lips.

"I assume you have good reason for intruding upon our personal time without prior notice, Twilight. Princess of Magic you may be, but that does not put you above common courtesy," Luna said with a hint of irritation in her voice.

"Spare me, Luna," Twilight said, "I'm just here because Silence said I should ask you about a couple things. The first was something called the Observatory."

Luna stiffened up.

"And the other was Archangel Headquarters," Twilight said, apparently oblivious to Luna's first reaction.

Luna sighed, "I suppose this was inevitable. I guess I should start with the Observatory. If you will allow me to, I will teleport us there."

Twilight nodded her head. In a bright flash, the two disappeared, only for them to reappear in front of a giant observatory, appropriately enough. But it wasn't the observatory that had Twilight's attention. Rather, the ground she was standing on had sparked her interest. It was completely different from any surface she had ever seen, almost as if it had never been exposed to air.

Luna spoke before Twilight could even ask, "We are not in Equestria anymore, Twilight. Technically, if you look up, you can see Equestria. You see, we're on the moon."

"THE MOON?! WHY ARE WE ON THE MOON?!" Twilight yelled, "HOW CAN WE BREATHE?!"

"Relax, Twilight Sparkle," Luna said as she magically stopped Twilight's pacing, "We are on the moon because the Observatory had to be made somewhere nobody, pony or otherwise, could stumble across it by accident. And you don't have to worry about us breathing, or have you forgotten that you are immortal?"

Relaxing, Twilight turned to Luna, "If this Observatory is so important that it had to be built on the moon, what exactly is it for?"

"Why, it's for observing extraequestrial movement of meteors and other celestial bodies, as well as tracking the movements of extraequestrial life forms, of course. For what other purpose would you build an observatory for?" Luna laughed, "Honestly, Twilight. For somepony so smart, you sure can be dumb at times."

"Wait. Back up. You said extraequestrial life forms?"

"Yes."

"So we aren't alone in the universe?"

"Of course not. Our world is not the only one capable of supporting life, so it is highly unlikely that we are the only sentient life in all of existence."

"But what would happen if one of these 'alien' species were to come here? Won't they bring any conflicts that may exist on their world here?"

"There is always that possibility," Luna said without breaking her calm demeanor, "However, there is also the possibility that they can and will make our world a better place in the process."

"How could the conflict of an alien race make our world better?" Twilight asked, a slight edge of irritation showing in her voice.

"By making us forget this infernal war against the gryphons. Once that war ends, Equestria can start rebuilding itself back into the world power that it was."

"Ok," Twilight said, "But that still doesn't explain why this observatory was built on the moon."

"To be completely honest, Twilight, my sister and I had no idea why it was built on the moon, seeing as we were not the ones who built it. You see, this observatory is older than any of the races that currently inhabit our world. Magic dating spells put this structure at over 65 million years old, give or take a few million years due to it's never being exposed to the elements."

"That would make it a part of the Elder Race, the beings who lived on this world back when it was still called Earth," Twilight had a stunned look on her face.

"There is so much more to the Elders than you know, Twilight. But that is a discussion for another time. For now, let us go inside so that I can show you the records," Luna said as she walked inside the Observatory.

Twilight was awestruck by the sheer amount of 'records' that there were. Columns of papers were everywhere, most reaching all the way to the ceiling, almost 500 hooves above their heads. There was only one that didn't reach all the way to the ceiling, and it was only as tall as Luna. As Twilight watched, a sheet of paper floated from somewhere to land on the stack perfectly.

"Luna?"

"Hmm?"

"What is all this?"

'These are the Records, a log of sorts that has been keeping track of the movement of extraequestrial bodies for the past 1800 years. Every second of every minute of every day is here, from the day that Discord fell, all the way to this very second," Luna tapped her mouth with her hoof, "I guess you could say it's the biggest astrological history book in existence."

Twilight's eyes were almost bigger than her head, and she was close to hyperventilating. It was obvious that she was about to pass out from happiness. Walking over to her, Luna waved her hoof in front of her face, without any reaction on her part. Gently nudging her with her hoof caused Twilight to fall to the ground, stiff as a board. Shrugging, Luna walked away to check on the status of the Record spell, leaving Twilight on the floor.

With a gasp, Twilight jumped up and began running from column to column, attempting to use her magic to read everything at once.

"That's odd," Luna said, oblivious to Twilight's actions, "According to this, there was a large magical pulse from a world about 100 thousand light-years away from here. If the Record spell was able to pick up such a large amount of magic, I fear for the planet it occurred on."

Luna walked back to previous logs, still oblivious to Twilight's efforts, and began looking for any previous surges from that particular planet.

"There! Almost one year ago, a huge magical surge occurred that made this one look like a sneeze. According to this, it was a tight beam that continued into space for several light-years before it impacted upon a barren world. That world is nothing more than dust now," Luna ran her hoof through her mane, before another sheet floated on top of the column, "What's this? Almost immediately after the pulse that just occurred, a narrow magical beam traveled almost instantly from that planet to here. Where it impacted here I have no idea…"

Twilight walked up to Luna, a serious look on her face, "Luna, what was that just now?"

Luna jumped, "What, Twilight?"

"I just felt a very powerful magical presence pass by. What was it?"

"How…? Never mind," Luna said, shaking her head, "Look at this please," she pointed to the page she was holding.

Twilight magically levitated the paper over to herself and began looking at it. Slowly, she looked up at Luna.

"This can't be right. Magic doesn't travel that fast. It's impossible," Twilight looked confused, "But it obviously did, since I just felt it pass by. I wonder…" she got a distant look in her eye as she started thinking.

Abruptly she turned around and began to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Luna called after her.

"I'm going to see what that magical disturbance was!" Twilight called over her shoulder before she disappeared in a flash of light.

END NOTE: This is the last chapter of part one. Part two already has chapter 1 posted. For those of you that have already read it, you know what the 'disturbance' was. For those of you that haven't, go read Azerothian-Equestrian. It's a crossover, so if you don't like it, I apologize, and I might try to make a 'normal' version of it that isn't a crossover, where the disturbance was another world full of ponies, and one of the Rulers of that world was launched to Equestria.