Meanwhile, Twilight had finally reached her stop. She looked out of the windows of the train and smiled when she saw the familiar white stone spires of Canterlot Castle. She shook her head a bit, now wasn't the time to be getting homesick, now was the time to tell the Princess about what was going on back at Ponyville.

the sliding doors of the train hissed open and she stepped out onto the platform of the station, only to nearly be trampled by a group of 10 or so guards that sprinted past her, all barking orders that she couldn't make out. Another pony passed by her, his booming voice was authoritative and sweet also at the same time. He turned and looked at Twilight, his blue eyes going a bit wider as he got a smile.

"TWILEY! Ah it's good to see you kid, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

Twilight started to answer but was cut of again, "That doesn't matter now, all that does matter is you came at a really bad time. The Princesses have us all whipped into a fury to protect Canterlot from the things that fell from the sky."

Twilight snorted in frustration and yelled it out at her brother, "That's the reason I'm here! I know about at least one of the things that fell so I'm going to go tell the Princess!"

Before Shining Armor could actually respond, she was already galloping off across the stone floor to the Castle.

She sighed for a moment, she didn't like interrupting the Princess, or barging in unannounced, but she had to this time, the overall risk outweighed the consequences. She used her magic to shove open the doors, much to the chagrin of the two guards that sat outside of it. They knew better than to try and stop the student of their leader from trying to reach the Princess.

She walked in, taking note of not one, but two of the Princesses. Luna was standing next to her sister, almost as tall, with her classical black starry mane even larger than before.

Celestia looked at her student ,"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student. What brings you to my chambers unannounced and in such a time as this? Did you not know of the meteor that crashed, or the rift that spewed some other creatures into our world."

Assuming she meant the ponies Twilight started talking.

"That's what I'm here about. The meteor that arrived had 6 ponies and a baby dragon riding inside of it! The colts looked a lot like me and my friends, but the weirdest part of it all was that they all seemed to be bloody, and much more aggressive. One tried attacking me and would have succeeded too if not for Rainbow Dash."

Luna looked at her sister and nodded, "So the Tranzportalization spell...Twilight, take us to those ponies right away. We will get us all to Ponyville." Luna spoke up as her mane seemed to expand and wrap around the three ponies in the throne room.

Complete and utter bliss washed over Twilight, she saw what it was like to be able to fly through the cosmos, as another star that shot through space. Just as soon as it started it had ended, and they were all standing in the middle of Ponyville Square, a cloud of black disappearing around them.

She shook a bit when Celestia spoke, "Now is not the time to be getting shaky Twilight. Tell us, where did you take the colts?"

"I took them all to my home here, but, not all of them were in great shape. A few of the colts were seriously wounded so I called in the doctors." She spoke while starting to lead the two Alicorns to her house. As she opened up the door she got a face full of pony chest and she slammed into the massive Applejack colt. She crawled back a bit, hitting Celestia's leg. With a nudge she lifted Twilight to her feet.

Then she did something that shocked and confused Twilight. Celestia brought her hoof up to her head in a salute to the pony. Seeing he was actually among comrades he lifted up his own hoof, the one he hadn't broken, to his head.

"At ease AJ. Now tell us, what happened to Solaris and the rest of Equestros?"

The large pony took a deep breath, and relaxed his posture. Even while relaxing he came up to Celestia's chest in overall terms of height.

"Alright y'all might wanna listen carefully. 'Cuz I don't like repeatin' maself y'hear?" He spoke, a thick country accent coming to his voice that wasn't there before arriving. Twilight thought he must have ha to suppress it in the Military...if she wasn't busy flipping out over the fact that her Teacher knew this odd pony.

Paying her no mind, AJ started, his voice shifting back into the professional tone,"Alright. a few years ago, Nightterror Nebula came back, this time he was smart. He had came back with help. He had freed Eris, revived Queen Oscura, and had enlisted the help of the Changeling King Nymphalos. Nymphalos carried the brunt of the initial invasion, as his limitless army would systematically take out our fringe settlements. Buffalo was the first to fall, then next came some of the large cities, attacked by both ponies and by Changelings. Apparently some of the ponies actually wished for the return of the Night. Eventually the fight moved inward, reaching our Ponyville rather quickly. The town fell even while trying to evacuate. Several people didn't make it out in time like my Sister and little brother. Both were captured and I assume them dead, or at least I hope they are dead."

Twilight gagged, "HOW COULD ANYPONY WISH THEIR SIBLINGS WERE DEAD, YOU ARE THE-"

AJ glared at her and started advancing forward, each of his heavy steps shaking the ground near Twilight, "I'm hoping they are dead so my sister doesn't have to be a changelings breeding whore, and so my brother doesn't have to fight against those he once served, so if you are finished with your little morality problem, I need finish my report."

Twilight backed up, trying to take in everything he just said. He continued onward however.

"Me and the boys in there were pushed into Canterlot Castle with what was left of the Army, we held out but eventually things turned to the worse. To save us and give you two a chance, Lord Solaris used the Tranzportalization spell and sent us here. That's all I have to report."

Celestia nodded and looked at the pony, "So Solaris fell..." Twilight thought she could see tears forming in her teachers eyes but with a blink they were abolished.

"Not good. We need to start warning every corner of Equestria even to the Griffons and dragons. Go find Mal-Vicorian, he can help us. Tell them Solaris has fallen and that this realm is next if we don't have an army powerful enough to stop the changelings. Send out Shining Armor to Cadance and start building up an army of ponies to defend the Crystal Kingdom. Twilight, I want you to send Rainbow Dash to Commander Typhon in Cloudsdale, tell him to meet me at Canterlot as soon as possible. I need to talk to you first however..." With a salute Luna disappeared.

"WHAT THE HOOF!? YOU KNOW THIS GUY? WHO IS LORD SOLARIS?! WHY DID HE TALK ABO-" Celestia used her hoof and lightly smacked Twilight on the top of the head. With a whimper she fell down, metal hitting skull never felt good and this case was no different.

"Hush. come inside, and I shall explain everything that I have experienced before becoming the sole ruler of the Sun in Equestria." Twilight whimper and followed her teacher inside, walking up the stairs. Celestia stood, staring at the sun for a moment. "Take a seat Twilight, this is going to shatter what perception you had on Equestrian history."

Twilight obeyed her teacher and sat down, the soft pillow serving as some buffer to the shock she was about to hear.

"A long time ago, there was one massive realm. The realm of Equestrios. This realm was prosperous, with no one, not even changelings interfering with others. Everyone was content to live their lives like a normal pony would but then something happened. The leaders of Equestrios, the pair of the Sun and the pair of the Moon, started to have disagreements. The moon wanted more recognition for the things that it did and the contributions it had to pony society, the Sun already had allowed this, but the two jealous halves of the moon decided that since the ponies and other races didn't enjoy their night as much as the day, they would make them enjoy it by creating night eternal. This is the start of the first Pony war. Many creatures side with the moon, but a majority of the ponies stayed with the sun. The fighting lasted hundreds of years, great casualties on both sides until the Royal ponies all launched their strongest spells at each other. This massive amount of energy caused the realm to crack in half, and served to temporarily end the war."

Twilight had already had her mind blown once today, she was having trouble keeping in the second part of her brain as she could feel the fire in her skull.

Celestia took a breath and continued, "This is how the Realms of Equestros and Equestria were made, and in the process sending me and my sister severely wounded to Equestria. I thought my wounds to be unhealable, and was ready to die, happy that the war was finally over. It would not end so quickly. A unicorn took us in, using his magic to heal me back to health over the course of months. After that time I thanked him and promised the unicorn power when I would finish up my Castle. I left, not knowing that the unicorn had my sister as well. He healed her, but also kneaded in the corruption that would turn her onto the path of Nightmare moon once more. The rest you already know, but my brother has been ruling the realm opposite of ours for as long as I have. That has all changed with his defeat, and now for the first time in Thousands of years, I must prepare for war." With that the alicorn turned and started to walk.

"We all have to prepare for war...as no friendship will avail us now, only courage, and strength."