From what Celestia had thought, this was probably the fastest she's ever flown. She could imagine what the ponies below where thinking when they saw the flashing white blur soaring through the sky, towards Ponyville. The horrid memories where flowing through her mind; Twilight Sparkle's accident at her enrollment test; the sadness in the unicorn's family she saw at the hospital; the struggles her faithful student had gone through over the years....

She zoomed into the town, nearly crash-landing onto the ground before Sugar Cube Corner. She burst through the double doors, looking rapidly for Twilight. When she spotted her and the Mane Six, in which Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash had caught up with the rest of their friends.

"Twilight!" She cried.

The Princess galloped to the Mane Six and knelt beside Twilight. Twilight was lying unconscious, breathing very weakly. The other five had been shaken horribly. Pinkie Pie's hair was now completely straight. Applejack just sat there, facing the floor, saying nothing. Fluttershy was crying in Rainbow Dash's shoulder, with Rainbow Dash tearing up as well, something she rarely ever does. Rarity had been hyperventilating.

Princess Celestia got up on her hoofs again and levitated Twilight onto her back. Tears were pouring out of her eyes.

"I have to take Twilight to the ICU in Canterlot," she managed, "Do not visit until I say it is okay."

And with that, she hurried out the door, and took off with strong force, but was gentle enough so she wouldn't let Twilight slip off her back. About a few minutes later, they arrived to the ICU at the hospital in Canterlot. Celestia flashed inside, and came up to the mare at the desk.

"Twilight is suffering from severe, constant pain in her head," she hastily told the nurse, "get her into intensive care immediately!"

The nurse jumped up from her seat so fast, that she hit the ceiling on liftoff. She quickly rallied the other doctors in the immediate vicinity, and they all came to Twilight and set her on a bed. The rolled her into a room in the ICU, patched her up with an IV, and scanned her head with an x-ray.

Princess Celestia paced outside Twilight's room for what seemed like an hour to her. Finally, to her relief, Twilight's doctor came out from her room. However, his face was grim, giving Celestia a dreadful feeling inside her.

The doctor spoke up, "What's causing Twilight's pain in her head is her unicorn and her magic. The effects of her arcane burst from her filly years have came back, this time, severely. The only solution is to remove the horn. I'm sorry, but there is no other way."

The princess let that sink in. She didn't think there wouldn't be any removals from Twilight. She slowly nodded and walked into the room where was laying unconscious. The doctor follow suit. Princess Celestia crept slowly to the bed Twilight was stationed at. She stared down at the unconscious unicorn.

She began to think. How would Twilight be if her horn was removed? She's the Element of Magic, for crying out loud!

This was the most difficult decision the Princess had to make in years.