"Yeah, thanks bye!" Rainbow Dash quickly muttered as she sped off, into the sky. The mares watched the fading rainbow as a voice shouted from a distance. Shocking the mares and making the others in the cafe jump in fright.

"TWILIGHT!! I FOUND IT!!" It screamed. The three mares squinted until they saw a purple and green figure running towards them. The violet mare stared with disbelief as her little assistant ran up to them, holding a very large book.
The small dragon coughed and wheezed as he stopped at the table. Panting as the boiling sun beamed down on him.
"T-Twilight...I-I...I found the bo-ok." He panted as the alicorn lifted up the book and placed it beside her. Her fashion designer friend hovered the tired dragon into her lap, letting him rest and capture his breathe again.

"Thanks, Spike." Twilight smiled at the wheezing dragon. She used her aura to hover Rainbow's empty cup, and fill it with water, using a spell. She then carefully handed the cup to her young friend, ignoring the ice and frost covering it.

Spike quickly grabbed the cup and gulped down the cold water. Before staring at the frost cover cup.
"Twi, what's with all the ice?" He asked as he pointed at the cup.

Twilight rolled her eyes. Even though she was an alicorn, and that her talent was magic, her spells were still sticky. It annoyed her so much that for a princess like her to be getting things wrong. Especially when everyone expected her to be as perfect as Celestia.
"Just a side effect." She muttered, but she didn't know whether ice was a side effect to her spell or not
"Anyway, thank you, Spike. Where did you find it?"

"Behind the bookcase. My yoyo fell behind and as I was grabbing it, I found the book." Spike explained, staring at the white beauty before him.

"If I may intrude, what book is that?" Rarity asked.

"It's Equestria's record of royals. Now that I'm a princess, I want to see what other royals I'm related to." Twilight explained as she opened the book. Her two friends watching closely, reading the contents.

"How about tha Royal family of tha Gryphon Islands?"

"No. They're not technically related anymore."

"What about this? The Royal family of the Skies?" Rarity pointed her white hoof at the stained, aged paper. Twilight stared, confused, at the scribbles upon the paper.

"I've never heard of them before." She flicked to the page that was written on the contents. As they found the page, their eyes gazed upon the feather patterns around the border of the page.
"The Royal Family of the Skies ruled the grand city of Cloudsdale. Caring for all pegasi all over Equestria. The Royal Family of the Skies were to be known as the kindest royals in all Equestria's history." Twilight read out loud.

"How come we've never heard of them?"

"Because they closed the gates." A voice murmed behind them. Making the mares, and the dragon, jump in fright.

"Cloudkicker?"

A purple pegasus mare smiled gently at the princess. Behind her, a yellow mare with a tousled blue mane, and a grey stallion with an ice blue mohawk. Their saddle bags tightly strapped around their waists.

"Sorry for intruding, Twilight. We just overheard you." Cloudkicker apologised, but the princess just smiled back.

"That's okay. But who is this Royal Family? And the gates you mentioned?"

"Our Royal Family have always been here. Their castle is the largest building in Cloudsdale. That used to be open for everpony." Raindrops waved her hoof across the sky.

"Used to be?"

"Yes. Unfortunately, something happened. Nopony knows what, but one day, the gates closed. Nopony saw the recent King, Queen or their daughters. Ever."

"They must be King Windy Skies and Queen Misty Breeze. But they're dead." Twilight gasped as she read the about the deaths of two innocent ponies. She's never been too keen on death. She's read about it in books and novels, but she's never actually had a pony close to her die. She just hoped these princesses were okay.

"And what of the two princesses?" Rarity inquired, only just able to read the two names as Twilight's hoof covered them. But decided not to read them out loud, in case they were wrong.

"One's dead, the other is being coronated. To be a queen. Tomorrow."

"A queen?!" The three mares squealed.

"Yeah. Apparently she's beautiful, and sweet." Raindrops added.

"And hot." Thunderlane sniggered, earning a punch from one the pegasi mares.

"Yes, well, you are welcome to come. Many earth ponies and unicorns are coming. They are going to be charmed by other unicorns who know the cloud walking spells." Cloudkicker informed. "And you have to go, Twilight. You're royalty anyway. Celestia has to go as well, after all, she's crowning the princess."

Twilight was overcome by so much new information. Her mentor, her second mother, had never told her of such. She was never told of this Royal Family. Nothing. No history books either.

"Thank you. But where are you going?"

"To Cloudsdale of course. Every pegasus in Ponyville is going."

"That's probably why Rainbow was in such a hurry. She probably forgot to pack last minute." Rarity whispered to her amber friend, who nodded in reply.

"Okay then. We'll see you later then." Twilight and the others waved as the pegasi began to flutter away. Towards the large city of Cloudsdale.

"Come on, girls. I guess we are going to have a trip to Cloudsdale." Twilight stood up. Flapping her aching wings. "I'll tell Pinkie and Fluttershy. Meet us at the library and I'll get a royal carriage for us. Okay?" The alicorn hovered her assistant and the book onto her back, her friends nodding.

"Sure. A trip would be delightful." Rarity grinned.

"It sure would be fun." Applejack tipped her hat as she stood up. "See y'all tomorrow than."

As the three ponies departed to get ready for tomorrow, the prim and prissy unicorn grew puzzled over the two names she saw in the book. But dismissed it. She wasn't a bookworm like Twilight, but she knew something big is going happened soon.

Author's Notes:

Wow, I didn't expect this to get so many likes so quickly. Hope you guys enjoy the story.

Short chapter now, big chapter up next...the coronation.

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