The following is a recovered auditory recording from the Primary Ritual Chamber of Canterlot Academy of Magic, Nightwatch investigators have been able to narrow down the majority of the voices to their respective owners.

At the time of this missive both Princesses are still unaccounted for, the survivors of the mystical backlash that occurred within the Chamber have been thoroughly questioned.

Audio Recording begins approximately thirty seven seconds before the explosion:

Princess Luna: Aegis custodio innocens in nomine Cosmos et domina stellarum.

Collective Lunarchs & Luminarchs: Per lucem et nocte stare

Princess Luna: Aegis custo-

*Massive explosion rocks the ritual chamber, yelling and screaming follow for several minutes*

Luminarch Runic Cipher: Great Sun! The ritual! The magic! What happened?!

Luminarch Shimmer Shine: Ether! ETHER WHERE ARE YOU?!

Lunarch Pearl Sweets: Look! THE PRINCESS!

RC: It’s… great sun… a rift? Impossible! How did-

Princess Luna: MAGI, STAND BY ME, A TRAGEDY HAS STRUCK THE BARRIER IS FAILING.

SS: ETHER! ETHER ANSWER ME! Oh sun and moon no… No… please no…

PS: Shimmer stand up! Please! We need you to help us or the rift will expand!

Lunarch Orion Sparkle: Stand up girl, my daughter is at stake here too!

Princess Luna: IMPERIUM NIHILUS

*A second massive explosion rocks the Academy*

OS: Moon preserve us, all of you that still draw breath, help the princess! We must close that rift or it could consume all of Canterlot!

RS: I’m with you old moon-dog.

PS: I’m ready.

SS: I… For Ether… I’m here.

OS: Follow my lead-

*Audio fails partially as static interferes, the sound of chanting can be heard through static however*

SS: -can do this! Orion, we’re out matched!

PS: Sweet glory… it’s coming through…

*The following transcript contains a voice whose owner is unknown, the language has been determined to be related distantly to the dialect of the chaos spirits and could only be loosely translated*

UNKNOWN ENTITY: DEATH IN SHADOWS CLAIM BY YOUTH AND BROKEN SONGS.

OS: What is it saying?! By the sisters WHAT IS IT?!

SS: Is that… is it possible? A dae-

UNKNOWN ENTITY: DESPERATE FOAL BY GAMBIT THE RUIN OF SORORITY TO BEG A BOON.

SS: No… it’s not… GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!

UNKNOWN ENTITY: LIFE FROM ENDINGS ALWAYS BY GAMBIT THEE ACHIEVE.

SS: Oh… oh Ether…

OS: NO! DON’T LISTEN TO IT SHIMMER! DON’T LET IT IN! IT WILL-

UNKNOWN ENTITY: OLD NIGHT FOAL BECKONS IN COMPLIANCE BY BOON SO PASSED.

PS: SHIMMER DON’T LIST-

*The sound of something breaking and something solid striking the wall with force followed by a liquid sound is heard, the body of Lunarch Pearl Sweets was found partially embedded in the wall of the chamber and her death is the likeliest source.*

SS: Pearl… I’m so sorry… Please forgive me

OS: I’m sorry, everypony I’m sorry but I must… RUNIC! WITH ME!

*The snap of air associated with powerful translocation magic is heard, it is assumed that the ones called Orion Sparkle and Runic Script escaped, their bodies were not among the rest, whereabouts currently unknown.*

UNKNOWN ENTITY: PRECIOUS FOAL PROVIDES SWEET LAUGHTER, WATERS OF SADNESS FALL LONESOME, WALK YOU THE PATH OF OLD NIGHT BY SIDE OF ENDLESS LIFE BY BOON WE GRANT?

SS: I… can hear you… my head… it hurts… where… why? Ether? Where are you Ether?

UNKNOWN ENTITY: BY BOON WE GRANT THE LIFE FROM DEATH ENDLESS SO STIR HE FROM SLEEP FAR.

SS: Sleep? He’s asleep? Wake up Ether… please… wake up…

UNKNOWN ENTITY: OLD NIGHT DESCENDS ON BLOODY ROAD, PRECIOUS FOAL AND SLEEPING DEATH RETURN BY SIDE OF ############ TO THE LAND WHERE OLD NIGHT WAITS.

SS: Wake… there you are Astral…

*A roar eclipses all other sound, after thorough cleanup technicians describe sound as being akin to metal grating on metal. No more sound is heard except the roar which lasts for a few seconds before being abruptly cut off. As a side note the voice spoke a word that the audio could not record much less translate. The Nightwatch is currently researching with the remaining Lunarch the possibilities of the Entity’s nature.*