The mid-afternoon sun shone down over the Royal Gardens, basking the Royal Sisters in the glow of its summer rays. Celestia had her interests completely held by a very inviting book that had been recommended to her by none other than her dear sister. Celestia used her magic to levitate her lemonade over to her mouth and upon swallowing the sip she took she turned to her sister to discuss the book.

"This is quite a raunchy title sister, where did you say you found this again?" Celestia asked.

"We believe that it was located in an old thrift store by the name of 'Lace and Leash', if our memory serves us correctly" Luna explained.

"Um, sister" Celestia said with a sheepish chuckle "I do not believe that was a thrift store, it sounded more like an excitement shop"

"Nonsense, they sold many casual items such as chokers and bindings for working stallions, they supplied a wide variety of chains... and... oh dear" Luna said, trailing off at the end of her sentence as she realized that she had indeed wandered into an adult book store.

"Oh dear indeed" Celestia nodded "I was wondering why I hadn't seen this particular title in any of the book stores I've looked in"

"Nevertheless, thou must admit it is a gripping read" Luna shrugged.

"Indeed I must, I never imagined you'd be able to get so much enjoyment out of a simple curved piece of rubber" Celestia nodded, reading a few more pages in before making a comment "Oh, now she seems to have injured herself... as to be expected if you decide to lodge a foot long piece of-"

"Princess Celestia?" Twilight's voice called from around a statue. Twilight emerged with her nose buried in a book as usual. Celestia noticed that the young princess was heading straight for another statue and with a quick use of magic she steered Twilight away from the statue and towards her and Luna. Twilight stopped briefly, taking her eyes away from her book with a puzzled expression.

"Yes my little pony?" Celestia asked, folding the corner of the page she was on and closing the book "How can I help you?"

"I was reading through some old books I found on the solar system and meteorical fly-by patterns and I happened across a few scriptures that detailed a fly by of a comet known as the Searing Star that's, from what I heard, blessed with a certain type of celestial magic that will allow it to perform a strange spell on the planet as it passes by" Twilight blurted out.

"Twilight dear, do you remember that conversation we had about breathing every now and again?" Celestia asked with a soft smile.

"Sorry, but... did you know about the comet?" Twilight asked.

"Indeed I did my faithful student, I believe the last time it passed was well over, ooh what was it, three... four thousand years?" Celestia nodded "And the last time it passed I believe it turned the all the liquids in Equestria into a a brilliant bubble-gum pink colour, it was a beautiful tasting substance also"

"Wow..." Twilight nodded "What do you think it's going to do this time?"

"Well, if our premeditated findings were correct then this year's comet should affect the universal barrier" Celestia said, scraping together the thought from her previous calculations and experiments.

"The barrier?" Twilight asked, blinking in a puzzled manner "Will it bring other things into our universe?"

"It shouldn't, in theory" Luna chimed in.

"You, uh, don't sound too confident about that" Twilight noted.

"There have been times in our lives where issues such as these having summoned other entities from other dimension but we doth very much doubt that anything shall be brought forth this year" Luna responded.

"Well done Sister" Celestia said with an enthusiastic smile "Your modern English is coming along in leaps and bounds"

"Thank you Sister" Luna said, inclining her head in a gesture of thanks.

"You mentioned that nothing should come through this time... what's come through before?" Twilight asked, getting the conversation back on track.

"Well, the event of the comet passing is a rare one and it does not usually cause a dimensional imbalance but when an event such as that occurs, it can range from bringing in a pot with a different design on it from an alternate form of an ancient dragon that nests in a faraway mountain, it is quite unpredictable to be truthful"

"Huh... has anything from our world disappeared through to another?" Twilight queried after a moment's pause. The two sisters looked at each other for a brief second, their lips pursed deep in thought before Celestia shook her head.

"Not that I can recall, the dimensional barrier weaken to approaching objects but most things tend to stay within the confines of our own universe" she answered. Celestia raised her head up to the sky, squinting against the sunlight before she spoke again.

"Would you be interested in viewing the comet pass through the observatory Luna has in her wing of the castle?" Celestia asked before turning to her sister "You don't mind do you Sister?"

"Not at all" Luna said, shaking her head "I think it could be fun for all of us"

"Sure" Twilight nodded, her face beaming "I'd love to"

"Then that settles that, we can all meet in the observatory in the Lunar wing tonight and watch the comet pass by" Celestia smiled, lifting up her book and opening it again "Now if you excuse me, I need to find out how this naughty little rabbit is going to remove this without tearing herself in half... again" Next Chapter: To Another. Estimated time remaining: 4 Minutes