I wake up to the sounds of my lovers yelling at me.

"ADRIAN! WAKE UP!" Celestia yells right in my ear.

"Gah!" I yelp and rub the inside of my ear.

"Adrian! Are thou alright?" Luna asks me. "We could not enter thy dream and thou were screaming," she then tells me.

Shella and Cadence both look worried as well.

"I'm fine," I reply and lift my left hand up. "Gaia took me to meet some of the other aspects," I tell her. I then frown with a sigh. "I need to talk to both you and Tia alone," I tell Luna. "Could you give us a moment please," I ask as I look at both Cadence and Shella.

They look at each other and nodded. "Alright," Cadence replies and they both go into the baby room.

"Tia, can you place a soundproof ward in the room please," I ask her.

She looks scared now but does as I ask. "What's the matter?" she asks in almost a whisper.

"First, Luna. I met Nightmare Moon again," I tell her and she gasps.

"Are thou alright? She didn't harm thee did she?" she asks.

"No, but there's something you need to know and tell me. She didn't corrupt you did she," I say more as a statement than a question.

She frowns. "To be honest, we don't fully remember what happened. We remember being angry, and she offered me power. In my sadness and anger, I accepted. Then it's all a blur from there. We remember fighting Tia... her tears... then going in and out of consciousness over the years on the moon... and then our mind was clear when the elements freed us."

"I see. Well, you actually corrupted her. She is the Shadow Aspect and her name is Umbra. She offered you a contract to help you make your nights better, but your anger turned that into a lust for eternal night," I tell her.

Her eyes widen and tears start to roll down her cheeks. "Thou mean we are the one at fault?" she asks with a hand over her mouth.

I hug her to my chest. "You didn't know what would happen, but when I get her orb... will you talk with her? The other Aspects have freed her from her corruption. She's actually quite nice and feels guilty about what she has done... to both you and me," I tell her and stroke her hair.

She starts crying into my chest and hugs me back. I then look to Celestia.

"Tia... are you going to tell me or do you not know?" I ask her.

"Know what?" she asks with genuine confusion.

"You have an Aspect within you," I tell her.

Her eyes widen. "What?" she ask again, but this time, in disbelief.

"Umbra told me she went into Luna to survive, and that Lux, the Light Aspect, did the same with you," I tell her.

'It is true,' a voice in my head says. Seems Luna and Celestia heard it as well.

A small orb of light leaves Celestia's chest and forms into a man made of pure white energy. His face only shows two eyes that are a bright golden colour and he seems to be wearing some kind of toga.

"Greetings. I am Lux, the Aspect of Light," he says with a bow. I feel the covers pulled over us with a dark blue glow. "I apologise if I have embarrassed you, but I believe you would like answers," he says.

Celestia is the first to speak up. "Y-You have been inside me all this time?" she asks.

He nodded in reply. "Yes, you and your sister were the only strong sources of mana able to sustain us. Your planet just simply doesn't have the mana we need to survive, but I have kept myself hidden deep within you and only taken enough to keep me alive. I made sure not to interfere with your life, but I have been giving you advice subconsciously after your sister was banished to keep you from doing something you would regret, and I have used your mana to contact the other Aspects from time to time," he tells her.

"Is that why I felt weaker now and then? You were syphoning my magic?" she asks with a slight frown.

"Correct, and I do apologise for that, but both Umbra and I are now bound to this world and Umbra is slowly starving again without a source of mana to feed from. The mana she took from you Adrian will only last her a few more months," he tells us.

"Then why doesn't she come here and let me feed her?" I ask.

"You would allow her?" he asks surprised.

I nodded but Luna speaks up. "We shall," she says with determination.

I look at her with wide eyes. "Are you sure?" I ask.

"Yes, we are to blame for her corruption... we would like to help her," she replies.

I look back to Lux whose eyes are closed. "Very well, I shall contact her. Please get dressed as she shall be here within the hour," he tells us and turns back into a ball of light. Celestia frowns again as she watches the ball slowly going back into her chest.

"All these years... I thought it was a magical fluctuation that was causing my magic to falter every year..." she says.

"Are you alright, Tia?" I ask her.

She sighs and looks at me. "I will be. I just need time to take this all in..." she replies and kisses me.

I smile into the kiss. "Come on, we need to get ready for when Umbra arrives," I tell them.

We are all dressed and had breakfast brought up to us. We're sitting on the bed waiting for Umbra while I comb Cadence's hair. She hums happily while holding Mavis in her arms. Luna is massaging my shoulders while Celestia is braiding Shella's hair.

My lovers all yelp as Lux appears out of Celestia again. "She is here," he tells us.

A shadow in the corner moves into the middle of the room and forms into Umbra.

I can feel Luna's hands shaking on my shoulders. I put down the brush in my hand and place my hand on hers. Her trembling calms down but isn't gone.

"Hello, Umbra," I greet her.

She looks up at me with a faint smile. "Greetings, Adrian," she then looks at Luna. "Hello, Luna," she says to my scared wife.

I turn around and pull Luna onto my lap and hug her tightly. "Luna, she's not going to hurt you," I tell her.

"H-Hello, U-U-Umbra," she finally replies.

"I understand if you're still afraid of me," Umbra says and hangs her head. "but I meant you no harm... I just wanted to help make your nights better. I always preferred the night time over day," she says and looks at Celestia. "No offence," she says to her.

Celestia, to my surprise, giggles. "None taken," she replies and continues to braid Shella's hair... I thought she would be furious at Umbra for what she had to do to her sister.

"We... we're sorry for w-what we did to thee," Luna says, still gripping onto me.

"And I forgive you, if you'll forgive me," she replies.

Luna looks into her eyes for a few seconds, and smiles. "We do," she then gets up off my lap and walks over to Umbra and hugs her.

Umbra looks stunned, but then smiles and returns the hug.

I just had a thought. "Umbra, Lux. Can you make a contract with anyone?" I ask them.

They look at each other and nodded. "If they have the will, mana, and strength to wield our power, then yes," Lux replies. "Why?" he then asks.

"I know I won't be able to master all the aspects in time. I was thinking maybe others could learn to harness them," I reply.

"You do not wish to learn them yourself?" Umbra asks confused.

"If I had the time, but we don't. Grogar will be attacking in just over four years. How long did it take for Starswirl to master them all?" I reply and ask.

Lux looks up in thought. "About twenty years," he tells me.

"Exactly... I don't have that much time, and it would be better to have multiple aspects fighting at once whereas I'll only be able to use one at a time. It just makes more sense," I tell them.

"Are you sure? Once an aspect makes a contract, they cannot make another unless it is broken or the one with the contract dies," Umbra tells me.

"Yes, I'm sure. I don't need all that power anyway, I have my friends and lovers to help me," I reply with a smile. My girls all return the smile.

"Very well then, but who shall you have make contracts with us?" Lux asks.

"Why not you and Celestia? Same with Umbra and Luna?" I tell them. They stare at each other and then at me. "What? It makes sense. Luna is the alicorn of the night, the night represents shadows. Celestia is the alicorn of the day, and day represents light. Plus you know each other already," I say.

"He speaks the truth," Lux says with a hand on his chin. "I have grown accustomed to Celestia's mana, and with her mindset."

"I feel the same. While we were... on the moon," Umbra says and hugs Luna again. "I grew accustomed to hers as well," she says.

"Great, that means you can help me when the battle finally comes," I tell them with a grin.

Luna and Celestia smile back at me. "Do you know any others who would accept?" Lux asks.

"Maybe. Shining might go well with the Shield Aspect. His barrier and shield spells are the strongest of the guards here, and maybe Vortigan could help us, he's taken a liking to the air element I taught him," I reply.

"I'm afraid only beings with their own mana can harness an Aspects power, as they'll need their own to mix with ours," Lux tells me.

Well damn. "Wait. Starswirl turned himself into a human, could we turn ponies into humans as well?" I ask.

"It's possible, you wish to turn Shining Armour into a human so he can harness his own magic?" Celestia replies and asks.

"It's worth a try if he agrees," I reply, but right now we need their orbs. "Discord!" I shout out to get his attention.

With a poof of pink smoke, he's standing by the door with a pair of tight pink looking underwear. "Adrian, what can I help you with my boy!" he asks cheerfully.

I raise an eyebrow at him. "What are you wearing?" I ask. He also has some goggles and a tube next to his mouth going up past his horns.

"I was just about to go snorkelling when you called." He then notices Umbra and Lux. "Ah, hello my dear. I see you've patched things up with wittle Woona," he says with a smile.

"We said to stop calling us that!" Luna tells him.

Discord chuckles and looks at Lux. "And finally out and about Luxy hmmm?"

"That I am, Discord. Still causing trouble for others I can see," he replies.

"Oh you know me, always one for a laugh," he then looks back at me. "So what do you need, Adrian?"

"I need you to get Umbra's and Lux's orbs," I tell him.

He raises his eyebrows. "Oh, you wish to master their powers next?" he asks.

"No. Tia and Luna are," I reply.

His jaw disconnects from his head and drops to the floor. His tongue then drops down, sticks to his jaw and reels it back up where it reconnects. He then looks at Luna and Celestia. "Are you two serious?" he asks them.

After a few seconds looking at each other, Celestia replies. "Yes, this will help us protect our ponies and we will be able to fight by Adrian's side," she tells him.

"Well then... alright. Be back in a few!" he says as the floor opens up like a trap door and he falls through, the door then closes behind him. I couldn't help but chuckle.

For the next two hours Lux and Umbra explained what will happen. Their contract will consist of allowing them to reside in and feed off the two sisters while they will offer their power in exchange.

I sat on the bed with Mavis sitting between Shella, Cadence, and I. She was looking around at us giggling while patting her hands on the covers. We then tickled and began playing with her. I grabbed my daughter and gave her some raspberries on her tummy. She squealed and slapped her little hand on my head, which made Cadence want a turn. We then gave the giggling baby back to her mother who then began to feed her some energy.

Discord finally returns with an orb in each hand. One is a bright white with a light shining within it, the other is black with a shroud of shadowy mist around it. He gave them to Celestia and Luna who held them in their hands.

Lux is standing in front of Celestia. "Queen Celestia, I make a contract with you. For keeping me alive and well from now till death take you, I shall offer you my power whenever you need it. Do you accept these terms?" Lux asks her.

Celestia looks at the orb and then back to Lux. "I accept your terms," she replies.

The orb then sinks into her left palm and then reappears on the back of her left hand, in the middle of her sun cutie-mark.

"It is done, we are now bound. Whenever you are ready, I shall help train you in using my power," He tells her.

"Thank you," she replies and touches the orb, which is glowing.

"When I am resting within you, just tap the orb and speak in your mind and I shall answer. When I need to talk to you, the orb will pulse with a faint light and you just have to tap it to hear me. but if it is urgent I will speak to you directly,"

I then look to Luna and Umbra. "Queen Luna, I make a contract with you. For keeping me alive and well from now till death take you, I shall offer you my power whenever you need it. Do you accept these terms?" she asks the same thing as Lux did.

Luna shakes a little and takes a deep breath. "W-We accept t-thy terms," she replies with a stutter.

The orb does the same with her and appears on the back of her left hand, in the crescent of her moon mark.

"It is done, we are now bound," Umbra says. Luna gulps and looks scared as Umbra also tells her how to contact her.

I smile at Luna and she seems to calm down. "Well then, shall we all start practising?" I ask. I'm looking forward to seeing what their aspect forms will look like.

We're all standing in the field at the Training Grounds with each of our aspects in front of us.

"Celestia, I shall now pour my mana into you. Do not resist or fight against it, just relax and embrace it," Lux tells me.

I relax and then feel a different yet familiar magic flow into me, I don't resist and let it mix with my own. It feels comfortable.

"Good, you have now received your aspect form," he tells me and I look at my arms. A faint light is radiating from me and my flesh looks more like pure magic in physical form, I summon a mirror and look at myself. My eyes are pure white and shining brightly. My mane and tail are pure white and flowing in all directions. I panic a bit as my wings are gone, but I then notice I'm floating a foot off the ground. I look around and notice that even looking at the sun doesn't hurt my eyes. I also see no shadows, as if everything was being bathed in light from all angles.

"This is incredible," I mutter to myself. My voice sounds like a mix between my own and Lux's.

If Lux had a mouth, I'm sure he would be smiling right now. "Now we shall begin with mixing our mana together, just as Adrian was taught," he tells me.

I look at Tia with wide eyes. I can feel the power she's giving off.

"Now it is your turn, Luna," Umbra tells me.

I then begin to panic. What if I turn into Nightmare Moon again?

It seems Umbra noticed what I'm thinking. "You shall be fine, Luna. Nightmare Moon was a result of your emotions corrupting us together, as long as you relax and don't fight it you will have complete control," she tells me.

I nodded and take a few breaths to calm down.

"I will now begin to pour my mana into you. Accept it and make it your own," she says and I can feel her magic flow into me.

At first, I try to push it away, but I force myself to relax and let it in. I sigh as it feels nothing like before. It's calming and soothing.

I watch as my arms change from a deep blue to a pitch black. My fur seems to turn into a shadow like mist, I move my arms and a faint, short trail of shadow is left in its wake. I look around just as Tia did and notice all the shadows around me. I can see what lies within them, nothing being hidden from me.

I also summon a mirror and look at myself. My hair and tail are similar to Tia's now that they move freely around me and look like a void that would drain all light around them. I also notice I can consciously move them a little, as if they were extra limbs. My eyes are a silvery colour, like moonlight. It's a bit creepy seeing no pupils in them and the dark blue almost black mist seeping out the sides.

I still have my wings, but they look like a thestrals and made of shadows.

"Well done, Luna. How do you feel?" Umbra asks me.

I look at her and smile. "We feel... great," I reply. My voice sounds like a whisper, as if it was meant to be quiet. I also notice I'm not making any noise as I move.

I smile as I watch them, they look stunning in their aspect forms. Celestia looks graceful, she even still has her pregnant stomach while Luna looks scarily awesome.

I notice the guards looking on with awe at their Queens. I even see Shining with wide eyes. I'll have to ask if he'll become a human to master the Shield Aspect later.

They both begin their training in mixing their mana while I resume my attempt at plant control.

Four hours for this chapter WOO! And I'm just starting on the next one now!