Raven rubbed her face with both hands as she sat in her room, working on the missed homework she had to catch up on, to get a gauge on what she was going to have to do this fall for school. In all honesty, she wasn't overly thrilled at the prospect, but to say that she wasn't at least a little bit intrigued by how this school would work. Math and science came easily enough. Being a space ninja with an all knowing A.I. tends to allow for higher intelligence levels in those two areas. Equestrian History and Magic studies were the new kickers that had her interest.

The latter of the two was the most confusing…

As she went back to her textbook, she hummed along to the tune that played from the record player in the corner. It was a tool of wonder to her when she first saw one. It was even more fascinating when she saw how it worked. It had to be a system that predated advanced music systems by centuries. Amazing how being exposed to more advanced technologies made simper technology one of the strangest things in the universe.

Standing next to it, her Warframe stood alert. Frost Prime had never left her side unless ordered and he shadowed her wherever she went. At first, the castle staff were weary of this strange Minotaur bull that followed her everywhere. But after these last few months, it was just a normal occurrence inside the castle halls to see the pair together. It was also assuring to Celestia that she could at least trust this thing as one of her daughters’ guards. The first time one of the cadets tried to mess with her as a prank, the Warframe didn't allow it.

Raven also had to explain to him how the antics in the castle were for a mere laugh.

But as of right now, he was content with where he was. In a sense, he was happy. She still needed to study further into his systems and operations. Letting her hands rest on her desk, she spied the photograph that sat on her desk. There stood her and her friend Sunset with an arm over each shoulder as the pair laughed merrily. Grabbing the photo, the girl stared at it for some time. When she learned that the young mare had run off and disappeared into a magical portal, Raven was devastated.

It made her question her trust in others.

Gingerly, she opened one of the drawers in her desk and placed the picture inside face down. It was going to be years before the mirror portal opened again... At least she still had Cadance and Shining. Closing the drawer, she picked up her pencil and continued her work. In the background, she paid little mind as the song came to an end. Frost's gigantic head slowly turned to stare down at the record player. Gingerly, the suit removed the needle and the record, placing the latter in its sleeve and on a nearby shelf. Pulling a random one free from Raven's minor collection, Frost placed the vinyl on the player and gingerly moved the needle into place.

Smooth jazz started to play as the needle took to the grooves. Staring down at the player, it let the music play before turning back towards the music shelf, putting the sleeve away. It was amazing how everything seemed new to him. It was clear that he was processing it with every situation he participated in. He was not a mere drone or simplified A.I.

There was something more.

The room shook violently, causing Raven to grasp her desk out of reflex while Frost continued to stare at the music player, only moving to grab the player to keep it from toppling onto the floor. The sounds of ponies screaming, and rock crumbling made Raven try to look out her window. Unable to see properly from her seat, she pushed herself to her feet and opened the windows, sticking her head out to search the immediate area. She continued to survey the castle grounds before her gaze settled on something very unsettling.

On the far end of the castle, a gigantic purple and green lizard head protruded from inside the Wing of her mother's school. “Frost!” she shouted before she transferred into the suit. Leaping from the window towards the roof below, she shot off towards the threat. Staring up at the gigantic beast as she ran, she was trying to figure out how to fight this thing. It looked rather stupid, kinda like an Eidolon. They may look gigantic and menacing, but they are slow in the head.

Jumping towards the outer wall that contained this thing, she ran up its surface, relying on the suits strength to get her towards her target. Grabbing the edge of the roof, she pulled herself up with a flip into a standing position. Staring up in awe at the lizard, she tried to find a weak point. There was no shield she would have to fight through like the Orb Mother, but this thing’s hide had to be as strong as steel.

Eyes…

How the hell was she going to get up there!? This thing towered over the castle and it was significantly larger than the Eidolon she once bared witness to. Neither of her weapons would reach there, especially when this thing started squirming. Making her decision to climb, she bullet-jumped as high as she could and clasped onto it scales. With another jump, she reached out to clasp onto it again.

Pop!

“Shit!” she yelped when the gigantic animal just flat out disappeared! She flailed around in a vain attempt to grab onto something before used the Warframe's bullet glide the gently flutter down to a safe height before she just let herself drop. Landing on all fours with a thud inside the room, she startled everypony inside said room. Standing up, she could see her mother standing not too far away. With a sense of urgency, she rushed her way towards Celestia, drawing her sword in preparation for finding that monster.

Celestia's eyes widened in silent understanding. She couldn't physically see it, but she could sense the worry coming from her daughters’ suit. “Nonono, it's okay! It's okay!” she assured quickly, grabbing the suit by the shoulders. “It's fine, Sweetie. Just a little magical surge. It's all under control now!”

~Raven~ blinked as she let the words sink in. She vaguely remembered either reading about or someone telling her about magical surges. Magic build up or lack of magical control, or something along those lines. Turning her head, she could see that she seemed to be in a lecture hall. A few unicorns sat up high behind a desk, their fancy shirts, dresses, and hair disheveled and messy. Slowly turning around, there was a light blue stallion with a darker purple mane and yellow eyes in a nice suit stood next to a light grey mare with a purple and white mane and tail and greenish-blue eyes in a simple grey dress, both watched Raven with looks of worry. Just in front of the couple, a little purple filly with a two-tone mane and tail with matching eyes in a little school uniform and a cute lab coat stood.

~Raven~ could feel something different about the filly. She was strong, probably smart too. The little purple filly stared up at the helmet of the suit, studying its form with curious eyes. From the long-split horns and dangling snowflake tassels to his cloak and all the way down to his pointed metal boots.

A giggle down at her shin caused ~Raven~ to glance down. There, at her feet, sat a little purple and green lizard like creature. One very similar to the giant one she was about to fight. Was this it?

Reaching down, she lifted the giggling baby into her arms. The baby gurgled and giggled happily as he chewed on his tail cutely. His little green eyes sparkling with untold wonder. Squirming in her grasp, he pulled himself up ~Raven's~ shoulder, reaching out with his little claw towards something. Confused, she watched him as he was unable to grab the object of his desire. Glancing over her shoulder, she couldn't see anything of interest. As she turned her head back towards the baby, something out of the corner of her eye caught her attention. The snowflake tassel that hung from her horns swung with each little movement of her head.

Adjusting her head, she let him grasp the chain with his tiny claw. A small tug against her head told ~Raven~ that he got the object of his desire. She would have taken it off and given it to him if it weren't for the for the fact that it was permanently attached. Removing her gaze from the cute display, she focused on Celestia. The mare smiled warmly down at the child before her eyes moved to look at her daughters armored helmet when she felt as though she was being watched.

“Here,” the solar mare offered, reaching forward and taking the baby from ~Raven’s~ grasp. The infant's happy smile turned into confusion, then sadness as he was pulled away from his toy. His little arms reaching out and begging for his snowflake back. Pulling him close to her breast, Celestia held him with one arm as she used the other to pull her mane over her shoulder, offering it to the infant. Grabbing onto it, he immediately forgot his previous toy and held onto the princess’ hair, pulling it gently. “Good. Now that everything is under control. I think I can take it from here, Sweetie.”

~Raven~ gave the infant one last glance before she glanced over her should at the two parents. She didn't see the filly until she found her just behind her back, holding onto the edge of her cloak, seemingly studying it. With a yank, ~Raven~ pulled her cloak from purple girls grasp, surprising the filly. With one last look of disdain towards the shocked filly, she headed towards the door and out of the room.

Sometime later, Raven -now lacking her Warframe- stood side by side with her mother just in front of the throne’s dais in the throne room. The girl squirmed in her light blue dress. This was her first official meeting that was of the utmost importance that required her to dress up. She tried to get out of it, but the threat of further grounding shut her up quickly. Staring at the floor, the teens mind wandered back towards the events of yesterday.

Thankfully no pony got hurt.

Lost in her thoughts, she didn't hear the throne room doors open or hear the small group of ponies enter and approach the dais. Celestia smiled her greeting before she glanced out of the corner of her eye, seeing Raven staring at the floor, lost in thought. Extending her left wing, she poked the girl on the shoulder. Immediately lifting her head, Raven stared at her mother, expecting her to say or do something. Nudging her head in the direction of the gathered family, Celestia continued as though nothing happened. Clearing her conscious, Raven blinked a few times to gather her thoughts.

Just in front of the pair, stood the same pair of ponies from the day before. Each were wearing similar outfits from the day before. This time the stallion went with a black tux with a dark blue tie and the mare with a light pink dress. The latter of the two swaddling what Raven now knew was a dragon hatchling in her arms. Just in front of the pair was the filly from yesterday too in a simple yellow sundress.

As the little family bowed their greetings, Celestia bowed her greeting in return. Raven panicked for a second before she closed her eye and followed suite with her greeting. Just as she went straight, she opened her eye and yelped back. There, not even a foot in front of her stood the little purple filly.

How did she not hear her!?

The little filly examined the human girl with an adorable head tilt while her mouth made a little ‘o’ shape. She examined the princess with a keen eye. Leaning in closer to get a closer look, Raven leaned back to get away for the filly. The purple furred girl blinked twice before she leaned back slightly.

“What are you? How did you get that eye patch? Why do you have no fur? Are you sick? Princess is she sick?” she rapid fired a number of questions that only caused Raven to just lock up slightly. “How did you become a princess? Are you-” The filly winced when Raven blinked out of existence. The filly was forced to close her eyes as a cold breeze struck her in the face, causing her mane to flutter violently.

Both parents did the same as the same rush of cold air engulfed them. Turning around, the filly caught the slightest glimpse of the young princess as she opened the throne room door and slipped out. The filly blinked twice before she turned to face an equally shocked Princess Celestia. “Did… did I do something wrong?” she whimpered before biting her lower lip, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

Celestia sighed, “I’m sorry, she’s… we’ve had some problems recently, as you probably know. Please, will you join me for lunch?” the mare requested as she led the filly along with her hand. “Please don’t hold it against her?” Leading the family out of the throne room, the small group was led along in some rather awkward silence. Thankfully, the three mature family members were rather mesmerized by the vastness that was the Canterlot Castle.

The baby dragon was content playing with his holder’s hair.

Leading them into the private dining hall of the castle, Celestia offered the family to find a seat of their own choice, she took hers at the head of the table. With a little clap from her majesty, the doors that lead to the kitchen opened as a series of chefs and waiters entered the room, pushing carts full of covered food dishes.

Like a well-oiled machine or well synchronized symphony, the small army of confectionery ponies placed various dishes, plates, and confectionery meals across one half of the table. With precise precision, they culinary ponies placed everything in its correct location. As the chefs stepped away, the waiters held onto one or two lids and held their positions as they created a little suspense.

Dragging the metal lids across the metal platters, causing the lids to resonate throughout the walls of the dining hall. “Enjoy, Princess!” one stallion welcomed as he bowed towards the solar mare before he led the way back towards the kitchen doors. Every pony fell into step behind him, carts and dish lids in hand as they filed their way out of the hall and out of sight. As the mare watched, she thought of one last thing as she glanced down at the infant in her grasp.

As if on cue, a waitress appeared and pulled out the chair next to the seated mare and placed a foal seat on top of the larger cushioned seat. Voicing her thanks, the mare gingerly placed the infant in the seat and strapped him in. As he slapped at the table top, he giggled innocently while she gingerly patted him on the head lovingly, the mare felt relieved to finally be able to move her arms.

“Have you thought of a name yet?” Celestia inquired as she used her magic to graciously fill her plate with various fruits and vegetables.

“Hmm? Oh! Uhm… no…” the mare answered awkwardly after an equally awkward start. The stallion glanced at his wife with a look of concern.

“Please forgive us Princess, we’ve never dined with royalty before,” the darker stallion apologized. “It's still a lot to take in after yesterday. I think I'm still suffering from the consequences too, heh,” he laughed out of reflex and thinking back to the previous day’s events as he rubbed his right ear and pulling out a cactus needle. With a look of surprise, he gently placed it on the edge of his plate.

Celestia waved off his apprehension while also ignoring the random needle. “It's quite alright. But please, this is a casual-esk meeting on both welcoming and thanking your family!” The mare smiled, she really was happy about the latest outcome.

Even though part of the castle was leveled thanks to the infant at the table.

“I do hope that he hasn't been too much trouble so far?” the mare asked, referring towards the baby dragon. One, who happily slapped away at his food.

“Other than fireproofing everything, Velvet here is elated to have another baby, actually,” the stallion smiled as he leaned over to nuzzle his wife as she fed the baby. The mare smiled in return as she pulled a cloth napkin off her lap to clean the wiggling infant's mouth.

As the conversation continued, the awkward mood from earlier had faded and was replaced with a joyous one. The conversations ranged from helpful infant tips to preparations for Celestia's newest pupil. While questions were being tossed back and forth on both sides, it only came to a halt when the doors to the dining hall opened and Raven entered, no longer wearing the dress but her jeans and short sleeve grey shirt, with her gaze focused towards the floor. It was when she lifted her head and saw the scene before her that she froze.

Celestia offered a small, reassuring smile. “Sweetie, would you like to join us? There's more than enough.” The mare gestured towards the still stacked table. Staring at the abundance of available meals, Raven's stomach grumbled. She had come in here for a reason, but didn't realize that this was supposed to be going on. Surveying the table, she homed in on a possible meal.

Blinking out of existence, she reappeared next to the table. Grabbing a large, gooey cinnamon roll, she shoved it in her mouth to hold it, grabbed another with one hand, and finally an apple. In another flash, she appeared next to the door, opened it and disappeared. Celestia slowly closed her eyes with a sad sigh.

“Sorry,” the mare apologized.

Here’s hoping the upcoming future would be promising for her daughter. As the meal continued with more conversation and giggling from the baby dragon, the little filly raised her hand. “May I go to the bathroom?”

“You may, Sweetie,” her mother said, dismissing her.

As the purple filly worked her way out of the larger chair, the princess spoke up before she could leave. “The bathroom is out that door, take a left and it's the third door down on the left also.”

With a nod, the little filly headed towards the door. Heading out into the vast hallway of the castle, she followed the verbal instructions the princess gave her and quickly found two doors, both doors had picture signs of little stick figure alicorns, one with a dress and the other no dress. Heading into the appropriate restroom, the little filly did her business and washed her hands. As she exited the bathroom, instead of following the instructions in reverse, which would have led her back to the dining hall, she went left and off into the castle halls.

Lost in her reverie and sheer awe of the grandness that is the Canterlot Castle, leading herself with no direction in mind, the cute little filly was fawned upon by maids while guards avoided her as they either stood or walked. She took turns and went up and down stairs, getting thoroughly lost in her own little world. It wasn’t until she heard what sounded like hissing coming from a nearby door that caused her to yelp and knock her from her sightseeing. Her gaze landed on a slightly ajar door emanating a little bit of light from inside through the crack and into the hallway.

The hissing continued and caused a terrifying chill to roll up her spine. The sudden urge to run was all to prevalent. But there was also an urge of curiosity and it ultimately won over in the end. Slowly and quietly she preceded forward towards the door. Cautiously, she advanced towards the door, searching seemingly for anypony in the now desolate hallway. Holding both hands above her heart, she was starting to regret her decision, but she had to know who or what was on the other side of the door. Gingerly, as to not alert whoever was inside, she placed her hand on the door and pushed ever so gently, just enough to poke an eye inside. It looked...

Exactly like any other bedroom.

A bed, a partially filled bookcase full of both books and records for the nearby record player. There was a desk under the window and a few lamps scattering the room. It was, by all means, a bedroom. Opening the door further she stepped inside. “H-Hello?” she timidly asked. “Is anypony there?”

Receiving no answer, she cautiously wandered further inside. She watched every corner with a cautious eye. As her eyes wandered, she spotted something on the desk. As appealing as the small stack of books was on the right-hand side, a strange box shaped object with a handle sat in the center of the table. Stepping up, her curiosity got the better of her. She reached out gingerly but hesitated for a second before delicately wrapping her fingers around the handle, lifting it slightly off the table.

*Slam!*

She yelped and released the object, pulling both hands away as fast as she could and pulled them close to her chest as a metallic purple hand slapped the thing out of her grasp, pining it to the table. Staring down at her, loomed a dark, multi-horned shadow. He hissed loudly and angrily at her. “I-I don’t know what you’re saying!” she pleaded, backing away in a panic. There was a flash of bright red light and a warping sound that caused her to flinch her eyes shut.

“I said, ‘what are you doing in here!?’” a new voice shouted. The purple filly opened her eyes to see who was talking to her but yelped again when the princess grabbed her by the collar of her shirt. “Did your parents not teach you to not touch other ponies’ stuff!?”

The filly did her best to respond but only succeeded in stumbling her words, unable to form a proper sentence. She felt tears in the corner of her eyes as she was forced to stare into the angry eye of the angry princess. “Well?” the princess demanded. The filly failed to respond a second time, the princess rolled her eyes and shoved the filly backwards towards the door. “Get lost!” the princess ordered as she turned around towards her desk and suit of armor.

The little filly stumbled slightly, her hooves catching one another, causing her to stumble and fall. She landed painfully on her butt with a grunt. Sitting up, she rubbed her sore rear with a sniffle. Gingerly, she lifted her head and watched as the princess pulled out the chair at the desk and sat down, grabbing one of the books on the desk, she opened it. Grabbing the object that first held the fillies desire, she handed it off towards the suit, which grabbed the weapon and placed it on its hip. The filly watched in awe as the suit moved on its own. She yelped when the suit stared down at her.

She felt herself go pale.

Her eyes snapped towards the back of the princess when she hissed loudly. The suit slowly tilted its head towards the princess, removing its attention away from the intruder. It hissed softly in return while the princess seemed to shout back. The two seemed to go back and forth in their strange language. As the two went back and forth verbally, as strange as it was, the little filly pushed herself back onto her hooves and slowly approached the princess and her suit. Peaking over the princess’ left shoulder, she could see the princess struggling with what looked like a homework assignment.

The little filly liked homework!

The princess glanced over her shoulder before doing a double take. “What are you still doing here!?”

The filly shied away now that she was placed on the spot. “Uhm… helping?”

The princess narrowed her eye at the filly before she hissed something. The suit next to them stepped forward and turned the filly around before guiding her towards the door with its hand. “Wait, wait, wait!” the filly protested, but the suit refused to stop. “I know the answer!”

There was that hissing again.

The suit stopped, causing the filly to also stop. Pulling its hand away from the fillies back, it continued to stare down at her. She didn't like him. Like... at all! Tearing her gaze away from the suit, she could still feel his gaze boring down on her. The filly did her best to focus on the princess’ back as she waited for the other filly at the desk to say or do something.

“Come here…”

The little filly gulped nervously, glanced up at the suit, then decided to walk forward towards the princess. One she was close enough, she waited patiently as the princess placed her pencil down on the table and rubbed her face with both hands. “Look,” the girl started as she moved to rubbing half her face with one hand. “If you're going to be mom’s latest student.” She pulled her hand away from her face and turned to look at the standing filly while resting her cheek on two fingers. “I guess I'm going to have to tolerate you regardless… So, I might as well get a name?”

The purple filly hesitated, but ultimately answered. “U-Uhm… my…. My names Twilight… Twilight Sparkle...”

The princess didn't say anything at first, making the filly nervous yet again. “Alright Twiggles… the names Raven.” Raven pointed a finger towards the nearby suit. “That's Frost.” The filly turned to face Frost but turned back immediately when he turned his head to watch her. She didn't like how he looked at her. “First off, you're going to have to prove yourself to earn my trust and right now, you're off to a pretty piss poor start. Help me with this mess and you might get somewhere with me. You got the Twiggles?”

Twilight though about what she had just been told. “Uhm… my names not ‘Twiggles’ it Twilight.”

Raven stared at Twilight with a bemused expression. “...I know.”

Twilight wilted under the harshness of the princess’ tone of voice. “T-Twiggles is fine…”

“Good!” Raven nodded with a smile. “There's an extra chair around here somewhere. Go ahead and grab it,” Raven said as she looked around the room for said object. She didn't have to search long as Frost stepped up, chair in hand. “Oh! Thank you, Frost!” Frost simply placed the chair next to Raven as she scooted over. Offering a hand, he gently guided Twilight into the seat and pushing her forward so that she could see. Twilight thanked him kindly before he patted her head softly, which caused her to smile lightly.

Princess Celestia, the two parents of her new student, and the baby wandered the halls of the castle in search for little Twilight. “She must have gotten curious about something,” the mare stated.

“She's always been like that too,” the stallion added. “Ever since she wanted to be a part of the school, her curiosity has since gotten the better of her.

“We'll she'll be here in the castle somewhere,” Princess Celestia said. “My guards will find her, or a maid. She'll show up her soon. Perhaps Raven has seen her?” Celestia questioned towards herself as she tapped her chin, looking towards the ceiling. “May we…?” Both parents simply shrugged. The castle was so big, and they were pretty sure that they were in a part of the castle that was mostly restricted anyway. Neither of them knew where to go, let alone look.

Leading the way, the princess headed for her daughters’ room. From their current location, it wasn't far, and they were at one of the many large doors that scattered the hall. Engraved in the front of the dark oak wood door was that of a large jet-black bird with a white eye.

A raven.

The princess knocked twice before she opened the door and poked her nose inside. She smiled at the sight she was witnessing before she pulled her head out a looked at the two confused parents. “Found her,” the princess whispered while pointing towards the door with her finger. Opening the door fully, all three ponies silently entered the room. Celestia was pleased that Raven was finally getting out of her shell and talking to somepony her age. Both the purple fillies parents were happy that their daughter was getting out of her shell and talking to somepony that wasn't her foalsiter or older brother.

Both parents went to step forward but yelped loudly as a rather tall stallion stepped in front of the pair, slamming the hilt of his multi-pronged spear against the floor with a loud *clang*. Panicked, Celestia stepped forward to stop him while Raven and Twilight turned around, surprised.

“Mom! Dad!” the filly exclaimed excitedly, jumping out of her chair and running towards her parents, hugging both of them around the waist. As the trio hugged, Raven approached, placing her hand comfortingly on his wrist.

It's okay, Frost.

I must protect you, Operator.

And you have done just that. Thank you.

I cannot have a repeat of the Shadow.

You won't.

But-

Frost… relax.

… yes, Operator.

Celestia stepped away from the suit as Raven comforted him. Patting his arm, Raven stepped past him and followed Twilight's lead, hugging Celestia around the waist, the two embraced each other.

“Is it time to go?” Twilight questioned, looked up towards her parents.

“It is,” her mother confirmed. On cue, the baby yawned loudly in the mare’s arms, struggling to stay awake as his eyes fluttered. “And I think a certain somepony is ready for bedtime,” she giggled, poking the infant's belly with her nose before kissing him softly.

“Besides, don't you want to see your brother?” her father inquired. “I know he wants to hear the good news from his- oh what did he call it? L.S.B.F.F.”

Twilight gasped loudly. “I forgot! Can we!?” she begged while both parents nodded happily. Twilight turned to face Raven, who was currently holding onto Celestia’s hands as they rested on the girl’s chest. “Uhm… thank you… princess,” the filly thanked the younger of the two princesses’. “And you too, Princess Celestia, for making me your new student,” she thanked gratefully with a bow.

Raven waved her hand dismissively, “Call me Raven, Twiggles.”

Celestia glanced down at her daughter with a confused expression but didn't say anything. “And Celestia is just fine, Twilight.” Twilight opened her mouth to protest, but ultimately closed it and nodded. Releasing Raven, Celestia rubbed her daughter’s messy hair before approaching the filly and resting her hands on her knees to meet her smaller height. “Just remember Twilight, the first day of school is still about two weeks away. But you'll need to be here bright eyed and bushy tailed!” Twilight went to say something but was ultimately cut off as the princess continued. “But if you ever want to come by and visit either myself or Raven, I don't think that'll be a problem. Right Sweetie?”

Raven just shrugged.

It was settled. As they all said their goodbyes, the three ponies and one sleeping dragon chick left the room and were escorted out by a guard. With the day was over for both royals, Celestia simply resorted to snapping her fingers and in a bright flash of golden light, her snow white dress and gold regalia were replaced with a tank-top and a pair of pink panties before she stretched an arm over her head. That was it, she was sleeping in here tonight. No pony was going to stop her. Nope. Not even her daughter would have a say in it. Raven on the other hand rolled her eyes with a groan.

“Fucking magic…” she groaned under her breath.

“Language, young filly!” Celestia chastised with glare and a point of her finger.

Raven groaned a second time and cursed her annoyance in Orokin. Defeated, Raven settled with just pulling her shirt over her head and getting ready for bed. After brushing her teeth, going to the bathroom, and getting ready for bed she was ready to just call it a night and go to bed. Once she was ready, Raven climbed into bed next to Celestia. The larger mare cuddled up next to her daughter, wrapping her arm around Raven's waist. Raven was content with being the small spoon anyway. Intertwining their legs, Raven always loved how soft her mother's fur was.

“Your soft,” Raven mumbled.

“And you're adorable,” Celestia mumbled into Raven’s hair.

The two didn't say anything more as they laid in content silence, simply enjoying each other’s company and warmth.

“Love you,” Raven said softly, placing her hands-on top of Celestia’s, she rubbed the top of the mare’s hands. Celestia in turn removed one hand and did the same thing.

Celestia adjusted her head and breathed in her daughters’ scent. Tears welled up in the corners of her magenta eyes. She didn't want a repeat of what happened to her earlier in the year. Raven finally told her what happened, Celestia had a gut feeling she knew who propagated the whole thing. Meaning that something major was just around the corner. Near a thousand years and of course everything would come crashing down all at once.

She wasn't ready either…

The mare sniffled and hugged Raven closer. Last thing she wanted to do was use her daughter to deal with her personal problems. Destiny was on its way and was her daughter part of it?

She didn't want to think about…

“I love you too, Sweetie!” Celestia sobbed, burying her face in Ravens hair. “I love you so much!”

Nearby, the Warframe stood, ever watching…

Author's Notes:

I am lazy and uncreative...