"But how is that possible?! I'm not an alicorn!" Flash Sentry said.

"You are now." Princess Celestia emerged from the corner.

"Princess! Your horn! I-It's gone!" Rarity said, astonishment creeping into her voice.

Celestia's horn was gone, and her mane no longer had the gleam of the Sun. Her cutie mark was now a sunset. The colors of her mane were a soft shade of pink, and was pulled back like a normal pony's. She had gotten smaller, too, being the size of her sister. She was still a princess, but she was now a tall pegasus.

"I gave up my immortality and magic, so that Flash may live."

"Wait does that mean I'll have to raise the Sun?! I can't do that!"

Celestia laughed. "No, my little pony. Luna will take care of that until Stardust is older. I no long can control the Sun, even though I have a connection to it." They all looked over to Luna. She had changed too, but only because she now controlled the Sun, moon, and stars. She was now slightly taller, and her mane had galaxies and stars scattered across it. Her cutie mark only changed a small amount. It was now the crescent moon with a pale half Sun next to it. "My cutie mark will stay like this until young Stardust comes of age. Then it will go back to normal, but I will keep my current appearance," Luna said.

They started to plan out how to get Twilight back, unaware of the filly already attempting to do so.