Sundance and Midnight Armor smiled as Twilight finally began to relax but noticed that she was still scared and decided to do something about that next.

After giving Artemis a mischievous smile, Sundance turned to Twilight. “The last time we were here, Artemis mentioned that he has already met your parents, Twilight. Did they-”

Twilight glanced at her “Tell him every embarrassing story from my foalhood that they could?” She finished.

After receiving a nod, she continued “You better believe it, they even showed him the pictures. In fact, they purposely embarrassed me twice as much as they had originally planned because they forgot to do it with my brother before he got married.”

Artemis groaned as he saw the looks on the faces of his parents, suddenly understanding how Twilight felt that day.

Midnight Armor smirked “In that case, let me tell you about the time that he . . .”

Twilight spent the rest of the dream laughing.

Meanwhile, in the courtroom, Straight Arrow was at the end of his shift when the next trial of the day landed on his desk. It wasn’t even lunchtime but it had already been a long day. He had come in extremely early to deal with the last of the legal paperwork concerning Blueblood’s trial before presiding over the first few trials of the morning. As such, he was rather tired and looking forward to going home, so he turned to his assistant. “Can we push this trial to Monday morning, Ocean Drop?”

Ocean Drop, the Pegasus mare that had counted votes at Blueblood’s trial, shook her head. “This one came directly from Princess Celestia. She insisted that it had to go to the highest court and be tried today.”

Sighing, he opened the folder and began to read. His eyes widened when he saw the charges. “Bring them in. Now!”

Nodding, Ocean Drop left the room. She returned with everyone a few minutes later. Celestia, Cadance, Shining Armor, Twilight Velvet and Night Light entered the room from one side while Sapphire Wing escorted Dahlia in from the other.

Straight Arrow looked around “Where’s Princess Twilight? Please tell me that she’s alright.”

Celestia nodded “She’s terrified, but unharmed. Artemis protected her and Night protected them both. She and my brother are both resting before Night Court tonight.”

Straight Arrow sighed in relief. I’m stopping by Night Court tonight to see for myself that she is alright. Maybe I can get Orchid Rain to come as well. If so, we’ll bring Water Lilly and Silver Spark. I don’t care if my daughter stays up past her bedtime tonight. “Good. Let’s get this trial started.”

The court reporter nodded, making a note of the time and the ponies present.

Straight Arrow cleared his throat “The defendant, Dahlia, stands accused of the Attempted Murder of Princess Twilight Sparkle. How does the defendant plead?”

Dahlia looked at him “I was not attacking Princess Twilight, I was attempting to rid Equestria of the foal of Night-Terror Knight.”

Straight Arrow glanced at Celestia, confused. Foal? Is Princess Twilight pregnant? “I’m going to take that response as a “Not Guilty” plea and move on.”

Celestia looked at Straight Arrow “May I?”

He nodded, already knowing what she was going to do. “Of course, princess.”

Celestia created a large sphere of golden magic and let her memory of the attack play for the court.

Straight Arrow just stared as the memory ended before shaking his head and turning to Dahlia. “Do you have any evidence that proves that you acted in a legal manner?” I doubt it, I just want to hear what the excuse is this time.

She stared, defiantly, at everyone in the courtroom. “You have no idea what you’re doing!” She shouted “You are dooming Equestria to fall by allowing him to, not only remain here, but create foals! There is no way that the Nightmare can be controlled by a foal! Mark my words, his foal will destroy us all!”

Shining Armor stepped forward, into the prosecutor’s spot. “You really think that Artemis can pass his Nightmare form along like that? You believe that Night-Terror Knight can move from pony-to-pony whenever he wants?”

“Of course!” Dahlia replied “That’s what Prince Blueblood told me and he has no reason to lie!”

There was a collective snort of amusement, and disbelief, from everyone in the courtroom at that statement before Shining Armor continued questioning her.

“You are aware of the fact that Princess Twilight Sparkle is far stronger than Night-Terror Knight, right?” He asked Dahlia

Dahlia nodded, not sure where this was going. “Of course, everypony knows that she may be the most powerful pony in Equestria.”

Shining Armor nodded and continued “If Night-Terror Knight could move from pony to pony as he pleases, don’t you think that he would have taken over my sister by now?” He paused, to let that sink in. “Why would he bother inhabiting the body of a foal if he could take over the most powerful pony in Equestria, not to mention one of the Elements of Harmony? There would be nopony able to stop him and he would be ruling Equestria already.”

Dahlia gasped as she understood Shining Armor’s point “Y-you mean, Prince Blueblood lied to me?!”

Shining Armor nodded “You attacked, and tried to kill, Princess Twilight Sparkle, my little sister. Because he put himself in harm’s way to protect her, you also attacked Prince Artemis. My sister is carrying his foal, so he is now my older brother.” He paused as it looked like Dahlia was going to interrupt. “If you want to claim that you were only attacking their foal, fine. You attacked, and tried to kill, the foal of Princess Twilight Sparkle and Prince Artemis. Night-Terror Knight had no part in the creation of the foal that my sister now carries and he can’t leave Artemis’ body.”

Dahlia gasped in horror as she finally realized what she had done. “Y-you have to believe me! I didn’t know that! I was trying to protect Equestria!”

Shining Armor shook his head “I don’t believe that. Even if I did, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that, not only did you try to kill Princess Twilight, you also tried to kill an unborn foal.” He gave Dahlia a glare. “That’s bad enough, but here’s another piece of information for you. The foal that you tried to kill is the future niece or nephew of every Ruling Figure in both Equestria and the Crystal Empire, other than his or her parents. Do you really think that we will let you get away with that?”

Straight Arrow stepped in “I believe we have sufficient evidence to conclude this trial.” He turned to the jury “Has the jury reached a verdict?”

As one, they nodded “We find the defendant guilty of Attempted Murder.”

One of them paused, glancing at the others, before continuing “The only thing we can’t agree on is how many counts to charge her with. We are debating between one and three, for obvious reasons.”

Straight Arrow nodded and turned to Dahlia “Regardless of how many counts of the charge is filed against you, the result is the same. The sentence is Life in Prison, with no possibility of parole. I can’t, in good conscience, allow you to remain free because there is nothing you could say to convince me that you will not try this again.”

He gave Dahlia a hard look. “You should consider yourself lucky that there is no Death Penalty in Equestria. If there was, I’d recommend it. Attacking a pregnant mare because you are attempting to kill her unborn foal is one of the worst crimes a pony can commit. It doesn’t matter, in the eyes of the law, who that mare is. However, the fact that you tried to kill one of our current princesses as well as our future prince or princess just makes it worse.”

Sapphire Wing escorted Dahlia back to the Royal Dungeons.

Straight Arrow looked at Celestia “We need to put an end to this. How many ponies are going to attack those two?”

“We were worried about that as well, but there shouldn’t be any more attacks.” Cadance responded “Shining Armor and I have already spoken to everyone else that is upset at Blueblood’s sentence and confirmed that, while they are unhappy, none of them desire to harm either of them or any foal they have.”

Shining Armor nodded “They have been made aware of what will happen if they even try.”

“Good” Straight Arrow sighed in relief “Now, if you’ll excuse me your highnesses, I’m going to get some sleep. There’s a certain princess that I want to check on tonight.”

Celestia, Cadance, Shining Armor, Velvet and Night Light all stared at him for a moment before smiling.

“Enjoy your nap.” Celestia replied

Artemis woke to the pull of the moon and looked down to see that Twilight was still asleep. She had shifted in her sleep and somehow managed to get herself tucked under his wing. I don’t want to wake her yet, but I can’t leave her alone. I don’t even want to think about how she’ll react if I’m not there when she wakes up.

He slowly let go of her and moved his wings, lifting himself off of the bed.

I can’t stand to see her like this. He paused as another thought occurred to him. Now I know how she must have felt last week, when it was me that was terrified and in constant need of reassurance.

As he landed beside the bed, she felt the loss of warmth and woke up. She opened her eyes and, not seeing him next to her, shuddered, whimpering softly.

Immediately, he stepped closer and nuzzled her. “Shh, it’s alright. I’m right here, Twilight.”

She rolled over and snuggled as close to him as she could. “I’m sorry, I-“

Before she got any further into her apology, he kissed her to stop it. “It’s OK, Twilight. Trust me, I understand. I felt the same way most of last week, remember?” He gave her a tight hug. “You have even more of a reason to be afraid than I did. You’re not just afraid for yourself, like I was. You are also worried about our foal.”

She nodded and returned his nuzzle before he raised his head.

“I need to raise the moon. Do you want to go onto the balcony? I think the fresh air will help us both.”

She nodded again and stood, stretching.

They walked out onto the balcony as the just as the sun was setting. Sitting side by side, they watched the sunset before Artemis lit his horn and raised the moon and stars. They watched the stars for about ten minutes before they stood, walked back into his room and out into the hall, heading for the dining room. Steel Night and Midnight Fang immediately fell into step behind them.

Artemis noticed the smiles on the faces of their guards. Glancing back at them, he mouthed “What’s going on?” They both just smiled wider and shook their heads, before looking straight ahead. Artemis was confused but decided not to inquire further.

A few minutes later, they arrived in the dining room to see Celestia, Cadance and Shining Armor waiting for them.

The three of them smiled as Artemis and Twilight sat down and began to eat the salads that were waiting for them, glad to see that Twilight looked much calmer.

As they ate, Cadance and Shining Armor told them about what they had done to make sure that there would be no more attacks. Twilight nodded but said nothing on the topic, still keeping close to Artemis.

After Artemis and Twilight finished eating they stood, wished everyone good night and headed for the door. Just as they got there, Twilight paused and used her magic to gently pull Artemis’ head down to hers.

“Make sure you send Celestia to see Sundance and Midnight Armor tonight.” She whispered to him.

His eyes widened, understanding her plan, before he smiled and nodded, quietly saying “I will”

Twilight smiled and looked over her shoulder at Celestia. “Tell them I said “Thank You”."

Before Celestia could ask, Twilight and Artemis walked out of the room.

Cadance and Shining Armor turned to Celestia.

“Do you know what she’s talking about, Aunt Celestia?” Cadance asked

“Not at all” Celestia replied, mystified, before she shrugged. “Maybe she needs to get better at pranks. In any case, I’m going to bed. I’ll see you two tomorrow.”

Artemis and Twilight, followed by Midnight Fang and Steel Night, headed towards the throne room but did not enter it yet. They were waiting for Artemis to sense that Celestia had fallen asleep. Roughly five minutes later, he raised his head and lit his horn for a moment.

“Done” he reported to Twilight

She laughed “She’s in for a surprise.”

Artemis laughed as well and nuzzled her “Yes, she is.”

They turned the door to the throne room and opened it for a surprise of their own.

Sundance and Midnight Armor were cuddled together on the cloud that Twilight had been sleeping on when they sensed a new presence and looked over in time to see Celestia appear.

Celestia opened her eyes and looked around to see that she was surrounded by stars. “What the-?” she started to ask, before pausing as she heard laughter. Turning towards it, she saw Sundance and Midnight Armor relaxing on a cloud, smiling at her.

Her eyes lit up. “Mother! Father!” she shouted as she flew over to give them both a hug. Settling on the cloud next to them, she asked “Artemis told me that you came for a visit a few days ago. How were you able to come back so soon?”

Sundance nodded “We were here the other night and had planned to see you when we returned in three months.”

“However, this morning, your brother overpowered his barrier with enough magic that he accidentally sent a shockwave through the stars. When he fell asleep, we asked him what happened. As soon as Artemis mentioned the attack, Star Swirl practically forced us to take some of the magic that he had been saving up for the last several centuries. We have enough to stay for a week.” Midnight Armor continued

Sundance smiled “I performed a scan of her body the last time we were here, so we already knew about her pregnancy. That’s why we rushed back to check on her.”

“You saw her already?” Celestia asked

They both nodded

Celestia smiled before gasping as she remembered Twilight’s comment at the end of dinner. “That little sister of mine is so going to get it!”

Sundance and Midnight Armor looked at each other in confusion, but before they could ask, Celestia lit her horn. They watched as Celestia showed them her memory of what happened at dinner. As the meal came to an end they saw, and heard, what Twilight had said and done. Understanding her plan, they both burst out laughing.

“She knew you were here and didn’t tell me!” Celestia exclaimed

“If I had to guess,” Midnight Armor said, still laughing “based on what I just saw, I’d say that she asked Artemis to send you to see us and didn’t tell you because she wanted it to be a surprise.”

“She still should have said something.” Celestia grumbled

“She did!” Sundance replied, also laughing “She told you to thank us! That was her hint that you were going to see us! And you thought she needed to get better at pranks!”

“Fine” Celestia replied, shaking her head “Why did she want me to thank you? What did you do?”

Sundance smiled “First, we made sure that she understood that we aren’t upset at all about her being pregnant. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. It’s about time one of you gave us a grandfoal. That made her relax a little. When we saw that she was still afraid, we told her several stories of what Artemis was like when he was young. She spent the end of their dream laughing.”

Midnight Armor nodded “We had to do something to calm her.”

“That explains it.” Celestia smiled as she shook her head “She’s still scared, but much calmer than she was earlier.” She paused, looking at her parents “Right after the attack, she kept herself pressed as close as possible to Artemis’ side, unable to stop trembling. I’ve known her since she was a small filly and have never seen her that afraid, of anything.”

Sundance nodded “I don’t blame her in the least. Artemis showed us what happened during Day Court before bringing her into his dream.”

Midnight Armor turned to Celestia “She told us that she used to be your student. How did you come across Twilight?”

Celestia gave her father a mischievous look. “When did I first meet her or when did I take her on as my student?”

Sundance and Midnight Armor looked at each other before turning to her. “Both”

Celestia smiled and lit her horn, creating a large sphere of golden magic.

Her parents watched as Celestia prepared to raise the sun for the Summer Sun Celebration, several years ago. Suddenly, they gasped as a small lavender unicorn filly pushed through the crowd to make sure that she was in the front row. They watched the expression on her face turn from wonder to a big smile as she watched Celestia raise the sun.

“She was so cute!” Sundance exclaimed while Midnight Armor nodded

Celestia nodded, smiling, as she showed them a slightly older Twilight walking into an auditorium. “Here she is about to take the entrance exam for my School for Gifted Unicorns. She was eight years old at the time.”

They both nodded and watched as it looked like she was going to fail her exam, but was startled into releasing her true power. Their eyes went wide and they both gasped as she was surrounded in a large sphere of her own magic. The dragon egg hatched and Spike rapidly grew. Just as it looked like it was hopeless, Celestia appeared and calmed her. They looked on as Celestia took Twilight on as her personal student and pointed out her new Cutie Mark, smiling as she bounced around in excitement.

“Y-you said she did this at eight?” Midnight Armor asked, stunned

Celestia nodded again “You can see why I took her on as my personal student. It was clear to me that I was the only one who could teach her to handle her magic properly.” She paused “Twilight has done so much since then.”

“What do you mean?” asked Sundance

Celestia showed her parents how Twilight faced Night-Terror Knight, both by herself and with her friends, before they used the Elements of Harmony to defeat him and save Artemis; how she and her friends defeated Discord; how she was the only one who saw through Chrysalis’ disguise at Cadance and Shining Armor’s wedding and was sent to the caves because of it, only to save Cadance and return to help save them all; how she went to the Crystal Empire as it returned and found the Crystal Heart before giving it to Spike so that he could get it to Cadance in time; how she finished Star Swirl’s final spell and earned her ascension; how Discord’s vines captured Celestia and Artemis, only for Twilight to save them both as she figured out that the Elements had to be returned to the Tree of Harmony; and finally, how she and her friends defeated Tirek.

“She did all of that in just the last four years.” Celestia told them, shaking her head. “I still have trouble believing it sometimes.”

“W-wow” Sundance breathed

“I-incredible!” Midnight Armor stammered

“Those are just the major events that she’s had a part in.” Celestia smiled, shaking her head again “I’m not sure how she considers this next one minor. What other unicorn do you know of that can single-hoofedly repel an attack from an Ursa Minor?”

Both of her parents’ heads snapped up at that and they just stared at her.

“She did what?!” asked Midnight Armor

Celestia nodded and showed her parents that little adventure.

They just stared at her for several moments after the memory finished playing.

“Celestia,” Sundance asked slowly “what in Equestria did you teach that mare? I have never met anypony else capable of doing all of that, yet still so kind to others. Artemis told us about how she helped him when he returned. How did you manage that?”

Celestia shook her head “I’m not sure, Mother. But whatever it was, I’m glad I was able to do it.”

Midnight Armor nuzzled his daughter “Well done, Celestia”

Sundance nodded before an entirely different thought occurred to her. “What happened to the mare that attacked Twilight?”

Midnight Armor glanced at his wife before turning to Celestia. “That’s right. Please tell me that the matter has been resolved.”

Celestia nodded “I had her sent to the Royal Dungeons. Her trial was this afternoon. The verdict was Life in Prison with no possibility of parole. The judge doesn’t want her out where she can attack Twilight, or their foal, again.”

Sundance breathed a sigh of relief. “Good”

Celestia noticed that she was starting to fade. “It seems that I’m waking up. I’ll see you tonight?”

They both smiled, nodded and hugged her.

Meanwhile, the night was just beginning for Artemis and Twilight. As the door to the throne room opened, they both looked around. It seemed like it was going to be a very quiet night. Surprisingly, there weren’t even any lights on. Artemis was confused, but shrugged and lit his horn, turning them on himself.

“SURPRISE!!!”

Twilight let out a small scream and pressed herself to Artemis’ side, shaking slightly. Immediately, Artemis draped a wing over her and nuzzled her before looking around to see that the throne room was full of ponies. He had never seen his Night Court so packed.

Still standing in the doorway, Artemis and Twilight looked around the room. It was decorated in lavender, dark blue and silver. Over the throne was a large banner that read “Congratulations!” in large letters. Underneath it was a smaller banner that was half pink and half blue with the words “Will it be a girl or boy?” in the center of it.

“Well,” Twilight said, calming down a bit “I guess we don’t need to tell them.”

Everypony laughed

“No, princess” Ice Blossom answered, still laughing, as she walked forward “I’m sorry, we did not intend to scare you. We just wanted to celebrate the great news!”

“I-it’s OK,” Twilight replied, as she and Artemis walked into the room. “I’m sorry, I’m just a bit jumpy today.”

“That’s completely understandable, princess.” Straight Arrow told her as he walked over to the throne and waited for them. “Especially considering what happened this morning.” He paused as she shuddered “However, I have good news. The attacker, Dahlia, had her trial today and was sentenced to life in prison, with no parole. She can’t attempt to harm any of you again.”

Artemis and Twilight both sighed in relief as they walked over to the throne, finding a large purple cushion for them to share laying in front of it. They looked at each other, confused, before sitting on it and looking at all of the assembled ponies. Steel Night and Midnight Fang positioned themselves in front of Artemis and Twilight.

Before Twilight or Artemis could say anything, Water Lilly and Silver Spark ran out of the crowd and right up to them, stopping next to Twilight. They glanced at each other, nodded and crouched down before pouncing on Twilight, knocking her over so that she was lying down. As soon as she was laying down, they snuggled against her side. Artemis laughed and lay down as well.

Twilight smiled and nuzzled them both before a movement in the air caught her attention. She looked up to see Moonlight Shadow flying, only a little unsteadily, over to land in front of her. He looked up at her before poking at her chest for a moment. Deciding that he liked what he felt, he snuggled close and curled up before nuzzling her.

Twilight looked up at Steel Night in shock. “How did he improve so quickly? We weren’t even sure he could fly at all just last week!”

Cherry Blossom laughed as she walked up to Twilight and Artemis. “We have simply done as you suggested, princess. Every day, we used the ball that you and our prince made for him to coax him into the air to get him to practice and strengthen his wings.” She shook her head “Our doctor is in shock, he’s never seen a foal go from not flying at all to barely stopping, in a matter of days. Yesterday, we had trouble getting him out of the air for bedtime.”

Twilight laughed and looked at the three foals curled up next to her for a moment before she realized just how late it was. She looked up at Cherry Blossom and Straight Arrow. “Speaking of bedtime, isn’t it past theirs?”

Orchid Rain laughed as she stepped forward to explain, but her son beat her to it.

Silver Spark tapped a hoof to Twilight’s side to get her attention. “Mister Arrow and Water Lilly came over after dinner today. He told us that somepony was really mean to you this morning. Then, he and Mommy said that we can stay up as late as we want tonight because you are scared and we have to help you feel better.” He explained, nuzzling her. He paused “He also said that you are “pregnant” and Mommy got really happy.” He looked up at her and pouted “It’s not fair when grown-ups use big words. That’s a really big word, what’s it mean?”

Artemis laughed and leaned over Twilight to nuzzle the three foals. “It means that she has a baby growing in her tummy. She is going to be a mommy soon.”

Silver Spark looked at Twilight, confused “If you are going to be a mommy, who is going to be the daddy?”

Twilight smiled at Silver Spark and nuzzled him “Artemis is going to be the daddy.”

Water Lilly looked up at Artemis, then down at Twilight’s stomach. “But why isn’t her tummy big?”

Twilight laughed “The baby is small right now, but it will grow soon. As it gets bigger, so will my tummy.”

Silver Spark and Water Lilly looked at each other and asked their next question together. “Is it a boy or a girl?”

Twilight smiled “We need to wait a few months before we can figure that out.”

Water Lilly looked up at Twilight and Artemis. “Daddy was really mad earlier when he said that somepony was mean to Princess Twilight. What did they do?”

Twilight froze before glancing at Artemis. “I’d rather not talk about that. Artemis, you explain it, please.” She lay her head against his shoulder, shaking slightly.

Artemis nodded and nuzzled her before looking at everyone in the room. “I’m sure many of you are also wondering what happened.” He paused as almost everyone present nodded. “This is the fastest way to explain it.”

They watched as he created a large sphere of dark blue magic and showed them all the events of Day Court that morning.

Water Lilly and Silver Spark screamed as they watched the attack and looked at Twilight to see that she was shaking again. They nuzzled her for a minute before yawning, snuggling close and falling asleep. Moonlight Shadow had shifted as Artemis showed everyone what happened, snuggling deeper into her chest. Looking down, Twilight saw that he was already asleep.

She felt feathers on her back and glanced at Artemis to see him smiling as he spread a wing over them, looking at her and the foals.

Soon, it will be our foal snuggled up to Twilight like that. He thought before looking up at everyone else in the room.

“I’m sure that, like Dahlia, at least a few of you believe that the foal Twilight’s carrying is either Night’s or Night being born into a body of his own.” He shook his head “Trust me, that foal is mine.”

He paused and gave them all a look. “As for the other part, I want to make something clear. Because of the thousand years that we spent together on the moon and the way that Twilight used the Elements of Harmony four years ago, the souls of Night and myself can’t be separated. Yes, in certain situations, he can take control of my body, but he can’t leave it. There is no longer a need to worry about him controlling me because, after the Elements purified him, he decided that he’d rather protect me. As you saw, if she is close enough, he will also protect Twilight.”

Ice Blossom smiled as she stepped forward. “Prince Artemis, don’t worry, we believe you. I don’t believe that you would lie about something like that. Besides, if he wasn’t purified, he wouldn’t have bothered protecting Princess Twilight like he did. If something were to happen to her, then there wouldn’t be anyone capable of stopping him.”

Straight Arrow stepped up next to Ice Blossom. “Prince Artemis, I’m sure that the foal Princess Twilight carries is yours because, frankly, I don’t believe you would let anypony touch her.” He paused and laughed “I don’t envy anypony that tries because, if she doesn’t kill them, you will.”

Everypony else in the throne room also laughed.

Artemis tightened his wing over Twilight. “You’re right about that, she’s mine.” He glanced at Twilight and laughed “Even if I did nothing to anypony who tries that myself, I would just send them to my sister. How do you think Celestia, Cadance and Shining Armor would react to somepony doing anything like that to their little sister?”

Everypony turned to Twilight as they heard her laugh softly. “If I know my brother, he’d break their spine. Then Celestia would heal them and give Cadance a turn before taking a turn herself. Then, if she was feeling generous, Celestia would heal them again and summon my parents, the girls and Spike. She would tell them what happened and let them take turns as well.” She paused and shook her head “I don’t think they’d kill anypony that tries something like that, our family would just make them wish they were dead.”

Artemis laughed and nuzzled Twilight “That does sound like something my sister would do. She doesn’t like killing ponies but she is not against punishing them. This is especially true if she is protecting something, or someone, precious to her. Besides, it’s rather obvious that they are extremely protective over you.”

Mythic Blossom walked forward to stand next to Ice Blossom “If I understand correctly, Princess Twilight is now the younger sister of Princess Celestia, Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor. There is also the fact that she is pregnant with the niece or nephew of all three of them. After what happened this morning . . . Well, I’d be surprised if any of them let any unknown or dangerous pony near her.”

Ice Blossom looked at Artemis “Is there a plan in place to see to it that Princess Twilight is kept safe?”

Artemis nodded “She will be with Celestia, Cadance or Shining Armor fairly often, if I am not able to be with her. For the times that she is not with one of us, I have reassigned half a dozen of my guards to keep her safe. After the events of today, I may assign more to protect her.”

“Good” Mythic Blossom replied “Princess Twilight, are you still planning to teach our foals this month?”

Twilight nodded “The fact that I will be here in Canterlot most of this month is actually a good thing. I’m pretty sure that the doctors here are going to want to keep a close eye on me, at least until things calm down. Besides, teaching the foals will give me something more positive to focus on.”

Mythic Blossom smiled and nodded “Marigold will be happy to hear that, princess. She was crying earlier because she thought that “The mean pony made it so that she wouldn’t get to learn from Princess Twilight”, as she put it.”

Twilight smiled “I have to go to Ponyville on the weekends, including this one, to take care of matters there. Please tell her that I will be back on Monday.”

Ice Blossom turned to Twilight “Princess Twilight, I have a question on a completely different topic.”

Twilight looked at her and nodded, waiting for her to continue

“It is about one of the petitions from a couple of days ago.” Ice Blossom explained

“Ah” Twilight replied “You mean the one about the star charts.”

“Yes, princess” Ice Blossom answered

“I have solved the mystery and turned the matter over to Celestia.”

“Already?” asked Ice Blossom in surprise

“Yes” Twilight replied “It was rather easy to figure out.”

“What do you mean, princess?” Ice Blossom asked

Twilight lit her horn and created a large sphere of magenta magic, showing them what happened in the Archives as well as when she took Magic Scrolls and Rose Petal to see Celestia.

“Like I said, it was easy.” Twilight continued “Especially when he started complaining as soon as I walked into the Archives.”

Ice Blossom shook her head “As I said the other night, you clearly have a talent for getting things done, princess.”

Everypony laughed as Twilight blushed

Ice Blossom looked around and saw that many of the ponies were yawning. “I think we’re going to have to end Night Court here. Either that or we’re going to end up having a massive slumber party.”

Twilight laughed and lit her horn, levitating the three foals onto their parent’s backs.

Everypony wished Twilight and Artemis a good weekend and filed out of the throne room.

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