“… What is wrong with me?”

Celestia said as she stared outside, simply watching the clear sky, observing the sight of the gigantic Everfree forest in the distance.

Knock, knock. came the sound from her door, and with a glow of her horn, it opened, revealing the sight of her sister behind it.

“I’m here, Tia, is something the matter?” Luna asked, entering the room and closing the door on her way in.

“How did your talk with Twilight go?” Celestia asked.

“Greetings to you too…” Luna replied annoyed. “And it went about as good as you expected it… I still don’t know why you chose me to do that,” she groaned.

“My apologies, I am just at edge at the moment, and well... who else but you? You are better than I at being blunt, I do seem to dance around the subject often,” Celestia said, bringing a smirk from her sister.

“Fair point, but it went well enough, thanks to young Spike, of course,” Luna approached the balcony and stared outside, observing the sights with Celestia. “Now, what’s the real reason you called me here? I’m sure I could have told you this telepathically.”

“Of course…” Celestia sighed. “You see. Today, when I talked to John, I was... very warm with him,” she explained, making Luna stare with confusion.

“You always are with all your subjects Whatever is your point?”

“Well, I was as warm to him as I am to my closest friends,” she began, and continued, telling Luna about the whole exchange.

“I do not understand, you always say you have to get to know others before… well… doing what you did,” Luna commented afterwards.

“Don’t you think I know this? That’s the oddness of it, I guess it feels as if… I know him from elsewhere, it’s strange, really, but I can’t shake the feeling,” she explained.

Luna stared with a pensive look,, and she paced from side to side, attempting to understand.. “So, what you are saying is that he reminds you of someone?”

“Yes! No! See? I’m not even sure why, but there it is! For all I know, it may be how much he cares about Twilight! We certainly shared enough mail about it,” Celestia huffed, looking outside her window, noticing the sight of a green colt playing around with a filly she instantly recognized. “Hey, Luna?”

“Yes?”

“What did you find about that young colt?” Luna seemed surprised by the question.

“Odd change in topic, but I will enlighten you,” she replied, looking down at the same spot. “He is an Appleloosan unicorn by the name of Lemon Lime, and according to the report, he seemed to have disappeared a week ago. From what I read, he lost his parents in one of the buffalo’s runs… A sad tale,” Luna commented with a sad stare.

“I see… So, what will happen to him?”

“Well, he came with our prisoner, and I assume you already know of his fate, correct?“ Luna explained irritated. “To think our guards didn’t bother to check for a kill-pill… I have the feeling someone overlooked something on purpose, and there is already an investigation in place," she finished with a sigh, composing herself. "In any case, that will be dealt with when the time comes,“ she finished, holding a hoof over her forehead.

“Difficult day, isn’t it?“ Celestia asked.

“Yes… Sometimes I regret taking charge of the Royal Guard, but not enough to change my mind, I suppose.“

“That reminds me… Have you made contact with the Gripphonian government yet?” Luna rolled her eyes at the question.

“Sister, it was send from the moment we captured the gryphon,” she replied indignantly.

“My apologies, I should have expected as much… In any case, what will be the colt’s fate?“

“He has not been charged of anything, as it turns out, he knew nothing of the deceased… In fact, Lemon thought of her as a male all the way through. What is to come of him involves Twilight, as she has offered to take care of him for the time being. She has yet to be informed of his situation on the colt, but I believe Lemon will tell his tale when he needs to… And I figure you agree to this, correct?”

“I do. And I do believe you just called her ‘Twilight‘—finally on speaking terms?” Celestia’s question brought a smile to Luna.

“Indeed! In fact, she’ll write us both again!” she said excitedly.

“That’s good to hear,” Celestia said as she watched the pair return to the castle. “Now, I believe it’s my turn to give you my side of the tale, correct?” Celestia offered, to which Luna replied with a raised hoof.

“I will pass, how about after I get a full day‘s sleep?” she yawned, her words coming out in a slur.

“Fair enough… Sweet dreams, Luna,” Celestia laughed.

“I will see you in the evening,” Luna replied. “And may luck fare you well on your human dilemma,“ she added before disappearing in a flash of light, leaving Celestia on her own once more, back to observe the wildlands of the Everfree.

Author's Notes:

BOY THAT WAS A LONG 6 MONTHS. Sorry about that

In case you are wondering why this is so short, this was basically to remind everyone of the where I left off last chapter as well as to add something about certain characters, AND to give you readers a heads-up and a refresher. Again, sorry if it's short, as I am busy editing this whole series (including the first story which has just been finished... As best as I could.

Anyway, story coming back, obviously, I already have the ideas for a few chapters set-up, now to write them is my cause.

Until next time!

Spoiler Notes 28 - 06/06/18

VERY short chapter. Now, this one also set-up stuff for way, and I mean WAAAAAY down the line. I'll probably reveal what that is once this story is over. Outside of that, we also have a bit of backstory for Lemon Lime.

Speaking of Lemon! I forgot to talk about him before, but he was a character that I came up with on the fly. He just sorta became my own character to randomly insert into stories, which was actually the plan... and then he became the main character of my other now finished story.

Go figure that the one that started first was the one that would get stuck in hell, huh?