It was later in the evening when Midnight had finally reached Ponyville with the three ponies on his back. Landing just outside of the library, he was welcomed by the royal guard that had been sent in as an escort for the foals. However, upon seeing them as earth ponies, one of the guard piped up.

"Sire, if you don't mind my asking........ Why are the young ones earth ponies?" One of the guard spoke up as he looked them over.

"These two are grounded, and will have to do everything as earth ponies for a week. You are to inform the princess of this as well. If she has anything to say about it, please tell her to send me a scroll and I will return to the castle to inform her in more detail." Midnight stated flatly causing the guard to nod before ushering the foals onto the chariot.

"And what about me?! I can't even get up to my cloud home to sleep. You've essentially rendered me homeless as well as unable to fly." She stated with a glare.

"Oh, right, that.........." He spoke out sheepishly rubbing his withers with a hoof.

"Ugh! Never mind, I'll just go and see if AJ will let me bunk at her place." Dash groaned out as she turned to head toward Sweet Apple Acres. "But you know, You shouldn't be punishing me over this. I'm sorry for what happened to Marina, but you should be blaming the princess, or their teachers. When I was that age I already knew everything about clouds. Then again, I grew up in Cloudsdale. Your foals grew up without a pony to teach them about clouds since they were in the castle for most of their young lives." She sighed. "Maybe you should punish the princess or their teachers instead. I mean, had they known about clouds from a pegasus teacher, then they wouldn't have experienced what they had." She gave a saddened smile as she began her slow trot toward the apple farm on the outskirts of town, but paused as she was pulled back to Midnight who wrapped himself around her as he spoke softly into her ear.

"I'm.......... sorry. You're right. I shouldn't have just up and given you a punishment for not knowing something. The same goes for my foals. It was a rash decision that, now that I think on it, regret having done." He sighed as his horn lit up into a soft glow as he returned the cyan pegasus' wings to her. "Now go on and get home. I'm sure your tired after today's little incident, along with those two naps you took." Midnight smirked seeing her face erupt into a bright blush.

"Y-you saw that?" She squeaked but almost screamed at him as he levitated a couple of pictures out of his stash portal and floating them in front of her.

The two pictures showed Dash laying snuggled into a cloud and sucking on her hoof while the other showed her completely sprawled out in a compromising position. The surprised pegasus lunged at the picture only to grab air as they were plucked from her grasp and placed into his stash portal once again.

"AW COME ON! You had better not show those to anypony!" She grumbled as she gave a loud snort toward the dark Alicorn.

"Don't worry, those pictures are just in case you decided to retaliate with a large scale prank on me because of your punishment." He chuckled.

"You're no fun sometimes you know that?" She sighed, rolling her eyes.

"I did say large scale didn't I?" He smirked back as he watched her face contort slightly before a grin spread across her face and she bolted. Midnight shouting back to her as she flew off. "And that means Pinkie can't help you!"

Back at the castle, the two foals had arrived with the guard. After a couple of minutes of trotting quietly into the castle they paused as Celestia came out of one of the rooms along their path. She stood frozen for a moment, staring at the two foals before her who looked like children, but were earth ponies. As she was opening her mouth to begin speaking, the two foals cut her off as they shouted in unison.

"DADDY DID IT!" Then bolted down the hall leaving a stunned sun princess in their wake.

Celestia blinked a couple of times before one of the guards trotted up to her and clearing his throat to garner her attention.

"Uh..........." She began as she looked back toward the path the two foals had went down, the guard speaking up.

"I am afraid the Midnight has taken it upon himself to punish the young ones for getting in quite a bit of trouble earlier your majesty." He exclaimed causing her to turn her attention back to him.

"Punishment? What did they do to deserve being grounded and without magic?" She asked giving a confused look.

"I am afraid that the two failed to follow the proper safety precautions when helping to clear the clouds over the edge of the Everfree forest."

Celestia stood there for a moment in surprise before a flash of light and the snap of a whip interrupted the conversation. The two turned to see Midnight walking toward them with a slight glare causing Celestia to give a worried glance. He looked down to the guard giving a nod into the opposite direction he was facing. A silent conversation telling the guard he was dismissed.

After the guard turned and left down the hall he looked back to Tia with a little more intense glare as he strode by her down the hall. He paused in his steps as he turned his head slightly only speaking two words that sent a chill down her spine.

"Follow me."

The trek from that point to Celestia's quarters were silent, adding much tension into the surrounding air. Once they had arrived within the confines of the room, the dark Alicorn quickly closed the door as the sun Goddess moved toward the balcony but stopped as Midnight cleared his throat. She looked back seeing his mane and tail burning a little more red than usual, signalling that he was indeed angry.

"Midnight?" She began but was cut off as he interrupted.

"Let me first state that yes, I am a little more than annoyed by a few facts that happened earlier to our daughter and son. Secondly I want to ask you a question, and I want an honest answer." He spoke out in an authoritative manner causing her to tense up slightly. She gave a slight nod signalling him to continue.

"Who would be the instructors that teach the pegasi within the castles academy about manipulating the weather and the dangers of certain clouds?" He asked causing her eye to go to pinpoints as she realized something.

"Midnight............. the academy in Canterlot doesn't teach anything about weather." She stated with a sheepish grin.

"Uh-huh............. so then why haven't you taken the opportunity to have an instructor of the pegasi breed, come to Canterlot to teach our children, who have wings and have no knowledge of clouds, so that they may be prepared to deal with, oh say........... Bucking a snow cloud the proper way so that it wouldn't become an explosive that turns those who bucked it the wrong way, into an ice cube?" He snorted slightly.

"I..........." She trailed off as she looked away. "I honestly never thought of that." She said with a slight pout, realizing that she had inadvertently place her foals in danger. "But why are you asking me? Could you not have taught them about...." She stopped as she was cut off by Midnight.

"Don't place any blame on me! I was human before being turned into an Alicorn." He snorted in slight anger. "Even I am still unaware of the proper methods to buck clouds. I thought it would be safe to just buck them into oblivion without a care in the world. Turns out that I don't have the knowledge for that area, much like our foals." He sighed, lowering his head slightly. "Still though, that is still no excuse. Being an Alicorn yourself, you should have realized the dangers ahead of time."

"Please Midnight, do not think ill of me. Although I am at fault, yes, do not think that I wouldn't do anything in order to protect our foals. I will see to it that the academy houses pegasi instructors., as well as earth pony instructors for future classes. Will that suffice?" Celestia asked giving a hopeful expression.

"It will, but you will still face punishment for failure to think of this ahead of time." He smirked seeing her expression turn to shock.

"P-punishment?! You would punish me?" She choked slightly as she backed up upon seeing Midnights horn lighting up.

"Yup." He smirked as he let loose his magic, a beam of light hitting the sun princess and making her glow brightly. Once the light faded away, the dark Alicorn gave a slight snicker upon seeing the princess who just stared up at him from a lower height than normal.

"What did you do to me?!" She spoke out in a higher pitched voice. Covering her mouth with a hoof upon hearing herself speak in such a higher pitched tone, she gawked as she realized how tall she now was. She looked to Midnight who was literally laughing his tail off, seeing as she only came up to his knee.

Running over to the mirror she let out a loud shriek as she saw herself. "YOU USED THE REVERSION SPELL ON ME?!" She squeaked out in shock.

"It's only for a week doll, and think of it this way. At least now you won't forget about what needs to be done in order to keep our foals safe." He snickered but paused as he noticed an angry expression burst across her face. Her horn lighting up to a blistering white.

"I'll take that as you're angry with me." He spoke before disappearing right before a lightning bolt hit the spot he was previously standing in and burning a large hole into the wall. She gave an annoyed snort before moving back to the mirror and looking herself over.

"Darn him for doing this to me! What am I going to do now?! I have day court in a couple of hours!?" She squeaked out once again. "I'LL GET YOU MIDNIGHT!" She yelled out in the royal whee causing the windows to rattle loudly. "Oooooooh I will get you indeed........."

Luna was sitting quietly in her room, having just awoken from a nap when she heard her sister yelling out in the royal whee. She gave a nervous expression as she pulled herself from her bed and began to trot quickly toward her bedroom door, but paused as a bright flash of light came from behind her. She turned to see a snickering Midnight standing there laughing softly.

"Midnight? Why are you laughing? And why did Tia just shout just a moment ago?" Luna asked as she blinked toward the dark Alicorn.

"Just so you don't worry about your sister. I gave her a punishment just a minute ago for failing to teach, or have others teach our foals about proper methods of cloud bucking." He smirked as he took a quick seat on the floor.

"And pray tell, what was the punishment?" Luna asked with a cocked brow.

"I used the reversion spell on her. She will be in the body of a foal for the next week." He snickered, causing Luna to almost erupt in laughter before she placed a hoof over her mouth to stifle it.

"You had better not be joking with me Night! I have wanted to do that spell on her ever since I saw you as a foal when Twilight had cast it upon you." She giggled. "I simply must see her." She stated as she turned and bolted to the door only for it to abruptly open ans smack her in the nose. A little ball of white bursting in and taking an offensive pose as she looked around the room.

"LUNA! I heard laughter! I know Midnight is in here!" She shouted in the royal whee before her eyes fell upon the dark Alicorn sitting on the floor and waving at her with a smile, only to quickly disappear before she had the chance to do anything.

"Ow..............." Luna spoke as she pulled herself from behind the large door and rubbing her sore nose. She paused though as she looked to see her now midget sister looking at her curiously.

Celestia gave a slight glower as she noticed Luna's face begin to contort, readying herself to laugh.

"Don't! You! Dare!" Celestia stated with ice in her voice.

Down the hall, a couple of guards were standing quietly in front of the foals rooms. Keeping watch and making sure that they did not exit the room, as they would have to remain in their for the day as part of their punishment. They turned their heads toward Luna's room as the doors literally burst outward and she began to run down the hall toward them, only to pass them at an incredible speed. She was laughing the entire time causing them to cock a surprised brow at her. That was of course until a tiny version of Princess Celestia bust pass them screaming profanities at her, now larger, sister.

One of the guards looked to the other before pulling out a small flask and tossing it into the trash can next to him.

"That's the last time I buy scotch from a griffon." He stated before they both returned to their standing positions in front of the foals room.