It had taken the better part of an hour for Celestia to finally catch up to her sister before pinning her to the floor with her magic. Luna, by this point, was laughing so hard that she was crying. Celestia on the other hand, was only getting more and more annoyed.

"Heeeeee heheheheheee, Tia-hahahahahaaa! I can-hahahaha-n't believe that Mi-hih-hih-hih-dnight did that to you-hoo-hoo-hooooooo." The night princes spoke in broken words while still laughing, only to further annoy her now little sister.

"Luna! Please refrain from laughing at me! This is not the time to do such a thing! Even though you may find this event................ rather amusing. I am in need of your help." She stated in some discomfort, only to cause Luna to slowly come to a halt with her laughter. She looked to her sister giving a cocked head before speaking.

"You need help? With what dear sister?" She asked as Celestia lowered her head giving a sigh before releasing her sister.

"I have day court very shortly, and that idiot of a stallion did this to me. He doesn't realize the repercussions that would fall upon me if the court saw me like this. So I need you to take over for me until this spell wears off." She stated with a nervous smile.

"Really now? And what would be in it for me by replacing you in day court? You know how much I dislike listening to ponies complain." She groaned.

Celestia sat there for a minute, rubbing her chin in thought as she pondered on what would be a proper reward that her sister would like. After a second she smiled deviously as she pulled out a couple of pictures from Midnight's stash portal and quickly waved them in front of her before tossing them back inside and closing it. Luna gasped upon seeing them, trying to grab them with her magic before her sister could hide them once again, only to fail.

"I'll give you those photos in return. Seeing as they are the only copy, I am sure you wouldn't mind working day court for just a week to prevent those pictures from, oh saaaaaay, being shown to a certain element of generosity?" She tittered seeing her sister fuming before crossing her forelegs in front of her and sitting roughly onto the floor.

"Fine! But I want those pictures, and If you lie to me Tia, I'll use the reversion spell on you for a whole month, and then disappear for that time as well. I wonder what the day court ponies would say about seeing you as a foal.

The two sisters glared at each other for a minute before shaking hooves to seal the deal. Luna sluggishly headed down the hall toward the day court while Celestia turned, heading back to her room. As she rounded the corner she opened the portal once again, pulling out the pictures to rifle through them. The pictures in question showed Luna and Rarity during last years new years party that Pinkie had thrown.

The two ponies were a drunken mess and had been caught in several photos in some rather odd and lewd poses. Even one of Luna licking Rarity's cutiemark seductively. Celestia, being the model ruler, had refrained from drinking during the event, only to manage to take some rather risque photos of the element bearers and her sister. Although quite amusing, they were quite scandalous.

The sun princess placed them back into the stash portal before giving a soft giggle. She would have to thank Midnight for the camera that he had placed inside the portal, that was, if she didn't kill him from the reversion spell he had cast onto her first.

After finally making it back into the hall from which her's, Luna's, and the foals quarters were. She managed to travel down the hall only to be stopped by the two guards from earlier.

"I'm sorry little miss, but this isn't a place for foals to be wandering around. Have you lost your way from your parents?" One of them asked only to cause her eye to twitch slightly.

"I am rather surprised that you have the gall to ask such a thing when seeing me as a foal. Can't you tell by my regalia that........" She trailed off as she tapped her chest to touch her regalia only to press the soft fur that had been hidden by it for so very long. She quickly looked herself over before gawking. Everything was gone! Her regalia, the crown, and even her majestic looking golden shoes. All that was left was an white Alicorn foal with a pink flowing mane.

"Uh....... Snap. I think that is the princess." Singing Sword stated to his fellow guard, Thunder Snap.

"No way! This foal has a pink mane, the princess has a tri-colored mane. Besides, this little'n's way to cute to be the princess." He chuckled before pausing and seeing the foals face contort to slight anger.

"Are you saying that Princess Celestia isn't cute?" She snorted, causing the guard to back peddle into the wall.

"N-no, its not that.............. well, maybe it is............. But I've never seen a picture of the princess as a foal WAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAYAAAAAA!" *THUD* He fell to the floor in a singed slump, black smoke coming from his slightly charred frame before the princess gave a smirk as she strode by them and into her quarters.

"Bro, when are ya gonna learn teh keep yer mouth shut." Sword stated with a sigh as he picked his burnt friend from the floor.

"When you learn to stop drinking on duty ya moron." He groaned as he patted his frame to remove the charred remains of blackened fur.

Back in Ponyville, Midnight had appeared in a flash just inside of the library, startling a certain purple unicorn and dragon who were chatting quietly. Once Midnight's vision returned to normal he looked around, his vision stopping on his lavender love and little brother of a dragon.

"Hey you two." He smiled as he trotted over, giving the unicorn a nuzzle and the dragon a quick hoof bump.

Just as he finished the hoof bump, the dragon let out a loud burp, sending a plume of green smoke out that manifested into a scroll. Twilight quickly pulled it to her, unfurling it and reading it before giving a slight gasp, and then a glare toward the dark Alicorn before putting him in a seize spell. She gave a slight smirk as she trotted around him, Spike giving them a questioning look before pulling the scroll to him to read.

Twilight looked to Spike whom began to chuckle softly as he pulled the scroll from in front of him and placed it onto the desk. She turned her attention back to Midnight, which, at this point, had most of his head released from the spell. He looked to the lavender unicorn in front of him as she gave him a stern glare. That lasted for a minute until he noticed her lip quiver slightly as the corners of her mouth began to slowly turn upward. He gave a grin before speaking.

"Yes, she's adorable." He stated only to cause Twilight to erupt in laughter and release her hold on her stallion.

"Oh my gosh! Please tell me you took a picture! I have wanted to see The princess as a foal ever since I turned you into one!" She giggled loudly, trotting in place in anticipation.

After a few seconds of letting her stew, Midnight pulled open his portal, reaching in with his magic and pulling out a stack of pictures as he began to rifle through them only to pause for a moment as he noticed a few pictures he hadn't taken, laying on top of the pile. Quickly placing them at the bottom of the pile, he rifled through them for another couple of seconds before finding the pictures he was looking for. He floated them over to Twilight who grabbed them up quickly before staring at them in awe. Then busting out in laughter and squealing out an aw as Spike came to her side to see them as well. The young dragon gave a snort, trying his best to hold in his laughter, but failed miserably as he erupted as well.

A few minutes passed by as Midnight continued to look through the pile of pictures, then began to sort them quickly before making several back up copies of them before placing all but the copies back into the portal. Placing the more risque pictures into separate piles as well.

'I knew Tia was getting into my stash somehow, but I still don't know how she is doing it.' He thought to himself as he quickly closed it and turned back to Twilight who had managed to get her laughter under control.

"I have to ask." Twilight began as she continued to giggle softly over the picture of the princess as a foal. "Why did you use the reversion spell on her?"

"Well, it was due to her not having taught our foals about proper cloud bucking." He stated in annoyance.

"There's a proper way to buck clouds?" She asked in slight surprise.

"Yea, even I don't know the proper method to do it. Yet another reason I came by here to see if you had a book about the subject. Plus I had one more thing of interest that I wanted to ask you." He stated as he trotted over to the book case to try and find a book on cloud bucking.

"Something of interest?" Twilight asked as she cocked her head in wonder.

"Yea, I was in a cave in the Everfree forest when I happened across some odd symbols painted onto the wall. I've never seen anything like it, not even in my home world." He said as he found the book he was looking for, quickly pulling it from the shelf and scanning it before returning it to its proper place in the shelf.

"A painting? That does sound rather strange. There aren't many views on the history of Equestria before the time when the princess came to this world. Most of the knowledge was lost to ages past. Especially during the great wars between the Griffon kingdom and the Worg nation. Equestria, at that time, was just a battleground for the two. As well as home to various other species that fought against each other. If I recall correctly, Equestria was ruled by another member of royalty that was once a very powerful being. Possibly even more powerful that the princesses combined." Twilight stated while rubbing her chin in thought. She trotted toward her study, entering it and then returning into the main room of the library with a large dusty book. Placing it onto a small table, she opened it and began to quickly flip the pages until she stopped onto a large ornate section of the book depicting various types of paintings.

Midnight came over to her side and took a seat as he watched her flip the pages before stopping. His eyes immediately going wide upon seeing one of the symbols that he had seen within the cave. He raised a hoof an tapped the symbol as he spoke.

"That's one of the symbols I saw. There were some others, but most of them were worn badly from weathering or scratching. The cave had a lot of changeling chitin in it. So I guess it was from them trying to find a way out of the cave from the Ursa Major." He said as he rubbed his chin for a moment, then stopping as he noticed the look of shock on Twilight's face.

"Did you just say Ursa Major?" She squeaked out in shock.

"Yea, and the Ursa Minor, her baby. Turns out that they eat changelings for sustenance. I'll fill you in on the story later, for now though, let's continue doing some research on these symbols. I'll share my memories of them with you so you'll know what to look for." He smirked slightly, Twilight giving a nod as her horn lit up and sending both of them into his mind to find the memories.

After a couple of minutes, and a memory copied. Twilight had been filled in on why Celestia had been 'punished', and what the symbols were that Midnight had seen within the cave. The two continued looking through the book and locating most of the symbols that he had seen on the walls of the cave.

After taking almost an hour to find most of the symbols, they became stuck on a conclusion to what it would have said due to the fact that Midnight had not walked around the large rock to find the rest of the symbols. Twilight looked up to the dark Alicorn in slight worry.

"Night, as much as I hate to say it. If you want to find out what the rest of this says, then we'll need to go back to the cave to find the rest of the symbols." She sighed in worry.

"No prob, we can get in and out pretty quick. The Ursa won't mind, I'm sure." He smiled down to her only to get a cocked brow in return.

"You seem oddly relaxed about going back to the cave. She stated flatly, wondering why.

"Long story short, that Ursa and her baby were the ones I saved during the whole Shadow Hunter incident years back. She doesn't mind me visiting. In fact, I think she finds it more of a relief than anything. Seeing as she can depend on an entirely different species to help her if the need calls for it." He stated with a smile.

"That............... actually sounds pretty strange. I never thought that an Ursa would be capable of such a thing." Twilight giggled slightly thinking of an Ursa being more sentient that she previously thought.

"Well, no time like the present to find out. You coming with?" Midnight asked her as he nodded to the door, only to make her eyes bug out a little.

"WHAT?! You want to go to the cave now? But it's so late now. Won't you get lost?" She asked in a panic, thinking of getting lost within the Everfree Forest just when the sun was starting to dip below the horizon.

"Bah! You know me. Always adventurous and willing to take a risk. Come on! It'll be fun!" He chuckled seeing her give a tinge a fear. "Besides, I'll protect you from all the critters. I doubt anything would want to tangle with an Alicorn anyway." He chuckled still seeing her slightly worried. After a minute he gave a groan,pulling the lavender unicorn onto his back.

"Fine, I'll use an invisibility spell you big baby." He sighed only to see her smile.

After a quick spell to turn them both invisible, and another to stealth teleport to prevent any noise or flash from happening. They had arrived at the entrance to the cave, only to be greeted with complete darkness.

"I can't see anything Night. The canopy is blocking all of the light. How are we going to get inside without a light spell to light the path? You know it would cause any wild animals to come and investigate, putting us in possible danger." She groaned slightly as her eyes whipped around to try and see anything.

"How about this spell? I haven't had the chance to use it yet until now." He smirked as his horn lit up and cast a spell onto both his and Twilights left eye, letting them see everything in a green tint of light.

"What in the..............? How am I able to see like this? And in green no less? What kind of spell was that?" She asked in shock.

"It's called night vision Twi. You now have a small orb of magic sending out infrared light outward toward everything, which bounces back and shows the image to you in front of your eye. The spell doesn't actually do anything to your eye, it just makes a small screen in front of your eye so that you can easily see in the dark. Its based off of some technology from my world."

Twilight looked around in awe as she noticed the great detail of everything around her. Even seeing a few sets of eyes looking at her from the bushes which cause her to tense up slightly.

"I think it's time to go into the cave, I don't like the look I'm getting from those things." She stated rather quickly, pushing on the back of Midnight's neck to get him to move.

After making it into the cave, Twilight continued to ride on Midnight's back through the cave to the point where he paused, causing Twilight to look around his head to see what had cause him to stop. She gave a slight gasp upon seeing the Ursa Minor that she had pacified from years back, laying quietly on the floor against what seemed like a large dotted wall. However, upon closer inspection. twilight noticed that it wasn't a wall, but an Ursa Major.

Midnight could feel her tremble in fear upon seeing how large the Ursa was in comparison to it's baby.

"Hey Twi, relax hun, everything's going to be alright." He stated reassuringly as he walked quietly around the large celestial beast to the spot where he had found Marina and the symbols. Upon moving into the spot in question, Midnight had noticed that the area had been cleaned thoroughly of the chitin from previous meals. This would help in keeping such gore from his lavender love that still resided on his back.

As they rounded the boulder, he paused as he felt Twilight give him a gentle nudge with a hoof and speaking quietly into his ear.

"There's the symbols." She spoke softly before jumping down from his back and moving over to see the rest of them.

A few minutes passed by as she and Midnight looked around the area to find any and all of the symbols in question. Some had been removed or rubbed off of the wall from the wear of time. Others still shown in a dull tint, almost completely faded from the hands of time. After a few minutes of mentally copying the symbols, the two ponies finished and quickly teleported out of the cave and back into the library.

"Night, I'm going to be up for a while translating these symbols. Do you want to help?" Twilight asked the large stallion as he stretched out his wings before folding them back to his sides.

"Sure, anythings better than going back to the castle to face Tia's wrath." He chuckled as he plopped down beside the lavender unicorn.