Celestia had managed to get back to Canterlot, along with he soon to be husband at her side. The two, now young, ponies, walked side by side into the day court to see many ponies idly chatting away with one another as they stood in line, waiting to be heard.

A few of the ponies watched the two foals trotting quietly up to the bench before opening their wings and flying up and onto the small platform before taking a seat. Some of the ponies who had watched this nudged one of their neighbors who all began to go quiet as the rest followed suit, wondering who these two foals were before Midnight cleared his throat and spoke up in a lowered volume royal whee.

"Before any of you ask. The princess and I had a little prank mishap with one another and had a reversion spell cast on either of us. We will be in this form for about a week before the spell wears off. Now then, onto the matter at hoof." He smiled as he noticed a few of the ponies gawking at what they had just heard. Celestia nodding to a guard just near her who looked over to the first pony in line and called him over.

The pony quietly walked over to in front of the duo Alicorn foals and gave a bow before rising and clearing his throat to begin.

"Your Majesty, As you know, Winter wrap up was finished flawlessly this year in Ponyville, but I had the misfortune of have several of my plows damaged and one destroyed during the clearing of the snow and to plow the land to be able to plant seeds. My farm isn't as successful as the Apple Families, so having those plows in their damaged state will cause us to have to wait to plant the seeds in our own field. I have come here today to ask you if you would be kind enough to donate a single plow to my farm so that we may be able to at least be able to plant within the next few weeks." The pony stated as he bowed again under her watchful eye.

"As much as I would like to help you in your endeavors in this matter, I am sorry to say that we have far more pressing matters at hoof to attend to and must decline your request." The sun princess stated causing the stallions ears to splay back, the pain evident on his face of having his request rejected.

"Now hang on Tia, I think this fella needs the help." Midnight spoke up causing the stallions ears to perk back up, and the princess to cock a brow at him that gave a slight twitch. "Tell ya what, for any of the ponies that you need to decline today, I'll see what I can do to help them out." Midnight smiled down to the now beaming stallion who was visibly shaking from being so happy.

"I'll send out a clone to help out those who need something done, or need help in obtaining a few items. I can still stay here to listen and send out more clones as the need arises." Midnight chuckled slightly but came to a stop as he got a slight glare from the sun princess.

"Midnight, may I speak to you in private for a moment please?" Celestia stated with a little ice behind her voice. Midnight took a nervous glance to the stallion who had been smiling whom was now giving a nervous smile to him. Midnight gave him a curt nod, signalling that he wasn't mad but he knew what was about to happen. After returning his vision back to Celestia, they quickly exited through a door in the side of the room.

"Night, I want to let you know something. I have reasons that I decline certain requests during court." She began as she nodded for him to take a seat on the floor.

"I would like to know those reasons. Because you know that unless they are good ones, I'm going to help them anyway." He stated back with a cold stare of his own.

"The reason I declined that ponys request was because he failed to keep his equipment in good working order. Farmers know that they must keep all tools in top working order so that they can continue working on when the seasons change." She stated as of-matter-of-factually.

"But didn't you take into consideration of the fact that if he doesn't get help, then the harvests will be late and could possibly affect the economy? I understand that he would have to pay for repairs for the plow, but if he doesn't have the bits to do so, then not only are you hurting the ponys business that sells those parts of equipment. You are also possibly causing many ponies to have a chance at going hungry because you wouldn't help them with something they need in order to help everypony survive."

At this moment Midnight stopped as he noticed a gentle smile spread across Celestia's face as she began again.

"You know, I am very proud of you for telling me that. I had originally thought that you may not be so quick to thinking about everypony as a whole and what could affect them all if only a single pony was unable to do their job. I must say that I think I will be able to take quite a few vacation days and allow you to handle things here in the castle in the near future." She tittered softly as she began to walk toward the door. Leaving a stunned dark Alicorn foal in her wake.

"Wait, you purposely did that didn't you?" He snapped back with a smirk.

"I have to keep you on your 'toes' as you would have put it were you still human." She smirked as her magic took a hold of the door handle and began to turn it.

"You're to much at times. I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy showing you up in day court sometimes." He snickered only to get an eye roll from the sun princess.

"I'll allow it only if you do not spoil my little ponies. They still need to work and do what they have been doing for the past several thousand years." She stated with a cocked brow.

"Yea yea, I know the drill. I'm not totally hopeless you know." He chuckled as they exited the room back into the day court. The stallion visibly shaking in anticipation of a reformed answer that he was sure to get.

The dark Alicorn stepped forward smiling down to him before his horn lit up and he cast a spell causing a clone of himself to pop into reality. The two dark stallions nodded to one another as the clone flew down to the stallion, giving a smile as he spoke up.

"How about we get to your farm so I can fix those plows for you." He stated causing all of the court to gawk.

"What? Just because I am to be your future king doesn't mean that I don't like to get my hooves dirty." He chuckled only to make everypony smile at that.

"You do realize that in all my years as their ruler, I have not once physically done any work other that speaking and raising the sun and moon." Celestia spoke quietly toward Midnight who only chuckled.

"Then its time for a change love. So lets start this train wreck, shall we?" He laughed as the next pony stepped up to in front of the two Alicorns.

As the day continued on, Midnight had managed to make quite a few clones of himself to go and help many different ponies with their requests. Some would be as simple as helping to paint their home, while the most difficult of the requests would be to help in plowing some fields for planting. It had taken the better part of the day, but the clones had finished their jobs and evaporated into thin air, returning their knowledge from the day to the original Midnight.

At the moment however, Celestia and Midnight were sitting quietly in her quarters alongside their two foals. Both of which seemed to have gotten a huge kick out of seeing their parents around the same size as they were. The two Alicorns had been conned into participating in coloring within a coloring book that the foals had acquired previously. Celestia taking careful strokes with the crayons to keep within the lines while Midnight did exactly what his foals were doing. Making crazy color combinations and going outside the lines on many different areas. After a short time they would all show each other their little masterpieces before looking in awe at Celestia's. It being perfect in every way. Midnight on the other hand just seemed to act goofy with his. putting all the wrong colors into the spots they weren't meant to go just to cause everypony to giggle.

Time passed rather quickly for the four ponies before the foals had finally fallen asleep on their coloring books. Midnight slowly picking them up and taking them to their rooms before returning back into Celestia's quarter to find her reading a scroll that had apparently been sent to her while he was preoccupied with the children.

"Tia? Is it from Twilight?" Midnight asked as he trotted over to her to see a look of worry plastered across her face.

"Yes, but unfortunately it is not good news." She sighed as she floated the scroll to the dark Alicorn, he sitting down beside her to read it.

Princess Celestia and Midnight,

I have urgent news for you. Earlier the previous day Midnight and I had traveled into the Everfree Forest to the spot where Marina had been captured by an Ursa Major. While inside the cave we located some ancient looking symbols that were of a language that I am not familiar with. However, I have managed to translate what the symbols mean through an ancient griffon history book that had the language within it. It took some time but this is what it translated to.

=A time once passed with magic flowing, many lives sacrificed to the ancient glowing. A princess of the night of Twilight sunder, basked within their glow making her cause a great blunder. Madness ensued, taking countless lives before the coming of a heavenly being sent her into a great slumber anew.

Upon the coming of a time untold, the wedding of a new being transformed from times of old. The Twilight Princess shall soon awake, to show the world its new fate.=

I'm not quite sure as to what this riddle means, but it sounds as if it is relating to Midnight and our wedding day. I hope that I am wrong however. Because if this riddle says anything at all, it's telling us that a new evil will arise upon or after our wedding day. Please princess, if you can tell me anything about this, forward it to me as soon as you can. I don't want to be unprepared when having to face an unknown enemy.

Midnight gave a worried glance to the letter as he he looked back to Celestia who had her eyes closed, a look on concentration plastered across her face. After a couple of minutes she opened her eyes, taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly before looking to the Dark Alicorn at her side and speaking.

"We need to go into the royal archives Night. There is something I need to show you." She stated as she began to walk toward the door of the room, Midnight not saying a word as he followed quickly behind her.