Twilight, along with Rarity and Applejack, appeared in a fiery display of magic through teleportation within the library. The young Unicorn quickly making her way upstairs to a small lockbox that held her element of magic within, and plucking it quickly out, placing it onto her head.

"Twi, ah know ya'll'er upset. Ah am too. But ya really need teh calm down. We'll get Night back, don't you worry none." AJ spoke out in worry toward her friend. Attempting to calm her at least a little.

"Applejack, darling, you should hurry home and get your element; I'll do the same." Rarity stated in a rush as she headed toward the library door, only to pause as Twilight teleported to in front of her, halting her advances.

"There's no time for that! I'll just teleport us there." Twilight growled as her horn lit up once again as the three vanished in a blinding flash.

They reappeared with the snap of a whip, and within a blaze of fire inside Rarity's room within her boutique. The alabaster Unicorn quickly making her way over to her bed and pulling her element from a bust at its side. Just as she had adorned it, the three vanished once again in a blinding flash, reappearing within Applejack's room at Sweet Apple Acres.

Before any of them could say anything, Applejack ran from the room in a hurry, causing Twilight and Rarity to stare, slightly confused.

"Does AJ keep her element somewhere besides her room?" Twilight asked her purple maned friend only to get a shrug in return.

"I don't think she would keep it any place else..." She paused as she looked to the shining element hanging from the farmer's bedpost. "Then why did she...?" Rarity paused mid question as they heard the loud sound of vomiting from the bathroom next to Applejack's room. After a minute of waiting, AJ returned to the room looking a little ill. Her band having fallen from her mane as she heaved into the toilet.

"Oh mah gosh.... This had teh happen right when ah got knocked up." The farmer groaned out as she wiped a foreleg over her mouth. "Ah hope that idgit knows jes how much ah love'm." She sighed as she stepped over to her bed, pulling the element from the bedpost and placing it sound her neck.

"I know he does AJ, and don't you worry. We'll have him back at the castle, safe and sound in no time." Twilight smiled softly to her friend as her horn lit up, teleporting the trio back to the castle just in time to see Celestia pacing back and forth in front of the vault. Several potions were already at her side within a small saddle bag.

"Girls, I know this sounds terrible of me, but we are the only ponies that will be going on the hunt for our beloved." Celestia sighed as she quickly trotted over to her fellow brides.

"What?! Why?!" Rarity asked in surprise, the others nodding in askance as well.

"As I am sure you are aware, the other elements are currently preoccupied with other duties as of late. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie having foals, and a family to take care of, while Rainbow Dash is currently working with the Wonderbolts, Canterlot's most elite fliers and special operations team. At this moment they are on a mission that cannot be halted for any reason." She sighed out once again as a look of pain etched across her face.

"Even if that reason is Midnight?" Twilight growled out.

"Unfortunately, yes." The Sun Goddess stated as she looked to the others in dismay. "Due to us having just defeated the Twilight Princess, the City of Canterlot, along with the rest of the cities that were attacked, will have all of the guard attending to them. As this event cannot wait, we, as Midnight's brides, must venture into the changeling lands alone. This is the only way we can save him. The longer we wait, the more of a hold Chrysalis will have on him with her magic. If she obtains total control over him, he will[/] die."

The girls looked to one another, horrified at hearing this. Twilight stepped forward, her face showing some slight worry behind her anger as she spoke.

"But, I thought that ponies affected by changeling magic would only wither and become sickly. It is said that they have the possibility of dying, but how does that relate to Midnight passing once full control is established?"

Celestia closed her eyes as she spoke, knowing the pain of losing someone, or anyone would be a terrible thing to experience. She opened her eyes again, staring off into nothingness as she spoke.

"Long ago, before Chrysalis was what she is now. She was a pony just like you and I. She was... my student... long ago." Celestia choked out as the memories of the day she had cursed her most prized student resurfaced.

"Student?!" Twilight barked out in surprised. So much so that her white coat and flaming mane quickly disappeared, returning to the normal shades of purple that the originally were.

"Yes... And to this day I regret not having gone through with the decision that I would have made, had we not been so close." The Sun Goddess showed a pain unlike any other that had come across her face before. This was a motherly pain, one that would cause armies to fall, and nations to crumble. However it suddenly changed to that of rage, her eyes snapping open to reveal the slits that were there previously.

"The decision I had made all that time ago, was to put my student to death, but due to our relationship of being teacher and student. Along with all the time we spent together studying. We grew close, but not too close mind you. She was a very special pony to me in many ways. The main reason was because her thirst for knowledge exceeded even your own Twilight, and due to that, she worked day and night on creating a vast array of spells. One spell, however, was cause for great alarm." Celestia stated as her overall body language became less tense as she went over the story from long ago.

"One summer, a long time ago, there was a massive parasprite infestation that ravaged many crops all across Equestria. Ponies began to fall ill from starvation. Some to the point of succumbing to death in order to give their families more to eat in their stead. Even the great city of Canterlot was seeing a massive downfall in its populace due to so little food being transported in." The princess gave a sigh as she took a seat in front of the vaults door, her fellow brides doing the same as they listened intently to the story being told to them.

"Chrysalis, at the time, had been working for countless hours to find or create a spell that could turn magic into a nourishing supplement that would cause a pony to be able to survive for extended amounts of time, and would cause them to eat little to no food at all. When my prior student cast the spell onto a few test subjects that she had acquired without my knowledge. The spells failed, but when she showed them affection, they would show signs of being nourished."

"But why would she show a pony any type of affection if she didn't know them, I mean, considering they were simply test subjects. She wouldn't cast such a spell on somepony she cared for... would she?" Twilight asked as she rubbed her chin in thought.

"I didn't say that her test subjects were ponies, my dear." Celestia corrected, causing Twilight's eyes to go a little wide in wonder.

"She had several pets that she cast the spell on. This in turn caused them to receive the love that she had for them to be given on a daily basis. There was a problem with that however." The Sun Goddess sighed as she shed a tear. "One day, when she thought the spell was finally complete; she cast it onto herself and began to test its capabilities on various ponies throughout the castle. She knew that one of the royal guards, that had been assigned to keep her safe at the time, had his eye on her, in more ways than one. So she went directly to him and began to test the spell out."

"Over the period of several days, she had not touched any food at all. Her body fat had become next to nonexistent, while her health improved dramatically. However, she saw that the stallion that she was feeding from began to slowly have a decline in health. One evening, when she felt sorry for him for having done all of what she had without his knowledge, she finally brought him to bed with her. At the time, I was unaware of this, but she was in season."

"When she awoke the next morning, the stallion that she had lain with the previous night was lying quietly in her bed, unmoving, and without breath. His body looked as if it had been severely starved to the point where he was merely flesh and bone. Chrysalis screamed causing the guard and myself to come to her aid. At first she told us she didn't know what had happened, but I have seen many things and thought differently. Once I had excused the guard, I spoke with her and after some gentle pushing, she relented and divulged what she had done in the prior days. I cast a spell onto the stallion to check and see if what she had said to be true, and sadly, it was."

"I forbade her from casting the spell onto any other beings, or teaching any of them the spell for any reason. She agreed, at the time, until one day when she was making her way through Canterlot to an alchemy store. She had run across a family sitting in an alleyway. There was a young mare crying while holding something in her forelegs. As my student came forward to ask what was wrong, she was stunned to see the mare holding a lifeless body of a newborn foal that was merely skin and bones. The young one had starved to death."

At this point the three mares were in tears upon hearing such a sad tale, but kept listening intently as Celestia continued on.

"My student decided to go against my words and began to teach the spell to many ponies, and for a time it began to aid all of the Unicorn within the kingdom. However, it began to take a terrible nosedive with the other two species of pony. Earth ponies began to fall quickly, while Pegasi were right behind them. I am sure you three have read in the history books about the great pony plague of the second eon of my rule, have you not?" Celestia asked seeing them nod.

"You mean, the plague... was actually Chrysalis and her magic?" Twilight squeaked out in slight terror.

"Unfortunately it was... That is why you see so few earth ponies currently residing within the entire nation of Equestria. Many of them were wiped out. This is why so many farms exist with so few hooves to help them, and why many of the farms enlist aid from other ponies that are willing or need to seek employment."

"Well that explains a lot" AJ smirked slightly at finding out the details of why Earth ponies constantly needed a helping hoof with harvesting time.

"When I had found her, the spell had taken an unexpected turn, causing my student to start growing a pair of wings. At the time they were simply bumps growing from her back. But by the time I had come across her, she had grown them out to that of the same size as a ten year old foal. However, that did not deter me in my next actions."

"We fought for a short time, and I will admit that my student did have the upper hoof from the power she had gained from harvesting love from countless ponies. But it is what she said, that caused me to become what you saw only moments ago."

The princess closed her eyes for a moment as she began to snarl slightly, remembering various bad memories that would anger her to the point of becoming furious. Her body slowly changed back to its prior form. The licking dark blue mane and tail, the glowing purple eyes with the cat eye slit; it was very intimidating.

"The form you see before you is caused by pure, unadulterated, rage. This form, only a few unicorns can take. Ones with massive magical capability. I am sure that you three have seen Midnight when his mane had become solid black just like his coat before, correct?" She asked, seeing them nod.

"This form is extremely volatile to unicorns. It causes a massive surge in magical energy that can kill an untrained mind. Very few are even capable of reaching this level. It took me just over two eons to finally realize I had this much power hidden inside me." She paused for a moment as she looked to see the question trying to seep its way from Twilight's curious eyes. "Twilight, do you have a question?"

"Um... I was wondering... Is that the same thing that happened to Princess Luna when she turned into Nightmare Moon?" She asked seeing the hurt slowly spread across the Sun Goddess' face.

"Unfortunately, yes my dear. Luna began to grow more and more infuriated over time, and eventually turned into Nightmare Moon. However, her mane and tail only slightly changed, as it was already the color that you have seen recently. The stars and wisps held within them did disappear though. But once she returned to her old self, she was normal once again."

"But, when we defeated her, her mane and tail were like a normal pony's. It didn't become ethereal until almost several months after she had returned to her normal body." Rarity piped in, clearly curious about the event in question.

"The reason that event happened was because the Elements of Harmony had torn all of the negative emotions, and evil magic from her body. She was essentially a mortal for those several months. I'm sure you noticed that during that time, she had grown quite tall compared to when she had just been defeated. Correct?"

The three mares nodded as realization finally began to set in.

"Since time had no longer been frozen for her, she had a small growth spurt, and managed to grow quite a few hands before her magic returned to normal levels, causing her aging to stop once again."

"But how is it volatile to unicorns?" Twilight asked.

"Because it puts great physical and mental pressure on our bodies. With an Alicorn, it will only degrade our power over an extended period of time. In short though, it gives us massive capabilities in various forms of magic. However, if a unicorn uses this form often, it can stunt their magic to the point of a newborn foals."

Twilight managed to choke back a lump that had formed in her throat as the Alicorn looked to her, now speaking in a stern tone.

"This means that no matter what Twilight, you must avoid using this form for more than a short time. But I would ask that you never use it, for fear of you possibly being permanently injured from it."

"I understand Tia." She replied giving a nod.

"Good, now then, back to Chrysalis." She stated as she turned back to the topic at hoof. "Once I had fought her, she had me at her mercy. At the time, I was fearful. Not for just myself, but for my entire kingdom as well. I didn't want to kill her, but simply stop her. However, the spell I used in that instant made me highly regret it. She turned into the insectoid pony that you have seen before. But what caused me the most anguish was later, when I saw the first changeling. It was sent to Canterlot with a message before leaving. The message stated only a simple sentence and signature."

"You should have killed me. ~Chrysalis, Queen of the Changeling race."

"Over the past few eons, I have battled her, knowing that I could defeat her at any given time. However, I have always held back, because I still feel the pain from having done what I did to her. But now..." She trailed off as her mane and tail flicked wildly, turning into a darker hue of blue and purple.

"She has taken from me one of my beloved ponies. For this, I will make sure that she will not live to see another day!"

Author's Notes:

I hope you guys liked this chapter. I threw in some information that I thought, would make for a great canon related material. But this is of my own mind and not in the actual storyline of MLP:FIM. But I hope it will be.

Edits by ReFro.