"Dear Princess Celestia,

Today we discovered the body of a collapsed unicorn in the Everfree Forest. Me and my friend Fluttershy have been working diligently to nurse this unicorn back to health. There is something odd though, the unicorn in question has no recollection of his past! I'm afraid a crime has been committed against him, as I did discover a spell that temporarily bars his memory. We need your help in dissolving this seal, and bringing the criminal to justice. Please respond with haste.

Always your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle"

"Alright, Spike, send it!"

The tiny dragon took a deep breath, holding the scroll in front of his face. As he exhaled a green jet of flame shot out, incinerating the scroll. The smoke however drifted out the window, ethereal magic guiding it to its destination.

"She should respond urgently, the princess always does when she sees an urgent note from her faithful student." Twilight said with a tone of superiority.

This was not the case though. Hours passed and the group heard nothing from the princess.

~

In the royal city of Canterlot, an urgent message appeared in front of Princess Celestia.

"Is it a note from, Twilight?" Her sister Luna asked. Luna, whom was recently freed from the grasps of Nightmare Moon, was at a loss when it came to friendship and was using Twilights notes to learn more about making friends, and the power that was friendship.

"Yes, it is little sister." Celestia said with a smile. She loved seeing the signs of her pupil growing more knowledgeable, more experienced.

Celestia's smile soon faded, and a look of worry replaced it. "Luna, I have to go. Tend to the castle while I'm gone." Celestia rose to her feet and began to leave.

"Sister! What's happened? Is Twilight OK?" Luna asked, her voice filled with worry and fear.

Celestia took flight once she was outside. Several guards tried to ask where she was going, or attempted to follow her. The princess was too fast and powerful though, easily outracing any of the guards.

"Big sister, wait!" Luna called, also stepping outside. Luna took the skies as well and followed her sister the best she could.

~

"Maybe she's asleep?" Spike suggested.

"Alicorn's don't need to sleep Spike." Twilight said.

Suddenly the door downstairs opened.

"That's strange, I didn't hear a knock." Twilight rose to her feet and began to head downstairs.

The gang followed, once they were all downstairs, they then realized they were in the company of Princess Celestia. All the ponies bowed except for Lucent. After noticing the other though, he also dipped his head into a low bow.

"Princess Celestia, Thank you fo-" Twilight was interrupted by Celestia's overpowering voice.

"I should of known that with the awakening of the elements, you too would have awoken." Celestia said, looking straight at Lucent.

"E-Excuse me?" Lucent wore a perplexed look, which slowly turned to fear as Celestia approached him.

"Do you remember anything?" She asked him.

Lucent simply shook his head, "No, nothing other than simple memories."

"Good, then all is not lost." Celestia said.

Luna entered the room, "Sister!"

"Luna, you shouldn't have come." Celestia turned to her sister.

Luna looked past Celestia though, straight at Lucent. "It's you..." She whispered.

Lucent looked back at her, some memory in his head was trying to claw its way to the surface. It tore and scratched at the seal, causing a massive shock of pain to go through Lucent. He let out a grunt and stuck a hoof to his head.

"Celestia, you know Lucent?" Twilight asked.

Celestia sighed, "Yes Twilight, I do. I'm afraid though that I can't explain how with him in the room. It will only cause problems."

Lucent got the hint and began to walk outside, "I'll be outside then, I apologize." The door then shut.

"Celestia, can you explain now?" Twilight was curious.

"It was long ago, my student. This was before Nightmare Moon."

"Does that mean-!?"

"Yes, this was over one-thousand years ago. Lucent," Celestia looked out the window, wanting to see the unicorn, "Was my first student."

The group was taken aback, several gasps were heard.

"I assume you're well versed in the creation of Equestria, so that shall save some time. After we had created Ponies, me and Luna began our ritual of raising the moon, and the sun over Equestria. Me and Luna decided to create one last pony, not a pegasus, or a unicorn, but another Alicorn. Me and Luna had never thought of trying such a thing before, and the thought of a new sibling made us young Alicorns very excited. We spent days planning what he would look like, what he would be like. He would be wonderful, he would do no wrong, and he would be very helpful, assisting us whenever the need arose. We called him "The Light of Equestria," he would be loyal, kind, honest, generous, and he would bring laughter with him. We based him off the Elements of Harmony. We didn't understand the magic behind Alicorns though. There is never only one Alicorn. When Terra was brought, so was Ventus. When Aqua was brought, so was Ignis. And when I was brought, so was Luna. All the Alicorns are opposites of each other, oh how foalish we were. We created the Alicorn, and named him Lucent. Everything seemed to of gone well, he helped me and my sister whenever it was needed. He would often visit the ponies, and he became good friends with all of them. We were very proud of our new creation, as he could watch over the ponies as me and Luna designed our castle. One night though, everything went wrong. A scream from Ponyville distracted us from our work, and me and Luna sat off to discover the cause. In the middle of the new town, there was the body of a unicorn; dead. Me and Luna didn't understand, why would any of the ponies do this? There was only good in this world. But we soon learned; The closer you are to the light, the greater your shadow becomes. In the distance of the night, we saw an Alicorn. Its coat was pure black, it's mane was white, and its eyes were red like the blood on his hooves. He wore a a smirk on his face, one that I will never be able to get out of my memories." The princess began to tear up, trying to refuse the memory.

Luna simply looked away, her stomach turned with thoughts of that night. Even after her one-thousand year imprisonment, she couldn't get that image out of her head.

"It was then that we realized; there were only three Alicorns in this world. This 'murderer' had to be Lucent. The Alicorn disappeared into the night. It was then me and Luna decided we had to do something. As the black Alicorn left though, Lucent approached from behind us, curious as to what me and Luna were doing in Ponyville. It was impossible, Lucent stood before us, yet another Alicorn was in this world. We then noticed everything about the alicorn was the inverse of twhat Lucent was. Lucent's blue eyes, his white coat, and black mane; The black alicorns red eyes, his black coat, and his white mane. The three of us regrouped at the now half-built Canterlot, and filled Lucent in on the disaster. Lucent said he knew of the black alicorn, that it visited his dreams, that he and it were connected."

Celestia began to get more and more choked up as the story went on, something pained her.

"Lucent, he came up with a plan. He set off to work, building his own castle. It wasn't until he set his plan into action that we realized, he was building a prison. He called on me and Luna, asked us to accompany him to his newly built castle. Once there he said to us, 'I know neither of you have it in your hearts to kill me, but I do ask one favor. Put me to sleep, forever.' We were shocked. 'If I'm asleep, he will sleep. He will not threaten any other ponies. Put me to sleep, seal of my memories, and place me under this castle.' He had put a room under the castle, a cell for himself. It was what seemed like a mile into the world. After several threats to kill himself, me and Luna eventually placed him into a deep slumber. We locked his own memories away from him, and left him to his throne. His rightful place as the god of light and dark."

"What happened next?" Twilight asked, very intrigued by the story. She had never heard this story before, it completely changed all the history books she had read! How could such an event be overlooked?

"We sealed the room. The statue that you saw in that abandoned castle, it was the lock. Each of the orbs had it's own seal that kept Lucent in slumber, and also would keep the door to his room sealed."

"Then when Nightmare Moon shattered them..."

"That's correct. She broke the seal, and released Lucent, and his counterpart, unto the world again."

"Is she connected to this too?"

Celestia sighed, hoping the question was never brought up. She turned to look at Luna who had a look of extreme sorrow on her face.

"I'm afraid so. Even after Lucent was imprisoned, the body of his counterpart was still out there somewhere. Luna... Unfortunately encountered it. Just as Lucent's spirit was still alive, so was the others. Luna unfortunately ran into the body, she found it in the forest that surrounded Ponyville. It's magic was unhindered by any seal and it reached out to her with all of its might. It didn't have much magic left in it, as it knew it would have to keep its body alive, but it still planted a seed in her. One seed of evil, that would eventually go on to blossom into Nightmare Moon."

"Her breaking the orbs then was no mistake at all, she was trying to free Lucent this entire time!" Twilight said, as she pieced the puzzle together.

"That is correct, my student."

"But then... What do we do about him...?" Twilight looked out the window.

"... I do not know, Twilight. I do not know..."