The mare was neither young nor aged. She had a unique pose to her and unlike Hope and the other alicorn she held a powerful sense of predominant authority about her that depicted fair, yet jurisdictional rule. "I have seen you before! You were the other one in my dream, but why do I feel like I have seen you elsewhere?" I pondered openly to the group.

"I am sorry princess; however, I am unsure who you are and something deep down tells me I do not want to remember." Lightning stated to the towering Alicorn.

"That is fine Lightning Chaser. Will you please locate Lord Armonia for me? I need to discuss with him a few matters; however, please do not mention my being to him." The mare requested. Lightning may of not remembered who the mare was, but her aura of authority commanded obedience from him, along with Shadow who escorted himself behind.

"I know who you are! I knew I have seen you before! You are the ruler of Equestria to our north! Princess Celestia it is right?" I commanded resulting in a simple bow from the mare.

"Nice to make your acquaintance," she stated.

"Pleasure to make yours as well Princess."

"And are you aware of why I am here?"

"No please enlighten us!" Armonia ordered sharply descending the stairs while continuously staring at the group in the dining area.

"Armonia it has been a while since we last met! You seem to have a wonderful student, even though I find it weird that you took one on."

"What are you attempting to say?" Armonia interrogated.

"Nothing negative Armonia, no reason to get defensive; just you are not someone that I would anticipate to have a student is all."

"And what is wrong with me having a student?"

"it has been a good three centuries since we last communicated and I have seen that your attitude has not changed much." Celestia commanded, who was getting annoyed with my mentor as he was acting irrationally harsh towards her. "I have a student I should say that is about the same age as Bladz here, she is quite gifted when it comes to magic as well." she informed towards me.

"So for what reason did you come here?" Armonia asked in a slightly gentler tone because as I rotated I could see that both Lightning and Shadow were staring down Armonia for his sudden loss of gentle manners.

"Princess Speranza is going to have to get her belongings and I was thinking that this would be a great time for Serentia to visit Equestria since it has been such a long time. I mean with what I hear Bladz is now a member of your ruling council, or honestly the vice-ruler of Serentia, and I think getting to know Serentia's sister kingdom will aid him well."

"He is injured, he cannot go with his shoulder; he needs to get some rest the doctor stated."

"Actually Lord Armonia the surgeon as you know came by earlier and informed me that Bladz is perfectly able to continue everyday activities; all he has to do is use a narcotic if he is feeling too much pain," Lightning interjected.

"And what if he depletes his narcotics supply?"

"Well he has weeks worth, so I see no reason for him to run out my Lord?" Lightning explained. "Even if Bladz and I lost them I am sure that an Equestrian pharmacist would be able to supply him with some more of whatever drug it is." Armonia we could see was still maintaining a face of concern about the idea.

"Lightning and I will go with him," Shadow determined.

"It is no longer training time for recruits, you two have work to do around here." Armonia responded.

"Doing what Sir? Neither Scout Corp or Flight Corp have exercises scheduled for the next two weeks and we have no major national holidays approaching? I am sure that the lieutenants could handle any skirmishes that occur that they are needed for."

"I suppose." Armonia agreed in defeat. It was obvious that he did not want me to go to Equestria, or even his captains for that respect; however, he held no legitimate reason for opposition. If I was going to serve well as a royal knight I needed to learn as much as I could about both domestic and foreign affairs. "How many days do you suspect this will take Celestia?"

"No more than a day Lord Armonia, no need to worry." Princess Celestia responded before Armonia accepting the situation disappeared upstairs. "Well you guys want to get on our way? We might be able to get a large chunk of Princess Speranza belongings prepared before it is time for sunfall."

"I suppose so if it is okay with you Hope." I reasoned receiving three nods in sequent order encouraging us to depart "So how did you get here anyway Princess Celestia? I do not see guards or any other means of transport around here."

"Well how well do you think a small fleet of pegasus dressed in armor would be accepted in the Citadel without any connection to the Serentian Imperial Guard?"

"I would tell you that I personally would not be too please, although Shadow seems to know you so he would of stood off." Lightning informed to me while Shadow agreed with Lightning's statement.

"My point exactly, I waited for Shadow to show up to present me because I did not want to start any trouble, but I flew here."

"You flew here!" Hope exclaimed, "since when should a princess such as yourself have to fly such long distances?"

"You did it didn't you?" Celestia presented to Hope. "and are you not a princess yourself?"

"Well yea, but you are different. You are Princess Celestia, long standing ruler of Equestria and I am just some alicorn that has been in the shadows for years." Hope justified which caused Celestia to pause for a moment as she halted Hope in her tracks.

"You are an alicorn! There is no such thing as just some alicorn because those who are alicorns are not ones to be pushed to the sidelines! Do you remember what you were before you became an alicorn?"

"Not really, I was an alicorn long before I can remeber, you found me as one, remember us discussing this on multiple occasions."

"Exactly!" Celestia proclaimed.

"Exactly what?" Hope pondered to her puzzled.

"Hey Bladz!" Lightning whispered to me resulting in me turning to face him. "I got you something real fast that you might need!" he explained presenting to me my armor. "It is not going to be too heavy for you will it?"

"I doubt it," I informed him slipping the chestplate on before clipping on the side and leg guards. "When did you even leave? I did not notice your absence."

"I departed hastily while you all were engaged in them two's discussion. Was only gone for about a minute." he explained.

"Hey I hate to interrupt but... you all have wings and can fly? How am I supposed to get there without a chariot?" I declared to Princess Celestia.

"Oh sorry for not asking you first but I was wondering if you were okay being carried?"

"I am not sure that I will be able to be carried. I am unable to hold on and I am not sure if Lightning would be able to hold onto me and still fly the distance efficiently."

"I feel like you misunderstood what I was referring to carry you." Celestia noted. "You know nature magic do you not?"

"I do not think I have read many books on the subject to be honest."

"Did not asked if you read books on the subject, I asked if you 'knew' nature magic."

"I suppose I do with all things considered but what would nature do for me? Wait you mean ask assistance from something in nature?"

"That is what I was guessing; I honestly was assuming something and never thought up a plan B." Celestia admitted.

"Would you like a candle?" Hope questioned.

"Why would I need a candle?" I inquired as she dug through a small bag to find a candle.

"Honestly I have no clue why you would need a candle but I like staring at the blaze." she stated continuing to dig through her small pack.

"Blaze... that's correct! Fire!"

"Well yeah a fire and a blaze is the same thing?"

"No fire, fire as in movement!" I declared sparking a blaze upon the air above me with the green magic. I threw the green ball of plasma as high as I could find necessary.  "Fire as in..." I shouted as the ball exploded out unevenly taking the form of a bird. "as in a Phoenix!"

"Well... that is not what I meant when I said something from nature." Celestia gasped as the green burning bird roared to the surface towering over the group while grabbing the attention of the guards at the armory who rushed from their posts forcing Lightning and Shadow to take action to calm the guards down. "a...massive... ten-foot tall... phoenix..."

"Oh Princess! She looks just like your own pet phoenix, just a lot, lot bigger." Hope exclaimed.

"Ahh okay? So should we head towards Equestria now?" I posed to the group whom for the most part were still in shock. "I had read about phoenixes before but look at this thing it is enormous! I thought they were only supposed to be about four feet at the most and red overall really."

"They are," Celestia declared. "that is not a phoenix though that you think it to be; it is a Grand Phoenix and unlike their sister species they radiate magic instead of fire as their source of aura, whatever magic that was just then, it was not just nature magic Bladz" Celestia spread out her enormous wings and took flight with the others following.

"Hey wait up!" I screamed jumping upon the bird which immediately spread her wings out and soared skybound at a rate that startled me and the group around me as within seconds I was hundreds of feet above the Citadel.

The flight to Equestria was going to be unlike our passage to Tempeoca and in a way the two were not even going to be comparable. The previous flights revolved around safe and secure transport which prevented excessive velocities on pre planned routes of discourse; for the first time I was understanding an aspect of flight that I had never realised before as the green bird of flame soared with me. The grand phoenix did not have to be told what to do, how to move, whether I wanted to proceed skywards or not, she just knew.

"Princess Celestia?" I commanded pulling alongside her. "Why is Lord Armonia so hostile towards you?"

"I would not say hostile as much as it is concerned Bladz." she expressed to me while Hope overhearing the question flew up to my side. "You have to understand Bladz that Lord Armonia as you know him has been over Serentia and her affairs for a long time and we all have a history of defining moments. In Armonia's case, he cannot remember the details of the events and it strikes concern into his heart because the very few things he does understand from that that time is the very things that should be forgotten."

"I understand... at least I partially understand." I gathered from my thoughts. "So what is it that you need to get that requires all of our attendance?" I pondered to Hope. "Hope?" I turned to find her lost in thought, "Hope!"

"Oh sorry, honestly I have no clue why it would require any of you three, like I said I don't have many things that I own... I was without a home before Celestia took me in." she explained in light breath."Princess Celestia did say that she wanted you to come to Equestria to visit to be honest, not to help."

"That is not of an inconvenience is it?" Celestia questioned

"Not at all... I suppose; it is just..." I stuttered gazing deep into the phoenix's coat..

"Just what?" Celestia questioned.

"Nothing... I do not know honestly... so what about the other one?" I reasoned.

"Other one?" Celestia wondered raising an eyebrow.

"The other alicorn that I met; I never caught her name even though we have talked more in depth."

"Oh, her name is Luna, Princess Luna, princess of the night." Celestia provided. "You say you communicated with her again?"

"Yes ma'am, she was asleep and visited me to thank me for Hope."

"Princess Luna is nocturnal in nature, which makes sense for a princess of the night; that is weird though because it was Luna's idea for Hope and I to visit Serentia," Celestia explained beginning to accelerate. "It is vital that we return before sunfall." Without further word Celestia pushed herself to a new found limit encouraging us implicitly to pursue.

"What has gotten into her?" I demanded in inquire.

"Not a clue, but I am up for some high speed flight!" Lightning bolted off from the group in pursuit of Celestia. "You guys coming?"

"Race you Bladz to those two!" Shadow challenged.

"Phoenix's become intangible once they reach a certain speed, I cannot race you."

"Dude you are riding on a magic, massive bird that is already intangible!"

"You have a point there... Okay I will race you if Hope...Hope!" I commanded who was already racing through the skies. "You're on Shadow!" I replied in rapid succession before launching myself high in altitude before pivoting to launch myself at high speeds.

"Cheater!" Shadow exclaimed before pushing himself to ariel speed limits.

I had never ventured too far North from the Citadel in Serentia and for the most part I could find no real reason I theorized as I found myself approaching the tail of Lightning, who was enjoying the new found tempo.

"So what is even out here?" I directed towards lightning.

"Well if we were to go a little bit westwards we would find Cittàdiali over there," Lightning explained pointing towards a large cloud settlement that stretched completely across the horizon.

"That has to be over twenty leagues away! How can it be so large at such a great distance!"

"It is only a small bit smaller than the Serentian citadel and that is only because the Citadel includes the surrounding areas into the calculations that really is not part of the citadel; however, has no independent form of state under the empire; unlike Cantardash and Cittàdiali that have democratic elections every once in awhile Cittàdiali was the capital of the pegasus kingdom before the Serentian empire was formed, Shadow and I reside in one of the more prestigious districts where there is less activity; Shadow says it is a lot like where we grown up in cloudsdale, although I cannot be certain for sure."

"Cloudsdale? So you are actually from Equestria? How were you unable to recognize Princess Celestia?"

"No real clue, but I try not to fret over such small details because I should be grateful instead after Armonia and I believe this Luna who assured I was okay and helped me out after I retired from the weather forces; I mean do not get me wrong I loved the job, but something just felt missing." Lightning sighed. "Shadow was a renowned scout leader before he left with me to join the Serentian guard; he is such a well, caring friend, even though I question his judgments."

"Why did he leave if he was already satisfied with his career?"

"Because Lightning had a lot more to lose and I was not going to sit back and allow him to suffer through the confusion. We started together before and both of us became successful, and together we are living enjoyable, fulfilling lives once more." Shadow exclaimed managing to catch up to us after I sped off. "That bird of yours really has some speed behind it."

"Maybe, but I do not see it as a challenge!" Hope sneered launching herself through me almost knocking me off the phoenix.

"Hey what was that for!" I demanded readjusting myself from the surprise assault.

"Why don't you stop acting like a snail and find out!" Hope announced provokingly thundering off once more causing me to initiate in chase.

"So Lightning who is that new mare anyways?" Shadow I heard inquire in the background.

"I honestly do not know, she showed up and Bladz took her in. When I found her she was burning down the house with her wonderful culinary skills."

"Bladz did?" Shadowed proclaimed in amusement. "Well that was very kind of him to do."

"What is with you! Shy at first and now overly zealous and energetic?" I demanded bypassing her.

"I have been thinking and... well would you look at that we are over dragon territories! This mountain range splits the lands and sets the border for Serentia and Equestia." Hope celebrated dodging the subject.

"What were you thing?!"

"nothing at all.. I see you can handle more intense speed but what are your true limits?"

"We are already leaving the others behind! And what is it!" I commanded; however, Hope held little intentions of revealing what ever was upon her mind. "Well at least wait up!"

Equestia was and still is one of the most interesting locations I had ever visited, with every location I flew over illustrating a unique culture and lifestyle. Tempeoca was the first foreign kingdom I held the privilege to visit, but Equestia was different in the nature that in a way it reminded me more of Serentia than a foreign kingdom to me. "Hope.. what is it like to know that you do not belong to a specific location and can venture to all the various sites of beauty across the world?"

Suddenly losing her enthusiasm Hope sighed. "That was one of the things that have troubled me in my past Bladz. In every sight there was a question, and many of these questions you can expect no true answer. Have you ever heard of a location west of Equestia?"

"Honestly no, why are you asking?"

"there are places of such raw beauty that you cannot help but wonder what lies past the border; that location of one of them."

"What is there?"

"I never found out... I couldn't... I just found myself some how unable to continue. I do not understand the reasoning behind it but I felt this strong hesitation and this sense of... this sense of"

"sense of what?"

"I do not really know how to explain it but I have only really felt it once before."

"And when was that?" I inquired to her noticing that whatever it  was had struck her into a state of silence. "It is okay if you are uncomfortable Hope... I am not going to force you to speak about anything you are uncomfortable with."

"I do not know to explain it to you Bladz" she cried with tears purging her complexion.

"They don't" I comforted to her. "what is that little settlement down there?" I asked pointing down towards the village.

"That is Ponyville, it lies just outside of Canterlot which is right over the horizon there," hope explained motioning towards a palace on the throat of a mountain.

"That castle is enormous compared to the surrounding urban area."

"Well yeah I guess you could say that Canterlot is not as extensive as Serentia's citadel; however, it is still of a decent size," she dictated as we braced yourself for approach. "You might want to start to figure out a home for your bird during you visit, not sure how well people are going to cope with a ten-foot tall green phoenix." she laughed which helped purge her evidence of recent tears.

Taking the lead I did my best to assure the best landing I could accomplish placing myself down in front of the castle.  I rolled myself off the phenoix's back and found my hooves firmly on the ground after that long flight as the sun was on the verge of disappearing within the next thirty minutes or so. Okay so where can we send you?

I would not worry about thatThe phoenix turned to face me directly and grinned, or at least what I assumed was a grin and then dissolved into a green mist that rushed into my horn. What reason would I have to leave you Bladz, we have only just began to synergize.

"What?" I posed to my surroundings.

"Impressive!" a tall dark mare commanded from my right. "I am glad to see you two have arrived safely" the mare smiled turning to the southern horizion. "The others are lagging behind I see but that is okay."

"Thank you Princess Luna for inviting me, where you anticipating our arrival and that is the reason you are out here?" I asked to her.

"Actually the guards told me there was a massive green bird-like creature approaching and I decided to investigate to make sure it was not hostile. I have to admit I was not expecting you to be commanding that thing Sir Bladz Angelo, nor was I expecting any of you guys for another fifteen minutes at the least. You guys must be hungry after the long flight."

"It was only about four and a half hours Luna, it was not like we have been in flight all day; however I cannot refuse food." Hope argued partially marching herself to Luna's side. "You coming Bladz?" she questioned causing me to raise an eyebrow.

"Here let us see if we can get the chefs to prepare something for you all so that it is ready for when the others arrive. Actually, Bladz you like apples?" Luna stopped in her tracts in demand of a response.

"I love apples. Why do you ask?"

"We just got a shipment in from Sweet Apple Acres and they taste amazing; especially when they are diced and turned into scrumptious baked seasoned apple slices."

"Sounds delightful Princess Luna, thank you."

"Do not thank me just yet Sir Bladz for they have not been prepared yet, we have to find the culinary staff first and see is they can craft them for us."

From the Castle hall to the dining centers to the gardens I felt for the entire time that I was receiving an unofficial tour of the castle as we hunted down the head chef that worked for the castle. One would think it would be easier to hunt down a head chef; however, he was nowhere to be found when we visited the kitchen and it seemed like no one in all of Equestria had seen him for the last fifteen minutes. Figuring that it was pointless to hunt him down after ten minutes of searching we collapsed in the dining room where, as if it was an act of mockery, the chef appeared from our rear and pondered what we were doing.

"Be a dear please and create some baked season apples, we are going to have roughly three guests showing up in just a few minutes," Luna gasped.

"Yes ma'am I will get right on that" the chef responded zealously.

"Get right on what?" Celestia pondered from the entrance of the dining hall. "Why are you guys on the floor?"

"The gravity here felt a little light so when laid on the ground to test it. Seems alright if you ask me" Luna punned. "where are the other two?"

"Why do you say that there are others?"

Luna pointed to me and cleared her throat. "Sir Bladz Angelo of the Serentian ruling council. You really think with what you told me about Armonia nowadays he would've sent him without at least two others to look after him?"

"Nice use of deductive reasoning! They will be arriving shortly, they sped ahead of me a little bit because Captain Carnivorous mentioned he had to met with Miss Loyalty before he forgot. What were you guys really doing though?"

"Luna was nice enough to try to something made for us; however, we had to hunt down the chef who was nowhere to be found and that is why we were on the ground laying down because we were exhausted from the hunt." Hope admitted.

"Well While we wait on the apples want to start getting packed for your the place you can actually call home?"

"Sounds like a plan to me!" Hope smiled in a way that sent joy into me through her happiness showing a new form of contentedness.

"Luna? Didn't you have a reason for requesting Bladz here?" Celestia inquired motioning into the room, helping Hope off the floor.

"Who said I had a reason?" Princess Luna huffed giving in after a few seconds. "We might not be back before the apples are done, but we will try to catch up with you guys later than. I have someone I know you would like to met Bladz."

"And who is that?" I asked jumping to my hooves and standing beside Luna who had already brushed herself off.

"You do not know her yet; however, I have a feeling that you two could learn a lot from each other only after a quick meeting." Luna explained provoking me into uncertainty, but Luna did not hesitate to allow me to pose more questions as she hurried herself from the dining hall forcing me to stampede behind her.

"You should try to at least stay within range of those who are tailing you; I do not think I have ever ran that fast in my life." I demanded running down the castle corridors behind Luna trying to replenish what little breath I had left because of how fast Luna was."Now, what makes this Mare so special?"

"You two have a lot in common and like I said, I think it would benefit both of you very much." Luna provided to me upon knocking on a large door alongside the corridor. I could make out whispering inside before I heard what sounded like a book closing and a stoll moving backwards a tad. A young mare after a brief moment appeared at the doorway in delight upon seeing Luna's face.

"Good evening Princess Luna. How did you sleep?" the mare stated. Her main coat color was violet with her mane consisting primarily the same with hints of bright fuchsia. She was roughly that of mid-height for a young mare I estimated for her age with essentially ordinary features of what I would expect of a unicorns save one feature, she as well had wings.

"Rather well thank you. Sir Bladz Angelo I would like for you to met Princess Twilight Sparkle."

"Charmed" I responded in my best faith trying not to reveal the fact that the sudden wide display of Alicorns was starting to annoy me.

"Princess Twilight here is our most recent addition to our ranks I guess you could say." Luna explained as the young mare gave way to allow us in. "Where did Spike go?"

"I asked him if he could assist in sorting a few papers I did today. He will probably be back in about ten minutes," Twilight directed towards Luna. "So anyway, you must be a captain of some sort of foreign guard, I have never seen armor like that before."

"Well you are correct about the foreign part; however, I am sorry to inform you that I am not a captain, I am just a royal knight from Serentia."

"Just a royal knight from Serentia? Please tell me you are kidding! I am just a royal knight from the extremely prestigious  Serentain empire! Please pay no attention to me at all! That is amazing! What is it like ruling the biggest empire in existence! Is it challenging? Do you have to read a lot of books? I like reading books, do you like reading because I sure like reading! Do you have people come up to you and throw tangents about how awesome it is to meet a royal guard and do you have to find a way to escape massive crowds who flood you in desire for autographs and photos and oh my gosh! There is a Serentian royal guard right here in the flesh in my living room! Well it is not my living room because this is Celestia and Luna's castle but right now it is because I am staying here for a little bit but it is still theirs in essence!"

"Actually almost no one knows who I am in Serentia; well those in Canardash do but that is because they just found out three weeks; I can assume though that it could have spread a little bit. Also, I do like reading and it is a pleasure meeting you  Princess Twilight."

"No the pleasure is all mine! What do you normally like to read?"

"Well I have not been able to read since I nearly had my leg cut off; however, I read practically anything I can get my hooves on. " I exclaimed turning to reveal the hints of my bandage the extruded from my armor. "It is one of the reasons I was top of my class at the academy."

"Was?"

"Yeah, Aronia offered to do my final year of study and I really cannot turn an offer like that down!"

"That's amazing!"

"Sorry for interupting you two" Luna declared standing between us; "however, I have to point out that you both are extemely gifted in the art of magic."

"Oh that is awesome as well! When I first got into magic I accidently turned somepony into a cactus! She is okay now of course."

"I wish I could say that the worst I have to worry about is turning someone into a cactus. Last time I used power I did not intentionally employ I was almsot killed from it!" I determined pointing once more to my arm.

"Pardon me? What do you mean?"

"You should know Twilight that Bladz is still having trouble with his magic and in his case you cannot rush it."

"It is not that I am a slow learner or anything, I read and learn at extremely accelerated rates, and I have an eidetic memory; however, my magic is just hazardous to myself and my surroundings."

"Bladz! Your magic is not hazardous! Unlike Twilight here who held a large sum of raw magic and had to reform it through focused study, you are gifted with powerful magic that is highly refined and you need to work to understand it." Luna demanded. "How many unicorns do you know that can reverse one of the harshest earthquakes that I have ever heard of?"

"You did what!"

"Yea and I almost died from it" I laid my head on my forelegs.

"But you didn't! Princess Sparkle are you aware of why we are here?"

"I am guessing to help Bladz with his magic?"

"Well in a way yes, but there is little you can do physically to aid him. You are the one I see with having the most in common with Bladz and I was hoping you could assist him in understanding something that none of understand, something that you cannot hope yourself to understand!"

Twilight stared blank for a moment as she retreated to her novels where I assumed she found comfort in the midst of the uneasiness that this abstractness must of provided her with. "Why me?"

"Because you are the only one I know can help Bladz in his current situation!" Luna assured to Twilight.

Twilight motioned herself to various angles in order to take me in. I was unsure of what she was trying to accomplish and for a minute or two I was completely lost about her intentions. "I got nothing Luna and Bladz, I am sorry."

"It is okay" I informed her.

"I just have to know what is your cutie mark about?"

"You mean the symbol with the pentagram?"

"What pentagram? I am talking about this thing" she questioned resulting in Luna trotting to alongside her.

"The Complex" Luna whispered.

"The what?"

"Nothing! Bladz I will catch up with you later! I need a few moments to think!" Luna declared and without further hesitation hurried out of the room.

I pivoted my head to find that the cutie mark that I had been so elated to see had been replaced by a new depiction. "What is that! What happened to my first cutie mark?"

"First cutie mark? Well I do not know but this does not look like a symbol to me as it looks more like a glyph to me."

"What is this complex that Luna just mentioned?" I inquired.

"I do not know for sure but old mythology, and I mean really old mythology states that when destiny decided to bring harmony between the world's creatures that a magical force know as the complex created an original corps of alicorns to protect harmony and maintain balance in the world. A special form of a pentagram was used by ancient scholars to identify the complex and was assumed to represent raw magic."

"This original corps of alicorns? What was this?"

"The royal archives might have something on the subject want to try there?"

"I guess it is worth a shot."

"Follow me then; it is just a short walk down the hallway." She exclaimed picking up a scarf and motioning out the door. "Spike I will be back in a little while."

"So what else can you tell me about this complex?"

"Ahh not much at the current moment" she started pulling random books off the shelves to replace them after a few moments. "I am looking for a book with the symbol you discussed on it." I nodded and commenced in doing the same as her on the opposing shelf.

"Found something!" I hollered holding up a marron book that seemed to be crafted centuries ago.

"That's it!" she announced flipping through a few pages. "According to this there originally were five alicorns of equal vote that decided decisions over the world, even though they were not of equal power. Says that two were responsible for regulating the continuity of time, while one was responsible for protecting the group from harm like some sort of guardian. He also was the protector of the Complex's secrets."

"What does that say?" I asked pointing to a section underneath an illustration of the third.

"States that he gave up his powers to protect the world from darkness, that his power was dividing up amongst six orbs that serve as substitution for abilities. His wings served as a seal to lock away the darkness."

"Could it be?"

"What"

"We have a very similar tale to that in Serentia about how Armonia saved the empire from Sypherious, a powerful dark lord of evil, that I know now was corruption of the seal of darkness."

"Seal of darkness?"

"Long story, do not worry about it."

"Doesn't Armonia mean Harmony?"

"Yeah what about it?"

"My tiera here is the element of magic, one of the six elements of harmony! Could it be that your Lord Armonia was the creator of the elements of harmony! That he is the guardian stated in this book?"

"Maybe, what about Celestia and Luna aren't they responsible for night and day?"

"What about it?"

"Well that is a continuity of time. The uneasiness that Armonia must feel towards Celestia and Luna is because he does not understand why he feels like he knows them so well! It makes sense now! About about these other two?"

"I do not know?"

"What does the book state?"

"That's is what I mean, the rest of this book is nothing but blank pages."

"That makes no sense? Why would someone make a book and leave half the pages blank?"

"Maybe it is because they have never been able to finish it because they never figured it out. Who else do you know that could be the other two?" Twilight pondered. "Why don't you try asking Armonia?"

"He has no memory of his past, he will not be able to help us. Hope mentioned another empire outside of Equestria to the west earlier; maybe I can find answers there."

"Sounds like a start. I have to ask though why is your cutie mark greyed out except for the green there."

"I do not know but the others are going to start to worry soon, we should get back."

Twilight nodded and attempted to put the book back.

"Can I keep the book? I know that seems like an odd question especially since it is from the Equestrian royal archives?"

"I do not see why not; however, I would ask Celestia just to be sure. Why do you want it?"

"I want to read it for real. Also, I think Lord Armonia needs to see this. I think it could mend a few wounds."

She nodded and we were on our way.