Night court is in session and Princess Luna is completely bored with listening to nobles complain.
'Night court is starting to seem more like therapy to me.' The princess mumbles under her breath as the next pony enters the room.
The pony bows for her, but she finds it strange that she can't put a name to the blue-haired pony. The fact that she was avoiding eye contact and wore a deep purple hood which concealed most of her body wasn't helping.
"Good eve' dear citizen. What dost thou wish to bring to our attention?" Princess Luna says politely.
The pony begins to look up, but pauses when her eyes catch the guards. The visitor giggles before the guards drop to the floor unconscious and the doors and windows all slam closed. The hooded pony then removes her hood and gives the princess an amused look.
"What dost thou want, Mystery?" Luna asks annoyed.
"Oh dear Luna, I don't want anything but to tell you one of my secrets." she drops her hood to the floor and flies lazily across the room.
"Could you not come back during my break time?" she crosses her forelegs and looks away.
"And when's that."
"Three weeks from never."
"Oh my. It's almost as if you didn't like me." she looks her in the eyes before giggling to continue. "Well unfortunately I cannot wait that long this time. Your sister said to make haste in delivering my message."
"What have you done to my sister?" she asks growing angry.
She smiles deviously as she turns back in the direction of the other alicorn."Oh my dear, Luna. It takes two to tango."
"I do not comprehend?"
"Don't worry, I'll explain."
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Rainbow Dash and Derpy stand at the train station awaiting the train.
"Why is it that the only train to this place only come by at midnight?" Rainbow Dash nearly screams as she shudders in the cold night air.
"It's because the only ponies who would actually visit will only go if no one can see them." Derpy says happily unaware of Rainbow's growing anger.
They hear the train before Rainbow gets the chance to yell at Derpy, who happily boards the train while Rainbow flies in mumbling to herself and takes a seat beside Derpy.
After a while of traveling two more pegasus ponies enter and sit beside them. After about an hour the pink pony with blonde hair begins to speak.
"Dizzy, how've you been?" she says.
"Good. How 'bout you Tableau?" Derpy replies.
"Been a while, hasn't it?" they look directly at each other for the first time.
"It has." she admits with a sly smile. Tableau returns the smile before they grab the ponies they entered with and jump out of an open window.
"I told you I can do that on my own." The pastel blue pony mumbles angrily as the others shake the snow out of their hair.
"Don't complain so much, Radiance." Rainbow Dash says pulling her out of the snow.
"You say that every single time." she mumbles under her breath as she pulls herself free of Rainbow's grip. "Um... Rainbow do you really not care to struggle when we come up here?" she asks aloud.
"Not really. I've seen the kind a messes you end up in." she says with a snicker.
"Why I oughta..." she is cut of by Tableau and Derpy pulling both of them into a nearby cave.
They pull ribbons out of their bags and make bows.
"I think we've made enough." Tableau says. They put the extra ribbons away before Derpy steps out into the snow.
"How about I warm things up?" as soon as Derpy says this fire surrounds both her and Rainbow Dash.
"I'd prefer to cool off." Tableau replies as crystals form around her and Radiance. The crystals break apart and dissappears the same time as the fire.
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When the sparkles from the merging of the fire and crystals cease the ponies' appearance are changed.
Derpy's coat darkens slightly and her blonde hair straightens ending smoothly and covering one of her eyes. The colour of both being dramatically darker.
Tableau's pink coat fades to a lighter shade with her curly blonde hair deflating slightly and curling up seductively in her face, bringing attention to her misty green eyes.
Radiance's blue coat darkens to almost a midnight blue and her pastel pink and lavender hair follow suit changing to their closest counterpart before black. The wavy hair falling into her face giving a slightly gothic look offsetting her still creamy yellow eyes.
Rainbow Dash's coat pales to a light shade of blue which would easily be mistaken for white and her mane and tail become pastels of their original colours, leaving her with longer kiss curls of her originally messy style.
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"When are gonna teach me how to do that?" Rainbow Dash asks.
"They haven't even told me yet, you really think they're gonna tell you?" Radiance says looking at the two older ponies who stood by the entrance.
"Okay girls time to get dressed." Derpy says turning to look at the two within.
"We must reach the summit before daylight." Tableau says pulling her winter clothing on.
"I still don't think lace stockings will keep you very warm, auntie." Rainbow Dash says as she drags on her own winter clothing.
"Don't worry about that dear. I just want to see your performance in that cute little number I made you." she says with a smile, much to Rainbow Dash's annoyance.
"Only if uncle sings with me." Rainbow says, a slight blush creeping up on her face.
"Maybe we'll do a duet in the matching outfits you made us the year before." Radiance says rolling her eyes,
"I would really love that." Tableau says happily unaware of her sarcasm.
"Gotta get a move on." Derpy adds to the conversation, posing on the wall.
"Right we have no time to waste here." Tableau says walking out of the cave with Derpy.
The other two follow close behind.
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Two stallions enter the great room of a mansion.
"Brr. Sure was cold out today, Dark." says the pale grey stallion with burgundy hair as he pulls off his winter clothing.
"Quite." says the other. His coat was black and his hair dark pink.
"Welcome home, boys." says Mystery coming out of the back room.
"Mom." they say in unison both smiling as they turn around.
"Look who's also here." she adds as Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Prince Blue Blood walk out of the room she was just in.
"Mama has brought visitors." says the grey stallion.
"She did." Mystery says before turning to Princess Luna. "Luna meet Darken Rose and Dared Death." she says.
The respective ponies bowing when mentioned.
"Dark is the eldest and Dare is a twin." Princess Celestia adds.
"'Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance." Princess Luna says to them.
"A bit formal, I'd think." Darken Rose says.
"We were not being formal." Luna says with a questioning expression. The stallions look at Princess Celestia, who shrugs.
"Well we are going to our rooms now. See you at dinner." Darken Rose says before he and Dared Death dash away up the stairs.
"We may not have believed if we had not seen it ourself," Princess Luna turns to the others, "but we would not think you were into mares, sister. It is also quite surprizing, your older foal is a male?"
Mystery and Princess Celestia both shrug.
"Is it not only natural considering that we are both alicorns?" asks Princess Celestia.
"I've never heard of an alicorn couple whose first foal wasn't a male." Mystery adds.
"Yes, but two? And besides that, YOU'RE BOTH FEMALE!" Luna practically sreams on the top of her voice.
"You know she's right we're probably the first dual female alicorn couple that isn't barren." Mystery says.
"Yes, but seventeen male couples, seven of which have foals together and eighty-three females with only one being fertile simply does not add up." Princess Celestia says to herself.
"Are you two even listening to me?" Princess Luna says, tired of hearing them speak.
"Oh I hope the girls get here soon, you two have to leave sunrise." Mystery says jumping into the air.
"Wait, there's more?" says Princess Luna.