Luna frowned a little, but walked with them to her room, and closed the door. "Okay, tell me what's going on, Thunder."
He sat in a chair near the door. "Alright. Remember one of the dragons when Tia attacked my home with Eris? He is one of then." He said as he petted Lone a bit behind his ear.
Lone grinned involuntarily at the petting, then glared at Thunder a bit before turning to Luna. "My name is Lone. Nice to meet you." Luna raised an eyebrow even further at that, "Uh... likewise?" She shook her head a little before turning back to Thunder. "Okay, so why are you here, and why have you brought a dragon with you? This had better be good Thunder, you're not even supposed to be here..."
"Celestia poisoned Eris. Well, hired a zebra to do it and came for the cure for it." He replied, as his eyes closed a moment and his petting a bit slower, looking a bit sad.
Luna looked shocked. "I..I... Poisoned?" She knew Celestia was upset about Eris and Thunder, but she would never do something like that! Would she? She couldn't think of any reason Thunder would be lying though, and her sister did sometimes get carried away... "If... If what your saying is true, then she has indeed gone too far," Luna said, slowly. "But, it is a bold claim, Thunder; do you have any proof?"
"I... no. I only have the word of a renage knight and a talking dragon that changes form." He said as he sighed. "But I won't let Eris die! That is I came here. For the cure for her." He stated as he turned to her.
Luna looked very disturbed by all this. "Celestia did have a meeting with a zebra about a week ago, but she told me the zebra was an ambassador from their homeland..." She sighed, and closed her eyes. "Supposing what you say is true, why have you come to me? I cannot confront my sister about this, even I had real evidence."
"I know that. What I need is a way to find this zebra and confront her to get the cure before it is too late." He said as he stood up. "She might had come here for her payment, so I need a chance to see her."
Luna nodded. "Well, no zebra has arrived yet, as far as I know, but it's always possible she slipped in secretly, and went directly to Celestia's quarters..." She thought for a moment, weighing up Thunder's story in her mind. "There... there is a secret tunnel to 'Tia's quarters." She said, finally. "The entrance is in the castle gardens, behind the statue of Celestia raising the sun." She sighed. "Modesty never was my sister's strong suit..."
Thunder chuckled at that. "I know that perfectly well." He said as he sighed a bit and stood up. "I need you to distract Celestia while I deal with the zebra. Can you do that?" He asked. "I will try to do it as fast I can." He said to her as he got ready to go.
"I will try, but I do not know how long for. Please be swift." Luna said, seeing them out, and then whispering in the ear of one of her guards. The guard nodded, then headed of in the direction of Celestia's quarters. "I hope your trust is well placed, Thunder," Lone said quietly, as they left Luna, "Or we will certainly be walking into a trap."
"It has always been a trap since we walked in. Lets just hope we dont fall in it." Thunder said. "Lets just hope we don't fall in it. Celestia is quit careful when she is really into things, so she might have a back up plab. Be ready for anything." He said as they walked. When they reached the garden, he walked towards the statue. He looked and touched it around until he found the switch... which was between her back legs. Yeah. Awkward but clever.
Thunder lead him down. "Never say anything about that..." he said, a small blush in his fave for touching that part. The hall was long and dark, but they soon arrived. They went up sum stairs until the arrived to the room.
"I'm more disturbed that she'd make a door that she had to touch the statue there to open..." Lone quietly, as they looked around the room. "I mean, what does that say about her?" The room was devoid of zebras, so Lone went back over to Thunder. "What now?"
Thunder looked to him. "We hide and wait a bit." He said as he looked up. He saw a dark spot on the cieling and grabbed Lone, then flew there. He made a spell to stay there as they hid. He was sure she would be there!
Lone frowned a bit at being grabbed, but then sat quietly with Thunder and waited. A couple of minutes later, Celestia appeared with the zebra. "So, tell me everything!" Celestia said, gleefully, "Did she die painfully? Was Thunder heartbroken? Did you tell them it was I who had punished them!?" She cackled manically as the zebra sat down. "The poison will take a few days to kill, but Eris will be in unbearable pain until then." The zebra replied. "Thunder seemed very distraught, and they know who it was that hired me." There was no joy in the zebra's voice, but no remorse either. "Wonderful!" Celestia said, grinning. Just then however, one of her guards entered, and whispered something in her ear. She frowned, and then sighed. "This will have to wait, my idiot sister requires my assistance. I shouldn't be too long, so don't go anywhere." She and the guard left, leaving The zebra alone in the room...
(lol idiot sister xD) After a few seconds, Thunder made another spell on hinself, which made him quite silent. He flew down and let Lone behind her before he tackled her. His horn glowed again and made a sound bubble so nopony could hear them. "Now, where the hell is the cure?!" He asked after he pinned her down
"What will you give me for it?" The zebra replied, calmly, staring back at him with strange green eyes. (Everytime I write about Celestia, she becomes more and more of a *squee!* )
(XD you really dont like her, dont you?) "How about not killing you right now?" He asked. Frowning a bit.
