After a moment of confusion Luna reappeared in her private quarters at the other end of the castle.  Putting Luna’s peculiar behavior out of her mind, Celestia quickened her stride, and the guards at her sides kept pace.  Celestia hurried toward another presence, one that felt foreign. She had no doubt what emitted that peculiar aura.  Celestia wished she could simply teleport there but she did not like the prospect of abandoning her guards.  She was confident the alien posed no threat against her power, but millennia of experience had taught her that the safer road was the one most wisely traveled.  So she remained with her guards, albeit at a quickened pace, and soon they reached the castle prison.  