Minath went to Celestia's room next, carrying the book in the saddlebag she was glad she brought. Celestia's library was similar to the catacombs, bigger on the inside. Only this one wasn't magically enchanted, but only the Sun Princess could open it. She also had to find another book in the library. One about funerals for princesses. Browsing through, she found both books easily enough. She began reading the one about the death of one of the Princesses. The Princess' corpse must be in the tallest tower at midnight, and a monologue will be given by the other princess. The contents of said monologue will be up to the princess. Then other monologues will be given until midnight. The Princess' body will turn into a colored orb, the same color as the magic aura. The aura will go into the next successor. The successor will hear what the deceased wanted to tell them with their dying breath, but never had the chance to. Then the orb will go into the successor's body and their powers will merge. The successor will gain magic and wings if lacking one or both. The footnote read: It is rare, but the next successor can be a stallion. On the next page it showed a list of former Kings, Queens, Princesses and Princes. The very first one read "Faust - born at the creation, immortal and invulnerable. Still alive" Minath read down the list until she reached Equinox and Solstice. It seemed that the book was magic and updated itself automatically. It was as old as Faust herself. Flipping to the page that had the autobiography of Equinox and Solstice, she read through, and paused as she saw a certain part. When a strong threat had come upon Equestria, Lilith, Equinox and Solstice created the Elements of Harmony and entrusted them to their children and other alicorns. Creating these elements, however, drained the remainder of their life forces and they became shades. Thus creating a spot in royalty for both of their daughters. Minath paused, soaking in the words. Because of Equinox and Solstice, the elements had existed. Her spirit had molded with Celestia's so in a way, she was related to the literal elements of harmony. And that must be why Ceelstia and Luna were called princesses and not Queens, because in a way the King and Queen still existed. That was a lot to soak in. Flipping back to the royal tree, Minath saw Celestia's and Luna's names. She flipped to their pages and began to read. There was no new information for her there, she had studied history enough to know both of their stories. When flipping back, Minath saw her name. She held her breath and warily flipped to her page. Luckily the book didn't update itself until the events had transpired, so all it was was a brief history of her past. Even Rambler and Caras were in her section. She knew Celestia's library also worked similar to the catacombs to the point where if you take a book out you get a ghost book. The only difference is the book doesn't vanish in two weeks time, you have to actually return it to the library. Minath book the book in her saddlebag and started reading the next one, the one about Aura Beasts and their Tamers. Browsing through this book she even found section on Xena. However, it didn't reveal much useful information. She decided to show it to Tempest later. Most of the book was written in a language Minath didn't understand, but was sure Celestia knew. She didn't have full control yet to read it, though. She put this one in her saddle bag too and decided to have Tempest read it to her. It seems that Xena would understand it, seeing how the book was probably as old as him. @, Minath left the library and started searching for Tempest in the castle. (( OH GOG ALMOST 3K WORDS ))