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"Lunar!" Luna shouted before Tom quickly drew his sword, his back to Greaves and thrusts his sword deep into the gryphon's chest. Greaves gaged at the sudden impact and dropped the dagger that was meant for the human. Silence fell between the two. It was soon broken as Greaves coughed up blood.

"How? How can this be?The ring of Neria, it took everything from her. I had her powers, her immortality, yet still I was beaten."

Tom grit his teeth and jerked his sword, making the gryphon groan in pain that was now shooting through his body. "You stole her powers. Powers that will never and could never be yours. You used them to fuel your own ends. No matter how strong you claim to have been you could never have truly beaten me. So long as I or Luna draw breath you would never have won and now... you never will. " Tom then twists his sword, creating a larger wound before pulling his sword from the gryphon's chest and took a step towards the body of Celestia. Greaves fell to the ground as blood pours from the gapping hole in his chest, the enemy of all the ponies of Equestria lay dead upon the cold ground.

Tom took several steps towards Celestia and dropped his sword. He continued his slow approach till he dropped to his knees beside her. Tears streaming down his face as he gently took the body of his fallen lover into his arms. He cradled her and held her head against his chest. "I'm so sorry Celestia. Please forgive me, I should have fought harder. I should have been faster." He buries his face into her neck and silently cries. Luna, Twilight and the rest look on as they too were tearing up and crying.

Then the human remember something, something he had not thought of before. He lifts the mare's face to him and looks to her then to the sky. "Creators, guide my words." He look back to the Alicorn mare. "I am the lord of the stars, it is my duty to protect those who can not protect themselves, be they royalty or not. Thus by the great power that is given to me by the stars in the heavens I give back that which was taken from you." Luna, overhearing his words knew what he was attempting.

"Lunar no!"

But it was too late for as their lips touched, the spell was cast and the two began to glow. Their bodies floated into the air as the spell took hold.

"Princess Luna, What's going on?"

Luna looked on, watching as both her sister and best frined float within the air. A stream of light moving from the human's body into that of the withe mare. "It is known as a sacrifice. A spell from old times. It is a transfer of energy from one being to the other."

"Sacrifice? You don't mean?"

Luna nodded. "We do Twilight Sparkle, Lunar is giving our sister his life force. He will die so that she may live."

The two then slowly lower to the ground, the spell was complete. Both bodies lay motionless until suddenly, Celestia stirs and slowly raises to her hooves. Luna as well as the other race over to her.

"Tia. Dear sister are thou alright?"

Celestia moaned softly in slight discomfort as she looked to Luna and seeing the others. "Luna? What happened? Last thing I remember was a blinding flash then everything went black.Where is Lunar?"

"Well you see sister, Lord Greaves drained all of your magic and life force with the Ring of Neria. Lunar slew Greaves and well..." She looked behind her sister which made Celestia turn her head. There laying behind her was Lunar. Once she had seen that he was not moving, tears began to well up in her eyes.

"By the sunlight no. Luna tell me he didn't."

Luna nodded her head. "We are sorry sister."

"Why didn't you stop him?!" Celestia shouted and looked to her sister with a mix of anger and sadness in her face as tears began their journey from her eyes and down her cheeks.

Luna took a deep breath. "By the time we had realized what it was that he intended to do it was too late."

This time it was Celestia's turn to weep over the body of her fallen lover. "No Lunar please. You promised me that you would always be with me. Please Lunar don't leave me again, don't go where I can't follow... please."

As the princess wept, two balls of light slowly drift down from the sky, upon touching the ground, the orbs morphed and took the shape of two regal Alicorns. The first was a white female with a fiery mane and tail. Her crimson irises bore into any she saw. The second was a larger dark blue male Alicorn. His mane was of silver and billowed like that of the evening mist. His eyes were a lighter shade of blue. Upon their heads were their horns but unlike Celestia and Luna, they were encircled by six smaller horns, almost making it seem like they wore crowns.

Luna's eyes grew in size. "Mother, Father!"

Celestia did not even notice her parents arrival as they slowly walked over to their grieving daughter. The sun princess continued to sob even when her mother and father tried their best to comfort her.

The gentle voice of her mother spoke into her ear. "Please dearest daughter we know that your heart is aching from the loss of your beloved. But you must not give up hope just yet."

"You're mother is correct. We have watched the exploits of this being from our place among the stars and we believe his sacrifice has earned him another chance at life."

Again Celestia's mother nuzzled her eldest daughter. "So please my little sunshine, stop your crying. Your father and I will take it from here."

The stallion looked over his shoulder to the smaller Alicorn. "Luna dear come comfort your sister while your mother and I take care of this."

Luna nodded as she moved up to her sister and nuzzled her. Tia was still shedding tears and sobbing softly. "Please big sister thou must stop or thou will make thyself sick."

The two Alicorns nodded to one another and with their combined magic, lifted Tom's body into the air. Following suit they floated on either side, flapping their wings. As their magic began its work, the armor Tom wore fell to the ground piece by piece till his naked body floated in a ball of magic. It then started to contort and mold his form.

His legs twist and bend, forming hind legs. His arms and torso grow in muscle and become broad. His hands and feet turn into hooves. A pair of elegant wings burst from his sides and a horn breaks through his skull as that too changes and morphs. His hair grows long, becoming a silvery mane and a tail sprouts from his rear. Upon his flanks is placed a crescent moon and a single star, his cutie mark. With all the changes complete, the now three Alicorn lower to the ground. Luna, Celestia and all the others watch in awe as their friend was changed forever.

The two regal Alicorns soon stand side by side as the third lay upon the ground. But then, he slowly moves, Celestia and Luna let out soft gasps. Then the stallion rose to his hooves and groaned deeply. "Ugh my head."

"The pain is an unfortunate side effect to the transformation I am afraid. It will go away in time."

The dark blue Alicorn looked to his left and seen the two regal Alicorns. "I... know you, don't I? Yes, your Solaris and Evening Star, Celestia and Luna's mother and father."

The white mare took a step forward before she spoke. "That we are young Lunar. Long has it been since we have set hoof upon this world and just as long since last we saw you three. We watched the happening that took place upon this land and thought to act accordingly."

Tom looked over his shoulder to everypony who was standing there. Without thinking, Celestia stood up and charged at Lunar before diving at him and knocking him over. The princess softly wept into her lover's coat. It was then that Tom realized he had changed. He was no longer a human anymore, but a pony, more to the point, an Alicorn.

Tom looked up to the stallion and then the image flashed before his mind. He then put two and two together and realized that he had seen him before coming to Equestria.

"It was you, you brought me here." This made Celestia look to her father.

Evening Star smiled and nodded his head. "You are correct Lunar, I was the one whom brought you. It was a decision my wife and I concluded on when we foresaw the outcome of this war were you not to be here."

"We did not wish our daughters death nor their enslavement to a creature such as King Greaves. So my husband spoke with another to find you."

Tom, now Lunar nodded. "Another? What do you mean?"

The two Alicorns looked to each other before another spoke up.

"I can speak for myself." The two regal Alicorns looked behind them and smiled as another stepped up.

Tom looked upon the face of the mare he had spoken to all those nights ago. "Evening Star came to me to ask where you had gone. I was hesitant at first but knowing them they would not resort to such measure unless they had reason and I also wanted to look upon your face once more my son."

"I suppose I should be mad but..." He looked to Celestia. "You gave me back the one thing I needed most in my life." He then looked up to the three. "So I guess it's a fair trade off."

Both Alicorns smile and Gaia nuzzled Lunar's cheek as Evening Star spoke. "Now that the land is safe once more we must depart. Take care of our daughters Lunar for we will be watching and expecting great things from you." The two Alicorns form balls of light and rocket back into the heavens.

"I too will be keeping an eye on you my beloved son. Make your father proud." She nuzzled him once more before turning and walking off, only to fade into nothingness.

Seeing their king dead, many of the gryphons dropped their weapons, others took flight in order to escape the princesses wrath.

Everypony else remained frozen to the events that had just happened. When the shock finally wore off all that was heard was loud cheering, The war was over and they had won. Equestria was safe once more.

Months had passed since that time. Homes were rebuilt and treaties were made anew. So much work had taken place that during it all no one had noticed the change in their princess's appearance. Some thought she might have gained weight with all that she was eating. But during the times when she rose the sun, she would ask Lunar for help because she would become ill.

Having lived among humans, Lunar knew what that could only signify. Celestia was pregnant.

One evening while the two were within Celestia's bedchambers, Lunar confronted her. "Tia? I have been noticing that you have been sick in the mornings as of late. At first I thought you might have come down with something seeing as we have been running ragged with all the reconstruction projects and what not. But the more I think on it the more I come to realize, you are with a foal... aren't you?"

The princess of the sun smiled and nodded her head. "Indeed I am Lunar. I had started to notice things while I was captive. It seemed as though my thoughts on your magic changing your genetic structure to match our own was correct."

"So... that night, after the gala... you became pregnant? Because of me?" The stallion shook slightly. In all his years he had wanted a family of his own but while he was human it was not something he was able to get. Now however everything he had longed for seemed to fall into place. "If this is some kind of dream, I wish never to wake from it."

Celestia nuzzled under his chin. "I assure you my love this is no dream. You are here with me, as you should be and in time we shall have a little one of our own."