MLP: Prelude pt 6
#6 of MLP: Prelude
"We could get into a lot of trouble big brother." Luna said as her and Lunar snuck into the bathroom with some pink mane dye.
"Come on Luna, don't you want to get back at Tia for turning you into a Pretty Pink Princess Pony."? The little princess grimaced at the name. It was what her elder sister called her after she had gotten out of the bath one day and screamed as she saw herself in the mirror. Her entire body from the tip of her horn to the tip of her tail was all covered in pink dye. Celestia was the one behind the prank and when her parents found out, needless to say they were not very happy with her. But they could not hold back their own laughter either.
"So how much do we put in?"
Lunar squirted nearly half the dye into Celetia's shampoo bottle before closing the cap. "There, that should do it now when she comes in to wash her mane, won't she be in for a surprise."
"Are you sure she will today?" Lunar nodded.
"If there is one thing I have learned it's that Tia can be a bit predictable. At least when it comes to taking care of her mane anyway. Now come on lets go and wait for the fun to start."
"Are you sure that's what you want to do?" Solaris looked to her husband as he looked up to a stained glass window.
"Yes. I believe it to be the best course of action, not only for our daughters but for the rest of Equestria. You know as well as I that even if we were to send him away, Celestia would be sure to follow him, perhaps even Luna as well." The stallion and mare both stood within a large hall. Each window was adorned with a stained glass mural of epic deeds long past.
"But to name him a prince, would that not create unrest among the nobility? I mean they are just a bunch of squabbling unicorns looking for status but still, they do hold a lot of sway."
"Then what would you have me do Sol? Have him remain in the castle where he can be manipulated by any pony looking for position?" The mare shook her head to her husband's questions.
"No I am not saying that. I am saying why don't we have him enlist in the guard, least that way when his training is over with he can not be tainted. Then maybe that would be the best time to proclaim him one of our successors, along with Tia and Luna."
Evening Star sighed deeply. "Gaia left him for a reason. I do not know yet what that reason is but I do know that it was hardest thing she had ever done. Lunar is the only evidence the Azure Sky even existed and I don't think she would have given him up lightly."
Solaris leaned against her stallion and rubbed her head gently under his chin, making sure not to poke him with her horns. "My love, we do not need to know that reason now. Lunar is a fine colt, and with the help that the guard and you provide, I believe he will one day become a strong leader."
"So Chianna told you then did she? About how Lunar can can generate stars, even manipulate them."
The mare giggled softly as she lightly ran her tongue under her husband's lower jaw. "There are many things she has told me my love. But yes, she has told me of Lunar's abilities. I think it would be best if you taught him how to control such power, well let me restate that, Lunar and Luna."
"She has started to show signs?" The mare nodded. "Children of the two most powerful houses in Eden, why am I not surprised?"
"Only problem my dear is that we are not in Eden anymore. I have already been showing Tia how to use her powers. Once Lunar and Luna take hold of theirs, it will only be a matter of time."
Evening's ear dropped at the thought of what they would have to do. "Would it be so hard to remain upon the world? To watch our daughters live and grow into the kind of ponies we hoped they would one day become?"
"It is unavoidable Evening. My parents maintained the sun since before I was born, and your's the moon and stars. When our daughters become strong enough we will have to tell them the truth. We are that which we control and that when the time comes, we will have to return from whence we came. We will not be gone, not in the truest sense. We will still be around to guide them and protect them but they will need to learn to fend for themselves. I know it might seem like we would be abandoning them but we won't." Solaris then leaned up and softly pressed her lips to that of her mate, kissing his deeply as only she could.
Their private moment was broken by the loud scream of their eldest daughter. The two regal ponies were about to gallop to her side before they heard her shout out. "Lunar! Luna! Just you two wait till I get my hooves on you!" Both just smiled and shook their heads.
Lunar and Luna ran through the halls of the castle with a rather angry white filly with a now pink mare in hot pursuit. "Come on Luna before she catches us."
"I'm coming big brother."
Both Lunar and Luna ducked and weaved passed guards and servants alike before Lunar ends up slamming into Autumn. She was carrying a tray of glasses within her magic before being bowled over by the running colt and tossing the glasses into the air. They all hit the ground with a resounding crash. "Lunar are you ok?"
The colt groaned and shook his head to remove any disorientation. His eyes shot open as he looked behind him and seen Celestia gaining ground on them. "Oh geez, come on Luna. Sorry about the glasses Autumn but we got to go." The colt got to his hooves and took off back down the hall with Luna on his hooves.
"Lunar get back here! Hi Autumn." Celestia said as she bounded over the recovering unicorn and followed after Lunar and her sister. Lunar and Luna turned the corner and at the end of the short corridor was a set of open doors leading to a balcony.
"There is our exit Luna."
"But I can't fly good yet."
Lunar chuckled. "That's ok Luna, you hop onto my back."
"O-ok" The little filly was a bit hesitant but she knew that Lunar would not do anything to hurt her so she trusted him. Sure enough however, Celestia rounded the corner and seen just where the two were headed.
"I honestly don't know why you are so mad Tia, pink suits you." Lunar laughed as he stopped on the balcony and allowed Luna to climb up onto his back. She firmly wrapped her hooves around his frame before Lunar opened his wings.
"Lunar, don't you dare!"
With a smirk on his face and a quick wink He beat his wings, slowly becoming airborne. "Why Tia whatever do you mean." Laughter ecohed into the air from both Lunar and Luna. The filly turned her head and waved to her elder sister.
"Bye big sister!"
Celestia stamped her hooves into the stonework of the balcony. She knew that she would not be able to catch them now. Ever since Lunar learned to fly, he was always the faster one between them.
"GET BACK HERE!"
Lunar and Luna both laughed as the colt flew threw the warm air. "Did you see her mane and tail? Oh it was so funny." Luna nuzzled into the back of Lunar's neck as she held onto him. "Thanks big brother."
Lunar looked back as he gently drifted in the breeze. "Hey it was the least I could do. She practically turning you into cotton candy. Tia always prized her multi-colored mane and tail so she deserved it. Though I suppose we are going to get an earful from your mom and dad when we get back but it was totally worth it."
Luna was the first to look at their surroundings. The trees and plants, everything then that they were used to. The tree were all gnarled and twisted, the plants...just didn't see m right. "Big brother, where are we?"
"I don't know. I've never seen stuff like this before maybe we are near the mountain. Colts and fillies in the village used to tell stories about the forest near the mountain. Some say it's haunted, others think it's a monster that live here."
Luna began to shudder upon Lunar's back. "I want to go home big brother, let's go home."
"In a minute Luna I want to check this place out." Lunar took only a few steps before the bushes started to rustle and the sound of growling and odd noises echo through the trees. Lunar looked about them in a frantic state. "Maybe you're right, lets go." The colt turned and ran off at full speed, Luna clung tightly to his back. Once the colt had a big enough of a clearing, he took to the air. Both Lunar and Luna gave a sigh of relief.
"That was scary Lunar." Lunar nodded in agreement to her.
"I'm sorry Luna, I didn't mean to scare you like that. Just someplace new and I guess I got curious." It did not take the colt long before the castle was in sight. The balcony the two took off from coming into view. Luna rested her head upon the back of Lunar's neck and close her eyes slowly. He smiled to her as he flapped his wings fast to slow his descent before touching down upon the balcony.
"Luna, we're home." The little filly hopped off the colt's back and trotted off. Lunar however turned back and looked up to the sky. The white puffy clouds hung lazily in the blue air.He then turned and headed off after Luna.
"You did what?!" Solaris was furious at what she had just been told by both Lunar and Luna.
"I didn't even know that's where we were at first."
"That is no excuse Lunar. You knew better then to enter the forest at the foot of the mountain. What if Luna were hurt or worse? It would have been your fault because you took her to a place that Evening and I forbade the three of you to go because of the dangers. I can't believe you would even think to explore those trees."
Lunar sat in the middle of the throne room, his head was hung so is not to look at the scolding mare. Solaris for her part paced back and forth before the colt, she was rather mad that Lunar would have taken her daughter to such a dangerous place but more then not she was worried for them both. Lunar had been living in the castle for going on five years now and both she and her husband had grown quite close to the young colt.
Luna was sitting in front of Lunar and before her mother took her place beside her. Lunar then clutched her mother's hoof. She was not trying to put Lunar on the spot, quite the opposite. She didn't want Lunar to be scolding like he was. "For the remainder of the day I want you to go to your room and stay there till dinner." Solaris turned and was headed back to the throne when her ear twitched and she turned her head to the colt still sitting there.
"Excuse me?"
Lunar threw his head up and looked directly into the mare's eyes. Tears streaming down his face. "You're not my mother!" He then turned and took off, busting through the the throne room doors and taking off into the sky and left Solaris and the softly crying Luna alone.
Lunar sat by the grave of his parents. "Why did this have to happen? Why did you have to go?" He hung his head and grit his teeth. He squeezed his eyes tight, trying to stop the tears from coming but it never worked. The colt just sat there as a sound of feathers and hooves landed behind him.
"I thought I would have found you here."
Lunar looked over his shoulder to the stallion behind him. "Hello you highness." He then turned his head back to the gravestones. Evening Star smiled softly before sitting behind the colt and draping his wings over him.
"I thought after so long a time Lunar would have learned that you don't need to address Solaris and myself by our titles. You know Lunar, Solaris was not trying to take the place of your mother, nor I to take your father's place. But like our daughters, we only want to keep you from harm's way."
"But what if I don't need your protection? Luna was safe with me. I am a big pony after all and I can take care of myself and Celestia and Luna if need be." Evening shook his head as he sat with colt before him. Autumn Breeze, Lunar's caretaker had also been looking for the colt as well after she heard that he had disappeared. She trotted up the hill within the cemetery and seen that the stallion had found him first and stood there waiting.
"I will speak with Solaris and see if I can't remove the punishment she gave you. But you however have will have to apologize to her for the way you acted." Lunar nodded. Evening then got up and and turned to see both Solaris and Autumn standing at the bottom of the hill. Walking over to the two ponies he nodded to Solaris as she slowly walked over to the colt.
"Lunar? Forgive me, I may have over-reacted."
The colt shook his head. "No I was the one whom over-reacted. I should not have said what I did and it was wrong. It's true you aren't my mother but you were only looking out for Luna and I. I know I should not have gone to the mountain but I wanted to see what it was like. The colts and fillies always spoke of it and I just wanted to see it for myself."
"Well let's agree to forgive each other and move on with the day alright? As for Celestia's new mane and tail color..." Solaris smiled. "I think it looks good on her."