Hi,

quick note, saw they finally put a section for this and had to put my beginning of this story. Hope you like if you dont...dont read it :)

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Chp 1

Story and Horses

The stars, are natures nightlights. Bringing a little bit of light in the darkest of times, and even though they seem to disappear they are always there. Billions upon billions of stars, for billions and billions of wishes, for everyone to have and to wish whatever they wanted to wish.

"Did I ever tell you what papa told me about the moon and the sun" La-Lune said as she turned her head and looked at her little sister, whose deep forest eyes followed her grey ones back to the night sky.

"Lala tell me" Francesca said as she turned and curled into her sisters' side and looked back up at the sky.

"well the moon and sun, are similar but were cursed, by the darkness to never meet" La-Lune said "but they were in love, the moon with all her beauty, her ability to give the sun reason to rise every day. The sun with his strong powerful arms that warmed everyone below him, he longed to push back the darkness so his love could join him"

"what happened next" Francesca said with excitement

"well, the darkness wanting to cause pain for the sun and the moon placed a curse so they could never occupy the same space in time, so each morning the sun would rise sad, and sleep alone as the moon rose into the sky, they always missed each other by mere seconds. At night the moon would stare out into the darkness wishing to be able to send a message to the sun to tell him how much she still loved him, so she left a little of her light for the moon to find. The next morning the sun found it and left a little of his which no one could see because of his strength. But the moon always found it when she awoke for the night. This went on for many centuries till the darkness saw the night which it loved was no longer filled with just the moon, but shining specs that would last, no matter if the sun or moon was in the sky." La-Lune said as she moved some of her sister's hair "it then realized that he wouldn't be able to keep them apart, so it removed it's curse partially, so now the moon could be with the sun in the day and once a month with him at night. So the only light was their messages."

"the stars" Francesca said "but what about when the sun goes black"

"that is rarely when the sun gets to stay with the moon at night" La-Lune said

"did papa tell you that story before he left" Francesca said

"yes Fran he did" La-Lune said "now let's go inside before mother finds out we are out late again"

"I don't want to" Francesca said and La-Lune laughed at they both got up and walked back to their small house. "you're going to leave tomorrow to go find Planchet"

"yes" La-Lune said as they both headed back to their small house "someone has to go and make sure he doesn't get in trouble, as badly and make sure he hasn't gotten in too much trouble being in Paris"

"true" Francesca giggled as they walked into the house where their mother was cooking dinner "hi momma" she ran over and hugged their mother.

"hello my darlings" she said and turned to La-Lune "you all packed for tomorrow?"

"yes" La-Lune said as they sat down at the table to eat " I am going to meet him in the morning"

"River is all set for you to ride" their mother said

"are you sure you want me to take River mother, she is the youngest horse" La-Lune said "you might need her"

"no it's alright, she is more attached to you" she smiled "she would follow you anyways"

River was a red painted horse with blue eyes, she was red and sand color with white. Her father found River while he was out and brought the young filly home that had a bad shoulder injury which left a scar on River's skin.

"after dinner you need your rest to make sure your little brother hasn't gotten himself into any trouble" she said

"yes mother" La-Lune said with a smile and shook her head.

The next morning La-Lune was off before the sun rose on her way to Paris. A few hours later she stopped at a small tavern at one of the smaller villages outside of Paris. She tied her horse and walked inside for a drink while her hood was still up covering her face.

"what can I get you sir" the bar tender asked her

"something strong" La-Lune said and the bartender took a double take and saw it was a women underneath because her long golden hair stuck out of the hood.

"my apologizes madam" he said quickly

"oh it's quite alright sir no need to worry" La-Lune said with a slight chuckle as the bartender went and poured her a drink

"it's on the house" the bartender said with a smile and a nod as La-Lune swallowed the liquid and felt it warm all the way down.

Some commotion outside brought her gaze to the doors where she exited and saw a group of men surrounding a young man with a sword about to strike him in the eye but a women in the carriage stopped them, so they walked away and La-Lune walked over to the boy and held her hand out

"let me help you up" she said and he took her hand and she pulled him up "that was something"

"he will pay" the boy said and looked at La-Lune "I am D'Artagnan"

"La-Lune" she said with a smile "did you have fun in the dirt my dear?"

"always" D'Artagnan said "he insulted my horse Buttercup"

"really now" La-Lune said "I can see why you threaten him with a duel"

"are you mocking me" D'Artagnan said

"no" La-Lune said "why would I? Buttercup is a wonderful name for your horse it suits her"

"thanks" he said "are you heading to Paris?"

"yes to find my little brother, my mother is worried because he hasn't written any letters in some time" La-Lune said

"I am sorry to hear that La-Lune" D'Artagnan said

"it's alright" La-Lune said "he probably got himself into some kind of trouble which is very common" she let out a small laugh "so what brings you to heading to Paris?"

"I am going to be a Musketeer" D'Artagnan said as he showed her his sword "my father gave me this sword it belonged to a Musketeer"

"it's very beautiful" La-Lune said as she looked at the sword "keep it close to you D'Artagnan some people would try and find themselves the new master of that sword"

"I know, my father taught me everything that he knows" D'Artagnan said with a proud smile "how about while I get ready to be a Musketeer I will help you find your younger brother"

"it sounds like a deal to me" La-Lune said as they both mounted their horses and went the rest of the way to Paris.