Prolog
Harry Potter, a young and innocent boy, was not like the other boys in his neighborhood. Nor was he like his oversized Cousin. Harry had a gift, the gift of Magic. But he wasn't the only one, oh no. The world was filled with wizards and witches, but they hid themselves form those who couldn't use magic as they could. True there were a few exceptions to the rule. People born to non-magical families with the gift, sadly this was not the case for little Harry Potter. Harry was an Orphan, his mother and father had died two years before, leaving him all alone. Even if he did live with his mothers sister and her atrocious husband. They were not really family. Petunia Dursley nee' Evans was a spiteful and vindictive woman whom had always been jealous of her sister who possessed magic where she had none. This jealousy translated over to all those who had the gift. She called them freaks, abnormal, or monsters. This, unfortunately, included little three year old Harry Potter. Whenever something strange happened he was always blamed. Tonight was the worst yet.
His cousin had thrown a tantrum when his Parents would not give him cake until he had finished his meal. So he threw a wad of gooey mashed potatoes into the back of his mothers head. Yet was he reprimanded? Did the obviously spoiled child get sent to bed without dessert as punishment. No, Harry was blamed, Harry was unceremoniously picked up from the table dragged screaming to the cupboard under the stairs and tossed inside, his pleas, whimpers, and sobs ignored. The cupboard was his his room. His Aunt and uncle would never waist any 'useful' space on him. And so here he sat, cradling his injured arm and wishing he was with his Mommy and Daddy. Little did he know that the events of that evening did not go unnoticed.
In the realm of death two Woman stood and watched the events unfold.
"How could they do this to him?" asked Lily Potter Nee Evans, Harry's Mother.
"This is unacceptable!" said the other. She wore a long white robe fastened with a rope made of pure moonlight. On her left shoulder her robe was fastened with a silver and gold pin depicting a Triple Crescent. This was the Goddess Hecate Goddess of Pathways and Mother of all magic.
"Those Fools, Did they learn absolutely nothing from there experience with Tom! If this kind of childhood doesn't break him then it will turn him!." The Goddess ranted.
The magical world was in chaos and so she thought to restore balance by imbuing a child with part of her essence, that child was Harry, so he was as much hers as Lily's. She had thought that everything would work out perfectly when Chaos himself came forward and did the same.
Chaos was the eldest of the Gods, and by far the most powerful. He understood that for life to exist, there had to be balance. A little chaos here and there was fine. But the magical world was pushing the envelope too Lily and James died, Hecate had thought the magical world she had created would send the boy who was 'Prophosized' to save them to a loving and nurturing home. Instead they sent him there and all but forgot about him. Chaos had sensed the disturbance first and alerted Hecate. Since it was the magical world's fault it was her job to deal with it. If Chaos tried, he'd end up destroying the Planet.
"What are we going to do?" Lily asked worried about her Son.
"Well, if nothing else this proves that this generation is beyond saving at this point. Their all too old to change there way's and I will not let them corrupt the next generation with their bigotry and propaganda. No, all that's left to do is start over."
"Start over?"
"Indeed, first I'll remove the children to one of my more secure realms...perhaps Atlantis, then I'll remove those that remains magic. Let them flounder without it for a few centuries before I send the children back, fully trained and ready to start anew."
"But, won't that cause more chaos?" Lily asked.
"Yes, but it is chaos they can handle themselves. The magic they wield is what makes this chaos so dangerous. Without it...it's just allot of paper work."
"I see..."
"The real problem is Harry."
"What do you mean?"
"Because of who Harry is connected to, namely myself and HIM. He can't exist in one of my realms. He has to exist somewhere where time flows normally." Hecate explained waving her hand at the screen and a lot of different images popped up.
In one image it showed a pink haired boy fighting a black haired boy who was half Naked. Another showed a group of little people with big feet walking around tending fields and seemingly living in peace. Another image showed a young man working in what appeared to be a fast-food restaurant.
There were a great many, some of them seemed outrageous while others seemed tame.
"What are these?" Lily asked stunned as she watched an image of a child with a tail fight an old man in what looked to be some kind of Martial arts tournament. The boy seemed familiar somehow.
"These are the many different realms within the Twelve Realities." Hecate explained smiling at the image.
"Twelve?"
"There are Twelve Realities in all. Each one filled with an endless stream of possibilities. Different time streams, and dimensions. It's very complicated, though I must say I'm happy to see James doing so well."
"What?" Lily asked confused. James had opted for reincarnation, so she had no idea what had happened to him.
"The boy with the tail, that's James." Hecate said with a chuckle.
"Oh, well I see he's retained that endless amount of energy of his." Lily said sounding exhausted.
Hecate just chuckled a bit more, before she summoned an image to her. "Ah, now this would be perfect, it's from the third reality, and one of Chaos's other sons already lives there.
Lily looked over to see an image filled with... "Are those Horses?"
"Ponies, actually. It's quite peaceful there, and Harry would be more than welcomed. On the rare occasion something dose happen, it's usually nothing too drastic."
snapping her fingers harry disappeared from his image as a tiny silver pony with a black and green mane appeared in the pony image. At the same time a tiny crystal appeared in front of Hecate. "No reason he should have to suffer from the memories of the abuse. " Hecate explained to Lily "This will also help him cope a little better with the change in form. It's out of our hands now, Chaos will guide some one to him who will give him the life he deserves " Hecate explained waving the images away she had allot of work to do.
Twilight Velvet ran back through the library, how had she forgotten her purse? That was so unlike her, normally she was so well put together and organized. She was just about to open her office door when she heard the sound of crying. Instantly her mother instinct kicked in and she followed the sound down the hall and around the corner to discover a tiny silver unicorn colt with a black and green mane.
"Hi there Sweetie, Whats your name?" she asked kneeling in front of the little guy.
But he could only sniffle and shake his head.
She noticed he had a few bruises on him, including a strange scar in the middle of his for-head.
"Where are you're parents? "she tried again. This only resulted in more crying so she pulled him in and rocked him. Eventually he cried himself to sleep.
Well, I can't very well leave him here. I'll just have to take him home with me and we can figure the rest out in the morning.
Twilight Velvet turned to head back to her office to get her purse only to see it lying beside her.
Chaos had found his youngest Son a new home.
(Prolog end)
Chapter 1
"Come on Spike! We're gonna be late if you don't hurry!" called out a Unicorn Stallion with a silver coat and a black mane that had a single green stripe in it. His Cutie mark was a strange symbol of circle inside a triangle with a vertical line dissecting the two.
"I'm coming, I'm coming, Sheesh!" called a little purple dragon as he ran down the stairs.
"I still think we should have invited Twilight, Dusk." Spike said as he was Levitated onto Dusk's back.
"Spike, I love my Sister, but we're more likely to see her plow us down than go to a Party." No sooner than the words had left his mouth than did just that happen.
"Spike! Spi-ike! Spike? Oh Dusk, have you seen spike?" Asked the Purple Unicorn.
"You know, one of these days I have got to learn to keep my big mouth shut." Dusk said as he rolled off the aforementioned dragon.
"There you are. Quick, find me that old copy of Predictions and Prophecies. What's that for?" she asked gesturing to the present that was skewered on his tail.
"Well, it was a gift for Moondancer, but..."
"Oh Spike, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing."
"But we-" Spike started but was cut off by Dusk
"Just let it go, you know how she is."
Spike sighed and went to get the requested book while Twilight was making a mess out of the shelves...as usual.
"No, no, no... no, no, no! Grrrrrr Spike!" She yelled sending her books all over the place.
" It's over here!" Spike called from the top of a ladder, holding up the book for her to see. But before he could start to climb down Twilight summoned the book, with him still holding it. Luckily Dusk caught Spik with his magic before he hit the ground.
"Thanks Dusk." Spike said as he was lowered to the ground but dusk wasn't listening as he turned on his Sister.
"Elements, Elements, E, E, E... Aha!"
"Twilight"
"Not now Dusk."
"No, right now! You almost just hurt Spike! You'd better have a good reason for going book crazy like this." he said in his most serious voice.
"No I didn't,"
"You summoned him from the top of a ladder!"
"I summoned the book."
"That. He. Was. Holding!" he countered.
Twilight blinked before she realized he was right and looked remorsefully at Spike.
"I'm sorry Spike, I got too excited..."
"Eh, it's OK, we Dragons are made of pretty tough stuff." Spike replied as he began picking up the books She had removed.
Dusk Rolled his eyes as he went to help the dragon
"Now where was I, Elements of Harmony, see: Mare in the Moon?"
" Mare in the Moon?" spike asked as he climbed up another ladder
"That's just an old Ponies Tale." Dusk answered as he levitated a large number of the books back to there places.
Twilight went up he stairs and looking in a different book "Mare, mare... aha! The Mare in the Moon, myth from olden pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria, defeated by the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about nighttime eternal! Guys! Do you know what this means?"
"That you spend too much time in here?" Dusk asked as he helped spike down to the ground ignoring his Sisters glare.
"Spike, Take a note please, to the Princess." Twilight said turning away from her little Brother
"Okie dokie"
"My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster!"
"Hold on. Preci... preci..."
"Threshold"
"Threh..."
"Uh, Brink?"
that just earned her a blank look that pushed her over the edge. "Dusk!"
"That something really bad is about to happen, Spike." Dusk offered in a placating manner.
"Thank you, For you see, the mythical Mare in the Moon is in fact Nightmare Moon, and she's about to return to Equestria, and bring with her eternal night! Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."
"Twi-light Spar-kle got it!" Spike said with a smile.
"Great, send it!"
"Now?" both Dusk and spike asked.
"Of course!"
"Uh, I dunno, Twilight, Princess Celestia's a little busy getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration. And it's like, the day after tomorrow." Spike said trying to talk Her out of it.
"That's just it, Spike. The day after tomorrow is the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration! It's imperative that the Princess is told right away!" she explained.
"Impere...Impera..." Spike said while trying to spell the word. This of course led to snickers from Dusk and a blank look from Twilight before she burst.
"Important!" she hollered knocking both of them over.
"OK OK, " spike said before breathing fire onto the parchment sending it to the Princess.
"I wouldn't hold you're breath Sis." Dusk said trusting the Princess to recognize Twilight's behavior.
"Oh, I'm not worried Dusk. The Princess trusts me completely. In all the years she's been my mentor she's never once doubted me." Twilight said sounding confident.
Spike and Dusk shared a knowing glance before spike belched up a letter from the Princess.
"See? I knew She'd want to take immediate action."
Spike cleared his throat before e started reading "My dearest, most faithful student Twilight. You know that I value your diligence and that I trust you completely."
"See?" she said smugly
"...but you simply must stop reading those dusty old books!"
at that Twilight gasped in astonishment and froze in place.
Dusk read the letter quickly then checked on Twilight before turning to spike.
"Come on, we have ten minuets tops before she snaps out of this." he said as he levitated her out the door and spike grabbed her saddlebags. Thankfully there was already a chariot waiting for them when they got there.
"Hey Guy's." Dusk greeted the pegassai.
"Hi"
"Hey Dusk, Princess Celestia said you needed a lift to Ponyville."
"You Got it Windlash." he said as he got in the Chariot. Thankfully they were well in the air when Twilight went from stunned frozen to dejected.
"Now?" spike asked looking at Dusk and pulling out the letter.
"Now."
"My dear Twilight, there is more to a young pony's life than studying, so I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year's location: Ponyville. And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends!"
Twilight groaned and buried her head in her hooves.
"Look on the bright side, Sis. The Princess arranged for you to stay in a library. Doesn't that make you happy?" Dusk said as he and spike tried to get her to lighten up.
"Yes, yes it does. You know why? Because I'm right! I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then get to the library to find some proof of Nightmare Moon's return."
Spike looked like he wanted to contradict this, but Dusk gave him a look to remind him that trying to talk Twilight out of it would be pointless. The rest of the trip was spent in relative silence until they landed.
"Hey thanks guys!" Dusk said to the two Guards who had pulled their chariot.
"OK, so whats first?" Twilight asked looking to spike.
"Summer Sun Celebration official overseer's checklist. Number one, banquet preparations: Sweet Apple Acres." Spike read from the list included with the letter.
"OK...don't suppose there was a map included in that, was there?" Dusk asked, to which the little dragon shook his head no. "I thought not, better go and ask directions."
"You? Ask directions?" Twilight said with a cheeky smile.
"Twilight, I'm not that stubborn, who do I look like, Shining Armor?" he said as he turned and approached a pink pony "Excuse me, but my Sister and I are new in town and-" but Dusk didn't get to finish as the pony, lept into the air with a Gasp then sped off.
"Well, that was interesting.," Twilight said
Thankfully the second try didn't yield the same results as the first and they found their way towards Sweet Apple Acres. When they got there they saw a pony running and bucking against apple trees making the apples fall into bucket bellow. Dusk had to admit, even though he usually batted for the other team, he could appreciate and attractive Filly when he saw one.
"Well, lets get this over with." Twilight said leading the way "Excuse me, Good afternoon. My name is Twilight Sparkle-"
"Well, howdy-doo, Miss Twilight, a pleasure makin' your acquaintance. I'm Applejack. We here at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like making new friends!" said the farm pony shaking her hand vigorously.
"Friends? Actually, I-"
"And who's this with ya?"
"My name is Dusk Blazer, Twilight's Brother and occasional conscience. And her assistant Spike." he said shaking her hoof but being careful to control his leg so as not to be over whelmed by her earth pony strength.
"Nice to meet ya, So, what can I do ya for?"
Twilight looked a little turned about for a moment, which caused spike and Dusk to snicker.
Shaking her self off and sending a half-hearted glare at the two she answered Apple Jack.
"Yes... Well, I am in fact here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And you're in charge of the food?" Twilight said just trying to clarify.
"We sure as sugar are! Would you care to sample some?" AJ asked, this earned stomach growls from all three.
"As long as it doesn't take too long..." Twilight Conceded with a slight blush.
No sooner had she said that than did AJ turn and start ringing a Triangle behind her.
"SOUPS ON EVERYPONY!" she called out then pulled the three of them over to a table and sat them down. "Now, why don't I introduce y'all to the Apple family?"
Twilight tried to shoot down the idea, but was soon silenced when several pieces of apple confections were shoved in her mouth. She silently sent a glare at her brother who was perusing the many different snacks.
Suddenly after a long list of names, she took a deep breath "Big McIntosh, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith." when she saw that Granny smith was still sleeping she scowled slightly. "Up'n'attem, Granny Smith, we got guests."
Once the elder pony was up, AJ rounded on the three of them. "I'd say you're already part of the family!" she said with a big smile.
"With colts this hot,. I wouldn't mind very much," Dusk mumbled, but Spike heard him and almost choked on his apple fritter laughing. While Twilight spit out hers and laughed nervously.
"Okay, well, I can see the food situation is handled, so we'll be on our way." Twilight said, trying to get them out of there.
"Aren't you gonna stay for brunch?" said the little one. Dusk thought her name was Apple bloom, as she gave the saddest but cutest face possible.
"Oh, she's good." Dusk whispered.
"Sorry, but we have an awful lot to do..." suddenly the whole apple family sighed sadly and Twilight caved.
"Spike, is it just me or did they just play my Sister like fiddle?" Dusk whispered to the dragon next to him, Spike just nodded as he took another piece of apple pie.
Twilight groaned as they made their way back through town. "Ugh... I ate too much pie..."
"no one said you had to eat everything." Dusk said as he pulled an apple cupcake from his bag.
"Well, you could have mentioned that you had an expansion charm on your bag." Twilight countered.
"Coulda, woulda, shoulda," he said as he ate his cupcake.
"Hmm, there's supposed to be a Pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds." spike said looking up and seeing all the clouds in the sky.
Twilight did the same "Well, she's not doing a very good job, is she?" she said before she was tackled into a mud puddle by a rainbow blur.
"And that Spike, is a perfect example of Karma." Dusk said with a smirk.
"oops," said the blue Pegasus with a rainbow main with a sheepish laugh. "um here let me help you," she then grabbed one of the clouds and began jumping on it to make it rain. This just made Twilight even more wet and cold.
"Oh, um oops, how about this?" she said and then flew in a circle around twilight so fast you could only see a blur "My very own patented Rain-Blow Dry! No no. Don't thank me. You're quite welcome." she said with a bow. But when she heard the snickers behind her she looked up to see the had given Twilight an afro. Clearly unable to hold it in anymore the Pegasus fell the ground laughing, which led the other two to follow.
"Let me guess. You're Rainbow Dash."Twilight said
"The one and only. Why, you heard of me?"
"I heard you were supposed to be keeping the sky clear." Twilight sighed before she continued. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, and the Princess sent me to check on the weather." Twilight introduced herself as Rainbow Dash flew up and laid out on a cloud.
"Yeah, yeah, that'll be a snap. I'll do it in a jiffy. Just as soon as I'm done practicing." she waved off as though it wasn't worth her time.
Twilight and Dusk shared a look. "Practicing for what?"
"The Wonderbolts! They're gonna perform at the Celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!"
Twilight got an idea and gestured for Dusk to follow her lead. "The Wonderbolts?"
"Yep!"
"The most talented Fliers is all of Equestria?" Dusk picked up seeing where she was going
"That's Them!" She said with a smile
"Pfft! Please. They'd never accept a Pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day." Twilight finished.
"Hey, I could clear this sky in Ten. Seconds. Flat."
"Prove it." Twilight goaded her.
Sure enough the next ten seconds saw Rainbow Dash as a blur as she sped around the sky removing clouds. Until the whole sky was clear. Dusk made a mental note to mention her to Spitfire the next time he saw her.
"Next on the list is the Decorations." Spike said as the entered the town hall where the ceremony was to be held. The little purple dragon looked up and his demeanor changed. "Beautiful." he said dreamily
"Yes, the decor is coming along nicely. This ought'a be quick. I'll be at the library in no time. Beautiful indeed."
"Not the decor, her!" spike said pointing to a white Unicorn at the end of the hall going through ribbons.
"Aww, little spiky has a crush!" said Dusk in a baby voice that made spike try to slap him.
"I do not!"
"Boys..." Twilight said rolling her eyes. As she led them up to the pony.
"No, no, no, oh! Goodness no." said the pony.
"How are my spine are they straight?" spike fretted.
While Dusk was attempting to get the little dragon to calm down twilight made her way over.
"Good afternoon-"
"Just a moment, please! I'm 'in the zone', as it were. Oh, yes! Sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Oh Rarity you are a talent." she answered as she selected a sparkling red ribbon.
As soon as she had said that a chill ran up Dusk's spine and he could have sworn he heard countless voices screaming "Foreshadowing!".
"Now, um, how can I help yo-what!" she exclaimed as she saw Twilight's mane. "Oh my stars, darling! Whatever happened to your coiffure?!" she said starring at the goofy hair.
"Oh, you mean my mane? Well, it's a long story. I'm just here to check on the decorations, and then I'll be out of your hair!"
"My hair? What about you're hair?" she asked as she began pushing twilight out the door ignoring her protests. Dusk fallowed laughing all the way with a love struck dragon on his back.
Rarity led them to what Dusk assumed was her shop, called the Carousel Boutique. While his Sister was getting her makeover he was busy browsing. Allot of the dresses were high end fashion, and he could see allot of his friends back home wearing them.
"Canterlot!?" he heard Rarity suddenly exclaim, so he turned to see his sister in an outfit with Emeralds on the front...not his first choice for her, but hey.
"Oh, I am so envious! The glamor, the sophistication! I have always dreamed of living there! I can't wait to hear all about it! We are gonna be the best of friends, you and I..." she stopped as the examined the outfit. "Emeralds, what was I thinking? Let me get you some Rubies." she said walking out of the room.
"Quick! Before she decides to dye my coat a different color!" Twilight exclaimed running for the door.
"You guys go on, I'll catch up later." Dusk said as twilight made it out the door.
"Ah, now here we are Dar- where did she go?" Rarity asked as she came back inside.
"Don't take it personally, my sister isn't much of one for Fashion." Dusk explained.
"Oh, I see." Rarity said looking a little down.
"I have to ask. Have you ever thought of expanding into colt Fashion? Allot of you're work here looks like it would do well in Canterlot."
"Really she asked looking happy again.
"Most definitely, I'm in need of some new outfits, when I tell my friends about this place, I don't want to be the only one without a new one." he explained looking at a dress the thought would look perfect on Moon Dancer, as an apology for not making it to her party.
"Well, there aren't many boys around here who enjoy fashion, so I don't usually bother...but I suppose I could whip something up." she said looking him over.
The next couple hours were spent taking measurements and talking about how he liked to wear his clothes, on the occasions he actually wore them.
"Oh, it is so nice, to have some pony here who can appreciate Fashion!" Rarity said as she sorted through several different types of fabric.
"Allot of my friends back home are girls, and we go out allot. So, you might say I picked up the interest from them. Though mostly it's just shopping I enjoy."
"Still, you are unlike most of the Colts around here. You're almost more like one of the girls. No offense."
Dusk laughed. "I've heard that before. But to be honest, I just like to look good. And the fact that I find Colts more attractive then Fillies might have something to do with it." he added as an after thought.
"Well, I think you'll fit in just fine." Rarity said as she began laying fabric on a manikin.
"I was actually thinking about hanging around here for a while. Canterlot is great, but it's nice to go somewhere where you can just relax and not have to hold up pretenses."
"Did you have to do that much back home?" Rarity asked looking at him curiously.
"It depends. Certain crowds require a certain etiquette while others don't, but allot of ponies judge you regardless of where you are." he said shaking his head.
Just then there was a knock at the door.
"Oh, I wonder who that could be. Every pony should be getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration." Rarity said as she went to answer the door.
Dusk watched from the room they were in as Rarity opened the door to reveal the pink pony from earlier.
"Rarity, you have to come quick! it's an Emergency!"
"Pinkie? What ever is the matter?"
"We have two new ponies in town and they haven't had a party yet!"
Dusk decided this would be a good time to reveal himself. "a party? Is that why you ran off earlier?"
pinkie gasped "oh, poo now you've ruined the surprise." she said, though it didn't look like it really bothered her all that much.
later that night, while the party was still going on, dusk made his way towards the town hall. He knew his Sister was in a fowl mood due to the noise. So, he wanted to make sure everything went according to plan tonight. If he was lucky, maybe he could get a chance to speak with the Princess, she could always cheer up Twilight.
When he got inside he was happy to note that everything was set up, some of the food was still being put out, but they had time. He caught sight of the Princess and smiled, she was up on a landing overlooking the hall. He made his way up there just as some ponies were closing the Curtains.
"Princess!" he Greeted with a bow.
"Dusk Blazer, What a pleasant surprise. Where is you're Sister?"
"She is... becoming better acquainted with some of the ponies here in Ponyville, You're Highness." Dusk answered with a smirk, it was technically true.
"I see, I take it she is still, what was that term you once used to describe it? Spazing out?" She queried with a knowing grin.
"You could say that. I was hoping you might be able to help. She won't listen to either me or Spike. You know how she gets, she'll get so focused on something she forgets to pay attention to whats right in front of her."
"I think you will find You're Sister will become a bit more...open minded very soon." She answered.
Suddenly there was a quiet but Dark chuckle that seemed to emanate from all around them, then everything became dark. The Darkness only lasted a moment though before it was traded for startling bright light.
"What the Hay just happened?"Dusk asked looking around.
"It would seem that my Sister struck sooner than I had initially anticipated." The Princess answered from next to him making him jump.
"What?"
"I believe she views it as her own sense of justice. I trapped her on the moon, so she trapped me on the sun."
"Wait a second, You're Sister is Nightmare Moon? Twilight was right?" Dusk asked flabbergasted.
"Yes, though I wonder how it is you can be here." she said looking at Dusk carefully.
"What do you mean?" he asked nervously. Was there some cosmic law that said he couldn't be here?
"The Sun and the moon are Domains that, ordinarily, only Alicorns can reside in, normal ponies shouldn't be able to handle the sheer force of the magic here." Celestia explained.
Dusk thought about this for a moment. It was possible that the seal Nightmare Moon used was somehow protecting him from the force of the magic, but that seemed unlikely.
"It is a mystery that will have to wait." The Princess said taking a seat. "We can not investigate the matter here, All we can do now is wait for Twilight to find the Elements of Harmony. Only there power can break this seal."she said.
"so...we just wait?"
"Yes, but perhaps this will not be as boring as I had expected." she continued, making it clear she had been expecting something like this to happen. "Tell me Dusk, what are you're plans for the Future. You graduated the Academy a year early, you're scores being on par with Twilight's own, putting you at the top of the class. I confess I was surprised you did not join the Royal Guard as you said you wished to when you entered the Academy."
Dusk grimaced, that was a swore spot. "My application was...rejected by the Captain of the Guard..."he answered somewhat down.
"Shining Armor did that?"Celestia asked Shocked. Shining Armor almost never rejected an application, it begged the question of why he would choose to ignore his own Brothers desire to join.
"Forgive me You're Highness, but could we talk about something else...this is a rather depressing subject for me..."
"Of course, But I would like to say, that You're Brother never does anything without a reason Dusk. If he Rejected you're application, I'm sure there was a good one."
Dusk bit the inside of his cheek. He had, had a huge yelling match with his older Brother when he found out. Shining had claimed that he wasn't cut out for the Guard, and maybe he was right, but he still could have had some faith in him. It hurt that he didn't. Not that it was all that surprising. He Shining Armor hadn't gotten on since he was six and he had walked in on His brother and Princess Cadence. He hadn't told any pony about it, because they asked him not to. But that didn't stop Shining Armor from pushing him away, or at least that's what it felt like.
The next few hours were spent discussing different things, from politics, history, science, and magical development. They were just getting into a theory Dusk had about magical communication when they both felt the magic holding them release.
"You're Sister never Fails to make me proud of her." Celestia said standing up.
"She has the effect on all of us You're Highness." he said standing also as she enveloped them in magic to transport them home.
A few moments after leaving the sun Dusk was able to make out the sound of AJ's Voice in the distance.
"Gee, Twilight! I thought you were just spoutin' a lot of hooey, but I reckon we really do represent the elements of friendship."
Dusk noted that The Princess held a knowing smile, "Indeed you do." she said happily as they appeared in the hall of the ruined castle.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight said then she saw Dusk and ran forward to give him a hug. "DUSK! Don't you ever scare me like that again!" she said squeezing him for all that she was worth.
"Congratulations Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student. I knew you could do it." Princess Celestia said with a warm smile at the siblings.
"Princess, I don't understand, you told me it was all just an old ponies tale."
"Ah, no that was me actually, which reminds me I owe you an apology Dinner." Dusk interjected earning a chuckle From the Princess.
"I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her, but you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart."she explained. Then grew solemn as she walked over to a pile of broken Armor. "Now if only another will as well," that was when Dusk notice the little blue Alicorn Filly "Princess Luna." Celestia called making the little one Gasp in fright.
"It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this. Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together, little sister." she spoke softly to the little Filly
"Sister!?" all the others, save Dusk, said shocked. He wasn't sure why Twilight was. The legend said they were Sisters.
Once everything was cleared up they made their way back to Ponyville. Though Twilight looked somewhat sad. A fact that did not go unnoticed by Celestia.
"Why so glum, my faithful student? Are you not happy that your quest is complete and you can return to your studies in Canterlot?"
"That's just it. Just when I learned how wonderful it is to have friends, I have to leave them." Twilight answered.
"Hmmm, Spike take a letter please." she said waiting for the little dragon to pull out his parchment and quill. "I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new mission for Equestria. She must continue to study the magic of friendship. She must report to me her findings from her new home in Ponyville."
"Oh thank you, Princess Celestia! I'll study harder than ever before." Twilight said with earnest.
"I think you should stay as well Dusk." Celstia said to him quietly.
"Princess?"
"We still do not know how it is you could survive on the sun. for the time being, I want you too reamin here under the pretense of Cataloging the Library in the old Castle. This will give you chance to research there whilst my Sister and I search in Canterlot." she explained. "I also sense that you're furure is tightly woven to these girls. Try to keep you're sister out of trouble will you?"
"Of Course Princess." he said with a smile and a bow.
Chapter 1 END
TBC.