Please don't judge me for this story. I realized that it's been a month and a half since I posted a story, so I figured why not. My little sister wanted me to watch MLP with her and I did, but then she wanted to create a character. Since I hate having characters without a backstory, I created one and started writing it down. That's what this is. This story takes place before the show, before the crystal empire got banished, before Luna became Nightmare Moon. It's set mostly in the Castle of The Two Sisters. Anyways...
To the story!
Prologue
"The same hammer that shatters glass forges steel."
(Eclipse's P.O.V)
"I don't think I can do this Icy." I confessed to my sister, my eyes locked on my pillow.
She shifted, causing the bed to move and making me lean to the right to avoid her tail as she swept it back and forth in annoyance. "What makes you think that?" she snapped, after a long silence.
I changed my position so she wouldn't crush my wing and looked at her. "I don't think I can even make it all the way to the castle. My wing still isn't completely healed."
Her blood red eyes bored into my golden ones. "You have to make it. You don't have a choice." She levitated a glass of water toward me, her horn glowing a dark blue.
"You know what father will do to us if you don't." she added in a quiet voice, her now dark and brooding eyes cast toward the ground.
Anger surged through me. "I don't care!" I yelled, knocking the water to the ground. I flinched as the sound of glass shattering filtered in through the muted haze I'd been in for the past few days.
Tears gathered in my eyes and I grit my teeth in an attempt to stop them from spilling out. "He's always liked you better anyway. He won't do anything to you."
"You don't know that."
"Yes I do! You're the perfect one, just because you were born a unicorn and I wasn't!" I got up and stormed out of the house, my hooves clomping angrily against the crystal streets. I'd never told my sister that I slightly resented her because she was a unicorn and I was a pegasus. I'd never felt the need to.
The only reason I resented her as a unicorn was probably because our father had always liked her better due to this and treated her like a princess.
I scowled, continuing through the Crystal Empire, along the pristine the streets, watching as chained ponies walked by, their heads down. A suppressed desire suddenly bloomed in my chest and I changed direction, going towards the holding cells.
The guards moved away as I neared, their eyes flashing with fear. I ignored them, walking with a purpose. Cells lined the walls. Multiple ponies raised their heads when they heard my hoofsteps, but went pretended to be asleep when they realized who I was. I went toward one cell in particular.
A blue furred mare with with a curly pinkish purple mane and blue eyes looked up, then gasped and smiled, getting up and rushing towards the bars of her cell. "Eclipse!"
I smiled at her. "Hello mother."
She reached out a hoof and I took it, knowing that she didn't get visitors. Icy never bothered to come by.
"You haven't visited in a long time." my mother said, letting go of my hoof and staring at me sadly. Her eyes went from sky blue to dark pools of sorrow.
I flinched. "I know. I'm sorry. Father's been prepping me for my... mission."
"Ah.. he's still planning to send you, then." Winnow Wind replied, once again reaching out and brushing strands of my mane out of my face. "And how does your sister feel about this?"
A flash of anger went through me and I bit my lip. "Does her opinion matter? She's not the one who has to fly across the land and-"
My mother cut me off by pressing a hoof to my mouth. "Shh.. I'm sorry, you're right. But you shouldn't say what you have to do out loud. There could be spies."
I sighed and stood up. "You're right mother. I was originally headed to the palace though. I should probably get going."
"Come see me again before you have to leave." she said, backing towards the corner she slept in.
"I will." I promised, before turning and walking out of the dimly lit building. A twinge of guilt stabbed through my heart and I sat under a black crystal archway. I'd lied when I'd told my mother I had been on my way to the palace. Father made us stay away from there.
I sighed deeply, my shoulders hunched and my muzzle nearly touching the grass. The sun began to set, which only made me even grouchier than I already was. The sound of approaching hoofsteps made me look up.
It was just another crystal pony being led to the cells. His eyes were downcast, but they flickered up from the ground briefly. When he saw me, he gasped and broke into a run. Once he was gone, I rolled my eyes, got up and began walking towards the house. I'd have to leave soon.
I still wasn't sure if I could this. But I also knew I didn't have a choice.