Lost land
Celestia's daughter
Many years before the banishment of Nightmare Moon, there was three kingdoms in Equestria Canterlot, The Crystal Empire and The Cloud Kingdom. All three ruled by alicorn, one day after The Crystal Empire as fallen to King Sombra the rulers of The Cloud Kingdom and Canterlot left their kingdoms to help the crystal empire. The battle with Sombra was incredible crystals and spells were flying all over the empire. Celestia, Luna and the king and queen toke refuge from Sombra attacks.
"We need to use the element of harmony!" said Celestia as she breath heavily
"How sister, he's going to destroy us" said Luna "The moment we leave"
"We`ll make a diversion!" said the King of The cloud kingdom "It will give you enough time to attack him with the elements"
"We can't let you do that!" said Luna as she look at her dear friends "What about your foal?!"
"We can't let her live in a world with evil" said the queen
"But why both of you?!" ask Celestia "One of us can go?"
"You two are more needed alive than dead" said the king as he open his wings along with his wife "If we don't come back..."
"Don't talk like that!" shouted Luna "You will come back!"
Luna watches her two friends flew off and head towards Sombra, as they distracted him. Celestia and Luna were able to leave their refuge.
"Are you ready, sister?" ask Celestia as she toke out the elements of harmony
"Yes!" shouted Luna as she wanted to attack Sombra before he could hurt her friends.
As their fired the elements of harmony, Sombra fired a wave of dark crystals at the king and queen. The rainbows hit Sombra and turns him into a shadow and banish him.
"We did it, sister!" shouted Luna as she landed with her sister "We did it...!" as Luna turn around hoping to see her friends landing be hide her, she only saw their dead bodies that were full of dark crystals.
"Oh no!" said Celestia as she look at the king and queen and started to cry
"No!" said Luna "Dam you, Sombra!" shouted Luna as she started to cry
Celestia and Luna cried, and watch the empire disappear right in front of their eyes. Celestia and Luna may have won against Sombra but lost their friends and the empire. Celestia and Luna were flying back to Canterlot, when Luna remembers the king and queen's foal that was back at the castle. They return to the castle and found their foal sleeping in her bed, not knowing that her parents had died.
"Where is she?!" ask Luna as she started to look around the castle
"I don't know…" said Celestia when she suddenly heard cries "Follow the crying, sister"
Celestia and Luna followed the cries and found the orphan filly. Celestia toke the filly out of the crib and went out of the castle.
"We will bring her back to Canterlot" said Celestia as she held the filly in her hoof
"They would have wanted that" said Luna as she look at the filly that was in her sister hoof.
Celestia and Luna flew back to Canterlot with the foal.
"Let's call her, Lightning Flare" suggested Luna
"That's a perfect name" said Celestia
As the years pass Lightning Flare was mostly raised by Celestia since Luna was busy raising her own foal. Celestia tried to raise the foal as her parents would have wanted, everyday Celestia and Luna could see their dear friends in their foal. Celestia and Luna both agree to keep Lightning in the castle to protect her.
"Lightning? where are you" ask Celestia as she walk around the castle
"Here!" shouted Lightning as she ran up to Celestia
"Where did you go?" ask Celestia as she hug Lightning with one of her hooves
"Around the castle" said Lightning "There nothing to do, mom"
"They probably something to do in, Canterlot" suggested Celestia
"Really!" said Lightning "I can see Canterlot!"
"Yes your old enough" said Celestia "But don't go too far"
"I won't!" said Lightning as she hug her mother and ran outside
Lightning went out of the castle grounds
"Wow! Canterlot is awesome!" shouted Lightning as she watch all the fancy ponies walk by her "I never notice a forest before?" said Lightning as she notice the evergreen forest in the distance.
"Hey! Move it!" shouted a fancy dress earth pony while he moved Lightning with his hoof
"Rude!" said Lightning as she stares at the earth pony "I'm going to check out that forest" said Lightning as she turn her attention back to the forest.
Lightning walk towards the edge of the forest
"I wonder why nopony is here?" ask Lightning as she looks around the edge of the forest
Lightning walk into the forest unknowing of the dangers that were ahead. As s Lightning was walking in the forest a Pegasus royal guard who was on patrol notice the young princess going into the forest.
"Princess! Don't go in there!" shouted a Pegasus "I must tell princess Celestia!" said the guard as he quickly flew towards the castle.
"This is a nice forest" said Lightning as she looks around the forest
Meanwhile at Canterlot, Princess Celestia was overlooking Canterlot's funds.
"PRINCESS!" shouted the guard as he ran in "Its princess Lightning!"
"What wrong?!" said Celestia in a worried tone as she heard her daughter name
"She…she went in the evergreen forest!" said the guard as he was out of breath
"What!" said Celestia "Come on!" shouted Celestia
"Yes, your highness!" shouted the guard as he followed Celestia
Celestia and the guard flew towards the forest as fast as they could.
"I should have never let her leave!" as Celestia thought to herself "I would never forgive myself, if something happens to her!" said Celestia as she started to cry "HURRY!" shouted Celestia
At the Forest Lightning was enjoying the forest when she heard growls.
"What was that!" ask Lightning as she started to get scared "I want to go home!" said Lightning
Lightning toke a few steps back when a Timberwolf jump out of the shadows
"What's that!" shouted Lightning as she stare at the Timberwolf eyes
Lightning ran away from the Timberwolf as she was being chase she cried out for her mother to come and save her.
"Where did she go?" ask Celestia as she arrived at the edge of the forest
"I don't know, princess" said the guard "She enter there but she could have went anyway after that"
When suddenly they heard cries of help
"MOMMY! HELP ME!" as Celestia heard the desperate cries of her daughter
"This way!" shouted Celestia as she flew in the forest
Lightning was running away from the Timberwolf but started to cry which blurred her vision, she fell into a hole where she was at the Timberwolf claws.
"What do I do?!" said Lightning while she tried to fly out of the hole
The Timberwolf pick up Lightning with his paw and bought her near his mouth, as he was going to eat her. The Timberwolf was suddenly struck on the head with a rock and let go of Lightning.
"DON'T TOUCH HER!" shouted Celestia as she flew down pick up her daughter
"Mom!" said Lightning in a surprise yet joyful tone
"Guard, come on!" shouted Celestia while she flew away from the Timberwolf
The guard followed Celestia out of the forest; they flew back to the castle.
"I'm so happy you're safe!" said Celestia while she hug her daughter "I was so worried!" as she put Lightning back on the ground.
"What was that!" ask Lightning "It was so scary!"
"A Timberwolf" answered Celestia while she examined her daughter to see if she wasn't hurt "Don't ever go in that forest again!"
"I won't!" said Lightning "I'm sorry, mom"
"It's okay, Lightning" said Celestia while she pick up her daughter and hug her once more "Thank you, guard"
"You're welcome, princess" said the guard as he walk away
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