Prologue PT. III: The Moon and the Renegade

Before we tell you about how the Ponies of Harmonies met their guardians, let us take you forward in time to after they defeated Nightmare Moon and changed her back into Princess Luna. Here, you will all learn of her new guardian.

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As they made their way through the castle, Arceus smiled at the small blue Alicorn that is her partner Celestia's baby sister Princess Luna. Her smile and teal-colored eyes can truly brighten up the night far more than the moon and stars put together. And the way she embraced her older sister whom she had not seen in a millennium has warmed her heart more.

But then the Alpha Pokemon frowned as she saw the two sisters embrace. Luna reminds her so much of someone special to her…someone who is family to her all her life…

"Arceus? Is something the matter?" She turned and saw that Luna was looking up at her with concerned eyes.

"Oh, I am sorry, Luna. It's just that…you remind me of someone special to me as you are to Celestia."

"And who might that be, Racy?" Celestia asked with interest. Before her Guardian could answer, a pair of Royal Guards dashed towards them suddenly.

"Your Majesties!" one of them cried. "We need you in the throne room right away! Some dark creature is attacking the guards!"

"WHAT?!" Quickly Arceus and the two sisters made their way to the throne room as fast as they can fly. As they were, the Alpha Pokemon sensed the creature's aura…it feels very familiar…

Wait, could it possibly be—Her thoughts were interrupted when they burst into the throne room.

What they saw shocked them. The guards were floating all over the place due to the blue light coming from the creature they heard about. She is a gray-and-black serpentine dragon of sorts with red stripes on her black underside and six black streamer-like tentacles on her back swirling about, each tipped with a red spike. Three golden half-circles were on its back, spread out like wings, and she has on a golden pointy mask, making her look more demonic. From each of her sides are protruding three golden spikes, and she has four more near her tail to match.

"Where is she?!" she demanded the guards. "Tell me what you have done to her NOW!" Celestia stood in front of Luna as she prepared a spell to attack the creature…

"GIRATINA!" Everyone froze and turned to Arceus, including the creature. When the creature saw the Alpha Pokemon, she immediately set the guards down and began to change. Her mask became round to make her look regal and reveal her small red eyes, and the half-circles sank to her sides like a ribcage. The tentacles molded together to become a large pair of black wings, each with three red spikes at the bottom. And the golden spikes vanished to transform into six short but thick legs with golden bands and claws. She no longer looks like a serpent but a dragon instead.

Celestia watched in horror as the dragon then flew towards Arceus with great speed!

"ARCEUS, LOOK OU-!" She stopped when the dragon didn't attack her Guardian but gathered her into her wings and hugged her instead.

"Arceus, it's you!" she cried as tears flowed down her mask. "It's really you! Oh, I was afraid I'd never see you again. When I heard that you disappeared after the destruction of Vestroia, I left the Distortion World to look for you. I've searched for many years and all over many worlds and dimensions. I've searched high and low and refused to give up and—Oh, you have no idea how much I've missed you!" Arceus simply hugged the dragon back by wrapping her forelegs around her thick neck and squeezing them back, tears flowing from her green eyes.

"I've missed you too, Giratina…" she whispered happily. Celestia and Luna turned to each other with bewilderment before turning to the two creatures embracing one another.

"Arceus," Celestia asked, "you…know her?" Her Guardian turned to her as the dragon freed her from her hug.

"I do," she answered happily. "She is my sister." The two sisters blinked with awe and understanding before Arceus introduced her sister. "Allow me to introduce to you my sister Giratina the Renegade Pokemon, Lady of the Dead and ruler of the Distortion World." She then turned to Giratina. "Sister, allow me to introduce you to my partner Princess Celestia, Sun Princess of Equestria." Giratina turned to Celestia and bowed her head.

"I am honored to meet you, Celestia," she said. "And no words can express my immense gratitude to you for caring for Arceus. She is the entire universe to me." Celestia smiled and bowed to her as well, understanding her feelings for Arceus.

"And the smaller blue Alicorn with her is her little sister Luna, Princess of the Moon," Arceus added, holding her foreleg up to the shy Pony. Giratina then turned to her, and she timidly looked up.

Just like their sisters years ago when they first met, Giratina's ruby eyes looked deeply into her teal eyes, and instantly the two felt something click inside them... something like the bond between their sisters...Celestia jumped with shock when her sister suddenly screamed in pain.

"Sister, my hoof! It burns!" Celestia rushed down to her side and immediately saw why her sister's right forehoof was burning. A golden crown, symbolizing Giratina's powers of death and recreation, was emblazoning itself on the flesh. She and Arceus turned to Giratina, who growled in painful discomfort as Luna's royal symbol, the rising moon, burnt into her right front-most leg.

They nodded to each other in understanding.

"It is alright, Luna," Celestia said to the tearing Pony. "It is a good sign. Remember when I told you how Arceus and I became partner and guardian?" Luna nodded in answer. "Well, those symbols on you are signs of the bond between you as partner and guardian."

"You mean…Giratina's my guardian now?" Luna asked in awe. Celestia nodded in answer as the dragon nuzzled her new partner affectionately.

"I agree that we are destined for each other, Luna," she said to her. "You and I have much in common, the best one is having a great love for our sisters are each other's partner and guardian."

Luna looked up and smiled before hugging the ghost-dragon lovingly. Not only does she have her own guardian like her sister does; she also has another friend besides Celestia and Arceus as well.

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And so ends our prologue. Now we shall bring you back in time to when the six Ponies destined to bear the Elements of Harmony earned their Cutie Marks…and their new Guardians.