The Chronicles of Luna

Chapter 6

The last month has been amazing. She thought as she sat on a cloud overlooking Ponyville. Rainbow had gone to meet with the wonderbolts in fillydelphia. So it was just her for now. She noticed a light blue stallion standing outside of Rarity's boutique. She watched him knock on the door, and wait for a response. Didn't he know that it was not open...The store had been left alone since Rarity died….everyone in Ponyville knew that…. She flew down for a closer look at the stallion. He's definitely not from around here…

"Can I help you?" Luna landed in front of the stallion. "P-Princess Luna" the stallion looked surprised. "Oh…where are my manners" He gave her a respectful bow. "So what are you doing here?" Luna gave him a suspicious look.

"I am actually looking for Rarity" He answered trying to look innocent. Luna fought back tears. The memory of Rarity was still a sore spot. "Spectre-"

"Oh no she's dead?" The stallion interrupted her.

"Excuse me? Do you mind telling me how you knew her?" The mysterious stallion turned around

"No…no this isn't good one of the keepers dead…without us even knowing?" The stallion thought aloud. His cutie mark is a shroud…how odd…"The keepers?" Luna asked him.

"I've said too much" The stallion ran as fast he could. Luna took off landing in front of him. She was surprised when he sidestepped her. "Wait!" Luna yelled taking off again. "Please…go away" The stallion yelled desperately. "Not till you tell me what you wanted with Rarity" The stallion stopped still breathing heavily. Luna waited for him to catch his breath. ." Luna used her magic to hold him in place. "I can't tell you…Please just let me go

"Tell me" She commanded.

"Ok ok just let me go" The stallion begged. She unfroze the stallion.

"So…do you mind telling me your name?" Luna noticed the Stallion had calmed down somewhat. "The name is Aquarius your highness…they call me Aqua for short…"

"Nice to meet you Aqua…just call me Luna" she replied trying to sound friendly.

"Ok…What I'm about to tell you have been predates the history books…and has past beyond the realm of legends…" Aqua gave her a solemn look. "Long before you were born…back when Solana and Galaxior ruled Equestria, Celestia was born with a twin sister…." He explained as Luna's jaw dropped a little bit. How did anypony know about Solana and Galaxior, there wasn't even any written history from that time…? In fact all she knew was that she herself had descend from the heavens after the two had ascended… "Wait…" Luna was shocked "Celestia never mentioned anything about a sister…besides Spectre of course."

Aqua continued explaining "Her name was Eclipse. He was her twin sister… for a long time they were destined to rule together as brother and sister…as the earliest ponies came into existence…the two would guide the ponies from primitive herds that roamed Equestria into civilized beings that built villages, and farms."

"H-How do you know this?" Luna would be ignored once again. "Several centuries later the two would welcome a brother into their royal family… His name was Spectre"

She heard the hatred in his voice "The first several centuries of his growth he was good…in fact he was a skilled leader…He founded many cities which exist to this day. However he soon would desire more power…He would also discover his special talent. He figured out that he could control pony's minds, and even change their personalities"

"So…what does this have to do with Eclipse?" Luna wanted to know more.

"When Solana and Galaxior ascended into the heavens. Celestia and Eclipse would become the rulers with Spectre as their subordinate. This would only feed his thirst for power… He began to corrupt the normally peaceful ponies, and slowly turned them into a militarized force…Under the guise that they needed protection from the gryphon to the far north…He would of course do this without the knowledge of Celestia or Eclipse"

"I know how the war started…" Luna tried to respond as the two began their walk back to Ponyville.

"You THINK you know how the war started…What you don't know is that the war was started so that Spectre could convince Celestia to leave the throne to try and negotiate with the hostile gryphon's. After Celestia left Spectre attempted to use the spirits of Equestria to try, and kill Eclipse…he had underestimated how much power it took to control that force." He continued Luna barely noticed that the two had made it back into Ponyville

"Spectre would be unsuccessful in killing Eclipse…He would however trap her in stone. Her statue would be hidden in one of the remotest places in Equestria. Before he left however Spectre would break off 8 pieces of the statue…The pieces must be re-attached to bring Eclipse back…"

"Our organization the Hoof and Horn society was started by my oldest ancestors going back to the days of the herds. They kept the knowledge implanted in their minds, and passed it from generation to generation." Luna vaguely remembered Spectre before his imprisonment. She was still a very young filly at the time…"We were eventually able to track down all of the Shards…Each one was assigned a keeper. When a keeper died it would be passed on to a new one." Aqua continued explaining as what he was saying began to dawn on Luna. "However we have just now been able to locate the statue…I was assigned to retrieve the last shard."

"So Rarity had the last shard?" Luna now sounded thoroughly intrigued.

"That is correct…" Aqua replied.

This chapter is probably my shortest one yet but I do intend to make the next one slightly longer this just seemed like the best place to stop for now: D. Anyway thanks to all of you that review the chapters.

Cpt. Eclipse