Ch.25

Tinshield: "Your majesty! Its happened! Aurora has given birth!"

Queen Faust: "So soon!? Oh my! Inform the king immediately! I need to go make a few arrangements."

The birth of Aurora's first child should have come with a great sign of joy; however, the birth was premature, and had left the young princess and her newborn in distress. Nightlight, sent word of this terrible affliction, and was desperate for a response; he needed help, and he needed it badly.

Starswirl: "Luna!? Celestia!? Wake up, we need to talk! Its urgent!"

Moonscar: "(Stirs from sleep) Wha? What's going on?"

Starswirl: "Girls! I need you to open the door now!"

Moonscar: "Oh no! Celestia! Its Starswirl! (Shakes Celestia) Wake up!"

Celestia: "Huh!? What's wrong!?"

Starswirl: "Celestia!? I know you're up! Open the door!""

Luna: "(Groans) Noooo. Its too earlyyyyy."

Starswirl: "I'm coming in! I don't have time to play these games!"

Moonscar: "(Falls to the floor because of sheets) Ow! My legs are caught!"

Celestia leapt from her bed, grabbed Moonscar, pushed her right back on the bed, and threw her blankets on top of the panicking unicorn; Luna awoke with a fright by what was happening, and nearly screamed by the feel of Moonscar hitting the bed.

Luna: "(Yells out) What's going on! Tia- mmmph!"

Celestia: "(Covers Luna's mouth with a hoof) Sssshh! Act normal!"

Starswirl: "By heavens good grace! You two should have been up earlier! Celestia! You should know by now to raise the sun at a precise time! Your father had to go and raise it, because you were late! Why in Equestria, were you not up!?"

Celestia: "I really am sorry Starswirl it just that….."

Luna: "It was my fault! I had a nightmare, a-and she stayed up with me till I fell asleep."

The old unicorn was suspicious of what was going on; it had been a long time since the sisters had shared a bed, and as far as he knew, Luna never had nightmares. It was indeed peculiar, but the old stallion decided not to push the subject further; sighing and scrunching his brow in frustration, Starswirl spoke.

Starswirl: "Let this not happen again. You two are old enough to know what is expected; on another matter, you two must pack. Aurora has given birth, but suffers from sickness along with her foal; your mother has asked that you hurry, we leave at once."

Luna: "Can Moon come too?"

Starswirl: "I don't think she can, it is a family matter."

Luna: "Oh come on! She needs to come too! She is our knight!"

Starswirl: "Your knight? What an unusual thing to say. (Sighs) Fine, I'll, go see if she wants to come along. Now hurry, we mustn't waste any more time."

The moment Starswirl left, Moonscar let out a big sigh of relief; never had she been so scared of anypony than that moment. Luna and Celestia laughed at how the unicorn tripped over the bed sheets in an attempt to hide; Luna was the first to jump and hug the mare and wish her good morning, while Celestia walked over to kiss her forehead.

Luna: "You get to go to the Crystal Empire with us! You get to meet our other cousins!"

Celestia: "We should hurry, and pack. Moon, I'll teleport you outside. Just say that you went to train, I'm sure Starswirl won't question you."

Moonscar: "Yeah. Best not to keep him waiting."

Moonscar stood in the center of the room; Celestia's horn grew bright, and within a flash, Moonscar was teleported to the garden. The only problem with this, was that Celestia was still a bit new to teleporting anything, including herself; the princess may have gotten the location right, but instead of landing on the soft grass, Moonscar was dropped in a huge mud puddle. Picking herself up from the cold and wet pit, the young unicorn grumbled, unaware that Starswirl was right next to her.

Starswirl: "Not exactly my way of cleaning up for the day, but then again to each his own I suppose."

Moonscar: "I wasn't…...I tried to use my magic, it didn't work as I had planed."

Starswirl: "Well then child, make haste! We are to be leaving, and you need to wash up. I already had the servants pack your things; now quickly, we mustn't waste anymore time!"

Moonscar: "Yes sir!"

Moonscar shook most of the mud off, and rushed to the baths; she was in luck that Starswirl had not caught on to anything, usually he was pretty quick witted with anypony, but the need to question was often forgotten when a state of emergency had been present. While the queen and princesses attended to matters in the Crystal Empire, the king would stay behind and watch over Canterlot; the journey would be made by air, much to the delight of the sisters. They had the option not to just be flown there by chariot, but by using their own wings to make the long journey; it wasn't very often that they were able to do such a thing, and now was a perfect chance to try it out.

Luna: "Whooooo! This feels so goooood!"

Queen Faust: "Luna dear, be careful! You're still a baby. Don't strain your wings too much."

Celestia: "Luna, maybe you should go sit with Moon until we reach the empire?"

Luna: "Why doesn't Moon join us!?"

Celestia: "She's a unicorn, Luna. She can't fly."

Luna: "Yes she can! Starswirl said there was a spell to make none pegasi fly!"

Celestia: "Even if there was, do you know how to cast it?"

Luna: "No, but Starswirl can!"

Starswirl: "Do you really need for her to fly with you? You are happy just flying by yourself at the moment."

Luna: "Pleaseeeeee? It would be so much better if she was flying with us."

Moonscar: "Luna, maybe Starswirl doesn't want to perform magic right now. Besides, I'm fine just sitting in the chariot."

Luna: "Aww. I want you to fly too."

Starswirl: "(Sighs and turns to Moon) Child, hold still."

Moonscar: "Huh? What are you doing?"

Starswirl: "I'm going to perform the spell. Hold very still."

Moonscar: "Wait! Wha-"

Within seconds, a bright light hit the unicorns back; it tingled between her shoulder blades, and from the area of sensation, grew two transparent wings. The wings were the same shape as all pegasi wings, they were solid, but as clear as glass; Moonscar was in shock by her new appendages, but at the same time scared from feeling them move.

Moonscar: "I-I don't know what to do!? What are they doing!?"

Starswirl: "Calm yourself! Its perfectly natural to feel what you're feeling. Just stretch them out, imagine flapping them up, and down, slowly."

Moonscar: "(Gulps) I don't think I like-"

Queen Faust: "Moon? Clear your mind. Those are your wings, they don't want to hurt you, they are just as scared as you. Everything that you feel, your wings will feel as well."

The unicorn quivered for a moment; she took a moment to look at here wings, which were shaking just as much as her. Taking a few deep breaths, Moonscar relaxed her muscles, and began to open up her feathers; like a hand stretching its fingers in and out, Moonscar stretched till her primaries reached out fully. Feeling each part of her wings work as one, left the young unicorn in an exhilarating state; how could she explore this new found ability further?

Celestia: "Do you want to try flying Moon?"

Moonscar: "Yes."

Celestia moved closer to the chariot, and offered her hooves to Moonscar; reaching out to the princess, Moonscar stepped forward, and let Celestia catch her. The unicorn's eyes had been shut tight the whole time, she wanted her death to be quick if she fell; a soft nuzzle from Celestia reassured the mare that she wasn't dead yet.

Celestia: "(Smiles) Silly filly. You're fine. Look, you're keeping yourself up."

Moonscar: "Huh? (Looks down and grabs Celestia) Whoa!"

Celestia: "(Giggles) Its okay! You're fine, I won't let you go. Just flap your wings…..there we go!"

Luna: "Whoooo! Moon's flying!"

Celestia: "There you go, you're doing great!"

Moonscar: "Tia, I'm really scared! Please don't let go!"

Celestia: "(Blushes) Did you just call me Tia?"

Moonscar: "I-I'm sorry! I'm just a bit terrified right now. I really don't want to fall."

The alabaster princess grew bright red from hearing her love address her by her nickname; she almost let go of Moonscar's hooves from the sudden shock, lucky for Moonscar, the alicorn recovered. The rest of the way was pretty eventful; Moonscar had gotten over her fear of flying, but was now panicking by how daring Luna was being. The young princess had been practicing far longer than the unicorn, and yet she was being very reckless; Moonscar paled at the very stunts that Luna seem to enjoy performing, it was a lot better to have her worry about Luna, than falling to her death. Several miles later, they had spotted the beautiful castle of the Crystal Empire; it was such a magnificent sight to behold, that Moonscar nearly fell from not keeping her wings moving. Celestia had to hold her still as they looked on at the wonderful city below; the two had stayed afloat, staying behind the rest of the traveling party, the perfect moment for Celestia to have a moment with her filly.

Celestia: "(Kisses Moon's cheek) Beautiful."

Moonscar: "(Blushes) Celestia! What if somepony sees us?"

Celestia: "(Smirks) No ponies around. Its just us, all alone, with no soul to bother us."

Moonscar: "Shouldn't we catch up?"

Celestia: "Not yet. I want you all to myself, before we have to be separated again. (Kisses Moon deeply)"

Although a bit nervous, the young unicorn couldn't resist the princess's passions anymore; the urge was so overpowering, that even a strong mare like her found it hard to say no. Why not relish in this moment? It could be a few weeks before they are able to return to Canterlot, and it wouldn't be proper to carry on like this, especially when Aurora wasn't feeling too well. But just for this moment, if only to please 'Her' princess, Moonscar would be careless and unrestrained with her passions. Eventually the two mares caught up with the rest of their traveling party; a bit dazed from what they were doing before, but unashamed to where they would gently brush up on one another's side.