Ignite peered into the dark room, even with the sun resting in the sky, it was still lit up like the night sky. His ears lowered as his hesitation edged in, 'Come on Igneous, this is Lumina we're thinking about. Your cousin, your best friend, just do it!' he shouted inside his thoughts as he pressed into the room. A second later and he had hastily backed out of the room like a hen in a snake pen. His breathing picked up as a dark muzzle shot out of the room a matching blue mane complemented her sharp eyes as the pony let out a sigh. Magic swarmed her horn and lit the room up with a glow like none other.
"Sorry Ignite. Forgot not every pony can see as great as I can when in the dark," Lumi responded blankly stepping back. Ignite brushed his hoof across his face as he laughed, "Please, I can see perfectly!" he chimed back strolling into the room. As much as he treasured his adoptive cousin, Ignite hated her love of the dark especially when it reflected on their own sleeping courters. No pony knew he was deathly afraid of the dark, and Lumi was a case he'd prefer never learn that. His head rose as he entered the moonlit room. It looked amazing at first glance and he was surprised to find the Princess of the Night living here. The entire room was shrouded in a moonlit glow that had a haze of golden light from the single window that was covered with deep cerulean curtains that had small stars on the bottom. The entire ceiling was painted like a dome and held glow in the dark stars and planets, making it appear as if you were sleeping beneath the stars. At the corner of her room sat her canopy bed, sheen of see through cloth created a dome around the circular bed and that wasn't the only furniture placed delicately into the room.
It was always a surprise for Ignite to see the room, his was nothing like this. In fact, Lumina shrouded herself in every connection to her talent while Ignite preferred to hide from his. Lumina however, didn't feel the same way about her room. Her head lowered as she strolled to her bed, the fur on her paws and hooves trailed the ground as she sullenly made her way to the canopy bed. Crawling onto it, she curled up to look over at her best friend. "I was a fool." She hissed angrily gaining Ignite's attention. The unicorn made his own way over his smile falling to a kinder one as he bowed his head. Lumina lifted her head slightly gazing at him, "I can't even do something as simple as lowering the moon." She spoke up her ears going back as her own eyes teared up. "Don't cry, oh little starlight." Ignite whispered strolling over and sitting at her side. Lumina peered over at him shaking her head as she rolled away from him, her back now to him.
Ignite let out an annoyed huff as his own swirl of magic circled a strand of Lumina's mane, giving a sharp pull his sharp tooth grin widened as the Draco-pony snapped up a snarl on her muzzle as she leaned closer, threatening and deadly. "Now that I have your attention, Luminescence," Ignite spoke his smile fading as his eyes narrowed, "you listen to me, you are not a fool. You are talented and perfect and can do anything you put your mind too. I won't sit here and see you say such things." Lumina peered at him, her anger subsided however once her friend finished speaking, her expression warped, her eyes shone with a dark glow as magic wrapped around her horn. Ignite stared at her for a while, frozen in both terror and confusion.
After a moment of the frozen terror, Ignite spun on his hooves and barreled away. Of course he didn't get far when his mane was suddenly yanked back sending him sprawled onto the ground with a large Draconequis above him. Her twisted dark body shone as the lights flickered and Lumina dropped in front of him, "Tag." She chimed darkly as her eyes shifted to their former beauty. Lumi only ever used her Draconequis form when she was angered. It was a habit she learned from her father. Sitting up, Lumi drew a paw through her mane, which seemed to take on a dark glow from its former light aqua shade. Ignite recovered as he sat up, "Sorry."
Lumi smiled kindly as she shook her head, "Don't be it really helped." She replied, her kind nature returning to the surface. Ignite leaned closer as he tipped his head, "I never noticed, but your eyes are so…cat like." He mumbled startling Lumi who tipped her head and laughed slightly, "That's weird. Now come on slow poke, I need practice and you can help!" she spoke up bolting from the room. Ignite let out a sigh as he knew he would regret this. As the two left the palace, they made their way to a quieter part of the gardens. Lumi in the lead and Ignite trailing slowly behind her, as Lumi drew to a stop she settled on the ground her eyes closing slightly. "Lets begin." She replied quickly, her hooves squared on the ground as she flashed a grin. Ignite let out a nervous laugh, "how are you going to practice?" he asked quickly as Lumina looked at him cracking her eyes open and grinning, "I need a moon, oh look you seem to have those colors." She teased, magic wrapping her horn. A moment later, the startled colt was being lifted into the air. His worries filled him as he rose higher; silently hoping she didn't drop him. However that wish died as her magic flickered off and he immediately hit the ground in a painful thud.
The entire event continued until the moon rose to its rightful place in the sky and in time Lumina had managed to ease her friend into the sky without him plummeting to his supposedly painful death. As the final seconds etched by, Lumina collapsed to the ground, tired and out of breath she calmed her nerves as Ignite approached her. "We should get going." He spoke gently helping her to her paws and the two set off for the Sun Celebration.
AN: So I'm finding these chapters are actually shorter than they should be and I do apologize. I'm actually not good at writing longer chapters with something like this where I don't know where the story is going to progress too.