The next morning was spent sleeping in for Drakken and Luna as well as the other Elements of Harmony. Celestia rose the sun and looked out upon the land. All she could think of was how she was going to solve things with Drakken. She did still care for him and wanted to men their formor friendship...but this was one mistake she didn't know how to fix.
"Sister?" Luna yawned, walking out on to the balcony. "What's wrong?" Celestia turned and looked at her younger sister.
"Nothing." She tried to play off with her smile. Luna however was not falling for it. "Ok...I just want things to resume between all three of us. You, me, and...Drakken. I miss the old days when we were friends. I've longed to bring them back and now is my chance. But I don't know if he is willing to accept me now." She looked back out to the horizon.
Luna walked up beside her sister. "I will talk to him. I'll let him know what you've said and that I want him to forgive you...because I do. I want all of us to be friends again. But you need to understand he spent over a thousand years with these feelings. It's going to be hard for him to just...forget all of that."
Celestia nodded. "I know...and I wouldn't expect him to. I did something terrible." Luna looked at her sternly.
"Tia...we all make mistakes. Yours has just finally come to light. I forgive you dear sister. And I know Drakken will one day too. He has a heart of gold for everypony...We will get him to come around." Luna's words brought some comfort to Celestia. She smiled.
"Thank you, Lulu...I love you, sister." She said.
"I love you too, Tia." Luna replied with a hug.
Later in the day Luna approached Drakken who was in the garden, tending to a birds nest. He was always looking out for the helpless...even the tiniest of creatures.
"Hey, you." She said. Drakken turned to see her and flew down from the branch he was standing on.
"Hey." He replied, smiling. "What's up?"
"Well I wanted to talk for a bit about something important." She said. Drakken nodded to show his attention on her. "Look...Celestia talked to me this morning. She said she wanted things to return between you two..."
"...ok. Well I don't think that's possible." He replied.
"Drakken..." Luna said softly, "She feels terrible for what happened. And she's been beating herself up about everything."
"She should." Drakken said coldly.
"Drakken. She is my sister. And yours too." Luna argued. He looked away, irritated. "Look...I know what she did was...it wasn't right at all. But I need you to at least show an effort here."
"Why should I?!" Drakken said raising his voice. "I thought you were dead...And she tried killing me. For a thousand years I suffered thinking I would never see you again. It destroyed me and nearly killed me...Only by Erras grace am I before you today."
"I know!" She shouted, angry that he was being so stubborn. "I know she hurt you...I know you endured that pain and anger...but please...If for anypony do it for me." Drakken sighed in defeat. She knew she had just hit him hard by saying that.
"...Fine. I'll try this. But don't expect results. As far as I'm concerned, she and I will never be friends again." He took off into the sky to sort his thoughts out. Luna watched him go and exhaled with relief. She had convinced him to try...that was step one. Getting him to would be a bit more difficult but she knew he would eventually come around. She exited the garden to the birds singing an all to familiar lullaby.
"Sister?" Luna yawned, walking out on to the balcony. "What's wrong?" Celestia turned and looked at her younger sister.
"Nothing." She tried to play off with her smile. Luna however was not falling for it. "Ok...I just want things to resume between all three of us. You, me, and...Drakken. I miss the old days when we were friends. I've longed to bring them back and now is my chance. But I don't know if he is willing to accept me now." She looked back out to the horizon.
Luna walked up beside her sister. "I will talk to him. I'll let him know what you've said and that I want him to forgive you...because I do. I want all of us to be friends again. But you need to understand he spent over a thousand years with these feelings. It's going to be hard for him to just...forget all of that."
Celestia nodded. "I know...and I wouldn't expect him to. I did something terrible." Luna looked at her sternly.
"Tia...we all make mistakes. Yours has just finally come to light. I forgive you dear sister. And I know Drakken will one day too. He has a heart of gold for everypony...We will get him to come around." Luna's words brought some comfort to Celestia. She smiled.
"Thank you, Lulu...I love you, sister." She said.
"I love you too, Tia." Luna replied with a hug.
Later in the day Luna approached Drakken who was in the garden, tending to a birds nest. He was always looking out for the helpless...even the tiniest of creatures.
"Hey, you." She said. Drakken turned to see her and flew down from the branch he was standing on.
"Hey." He replied, smiling. "What's up?"
"Well I wanted to talk for a bit about something important." She said. Drakken nodded to show his attention on her. "Look...Celestia talked to me this morning. She said she wanted things to return between you two..."
"...ok. Well I don't think that's possible." He replied.
"Drakken..." Luna said softly, "She feels terrible for what happened. And she's been beating herself up about everything."
"She should." Drakken said coldly.
"Drakken. She is my sister. And yours too." Luna argued. He looked away, irritated. "Look...I know what she did was...it wasn't right at all. But I need you to at least show an effort here."
"Why should I?!" Drakken said raising his voice. "I thought you were dead...And she tried killing me. For a thousand years I suffered thinking I would never see you again. It destroyed me and nearly killed me...Only by Erras grace am I before you today."
"I know!" She shouted, angry that he was being so stubborn. "I know she hurt you...I know you endured that pain and anger...but please...If for anypony do it for me." Drakken sighed in defeat. She knew she had just hit him hard by saying that.
"...Fine. I'll try this. But don't expect results. As far as I'm concerned, she and I will never be friends again." He took off into the sky to sort his thoughts out. Luna watched him go and exhaled with relief. She had convinced him to try...that was step one. Getting him to would be a bit more difficult but she knew he would eventually come around. She exited the garden to the birds singing an all to familiar lullaby.
THE END