Time to meet Andrew's parents.
Diamond sat on the front step, anxiously awaiting her almost-father's return. "Hey Diamond, long time no see." She saw her old friend Silver Spoon approaching. "Heard the Crusaders are at it again, wanna go watch? We can have some fun with them later."
"We've been over this Silver," Diamond said exasperated, "I'm not being a bully anymore."
"Whatever. Look me up when you want to be you again." Silver huffed off.
"Why did I ever hang out with her?" the pink filly muttered.
"Only friend you could find?" Diamond looked up to see Andrew coming in for a landing. He hugged the filly and smiled. "Ready?"
"Yeah." both ponies walked into the Castle.
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"I lied when I said Brain Bug isn't allowed in here, he just never wants to." Andrew explained, opening the door to the Southern Courtyard. They walked out to see a field of beautiful green grass and even a few cherry blossoms. "Welcome to my secret spot." Andrew said as an awed Diamond Tiara walked into the Courtyard.
"Wow, so beautiful." DIamond said, still awestruck. She noticed something sticking up in the middle of the field. "What's that?" she asked, pointing. Andrew's smile fell.
"The reason Matt doesn't come in here." he explained, leading the way. As soon as they neared, Diamond understood why Andrew's smile had fallen. In front of them were two tombstones with the words Mom and Dad etched into them. "They died in our first Grimoire attack. Those crazy demon-kin came in shooting. Matt and I saw what was going on and got out of the way. They never had a chance."
"What were they like?" she had to know.
"Mom was a neat freak and a perfectionist. She flipped if anything was out of place and I think that caused half Matt's hearing problems. Dad worked the Graveyard Shift, so he was asleep more often than not. Both did their best to care for us, even when it seemed they didn't care in the slightest." Andrew sighed, audibly. "Hey, tell you what." Diamond looked at him. "If you ever need a place to just get away or need to cool off, you can come in here as long as you don't touch the graves. Sound good?"
"Of course." Diamond said. Andrew was willing to share his special place with her, her, the filly who had insulted his marefriend on the first day. This was an even better day than she had expected. "We should head back in."
"This is the girl you told me about? She seems like such an extra special child." The wind said.
"Kagura. Long time no see." Andrew said, surprised to hear the ancient wind spirit.
"What? Did you think I only had Jurisdiction in a few dimensions? I have jurisdiction of the Northeast of all of them."
"Good to know."
"Who's talking?" Diamond said, confused at the voice.
"You can hear her?" Andrew looked surprised again.
"It's kind of hard to miss."
"I thought I was the only one who spoke wind, I see I was wrong. The voice you hear is Kagura. A Wind Spirit I knew back in a dimension about when I started the whole Grimoire trek." Andrew said. "You're right though. We should head in. Nice talking to you Kagura."
"Before you go, I saw Changelings on the way to Ponyville. Talia was leading them."
"She is at the head of this." Andrew muttered. "Diamond, go tell Twilight. Try not to raise any alarm in the town though. I'll get Matt and the girls. Come straight home after you see Twilight, understand?" Diamond nodded. "Good, go." the ponies took off running.
Bum bum bum. Up next, questions answered, battles fought, secrets revealed. All this and more on The Brony Brothers: Darkness and Light.