Chapter Seven

I had dropped my Pegasus form a while back in the forest as I exited right near the train tracks with the Smokey Mountains standing right in front of me and the city of Tall Tale in the far distance. I pulled myself up onto the tracks as I started heading towards the city. Tall Tale was mostly known for its tall buildings that seemed like they helped held the sky up, some say they were here when humans lived long before the princesses or any ponies for the matter of fact. I came walking into the city pulling a cloak out of my armor not even noticing the small little brown ball falling to the ground as I continued on. I wrapped the cloak around me so if any pony from Canterlot had put any wanted posters out on me or something that would force me back. I kept on walking along the tracks missing the conductors by an inch as I followed the tracks out of the city and around the mountains that made up Unicorn ridge.  I followed the tracks up to the Galloping Gorge and beyond. This area was surrounded by forest and step hills giving anypony or anything a good cover or an attack.

My ears had perked up causing me to glance back towards the line of trees, as my hoof reached up towards the hilt of my sword as a black and green blur tackles me causing both of us to go rolling backwards like a runaway wheel. My sword is left on the ground where this blur had tackled me leaving me weaponless and pretty sore. I glanced up noticing the glowing green eyes were from goggles and a large cotton candy pink mane is sticking out on top of this black rubber pony. I kick the pony off of me as I sat up staring at whatever or whoever attacked me

“Cine ești tu!” (WHO ARE YOU!) I shouted at the pony or something my magic at the ready.

“FOUNDHERFOUNDHERIFOUNDHER!!!” the pony jumped up and down bouncing like the ground was made from a trampoline.

“Pinkie” was the only pony that came to mind since she was the most random mare and could only bounce like she had ten cups of coffee.

“Yeppers!” she took the mask off as she sat there in front of me as I stood up walking over towards my sword picking it off the ground.

“How did you find me?” I grabbed her by her suit as she smiled.

“Little told us” she sounded happy he told her.

“No he wouldn’t”

“Yeshedidandhedidn’ttellmeseehetoldRarityandTwilightbecauseTwilightheldhiminhermagicwhileRaritygavehimamakeoverbecausenothingwasworkingbecausewhateveryousaidmadehimreallyscaredbutwhenCelestiatoldhimabouttakinghismagicawaythatgothimscareepsicallywhenLunajoinedin”she suddenly stopped as I placed my hoof in her mouth.

“Of course he wouldn’t tell you I threaten him the only way I know how I would trap him in the shadows and he would only be let out when I die or when I got back!” I removed my hoof as I started towards the north again.

“He wait for us!” she shouted causing me to stop.

“Us?” I looked at her.

“I told you that Pinkie was part blood hound princess” I could hear Rainbow Dash’s voice as she came out following Princess Luna and my ears dropped and I could hear Necro’s voice screaming in my head.

“Hi Princess” I kept my ears flat against my head as she walked up to me giving me a disapproving look.

“So where are the others?” I fell to my flank as she stayed standing in front of me.

“With my sister heading to the Crystal Empire, they’re going to wait for us there” she walked past me without doing anything to me.

“Luna?” I turned to her as she spun around her wings were fluffy like Opal’s coat when Rarity tries to hug her.

“DO NOT LUNA ME!” she shouted making Rainbow Dash and Pinkie pie huddle together behind me “You and I spent hours talking Lily, buck you’re the only pony that I knew back then that is still alive and you come running off towards danger and what could be the end of your LIE!” my hears were still against my head as well as my heart was sinking low in my chest. I knew I had friends but within the short time frame I spent around Luna I didn’t know that she felt this way.

“I didn’t get to see any of my friends pass or say goodbye to them Lily.” She walked over to me as she wrapped her wings around me “I do not want to lose that connection” she hat tears coming from her eyes as I hung my head.

“Sorry but I didn’t want to drag anypony into this” I stood up stomping my hoof to the ground as she started laughing.

“I wouldn’t have stopped you but I could have made sure that Applejack and Rarity had given you, your real armor and sword” I looked up at her as my armor had pop out of existence leaving my knife on the ground along with my cloak. “My magic goes along when you walk under my moon.”

I stared back at my body feeling like I just had the ground pulled out from under my hooves as I turned back to look at her. “Now why did you bring them?” I pointed towards Rainbow Dash and Pinkie pie.

“I needed somepony who could fly fast and somepony who could handle artillery as Twilight put it.” I took my eyes off them as I looked over at Luna.

“Artillery?”

“Yep she means my PARTY CANNON!” Pinkie had large blue cannon with bright pink wheels as she was smiling with Rainbow Dash backing away.

“I’m sorry I asked.” I started walking away until Luna had stopped me with her wing pulling me back.

“Look you need our help Lily”

“I can do this on my own.” She had forced me to look up at her.

“Lily for many years you have done things by yourself or with somepony else but now you need our help. Listen you are so much like me when I came back from the moon. Yes so much has changed for me and I never got to see it like you did but there is one thing we have in common.”

“Oh and what is that?” as I asked her that I could hear Pinkie setting off her cannon sending Rainbow flying past us.

“We hide in the shadows. You may keep you past in the distance keeping it far from you as for me I’m constantly running from it. When ponies find out about your past you keep them close afraid of losing them, because of an enemy looking for you or something worse. When they find out about my past the run from me never to speak to me again and they complain to my sister, which I’m tired of it and I’m glad you came along because you knew me back then when I was at my best and when I was at my worst and I like that.” She was making me blush because no pony has ever told me that. But she was right I always kept the ponies close to me who knew about my past.

“I think we should be going now before the others worry” I starting walking forward as Pinkie put her cannon up as she went over to Rainbow who was covered in cake and frosting. I glanced up at the moon as I flared my horn up my magic turning a light blue I was able to clean Rainbow off and to create a path that was full of small little fairies and tall mushrooms and flowers that were glowing a bright blue, pink and purples causing everypony to stop and gawk at path I had created I even made Pinkie Pie to stop bouncing.

“As Cherry blossom fall from the tree, the moon will be bright as be, the ponies will laugh the ponies will laugh as thee.” As I started singing as the edge of the path was line with cherry blossom trees with pieces of white paper tied to the branches “When the cherry blossoms fall from the tree, the crystal will glow bright as glee, as the magic flows free, causing everything be fine as thee” The moon’s light became brighter as my mane and tail started to glow as a small crescent moon appeared over my cutie mark.

“Lily you’re glowing!” Pinkie shouted as I snapped back to reality causing everything to disappear.

“Oh yeah well it happens every time I sing that song”

“What is that song by the way?” Luna was rubbing her chin

“It was a song that we sung during the full moon.”

“Wait you actually celebrated the moon?” Rainbow was flying overhead as I gave her a nod.

“The sun was always there to light the day but the moon was there as well. The sun helped plants grow but the moon helped the crystal plants grow better and was always the best time to practice magic.” I was flared up my horn as I created another world this one with small multiple colored orbs dancing around as I was pulled into a hug by Luna as she wrapped her wings around me squealing like a school mare.

“No pony back then has loved my night and only my sister and student can show me what the night can bring to ponies now” she kissed my head as I turned a deep red as Rainbow was laughing as Luna suddenly looks up into the sky.

“What’s wrong Luna” I looked up at her.

“The song you added to it, it matched up with the stars twinkling.” She had let me go as I looked at her.

“Yeah it was great!” Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down as I scratched my head.

“I didn’t add any song to my magic” I had made them stop even made Pinkie stop in midair “What did it sound like?”

“dunha dunha duhduhduhduhduuuddduh dunha” Pinkie was trying her best to copy the song she was describing to me.

“ohhhhh yeah I know that song, it’s from the stars” I pointed up to the sky.

“The stars?” they all looked at me as I sighed feeling like an idot.

“I can hear them sing and they were singing Rainy days stormy days lightning crashes overhead wind whips around thunder blasts down gales roar panic soars nature clashes with itself time will calm this war. See the sky hear its cry teardrops falling to the ground color has fled grayness has spread flee this place flee this place sadness leaking overhead time will soothe this war. It’s a song the stars sing but only they sing it on rainy days” I had made them look like they were all in shock as I rubbed my head again.

“Okay one were burning light here we should really be going.” I started walking forwards as Luna looked at me “Do you even know where you’re going?”

“Yes”

“No” I had never been to the Crystal Empire I had only been to the train station that was situated outside of the empire. Luna was staring at me as I through my hooves up in the air.

“Fine you win!” she smiled as the others gathered around as her horn flared up and we were gone in a light blue flash as we reappeared somewhere that had smooth blue walls that sparkled with the light of torches as flags hung from the wall with a crystal blue heart and an armor with stars around it as well.  I stumbled around as Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie walked off leaving me alone in the room with the same pink Alicorn from the fight with Blueblood who was sitting with Celestia and Luna.

“Auntie Luna!” she was hyper almost to the point I thought she would turn into Pinkie Pie.

“Aww Cadance is my sister here?” she went to hug the pink Alicorn as she nodded before looking over at me.

“You must be the unicorn that fought prince Blueblood.” She had walked over towards me as I moved closer to Luna a bit.

“Yes and he started it” I thought I saw the direction the Rainbow and Pinkie went and I decided to follow hoping to find them but I found another pony I didn’t want to see, Blueblood. He had a black eye and a few bandages wrapped around his legs. He looked up at me and his face went into a twisted horror.

“YOOOOOU! How dare they let a barbarian like you in a place like this” he stomped his hoof which was weak.

“Let me guess they found you further from Whitetail then they said.” I had a smug look on my face mocking him.

“Yes now I do hope I don’t see you again”

“To bad I’m staying in the castle”

“They let you.. a barbaric muddy unicorn” he started laughing which gave me the upper hoof. I spun on my front legs and I bucked him again thought a pair of wooden doors and into a book case.

“YOU DARE CALL ME A BARBARIC MUDDY UNICORN AGAIN YOU POMPUS WUSS I WILL KNOCK BACK INTO TIME!” I shouted causing the guards to pull their spears at me. “Oh how lovely.” I said sarcastically before they tackled me to the ground.