The Destroyer

An Interview With Luna

"But Celestia, what if it’s true?" asked Luna, a hint of fear in her voice.

"Nonsense Luna, you know we defeated it long ago, entombed it under the tallest mountain in a land long abandoned. It would take it millennia to escape fr..."

"But what if it has" interrupted Luna "anything could happen out there in the recesses of memory. Maybe that little spitfire mare was right in her assumption"

"She is but a youngling Luna, her great grandparent's grandparents would have forgotten about it"

"I still think we should allow her to go check it out."

"But we can't let Rainbow Dash go, she is the only thing holding the fabric of this place together. She needs her rest"

“And what exactly would happen if Dash missed a few days of work?" protested Luna

"You don't seem to understand Luna, rainbow dash has a certain magic that neither pegasi or unicorns have. Her magic is what holds all this down" she gestured with her wings at everything around her. "Only a few ponies are ever born with this gift. And Rainbow Dash has it. That is the reason she is always tired. If you send her away you'll only upset the balance of this place and it will fall into chaos.”

"But we can deal with chaos; remember how we used to live in constant fear under discord. I believe that we could manage

"Sister, let me tell you frank. You and I are only here because pegasi like

Rainbow Dash, without them the world would just cease to exist

altogether."

"Maybe she wasn’t blessed with this magic like her ancestors were. Maybe you have had the wrong ponies when you think of this. In reality it could be anyone."

"Go to bed sister, let me think on this tonight. We will talk again in the morning."

* * *

Rainbow dash jumped up with a start. The window had blown open with a loud "crack!" on the wall beside it.

"What was that!" she exclaimed.

What’s going on?!" cried spitfire, as she dashed into the room dash had been sleeping in.

"Oh nothing, the storm's back though."

Wonderful. Here let me help you with that" she yelled over the rush of air.

She helped ash secure the window, they walked away from the undamaged window pane feeling proud of themselves.

"Thank you" said rainbow dash. She looked over at spitfire and couldn’t help but smile when she noticed that her beautiful hair had gotten all messed up. She giggled a little.

"What" asked spitfire

“Ah nothin, just looks like you got back from helping the tornado crews round up a wild one" with that she broke out laughing, the most she had laughed in a very long time. Spitfire quickly dashed over to her and planted a deep smooch right on her mouth. Her eyes shot wide open and her cheeks started to flush.

Spitfire pulled away slowly, a strand of spit the only thing connecting them together. Rainbow dash moved in for the kill. She followed after the retreating form of spitfire. Intending to put an end to the hasty retreat.

She caught up and pushed her lips right up to hers, returning the favor she had received Rainbow Dash forced her way into her partners mouth, moving deliberately, making sure to feel every nook and cranny on the way in. Spitfire realized what was happening and fought back. She forced rainbow dash's tongue back and started probing around inside her mouth. Rainbow Dash opened her eyes and looked at spitfire. Spitfire opened hers too. Dash glanced over at the window, making it seem like someone was there. Spitfire glanced over and received a full on tackle from rainbow dash.

The next morning Celestia woke up with a start. Her bedroom window had been flung wide by the wind."Oh deary me, another storm must be coming in”. She got up and closed the window, noting as she did, the different colored lightning bolts shooting from the undersides of some of the clouds.

She walked out of her room and down the long opulent hall that led to the throne room. Luna would be waiting to finish the conversation for sure.As soon as she opened the door, a large fast stream of words rang through her head all at once."Did you see the moon last night? Have you come to a conclusion on rainbow dash, isn't this storm just the strangest thing you have ever seen? Can I go out today?"

"Sister, sister. Calm down silly. No, I did not see the moon last night because I was sleeping, as you should have been also, yes I have come to a conclusion on rainbow dash, yes this storm is very strange, and no you may not go out today, it is too dangerous. Why did you ask about the moon last night?"

"Oh nothing, it was just rainbow colored all night!"

"I have to go out Luna, you stay here and behave yourself."

"Okey dokey lo... Oops... Umm... Okay be safe! By the way I think that you should go visit Fluttershy soon also, she may have some valuable information that you might be able to use.”

Celestia looked at her sister strangely. “You are acting very strangely indeed sister, is something the matter?

“No nothing at all sister. I do believe that you should be on your way to Rainbow Dash soon though” she looked at her sister condescendingly. “And maybe pick up a few treats from Sugercube Corner while you’re at it.”

“Sister, I don’t know what is wrong with you, but you had better fix it by the time I get back”

“Okie. Dokie.”

Celestia looked at her sister very strangely indeed, she had never acted like this before and it was really starting to creep Celestia out. Her personality seemed to change lately, it resembled that pink one’s… no wait it couldn’t be, she was to innocent to try to impersonate a princess, or was she?

With that she stepped out of the throne room and into the blustery wind to go and visit Rainbow Dash. The test that she had devised last night should really determine whether or not Dash had the special powers or not…

*   * *

Rainbow Dash had once again fallen asleep on the couch, she did that a lot realized spitfire. That was okay with her though, it gave her a chance to find out more about her lover all on her own. Who knew what she would find in the house, it was massive and could hide many a secret from public view.

She walked out of the living room and into the expansive front hall. Two stairways led away from her, one going up and the other pointed downward. The downward staircase looked a little spooky and could have hidden some darker secrets. Spitfire decided not to go down that direction, it could be bad to find out to many dark secrets before they had been together for a while.

The stairway that led up on the other hand was lightly lit by skylights along the ceiling. It seemed as if the ceiling went on forever it was so lofty. The stairs were cushioned more so than the first floor had been, she came to the conclusion that this must be the direction to her living space. Opulence dripped from every inch of the stairwell as she climbed, sculptures hung from every banister and great works of art hung from the wall.

Spitfire giggled quietly to herself. This wasn’t Rainbow Dash at all. If her friends knew how much of a luxury life that she lived, well, they might just have to have a little laugh at her, it would be humiliating.

At the top of the stairs, the padding underfoot got even softer. The roof above was low, and less light seemed to get in up here than lower on the staircase. Two halls led away from each other at right angles. The corridor to the right contained only one door and was significantly shorter than the other hall. The second hall on the other hand had five doors lined up down the wall and one at the end. The one at the end had to be her personal sleeping quarters, spitfire thought to herself. She bypassed all the other doors and made a beeline for the last door.

It wasn’t locked so spitfire let herself in. the furnishings were simple, but looked very soft and elegant. A bed over to the left of the door, a small dresser to the right and a tall mirror on the back wall. Lying on the bed was a tangle of black leather straps that looked like it had been flung there in a hurry. She went over and nosed the leather, it was smooth, the edges had been sanded down to make a very slight curve in the edge, enough to hold something, but not to cut it through all the way.

“Ohhhhhh….. I get it now. He he. Boy is she in for a surprise now.”