The Last Pack

[Pre-Note, this is a REALLY Long chapter, you may want to get a drink and snack before starting this especially if you are a slow reader ;) Hope you all enjoy!]

When my world came back, I appeared in the middle of a clearing of a mysterious forest. Standing in front of me was a figure in a black cloak, from the figure I assumed it was a pony just as the ones I had encountered only seconds ago. On the back of the cloak was a symbol. The symbol was a tribal wolf head, with an orange eye and 3 red marks.

I didn’t know if this pony was friend, or foe, but one thing I did know is that I’m not taking any chances with the pony. I lifted my right arm high into the air when the pony finally spoke.

“A grave mistake that would be, as I am an ally to you Solstice.” she spoke with a soft tone. I still felt as if I shouldn’t trust her so I quickly brought my claw down to where she was. When I lifted my claw she was approximately 20 feet to the left from where she once stood. How did she do that?

“You think me an enemy for fear of your wife, be not afraid Solstice, I am a friend who wishes to help.” She spoke once again, but this time it was louder and a more hardened tone, one of a true warrior. “You are wary of our kind after what happened not but minutes earlier yes?” she probed.

“I dare not trust your kind. You all wish to see me and my wife dead, why should I trust you?” I asked, my voice booming. I’ve gotta learn to control my voice in this form…

“To trust in me, would be good for you. I know of your past and will tell you of it in trade of your cooperation.” she responded.

“Know of my past? Why would I need to know of my past? I know about my life already, do you try to fool me?” I asked with growing irritation in my voice.

“I mean your past of those great many years ago, the past of the true you, Lost Solstice.” she said with a victorious tone. I pondered the offer for a while, thinking whether she could truly be trusted, and if I should give her my cooperation. She may be a secret unit for Celestias Guard, just trying to trick me so they can get me and my wife and kill us. Yet on the other hand, they seemed more inclined to just simply attack without thinking, so maybe I can trust her.

Solstice, trust her, she can and will help you. She is with us.

What in blazes name do you mean by, “us”?

Us as in I.

I still have no trust in you, so trusting her could prove worse.

Lionel, that is Luna that you are fighting with, just listen to her. She is the one who speaks to you now. She was our commander long ago, trust in her and all will be fine.

Fine, but if I die or my wife dies, I’m going to haunt the both of you until the day you die.

I live in you, so if you die I die. What is the logic of me making you trust her just to get killed?

Paranoia makes you think illogically, sorry.

Thanks Azriel, now Solstice stop fighting her and agree.

“From that silence I presume your connection with Luna has formed?” she asked flatly.

“How did you know about that?” I asked trying to comprehend how she immediately came to that conclusion.

“Tis said in the legends that you had a mental connection with our Leader, seems they weren’t just superstition after all.” she said giddily.

“You obviously already know who I am, yet I have not the slightest clue as to who you are. I may not personally trust you, but it seems Azriel and Luna do, so I must accept your offer. Do know this though, if you betray me, you will find that I will take you down long before I die.” I said coldly, watching as the pony visibly shook from the voice.

“I would dare not betray the Vice Commander of The Pack.” she said bowing. Why was she bowing, and why did she call me the Vice Commander of The Pack? What was The Pack in the first place?

“Okay, but why are you bowing and calling me the Vice Commander of this, “Pack”?” I asked.

“You are a leader, sir, and The Pack is the group that is lead by Luna. You were the Vice Commander when you died long ago, so I thought you may be again since you have returned as the tales have told.” she said from the ground.

“Well little pony, I do not like to be bowed to nor be treated any higher then others so please do not do this. Also I still don’t know if I trust you yet so automatically naming me Vice Commander is premature. I just wish to know of this legend and my past.” I said as my voice started returning to normal. This form must be running out.

“Yes si-, I mean Of course Solstice. Also before I forget, I am Glistening Star, Captain of squad charlie in The Pack.” she said removing her hood to reveal her face. Her coat was a deep blue, and her mane covered the left side of her face and fell flat on her coat. Her right eye was a bright yellow and was a unicorn. That may explain how she got away from me flattening her. “As you might of already came to the conclusion, I was the one who teleported you here, I heard rumors going around that there was a mysterious khaki pony that appeared and was taken to the castle. So I thought back as to how you were detailed in the legends and decided to take a look for myself to see if it were truly you.” she said.

“I remember waking up in a dungeon chained, not anywhere else.” I spoke my voice returning to the booming voice it was. Looks like I was wrong, maybe I was just controlling my voice better. “So I take it you have an interest in fairytales and legends?” I asked.

“Considering in the past couple years, more than 4 legends and myths were proven to be true, I have more and more. Also with Princess Lunas return only on the horizon, I couldn’t have taken any chances with leaving you to Queen Celestias guards.” she said irritated.

I felt my throat grow colder and my blood return to normal temperature and felt myself shrinking. My eyesight turned back to my normal eyesight instead of the dragon vision I had, or Eagle vision as it should be called. I set my wife down before fully turning back. I felt my wings shrink but not disappear fully, I must be a pegasi then I guess. The last thing that shrunk was my tail, turning back into the flimsy thing it was before. As I finished transforming I threw up what there was left in my stomach. After finishing I felt dizzy, and I started to stumble.

“Oh no!” I heard Star yell.

I fainted.

When I awoke, I found that I wasn’t in a forest, or anywhere on Earth, or Equestria. Where I was, I had no idea, but evidently it was habitable because I was able to breath. I slowly struggled to my feet, feeling that my body was weak from my recent transformation. Wait a minute.

It took me a while to process things but I wasn’t a pony anymore, I was a human again. I ran my fingers through my hair and made sure everything was in place. I couldn’t believe I was human again.

“You seem surprised to be in your natural form.” I heard a voice call from behind me. I recognized the voice, but I couldn’t quite place my finger on who it belonged to. I quickly turned around to find myself looking at the Earth, more specifically, Equestria. I was awestruck by its beauty, from here it didn’t seem like anything was separated, that it was just one whole that everything was peaceful and united. It felt like a true unity. “The planet is beautiful from here is it not, Solstice?” I heard the voice call again this time it came from beside me. I looked over to be staring into a flowing starfield that looked like the night sky, minus the galaxies and planets that you could see here on the moon. Whoever it was, they had beautiful hair.

“Yeah, it’s really amazing…” I said quietly, turning my gaze back to the Planet. I then came to the quiet realization that I was still in fact in Equestria, but I was on the moon that orbited the planet. “This...this is the moon...isn’t it?” I asked the creature standing next to me turning slightly to allow its starfield into my gaze.

“This is Solstice, and it tis the place of my banishment, at least for 2 more months.” I then realized that this was the Luna everyone had been talking about, and the one who had been talking to me in my mind. She turned to meet my eyes. Her eyes were a bright teal, and her coat was a deep blue, what really caught my attention was that she had wings, and a unicorn horn just as Queen Celestia did. As I saw this I backed up and readied myself for a fight. “Why are you doing that?” she asked seeming offended.

“You and that Celestia in Equestria both have a horn and wings.” I said through my teeth, keeping my guard up so I couldn’t be fooled.

“So you think I’m just as she? Have I not helped you enough to prove I’m no threat?” she asked with a pang of sadness lacing her voice. I looked to see she had a sad look upon her face. I lowered my guard and dropped my stance.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t take any chances with you ponies, considering the first one I met was hellbent on keeping me as a winter coat, or making some dragon scale armor out of me.” I responded with a small giggle.

She laughed as well, “Well I certainly can’t blame you for that now can I. Yes it is true I am an alicorn just as my ex-sister, Queen Celestia. You have all right to be wary of ponies, especially after that encounter.” I saw her expression of sadness change to a happy smile. “As to why you’re here Solstice” she started speaking again. “This is merely but a dream, as I control dreams, I am able to meld them as I see fit and intrude on them if need be. I formed this dream for you so we may speak, face to face as it were.” she said.

“Well I have a million and one questions to ask you, how long can you make this dream last?” I asked her.

“I can make this dream last as long as I want as dreams meld time to their form, so I could make it last for years yet your actual sleep last only seconds.” she responded. “As to your questions we have a great deal of time, so there is no rush. I understand you wish to know everything, from the start, yes?” she asked pointing a hoof at me.

“Honestly, I do want to know, but this isn’t just my decision. I would like for my wife to know of my past as well, so we can both at least know what we’re in for.” I said drifting off and turning my gaze towards Equestria. I sat down on a nearby rock.

“You don’t think I brought you here alone did you?” she asked me. It took me a little to realize what she meant. I quickly stood up and looked around to find my wife laying a few yards behind me. She started to stir and get to her knees.

“Ughh, that was one bad dream.” I heard her say as she opened her eyes. She looked dumbfounded letting her mouth hang agape. “You have got to be fu-” before she could finish I picked her up in my arms hugging her tight to me.

“I’m so happy you’re alright.” I said into her shoulder. She returned the warm embrace. I felt warm drops start to appear on my arm. “Are you crying Jazmine?” I asked her. She responded with just a nod. “Don’t cry Jazmine, everything is alright now. The commander will never be able to hurt you again. I promise this.” I said comforting her. I then pulled away from the embrace and kissed her.

“Thank you Lionel.” she whispered. She let go of me and looked around and her gaze stopped on the planet the hung in the sky. “Where are we?” I heard her ask.

“You are on the moon above Equestria dear.” I heard Luna respond from behind me. As she said this Jazmine jumped and looked over, and just as I did, went into a fighting stance. “Dang, do I really have everypony wanting to fight me on Equestria?” I heard her ask, thinking it was towards me.

“I guess so Luna.” I responded to her, then I turned my attention back to Jazmine. “It’s okay Jazmine, she’s a friend. She’s going to help us, and more importantly tell us why we’re here.” as I finished what I said Jazmine lowered her guard and walked behind me and hid there. “Oh come on Jazmine, you can’t be that shy with everyone forever.” I said with irritation. I got no response from her.

“Well I guess we can get on with this then.” Luna said pulling up some rocks to form seats for us. She used her magic to form a small fire in the middle of us to warm us up. It was quite freezing on the moon, even if it was just a dream. “Please sit.” she said, this time with more urgency in her voice. We sat down and I leaned in further so I could get closer to the fire. I looked over to see Jazmine doing the same.

“First thing I think we should start off with, is why you all keep calling me Solstice, and this whole myth surrounding him and now me.” I said calmly. I looked up to see Luna getting adjusted to the rock she was sitting on. As soon as she got comfortable she started to speak.

“The legend starts long ago, around 1200 years ago. Just like any other day, me and my sister, Princess Celestia, had been going about our duties as the royal family. Attending court, holding trials, listening to diplomats and aristocrats talk about what they want from us. Yet there was something off about my sister that day. Instead of the cheery happy, go lucky pony I knew and loved. She was far more distant, instead of her usual attentiveness she was distracted by even the slightest movement or sound. throughout the next few days I watched her, she looked as if she was always looking for something, always listening. This went on for weeks before I finally asked what was wrong with her. When I finally asked she said, “I fear that our guards are conspiring against us. That the citizens are growing uneasy and are ready to overthrow us at any moment.”. I at first laughed at the idea and told her that we were safe, that none would dare to even think of conspiring against the goddess of the sun and the goddess of the moon. Even with my reassurances her strange behavior continued. Soon she started to imprison anypony she thought was part of a conspiracy against us, when I decided to confront her, she simply ignored me and continued to do this until the point where I had finally stepped in during one of the arrests.”

“I was walking along the streets of canterlot doing some window shopping when I heard a door being broken and windows being shattered. I quickly galloped over to where I had heard the breaking, and found that the royal guard was arresting a family of 6 ponies. One mother, One Father, and 4 fillies. I requested that they stop and leave this family alone. They told me that Queen Celestia had ordered the arrest of the Leaf family. I then ordered them if they do not let them go, they will be dishonorably discharged from the Royal Guard. They said I was no longer in charge of them even after this, that I was just a Princess, that I had no authority over them. I was baffled at this because me and Celestia were both Princesses and this was a treasonous act. I quickly flew back to canterlot castle and ran to the throne room of Celestia. I was blocked by the guard saying that I was not to enter unless given advance consent from the Queen. I was scared, and at the time I hadn’t noticed they kept calling her “Queen”. So I broke through the throne room doors, knocking out the 4 guards that were guarding the room. Celestia glared at me and spoke, “You dare come in here with my consent Princess Luna? Have you no respect for your Queen?” when I heard this change I yelled, “You are not a Queen Tia! You are a Princess! Just as I am, why are you doing this to poor innocent families?” I stomped my hoof as hard as I could saying this to try and get a point across, “You dare speak to me about what is wrong and right? How dare you! Get out of my throne room before you regret this Princess, this isn’t a place for the weak of heart.” After hearing this I let my rage flow through, “WEAK OF HEART?! Isn’t that a laugh coming from the one who calls herself Queen yet is just a princess as I! Last time I checked as well, my heart is stronger than yours, I’ve done what was right for this country for over 200 years and will continue to do so for the next millennia! You, you are nothing more than a paranoid filly who wishes to play princess when she is doing wrong to her people! If you want to do what is right for your ponies, then step down and return to your old self! Stop with this ill conceived paranoia!” I yelled from the rage shaking the very building around us. She then yelled for the guards who quickly outnumbered me. “Luna, from now until the end of your unnatural days, you are hereby banished from Equestria. If you dare step hoof into Equestria again, your life shall be forfeit and you will be executed on the spot.” she declared it in the equestrian voice, which she rarely used except for in cases such as this.”

“After I was banished I flew until I was finally out of Equestrian territory. I lived in the far west on an island that was inhabited by not just ponies, but gryphons, dragons, naga, and minotaur. All of which lived in harmony. This island was named Utopia, as you may guess from the name, it was perfect. At least for the many it was perfect, there were the few who saw Utopia as nothing more than a cover. As it was that, just the perfect cover up. Deep beneath Utopia resided another city. This was no ordinary city, no, this city's name was Dystopia. It was the exact opposite of Utopia, yet it was a a cesspool of the wicked, brave, and the damned. All of which looked for work after being banished unjustly by Celestia and other figures of power. For a hundred years I lived in Utopia, slowly growing a rebel group from the ponies, gryphons and minotaur races that dwelled there. Many of them, lost their families because of her, and when they were banished, they left to Utopia in hopes of either finding peace from her, or finding others worthy to take up a sword to bring her down. I brought them all together under a single banner, under a single leader, those hundred years I spent my time training them, helping them, and uniting them. The name of this rebel group was, The Pack. This name had just felt right to us, when we had first conceived the idea it had no real meaning behind it. It was just a name.”

“After 100 years had passed since I arrived there on my banishment day, I finally decided that it was time. Time to rid Equestria of the one I used to call my sister, Queen Celestia. We had a great wealth built up from various jobs from all over the planet, except for in Equestria. The times we had gone to Equestria for money, it had been a large sum of it, one that was worth risking our lives for. Luckily our name had grown in both fame, and in infamy. Many joined us in the name of bringing peace to the land of Equestria. We purchased enough ships to move the entire rebel Army to the mainland, but we were smart and came in as squads, from Alpha Regiment to Zeta Regiment. Over 100,000 members had joined our cause.”

“We fought from dawn to dusk for the next 99 years, winning many battles, and losing many as well. The war had been a stalemate for a great long time, me and Celestia had clashed on the battlefield only a few times, usually the battle ending in our favor because she could not fight anymore. In the spring of the 99th year we found something that unknown to us, would turn the tide of the war in our favor. A mysterious unicorn had not been known to us, or any pony in the town he wandered into. He forgot his name, where he came from, even how to read and write, but there was one thing he knew how to do, and that was fighting. We were watching over him until the first battle when we had him with us. He stayed close to me during the battle, when I encountered Celestia he hid nearby behind a tree trying to stay away from the fight so he would not be harmed.”

“It was a battle that was truly hailed as the battle of gods. Unlike our previous battles, we set out to make this a deciding battle on who would win the war, we used our best spells, our best maneuvers, our best tactics. In the end it was I who was losing for the first time. Before she dealt the final strike she was tackled by a wolf-like creature who sent Celestia toppling into a tree. You could hear the crack as the trunk and her back cracked, it was one that made even I flinch. The creature looked down to me and I couldn’t help but notice, it smiled at me then returned its attention towards Celestia. Celestia who was taken by surprise quickly recovered and when she got to her feet I sensed that something released when she was struck by it. She broke the seal placed on us by our mother that kept us from using dark magic.”

“I felt the dark energy pass from her into the land and everything around us, I felt as it tainted the air it was not pleasant. No sooner had this happened did she create a blade of pure darkened magic. She jumped at the creature that had saved me only to be caught in mid air by it punching Celestia in the throat then kicking her clear through the tree that she had recently been smashed into. Creating a thunderous boom that no doubt got the attention of the army fighting over the hill as it fell silent. Celestia quickly got up and flew high up and then dive bombed towards the lupine esque creature. The creature grabbed the sword as she dived towards it and used the sword to cut a mark right under Celestias left eye, no doubt you saw it when you saw her, we may be immortal and heal fast but wounds by magical weapons conjured by dark magic leave a scar that lasts forever.”

“No sooner had it done this did they land leaving a crater in the ground. It picked up Celestia and reeled back his fist for one final punch, it sent Celestia flying clear across the hill, from what I could tell it knocked her clear out. The creature then turned its attention towards me, it slowly walked towards me and started to visibly shrink and turn back into the pony who I was caring for. He then slowly started to stumble until finally collapsing on my side falling asleep.”

“My first reaction was to get up away from him in fear he was doing this to lure me into a false sense of security. I poked at him for a little while before finally I picked him up in my field of magic and withdrawn from the battlefield I looked back to see Celestias army retreating 3 ponies carrying her limp unconscious body. I continued to walk to a medical crew who was waiting nearby and I told them to give him the best treatment possible. As soon as he was laid on the stretcher, he started to open his eyes. For the first time he spoke to me, “I’m sorry Luna”, he then proceeded to faint once again. I felt a pang of guilt hit me, his first words to me was that HE was sorry. The medical ponies who were carrying him stopped and looked at me wondering what had gone down for him to apologize to me.”

“I told them that he had saved my life from Celestia by throwing at a rock at her drawing her attention away from me and when she was targeting him I knocked her out but not before she could poison him. It was a lie, but it was necessary because I still needed to figure out what had happened myself. I knew that it wasn’t just a vision, or a fake, because I saw Celestia knocked out upon the backs of her army retreating. It was a major victory for us, and it was the turning point in the war, the tides had finally shifted in our favor, with that single pony. I knew not at the time the importance of who he was, but soon I found out he was more than just any pony. He was brought to us to save us, to help us, to rid the world of the Tyrant that still rules Equestria.”

“It was 2 days before he had awoken again. When he woke up the first thing he asked for was to see me, I didn’t know if I should be happy that he was alive, or mortified that he was alive. The medical team that was caring for me quickly fetched me from my tent, where I was in a meeting with the generals and Vice Commander at the time, planning for a raid on Ponyville. When I heard the news I quickly ordered them to follow me to see this pony. They all agreed but not without a little, “convincing”.”

“When I arrived in the tent where the pony was, he was looking out the plastic window up to the sky, speaking silently to himself. He didn’t even turn around when he spoke, “Luna, I am sorry for my mutism before, and for what I had done at the battle, but I could not have allowed your charity towards me go unpaid.”. I slowly approached him and asked, “May we know thy name at least for what you did was but save myn life and I am truly grateful.” he turned around so I could see his face. “My name…I have none or at least I don’t think I do. I only learned how to speak during my sleep as my protector taught me. Nor do I know who I am, where I am, what I am, or anything else. All I know how to do currently is walk, talk, eat, drink, fight, kill, and follow orders. I know not how to read or write as your kind would say, I don’t even know if I belong here. I haven't a clue who I am.” he spoke in a solemn tone one full of remorse and sadness. I felt a pang of guilt as I didn’t know who he was either, the only thing I knew is that he saved my life and that I was grateful.”

“I looked over to see my generals were standing in a line blocking the doorway from the crowd that had gathered outside, listening in to this ponies story. The Vice Commander, who was at the time the one you know now as Commander Bolt, told me that we should help this pony as he had shown his loyalty to The Pack. I agreed with him and from behind I heard murmuring from the crowd outside. “Listen pony, we shall teach you all you need to know of this world if you do one thing.” I spoke to him using the equestrian voice. “What would you have me do Luna? Swear loyalty to you and The Pack as you call it as Bolt said? Yes I can hear you even when you whisper above the noise the crowd outside is speaking of. It’s one of the perks you have when you contain a spirit that takes the form of an anthropomorphic wolf. Also you may want to interrogate Lieutenant Rage, from what I’m hearing in the crowd he’s telling an associate to relay this new development to the one called Celestia. Get your best guards on that now or you’ll be in trouble and won’t have me as an ace up your sleeve.” he spoke to me with a tone of urgency and gratefulness. Upon hearing him say this I called for the guards to arrest Lieutenant Rage and any other ponies he has had contact with in the past 24 hours. I turned my attention back to the pony and said “How did you hear that so easily?”, “You think that I would lie to you after you saved my skin, not knowing who I am, not knowing if I was good or bad, if I had any mal intent bent on murdering you, I could have done it as my wolf form, yet I didn’t now did I? I repay in full what is given to me, even if it would take the cost of my life. My life is in your hooves, as I am in your debt for taking me in, and treating me as your own even though I couldn’t speak for what, a little over a month?” He stated monotonously.”

“ “Well either you could have been a really good spy for Celestia, or you could have been telling the truth when we asked you those questions. Yet all you did is shake your head no, not speaking. At first you twere not to be trusted by anypony and have an eye kept upon you for until you could speak or do something to prove you weren’t a liar.” I responded with haste so it wouldn’t seem like I was being rude to him. I couldn’t tell what he was thinking but there was one thing I did know, he was very cautious. “I will swear my loyalty to you and this Pack. Not for just rescuing me, but for accepting me as I was when I first appeared here. I am sure in time my amnesia will clear but for now, I just need to learn the basics of life, especially speaking without this irritable voice.” laughing as he said this. I thought to myself that his voice was really annoying, but it was nice to know he at least had a voice. “Then I hereby enlist you to The Pack. Tomorrow you shall start your training and will get your uniform tonight. With any luck you’ll be caught up to your fellow recruits in no time.” I said beaming with happiness. I felt that he could help us and I was not proven wrong, no not at all.”

“ It was about 1 month later when he returned, this time he had official training, but from what I had heard he was the top of his class, by far. His magic was stronger than any other unicorn that had ever joined The Pack in recorded History, which showed very strong promise to aiding us in the coming raid. It was almost like he was a machine. When he left my tent that day I expected him to come back in the usual 3 months it took for training, but it was deemed by the instructors that he surpassed even their skills, knowing fighting styles that were foreign to them. I was made aware of his return by the shouts from Alpha Regiment bagging on him. That’s when I heard something hit my tent. I quickly ran outside to find that one of the generals was knocked out against the wall of my tent. I looked over to see him standing on his hind legs holding his forelegs in hooks, he proceeded to say, “Call me a worthless piece of crap again and next time it will be a lot worse general.” All of the regiment was standing around him their mouths hanging agape. I couldn’t help but join them as this was my war general who was said to be the best fighter in all of Equestria.”

“ When he saw me he went back down on all four hooves and bowed down to me and said, “I am sorry Commander Luna, forgive me for what I have done but he has insulted me and I do not tolerate being insulted, especially by ponies I know not of.” His voice was flat and the squeaky voice he once had was now deep but laden with depression. “Please follow me Recruit, I must speak with you in my tent.” I said angrily, I couldn’t be lenient even if he had saved my life in the past. “Yes Ma’am!” He said lifting his head from the ground and proceeding to follow me to my tent.”

“ When we had gotten into my tent I sealed the door and plastic windows closed and put a spell on the tent so no one outside could hear us. “So pony, it seems you returned far ahead of schedule, I take it training went well?” I asked. “Yes Ma’am, training went by quick as I was in no need of training.” he replied flatly again, not blinking. “What do you mean there was no need of training? It’s required to join The Pack?!” I shouted at the pony who didn’t even flinch. “Ma’am if I may, I would like to present the report that was requested to be handed to you. It explains my situation.” he said flatly, “Permission to present report Ma’am?” he asked. “Permission granted recruit.” I replied as he passed me the reports. I quickly scanned over them to find out that the instructors even agreed to this, that he needed no further training as he was already more knowledgeable in tactics, fighting techniques and styles, and could tell you a plan like it was the back of his hoof than any of the instructors. Upon finishing the report I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded. “Well this is certainly good but that doesn’t change the fact that you’re in trouble recruit, you knocked out the war general!” I shouted at him. “Ma’am, he was insulting me and I do not tolerate it even from higher ups, the only ones allowed to insult me are you and the Vice Commander Ma’am.” He said flatly. “I won’t do anything about it because one, he had it coming sooner or later, and two you saved my life, but you are getting latreine duty for the month, got that recruit?” I replied to him. “Ma’am yes Ma’am!” He replied flatly again. “Alright these formalities are getting irritating.” I said loosening myself. “At ease recruit, I need to talk with you on a personal level, first off, have you figured anything out about yourself?” I asked him. “I haven’t found out much but fragments in the form of dreams. Yet I have formed a name for myself, yet I have not made it official, I was waiting till I saw you again to give it out. I have found out that my life before wasn’t one that was on this planet though, I will tell you that. The reason as to why I can fight so well and know so much about war is because I was a General in the Roman Empire of Italy on a planet called Earth. That’s all I’ve really been able to piece together thus far from my dreams.” he spoke this time with a cheerful tone.”

“ “This name you have given yourself, let us hear it if you would.” I probed. “My name from hence forth Periit Solstitium. According to my knowledge of my world it is Latin for the name Lost Solstice, of course this is for you to decide Luna, as you were the one to give me reason to live.” he had said bowing slightly. “I think Periit Solstitium is a great name but the translation sounds better and would fit better.” I replied half sounding irritated. I felt bad saying that. “Thank you Luna, from now on I shall be known as Lost Solstice and will live for you and you alone.” he said bowing deeply then proceeded to stand up. “Somethings coming…it sounds like a pegasi squad.” he said alarmingly. “How are you able to hear that?” I asked quizzically. “I have the ears of a wolf, if I couldn’t hear it then what use would Azriel be to me? Oh shush Azriel I was just kidding, don’t get your drawers in a bunch.” he was speaking to something but I could not see what, but what I did do was release my magic and run outside quickly with him galloping out by my side.”

“As we looked up we could see as hundreds of armored pegasi were dropping straight towards the camp. It was a company of them. I thought to myself, we need to get everyone into defense position. Yet as I was thinking about that I heard Recruit Solstice yelling to ponies giving them orders, what surprised me even more was that the Vice Commander was relaying these orders so that ponies would follow them. “Solstice! You’re with me! Come on, lets go meet them in the air!” I ordered to him. “Ma’am yes Ma’am!” as he shouted back he casted a spell that created a platform that he could use to fly. We flew up as fast as my wings and his magic could and slammed right into the pegasi leaving two big holes in the company where we broke through. On my spear I had 3 ponies, Looking over to Solstice, he was bathed in blood casting a spell to create hundreds of tiny knives of sunlight. He controlled each and every one as if they were his own hooves.”

“I dropped down using my spear to spear a few more pegasi, but when I looked back up to see the company of pegasi, I saw a gaping hole the size of my tent in the middle of the company and a bunch of blood falling from the sky. It drenched my coat and mane as I flew back up and started weaving back and forth through the pegasi encountering little resistance. Solstice the surrounded me with his knives for one final blow he screamed to me, “ALL OR NOTHING! GO IN FOR ONE FINAL SWOOP! MY KNIVES WILL SURROUND YOU CREATING A LARGE SHIELD THAT WILL CUT THEM TO PIECES! NOW GO!” he pointed a hoof at the end of the company or what was left of the company and motioned all the way to the other side as it echoed to me. I looked up to him and gave him a nod then I proceeded to the end of the company and dived into it.”

“All around me I saw the pegasi getting cut and sliced to pieces, the knives not differing from any pony except for friends and I. At the end of it all The knives that had surrounded me were so coated in blood I couldn’t see anything outside of the sphere. I heard a whizzing as the started to spin and send the blood flying through the air creating a rain as they did so then they disappeared. I looked up to where Solstice was sitting on his platform of orange magic. He was breathing heavily. I flew up to greet him.”

“As I reached him I noticed that there was something wrong. Instead of his normal mane color, it was a flowing blood red with occasional spheres of different colors in it and his eyes changed from the normal bright yellow to a bright blue and bright orange. His mane was flowing like mine and Celestias. It had honestly scared me at the time but I waved it off and placed my hooves around him trying to comfort him. As I did this his mane returned to the normal red, yellow and orange spiked mane it was normally. I felt him hug me back, I heard him say, “Thank you Luna”. I let go of the embrace and asked, “What for Solstice? You fought hard and showed magic beyond that of any I have seen before. If not for you many lives would have been lost on our side.” I said bringing him into my embrace again. “I mean thank you for the hug, me and Azriel needed it.” he said into my shoulder. It took me a minute to process he said another name. “Wait, who is this Azriel you are speaking of?” I asked to him, “Azriel is my protector, the manifestation of my soul, the Lupine creature you saw when I attacked Celestia a month ago. He lent me his power just now, that’s why my mane was flowing as it was.” he responded with a smile. “You hugging us let the power return to him and it just felt good to be hugged, ya know?” he stated. I giggled at this. “You certainly are a strange one Recruit, now lets get back to camp, I’m certain everypony is waiting to great their hero.” I told him with a smile.”

“As we returned to the camp we were greeted with a great many ponies cheering. As we passed by they bowed gratuitously to us. Lost Solstice who had never been greeted as such walked along next to me with his head down so his mane covered his face. I asked him why he had been keeping his head down but he did not answer me. Over the course of the month he spent his time with the generals, Vice Commander Bolt, and I discussing fighting tactics, and ideas for weaponry that we quickly put into use having our finest smiths create the weapons. He also spent his time helping the instructors around the camp teach their classes, while doing so he gained favor among many ponies even the highest ranking members of The Pack saw him more of a leader then just a Recruit. When the raid on ponyville came he teleported any civilians in the area of ponyville and the surrounding 2 miles to the front of canterlot to avoid any unneeded casualties. This was an incredibly impressive feat considering he was just a normal unicorn, but that day was not to play in favor of Solstice as the pony who teleported down to Ponyville after the mysterious appearance of the villagers in Canterlot was not a face I wished to ever see during the course of the war. It was the Element of Magic, Starswirl the Bearded.”

“When Starswirl the bearded appeared, I knew it was time to withdraw, but he had different plans in mind for us. I ordered all remaining troops to fall back to the camp and abandon the raid. When Starswirl heard of the retreat happening he encapsulated the entire town in a magical barrier that wouldn’t allow anypony in, or anypony out. We were trapped.”

“I quickly began to fear that this was the end for us, that this was the final battle but what truly astounded me was that his goal was not to kill us all, only to fight one pony. That pony was Solstice. “I know you’re here Solstice! I want to make a deal, you fight me, and I’ll let your group and the royal guard leave unharmed, resist my invitation, and all the ponies in here shall meet a fate worse than death.” I heard him loud and clear. Below me I could see Solstice start moving through the crowd towards the voice. I had dropped down to block his path. “Luna, I know you fear for my life, but I know what Starswirl the bearded is capable of. His strength in magic is unmatched, hence why he is the element of Magic despite him being only a unicorn he is said to be stronger than you and your sister. You won’t always be able to protect me, I have to fight my own fights, and I’d rather you all get away and I die, then all of you and the royal guard die including me. To save the greater many, one must sacrifice themselves. I know you will object to this, but I must go.” he said to me. I felt tears roll down my cheeks. “Please be careful Solstice. If you die, I will never forgive you.” I said feeling my heart break as I said this. I don’t know why I felt so strongly about him dying. Was it because I treated him more like a son than an actual soldier? or was I simply naive? Either way, I didn’t want him to die, even if it would save us all. I simply watched as he teleported away.”

“I heard Starswirl call out, “It seems that Solstice has decided to face me, very well. You are all free to go, but move hastily, as my second barrier will force you out. Run ponies run, run as fast as you can!” he laughed crazily. I saw a second barrier starting to emit from the center of town, it was slow yet we needed to move fast before it caught up to us. “RUN! GET BACK TO THE CAMP!” I yelled using my equestrian voice to order the Alpha and Beta Regiments to retreat. I dragged the Vice Commander aside and told him this, “I’m going to stay here and watch the battle, make sure everypony gets back to the camp safely. If Solstice dies, I need to be there to revive him immediately.” I whispered this to him and he responded with only a slight nod.”

“I then proceeded to fly above the barrier and town. The roof of the barrier was clear, but still there, but for what reason? I asked myself, then I realized it, he had wanted me to stay so I could watch. On one side, stood Starswirl the bearded, wearing around his neck, the element of magic. So this was the form the element took while under his control I thought to myself. I then turned my gaze slightly to the right to see Solstice on his magic platform glaring at Starswirl. Starswirl looked up at me then smiled and cast a spell that put me in the head of Solstice. I was able to see all he saw, feel all he felt, and I could see his memories, as he could see my memories as well. “It seems that we can finally get started Solstice, and Luna.” he said with a smirk. “Oh yes that’s right Luna I trapped you inside the head of your little friend. Now when I kill him, I’ll kill two ponies with one well placed bolt to the skull.” he said his voice laden with anger. “Kill two ponies Starswirl? You must be mistaken. There will only be one pony dead tonight, and that pony will be you.” I felt Solstices Anger take control, his voice changed from its normal cheerful deep tone, to one of a demons. I couldn’t shake as I was just stuck in his head. “Oh yes I am so scared of you Solstice, you make me tremble oh so very much.” said Starswirl mockingly. I felt something happening to my body, it was a surge of power something that felt familiar yet very foreign. It was both an immense pain but it was also very pleasant warmth that filled his veins. He grew more than triple his size and we could see as bright as day. I felt as claws grew from my hooves and turn into what he called fingers. As the transformation finished he howled into the moon far above us. I then heard him think, “I hope tonight's sky is strong enough to help me.” I quickly responded to his thought by thinking, “If it is not, then I shall make it clearer and grander.” He started to look around as if he had gone mad then thought to himself, “Luna? How are you in my thoughts?” I mentally face hoofed and said, “Well he did trap me inside you remember?” I asked him. He then proceeded to slap his forehead, “I actually did forget that, sorry. Yet how are you reading my thoughts?” I then questioned that myself, how am I reading his thoughts, I knew we were in the same body but I couldn’t exactly explain this. “I have no clue, but this form draws its power from the night sky?” I asked to him, “Yes, it does. That night the reason I was able to fend off Celestia was because the moon and stars shone brighter than they ever had since my time here. It gave me enough magic to allow me to last longer at that strength. Tonight it will be harder considering the moon and celestial bodies are dimmer tonight meaning that me and starswirl may be fighting on the same level, but there is one thing that you should know.” he said this all the while glaring at starswirl. I saw forming around me spheres of light, that then turned into small daggers like the ones he had used before. “I’m still able to use magic in this form. The flowing red mane you saw a month ago, that was the markings of Azriel forming my tail and mane.” he then proceeded to stand as tall as he could, he towered over Starswirl the bearded. They both began to walk towards each other. I heard Starswirl speak first. “Immense show of strength before the fight actually begins, I admire that Solstice.” he spoke with a small chuckle. Then I heard Solstice laugh, for the first time in a very long time. “Lets hope that we don’t make this battle to boring for us. Are you ready?” he said this time with a more formal tone. “I am, now lets begin.””

“With that they both jumped back around ten feet only for Solstice to continue flipping backwards, I heard below us as bolts of magic started to whizz by going at impossible speeds. Solstice landed then proceeded to leap high up in the air then shoot a few of the daggers at Starswirl who started to dodge the daggers using teleportation. He then proceeded to teleport above us forming a large hammer and struck us sending us flying into one of the buildings of the town below. It hurt but Solstice got right back up and turned the magic of his daggers into claws so he could extend the claws on his hands then proceeded to jump up towards Starswirl who proceeded to use trees to try and stop us, sadly to no avail to him. As we broke through the last tree we saw that he was surprised but he quickly used his magic to shield himself. We sent him flying across the small forest into the other side of the barrier surrounding the town, it rang out as he hit it at full force. Solstice, taking no chances with it, turned his magic back into daggers and went over and started to bombard the area where Starswirl had fallen from the previous strike.”

“When Solstice finally stopped, the area where he had been was barren of tree, grass, and blood. He quickly realized that Starswirl had snuck away before he had reached him. Solstice turned around just as Starswirl was launching himself at us with a large gouging spear. Solstice grabbed the spear and deflected the blow towards the barrier where the spar dissipated into thin air. He then grabbed Starswirl by the horn and flung him as hard as he could into the ground. Starswirl started to slowly get up. “You are putting up quite the fight Solstice, far better than I had anticipated, but now. Let us take off the training gloves and get to the real fight.” we heard him say. We saw a bright light start to emit from his chest, he was activating the element of magic to help him. Solstice quickly descended to the ground and waited for him to finish activating it, for reasons unknown to me at the time, Solstice had wanted this. As Starswirl finished, his mane was infused with a purple hue and flowed like a river, his entire body was covered in white tribal markings that glew like the sun. His eyes were pure white and he grew to the same height as Celestia. “Now that you are taking this seriously Starswirl, I can fight without remorse.” I heard Solstice say, then I felt something changing. He didn’t grow at all, but I did feel something change, it was throughout his blood. “Looks like Solstice is giving me the chance to fight you Starswirl, are you ready to die?” His voice changed to a slightly less demonic tone and it sounded less deep as well. “So it seems I have drawn out your guardian, this battle shall truly go down in history.” I heard Starswirl say, I couldn’t help but ask myself at the time, who was this pony I was trapped inside? It surely wasn’t Solstice.”

“No sooner had they took a stance did they start to fight, the first attack sent a shockwave through the air creating a small crater below us. I saw that Solstice used his magic to create a staff of light, Starswirl on the other hand used his magic to conjure 2 swords to fight with. Solstice and Starswirl quickly jumped back then proceeded to attack once more sending another shockwave through the air. This went on until finally Solstice decided to slide underneath the attack and use his staff to strike the underside of Starswirl sending him flying up into the air, quickly Solstice took advantage of the situation and jumped up towards him only to be blasted back down to the ground by a magical bolt of energy. Starswirl then dropped full force slamming into Solstice’s stomach. It was really painful but Solstice grabbed his hoof and flipped him over then proceeded to grab him by his mane and slam him into the ground, then grabbed his horn and threw him clear into the town hall. Solstice walked over to the gapping hole in the wall to see Starswirl was waiting for him with 7 energy bolts.”

“No sooner had Solstice seen this did he jump back out and start running as fast as he could. Right behind us following was the 7 bolts of energy, phasing through the trees and buildings following him. As he looked back in front of him there was another energy bolt coming towards him. We ran right into it and was blasted back into the other 7 bolts of energy. We fell from the sky hitting the ground sending a wave through the ground and back to us making us bounce. Solstice slowly got up after this strike to be greeted by Starswirl charging at us with swords drawn. Solstice brought his staff just in time, but what had surprised me was that he blocked this attack using one arm and he didn’t even flinch. “You want to play dirty, eh Starswirl? You are a disgrace.” I heard him say his voice deepening and another surge through his body, he turned his gaze to meet Starswirl who slowly stepped backwards in fear. Solstice slowly started to walk towards him, I felt the ground beneath us shake as he did so. Starswirl had all the right to be terrified, as I was terrified as well. I saw the images in Solstices mind from his past come to the surface, memories suppressed from his Amnesia coming back without relent. The anger, sadness, love, hate, loyalty, disgust, and lastly the strongest feeling present within him, loneliness.”

“ “You dare betray the name of honorable battle Starswirl? You shall pay with your life for this great evil you have committed.” He said deepening his voice even further. Starswirl was cowering beneath him, he said “You can’t possibly kill me!” He was cut off before he could say anything else by Solstice grabbing him by the throat and slamming him into the ground. “You deserve not the honor and nobility you have earned, you deserve not the life that you live, and more importantly you deserve not to be the wielder of the element of magic.” He said as he gripped the horn of Starswirl, it burned but he did not let go. He broke the horn clear off making Starswirl scream in pain, I could only imagine the pain he felt. Solstice then proceeded to to use the horn to stab it into the back of Starswirl then shoved his claw into his left eye and rip it clear out of the socket sending Starswirl into an even louder scream. “Lastly, you deserve not to live in peace.” Solstice said with one final jab of his claw, he shoved his arm into Starswirl the bearded’s chest and proceeded to grasp his heart, you could feel it beating fast in the palm of Solstices hand. The look on Starswirls face was one of true fear. I then felt as Solstice crushed the heart in the palm of his hand and Starswirls breathing stopped. He fell lifeless before us and the barrier surrounding the town dissolved. I was then returned to where I was above the town before I was trapped inside of his head by Starswirl.”

The black wizards giant lizard thought that the Solstice went a little mad a moment ago. The black wizards watched from an unknown location, waiting for the right time to strike. They decided to transport to compton and started to cast dark magic upon their kingdom and protect it from an impending threat.

“At first I couldn’t believe what had just happened, Solstice, the one I thought of as a son, killed the most powerful unicorn in existence by crushing his heart, in the palm of his hand. It was a terrifying realization of the power that an enraged human could possess. I found out through the memories that his race was called humans, that he was a general to a place called Rome, that the last thing he saw before he appeared here was his wife dying in his arms then it all just going black.”

“I flew slowly down towards Solstice where he was just standing there over the corpse of the recently killed Starswirl the bearded who had returned to his normal size. The element of magic was no longer around his neck, it was being held in Solstices hand. As I landed beside him he spoke to me, “I finally know everything Luna.” He said this his voice low and laden with sadness. He looked over to me with tears streaming down his face. “I finally remember.” He said breaking down to his knees. I quickly ran over to him to comfort him, he wrapped his arms around me just crying. I knew what he saw, the memories, the feelings, I knew everything now about him, and all I could do, is comfort him to the best of my ability.”

“The Pack had search parties come looking for us to find him asleep on my side. They saw the damage that was done to the town and saw the corpse of Starswirl laying mere meters away from us. They quickly got a medical team and carried the corpse back to the camp along with carrying Solstice on a stretcher into the infirmary tent. It took him only a day to get better from his fight the night before, which was odd considering the last time he went into that form it took him almost a month to recover. The first thing he saw when he woke up was me staring out the window on the side of his bed. “Hey Luna.” he spoke quietly, I turned around startled by his voice. I smiled and hugged Solstice and said, “I saw everything Solstice, so if you need someone to talk to, you can talk with me okay?” he responded with a smile. “I’d be more than glad to tell you everything.” He said sitting up in his bed. Over the course of the next 4 hours he told me everything that he remembered from start to finish sparing no details on any of it.”

“Those days were good, they were filled with joy and laughter. Not a day went by when he didn’t make me or another pony smile, but I couldn’t help but feel his loneliness emanating from the wretches of his heart. 4 months after the fight with Starswirl, Vice Commander Bolt was accused of being a spy for Celestia, which turned out to be more than true. When he was confronted by the guards he killed 4 of them before escaping into the everfree forest. I was then without a Vice Commander and none of the generals had been willing to step into that position so I appointed now Corporal Solstice as the new Vice Commander of The Pack. At first he had been reluctant to accept the title and the position because he had only been with us no longer than 7 months. He felt as if he was not worthy to, although the generals and many of the soldiers encouraged him to be the Vice Commander. He was well respected even for his low rank, he was treated as I was treated even though he was but a simple Corporal. After some encouraging by his peers he finally agreed to take up the position. The next three months were our most productive ever, he worked everypony to the brim. He got us much needed supplies for weaponry and food as well, considering we had to ration everything before because the vice commander was holding us back. The generals learned more tactics and fighting techniques so that they could be almost on par with him so they weren’t thought of as useless.”

“All was good until that final fateful day of mine. It was to be the last battle of the war, the deciding battle, whether we would win or we would lose. Me and Solstice were both preparing for battle putting on specially made armor made out of titanium that was infused with magic to make it a lot lighter than what it would normally be. Solstice had grown from being a normal sized stallion to becoming one that stood as tall as me and Celestia at the time. His mane was no longer the spiked red, yellow, and orange it had been 3 months ago, his mane now flowed as a red starfield with the occasional color sphere dotting it making his mane all the more unique from me and Celestias. His right eye was the bright electric blue of Azriels and his left eye the bright electric orange as well. Him and Azriel had finally learned to merge together fully and it allowed him to use the power Azriel wielded  when he was released. Solstice saw that I was staring at him, he gave me a reassuring smile and asked “It’s definitely different from when we first met huh?” I woke up from my daze and simply nodded my head and returned to tightening my legguards. “It’s been almost a year since that day, and even as such, I’ve come a long way compared to most ponies would have ever in their entire lives. I’ve saved the goddess of the moon, knocked out the goddess of the sun, fought off entire battalions and companies single hoofed to top it all off, last month I killed the element of Magic by crushing his heart in the palm of my hand.” as he said this he tapped on the element of magic that now hung around his neck.”

“After the defeat of Starswirl the bearded, Azriel took up the element of Magic and placed it around his neck intending to make it his trophy for his victory over Starswirl, but instead the element of magic changed slightly, yet it was still a necklace. It changed from being a circular amulet that had a crystal that reflected the very world and twisted it. Into The Pack insignia, the eye looked like lava and the red marks flowed with the same magic starfield as his mane and markings. After that day we had found out that our insignia, it wasn’t just a coincidence that it looked similar to Solstices protector, Azriel, it was telling that one day he would appear and help us win this war, it was a prophecy that was told long before it began.”

“After I was finished fixing up my legguards I slowly walked out of the tent, Solstice following behind standing proud and strong a full head above the other ponies. He was still a unicorn by all means but he was stronger than any other alicorn I had ever laid my eyes upon, he was a true god by our standards, surpassing even me and my sister.”

“It took us about 2 hours to make our way to the field that laid below canterlot for this final battle. What we saw was a force much stronger than any we had ever seen before. There were catapults, and ballistae lacing the army at mostly the front and catapults near the rear force. What truly struck me as amazing was that all the races were there, they were all united to fend us off, it truly was a sight to behold that there had been such unity after we had arisen. The Pack of course was composed of all the races but to see Equestria united in such unity was truly astonishing, no matter how long I looked I couldn’t help but feel both saddened and happy by the site. From what I could tell there were thousands upon hundreds of them, all fighting for Equestria, for the false Queen, the Tyrant Queen Celestia.”

“ “Solstice, look at all this.” I said to him slowly. “I see it Luna, but this won’t be enough to stop us.” he said this as I turned towards him to see him grinning at me. “Oh, no it will not. Lets just hope they don’t lose their heads when they’re killed.” I replied giggling. “The punishment they would have to endure with you would be worse Luna.” he said laughing. “Oh shut it Solstice, Celestia is making her way to the front, as should we.” I replied flatly. “Alright, let us go greet the oh so great tyrant.” He replied lacing his voice with regality.”

“It took us only a couple minutes to reach the halfway points between the two armies, Celestia was walking slowly towards us, no doubt she didn’t enchant her armor to make it lighter as she struggle with every step. Her armor was made of a shimmering gold. On her chest laid a depiction of the Equestrian Insignia that showed she was apart of the Equestrian royal army. Her armor shook with every step she took making her chain mail rattle. It took her about another mintue to finally join us. “Hello Luna, Solstice.” she said with a slight nod towards us both. “Hello Celestia. I do hope you will surrender instead of going on with this unneeded bloodshed.” I said flatly hoping that she would listen for once to no avail that was. “I’ll surrender as soon as my blood has been drained from my body, until that happens this battle will go on.” she said monotonously looking straight into my eyes. “That can and will be arranged if necessary.” I growled through my teeth and stepped a hoof forward to be stopped by Solstice. “Celestia of Equestria, if you dare not stand down and surrender your arms then today shall be your last. That I can and will make sure of.” He said flatly keeping a straight face as he said so to her. “You dare to threaten me whelp? Know your place you filthy dog!” she said, I quickly snapped at her, “Don’t you dare talk to him that way!” I growled again. “Fine Celestia, you have had your warnings, prepare yourself.” Solstice said calmly. We then started to gallop back to the front line.”

“ “Stallions, Mares, Minotaur, Gryphons, Naga, and Dragons! Tonight is the final night, the battle to decide who shall control Equestria!” Solstice started to yell to the army, his voice echoing to even the furthest soldiers and from what I could tell part of the Equestrian Royal Army. “We Cannot allow this tyrant to rule the lands we lived in anymore! She has threatened the very well being of all species residing here with her paranoia! She has done nothing more than banish those she even thinks to be against her even if they had not done a thing wrong. Tonight my brethren! We shall rid the world of this great evil! We shall fight in the shadow of our beloved PRINCESS LUNA! WE SHALL BRING DOWN THE WALLS OF OPPRESSION! WE SHALL BRING UPON A NEW ERA OF PEACE! WE SHALL WIN THIS WAR AND WE SHALL BRING THE TYRANT QUEEN TO HER KNEES! WE SHALL PREVAIL!” He yelled at the top of his lungs, this time it rung clear across the land as I heard the entire Army start cheering creating a ear drum bursting cheer. Solstice held his hoof out to me, when I grasped it he lifted us up into the air above the army and proceeded to finish. “NOW PACK! TO ARMS! TO JUSTICE! AND TO VICTORY!” He yelled again gesturing a strong hoof towards the Equestrian Army.”

“What came next was the cheering and calls of over 250,000 creatures united under one banner for the greater good. Below us you could feel even his magic platform shaking from the galloping of the army down below. “Are you ready my Princess?” I heard him say to me, “Yes, let us finish this.” As I finished my words the moon was peaking over the horizon and I used my magic to make it closer to make it brighter and made the night sky as beautiful as it could possibly be. At seeing this Solstice looked over to me with a confused look on his face. “You said that your power came from the moon and nightly celestial bodies, so this will one give you immense power and two it is the perfect backdrop for the final battle.” I spoke looking forward as the ground troops advanced quickly. He replied simply saying, “Get ready I’m lowering the platform and turning once I do I need you to back me up as I go for the leaders. Take them out first and we can cripple the army causing Celestia to have to order all the troops not being able to send them to other commands. Got it?” I nodded and he released the barrier. I fell for a second before letting my wings catch me then I proceeded down with Solstice as he turned and dropped down in the front of The Packs front line.”

“No sooner had he landed did he charge the front lines of the Equestrian Army who was charging towards the group but as they saw the large wolf creature charging towards them they quickly took to the defence. Yet Azriels charge proved too much for any of them to stop as Azriel casted a spell turning the moonlight into a staff and beating them to the sides clearing a path to the first general. Quickly I dived towards Azriel who proceeded to turn his staff into a sword and chop the head off of the general causing his blood to spurt over his soldiers. I reached Azriel and grabbed his arm and threw him up where he proceeded to use this height to locate the next general and dive bomb into him sending his limbs and blood to be sent over the battlefield. I thought silently to myself, “Two down 4 to go”. Azriel proceeded towards the next general who was lining his men up in front of him to protect him. Azriel gave me a gesture that told me it was my turn to get my hooves dirty. He quickly broke through the defense and proceeded to toss the general up into the air as I conjured an axe and chopped the general clear in half then reared around and proceeded to cleave the head of the screaming upper body causing the screaming to stop. I looked over to see where Azriel was, he was fending off a wave of soldiers trying to attack him.”

“I quickly flew towards him and yelled, “Grab my hoof Azriel!” He responded by shooting his right hand up into the air and grasping onto my left front hoof. I then flew him high above the battlefield so we could search for the remaining three generals. They had seen the other generals start to fall and retreated to the sky to avoid us, yet ended up running right into us I couldn’t help but smile for this fortuitous gift. As they spotted us their eyes grew wide with fear but they were quickly surrounded by 3 squads of Pegasi using a weapon design of Solstices. The weapon latched onto the wings of a pegasi turning the wings into sharp swords that could be used to deal swift blows if the pegasi was fast enough, it was paired along with another design for wrist blades for the ponies to allow swift strikes. It was a deadly combination. The fight was very quick to say the least leaving the pegasi who had challenged us crashing into the ground having their wings ripped off and the blades on their hooves stabbed into their stomachs, leaving the generals to fend for themselves.”

“No sooner had they seen the squads fall did they start to retreat towards Celestia in hopes she would be able to save them, but she just sat there watching as her generals were ripped to shreds by me and Azriel, not even flinching at their blood curdling screams of pain.”

“As soon as we had finished dispatching the generals did we set our sights on Celestia herself. “Are you ready to deal the final blow in this war Azriel and Solstice?” I asked loudly over the roar of battle going on beneath us and around us as the Equestrian Royal Air Force collided with The Packs Pegasi Unit. “We are Princess, let this day be remembered as the day Equestria was rid of a tyrant queen.” he said shifting his sights towards Celestia and glaring angrily. We quickly descended to land in front of Celestia where her army had left her.”

“ “This is your final chance to surrender Celestia, we have already slaughtered your generals, your army is slowly falling into disarray as there is no leader giving them orders as you just sit here on your battle chariot waiting for the battle to finally end.” I had proclaimed loudly towards her only to be met with a laugh. After she had finished laughing she finally responded, “Oh Luna, Luna, Luna you still dissapoint me to this day with your cowardice, and your incompetence. You may have the element of loyalty in your possession, but you forget, I still possess and control the other five elements of harmony. The generals lives were a small price to pay to be awarded the chance to see you finally ridden from Equestria.” I stepped back in both disgust and hatred, “A small price? The price of over 2 hundred thousand beings is a small price to you? Have you no shame or regret Celestia? “ I proceeded to ask in disgust. “That I do not, their lives were but a small price. You shall not take this kingdom, as long as I have blood running through my veins, you shall not be leader of Equestria.” she growled back at me through her teeth. “Then I guess talking to you is of no use Celestia of Equestria, your crimes against pony kind, gryphon kind, minotaur kind, dragonkind, naga kind, and humankind shall not go unpunished. You are to die today, no remorse and no regret, you deserve nothing more than to die for what you have done.” I heard Azriel speak through his teeth. Celestia then proceeded to cast a spell to summon the power of the elements of harmony.”

“As the spell was cast the elements infused with her mane causing the color to turn pure white and her eyes to glow as bright as the sun itself. She had become the elements of harmony. I turned to see Azriel standing there, waiting, as she had gained her full power. I readied myself by conjuring wing blades and hoof blades made of pure moonlight. I had then proceeded to conjure up on extra sword just in case of needing it, as I knew this fight was going to be one that would decide who would rise, and who would fall. As she finished she stayed hovering in the air above us and proceeded to below, “LOOK UPON ME, LUNA AND SOLSTICE! SEE THE POWER OF A TRUE QUEEN!” as she finished this she created several spheres of light that turned into all sorts of weapons, from small daggers to spears. There was something off about them that I noticed, she had imbued them with dark magic. I had to be extra careful, as did Solstice so that we wouldn’t die.”

“I began the first assault with Azriel following quickly behind. I pounced at her only to be countered by a sword contacting with my wing blade making me stumble but not stop but I quickly flew into being hit by a staff and knocked back approximately 20 feet. I saw as Azriel was holding his own against the magic weaponry, dodging and striking switch from staff and sword when need be. I quickly got up and tried my assault again this time to be countered by Celestia using one of her conjured swords. As we struggled with each other I did a leg sweep knocking her off her hooves and causing her to stumble, I took my chance and lunged at her only to be stopped by a pole knocking me back. She got up quickly and pounced at me this time instead of using her weapons she used a magic bolt surrounding her hoof to strike me. It felt as if a fire coursed through my veins as it struck.”

“The shear force of the strike sent me tumbling backwards at least 100 feet. I quickly tried to get up only to be struck down by her dropping full force onto my back, I felt the heat once again. It was a painful burning that flowed through my veins, she had sent the sun's power into my very veins. As I quickly got up I looked around to see her flying at me full force. I felt as her hoof connected with my muzzle sending me flying only to hit a pole she had set up in advance. I bounced off it and before I could recover she was already upon me and slammed me into the pole again this time holding me there. I heard something scream, “NO MORE!” I heard a violent explosion follow the scream.”

“Standing there behind Celestia was Azriel this time his eyes were a maroon red that flowed the same as his markings. He had grasped Celestias hoof as she reeled it back to hit me, he then proceeded to pick her up by that hoof and slam her down into the ground, then proceeded to kick her as hard as he could in her stomach sending her flying a few meters in front of us. Where he had his usual Element of Magic hanging around his neck was not the element itself, but the insignia of The Pack. The Element of Magic had imbued itself within Azriel.”

“ “You shall harm her no longer Celestia!” He yelled proceeding to pounce Celestia who brought all her weapons to defend her from this deafening blow. As his staff struck the wall of weapons it let out a sonic boom making the wall of weaponry shatter. He then proceeded to continue his assault by returning the magic into his body and punching Celestia across the clearing he had created from the blast of the sonic boom. Celestia quickly recovered but from what I could tell she was far from over. She started to charge her magic into a wave of magic. As Azriel saw this he quickly took up the defensive by jumping in front of me and creating a magical barrier from the moonlight and stars. All around me a starfield had been formed protecting me and Azriel as we felt the force of the blast hit the barrier. I analyzed Azriel to find that he had been cut on the thigh, forearm, and on the back. The wounds weren’t deep but they did make a noticeable difference on how he fought. As soon as the blast had stopped he lowered the field to find Celestia was waiting for him with a hoof getting ready to hit him. He took the hoof full force sending him flying into the woods behind me, at this point Azriel was well over his limit, but he continued to fight. He picked up one of the fallen tree trunks and threw it at Celestia following closely behind it. Celestia had cut the tree in half and saw that Azriel was following it closely all too late, he punched her this time right in the chest where her heart is. I heard a violent cracking sound as it struck and noticed his hand was tinted slightly orange. As he landed he fell to his knees panting heavily.”

“ “Solstice!” I screamed to him, he put up a paw and said, “I will fight until my very last breath, don’t try to convince me otherwise Luna.” he was hurt and you could tell by the look he had on his face. He had gone way overboard and was now taking it’s toll on him. I felt something sharp go through my leg. I looked down to see that one of Celestias swords was stabbed into my thigh. I let out a pained scream. Solstice quickly looked over and looked mortified then I felt the very air around me grow cold. The once pained Azriel stood up this time with an aura of deep purple light around him. Celestia teleported in front of me taking the sword out of my thigh and bringing it up to my throat.”

“Solstice had other plans for the blade though. He grabbed the Celestial Blade and proceeded to stab it into Celestias side causing her to wince in pain. He then grabbed her by the head and slammed it into the ground then picked her back up and threw her across the clearing then proceeded by jumping high into the air and elbow dropping her where he had just stabbed her. He then got up and proceeded to make his way towards me, the aura dispersing from his body, and his eyes returning to his original state. He had won the fight. He had killed my sister, or so we had thought, the both of us.”

“My eyes grew wide with horror as I saw the blade appear in the chest of Azriel who quickly fell to the ground coughing up blood. “You don’t think I would die that easily, now did you dear Solstice?” I heard her say evilly. I looked at her and Solstice, shocked and mortified. “As for you dear sister, my plans for you are not death anymore. I shall make you suffer far worse.” she spoke to me calmly. “This time, you are not to be banished from simply this country, but from this world. For a thousand years, you shall spend every waking moment upon the moon you so dearly love, and control.” she said making me widen my eyes with horror. I looked down to see Solstice grabbing Celestias rear left hoof. He said, “You….You will do…. no such thing to her.” coughing between his words. Celestia quickly rose her hoof away from his grasp and bucked him right in the head knocking him out finally.”

“ “Goodbye Luna, and may your demise be slow as you watch all you worked for, crumble.” She said saying her final words to me. She then began to cast the spell, I felt my body grow cold, and felt as my body was banished to the moon. The last thing I saw and heard was her laugh and blood ridden coat.”

“As to what had happened afterwards, I cannot be fully sure but I can tell you this, mere days later Solstice was executed as I was forced to watch through a magical portal designed to allow me to watch as he had his head lopped off by a guillotine.” she said finishing up the legend finally.

“So you mean to tell me, that even though his power was great, even with the element of magic, that he was still not strong enough to face Celestia who wielded the 5 other elements of harmony?” I asked hoping to make sense of how the story ends.

“It may seem as if it is a lie, but all I have told is the truth. You were a unicorn in your past life, but now you seem to be a pegasi which is odd, but that can be fixed by a spell I know.” she answered letting her head hang down.

“I would love for that to be possible, but you are trapped here on the moon correct?” I asked.

“I am only trapped here for but 2 more months, in the mean time, I want you to join up with The Pack and start training immediately. I know you have great experience and that you will do well in training, but practice can only make you better.” she replied this time in a more cheerful tone.

“So you’re saying that my husband was a demi-god among gods back a thousand years ago that was a general in the Roman Empire, who became the Vice Commander of a group called The Pack, whose insignia is a depiction of his Lupine Demon?” Jazmine interrupted.

“Believe it or not Jazmine, it is true, to the very last word. You may not believe me, or you may, I guarantee if your husband goes into Azriels form again and you look for the scars, they should most definitely be there.” Luna said giving her a small glare.

“Well true or not, we are stuck here in Equestria until we find a way home Jazmine, and right now they are the best chance we have at living a semi-normal life.” I said trying to get Jazmine to join me.

“Semi-normal life? You call fighting war and operations a normal life?” Luna asked baffled by my statement.

“Well, if you lived on earth, you would see that was our normal life so this won’t be much different other than that we will be taking orders more instead of giving them.” I said suppressing a laugh. Jazmine huffed and silently nodded when I asked her if she would join me.

Over the course of what seemed like 2 hours we talked trying to get all my questions sorted out about Equestria and its history, along with what she wanted to know about Earth and our lives back on Earth. All was going great.

“I’m so sorry for the loss of your brother Solstice, I know it must be hard.” Luna said giving me a sympathetic look.

“Yeah well, can’t exactly change the past. Anyways, when do you think we will finally be done with this dream, no offense, I enjoy your company and all but I want to get up and move around again.” I said with a solemn face.

“Well it seems your body is starting to stir already, and it’s around six o’clock in the morning in Equestria right now so I can end the dream right now and let you two awaken if you want.” Luna said giving a slight smile.

“I’d love that Luna, sorry if I am cutting this short, but I feel like getting up and moving around in my new body so I can get used to it.” I said hoping to not sound like a prick.

“It’s fine, I’ll end the dream now, I have some stuff to prepare myself for the coming months for my return. Please take care of yourself Solstice, and Jazmine. You never know what Celestia might do when she is desperate.” She said taking great care to make it a point on Celestia.

With that I felt as my body started to float back towards Equestria and land itself back into the body of Lost Solstice, the one who I was meant to be from now on.