Celestia felt a burning sensation in her eyes as she slowly opened them. Her entire body ached, and her head throbbed with terrible pain. She shivered. Wherever she was, it certainly was a cold place. Celestia closed her eyes again and focused on her breathing. She felt as if she was in a closed space and couldn't breathe, even though this was not the case. She was having trouble remembering what just happened.

Suddenly, the sound of a newborn foal's wailing, echoing cry splitting the air caused Celestia's memories to come racing back to her. Shit! Celestia thought frantically. She remembered everything now. The white alicorn began to scramble to get to her hooves. She forced her exhausted body to get into motion. Once she got to her hooves, she felt her world spin and she swayed a little bit, almost falling down. She shook her head and sat down wearily. She had taken a hammer to the head so it probably wasn't a good idea to lash around just yet. Once her extreme nausea faded she began to rethink what had happened. Obviously, they had been captured by the enemy. Celestia looked around, studying her surroundings. She was in a small cave, and there was a wooden door that was locked in front of her. Dammit, we have been captured! Celestia thought. She swallowed her panic, but her worrying emotions were not going anywhere. Her mother was probably still in very bad condition. After all, she had just given birth to a newborn alicorn. Her sister...

My sister. Celestia thought. That was going to take some getting used to. Celestia angrily gritted her teeth as a thought slithered into her mind. That damn spy probably told them where the fort was! I'll cut that little shit's head off! She thought. Normally she didn't think badly of others too much, but he had thrown her family in danger. That was unforgivable.

Celestia mentally kicked herself for getting off track. That was not important right now. She had to escape this prison in order to get to them.

She was surprised that there was nothing holding her down in her cell. No chains, muzzles, nothing. She also had all of her armor and weapons on her. That was a bit strange, but Celestia dismissed it. She shakily trotted up to the locked door. Her legs were still really hurting. Celestia studied the sturdy wooden door. She tried to estimate whether or not her magic would be able to break this door down. But she was sure that the door was locked, it had to be. The enemy couldn't be stupid enough to put her in a cell and then not lock the door. Celestia hesitantly put one hoof on the metal handle. It was worth a shot, these ponies were pretty dumb.

Celestia drew in a deep breath, and then pulled on the handle. To her complete bewilderment, the door swung wide open. Her jaw dropped. These ponies were fucking idiots! Celestia laughed lightly to herself for the first time in a long time. They may had been outnumbered, but at least the enemy soldiers were all dumber than a sack of rocks. She quickly began galloping down the narrow passageway in the cave. She pulled her enchanted sword out of her belt and used her horn to light her way. Before she did anything, she had to find her mother and her newborn sister first. She would cut through anypony to get to them.

Celestia skidded to a halt, kicking up gravel as she saw the passageway split into two more passageways. Celestia began quickly thinking. Which passageway housed her mother's cell? Celestia grinned as she remembered. She had a spell she learned from her father that would allow her to detect the locations of ponies that had the same blood as her, ponies that were her family, That was perfect.

She sucked in a deep breath and then casted the spell the all her might. Her horn glowed with a stunning yellow light, and the light pointed to the left passageway. That meant her mother was in that passageway. Feeling a wave of determination, she began galloping down that path, filled with the urge to find her mother before it was too late.

Sure enough, Celestia came to the same wooden door that had been at her cell when she reached the end of the rocky passageway. This would be easy. Celestia didn't want to make her mother have a panic attack, so instead of swinging the door open, she calmly nudged it open and then stepped inside. She was greeted with complete darkness, so she filled the area with dim light. "Mother...?" She whispered carefully.

Diana was lying on her side near the back of the small rock chamber. There was a very tiny blue foal lying firmly beside her mother's stomach. The foal was visibly shaking.

"Mother!" Celestia exclaimed. She trotted eagerly over to her. Diana opened one eye and looked at Celestia. "Shhhh..." Her mother rasped. Her voice sounded very weak, and this pushed Celestia's worries. She laid down in ront of her mother. "I'm here, mother. We are okay."

"I...I know that." Diana whispered wearily. "We're not-"

Celestia shushed her. "Mother, you're sick. Save your energy and don'don't speak. I'll get us out of here, don't worry." Celestia assured softly. Diana's green eyes shone with confusion. "Why leav-"

"Mother!" Celestia snapped very softly, shushing her mother again. Diana gave a small,amused and pitiful smile that broke Celestia's heart. She hated seeing her once great mother like this. Suddenly the sound of a small whimper caused both alicorns to turn their heads. Celestia's sister was visibly shaking.

"G- Go...Go make her warm." Diana sputtered weakly, nodding at the foal before she rested her head back on the stone floor. "I..I can't...She needs..."

Celestia put her hoof on her mother's mouth gently. "I understand, mom." She said. Diana nodded slowly. Celestia turned and casted a small heating spell in the chamber. It was dreadfully cold. She then trotted over to stare down at her sister. Her newborn sister, who was lying there so weakly. Celestia felt sadness in her heart. Her new sister had to be born at this horrible time...

She lied down in front of the small filly and gently picked her sister up in her arms. The foal did not struggle, and just simply lied there. Celestia pushed her muzzle gently against the newborn's stomach. She wrapped her long tail around her body and cradled her sister gently. Celestia felt full of affection and sadness. Why was something so beautiful born in such a time of ugliness? The foal became to whimper less and calmed down a little. Celestia noted that the foal was beginning to fall asleep, which was good.

"You too will be the best of sisters..." Celestia heard Diana mutter quietly from where she was laying. Celestia gratefully looked at her mother. Even though she was weak, her vice still shone with pride.

"I'm- I'm proud of you, Cele..." Her mother rasped, calling Celestia by her nickname. "You and Luna."

"Luna?" Celestia asked curiously, looking at her mother in confusion.

Diana nodded. "Luna...That will be her name. She was a beautiful blue coat...Just like the night sky..." Her mother coughed before continuing. "And she will raise the moon...Just like you raise the sun..." She said. Diana then let out an uncontrollable, sick cough. Celestia blinked. Luna...What a beautiful name... Celestia thought. She looked down at Luna, who was asleep in Celestia's arms now, sleeping peacefully. Celestia stared at her sister for a long time, thinking.

"I think everything's going to be alright." Celestia said after a while. Diana blinked at her and then smiled softly at her eldest daughter. "I believe in father. He will get us all through this. It'll be okay." Celestia said hopefully.

Diana nodded. "I think so, to..." She whispered "It will be over soon, sweetheart."

Celestia nodded. She knew that they couldn't stay like this forever. They would soon have to escape here. But Celestia was hopeful. This war was going to end soon. They were going to be okay. But Celestia knew one thing. She was determined to get her family through this. She was determined to get every innocent life through this.

She also knew that she would slay any creature, climb any mountain, duel anypony to the death...

To protect Luna.

Author's Note

Oh my god, I hate writing at 1:40 in the morning...

The next chapter will have action, I promise.