The Lost Land

by lightningflare1

Rating: everyone
Tags: Romance, Tragedy
Length: 3994

This is the story of Lightning Flare, her tragic past, discovering who she is, her past and her parents. Along her journey she will make new friends and find love along the way, but will she take revenge on the pony who killed her parents or forgive him? will she leave her friends and family to seek out her revenge? (Read King Radius and Queen Arena! More from the battle)

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-29 03:43:01 UTC

Celestia's daughter

The Lost land

Celestia’s daughter

Many years before the banishment of Nightmare Moon, there was three kingdoms in Equestria Canterlot, The Crystal Empire and The Cloud Kingdom. All three ruled by alicorn, one day after The Crystal Empire as fallen to King Sombra the rulers of The Cloud Kingdom and Canterlot left their kingdoms to help the crystal empire. The battle with Sombra was incredible crystals and spells were flying all over the empire. Celestia, Luna and the king and queen toke refuge from Sombra attacks.

"We need to use the element of harmony!" said Celestia as she breath heavily

"How sister, he's going to destroy us" said Luna "The moment we leave"

"We`ll make a diversion!" said the King of The cloud kingdom "It will give you enough time to attack him with the elements"

"We can’t let you do that!" said Luna as she look at her dear friends "What about your foal?!"

"We can’t let her live in a world with evil" said the queen

"But why both of you?!" ask Celestia "One of us can go?"

"You two are more needed alive than dead" said the king as he open his wings along with his wife "If we don't come back..."

"Don't talk like that!" shouted Luna "You will come back!"

Luna watches her two friends flew off and head towards Sombra, as they distracted him. Celestia and Luna were able to leave their refuge.

"Are you ready, sister?" ask Celestia as she toke out the elements of harmony

"Yes!" shouted Luna as she wanted to attack Sombra before he could hurt her friends.

As their fired the elements of harmony, Sombra fired a wave of dark crystals at the king and queen. The rainbows hit Sombra and turns him into a shadow and banish him.

"We did it, sister!" shouted Luna as she landed with her sister "We did it.........!" as Luna turn around hoping to see her friends landing be hide her, she only saw their dead bodies that were full of dark crystals.

"Oh no!" said Celestia as she look at the king and queen and started to cry

"No!" said Luna "Dam you, Sombra!" shouted Luna as she started to cry

Celestia and Luna cried, and watch the empire disappear right in front of their eyes. Celestia and Luna may have won against Sombra but lost their friends and the empire. Celestia and Luna were flying back to Canterlot, when Luna remembers the king and queen’s foal that was back at the castle. They return to the castle and found their foal sleeping in her bed, not knowing that her parents had died.

"Where is she?!" ask Luna as she started to look around the castle

"I don’t know……" said Celestia when she suddenly heard cries "Follow the crying, sister"

Celestia and Luna followed the cries and found the orphan filly. Celestia toke the filly out of the crib and went out of the castle.

"We will bring her back to Canterlot" said Celestia as she held the filly in her hoof

"They would have wanted that" said Luna as she look at the filly that was in her sister hoof.

Celestia and Luna flew back to Canterlot with the foal.

"Let’s call her, Lightning Flare" suggested Luna

"That’s a perfect name" said Celestia

As the years pass Lightning Flare was mostly raised by Celestia since Luna was busy raising her own foal. Celestia tried to raise the foal as her parents would have wanted, everyday Celestia and Luna could see their dear friends in their foal. Celestia and Luna both agree to keep Lightning in the castle to protect her.

"Lightning? where are you" ask Celestia as she walk around the castle

"Here!" shouted Lightning as she ran up to Celestia

"Where did you go?" ask Celestia as she hug Lightning with one of her hooves

"Around the castle" said Lightning "There nothing to do, mom"

"They probably something to do in, Canterlot" suggested Celestia

"Really!" said Lightning "I can see Canterlot!"

"Yes your old enough" said Celestia "But don’t go too far"

"I won’t!" said Lightning as she hug her mother and ran outside

Lightning went out of the castle grounds

"Wow! Canterlot is awesome!" shouted Lightning as she watch all the fancy ponies walk by her  "I never notice a forest before?" said Lightning as she notice the evergreen forest in the distance.

"Hey! Move it!" shouted a fancy dress earth pony while he moved Lightning with his hoof

"Rude!" said Lightning as she stares at the earth pony "I’m going to check out that forest" said Lightning as she turn her attention back to the forest.

Lightning walk towards the edge of the forest

"I wonder why nopony is here?" ask Lightning as she looks around the edge of the forest

Lightning walk into the forest unknowing of the dangers that were ahead. As s Lightning was walking in the forest a Pegasus royal guard who was on patrol notice the young princess going into the forest.

"Princess! Don’t go in there!" shouted a Pegasus "I must tell princess Celestia!" said the guard as he quickly flew towards the castle.

"This is a nice forest" said Lightning as she looks around the forest

Meanwhile at Canterlot, Princess Celestia was overlooking Canterlot’s funds.

"PRINCESS!" shouted the guard as he ran in "Its princess Lightning!"

"What wrong?!" said Celestia in a worried tone as she heard her daughter name

"She…she went in the evergreen forest!" said the guard as he was out of breath

"What!" said Celestia "Come on!" shouted Celestia

"Yes, your highness!" shouted the guard as he followed Celestia

Celestia and the guard flew towards the forest as fast as they could.

"I should have never let her leave!" as Celestia thought to herself "I would never forgive myself, if something happens to her!" said Celestia as she started to cry "HURRY!" shouted Celestia

At the Forest Lightning was enjoying the forest when she heard growls.

"What was that!" ask Lightning as she started to get scared "I want to go home!" said Lightning

Lightning toke a few steps back when a Timberwolf jump out of the shadows

"What’s that!" shouted Lightning as she stare at the Timberwolf eyes

Lightning ran away from the Timberwolf as she was being chase she cried out for her mother to come and save her.

"Where did she go?" ask Celestia as she arrived at the edge of the forest

"I don’t know, princess" said the guard "She enter there but she could have went anyway after that"

When suddenly they heard cries of help

"MOMMY! HELP ME!" as Celestia heard the desperate cries of her daughter

"This way!" shouted Celestia as she flew in the forest

Lightning was running away from the Timberwolf but started to cry which blurred her vision, she fell into a hole where she was at the Timberwolf claws.

"What do I do?!" said Lightning while she tried to fly out of the hole

The Timberwolf pick up Lightning with his paw and bought her near his mouth, as he was going to eat her. The Timberwolf was suddenly struck on the head with a rock and let go of Lightning.

"DON’T TOUCH HER!" shouted Celestia as she flew down pick up her daughter

"Mom!" said Lightning in a surprise yet joyful tone

"Guard, come on!" shouted Celestia while she flew away from the Timberwolf

The guard followed Celestia out of the forest; they flew back to the castle.

"I’m so happy you’re safe!" said Celestia while she hug her daughter "I was so worried!" as she put Lightning back on the ground.

"What was that!" ask Lightning "It was so scary!"

"A Timberwolf" answered Celestia while she examined her daughter to see if she wasn’t hurt "Don’t ever go in that forest again!"

"I won’t!" said Lightning "I’m sorry, mom"

"It’s okay, Lightning" said Celestia while she pick up her daughter and hug her once more "Thank you, guard"

"You’re welcome, princess" said the guard as he walk away

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A day with my mother

The Lost Land

A day with my mother

It’s been a week since the accident at the evergreen forest and Celestia as become very protective of Lightning. Celestia will not let Lightning leave the castle or when she does she’ll always be with a guard, but never alone. One day when Lightning was in the castle grading she was playing with some animals when….

"Princess!" shouted a unicorn guard "You shouldn’t be outside alone!"

"I’m just playing" said Lightning in her defense

"Your mother, doesn’t want you to be alone" said the guard "Come with me, princess" said the guard as he pick up the princess.

"Fine" said Lightning while be carried back to the castle

The unicorn guard bought Lightning to the throne room, he put Lightning back on the ground and left to go back to his post.

"Lightning, did you go outside?" ask Celestia while she was sitting on her throne

"Yes" said Lightning "I was just playing with some animals"

"I don’t want you to be alone" said Celestia as she got up from her throne and walk towards Lightning.

"Why?" ask Lightning while she watches her mother sit in front of her

"I don’t want you to get hurt, honey" said Celestia while she covered her daughter with her wings "I don’t know what I would do, if I lost you"

"But, I don’t want to spend my life in this castle" said Lightning

"I know" said Celestia while she put Lightning back on the ground "Let’s spend the day together?"

"But don’t you have to work?" ask Lightning

"There nothing to do" said Celestia "And I’m going to spend it with you"

"Okay!" said Lightning in a joyful tone while she stood up "Where should we go?"

"Ponyville" said Celestia while she smile at her daughter "Let’s go" said Celestia while she used her magic to pick up Lightning and put her on her back.

While flying to Ponyville, Celestia showed Lightning all the landmarks of Equestria and the beauty of nature.

"Wow! This is awesome" said Lightning while she looks at Equestria from her mother’s back

"Yes it is, honey" said Celestia while she flew careful so her daughter wouldn't fall off her back "We`re here" said Celestia as she landed at Cloudsdale.

"I can’t wait!" shouted Lightning as she tried to jump off her mother`s back

"Lightning!" said Celestia as she used her magic to lower her daughter on the ground "Your too young, to jump from that height"

"Mom! I am a Pegasus too" said Lightning as she was lowered to the ground "I could have tried flying"

"Not yet, Lightning" said Celestia while she fix Lightnings mane with her magic "Now lets go have some fun!"

Lightning ran off to explore this city in the sky with her mother who`s not far be hide.

"Its so big!" notice Lightning as she couldn't stop looking all over the place "And where walking on, clouds!"

"We have the ability to do so" said Celestia "If you were an unicorn or earth pony, you would pass right though it"

"Really?" said Lightning as she lifted her hoof to see if she wasn't going to fall through the clouds.

"You won’t fall, sweetie" said Celestia while she giggled

While Celestia was showing her daughter, Cloudsdale there were often stop by Pegasus. Who all were showed their respect to the princess Celestia, But didn't notice that Lightning was an alicorn as well. Most likely since nopony know she was Celestia`s daughter or an alicorn.

"Can we get some, ice cream?" ask Lightning as she stop at a ice cream shop

"Of course" said Celestia as she walk towards the store "Stay here, I won’t be long"

"Alright" said Lightning as she sat down on a patch of cloud

As Lightning was waiting for her mother to return, she was tap on the shoulder by a stallion Pegasus.

"Excuse me" said the stallion

"Yes" said Lightning as she turn around to face the pony, she saw a white coated Pegasus, with blue eyes, with a gray mane and dark and gray clouds for a cutie mark.

"Are you an, Alicorn?" ask the Pegasus

"Yes, why?" ask Lightning as she quickly glance back at the store to see if her mother wasn't coming back.

"How? there only Princess Celestia and Luna" said the stallion "Thats impossible!" shouted the stallion as he got closer to Lightnings horn.

"Can you back away, please" ask Lightning as she started to feel uncomfortable with this stallion

"Excuse me!" shouted Celestia as she notice this weird pony was next to her daughter.

"Princess!" said the stallion in shock "What are you doing here?" ask the stallion as he bowed.

"What are you doing?" ask Celestia as her tone in voice raised

"This filly as a horn" said the stallion as he pointed at Lightning`s head with his hoof

"I know!" said Celestia while she used her magic to pick up Lightning "We will be leaving" said Celestia while putting her precious filly on her back and opened her wings.

"Of course, princess" said the stallion in a confused tone

The stallion watch Princess Celestia fly off with the strange filly on her back.

"Mom, who was that pony?" ask Lightning as she look back at the stallion who was still looking at them.

"I don’t know, honey" said Celestia "Let’s go find a quiet spot, to eat our ice cream"

"Alright" said Lightning

Celestia landed at a quiet park that was in the same direction as Canterlot.

"Here you go" said Celestia as she gave her daughter the ice cream

"This is good!" said Lightning as she was making a mess with her ice cream

"Lightning, your making a mess" said Celestia as she smiled at her "Here" as she used the tip of her wing to clean Lightning`s face.

"I love ice cream!" said Lightning as she started to eat the cone

"Me too" said Celestia as she started to eat hers

Both Celestia and Lightning finished their ice cream.

"That was a fun day" said a yawning Lightning

"It looks like somepony, sleepy" said Celestia

"No I'm not........." said Lightning as she fall asleep

Celestia returned to Canterlot, to put a sleepy filly to bed. As they arrived at Canterlot. Celestia used her magic to transfer the sleeping filly, from her back to her soft wing. As she was walking towards her daughter room, Celestia decide to bring Lightning to her room instead. She enter her room, and careful used her magic to put her sleeping filly on the bed and went beside her.

"Goodnight, Lightning" said Celestia as she kiss her sleeping filly on the cheek "I will always protect you" said Celestia as she smiled and put her head near Lightning`s.

Within the night Celestia could feel that Lightning was getting cold, so she covered her cold filly with her warm and soft wing. Mother and daughter spend most of the night in the same position.

Three cupcakes

Lost Land

Three cupcakes

One month as pass and Celestia insisted even more that her daughter stayed inside the castle. Lightning spend her days inside the castle library learning many new spells as she could, occasionally she spends her days with her mother or aunt. One day as Lightning was walking towards the kitchen she notices a baker pony.

"What are you doing?" ask Lightning as she stop the baker

"I’m getting things ready for tonight" said the earth pony as he carried a bag of flower and didn’t notice he was talking to Celestia’s daughter "I’m making the deserts, for tonight" as he put down a big bag of flower and turn around to look who this pony was "Alicorn?!" said the baker in shock in see an alicorn "But there only, Princess Celestia and Luna! How?"

"I’m princess Celestia’s daughter" answered Lightning "My mother, doesn’t want me to go outside much"

"I didn’t know that, Celestia had a daughter?!" said the baker in a surprise tone

"Lightning? Where are you" as Lightning and the baker heard Celestia voice

"I’m in the kitchen, Mom!" shouted Lightning while she watches the baker’s shock face

"What are you doing here?" ask Celestia as she entered the kitchen "Hello, Mr. Bake"

"Hello, Princess" said Bake as he bowed to the princess "I was just talking to your daughter"

"I can see that" said Celestia as she walks beside her daughter and gave her a hug with her wing "Lightning, your aunt needs your help"

"Okay!" said Lightning as she ran out of the kitchen

Celestia waited for her daughter to be far enough so she wouldn’t hear them.

"You must never! Tell a pony about her" said Celestia as paid her attention to the baker "She will be in great danger if anypony knew about her existence"

"Yes! Your highness" said the baker as he was being stared by Celestia gaze

"You may speak to her, but nothing else" said Celestia while she started to leave the kitchen

Later that night when Celestia was putting Lightning to bed, Lightning was wondering why she couldn’t go outside.

"Mom, why can’t I go outside?" ask Lightning as she sat up in her bed

"I want you to be safe" said Celestia while she sat on Lightning’s bed "And it’s not safe out there"

"But, the baker didn’t even knew who I was" said Lightning "Nopony does"

"How about this" said Celestia as she saw that her daughter doesn’t want to live in the castle forever "On your sixteen birthdays, I’ll tell the entire kingdom about you"

"Okay" said Lightning as she smile at her mother "I can’t wait!"

"Now it’s time for bed" said Celestia while she used her magic to pull up the covers on her "You could, spend the day with the baker"

"Yea!" said Lightning in a joyful tone

The next day, Lightning woke up early in the morning to go and wait for the baker.

"Hello, Mr. Bake" said Lightning as she greet him

"Hello, princess" said Bake as he bowed to the newly discovered princess "What, can I do for you?"

"Nothing, I just want to watch you bake" said Lightning while she sat down on a chair

"Alright, princess" said Mr. Bake

Mr. Bake continued with his usual retinue he made, a vanilla cake, cupcakes, chocolate cookies and much more. Along with the young princess watching him with fascination and admiration.

"Do, you want a cookie?" ask Mr. Bake as he used his magic to bring a tray of fresh cookies

"Yes, please!" said Lightning as she toke five cookies "There good!" said Lightning as she eat two cookies at once.

"I’m glad you like it!" said Mr. Bake as he put the tray back onto the counter

"Can, I make some too?!" ask Lightning as she stood up from her chair

"Of course, princess" said Mr. Bake while he bought a stool closer to the counter "Alright, take that cup and put some flour"

"Okay" said Lightning as she toke the cup with her magic and filled the cup with flour

"Oh, you know that you have to remove the extract flour" said Mr. Bake as he was impress by the filly.

"Yea, I knew about it when I was watching you" said Lightning while she put the flour in the bowl "Do, we put the chocolate chips?"

"Not just yet, we have to put the baking soda" said Mr. Bake as he smile at her

For the rest of the afternoon Mr. Bake and Lightning spend the day baking, when her mother came walking in the kitchen.

"Lightning, what are you doing?!" ask Celestia as she was surprise to see her daughter baking

"I’m baking with, Mr. Bake" said Lightning as she proudly smile at the cookies she made with Mr. Bake.

"Lightning, you have your lessons to go to!" said Celestia while she used her magic to pick up Lightning and to bring her to class.

"But, I want to bake more" said Lightning as she was being carried away from the kitchen "Please, can I stay with Mr. Bake?!"

"No" said Celestia while she walk away from the kitchen

Later after her lessons, Lightning return to the kitchen to see Mr. Bake.

"Hello, princess" said Mr. Bake as he watch the princess walk in the kitchen "Did, you come here to bake?"

"Yup, can we make cupcakes?!" ask Lightning as she went to her stool

"Of course, princess" said Mr. Bake "What, flavor?"

"Chocolate! And you can call me, Lightning" said Lightning as she smile at Mr. Bake

Once more Lightning and Mr. Bake spend most of the night baking and talking

"Now, let’s see how they taste" said Mr. Bake while he toke one from the cupcakes

Lightning watch Mr. Bake take a bit in her cupcakes and waited from his feedback

"Well?!" ask Lightning

"This, is wonderful!" said Mr. Bake as he smile at her

"You’re, not saying that because my mother is the ruler of Equestria?!" ask Lightning

"What, I just said is the truth" said Mr. Bake as she toke another bite of the cupcake

"That’s great to hear!" said Lightning while she toke a cupcake as well and ate it

"Maybe, tomorrow you can make it by yourself" suggested Mr. Bake

"Really, you think I’m ready?" ask Lightning "I’ve, only been baking since yesterday"

"I believe you’re ready, maybe this is your very special talent!" said Mr. Bake

"I don’t know" said Lightning "I have my lessons, tomorrow"

"Tomorrow mornings meets me here, and we can start baking" said Mr. Bake

"Sounds, great!" said Lightning as she got down her stool and walk out of the kitchen "Bye, Mr. Bake"

"Bye, Lightning" said Mr, Bake as he wave at the princess "See, you tomorrow!"

The next morning Lightning woke up easily and rush to the kitchen to see Mr. Bake.

"Hey, Mr. Bake!" said Lightning as she saw that Mr. Bake was waiting for her "Let’s get started!"

"Not we, you are going to bake it" said Mr. Bake as he sat down on a chair "Today, you will bake the cupcakes"

"Really!" said Lightning as she was never prepared to bake alone "Alight"

Lightning spent a good portion in the morning baking her cupcakes, finally she finish her cupcakes at the same time her mother come walking in the kitchen to see her daughter baking once more.

"Mom" said Lightning as she saw her mother walk in the kitchen "Here!" said Lightning as she gave her mother cupcakes with her magic.

"You, made a cupcake" said Celestia as she was surprise that her daughter made cupcakes

"Taste it, please" ask Lightning as she removed some flour off her ear

Celestia look at the cupcake and toke a bit in it.

"Well, do you like it?!" ask Lightning

"This is delicious!" said Celestia as she look at the cupcake in surprise "And you made this, all alone? Mr. Bake didn’t help you?"

"No, your highness" said Mr. Bake as he stood up from his chair and walk towards her "I didn’t led a hoof"

"This is wonderful!" said Celestia

"Really!" said Lightning as she smile with joy

"Look at your flank!" said Mr. Bake as he pointed with his hoof

Lightning turn her head around to look at her flank, she saw three cupcakes on her flank.

"My cutie mark!" shouted Lightning "I got my cutie mark!"

"In baking" said Mr. Bake as he smile at the princess "See, your special talent was indeed in baking"

"Thank you, Mr. Bake" said Lightning while she hug him knowing that she would have never discovered her talent without him.

"Its, my pleasure" said Mr. Bake "You, can come bake with me anytime

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