Are you Worthy Book 1 : A New World, A New Beginning

As James waited for Twilight, he couldn't help but feel as if he was being watched, but he shook it off as he saw Twilight walk down the stairs. He stood from his spot and slipped his duffel bag onto his back and looked towards Twilight, who asked

"Are you ready?" James nodded his head, they all said there goodbyes and left for the train station. Once there James saw that there was a weird pony watching him from a distance, he couldn't tell who but when he blinked he saw that the pony disappeared without a trace, now that really creped the hell out of James but when he and Twilight got seated on the train to canterlot he found it to be some time to get some more shut eye, so he laid his head against the glass and closed his eyes and fell asleep

~~~~~ James' Mind ~~~~~

James opened his eyes only to see a tall shadow of sorts, the only part of it that had color where its eyes, one glowed a bright blue while the other was a sinister looking red. both fell on James as he got up of the white floor, and looked around, only to find it completely white and endless.

'I was getting lonely in here after she left, she was the whole reason I am here in your body, I was hoping that after all these years, she would remember me or at least you.' it continued to stare at James intently, as if waiting for an answer, James didn't know what to do, so he waited.

' I don't remember the reason I was put inside your body. I don't remember anything before I was placed here, not the reason why I was given life in your body or why I have been left in here alone with our thoughts, forever connected and unable to break the chains that bind our souls into one living being, I always wondered if she would tell one of use one day, but that day has yet to come.

James looked over to the shadow and felt nothing more then sadness and pity for the poor soul in his mind with nothing to do but wither in his own sadness

'But there is one thing I will never forget, and that is to test you throughout your journey to see if you are truly worth of my power young Moon Child' the shadow then flashed blue and disappeared leaving James in the room of white, then he felt something push against his shoulder and then the world collapsed on itself and James woke up.

~~~~~ Canterlot Train Station ~~~~~

"James, where here now wake up." said Twilight as she pushed his shoulder. he awake with a start and moved his lips to copy some words, Twilight was unable to tell what he said, she didn't know how to read lips, so she shrugged it off like nothing. James rubbed the sleep out of his eyes as he got up and grabbed his bags from the seat. On there way out James saw the strange pony again, but this time closer, he was able to make out a blue coat of fur and grey hair, the pony wore a dark cloak with a hint of red around the hood that covered his eyes, now James was really worried for his and Twilight's safety, but Twilight must have seen him to because what she said next calmed James' nerves

"Don't worry James, once we make it to the castle I'll have the guards to lock it down, so nopony gets in, and nopony gets out until one of the princess says to stop it." James let out a sigh and rubbed his neck, it was a little stiff from sleeping with it at a weird angle, but his mind then wondered to what the shadow was saying, how his soul and the shadows soul was binded at his birth, and how he must prove himself worthy of his powers, what where those powers anyway

'Your foresight is one of my many powers, us it wisely.' James nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard the shadow outside of his dream, James look all over in hopes of finding him, but stopped trying after his failed attempts to find him, he then focused on following Twilight to the castle to see Celestia.

When they approached the castle James was left in awe at the sight before him, it was a great marble castle, with giant stained glass windows and towers that pierced the skies and keep reaching for the heavens. But what was more breath taking was the pictures that where made out of the stained glass, they were like the ones in Notre Dame.

When they approached the castle, Twilight had stepped to the guard and whispered something to him, he then saluted and made sure no one followed us through the castle entrance, where the gates were closed and locked after they entered and guards where now posted at them.

As they walked through the castle James couldn't help but feel like he's been here before, the odd feeling of dej vu settling within his mind, it all looked very familiar to him, he was getting very unsettled by the feeling. He didn't want to be there.

After a while of stalking the halls they came across two giant golden doors, the two unicorn guards pushed them open with their magic and closed them after they had stepped in. The room was enormous. The thrones gave away what room it was, The Throne Room. It was the most beautiful thing James had ever seen. There was a throne of gold and a throne that was a deep midnight blue. Celestia was sitting on the golden throne with a troubled look on her face, and appeared to be deep within thought.

As they approached her face changed into a soft smile that would melt a heart of stone and turn it back into a beating, living heart. But once she caught sight of James her expression turned a bit cold, but warmed up a second after.

"It's good to see you here on such short notice." Celestia spoke as she got up from her throne" but it's not to good of circumstances that we meet under." she walked to one of the windows and looked out at canterlot and clear over the horizon "so James tell me about this 'Friend' of yours." James was lost for words, her voice sounded like it was empty, like it was just a black hole where her heart should be, but he answered

"I don't really know who or what he is, or how he got in my head, but I have know him for a few years now, but I think he has been in my head since my birth, and he has been talking about someone recently. He hadn't started speaking about her until she visited me in my dreams last night, where he spoke to me with more emotion then he ever has in the past years I've know him." the room was to quiet as Celestia pondered on what to do.

"James," he looked up to Celestia who let out a light sigh and continued to speak "I think its time to tell you the reason why we brought you here. Follow me please." he and Twilight followed her through her castle and to an old closed off wing, the walls had turned a yellowish white from years of being unattended, the wooden doors had looked like they had been scorched by flames, and was chipping badly, the hinges had long since rusted to disrepair and was almost impossible to open without making a large amount of noise.

Once Celestia had led them there she cast a shield spell around the room so the words they speak will remain unheard by unwanted visitors. She led them to the back wall of the room, it had a hole in it, Celestia slid her horn in it and spoke some kind of incantation and the center of the wall glowed a bright yellow and the sound of stone grinding against stone showed that the wall had opened up into a stair well that looked like it would go on forever, Celestia then turned to Twilight and said

"We must stay here, what comes next must be seen by his eyes alone." Twilight was going to argue, but she already knew why he was brought here, so she did as was told and stayed behind as James continued down the stair case. Once at the bottom he saw a dim light flicker from under a door, he approached with caution, unsure of what would be behind the door. By the time he reached the door he was shaking in his boots. He took a second to calm himself down, and then opened the door.

It was a room mostly empty, except for the fact that there was a large painting on the wall, with an inscribed stone at the bottom that told of what the picture depicted, if you were unable to tell. He looked over the painting and then looked down to the stone and read

The moonchild is holder of the fate of pony kind, he will either be its savior or its damnation, for he holds the power to kill the crimson curse on this land or feed its lust for death and destruction. Look for the signs of the moonchild. Foresight better than any oracle, Magic through its veins, Strength greater than any other and the eyes, one of pure innocents, the other filled with rage and anger, one blue, the other red. He is the seed of the shadows and carried from the moon womb, and ripped from the mothers breast and thought to have been killed. He is the next Harbinger of light, or Harbinger of Darkness. Death and pain will be in his path, but he must tread on through the pain and the death that is around him to save Equis or damn it.

James then looked back at the picture, It somewhat looked like him, the hair, the eyes, and the face, looked just like him, but only if he was a pony. This was on a new scale of insane, how could he be anyone's savior, he was just a kid with one unique ability, like that would change anything, but what did it mean by moonchild? How can anyone be the child of the moon, it wasn't possible, and to be from the seed of a shadow, that made no sense, now he was plain stumped, he wasn't going to be able to tell what it means, not without help at least. He walked back to the stairs and yelled up to Celestia and Twilight

"Hey, can you all come down here and help me with this? I can't under stand what any of this means." he heard one of the two sigh as they made their decent. Once they got to the room they wait for James to say what he needed help with while he just stood there in his own little world, Celestia then said

"What did you need help with, James?" James looked at her and then to the stone tablet before the picture and said "I needed help understanding what you told me to come down here for?" Celestia was shocked that he didn't under stand the connection between him and the prophecy, he was to similar for it not to be him.

"James how were you not able to make the connection between you and the pony it is talking about?" James shot her a sideways glance and then continued to look at the painting and then said

"Just because it was able to describe two things about me doesn't mean a thing, and plus I'm not a pony and never will be, and how can someone be the child of the moon and be from the seed of a shadow, that's impossible." Twilight let out a *Gasp* as she made the connection as to who's child he was, she then looked to Celestia with a face of intrigue.

"Is that why his necklace is in the shape of a moon?" Twilight asked out of the blue, which caught them both off guard. James then reached for his pocket and grabbed a hold of the necklace, not wanting it to leave his person, but then Celestia asked

"James," he looked at her "may I see this necklace?" he was very hesitant at first, but then placed it in her hand and said

"Fine, just don't lose it, ok?" she gave a nod and looked at the necklace. It closely resembled something she had not seen in a long time, and it told her that her suspicions were correct.

"I would like the two of you to follow me to Luna's chambers, if I am correct then she should know what this is." they nodded and followed. But Celestia was holding back information as to why Luna would know

The three reached a dark blue door with a full moon engraved on it. When James stepped close to it, he felt something, comfort maybe. James hadn't felt that in a long time, not since Mary died. Celestia knocked on the door and James held his breath in wait. A few moments later the door opened and a disheveled Luna poked her head out and said

"Tia, what brings you to my door this early *yawns* in the morning?"

"Sister, it's nearly midday, and I apologize for waking you sister but I must ask you a question." She showed her James' necklace "Have you seen this necklace before today sister?" Princess Luna stared at it for a short moment or so as it was laid onto her hand and then said

"I have a faint sense of deja vu, but nothing really clear comes to mind except for the necklace father gave me. Tia do you still have the one mother gave to you?" Luna returned it to Celestia, who gave a small nod and spoke again "If I recall I haven't seen it since before I turned into Nightmare Moon, I think it's still in my old jewelry box." she gave a weak smile "Hopefully, anyway." she then invited them in and walked towards her closet and started digging around for it under what looked like dresses she no longer wore.

They only sat there for a few minuets before she pulled out an old beat up wooden box covered in dark blue paint, that was now chipping from age. She proceeded to dig through the box, but after throwing out all of the dulled jewelry shook her head and spoke

"How could it not be here, no one was ever in my room after you banished me. Right sister?" she looked over to Celestia, who's vision was locked on the floor, there was no doubt in her mind. Celestia spoke up teary eyed

"Sister do you remember what emotions you where feeling before you transformed into Nightmare Moon?" Luna cocked her head in confusion and said

"Yes, but why do you ask?" tears started to stream down Celestia's cheeks as she replied

"Do you remember how I keep apologizing to you when you returned from your banishment?" Luna answered

"Yes, but" Celestia cut her off

"Do you remember anything from the weeks before I banished you?" a hint of sadness and anger escaped with her voice, but Luna answered

"Only a few feeling like pain, happiness, then sadness and anger. Sister why do you ask these questions, and why are you crying sister?" Celestia only shook as she sobbed, Luna asked again "Dear sister why are you crying, please answer me." Celestia was able to calm herself long enough to answer her

"Because I was the one to cause you both so many years of pain and suffering, and all for what, the thought that some newborn child could bring ruin to my beloved kingdom and my subjects!" she gripped hard onto her sisters bed sheets in anger "and it's that one thought that has filled me with regret for over the past thousand years!" she partially screamed as she confessed to some unknown sin "It's the reason I can never forgive myself and no apology will ever fix what I've done to you Luna," she paused and then turned towards me "nor you James." she then turned to stare back down at the floor leaving everyone in the room in confusion

"Sister," Luna spoke up "What do you mean?" Celestia tried to wipe the tears from her eyes as she spoke

"Luna," she paused "allow me to introduce you to your son, James."

James and Luna stared at Celestia with shocked expressions and then turned to look at each other. Celestia then spoke

"I must apologize to you both again, for tearing you from each other only days after his birth." she began to explain "We found an old prophecy held deep within the castle shortly after defeating Sombra. It spoke of a child of shadow and of the moon. Shortly after you told me you where pregnant with his child Lulu." James started to space out. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, he had his mind set on the fact his parents were probably dead. He's been telling himself that for years and this was tearing his world apart, everything he had believed in up until this started to crash down on him "and James," he shook himself back to reality "I'm truly sorry that you lost out on a real childhood with your mother, I know you might not ever be able to forgive me, but just promise me you will never blame your mother for you being orphaned." James wasn't going to blame anybody and he decided to show it

"Celestia," he paused trying to find the right words " I don't really blame anyone, I mean sure I did live a different life, but that sure as hell doesn't mean that I haven't lived a good life, I mean hell I have people who have always treated me like family because of that and I'm kinda thankful for it. I've had many great people in my life because of you. Even if that meant that I couldn't have had a family I could call my own, I had friends who I call family and forever will call them family." he stopped and sighed "look, I don't know what else I should say." he started walking toward the door " I need to take a walk." he was halfway the hall when he heard Luna speak

"James," He stopped and looked back towards her "its getting cold outside, take this." She levitated a hoodie toward him and spoke again "don't stay out to long, you might catch a cold." he nodded and stood in thought for a second and then spoke

"Thanks, mom." he quickly slid it on and continued down the halls towards the stairs.

He walk down two floors and realized he was lost. After searching for a few minute's he gave up and decided to get directions from a guard. He walk down another floor. After a few more minutes of searching he found one. He walked up to the guard and asked

"Hey, do you know where the main entrance is? I've been lost for what feels like an hour." The guard nodded and told him to follow. Within minutes they had made it to the front entrance. James thanked the guard as he left, but stopped and asked "Hey, do you know which way to the nearest park?"

"Head down about three blocks, take a left and follow that sidewalk for about four blocks and you should find one there." James thanked him again and start walk, he didn't notice the sly smile on the guards face as he walked away.

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He had been walking for nearly half an hour before he made it to the park, and he felt like turning to head back to castle. He shook that idea from his head and decided to take a quick stroll through it to, hopefully, clear his head from this new revelation. He couldn't wrap his head around it. He had sworn to himself that if his parents every found him, he would kill them, plain and simple. He said he never wanted anything to do with the people who left him, betrayed him before he could even speak, but now different thoughts ate at his mind. He found a park bench and took a seat. He placed his hands on his head and sighed.

"What the hell's wrong with me?" he asked himself, he needed to bottle up his feelings like he always tried to, but this emotion was far to strong for his mental bottle. What did he have left to do, cry, kick, scream, whine. A cold gust of wind brought James from his thoughts as he pulled his hood over his head. Truth be told, this was a long time coming, although he would never admit it, he always felt like his parents were alive. He stood up and left the park, he needed to speak to his mother.

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James started down the hall to his mothers room, thankfully a guard was able to draw him a small map to keep him from getting lost. As he got closer to the door doubts started to make light in his head, but is there was one thing that would never stop him it was his doubts. he got to the door and took a deep breath and knocked,

"Who Is it?" asked a voice. His mothers voice,

"James." he replied

"Come in." she stated.

He walked in, head still covered by his hood, his breathing was shaky, the longer he stood there the harder it became for him to hold back the water works. He was just staring at the floor, his mind still mudded by the feelings taking hold of his heart, they confused him. It was a mix of anger, sadness, and happiness.

"Listen," he took a deep breath and exhaled "I don't know how to say this, Luna" He shook his head and tapped it with his fist and tried to corrected himself, then he felt arms embrace him in a hug.

"M-mom?" he asked as tears started to stream down his face. She shushed him and rubbed the back of his head as he accepted her hug.