Chapter 4- A Morning To Remember

Solar Eclipse was enveloped in a large, red ball of light, and was subconsciously teleported back to his current home.

He was unaware that he had gone anywhere. He had lowered his head and shut his eyes before he revealed his heart to Twilight.

"I just want...to be loved again." Solar whispered, letting another tear roll down his cheek.

He opened his soaked eyes and looked around to see the familiar dark cave walls surrounding him. "Finally...away from that crazy bitch."

Solar rose to his hooves and proceeded to walk to the entrance of his lair.

Nothing had changed since he had left. The cave still smelled like pond water. It was still dark inside, but he figured that was his doing anyways. The floor was still damp, and water still dropped from the ceiling.

He sighed when he reached the mouth of his home. Looking out, he still felt saddened by the peacefulness of his sisters' kingdom. They didn't deserve it...well...Celestia didn't deserve it anyways.

The Eclipse was still sitting high in the sky. Solar could see that Canterlot was still mostly quiet. Ponyville was the same, but looking at the town brought back the intense thought of Princess Twilight Sparkle.

"If she was the one that Celestia sent to find me....I'm not in a good situation to repair my public image." Solar decided that it must have been night time because he yawned loudly and felt rather exhausted, both physically, and emotionally.

Since he had no money whatsoever, Solar had to sleep on the floor of the cave. More specifically, wherever the floor was the driest.

He quickly checked around to find that the driest place to lay down was the same spot as always; a little rise in the floor about five feet to the left of the entrance.

He got comfortable in his favorite sleeping position and quickly dozed off.

He woke up in his cave, but something seemed different. There was a large amount of light flooding in through the entrance. He quickly jumped up and galloped to the entranceway.

Instead of seeing the expected solar eclipse in the sky, Solar instead saw the sun. However, the sun was not in the sky, but resting firmly in front of the cave, shinning its light directly inside.

Solar gasped and blinked his eyes trying to adjust to the new blinding light. It was pointless, because every time he opened his eyes the light would grow brighter.

The only thing he could do was put a hoof over his eyes, and try to escape the sun's rays.

He began to move out of the way when a horrifyingly familiar voice boomed from the clouds. " Where do you think you are going!?"

"No! Nonononononononoooooo! How did you find me?!" Solar yelled, falling down in an attempt to force himself away from Celestia.

"It's easy to find a waste of life like you, when you so foolishly reveal yourself to a fellow Princess. All I had to do was track your magic, and it led me to this pitiful hideout you seem to have here." Celesta stepped out of the sun, and into the cave.

"NO! You couldn't have found me! I protect all of my magic in a concealing spell..." Solar was now pawing furiously at the cave floor to create any amount of distance between him and Celestia.

"I know, but it appears you are not the only one to improve your magic."

Celestia made one giant flap with her wings and was instantly standing over top of the now shaking Solar Eclipse. "What ever is the matter Solar? Afraid of your little sister now?" Celestia snickered.

Every word slapped Solar's mind with a ferocity close to a starving tiger. "N-n-no...I-I'll never b-be af-f-fraid of you."

Solar had closed his eyes, and was trying to make himself into the smallest ball he could. Celestia took advantage of this, and drew in a big breath of air, only to lower her head and blow it out across Solar's muzzle.

Solar whimpered loudly, and shook harder that he ever had before. This caused Celestia to laugh ferociously. Tears began to form in his eyes again, when another familiar voice shouted from behind Celestia.

"Leave him be!" Luna yelled before her horn lit with her blue magical aura. She quickly shot a ball of energy at Celestia who only stood still, completely unable to move.

The ball slammed into Celestia's side, pushing her off of Solar, and into the far wall, where she quickly blew up into a mass of white clouds and sparkles.

Luna trotted across the cave floor to look at her brother. His eyes were open, but his irises had shrunken to the size of pin points, and he was starring straight ahead while more tears filled his eyes.

He had his forelegs wrapped up over his head, covering his ears, and his hind legs where pushed tightly up against his chest. He was shaking so hard, he could have started an earthquake, and he was mumbling under his breath.

"Oh my poor Solar, what did she do to you?" Luna said sitting down next to him.

She began to pet his mane, and he squealed, pushing himself away. Luna moved herself closer, "It is okay now Solar, she is gone. She can not hurt you any more."

Solar, still in his horrific state looked up quickly to see Luna's warm smile. It did little to help him, as he once again looked away. This time however, Luna was allowed to stroke his mane, as he didn't scoot away.

Luna continued to pet his mane. He eventually stopped mumbling, but was now crying hysterically. Luna picked him up into a sitting position. It was worse than she thought. His fur was wet and matter from tears. He was dirty, and smelled musky.

Even though he was still trembling an crying, he had enough power to lunge at Luna, and wrap her in a massive hug. She was surprised, but quickly returned it with love and kindness.

He began to cry harder. Solar was much larger than Luna, but smaller than Celestia. She struggled to support his weight, and eventually had to release him.

"Solar, I love you and will never hurt you. I was the one who sent Twilight after you, and I see now that doing so what a huge mistake. Now that I see your condition, I feel that she can be persuaded to help you."

Solar opened his eyes and looked at Luna still quite upset, but mostly recovered from the hug. "Do...do you really still love me?"

"Of course I do. However, there is not much I can do for your cause."

"If you still love me, why did you send her after me?!"

"I was forced to. I wouldn't have done it if I did not have Celestia breathing down my neck all the time. However, I think she could help you."

"Help me how?"

"I know Twilight, and I truly believe that if you explain what happened those many years ago, she will help."

"If you are one hundred percent sure, than I will try it."

"I am. Now listen Solar, I have to leave now. When you wake up you will be alone again, but just remember to talk to Twilight."

"Wait...what?! That was a dream?" Solar exclaimed while rubbing his eyes.

"Of course it is." Luna was fading out out of sight, and Solar began to panic.

"Wait! Don't leave me here alone!" Solar suddenly felt extremely tired, and collapsed on the floor.

He woke up to a much more pleasing environment. The cave was wet, dark, and stunk. Solar looked around his home, examining his surroundings. Seeing that nothing was out of place, he sighed, and cried again.

Author's Note

So this is my first AN. I just wanted to apologize for taking so long to upload chapter four. I was just hitting road blocks constantly. If any of you want to know what Solar Eclipse looks like, he is my avatar. I would like anyone who is following this story to let me know, because I would like to know what you all think so far, and what you think of how the story is progressing. Also if I made mistakes and stuff like that too. If none of you know this is my first FIMfiction so yay. Thanks a bunch for reading! :D