The Last Wishes of an Old Friend

The doors to one of the old corridors of the palace. Two silhouetted figures stepped through the doors into the darkened room. The age of the corridor showed more age than the rest of the Royal halls that lain within the complex. The floor and walls were cracked, cobwebs accumulated near the arched top, and silence. Almost completely silent save for the light tapping of metal shoes against the cold cobblestone floors. They two ponies dare not speak to one another as the traveled the lonely length to a second door.

"Are you sure about this dear sister?" The smaller figure asked timidly, head turning to the slightly taller one.

"Of course sister, you know as well as I do that we wouldn't be here if I wasn't sure." The figure responded with a soothing and calm voice.

Both of the figures placed a hoof one the double doors and pushed. A loud creak tore through the next room. What waited for them was a large rounded chamber with a single carving of a statue that read 'wisdom' at its base. As the two approached, torches started to light the room one at a time. Revealing the entities to be the royal sisters known as Princess Luna and Princess Celestia.

The younger sister looked to her elder with a bit of worry as they stood in front of the statue. The actual formation was a strange creature in nature, but known to be wise at the time. Celestia had a small smile on her face and an aura of confidence for what she planned on doing.

"Sister." Celestia called out, eventually looking to her kin. "You seemed worried about something."

Luna closed her eyes and exhaled as she turned her head to the floor. "It is just.." she looked back to her sister, eyes seeming like they were about to form tears, "..what if.. what if he is not willing to help us, Tia?"

Celestia's head went back just a small centimeter, nothing noticeable, but a bit surprised that Luna had used her nickname from when they were fillies. Yet she kept the smile. "LuLu, he's one of our oldest friends, I don't doubt that he'd just turn away from us now, not in a time of need."

"I am still.. not sure about this... sister." Luna commented as she turned her gaze back to the rather calm statue in front of her.

"Hm." Celestia looked away from her sister shortly after as a thought entered her head. "We seem to be holding our own just fine in this war so far... so if need be, we'll come back down here and retrieve him, deal?"

Luna looked to her sister once more. "...Deal..."

With that said and done, the two alicorn rulers made their way out of the chamber. As the doors creaked shut behind them, Celestia started to recall the last thing that was said to her by their friend before the incident. Words she held on to even today.

If you ever need help with something you can't defeat on your own, you can always call upon me to help.

It was a promise, not only to her, but to her sister as well. Luna wouldn't admit to it since she wasn't there to hear, but Celestia would nine time out of ten. Yet back in the room, the torches never extinguished themselves. Just kept the room lit as the sound of breathing slowly filled the room. If one were to inspect the statue with close eyes, one would not the small crack from on its underbelly. Then the faint chuckle of a hearty voice filled the room before it sealed back up in a green glow.