The Last Wishes of an Old Friend

Genesis sat on his thoughts, his memories, in the middle of the royal gardens. He laid at the roots of a tree. Staying still with his eyes completely closed. To an untrained eye, the creature may have looked like he was a garden statue. Birds and other small wildlife had surrounded him.

"Thought I'd might find you out here." A familiar voice called out.

"You girls eventually got to reading me like a book, especially you, Luna." Genesis responded with a smile and opening his eyes.

Luna gave him a small smile, but didn't come any closer to her old friend. Genesis now noticed all the birds and squirrels hanging around him. He moved one of his legs out and caused them to fly and scurry away to other treetops or above him. He gazed back to Luna and smiled at her.

"You seem like you were thinking. Remembering some things." Luna commented as she finally made her way over and laid next to the beast.

"I may have been, memories of my life before Equestria still remain." Genesis shifted over a bit, despite not having to.

Luna couldn't help but feel a bit intimidated by the Metal Head's size. Even as they were laying he was bigger than her. Luna was determined to not let it show as she just shifted herself. Then she lightly poked the beast's size with her hoof. Genesis just looked back at the princess' smiling face.

"What was your life like before ours?" Luna asked with curiosity.

Genesis gave out a sigh, his eyes shifting to the ground as they started to fill with somber. "War and Hate filled world with my species being hunted without mercy. The only things I had known then: survival, combat, and friendship."

Luna sat silent, then started another question. "What did we teach you?"

"Family."

Luna's eyes widened a bit as she just stared at the large mass. His head raised to look at the alicorn princess next to him. A smile started to form on his face as face as he rose on his claws. Now standing proud as he stood next to his friend.

"You both, as sisters and as companions, taught me what it's like to be apart of a family. To be loved even if I wasn't a true relative to either of you. It was refreshing. I now know true loyalty, and You and your sister are to thank for it."

Luna sniffled a bit, causing Genesis to look back down to her. She had been crying silent tears of joy as she just listened to him. Genesis laid back down and put his leg around her pulled the princess in close to his side. Luna, for the first time, felt Genesis' skin. His fur was shorter than a ponies, but didn't lack in a luscious soft feeling as she just laid against him.

The galloping of hooves against the stone caught their attention as a royal guard ran up to them, he huffed very little from his galloping only to speak few words.

"Princess Luna, I must ask you come with me. A matter most urgent has come up."

"My apologies, Genesis, but I must attend to this."

Luna bowed her head to the Metal Head and got up to leave with the guard. Genesis, however, got an idea once she left his presence and soon he scampered off to another part of the castle to tend to his own business. Once Luna had entered the throne room, she saw a female figure standing in front of her sister, a helmet tucked under her arm with a mane as red as fire flowing down her back. Her ears are what peaked the interest the most, they were long, pointed, and jutted out from the sides of her head.

"Don't you lie to me, Princess." The woman hissed at Celestia, "Where is the creature?"

"I do not mean to interrupt, but is there a problem?" Luna asked as she approached from behind.

She could feel a hostile stare hit her. "Oh great, another one."

Celestia just raised the brow of her only eye, keeping the other tucked away under her mane. This was a hostile negotiation: one thing she was getting annoyed at. This battlefield commander was making demands about some 'Creature' with out a threat. Genesis had crept his way into the back room behind the throne.

"Listen, you can either hand over the Metal Head in your possession over to us." The woman demanded.

"What if we don't?" Genesis appeared in the door off to the left of the throne, a dead stare at the solider.