Life, Lies, and Letters

An earth pony stallion with a silver coat, jet black mane and tail trotted through a mass of ponies. Every time he passed one, their body would transform into a skeleton. Like the ground, his blood red eyes thirsted for power.

"I am back Celestia," the stallion said, his voice scratchy and deep. "And I am ready to take back my throne your parents stole from me millenniums ago."

Celestia woke up with a jolt. Her bed was soaked in sweat and her eyes were bloodshot. Just when she was about to get her sister, the door opened with a bang and Luna galloped inside. Her eyes were wide and her legs were shaking.

"What do we do sister?" Luna whispered fearfully.

Celestia gulped before getting into a sitting position. "W-we must p-prepare for war."

Luna frowned. "You know as well as I that Prince Shadow Blade cannot be stopped by soldiers. He can only be stopped by-"

"We are not going to do what our parents did!" Celestia snapped. "If we did, then Blueblood's descendent would have to take up the throne and he's just as bad as his ancestor."

"This is why I begged of you to wed." Luna replied sadly. "And bear a child to take our place."

"We never would have guessed that shadow would come back." Celestia pointed out.

"Cadence and Shining Armor's descendent could take our throne." the younger alicorn suggested.

"She already has to rule the Crystal Empire." the older alicorn reminded.

"Twilight's?"

"I am not putting an entire kingdom on a twenty year olds shoulders."

"Then what!? There is no other way to stop him!" Luna cried before stomping a hoof on the oak floor.

Celestia closed her eyes and took a deep breath. It was true that there was only one option at the time. However, Star Swirled The Bearded found another way, though it was very unlikely they would succeed in finding them. However, it was a risk she was willing to take.

"We could...always find the Elemental Warriors' decedents." the sun princess whispered.

Luna let out a gasp, "but we don't even know if they had any children."

Celestia got out of bed and walked a couple of paces to her sister. "We can find out. Meet me in the vault room where we stored the Elements of Harmony." Celestia replied before lighting up her horn and disappearing from Luna's sight. The younger alicorn simply raised an eyebrow before taking off as well.

When Luna reappeared, the vault was already opened. Curious as to see what her sister had in store, she gracefully walked inside. Only to gasp in surprise, for behind the podium where the Elements of Harmony use to stand, there was a secret opening carved out of the back wall.

"Celestia?" Luna asked before walking slowly into the new opening. Her eyes widened when she saw her sister sitting on the tiled floor with pages binded with light blue yarn.

"Like Twilight and myself, Star Swirled kept a journey while he traveled. I remember him showing me this once; this is how I learned about the Elemental Warriors." Celestia explained before using her magic to flip the pages.

"So this is where you kept it." Luna breathed before heading to her sister's side, "but how would this tell whether or not the warriors had children, and their children had children?"

"He was so fascinated by these warriors that he kept tabs on them." Soon Celestia came to a page filled with six clusters of names. "Hmmm, so their last known children were born a little more than a thousand years ago." she muttered under her breath before giving Luna the book. "There may be a chance that their descendants are out there. I need your help tracking them down tonight. Do you remember what their auras are like?"

Luna glanced at the book before nodding her head. "Barely, though I do remember an intense surge of power when I was looking through ponies' dreams with father and we came across the Wind Elemental Warrior."

Celestia nodded and placed a wing on Luna's back. "I am counting on you sister." she whispered before heading out of the vault, leaving a blushing Luna behind.

If only I was stronger then we wouldn't be in this position Celestia thought solemnly while trotting towards the kitchen. Why is it Twilight, that when I need your help the most, you aren't here?

A large, muscular stallion grunted before moving up a steep slope made of compacted dirt. His side scraped across the grey stone as he continued on. Occasionally the stallion would look down into the obese from which he came from. However, when the stallion looked up, he could see a pale glow of sunlight up ahead. Smiling, he quickened his pace.

Soon the earth pony came to a small opening and jammed his snout into the hole before taking deep breaths of the crisp, spring air. Then, the silver stallion pounded his large hooves against the stones. The dull thud and occasional movement of the stones made his pounding quicken.

Suddenly, the stones gave way and he squeezed his body through the hole. A grin was etched on his face as he took in the forest around him. Though his eyes stung from so much light, the pain couldn't diminish his smile in the slightest.

He has come home, and soon all of Equestria will tremble upon his name once again.