Solar Child: The Original Chapters

Solar Child

Chapter Four

Written by Bakmah Genesis

      "Shit, someone is in there with her." said a unicorn stallion.  Shield looked back at him with a glare.  The stallion shrank back and Shield looked back at the library doors.  He played with the odds in his head and made up his mind.  He put on his helmet and walked up to the door.  The other three followed suit.  Shield knocked on the door and stepped back.  The door opened and revealed a white unicorn with a blue mane.

     "Excuse me sir, but is Miss Twilight here?"  The stallion stepped aside and a lavender unicorn filly walked up to the door.  Shield smiled.  "Thank you, sir."  Before either Shining or Twilight could speak, Shield sent Shining flying into the bookshelves while another grabbed Twilight and used a spell to knock her out.

    Guards came around the corner and saw them.  Shield curse and ran down the hall, the others following.  They turned around corners, trying to make it to the gates as fast as they could.  Just as they made it to the second floor horns sounded, alerting the others.

     Shield and the others kept running, hoping they wouldn't run into Celestia as they escaped.  They ran into the courtyard and started to book it to the wall.  The four of them sprinted across, trying to stay away from the guards and make it before they lose off the castle.

    Somewhere doors slammed open, causing him to look back.  On a balcony stood a not so happy Princess Celestia watch them run.  Shield saw that they were almost there.  He grabbed Twilight in his magic and pushed her past the wall.  When there, he sent her to their hide out.  Leaping, he made it out the wall just as a barrier came down, locking down the castle.  He looked back at the other three before teleporting away.  He couldn't afford to stay.  He had a prize to reap.

    The three stared in horror as Shield teleported away, leaving them behind.  They heard something large land behind them.  They gulped as they turned around and faced Celestia.  They could feel the heat from her death stare burn through their souls.  She leaned forward so her head was level with theirs.

     "Where did you send my daughter?"  she asked through clenched teeth.  The gardener was not happy that he had to clean three piles of legit shit off the cobblestone walkway.  A cream colored stallion stood up straight and held back his head in defiance.

      "We will not tell you.  You will give in to our demands or she will die.  That's all there is."  Celestia smirked.

     "Well, don't you have balls.  What if I clipped them?"

    "Do what you want.  I will not speak."  Celestia's smirk faded.  'Damn he is a tough one.'

    "We'll, since you assisted in the kidnapping of a child, let alone royalty, you will be held a very strict trial and will be held in my dungeons until your judgment is passed."  Guards came and shackled the three and hauled them away.  Once they were gone, Celestia walked through her gardens until stopping at a bench.  Sitting down, she placed her head in her hooves and started crying.  She cried out her worries, fears, anger, sadness.  A hoof was placed on her shoulder and she looked up to see Cadnce looking at her.  Celestia threw her forelegs around her and cried into her neck.

     "Oh Caddy, why her?  Why my only daughter?  Haven't they taken enough when I lost Sparkle?"  Cadence stroked Celestia's mane.  She patted her back gently as the alicorn cried into her neck.

     "I don't know, Tia.  We will find her and we will get her back.  You will hold her again before you know it."  Celestia looked up at her.

     "What if they kill her before we get there."  Cadence smiled at her aunt.

      "They are up against the goddess of the sun.  They will not be able to do anything to her before you get them."  Celestia smiled and nuzzled her.

      "Let's just find her soon."  Cadence nodded and stood up.  Celestia slowly followed her into the castle.  Before she could walk into the doors, a guard stepped in front of them and knelt down.

    "We are sorry, Princess.  We were not careful enough and they were able to take Miss Twilight.  We will take any punishment you wish upon us."  Celestia sighed and leaned forward to the guard.

    "Rise, my little pony.  You could have never predicted this nor prevent it.  You are not to blame, only those who committed this crime are to.  No return to your post."  The guard bowed and stepped aside.  Celestia shook her head.

     "She has grown to be a special piece of this castle and gained a place in everyone's hearts.  I suspect everyone will not be the same until my daughter is returned safely."

     "You are who I am worried about.  She is your daughter and I know how hard this must be, but-"

     "YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD THIS IS!" shouted Celestia, causing Cadence to shrink back.  "EVERYTIME I GET CLOSE TO MY FAMILY IT IS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME!  I HAD TO BANISH MY OWN SISTER AND NOW HOPE AND PRAY TO FAUST THAT MY DAUGHTER SURVIVES!  DON'T TELL ME YOU UNDERSTAND HOW I FEEL!"  Cracks spider webbed across the glass and guards gathered around the two alicorns.  Cadence was nearly laying on the ground shaking with her ears splayed back.  Her eyes were filled with fear of the great alicorn before her.  Celestia realized what she did and fell back on her haunches.

    "Cadence, I'm sorry, I didn't-" Cadence stopped her from continuing.

     "It's okay, Tia.  You are stressed beyond imagination.  Just go lay down.  I will find Twilight."  Celestia sighed and went to her bed chambers.

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     Celestia layed on her back, looking up at the ceiling.  Her thoughts raved around in circles, making sleep impossible.  Her daughter raced through her mind.  She finally closed her eyes and let sleep take her, allowing the sleep consume her.

    She found herself and a grayish surface. The sky was filled with stars even more detailed then the ones at night.  She found herself walking in a circle, exploring the sky from her place on the ground. Her gaze stopped upon a large blue and green sphere.  Her eyes widened as she realized where she was.

     "Welcome to the moon, sister."  Celestia whipped around.  In front of her was a midnight blue alicorn with a starry mane.  The alicorn smiled sweetly at her.  Celestia shook her head and stepped back.

     "This can't be real.  You can't be here.  I banished you."  Luna laughed.

     "You forget I rule the realm of dreams, my only escape as it seems.  You are dreaming, sister, so I can visit you."

   "But why show yourself now?"  Luna looked down at the earth.

    "You have a beautiful daughter down there.  If only this nightmare was gone.  Your mind has been troubled and your daughter has been reliving a  memory for the past few hours, thus I know she was kidnapped."  Celestia shook her head.

    "How does any of this help her?"  Luna laughed again.

   "Easy, dear sister.  I looked into past dreams of one of the suspects and found out where they keep her."  Luna was about to show her but Celestia stopped her with a raised hoof.

    "Why are you helping me?  You hated me for always getting the attention and that no pony appreciated your night, so why help me?"  Luna's face grew somber and she sighed.

    "You tend to think when you are trapped in the moon for a thousand years.  Nightmare Moon thinks about her revenge, I think about what I've done and my reasons for doing so.  I saw that they were not good enough to justify my actions.  I felt that I deserved to make it up to you and this is my chance."

    "You are willing to abuse your power as ruler of dreams to help me?"

    "Oh Tia, we have to have fun sometime." replied Luna with a smile.  The area around the, shifted and showed an abandoned guard station.  Celestia raised an eyebrow.

     "A guard outpost?"  Luna nodded.

     "The leader of the Anti-Celestia group who did this is a former guard, top ranks if I remember. I can't tell you the full story since his is tainted with his anger but he wasn't let go with honor."  Celestia nodded.

    "Well, I must get my daughter."  She turned to leave."

     "Tia?"  Celestia turned around a looked back at her sister.  "Give them hell only the goddess of the sun can deliver."  Celestia smiled and woke up.  She frowned and disappeared in a flash of light.

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     Celestia stood in front of the outpost she saw from Luna's dream realm.  She could feel the intense power that flowed from Twilight.  Celestia shook in anger.  Her hate, rage, pain, and sadness all came forth in dark fury.  Her normally gold crown, necklace and shoes turned black, her coat pure white and her mane and tail a blaze.  Her eyes were pure white with rage.

   She stepped torwards the building, the grass withering beneath her hooves with each step.  A guard walked around the corner and saw her.  He manged to yell something before he was set ablaze.  Celestia kept her eyes on the entrance of the large building.

   Horns sounded, causing her ears to twitch in annoyance.  She looked to where the noise was coming from.  A room suddenly exploded in flames and the annoying noise stopped. Arrows and crossbow bolts were shot at her among other projectiles.  Each and everyone was burned out of existence before reaching her.

   Ponies fell from the roof and windows screaming in pain as their bodies were set on fire.  The air regaled of burnt wood and flesh.  Celestia smiled.  No.  Not Celestia.  Solar Flare. She gave an evil grin and kept walking towards the door.

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     "Damnit, Tia." said Luna as she watched the massacre below.   "Don't give in.  You know what it did to me.  Pull yourself together before you get to Twilight.  Control it!"

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      Solar Flare stopped and shook her head.  The pain in the back of her mental mind continued.  She snarled and shook her head more.

     "I will not let you have control."  she snarled, shaking her head furiously.

     "Yes.  You.  Will!"  Her crown and other regila turned back to gold and her eyes went back to their original state but her mane and tail still remained on fire.  She lifted her had and fixed a death glare on the outpost.

    "I may have control but it doesn't mean it will be pleasant for you."  She resumed her advance on the building, destroying any attempt to attack her.  She destroyed several guards posts, killed twenty guards, and created eight new windows.  She stepped in front of the door and kicked it in.

    The halls were scarce of guards since they were probably injured or killed.  She advanced on her way to the dungeons, relying on Twilight's magical pulse to guide her.  She went past door by door, looking for the one with the strongest pulse.  Her anxiety grew the more she couldn't find her.

     She soon came to an iron door that poured magical energy.  She smiled as she found her target.  She first tried opening it, which of course failed, then tried ripping it off its hinges.  The door was both locked and layered with  safe guards.  She then shrugged and fixed it with a death glare, this one, however, was channeled by the suns rays that flowed through the hole in the wall.

    The door then began to sizzle and melt under her gaze.  With the doors handle and lock now gone, she pushed the door open gently only to have it fall off.  She frowned as she saw that she melted the hinges as well.  She shrugged and looked inside.  Inside was a small lavender unicorn filly who was cowering in the corner of the room, looking at the alicorn in front of her.  Celestia's mane snuffed out and returned to its normal colors.  She rushed in and scooped up her daughter in her hooves, who wrapped her forelegs around her neck and cried.

     "Hush now.  Everything is okay.  Mommy gots ya.  Come on, lets go home."  She felt the filly nod in her shoulder and they disappeared in a flash of light.