An Old and Wise Star

by Gianfar

Rating: teen
Tags: Sad, Princess Luna, Gore, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Spike, Other, Romance, Adventure, Tragedy, Princess Celestia
Length: 20657

In the Everfree forest there's problems with the creatures that threatening Ponyville. Then Luna coupled with her guards, decides to investigate the forest, but what surprises bring the forest to them?

Two years have passed since the mane six defeated Lord Tirek with the power of harmony and enclose him in Tartarus. After that day, the peace fell in Equestria as never before. But not all were in peace after all. In the Everfree forest, at night, there's a problem with the creatures and that could affect the neighboring town next to the forest, Ponyville. Luna decides, accompanied with her guards, to investigate what endangers PonyVille. But she didn't know what surprises the forest would provide when they reach the forest.

Published 2015-07-28 19:40:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-12-19 17:32:14 UTC

Chapter 1: The Surprises of the Everfree Forest

Like many other days, peace in Equestria was even more abundant than normal, it seemed as if peace has always reigned in Equestria. Had been two years since that day when "Lord Tirek", which tried to take over the powers of the four princesses to rule Equestria, where the girls defeated with the power of the rainbow.

It was almost dusk on a Sunday, there was peace everywhere, in PonyVille was a fair entertainment and had ponies everywhere, you could see the happiness in each of them, in Canterlot was the same, there was a craft fair in the city center in one of the squares, ponies were everywhere, and many were in the craft stalls. These same positions occupied a range of five round blocks, and if you could get through, there was not a single position that is not without ponies interested in buying some other object or move to look at the crafts; on the other hand among all those ponies they were wandering the malls nothing more nor less than the deity of the day and night deity. They were in the central square of Canterlot, sitting on a bench in the square enjoying the craft fair and a beautiful day.

"What beautiful day don't you believe?"- Celestia said with a sigh

"Nor should mention" - said Luna.

"Time ago we have not a single day for us, no duties to attend to, and hundreds of ponies up our demanding help or"- followed Celestia

"Yeah, Hey !, What if we go shopping before having to raise the moon, I have many duties this night"

"Sure" Celestia said as he rose from the bench to her feet. "Where do you want to go?"

Luna's face turned thoughtful, deciding what she wanted to buy. It took only moments to decide what he wanted.

"There's a artisan post, is not more than three blocks, from what I've heard her necklaces are very beautiful"  Luna said pointing to where the store was.

Celestia looked where she pointing and with a smile said... "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Luna looked at her sister with a smile and both were walking towards the artisan post. The two sisters were undercover for any pony approaches to praise them or to take a photo with the princesses and also avoid always be with their royal guards watching for your safety. Celestia sported a mane of pink, her fur was Fuchsia gray and posing as the name of Sundrop and she changed of specie to a unicorn, and had a scarf around his neck golden dark, Luna instead had very light colored hair blue, her fur was colored dark blue sapphire, and she posed as Moonbeam, and she had a coat with hood-green safari dress.

The princesses .. forgiveness, the ladies Moonbeam and Sundrop came to artisan post and as much as Moonbeam, Sundrop was surprised to the necklaces and other stuff that were in that post, had any variety of sizes, shapes and colors.

Apparently these craftsmen do have a knack for jewelry- said Sundrop to herself.

"Well, and which of these you want?" - Sundrop said eyeing the chains that held the post

"Hum ... I do not know, it have to be one in which I identify, that says who I am" Luna said between his thought of what was going to choose. "am ... Excuse me ma'am, you could recommend a necklace to me?"

"Oh, but of course lady" cheerful the artisan said. The artisan elected four necklaces from the post and showed to the Luna. "What do you think of these four?"

The Artisan showed him four very precious necklaces, one of the necklaces had carved the shape of a canary wood, another of the collars was of pearl, another was a crescent moon phase and as chain had between the yarn balls colored wood black and white, and the last was a small balls of plastic beads red and white and out of her small strips of fabric of the same.

"Which you prefer?" said Sundrop

"Oh! ... This!" She pointed a necklace. "This Is perfect!"

"All right! How much ma'am?"

"Eh? What? ... Am ...Cel ... I mean Sundrop, are you sure that you have no problem to buying it?"

Sundrop gave a little laughter "Of course I have no problem, it's more this is a gift from me"

"Thank you sister," said Moonbeam very happy

"You're welcome, sister" Alright! here you go by the lady necklace and thanks very much"

"Oh, no unlike thanks to you"  also thanked the artisan

While the sisters were leaving the place, they were walking back to the castle.

"Have something else in mind to buy Luna?"

"No, with this is more than enough, I love this necklace of moon" responded Luna.-

"Well, then return back to the castle that will soon you have to bring the night" said Celestia.

"Alright"

After a hike to the castle, the two sisters were at the castle, but as was known, none of the wise guard the princesses had left the castle, then before to reach the castle gates, secretly they returned to their original shape and teleport to the bedroom of Celestia, which was the place where they were the last time in the castle before leaving to go to Canterlot center.

As soon as they reached the bedroom of Celestia, the two sisters settled into the room and began to speak for a few moments to pass the time by then to bring the night.

"Luna, I think you'll have to find a friend with you can have fun and go out, I do not like to see you here in the enclosed castle in your room" said Celestia worried about her sister "This is not good, it's for your own health. You have to go outside and have fun and make new friends, I do not know how I convinced you to come with me to the fair artisan"

"I do not know Tia really if I have friends, but I do not feel very comfortable with them, it is as if I were outside of the conversation that them make. And as I am the princess of the night they don't want to help them in difficult tasks or some of his adventures fearing what might happen to me."

"You speak of Twilight and her friends" Celestia asked.

"Yes"

"Look, I know they are your only friends as much as mine, and I understand you do not feel very comfortable because you're treated like royalty, they up with me always were thus, worried that could happen something wrong or that I hurt in some his adventures or anything" replied. "Because you do not always meet with them does not mean it will be less or stop being friends, friends always come and go in life, but you have to make your own friends, the wind not brings to you."

"Yes I think you're right Tia" said Moon with a little embarrassed"

"Don't blame yourself Luna, I know that you have gone through many moments of solitude, just make new friends and you will not go alone anymore"

It was time that the sun and the moon peek. Celestia and Luna peered out onto the balcony of the room and after a few moments pass, the sun dipped into the horizon and the moon peered skyward.

"Well !, it seems that my rest day ended" said Luna  between tooth

Celestia gave a little chuckle with humor and then asked... "you have much to do tonight?"

"Today I have to monitor forest Everfree, certainly usually every day at the night in the Everfree forest, the creatures roam around outside the same forest do not know why but it is dangerous to ignore them, because they can go to PonyVille and could hurt ponies that living there.- term of explain to his sister.

"Ah, I understand," are you sure you don't need help?

"No, no problem, is not a difficult job but it is tiring and I also accompany some of my night guards to help. Also I want to know what makes them leave their habitat, but  thanks for offering sister" said Luna proudly.

"All right, have fun with the creatures of the forest Everfree" said Celestia between giggles.

"Very funny" Luna replied with some bitterness in itself.

Celestia began to laugh more often, but when she finish of laughing stuck his tongue out at her sister. Luna also answered.

"Good luck!" said Celestia to see her sister with her wings folded on the balcony to take flight.

"Thanks," she replied. "See you tomorrow morning. Oh!, and by the way, try not to eat all the cake breakfast tomorrow! so I can eat me too !, and they always come and never find a bit to me" said with a mocking tone.

"Very funny" said Celestia hissed

Luna started laughing while takes flight to meet with his guards, but decided to go to her room first to leave your actual necklace and left in place his new collar, but he was still wearing his crown. She went out to the balcony and started flying back to where I needed to go, as she was flying toward where his guards were watching I look up at the sky and began to feel that something was missing from the sky. "Something is missing in my night but I do not know what, a new constellation?, more stars? I do not know. Better I leave that for later and better I focus on what I have to do" she said to herself. After a while I get to the place where the guards were, they were in the barracks of the castle sitting at one of the tables, awaiting the arrival of Luna. In total there are five Pegasus guards but they were more than enough for this type of tasks.

"Good night princess"

"Good night gentlecolts... Alright!, Tonight we will stand guard in the Everfree forest, and as you know almost every day at night there are certain creatures that escape the forest and we don't know why, this is threatening to PonyVille because these creatures are a danger to citizens, as they can hurt the ponies, so today we'll see what is scaring to the creatures or what is taking of their habitat"

"So... are you ready for the task of this tonight?" asked Luna with a deep tone

"Yes princess!" the guards responded in the same tone that implied Luna.

"Okay, then get ready for the journey to PonyVille as it will be a long journey"

After a few minutes of preparation for the journey, Princess Luna and the five guards launched Pegasus flight to the outskirts of PonyVille. After a long journey towards the outside of the village, they had come at last. The five pegasos were a little tired from the long flight Canterlot to PonyVille, but instead Luna was cool as a cucumber. "Really? So little we fly and they are tired? Wow, it seems that I have to put in fitter to these slackers" she said to herself. It was normal that a Pegasus of great ability and performance in flight own tire easily, it's a long journey from Canterlot to PonyVille, but instead Luna is a alicorn and have much more energy than three Pegasus together and she is accustomed to undertake long-haul flights because it does not much like the royal carriage, then embarks on her own travel for convenience and taste.

Night guards were not just ordinary guards, Luna opted to test him to that only enter the better Pegasus, since she prefers the Pegasus because she thinks they are very efficient at doing tasks that earth ponies and ponies unicorns doesn't may, like the aerial view, and more. In total Luna's guards are ten, compared with Celestia that has hundreds, but those hundreds of guards are scattered to maintain order in and around the castle and Canterlot. Not  we bad think eh?

Two of the guards were almost as tall as Princess Luna, one of them was called Blacksky, was a stallion of great size and strength, and at first sight was intimidating, his fur was dark blue, his hair was gray-white with gray stripes and the color of their eyes are light green emerald; and the other was named Lightning Shadow, a stallion also large but not as strong as Blacksky, he has the ability to track up a little mouse from one hundred meters tall, his fur was white pale and his hair was color dark sapphire blue, the same color as the mane of Luna, and his eyes brown. Then there were the normal height, and were all mares but the fact that mares not be fooled, they may seem defenseless but have surprises up his sleeve. One is named Wildstar a mare that seems at first glance to be very helpless, on the contrary it has the strength and ability to defend itself like a big stallion and is very good at martial arts, she has fur a little dark golden  , a mane of brown and her eyes are blue; the second is called Firewings, is a very athletic and agile mare, she is an extraordinary flying and few Pegasus been able to match it in flight speed and skill, his fur is light orange, his mane is fiery red with peaks descending toward orange, yellow and then white, type as a flame, and finally Blue Lightning, a very beautiful and intelligent mare, it is one of the best in tactics to create ambush, camouflage and guide your group on the right track.

Luna together with the Pegasus guards were at the entrance to Everfree forest in which you could enter easily without having to go between all the abundant flora.

"Alright!" - shouted Luna firmly. "I want that Blacksky, Blue Lightning and Wildstar enter through the main road to have sight of land and want that Firewings and Lightning Shadow accompany me to the aerial view, and in two hours I want them in the middle of the forest to meet"

"As ordered princess" they responded firmly.

"Alright, Let's move out"

This mission was undertaken in which Moon along with his guards wasn't  just a duty to guard PonyVille, but also wanted to find what caused that these creatures leave  their habitat. On the other hand even though the guards are strong, skilled and great courage, they themselves are uncomfortable being in the woods, but try that your concern not notice because Luna is something strict when it comes to choosing his guards to do missions that she alone cannot, however Luna has no problem, is cooler than a cucumber as we said and very focused on his mission.

It was a beautiful night, the moon was shining like never before, the sky was full of stars, a perfect night to be in the forest Everfree do not believe? well for Luna and his guards was perfect. After two hours, the guards and the princess met in the middle of the forest. The guards at first glance you could see that they had met with some creatures because they were exhausted and with some minor injuries, Moon was also exhausted and had a small cut on the cheek and another on the shoulder.

"I see you have had trouble dealing with the creatures eh?" Luna joked.

"Nor to tell!, with Blacksky and Wildstar we stumbled with six Timberwolf and two Cragadile" said Blur Lightning with a sigh.

"Are you three fine?" asked Luna worried.

"Yes! are only a few scratches nothing else, it's nothing" said Blacksky while Blue and Wild nodding also.

"Well I'm glad you are well, we find ourselves with five Timberwolf and two Cockatrice"

"Well!, I think it's time for- Ugh" Blacksky complains while he standing up.

"Wow, are you ok Black?" asked Luna.

"Yes!, it's... nothing "

Although it said that the wounds were nothing, apparently if they affected the whole bit. Blacksky had been cut almost all his right side because of the Timberwolf and among other hits. Also the other guards were cut by Timberwolves and some minor knocks.

"Ok, Listen up, for their own good I want that you five take the day off, you are very exhausted and have cut by almost everywhere!. Best go home so you can heal the wounds before they become infected" ordered Luna.

"Hey Luna it's nothing are just one small cuts" said Firewings.

"No!" exclaimed Luna "Go home I'll be fine, I'll just be for a while longer to see what is causing that the creatures altered , is an order"

"As order princess" said the guards.

After Luna's help so they can get back to Canterlot the five pegasos, said goodbye and Luna stayed to ahead with the mission.

"-Sigh- I'll better continue with the mission" said Luna to herself.

Moon decided to go down a road which was not all that big but you could tell he had the presence of fresh footprints on earth, that something or someone has been there not long ago. Without hesitation he went on down the road where the tracks were. The road was a little tight, you could see little through it because the forest flora was abundant and could not see more than twenty metro to forward as it was present not very thick fog, but it was hard to see that might hold further from the fog. "Puff, there is too much fog in this part of the forest, I can barely see ahead of my nose"

Then...

"Mm?" She hear a noise in the trees. "What was that?" said to herself.

Luna stood alert before any surprise attack. But she never imagined what was with what she was going to come up. She began to hear footsteps and increasingly strong, one after the other, were heard from very close to where was Luna.

Luna stood in alert and waited, came hundreds of thoughts to know what makes to these noises, she thought if she could be another Timberwolf, a Cockatrice, some Cragadile, began to passing thoughts neighborhoods to decipher that it was what made this noises and Luna was getting more distraught. Suddenly she ceased to hear the footsteps and noises, Luna lingered a few moments in silence, then a sigh of relief ...

"But What?!" Luna screamed surprised.

From the bushes came a very angry manticore, you could see across the face of the manticore that has not gone well there in the forest, but in reality was that Luna was invading the territory of the same creature, that's what he got so furious at manticore.

The princess was put on guard waiting for the manticore attack. The manticora started running towards Luna to insert the first blow, Luna realized movement that had begun the manticora not hesitate to take flight, after dodging at manticora Luna returned to the ground to give his blow. She undertook a blue beam to the manticore, the lightning hit direct on the left side of his body and pushed some meters back, but that only caused him some damage and it angered over what was still. It was the turn of the manticore to make your move and he choose to fly into the trees to attack from above, then  Luna did the same that manticore, took flight upward from trees and attack the creature with another one blue ray, the manticore elusive the lightning smoothly, then Luna opted to shoot another lightning, but also elusive, but when he decided to make another move already was later the manticore lunged at her with a sharp blow on his right side, threw Luna against the trees, lay on the ground wounded, but that was not enough to beat at deity of night.

"I think that attack with magic will be useless, easily dodges my attacks, there must be another "Ugh" way to overcome it" Luna told to herself as she stood up. Then Luna realizes that magic attacks would not be all very effective, so he decided to attack the manticora melee.

After getting up the ground, she began flight to the manticore and rammed to the manticore with full force throwing to the trees breaking them like toothpicks.

That blow left very badly injured manticore, Luna after of the attack, down toward ground to take a sigh of victory. "Poof! That was somewhat tight but fun. A long time ago I didn't have such an interesting fight" Luna decided to move on to continue her mission.

"Ugh! I think after this I'll have to give me a shower, I seem that I mess very much"

But apparently Luna didn't realize that the fight was not yet over, she thought that the manticora was unconscious among the trees or badly injured as to continue but apparently the opposite, suddenly a shadow between the bushes appears and goes to Luna and sends him flying into a small river that had not far from where they fought. Luna didn't know that was what sent her to flying through the air with such brutality, this hit left very hurt to Luna, could barely stand up, had bruises all over her body and her right front leg is very badly injured, she was in the ground beside the river trying to get up, but that was useless, then a shadow appeared a few meters in front of her and it was the manticore, the creature was hurt but still could keep fighting unlike Moon could getting up " Ugh! dammit!, I think this is the end. The Princess of the night defeated by an insignificant creature" Luna is given by defeated could not do anything, he can only wait for the final blow of the creature to end all suffering.

The manticore began to make his race to Luna to give his last hit, every time more closer to Luna and she tried with all his strength to get up, but was too late and the manticora was almost to give his coup when of between the bushes came out a knife, the knife inserted into the neck of the Manticore, and leaves behind a kind of dog that goes to the manticora to get her off of Luna. The canine gores the creature throwing to the ground a few meters from where Luna was and the dog bites the neck at the other side of manticore. The Canine strives to maintain manticore on the ground, the dog it's almost the same size as Luna, suddenly comes out another shade between of the trees and appear a hooded unicorn levitating a sword at his side, was a little high and larger than Luna, he decides to take career to where the beast and threaded his sword on the back of the manticore, nailing in the heart. After a few moments pass, the manticore lay dead and the unicorn draws his sword and his knife from the dead creature and stores it in its sheath.

"It's ok Meissa, is already dead the manticora" said the strange unicorn to dog.

The unicorn turns his gaze to where this Luna and starts walking toward her. Luna was very confused by what had happened a few moments ago, she couldn't process what happened. But Luna was badly injured and was in a state of shock, was startled when the unicorn was heading toward her and tries to get up fearing that this might do harm.

"Wow, wow, quiet, don't move, you are very badly hurt, I will not hurt you just let me help" told the Unicorn to Luna "It's ok, it's all over"

Luna to hear this, she calmed and stopped moving but was still in shock and scared. The Unicorn knelt before her and pulled to her bag levitating bandages and gores of a plant to cure Luna.

"Hey, is not necessary that you have that cure the wounds, I'm fine" said Luna.

The Unicorn looked at her and said, "Yes is necessary, it's will going to infect you and you will hurt much"

Luna distrusted but then let the unicorn heal their wounds he had for most of his body. The unicorn sack hood, he was a unicorn reddish, her mane was not like other stallions, was more long like a mare and brown, had a not very long beard on his chin, and his eyes are dark brown, had a scar on his right side of his nose, as if it had been cut with a sharp object. Then the unicorn also pulled a small knife to cut the gores that he had, then once that short the gores, pulled out a mortar and pestle and then he put a little water on it and put the gores and grind to then make a paste, then grab some of that paste and put it in a bandage and placed on a wound. Then a long time to heal their wounds, I keep everything back into her bag and then his horn began to shine in a light brown tone and set a spell to Luna.

"Ready, you can now get up without any problem"

Luna did not know he had done the unicorn to her with that spell but she not doubt to stand and did so without any problems, as if all the blows and pains I had were gone.

" What did you do?" said Luna confused.

"Mm?, was only a spell to heal your inner wounds, I wasn't going to do nothing stranger" said the with a smile.

Luna then to stand up felt like new, and also with more energy than they already had. "Wow, apparently he is very good at healing spells," she thought. But the wounds on her body outside were still covered with bandages that the unicorn put in her.

" Why you didn't healed all my wounds with a spell?"

"Because making a healing spell is not so simple, requires of lot of energy to regenerate internal organs and heal the wounds external, so I opted for healing your internal organs which is most important and heal your wounds with some bandages with some Wild Cabbage"

"Wild Cabbage? What is that?"

"Hmhm, is the plant with which I grinded to put on the bandages to heal your wounds, is a kind of plant which has very effective healing properties and has been used by indigenous ponies as a folk medicine to heal their wounds" He responded once more. "Besides that, a question, what are you doing here at this hour in the forest Everfree? It is very dangerous to be here even for a alicorn, there are many wild creatures that can eat you in one bite"

"Hey, I'm not a mare either!" exclaimed Luna " If you don't know, I am...

"Yes, I know who are you, you are Luna the princess of night and of Equestria"

"I don't think this is a dangerous place for the deity of the night" bragged Luna.

"So if this is not a dangerous place for the deity of the night, because an adult manticora almost killed you?, and then we have to get out Meissa and I to go running to save the damsel in distress"

Luna was silent, she knew he was right about everything. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't say that" Luna apologized.

""Sigh" you don't have to apologize, I shouldn't have spoken you that way, besides, also I would have said the same thing in your place" the unicorn said with a smile.

"Hey, by the way, you didn't tell me how you called" said Luna.

"Oh!, which manners of mine, my name is Orion, and he is my friend Meissa"

"It's a taste" said Luna "By the way, I'm the one who needs to learn manners, not even I was able to thank you for everything and ... Thank you"

"It was nothing, indeed you must be thanked for Meissa, he safe you from death" said Orion "Go Meissa, go with her"

"Thanks Meissa, thanks to you I am safe and sound" - thanked Luna to Meissa stroking his head. "By the way, that dog breed is this, I never saw such a big one"

"Hmhm, is not a dog, really is a gray wolf" replied Orion.

"Wow, does not seem a bad wolf, as many say they are" said Luna while caressing to Meissa.

"Not whether the offspring with great affection and love" said Orion with a smile. "hey Luna does not have trouble using your magic to go home?"

"Mm, I think I can teleport without problems"

"Well, it was a pleasure to meet you Luna, someday hope to see you soon"

"Expected as soon as you just have to go? we barely know" said Luna a bit disappointed.

Luna was very disappointed because Orion leave, because she thought might make a friend with whom he could get along.

"Hey I think we will find some other day, but now it's time to leave, is too late and Meissa and I are very exhausted."

"Okay, then we see another day" said Luna goodbye.

Then Luna shone his horn and a light beam was returned to Canterlot. Meissa and Orion decided to go to where they were refugees in the forest, but when they began their march, ran into something shining on the floor, Orion went to look that was causing the brightness and it turns out what was causing that glow was the necklace that Celestia gave to Luna the day before. Orion realized to who was the owned.

"It looks that somebody lost his necklace during a fight hmhm" said Orion. "Better go home before our friend wake up and realize that we are not at home"

Meissa and Orion continued their march back home for a way toward to inside the Everfree forest.

In Canterlot, Luna had come to his room and decided to take a shower before going to bed. But she decided stay with the bandages in the shower because if the bandage was removed could will be infested as it had not healed yet, then decided to leave them. Then of a refreshing shower, Luna decided brush your mane and but being in the mirror, brushing her mane realized that something was missing. "Oh no!, my necklace, where is it?" Luna began searching around the room to see if he had fallen somewhere, but couldn't find it. "Oh no, it can't be that I lost it while he was fighting with that manticore" For a moment he thought it would have been better than the manticore killed her before telling her sister that lost the necklace that Celestia had gifted her the day before. "I hate to say it but, if Celestia discover  that I lost the necklace she gave me, she will send me back to the moon... Ok, relax Luna "Sigh" Better I go to sleep and I wake up early in the morning, then I can go to recover my necklace." Then organize the mess that she made, she of a jumped lay down on his bed.

Then of lying down, exploded the doubts about who was this strange unicorn that appeared with his wolf in the forest Everfree. Luna also was surprised to see a wolf almost as big as she, she had never seen a wolf of that size. "of where is the unicorn so strange? and what was he doing in the forest Everfree? Is he the one that caused the creatures leave the forest?. I think after I get my necklace, I would like to ask some questions, after all aunt told me I had to make new friend, also was kind enough to bandage my wounds ... Hmm, on the other part, I never seen a wolf so big, it was almost as big as me, I think I'll have to look in the royal library." but many questions that will come to mind, she fell asleep.

* * *

The next morning, Luna got up early as it she was told to herself yesterday; the deity of the night was already wake up before you can get off the moon, so her sister could cause the sun rise to a new dawn, as if he had a biological clock that tells you when the moon must come down. After getting up, he went to his makeup table, one that every princess should have, she brushed her hair and put on makeup. After of makeup, Luna left his room cautiously, she not wanting to meet with her sister, because she was bandaged. Then get out quickly your bedroom decided to go to the library in a beam of light to find from where is this wolf (Meissa). When she appeared in the library went to the section of animals and plants to get a book on wildlife Equestrian, but there were many books on wildlife, then she decided to grab a couple of books to search whether any of them had information about giant wolves and go to a place where Celestia not find it, that place is the royal garden, as Celestia only will  to this garden in circumstances where she needs to be alone, then in a beam of light he went to royal garden and sat under one of the trees to read. But after having a good time reading three books of at least four hundred pages each with different species living in Equestria, yet found nothing about wolves giants or the size of a stallion.

"Ugh, I think I'll get old after reading all these books, until now only I'm reading three books and almost three hours have happened and I still have as one dozen more to read, I'm going to have that find a method to faster to read this before that-"

"Luna!, There you are, I was looking for you for everywhere"

"What? great!, at least I hope my sister arrives. Dammit!"

Since yes, apparently Celestia managed to find her after everything

"I crossed almost whole Canterlot to know wh... Oh no!, What happened to you? Are you ok? How was it that you did these wounds?" asked Celestia distressed on having seen his bandaged sister.

"I'm fine Tia, are just a few scratches and bruises, it's nothing" responded Luna somewhat uncomfortable with all the questions that made her sister.

"How can you say that Luna? you're bandaged almost to the top of your head.  You said it was not a difficult job that was just silly! And your guards were very hurt?" scolded Celestia.

"Don't exaggerate Sister, I'm not to the top of bandages, are just some injuries and now!, I'm not the innocent and defenseless filly was before. And I have more than two thousand years and can look after myself. And my guards are fine, I told them to come to here to Canterlot because they were exhausted, then I stayed alone in the forest and suddenly appeared an adult manticore and apparently was more cunning than me and he almost killed me"

"But why... "sigh" I think you're right, it will not do any good to continue scolding, I think you can already take care of yourself, at least you're safe here with me" said Celestia with a strong hugging to Luna.

"Auch, Auch !!, Hey slowly than wounds still hurting me!" exclaimed Luna.

"Oh, sorry!" apologized Celestia. "By the way, now that I see the bandages, where did you get that green paste that looks behind bands ?, had no idea you knew prescriptions for healing the wounds with healing herbs."

"Well, actually it was not me who bandaged"

"So, who did bandaged you?"

"Actually, better I tell you how was all" said Luna.

Celestia looked at her sister a little confused but decided to hear the story of what happened in the woods, Luna took a deep breath and began to tell what had happened. While Luna was telling her story of how she fought with her guards with the first beasts and why left to come to the guards to Canterlot, not missing the overprotection questions of an older sister, indeed, Luna almost literally strangled to her sister for all the questions that asked, to that make silence and get on with his story, but Celestia still made the questions and scolded the mistakes Moon. Anyway it was only when she was with the guards, when she tells how it was that fight with manticore, Celestia almost fainted at the thought of losing his sister again.

"and well..., when I was on the floor I could not get up and the manticore came running up to me to give his last hit, but not been for the wolf that rammed to the manticore to zoom out away from me ... I think it would have been my death safe" ended the story.

"Wait, you say that a wolf appeared in the forest and rammed the manticore?"

"Yes, there appeared a wolf among the trees and rammed the manticore, and then also it has emerged from the trees a reddish unicorn with a sword levitating beside her and ran over to where was the manticore and strung on his back causing death of the manticore" said Luna.

"And the unicorn was who healed you the wounds?"

"Mhm, he went to where I was and I was scared because I thought he was going to kill me also and then I started trying to stand up, then he told me not to be afraid, that I not to move, because it would be worse and told me that he I would help heal the wounds. After, he sack to her bag a bandages and gores of a plant species that told me it was "Wild Cabbage""

"Wild Cabbage?" asked Luna.

"Yes, that's what he told me"

"But that kind of medicinal herb are not Equestria, these plants grow in the kingdoms of this and they are a thousands of miles away" said Celestia.

Luna was very confused when her sister told him that this kind of medicinal plant are from the kingdoms of this. "Wait!, you say that these plants do not grow in Equestria and to get them we have to go to the kingdoms of this, since it is the place where they grow?" asked Luna now confused.

"Well... Yes, the Wild Cabbage is a plant that is in the realm of Europe and is located in the south and west of the same coasts, it is both edible as healing plant but it is very difficult to obtain, grow in a reduced ground habitat in limestone cliffs, export them to here is very expensive even for a pony with many economic resources"

The royal garden was silent for a while, the princesses were so confused they did not know of where he got these plants to cure Luna, as Celestia said, these plants are in the kingdoms of this and is very expensive to export here even the richest pony.

"By the way, do you know the name of that unicorn? He didn't tell you who was?"

"Yes, it is called Orion and the wolf that was lunged at the manticora is actually his faithful friend Meissa.  But besides, that wolf was not common and current."

"Is that why you brought all these books of Equestrian wildlife?"

"That wolf wasn't an ordinary wolf, this was huge, almost as big and tall as me. I've never seen one like that in my life" said Luna. "Besides, is much stronger than an ordinary wolf, he could easily attack to the manticora, even I think that is stronger than a big stallion"

"Hm, I have not seen a wolf with a size equal to yours, normally the biggest wolf can grow until as a young pony pre-teens" said Celestia. "It seems to be a mystery the of these two individuals"

"Ah, by the way, Luna, I wanted to say to you that I was  searching you in order that for me your help with some of my royal tasks, you will may?" asked Celestia.

"I don't know Tia, I am somewhat confused and tired by the issue of the wolf"

"Oh come on!, pleeeease!" begged Celestia making eyes and pout.

"Do not do that, don't the face, it will not work" said Luna taking out the view of the pouts of Celestia. "It will not work as when you wanted to take me on the artisans fair"

Celestia was pouting to her sister accept her request for help

"Pleeeease!" she followed with the pouts.

"Oh, as I hate when you do that face, okay you win!"

"Yes!, Thanks Sister!, I know you do not like me to do this face, but I need your help, it is important"

"And why you didn't say it was just important and ready?"

"Because I love the gestures you make when I put the face" said Celestia hugging to her sister.

"Very funny!"

"Hmhm, we better go before we're late to the first task of the day"

*  *  *

After an all helping her sister in board meetings, petitions of citizens, in court, and few things other day, exhausted Luna went to his room almost crawling on the floor all the way. As soon as she reached the door of his room gave a very big breath and opened the door and immediately went to his bed to lie on a leap of popcorn, everything he had done to help her sister ached hooves almost couldn't still stand up. But as much as this exhausted still had some unfinished business to do. "Oh no!, I forget of the necklace!, "sigh" I think I'll have to go at night to Everfree forest to find it." Luna cursed to herself because she not remember that I had to recover her lost necklace in the forest.

Then the princess got up from the bed of a jump, but saw it was time to lift up the moon, then he went out to the balcony, shone his horn and bit to bit brought the moon to the sky, then went back to his room and she prepared to go into the woods, put on his coat with hood and she decided to bring a dagger in which he had hidden in his closet, typical if spend some risk in the bedroom, to defend themselves in the forest, and I put it in his coat and a beam of light came out of the city to fly of Canterlot to Everfree forest. When she was flying into the woods, a thought came to mind in which the Luna was disturbing. "I don't understand this situation that happened last night, a unicorn came out from between the trees of the forest Everfree to save my fucking ass of a creature with a wolf who is almost my size, he also heals my wounds with these bandages of this such a plant Wild Cabbage, which to be better they aren't grow in Equestria and get them is almost impossible. Just thinking about all that I have a headache" (She still has bandages on).

That thought could not leave the head of Luna and that irritated him, but after struggling to find out where was the unicorn and his wolf, came to Everfree forest. She was standing right on the main road where she and her guards were the night before, then decided to go where she had met with the creature, but apparently after a constant search not found her necklace. Luna began to lose his patience and found something very striking. Turns out she found fresh footprints on the ground, were footprints of a pony and makes no more than one hour, Luna decided to follow those tracks as thought could be returned to Orion and Meissa.

The footprints followed by the way to an ancient tree and strayed far into the forest, Luna to see where they were going, swallowed and cautiously went by where the footprints continued. It was scary even for the bravest stallion of all, the wind to hum the treetops and moved abruptly, and very strange sounds were heard. Then a while to follow the track, ahead sees a light in the trees, Luna was scared but did not hesitate to go towards that light cautiously from tree to tree, each time she was closer and closer, and when standing behind a tree she saw a campfire and his side had a pony sitting beside the fire, Luna could not recognize the pony but he was turning his back. Luna thought it might be Orion but did not see Meissa and could not recognize the pony as the firelight blinded, then cautiously behind the trees decided to encircle the bonfire and see who is this pony. Every step was very delicate and very slow so as not to alarm the pony.

When she lay on the other side, she finally saw this same pony was with his sword sharpening it with a stone in hand, and saw beside him an animal, in that when you look closely she realize it's Meissa and then directs the eye to the pony and carefully realizes that is Orion, but he's badly wounded, could see his wounds that were on his front legs and some scratches on his face, in his body, some to his back, Luna was surprised to see as he was hurt but then she notice something strange about him and his eyes widened as big as the two gold

"What the hay!?"

_ _ _

Chapter 2: The Sad Story of a Warrior

"But what? How is it possible that he..." Luna could not finish the sentence as it was in shock at what she had seen, and then took a misstep and fell out to the ground, that apparently that alerted Meissa. The wolf lifted the ears, raised his head and looked over to where was Luna.

"Mm?, What happens Meissa? Did you hear anything?" said Orion looking Meissa "Easy, must be a mouse or a small animal"

Meissa not looked away from where he had heard the noise and growled slightly, then Orion looks at his friend and realizes that isn't a mouse, apparently there was something behind the trees, but they didn't know it was Luna. Orion slowly stood up, put on his coat and grabbed his sword. He stood in silence to see what had alarmed Meissa.

"Okay, stay here watching the fire, if something does happen, I will let you know" said Orion softly to Meissa.

The wolf sat beside the bonfire with ears up as much as his tail was straight, Orion cautiously walked to where Meissa heard noises and gradually it was entering the trees, Luna realizes that he is going to where she is, then she decides cautiously hide in the trees so that Orion doesn't see. Luna knew he had bandaged her wounds and helped with the manticora but couldn't trust a stranger, and less with what she had seen. She knew she had the dagger to defend herself, then she takes out the dagger from his coat and prepared for the worst.

Orion jutted between the trees and with much cautiously gave each of his steps, levitating his sword behind of his back and it was to thousand eyes to find the invader, on the other hand Luna saw him ever closer her, and cautiously walked toward another tree, luckily Orion did not listened her and continued as if nothing entering itself in the trees. Luna increasingly saw him closer yet and was starting to scare, then decided to go to another tree, but that was a mistake, to get to the tree, she stepped on a branch, this alarmed to Orion. The unicorn stayed in his place looking around, looking for where and who was responsible for that sound, Luna remained static in the same tree, unable to move not even her hooves, all that remained was to stay there and wait for Orion pass and if is a miracle he does not realized that she is there. Orion continued his march, he headed for the tree that where was Luna, he went through the side of the tree cautiously but not looked at the tree but forward, where he gave his step, Luna held her breath, prepared her dagger and waited worst. Orion stopped  just to about five meters, she could see clearly, he was ahead of her.

After a few eternal seconds to Luna, Orion continued his march slowly. Luna waited a few seconds and gave a big sigh of relief. Suddenly, of a blow, she was cornered by surprise causing that her dagger fall to the ground. Luna felt something in her neck and was cold, she opened her eyes gently and realizes that Orion had cornered her against the tree, on two legs both, and it had his sword on her neck.

"Who are you and what are you do here?" said Orion to the offensive.

"Please, don't hurt me!" said Luna trembling nonstop.

Orion realized that this voice was familiar, looked to Luna and he surprised to see that it was she whom he had cornered with his sword. Orion immediately removed his sword of neck of Luna.

"¿Luna? but ... What are you doing here at this hour in the Everfree forest?"

Orion couldn't believe that Luna is in the Everfree forest after what happened to her and also he said it was not convenient to come to the forest and less at night

"Are you alright?" asked Orion

"Y-yes, I'm fine"

"(Sigh), Come on!, better we go to where I am, this is a dangerous place" said Orion

Luna not say anything, just nodded.

Orion gave a smile and decided to take her to the bonfire, but before to go, Orion noticed something on the floor and raised it with his magic, he was surprised to see it was a dagger of steel with blade double-edged and with inlaid of emerald and diamond in the handle.

"Hm, apparently you didn't come with empty hooves after all" joked Orion.

"W-Well... I-I didn't want to come to the forest d-disarmed"

Orion looked at Luna with a smile without a word, he returned the dagger to its owner and then they went to the fire where was Meissa waiting, but when they reached to the bonfire Meissa jumped above to Luna and gave her a warm and humid welcome.

"Hehehehe, Also is good to see you again Meissa" said Luna

"Hmhm, seems he likes you" Orion said with a smile. "Apparently you've got a new friend"

"You heard it?, we will be good friends don't believe Meissa?" said Luna, and because of that, Meissa gave another very wet lick "Jejejeje, tickles me!"

"Hmhm, You don't think you've licked enough the Luna's face" said Orion looking at Meissa

"It's ok!, no problem" said Luna "Hey, what happened with you? you are very hurt.

"It's nothing, I just had a problem with an Timberwolf, it is that I invaded his territory and then he attacked me by surprise"

"But are you ok?"

"Yes, I'm fine, it will heal, is no problem" said Orion with a smile.

Orion gave a smile and then turned his gaze to a container that was in the fire and in that vessel was his dinner, it was cooking and could feel the smell around the campfire, Orion was going to offer a little to Luna, but she won him.

"Mmm, What is that delicious smell?" said Luna almost drooling to notice the smell

"Oh, hmhm, is the soup I was making to dinner. Do you want some?"

"Mm, okay, if you don't mind"

Orion shone his horn and the side of the campfire sack a plate and opened the pot containing a delicious vegetable soup with spiced the same forest, he grabbed a spoon, poured on the plate and handed it to Luna, he also sack another plate for him and also poured some soup. Luna raised her dish with her magic and took to her mouth, took a sip and then left the dish on the floor without making any gesture.

"Well, what do you think? You like it?" asked Orion.

"Uh, well..." Luna couldn't believe it, she never had tasted a so delicious soup, never she felt that her palate dance so

"Hmhm, it seems you don't like it much at all" said Orion with a smile

"Actually, it's delicious, very delicious" said Luna "I never had tasted a soup so delicious"

"Hmhm, stop talking nonsense, I'm not a professional cook. It's just an ordinary vegetable soup" said Orion

"No, I'm serious, is very delicious" said Luna taking another sip

"Thanks, hey... can I ask you a question?"

"Sure" Luna said as she took another sip

"What were you doing here in the forest at night and alone? After what happened last night should be something that makes you come back to the forest and also at night"

Luna swallowed quickly to avoid drowning "Uh, well ... j-just wanted to know h-how you were and wanted to... s-spend to greet"

"Hmhm, tell me the truth, why are you here?"

"I-I'm telling the truth" said Luna a little firmer

"You lying"

"How do you know that I'm lying?"

"Because when anyone lie their voice becomes more brittle and sometimes stutters, their breathing is becoming more frequent" said Orion looking Luna "Besides... you will not be here to recover your necklace? right?" said as he pulled out the necklace of Luna of his purse that had at his side

"How do you know I lost my necklace?" said Luna surprised

"Because when Meissa and I were returning to home, I saw something shining on the ground, I approached and saw it was a necklace that had a white crescent moon and I figured it might be yours" said Orion as he levitated the necklace to Luna and putting back in her neck.

"Thanks, thank you for recover it" said Luna looking at her necklace relieved

"It's Nothing, but try not to go into the forest, I don't want to you finish wound again"

Okay, I'll try to not come much to the forest" said Luna a little sorry for what happened, "Orion, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure"

"How is it that Meissa is as big as me? I know the wolves and I've never seen one like this size, and also the plant with which you healed me, my sister told me not grow here in Equestria and to get them is almost impossible, How did you get them if only gets into the realms of East? and if you could also tell me this, really are you a alicorn?"

Orion took a deep breath and glanced toward the fire

"I wish you had not seen it, seems you already know my secret. Yes I am a alicorn" said Orion taking off his coat, showing that Luna was right

"But, how is that possible? I mean, my sister, my niece Princess Cadance, Princess Twilight Sparkle and I are the only ones Alicorn that left"

"Well, apparently I am another, but this is something I don't like to be and that I never wanted to be from the beginning" said Orion seriously

"But if you wanted to not be a alicorn, how was it that you became one?"

"(Sigh). Better I tell you everything from the beginning so you can understand it better" Orion said even without taking your eyes off the fire.

"I'm not a young alicorn first, actually I have more than two thousand years"

"Two thousand  years?" said Luna

(Flash Back Time)

"I was born as a unicorn in a town that was located in the West Equestria, there were about seven hundred people there, it was not a very poor village but neither rich nor powerful. Everypony there knew each other very well, everyone got along very well, there was no one who did not get along there, it was like heaven for me, there were ponies earth, pegasus and unicorns, no matter what economic situation they had or that work, all we were friends. I lived in a large mud-brick house with my parents and my brother, my father was called Shining Blaze he was a warrior and leader of the town, he was a unicorn like me, his fur was reddish and his hair was chestnut but his eyes were emerald green; he was considered as one of the best warriors in the West and was well known in other major towns, and a great father to me, my mother was called Silvertree, she was a earth pony, her fur was orange and her mane was light brown and her eyes were navy blue. She was a farmer, was the daughter of one of the most important farmers of the town; and my brother was called Markab, he was a white Pegasus, his mane was black and his eyes were blue. He was bigger than I.

I was very curious, I really wanted to know and learn new things, I was almost always reading books my father that he had on a shelf, there was everything on that shelf, history, mythology, geography, magic and more. Sometimes when my father went on a of his missions, he brought me some other book in which I could read and learn. There were times that he taught me his spells to I could learn.

"Come on, you can do it Orion!, you just have to concentrate and shoot to the table" said Blaze

"I... try... but it's... very difficult..." said Orion tired

"Come on, I know you can do it, just concentrate and aim"

"Ok .... here I go!"

The beam came out straight to the wooden board, destroying it in pieces

"Wow!, it seems that you do better every time Selkie" said Blaze

"Really?"

"Yes, of course!, my Selkie increasingly is becoming stronger" said Blaze caressing his head.

"Dad" said Orion looking his father.

"What happens child?"

"When I grow, I want to be a warrior like you" said Orion with pride.

"Hmhm, okay, if that what you want I'll teach you many things for you to be a warrior like me"

"Yes!!"

"Not so fast, there is still much for you to be a warrior like me, you are still a colt to be a warrior, takes a lot of training and courage, we first have to start with the basics and then his time will you go forward" said Blaze looking at Orion

"No matter how much I make, I'll be whatever it takes to be a warrior!"

"Hmhm, that's my son" said Blaze caressing his head

"Hehehehe..."

Orion: "I always wanted to be a warrior like him, that was my dream. Although sometimes I couldn't do a simple spell, but I never gave up. Over the years my father trained me more and more, and increasingly I made more stronger, same for my brother, my father would put obstacles and objectives in which he had to do in time limit. Also over time he became increasingly stronger and more agile in flight

Instead my mother didn't like that we were training all the time, she said that we could seriously hurt, typical of every mother"

"Wait, Selkie? your father told you Selkie?" asked Luna trying to not laugh.

"Hmhm, Yes, Selknam is my last name and also of my brother, my father and my mother always told me Selkie, however my brother told him Markie" replied Orion with a giggle

"One day I remember that my brother and I had come home after training and we were all dirty and wounds" said with a smile "My mother almost fainted to see us so hmhm"

"Oh my god!, look at yourself!, are all dirty and wounded" exclaimed Silver

"Sorry mom, I think we exceeded us a bit this time" said Markab with his ears low

"(Sigh), go to wipe and then down so I heal their wounds" ordered Silver to their children

"Alright mom" said the two brothers grieved

Silver gave another sigh and went out to the backyard and went to her plant Aloe Vera and took some gores to heal the wounds of their children, then went back to the house and started cutting small and thin strips, and pulled from a shelf some bandages. The two brothers down the stairs, clean and headed to where his mother was.

"Okay, sit down so I can put them the bandages " said Silver gripping one of the bandages with Aloe. "Tell me, how was your training now?" said while was bandaging to Markab

"Well, we started to warm running around the town, then went to the forest Tall Tale to practice our agility running through the trees, then we went to Smokey Mountain, in the way we meet a bear that was angry, he wanted to attack us and well... us defended, after that we decided to return to the village to take a little break, then went to the river from here near to train and fight between us" told Orion

"Apparently you had a busy day, right?" said Silver now bandaging Orion

"Actually today was very light" said Markab

"Yes, I think tomorrow we will train a little harder!" said Orion

After a few moments of some bandages and scolding of Silver

"Okay, It's already" finished bandaging her children

"Thanks Mom! and uh ... tomorrow we'll try not to hurt us a lot or get in trouble"

"(Sigh), children, I'm going to say something. I have no problem to you two train almost every day, it's just ... I don't want something bad happens to you"

"For the next is not going to happen mother, this time we'll beware" said Orion with his ears low

Silver gave a big smile and said "Well, I think that after their training must be hungry, how about if I make some hay sandwiches?"

"Yes!" said the two brothers

O: "My mother always worried that if we trained a lot and going to dangerous places we could hurt or worse but always supported us after all; there were times we did it on purpose because our mother was rarely unoccupied, as she was always working in the small farm behind of our house , we used this as an excuse for she to be with us" said Orion in a brittle voice

"But all the peace that the town had a day crumbled. My brother was twenty-four and I twenty, we were in the river near the town, were training as usual, everything seemed like every normal day but then came one of the warriors of the town running towards us and was moderately wounded"

"Markab, Orion, we need you urgently in the town, is under attack!" said the Guard

O: "My heart started racing like crazy, we had no idea who was the attacker, so decided to go to the town. When we were going to the town, we asked the guard who was the attacker"

"Alsahm, do you have any idea who the attacker of our town?" asked Markab

"The attackers are the town who are in White Tail Woods,  the attack began about twenty minutes ago, your father told me they were here in the river training, so he ordered me take you to the town immediately" said Alsahm.

"Are there any casualties?" asked Orion

"We do not know how many, but I think we don't have over forty  casualties " replied Alsahm

O: "I was very scared, I always trained hard with Markab, but we don't knew that we would enter in combat so quickly and without notice. When we reached the outskirts of the town, we saw the warriors of the attacker town, smashed homes and the invaders massacred as they were crossing the way. My father was in outside the town refugee with other warriors, planning a surprise attack strategy"

"Orion, Sorry to interrupt but why the town of White Tail Woods attacked out of nowhere?" said Luna

"The nearby town had as leader a unicorn "child" power hungry, he wanted to proclaim the lands where our town for him because he discovered that one of his ancestors owned one of the parts of the town lands, but our citizens refused to surrender the lands. There were times he sent one of his informant with a peace treaty if we delivered the land, on the contrary they will proclaim the lands by force, but always that coming his informant always declined its offer. He had offered part of his wealth and several of his best of his warriors, but always we refused"

Luna didn't said anything, just let Orion continue with her story

"When we got to where my father, we were greeted with a hug"

"Dad!"

"Children, how are you two?"

"Are you okay? Where is mom?" said Orion worried

"Yes I'm fine, and she's fine too, she evacuated along with the inhabitants" replied Blaze "Now Let's go with the others to tell of the plan of attack"

"Alright dad" said Orion

When Blaze with his children when they met with the other warriors, he began to count the plan...

"Ok here's the plan. The soldiers Pegasus will go on air on my signal to give a little stinky gift for those scoundrels, earth ponies and unicorns I want you all to come with me to the ground for the attack melee, then of the attack of our attack surprise. Markab you are going to go with the other Pegasus warriors and wait for my signal to give a surprise hit. Orion you come with me and the other warriors for ground to give the attack melee"

O: He told us to prepare us for combat and that if it was necessary, catch some weapons. My brother decided to take some gloves for special helmets of fighting with spikes sticking out. I instead decided to grab a sword, as my father taught me to be swordsman, and I had seen a dagger between all the weapons, I decided to grab her by in case I need it

My dear brothers!, Friends!, You always knew me as Blaze, the leader of this great town, but today just I'm a more than another warrior in the fight to defend our beloved land, I don't ask you to fight for me! but to fight for the land that you were born and raised !, fight for his families! fight for the brother who fight with you!, we are here today to defend our land from a leader who is power-hungry and wants us snatch our lands!

"Are going to let this child snatch us our land!? Are going to let he humiliate us!?"

"NO!!" shouted the warriors

Then, let's show at bastard what these warriors can do!!

After an inspiring speech, the warriors went to the town and is entered in their positions. The Pegasi is placed on one side of the town, hidden in some houses, were armed with iron gloves with spiked and odor pipe bombs. The Warriors of earth also hiding in some houses, awaiting the attack of the Pegasus. The strategy was to wait for the invaders will advance into the town and then be surprise by the Pegasi with stink bombs and when they are distracted, Blaze with his son and his warriors begin the melee attack the invaders

O: "It was time to prepare to give the surprise attack, all were in their position. Just spent a few moments for the invaders to pass through the place of attack, and without are given account the Pegasi with my brother gave the surprise attack, attackers ponies were distracted and dispersed by stink bombs, then our father gave us the signal to go to the attack. Every minute that passed seemed eternal, together with my father we attacked a small squad, didn't take us long to overcome. But suddenly we were surprised by arrows came from one of the houses"

"Orion, go to the tavern and go forward cautiously from the rear to surprise snipers" ordered Blaze

"Yes father!" said Orion

"Markab!, go with your brother to get us off those snipers" ordered Blaze also

"To the order" said Markab

The two brothers went to the tavern where the snipers were, surrounded it and headed for the rear part, Markab looked out a window and saw how many there were in, in total there were five down. Orion expected the signal his brother to come in and surprise the ponies, Markab still looking out the window waiting for the way is clear.

After a few seconds, Markab gave the signal, Orion entered the house followed by Markab and attacked the ponies that were inside. Markab went to one that was in the bar along with two others, these were preparing arrows for snipers, with his gloves he reached one of the enemy and hit him in the middle of your chest, to see down to the first warrior, turns and of a jump attacks the other warrior pulling against one of the furniture of the tavern, the last standing headed Markab his back, but it was a serious mistake, with his hind hooves hit him throwing against the wall it leaving him lying on the ground, he didn't took much effort to finish them. Orion instead walked to where were the tables, were two warriors that were preparing their bows to shoot at him, the arrows passed close Orion but didn't hit him, then drew his sword and skewered on the right side of one of them then he pulled out his dagger and throw against the other pony nailing it to the front of it.

Suddenly appeared others six ponies going down the stairs that they were on the second level, they shot arrows at the two brothers and forcing them to go under cover.

"Orion, can you throw a lightning with your magic to get us off" said Markab while some arrows passed over him nailing into the wooden wall.

"Alright!" said Orion

Orion had to find a way to shoot the lightning without them killed him with the arrows, then decided to grab a chair that was his right and throw to where the enemy was. The chair fell over one of the warriors and as soon as he threw the chair against one of the enemies warriors, he got up by bar and fired a multiple lightning that reached each of the enemies dropping their dead bodies on the ground.

"Wow!, I didn't know you could shoot more than one lightning at a time" said Markab amazed

"Me neither" said Orion even more amazed

"Ok, I'll go see if more up, then we return with dad, he should need help" said Markab going up the stairs

"Ok" said Orion

Orion went to the pony he had killed with his dagger to get it out and save it in his scabbard. Then few seconds later "Everything clear" said Markab down stairs

"Then, let us return with Dad" said Orion

The two brothers left the tavern and went to where his father was, he was fighting with an enemy squad with two warriors unicorns, then Markab y Orion joined the fight.

"Apparently you're having fun without us" joked Markab.

"Hm!, needless to say it, why don't you join the party?" also joked Blaze.

"It will be a pleasure" said Orion

O: "When we returned with our father, we started to move towards the enemy, we throw down with everything that they stood in the way, platoon by platoon, nothing stopped us, I remember that my brother was flying from here to there, sweeping away everything in his path, my father with other two unicorns was shooting a lightning against the squads with one shot and I mutilated everything that was crossing me with my sword. Everything was fine, we were winning the battle... but... but... "sniff" ... apparently my father couldn't win the battle"

"Wait, your father..." Luna didn't want to finish the sentence

"(Sniff) My ... My father was h-hit by one of the enemies ..." his voice was becoming more brittle

Luna opened her mouth to say something but nothing came

"I turned around and saw my father standing on two legs and protruding from his chest a sword, I immediately saw that behind him was an enemy warrior, I didn't hesitate to go to them and take out the enemy warrior and stab him with my sword in all its chest and tear him apart. M-My father had fallen to the ground face up, then I said to one of the warriors to help me carry him to one of the houses"

"You'll be okay dad, you'll be fine, MARKAB!!!!" shouted Orion very nervous and scared

Markab heard the scream of his brother and then went over to where he was

"What's up Ori... Oh no, What happened?" said Markab

"One of the enemy warriors caught him and nailed his sword on his back" said Orion with tears

"Oh no!, A doctor!, bring a doctor!" shouted Markab

O: "My brother called a doctor to heal his wounds with a spell... but apparently it... it was too late."

"A doctor!!" Markab still screaming

"I-I don't think a doctor c-can save me" said Blaze weakly

"Don't say that dad, you'll be fine, j-just you need a doctor to can heal you" said Orion

"N-no, my son, I already gave my fight, "cough", now this fight is of y-you two" said Blaze

"No daddy no, don't leave us, please don't leave us" said Orion breaking into tears

"Y-You know what son?, I was always p-proud of you, both of you, I always was. I love you children..."

"Dad?Dad! ... No ... No!, NO!!! DAD!!!! - said Orion breaking into tears

"Brother, h-he's gone" said Markab tearfully leaning his hoof in his back

Orion dried his tears and went out with his sword to where the enemies were entering the town.

"Where are you going Orion?" said Markab but Orion not answer. "Where are you going!? Orion!!..."

(End of Flash Back Time)

"My father had died, front of me. I was sad and very angry that I went around to where the enemies entered into the town, I stood in the doorway like a statue with my sword, and felt like a big power flowed into me. I had never felt all that power flow so.

I saw all the enemy warriors a few kilometers with reinforcements, I started walking forward as if nothing and whenever I stepped, I felt like all that power grew within me and without realizing, my horn began to glow, but not usually as always shone, it was different, I felt my horn was in flames. Enemies were closer and closer and came with catapults and heavy weaponry, I just remember that I stopped at some point, my horn began to glow even more strangely, and then I decided to throw a lightning to them, point my horn to the squads and shoot. From there I don't remember anything but my brother told me that just the lightning that I shot, smashed everything that lay ahead, he told me that when I shot the lightning, he felt a great power that coming from me and himself me He said it was too big

When it was over I lay on the floor, I woke up not knowing what had happened after throwing the lightning, I looked up and saw in front of me everything shattered and I noticed that there were corpses where I had thrown my lightning, I knew then that all that disaster, I had done it, I didn't understand how. My brother came running over to where I was along with other allies, when he arrived he looked at me strangely for what I had done, but then smiled and hugged me happy to know I was okay"

"How did you could do a lightning of such magnitude?" asked Luna

"At that time I didn't know why but then over the years I realized that "Anger" was what made me able to do that lightning"

"Wait, Anger?

Orion looked to Luna surprised she didn't know of these powers "Hmhm, did you know that there is still much larger powers in addition to elements of harmony? that existing sources of magic more stronger than the friendship?" asked Orion.

"Um... Yes" said Luna

"Well, tell me"

"Well, they are the Bliss, Hope, Hatred, Sadness, Chaos, Love and ...."

"Anger" They said at the same time

"These powers are as great as erratic and unstable which cannot be used safely. They can't be contained in physical form as the relics which keep the powers of the Elements of Harmony. Elements of Harmony are used as a last resort to restore and enforce the balance of peace and order, usually if used in someone its effects are temporary and non-lethal, they can only work if they are exercised by whoever has the corresponding trait, instead these powers anyone can use them, but they are a hazard to who use it as in who use it. That power I had in the moment of the lightning, was all by the power of "Anger" because of the death of my father" said Orion

"But if these powers are so unstable and dangerous, how did that you could concentrate everything in one lightning? is more, how could you control it?"

"I never knew how it was that I could channel all my "Anger" in the lightning, I was one of the most powerful unicorns of the town, but that was not enough to control that power, are powers that until a powerful alicorn cannot control"

"Wow !, that explains why you became a alicorn?" said Luna

"Actually not yet come to when and why was that I become an alicorn"

But apparently the story will have to wait, Meissa looked up into the trees with ears up, feeling that something or someone coming toward them, then stood firm beside Orion

"Wow, What's wrong boy?" Orion realized that Meissa perceived danger

"It seems that the story will have to be for another time, we have to leave here, since Meissa saw something coming towards us" said Orion

While they stood up to grab their things and turn off the fire... a voice is heard that Orion and Meissa recognized very well

"Why do you leave? Am I not interrupting anything important?"

_ _ _

Chapter 3: An Old Friend

From among the trees begin to move the bush which alerted Orion forcing him to have to leave the place for safety, but then he heard a familiar voice

"Why do you leave? Am I not interrupting anything important?"

Orion to realize who was, he smiled from ear to ear and Meissa lunged for the unexpected visitor to give it welcome.

"Hehehehe, Hello Meissa long ago I don't see too" said the visitor

"What are you doing here? I thought you were at your home" said Orion

"Well, yes I was in my house but as I ran out of some ingredients I decided to go find some and I ran to see a light coming from the trees and decided to investigate what was"

"You not need to go out at night, you know that the forest is a danger and even more at night" said Orion

"Easy!, I know this forest since I was a filly" said the visitor

"I know you know the forest well, but do not want something bad to happen to you"

"Don't worry, I will not spend anything ... Besides you're the one who has to take care, you're here in the middle of the forest like nothing knowing that ..." The visitor realizes that Orion was not only after all. "Oh, apparently you were not just" said with a little embarrassed the visitor to see that he was not alone"

"Hmhm, She's Luna, the princess of night"

"Yes, I know the Princess Luna. Good night princess!" the visitor greets Luna

"Luna, she's my friend Zecora"

"Wait!...  you know Zecora?" asked Luna

"Hmhm, is another story, better let's leave it to after" said Orion

"Why don't come to my house? this is a dangerous place and it's cold" said Zecora

"Okay, you have no problem Luna?" said Orion

"Sure, I think a bit longer I can stay"

"Well, we better go, before any creature find and attack us" said Zecora

Orion quickly turns off the fire and grab his pot with soup still inside, placing the pot on his back and with his magic grabs her bag and leave for Zecora's home

"What happened with you? you are all bandaged"

"Only a small fight with an angry manticore that I found myself in the forest"

"But are you okay?" asked Zecora

"Yes, I'm fine"

"Well apparently are already a bit worn these bandages, if you do not mind, I can change it for new ones" said Zecora

"No need to bother Zecora" said Luna thanking the offer

"No, please, I wouldn't forgive you" insisted Zecora

"Well, Alright!"

After a walk to the house of Zecora finally they arrived. The two ponies and the Wolf entered the Zebra's home, Luna was surprised to see the home of Zecora, it was a very rudimentary for her, strange masks on the walls, shelves with strange potions, a cauldron in the middle of the room, she didn't feel very comfortable be in this house.

"Okay, my home is not very suitable for so to speak, but feel at home" said Zecora while she is leaving the ingredients in the appropriate shelves

"Thank you Zecora" thanked Luna

Orion noticed that Luna didn't look quite right, as if something inconvenienced

"Is something wrong Luna?" said Orion

"Eh? Oh, no, nothing's just that ... well ... I don't know how to say ..."

"Do you feel a little uncomfortable by masks, potions and other things?" said Zecora

"What? No!, it's just that ... well I .... Ugh, who am I kidding" said Luna ashamed

"Don't worry about that, it's nothing, in your place, I had been equal to see a house like rudimentary" said Zecora

Luna gave a smile but was still embarrassed, however Orion left the pot on the Zecora's kitchen

"Hey Zecora! you've dined? because leftover a some vegetable soup, if you want I can warm it" said Orion

"Hum, Alright, heats it, since I have not had time so I can make me dinner. Let's see ... where are they? ... aha! Here they are!". Zecora grabbed some bandages of one of the shelves, to renew which it has Luna "Well, we begin to change those bandages?"

"Sure!"

Luna took off her coat so that Zecora can remove old bandages and replace them with new ones. She began taking the first of her body, and apparently was surprised to see the wounds she had.

"Wow!, it seems that you are lucky to be alive, these wounds are no joke" Zecora said as she pulled the bandages  "How it was that you could survive a brutal fight against the manticore?"

"Well, I survived thanks to Meissa and Orion, they appeared out of the trees and they attacked the manticore for that not to kill me, then after they killed the manticore Orion approached me and healed my wounds with Wild Cabbage, and then he undertook a spell that cured me all my internal injuries"

"Wild Cabbage?, Hmhm, Orion! Did you take some gores of my plants?"

"Hehehe, well yes... as Meissa four days ago was injured in a fight with a Timberwolf, I decided to grab some wild cabbage to cure him, and as became a bit, I decided save some in my purse in case of a emergency again" said Orion "Besides, it was I who gave you that plant after all and I think I have a right to grab some"

"Hmhm, you're always so naughty, you have two thousand years and you act like a foal" joked Zecora

"Haha!, well I can have two thousand years but that doesn't mean you cannot amuse me as a foal" said Orion

"Wait, you know that Orion has two thousand years?" asked Luna

Zecora look Luna and gave a little chuckle, but she continued bandaging her. "I know Orion for nearly ten years. I met him here in the forest"

"And how did you meet him?"

"I was in the Everfree forest in the afternoon, I was hanging around in search of some ingredients and water, had gone to the lake is not far from here, everything seemed normal, I grabbed my canteen to carry water and when I was about to stand up, I looked toward the shores of the lake and had seen a pony injured and unconscious on the shore. I ran to him and decided to carry him to my house to cure him. When I began to heal him, I noticed he had bites over much of his body, and apparently was a stinger of a manticore. I didn't know what to do but I had to draw that poison somehow, but he would die. Luckily when I began to treat him, I realized it was not poison, but it was pre-poison, then with a some essential oils I put in his bites, I controlled of that were not swell and with a banana peels and a chilled cloth, could prevent further spreading of the pre-poison and dry the bites without problems"

"With essential oils and banana peels?" asked Luna confused

"Yes, essential oils are very good to alleviate skin bites, treat inflammation and reduce the size of the bite. The cold cloth serves so that when you put it on the bite, the poison or pre-poison does not spread through the body, that is to cut the blood circulation. and the banana peel almost the same as the oil, reduces inflammation and dry the bite"

Luna was confused, she did not understand how simple things can help prevent the poison from spreading through the body, or rather also the pre-poison. Zecora was bandaging Luna and telling her story of how she met Orion

"While I healed his wounds, I realized that he was a alicorn, but I didn't tell anything about that"

(Flash back Time)

"What? Where am I?" Orion woke up in Zecora's house, he was lying on her bed and was all bandaged

"Well!, finally you woke up"

Orion looked around, searching who had spoken to him, then at the door of the room a zebra with a small pot appears

"Who are you?" said Orion scared

"Easy!, don't be afraid, I will not hurt you" said Zecora while leaving the pot on night table. "My name Zecora, I found you on the shore of Lake Forest, apparently you had an inconvenience with a manticora and it let you very hurt"

Orion did not say anything, he stayed in bed thinking he had last because he remembered nothing

"Takes, drink some of this soup, it will make you feel better" said Zecora approaching him a bowl of soup

Orion distrusted of Zecora, but accepted the soup. With his magic he could barely lift the bowl because he was very weak, then delicately took the bowl to his mouth and took a sip and put the bowl on the night table next to the pot

"Well... do you feel a little better?" said Zecora

"Yes, Thanks"

"Besides, What's your name?"

"My name is Orion"

"Well, nice to meet you, Orion. How did you get to stop in the Everfree forest?"

"I was looking for resources"

Zecora grabs the Orion's bowl and returned him to finish the soup

"Well, if you were in search of food, takes, finish your soup" said Zecora

Orion looked at Zecora and gave a smile, grabbed the bowl and began to finish his soup. When he finished his bowl of soup, leave it back at the night table, Zecora offered more but he thanked for the offer. When she healed him, she knew what he was but decided not to comment. But then Orion, with effort, sits on the edge of the bed and decided stand up

"Wow!, Wait! don't get up, you're very hurt" said Zecora

"Sorry, but I have to leave" said Orion with effort

"You don't have much strength to go into the forest alone" said Zecora

"I have to continue with my travel"

"Listen, if you go out there alone, you're going to die, You have to stay here, I have no problem with you stay here"

"'Sigh', Alright, but when I feel better, I have to go" said Orion

"When you're feel better do what you want, but for now you must stay here" said Zecora

Zecora: "Orion was at least five days here while recovered. While he was, he told me some of his adventures and stories, as I to him, hmhm When he finally recovered, grabbed his sword, said goodbye and thanked me for having healed his wounds. I thought there never was going to see again, but there was not much expected to meet him again"

"Apparently you thought wrong" said Orion

"Haha!, you were not warming the soup?" said Zecora

"Yes, only about five minutes and will already be"

"Hmhm. After two weeks I was in the forest looking for some flowers to decorate my house a bit and some other ingredient, and I came across Orion, he was in one of the rivers of the forest, but he was not alone after all, to his side was a gray wolf, apparently it heard me and alerted Orion. So I hid in the trees so they would not see me and I stood still as a statue, but the wolf found me and threw me to the ground and it jumped up on me, the wolf showed me his teeth and growled, then Orion came and he asked me who I was, so I told him my name was Zecora. That was enough for him to tell the wolf to let me and to help me to stand up"

"What are you doing here?" said Orion

"I just was looking for some flowers to decor my home" said Zecora

"Hmhm, apparently you scared Meissa"

"Meissa?" asked Zecora confused

"Yes, he's my friend. Say hello boy"

Meissa didn't trust much on Zecora because she alarmed him, but then approached her and sat beside her but he still wary

"Come on friend, she will not do anything, she's my friend, you can trust her" said Orion to Meissa

Meissa looked at Orion and then looked at Zecora, but he was still wary, then Zecora decides scratch his right ear with care and then it begins to move his hind leg without stopping, but after a few moments Zecora draws her hoof of his ear and then Meissa with his head pushed a hooves Zecora to keep scratching his ear

"Hmhm apparently he likes you" said Orion with a smile

"It seems that no longer fears me after all" said Zecora

As Zecora didn't respond to the request for Meissa, this lunged at her and started licking her face. "Hehehe, hey, easy!, enough you tickles me... hahaha"

"Hahaha!, Ok Meissa, I think that's enough, come on, leave a little personal space to Zecora" said Orion

Meissa heard to Orion and then, he left to lick the face of Zecora and sat beside of her, his tail was wagging non-stop

"Where you found this grey wolf?" said Zecora while stroked the head of Meissa

"I found near the town which is near here, PonyVille, I found he on the prairies and he was very hurt , so I decided to take it with me and cure him, and since that day has not left me"

"Hmhm, well... you got a good friend after all, is very friendly" said Zecora with a smile

(End Flash Back Time)

Z: "After of that we met, we were talking for a while y then we said goodbye back, but almost always when I went to the forest, I was with him and Meissa, there were times he came home to visit me and then one day there was a big storm that lasted about three days from this day, he came to live with me to my house, we became very good friends, but he always prefers to sleep in the forest outdoors for habit, so when you attacked the manticora they went away because they were safe camping nearby, the same when you found with them moments ago"

"More than friends, this seems a relationship for mother and son" said Orion while was carrying the soup over to where were Luna and Zecora

"Mother and Son?" asked Luna

"Yes, when I come here, always scolds me of how I can sleep out in the forest when I can sleep peacefully here in her house" Said Orion. "Besides, that's nothing, sometimes scolds me when I finish some dirty or injured by the creatures, or when I meet with she always asks me where I was, what I did, and among other questions more"

Luna covered her mouth with her hoof because she imagined Zecora scolding Orion, she was about to explode, but Orion realized that Luna could not stand laughter

"What's so fun?" said Orion

"Hmhmhm, sorry but I... 'Giggle' is just 'Giggle' HAHAHAHA"

"What? What's so fun?"

"Sorry!, Haha, just I imagine to Zecora scolding you for your antics Hahaha!!" said Luna without stop laughing

"Really? I don't know what you look funny" said Orion raising an eyebrow

"Easy Mr. Grumpy!, just it caused me a bit Hmhmhm" said Luna

"Hmhmhm, I think that Luna thinks like me of somepony" said Zecora

"Sorry? I'm not grumpy"

Zecora looked at Orion with a raised eyebrow, knowing it was true

"The soup is ready Zecora" said Orion looking away

"Ok, just... another one and... ready!, it's done Luna" said Zecora

"Thank you Zecora"

"It's nothing, and tomorrow you can remove the bandages without problem, the previous bandages disinfected the wounds very well, so you leave these until tomorrow and ready" said Zecora while was grabbing a bowl of soup

"Okay, Thanks again"

"Hey Orion, now that I think about, why you killed the manticore? I thought you could reassure with your ocarina" said Zecora

"It was too late to use my ocarina, and he was almost within reach of Luna and play my ocarina would not have done any good, so I told Meissa to ram into the manticore to that it does not kill Luna"

"That explain everything"

"Ocarina? You really know how to play the Ocarina?" asked Luna

"Yes, Zecora taught me that play a number of melodies on the Ocarina can ease up a sleeping dragon enrage" said Orion while was taking from his bag a clay ocarina of twelve holes light brown.

"Hmhm, I don't know if even a sleeping dragon but it can soothe almost any creature" said Zecora

"So, where did you learn to play the ocarina Zecora?" asked Luna

"My father taught me to play the Ocarina, that melody is part of our family for almost four hundred years and only few can know it, It must be the indicated, only one with a pure heart can play that tune and soothe almost any creature. I saw that he had a pure heart, your heart is unique, has no desire for revenge, hatred or anger, is full of love, he may come to love their enemies, it is something that only few have"

"Wow, you really are full of surprises Orion" said Luna "Hum... I think is time to go back to my home"

"Are you leaving now?" said Zecora

"Yes, it's late, I'm also exhausted because today I helped my sister with royal work and I can barely stand" said Luna approaching to the door

"Well, you want I come with you?" said Orion

"What? but Canterlot it's far from here"

"No matter, I also have to stretch my wings to fly, almost never I go to fly"

"Okay, but I fly fast"

"Stop bragging and let's go"

"Okay... grumpy" joked Luna

Orion said nothing just concealed that he never heard it,  Luna said goodbye to Zecora, went outside and began flight to Canterlot. They left the forest without problem but while they were back to Canterlot, Luna flew calmly, however Orion could barely be in the air as almost he never fly, Luna could not help laughing to see him

"Didn't you say you had no trouble flying? hmhm" joked Luna while watched how Orion flying

"Don't say anything, just fly. Ugh, I think I'll have to start flying more often" said Orion

"Hahaha, if you want I can make you fly in less than ten minutes"

"Very funny!"

"Haha! ... Hey, So you know Zecora almost ten years ago, but one thing, if ten years ago that you are in the forest Everfree How come all that time no one knew anything about you in the forest?

"Always I was remained in the deepest parts of the forest, and if I was got out of the forest by any chance, I went out on to the outside of PonyVille or but to Rambling Rock Ridge"

"But You never been to PonyVille?" asked Luna

"Only rarely, I was only going to PonyVille in case I needed some resources, such as bandages, food, etc. I always went with my coat or with an spell as an unicorn and I was tried to anyone see me of that I'm a alicorn"

"Hey, I don't know if you want to tell me, but what happened to your brother? Even though almost two thousand years has been passed, you didn't say what happened to him and your mother" asked Luna

"I think it better leave it for later, it's not something I like to talk"

Luna said nothing, just kept flying as usual. After a long journey, Orion and Luna came to Canterlot, and headed for the balcony of Luna's room

"Wow, your room is big and beautiful" said Orion looking from the balcony

"Thanks, I decorated it" said Luna with a smile

"It's not bad"

"Hey why don't you come here tomorrow, so you meet my sister, seeing you, she sure it's going to be happy to see that there is another alicorn"

"Listen, don't think it's necessary to meet Celestia, I don't want everyone to know that I am a alicorn" said Orion with low ears

"Why?"

"Is personal, sorry"

"Okay, but trust me,  just will be her and no pony else"

"I don't know Luna"

"Listen, trust me and as well as I trusted you in the forest, she will not do anything, Celestia is the most good and reliable pony in Equestria all"

"'Sigh', Alright, but only she, okay?"

"Yes, I assure you"

Then Orion was prepared to take flight back to the forest and said goodbye to Luna

"See you tomorrow, sleep well"

"See you tomorrow, Selkie" said Luna with a mocking voice

"Hmhm, see you Luna"

Orion began his flight to the forest and Luna went to the makeup table and let her necklace and crown recovered and a jump she lay down to sleep...

* * *

The next morning, Luna awoke early, apparently very early because the sun wasn't had risen and the moon not down yet, she rolled in her bed for a few moments and sat on the edge of it, rubbed a bit her eyes and walked away direct to your bathroom, she washed her face and teeth, and finally went to her makeup table to comb her hair. "I don't understand how he doesn't want to meet my sister, and also why he said you do not want everyone to know that he is a alicorn, it worries me a little." Sigh "I think everything will be in due step" thought Luna. It was time to get off the sky the moon and that the sun comes up to a new dawn, then Luna went to the balcony and shone her horn and slowly she lowered the moon for a new day dawns

"I think I better go to the tea room to have breakfast" said Luna to herself . She finished combing her hair, put down the brush in place, put on her crown and necklace of crescent moon, then started toward the door, but when she left her room, closing the door

"Good morning Luna"

"Aahh"

Luna was startled to hear a voice and without consciousness launched a blue bolt against the individual and sends him flying a few meters back leaving him lying on the floor. Luna then what happened went to see who it was that frightened her and then she sees that it moves and then she warns

"Who are you and What do you want? said Luna on the defensive

"'Effort' So that's how you receive me in your home?" said Orion

"Orion? What are you doing here so early?

"I just did what you asked me to come to Canterlot to meet Princess Celestia" said Orion while was rising up from the floor

"But it is very early, until ten o'clock Celestia will not be available" said Luna

"Well, then I better go for a walk around city to kill time"

"Why don't you come with me?, so not have to go undercover all the time"

"Alright, if you ask..."

After Orion rise up and that Luna apologized to him for the bolt surprise, they went to the living area, and while on the way...

"Wow, this castle itself is huge and beautiful" said Orion

"You said that yesterday"

"No, I said that your room was beautiful, now I said about the castle"

"Anyway, are you hungry? because we will go to the tea room first"

"Yes, I think I could use something to eat"

"This castle brings back a lot of nostalgia" told Orion to himself

"By the way, how did you get here so early? the forest is very far from here" asked Luna

"Tele-transportation"

"From there to here?"

"Yes, it consumes a lot of energy to do so, but it was worth for the reaction you did when you left of your room hmhm"

"Ha.... Ha.... Very funny, almost you give me a heart attack" scolded Luna

"Haha, don't be exaggerated"

Orion was continued kidding about the scare that gave Luna when she leaving her room, and Luna increasingly became more irritated. And Then ....

"We arrived at the tea room" said Luna

"Wow, you have to walk far to go to a room where you have breakfast?" asked Orion

"Hmhm, those are the consequences of having a large castle, don't you think?" joked Luna

"Haha, tell me about it"

"Okay, leave the jokes to after and better enter to have breakfast" said Luna opening the doors of the hall"

"Wow, here it's big too!"

"Stop fooling around and sit down"

"Ok, ok, easy girl" said Orion

"Girl? I have the same years old than you. Selkie!"

"You will have two thousand years but that doesn't mean you're a daddy's girl" joked Orion

"Your declare war on me?" said Luna

"Haha!, if that's how you take it"

"Hmhm, stop talking nonsense and better ask what you want to eat"

Luna called one of the servants of the room to fetch some tea and slices of cake to accompany

"What do you want to accompany your tea? Cake, cupcakes, muffins ..." asked Luna

"With a vanilla muffin, it will be fine"

"Alright. Sugar Berry, could bring a muffin for the gentlecolt and a serving of strawberry cake for me, please" told Luna to the Servant

"As ordered princess" said Sugar Berry

While they are waiting for Sugar to come with your breakfast ...

"It seems that this room has not changed much after all" told Orion to himself

"Hey, why do you get up so early for have breakfast ?, if you can have breakfast with your sister" asked Orion

"Well, how to say this delicately ... My sister when it comes to has breakfast at eight o'clock in the morning she always eats the richest cakes and never leave something for me

"Hmhm, but why she does it?"

"It's that it has a small cake addiction"

"Hmhm apparently is not the only thing that has not changed" told Orion to himself

"So why do you come early for breakfast?" asked Orion

"Only sometimes, I usually have breakfast with my sister, but sometimes I prefer have breakfast earlier"

"But if she comes to breakfast at eight why not wait, only we got an hour"

"Believe me, you don't want to see her when she has breakfast"

"Hmhm, Okay, I believe you"

After a few moments of conversation between Orion and Luna, Sugar Berry brings the teapot along with all his set and two dishes, one with a vanilla muffin and one with a slice of strawberry cake

"Here is the jasmine tea with a vanilla muffin for gentlecolt and a portion of strawberry cake for princess" said Sugar Berry

"Thank you Sugar" said Luna

"Thank you very much" said Orion

"You're welcome, enjoy your tea" said Sugar

After that Sugar Berry entered into the kitchen of the room, Orion was the first to raise his cup of tea, took sipped and left its rate back on their plate next to his muffin

"Wow, I haven't drank a jasmine tea so delicious in a long time"

"Sugar Berry makes the best tea in all Equestria"

"I think so" said Orion "By the way, your collar is very beautiful, where do you get it?" asked Orion

"Oh, this necklace gave it to me my sister two days ago, at a artisan fair that was in the center of Canterlot"

"I think I'll go next time one of these artisan fairs, are very cute"

"This is nothing, there are many beautiful things, a little of everything. If you want to the next fair we can go, do you think?"

"Ok, I would love it"

After a few minutes, Orion and Luna finished the tea and eat their cake and muffin, Luna called Sugar Berry  to pick up the teapot with the dishes. Then, from the kitchen leaves Sugar Berry and goes where are Luna and Orion

"Thank you for the tea Sugar, it was delicious" said Orion

"Yes, Thank you Sugar" said Luna

"It's nothing" said Sugar flattered

"Let me help you Sugar Berry" said Orion raising the teapot with his set, with his magic

"Oh no, no, no problem with this gentlecolt" said Sugar

"Please, I insist" said Orion

"Okay, Thank you very much" said Sugar

Sugar guides Orion into the kitchen to let the teapot there with all his set, Orion left the teapot on one of the kitchen counters, he thanked again for the tea and went back to where it was Luna and grabbed his bag where they sat drinking tea and left the tea room

"Well, where you want to go?" asked Luna

"Me? Aren't you the guide?" said Orion

"Haha! if you say so, well, do you want to go to the royal library? Or do you want to go to the royal garden?"

"I would like to go to the royal garden"

"To Garden? Ok, I thought you were going to choose the library" said Luna

"What?, now you treat me as nerd or wise guy?" said Orion raising an eyebrow

"No, no, I just thought you were going to choose the library because like you said you loved books"

"Ah, So I thought, Fear! 'Cough'"

"Excuse me?"

"Hum? What's up?" said Orion concealing

"Fear? are you telling me I'm afraid of you?" said Luna looking Orion

"What? No!, I didn't say anything"

"I thought so"

"I didn't say (Fear! 'Cough') anything"

"OK, You got me fed!"

"Wow, Hey, NO, No, Wait!"

Luna grabbed Orion and threw him to the ground and grabbed his hind hooves and began to pull to his back, and put her hind feet in Orion's head pushing against the floor

"What did you say? You have to say something Selkie?"

"Auch! Ok, ok, Y-You win, I'm a-afraid of you..." said Orion

"I didn't hear you, How did you say?

"I'M AFRAID OF YOU"

"I thought so"

Then after giving his due to Orion decides drop his hind feet and take out her hoof of his head, but apparently Luna should not have done that without being careful of what he could do. So when Luna released his hind feet, in one quick motion, Orion grabbed Luna and changed position, Luna was now on the floor face up and Orion above it, looking at each other

"Hmhm, and now who is the boss?" said Orion

"Very funny"

"You didn't replied my question"

"Haha!, I will not say it"

"Wrong answer"

Then, by the wrong answer from Luna, Orion started to do tickling her and she began to writhe on the floor, laughing nonstop trying to avoid that Orion continues tickling her

"And now, Who is the boss"

"HAHAHA, Stop!, please... HAHAHA, I'm going to pee... HAHAHA"

"You give up?"

"NEVER" exclaimed Luna

"Hmhm, Wrong answer again" said Orion

"HAHAHAHA, Ok, Ok Stop!, You are the Boss"

"Hmhm, I thought so" said Orion leaving tickling "Well, apparently I'm the boss now Hmhm"

"Shut up!, I just said that so you don't make me pee up" said Luna looking Orion

"You want to continue?"

"NO!, no, you are the boss"

Orion chuckled and left over on Luna, helped her up from the floor and went their way. Orion while was walking the halls of the castle brought him a lot of nostalgia , each time he was looking around, every detail of the castle as a tourist on holiday, and after a while, they arrived to the door to get inside to the Royal Garden

"Well, we arrived, here the royal garden" said Luna while was opening the doors

The royal garden was huge, had a variety of exotic and beautiful plants, roads between trees so with their branches locked causing a natural arch, also had a brook in which passing through one side of the garden and it had like little waterfalls, the brook beginning from one of the largest waterfalls in the mountains, and there was a variety of animal species. Orion looked shocked to see such a beautiful garden, but apparently he already knew very well of the garden

"This garden almost not changed much, it has the same species of plants that had previously hmhm" told Orion to himself

"Wow!! that beautiful garden" said Orion looking from one side to the other "It's huge!"

"Yes, this is one of the places I love going to relax a little, like my sister"

"And how not?, is a quiet and calm environment, nobody can bother you"

"Come on!, let's go to the seats where it's the brook" said Luna

"Ok, I follow you"

Then, Luna and Orion undertook the trek to the banks of the brook. To reach the brook, they took the path of trees arched and passed through a large font that was shaped like a royal warrior along with his princess, and then by a road surrounded by exotic flowers ending at the brook with a floral purple and red bow. Upon arrival, Luna sat on a bench, Orion was still looking from side to side until Luna Interrupted his sight

"Come on!, sit by my side" said Luna

Orion heard Luna, then he went to the bench and left her purse and his sword next to it and then sat next to Luna, but still kept looking in all directions

"Stop looking so, after it's going to hurt your neck" said Luna with a mocking voice

"Hmhm, Ok... it's a be splendid place" said Orion

"Hmhm, yes, this really is one of my favorite places of the castle"

"Yeah, really!"

"Besides, there are plenty of animals here in the garden"

"Really? Wow this garden has everything"

"A bit of everything we could say hmhm"

Luna with Orion remained in the garden until nearly ten o'clock, they had been feeding the animals at the request of Orion, and Luna had decided to make a flying sessions for him, so you can stretch your wings and fly smoothly, but apparently not very well it went, for him it cost too much and when he undertook the flight, he fell to the ground in chopped,  at least they spent so by an hour until finally could more or less keep his flight

"Ok, I think that will be enough for now" said Luna

"Uff, I think I'll have to use more these wings" said Orion

"Come on, they're just a little rusty by not use them, you just need to stretch them a little every day and soon you can fly normally"

"Apparently you like to see me suffer, right?" joked Orion

"What? Oh no... don't say nonsense" said Luna sarcastically

"Haha! If you say it"

"Hmhm, better we go to the throne room, safe Celestia should already be there because they are almost ten" said Luna looking the sun

"Ok, but let me first know her alone, I will not go around saying I'm a alicorn, just follow my lead" said Orion looking towards the entrance doors to the garden

"Alright!, I follow you"

Then the two alicorns made their way to the throne room, went back on the path of flowers, after the source, trees arched and finally arrived at the gates of the garden. Out of the garden

"Hey, yours coat it's dirty, why we not pass first through the locker room and get something decent"

"I don't think that's necessary, this coat has much sentimental value for me"

"Come on, just by a moment"

"Wait" said Orion

Suddenly Orion begins to shine his horn and pointing his coat, then all the dirt that had disappeared, now his coat looked recently purchased of a store

"Ready!"

"Or rather you do that"

"Hmhm, this is easier that deciding what to I wear to go to meet Celestia"

Luna said nothing, just chuckled and kept walking. To get to the throne room, they passed again through the gates of the tea room, then went to the main corridors where given to the castle entrance and then went up the stairs and went up to go to the throne room, the whole castle was empty, there was no pony or guard, Luna seemed a little strange that no pony in the castle. After walk all the way to the room, they reached the gates of it, stood there in front of the door and took a deep breath Orion

"Is something wrong?" asked Luna to see Orion a little uneasy

"It's just ... I'm a little nervous, only that" said Orion tearing the ground with his hoof and with low ears

"Listen, you don't have to be nervous, everything will be fine, just be Celestia, nothing more"

"Ok, I'm ready"

"Ok, let's go"

Luna shone her horn and opened the doors, basically you could see the throne of Celestia and she was sitting in it, but apparently Luna going to have to swallow what he said, there were more ponies next to her

"What, but how is possible they be here?" told Luna to herself

"Great!, thank you Luna" told Orion to himself

"Wasn't you said that would only be Celestia?" said Orion telepathically to Luna

"That I thought, I didn't know that Princess Cadance and Twilight Princess were here" replied Luna also Telepathically

"As I curse you Luna" said Orion to himself

Despite the unexpected company that has Celestia, they walked to the throne usually, Orion was about to hang Luna

"Luna! Good morning! How are you?" greeted Cadance

"Good morning Luna!" also Twilight greeted

"Good morning!, I don't knew that they would come to visit us here at the castle" replied Luna

"Apparently you got up early today" said Celestia with a smile

"Yes, apparently I shortened a little the sleep" replied Luna

"Hmhm, after of you were tired yesterday it's a little weird"

"Yes, but by luck, I slept like a filly"

"Hum, by the way, Who is your friend? asked Cadance looking Orion

"Oh, He is Orion" said Luna

"Good morning princesses" greeted Orion with a reverence then being answered by the princesses

"He is the pony that you found in the Everfree forest? asked Celestia

"Hum, Yes he is"

"Wait, In the Everfree forest?" asked Cadance

"Well, it's a long story"

"Well, we would like to know it"

"Ok, I will tell you"

Luna began to tell to the two princesses how was that she met Orion. Each time she told the story, the face of the two princesses became very confused, but did not tell anything about Zecora, or that he was an alicorn. Orion sat a few steps behind where the princesses were, but Celestia looked great detail to him and that was very familiar to her

"Wow, apparently you had a big surprise in the Everfree forest after all" said Cadance

"Actually yes" said Twilight

"How did you find him back?" asked Celestia

"Well ... um ... how to say it hmhm" said Luna a little uneasy "During the fight with the manticore, I lost the necklace, you gave me, in the forest, so I decided to go look at night after help you with the work, and I met into him"

"Well, it's nice to meet you Orion" said Cadance shaking his hoof

"It's my pleasure Princess Mi Amore Cadenza" said Orion

"Please, call me Cadance"

"It's also nice to meet you Orion" said Twilight

"The pleasure is also mine Princess Twilight Sparkle"

"Twilight, just Twilight"

"Hmhm, Alright, Cadance, Twilight. It's nice to meet you. It's also nice to meet you princess Celestia"

Celestia was looking at Orion in detail, but then decided to answer his greeting

"It's also a pleasure Orion, tell me, where are you from?" asked Celestia

"I am from the cities of the West and young nomad, I have traveled for almost all Equestria to meet and learn from different cultures and to explore places that only few have been able to reach"

"From West? Nomad? this has to be a coincidence" told Celestia to herself

"Wow, for what places have you been? asked Twilight

"Well, I've been through Badlands, Hayseed Swamps, Dodge Junction, Foal Mountain and among other places we cannot remember their names hmhm" told Orion

"A little dangerous are those places" said Cadance

"Hmhm, sometimes is necessary to carry something with which to defend themselves" said Orion looking his sword

"Well that explains everything" said Cadance with a giggle

"Anything else you find in your travels?" asked Twilight

"Well ... I found ancient ruins that date back nearly two thousand years ago and rarely in those ruins, I think I've found some old scrolls or books of history, magic and more" told Orion

"Really? And what kind of spells they have?" asked Twilight

"These spells were very primitive, are only a few but very effective, for example ... regeneration, growing vegetables, among other hmhm"

"You've grabbed some scroll?" asked Twilight

"Just some that I consider important I take them, in total have only six scrolls, three of magic, one of mythology and two of medical"

"From what places did you get those scrolls?" asked Celestia

"Some of these are from the ruins of White Tail Woods and Tall Tale , and others are from Hayseed Swamps and Dodge Junction" said Orion

"Sorry, but why are you here in the castle? You didn't say anything that they would come, sister" asked Luna

"Oh, I told them to come to the castle to ask how they fared in their journey to Fillydelphia, as there were few social problems and they decided to help citizens"

"Oh, I forgot about the journey, How did it go with your trip? Have you been busy?"

"Needless to say it, almost a disaster, were about to make a revolution" said Cadance

"Wow, luckily you could get and calm the citizens easily. right?" said Luna

"Well, it was a little more complicated than we looked..." said Cadance

While Cadance and Twilight told Luna how was their busy trip to Fillydelphia to solve a social problem, for other side Orion looked at Celestia and gave a smile but she didn't sees him

"Hmhm, you have not changed Celly, you're still the same despite the years" told Orion to himself

Suddenly Celestia gives her look at Orion and he immediately look to the side where the princesses were, Celestia noticed something strange about him, increasingly disturbed her even more, she knew from somewhere know this stallion and she found him very family his voice and manner of speaking, but also she noticed the scar on the right side of his snout

"Wait, that cut on his snout ... I find it very familiar ... why I find this stallion so familiar? This is giving me a headache" told Celestia to herself

"Wow, apparently you had problems there" said Luna

"Hmhm, don't mention it, almost I wanted to slap in the face of them to react" said Cadance

"Haha, I doubt it. Hey I think I'd better leave, Orion and I had planned to go for a walk by Canterlot to know the city" said Luna

Luna gave an excuse to get out of the throne room since apparently Orion today will not be able to know well Celestia by the unexpected visit of the two princesses

"Let's go Selki!" said Luna

"Okay!" replied Orion

"Wait, she just said Selkie? Because that was the nickname ... But how this is possible?. Is he who I think is?" told Celestia to herself

"Wait, you called him Selkie?"

"Luna, as I curse you" told to Orion himself

"Hum,  Well... yes, Why you say that?"

Celestia didn't respond, just kept looking at Orion and then saw his sword, then stood on his throne and she asked Orion to show his sword

"Orion, you could show me your sword?"

"Hum... Sure!"

Orion quickly made shine his horn and pulled off the scabbard with the sword of his left side and levitated over to where was Celestia, letting her to grab it with her magic. Celestia made an eye to the scabbard, the scabbard was red color with small patches on the edges of iron, then pulled the sword from it, and noted that it was a double-edged sword wrought iron and the handle had recorded an eagle in flight, then she saw that the blade of the sword, it had recorded of the two sides, a snake dragon from the handle to the tip of the blade where finished the head of the recorded of the dragon, the sword itself was very beautiful and very lethal at the same time. Celestia then to observe in detail the sword, left the same in its sheath and left beside of her throne and went straight to where it was Orion, he took a few steps back but then he stopped, and then Celestia was face to face with him, she looked him in detail again. After a few moments gave a smile from ear to ear and pushed him with her front hooves against her chest and gave him a big hugged

The princesses looked to Celestia very confused, they didn't know what was happening.

"That good to see you again Orion!" said Celestia hugging him tightly

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Chapter 4: Eye of the Beholder Part 1

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Chapter 5: Eye of the Beholder Part 2

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Chapter 6: A New Beginning

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Chapter 7: The Promise

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Chapter 8: It's nice to see you again, brother

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Chapter 9: Sleepover

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