Love and Death

As Princess Luna and her children arrived in the new land they set up camp for the day. Princess Luna’s children were always like their mother awake during the Night and sleep during the day.

After the camp was set up she set the Moon, Luna look at her children sleeping and then outside as Sun rose, “Forgive us sister but we have to bring him back no matter what the cost, for them, and for me” Luna whispered as she fell asleep.

That day she had a constantly repeating uncontrollable dream which were strange because she usually could control dream pretty well, but this dream different, it full of bugs, insects, and arachnids, and voice that sounded so familiar. But she could not remember who it belong to, just then Luna was woken up by her son Bold Umbra, “What is it son, the Sun still high in the sky,” she ask her son.

“Mother I think there is somepony here to see you,”

“Fine, go wake up your sister and I will go check it out,”

As she step outside Princess Luna noticed the whole camp was surround by Changelings,

“Who are thou what is your reason for being here,” Luna demanded,

“You will follow!!” they all stated in unison,

“We will not!” Luna replied back,

“You will follow!!” they all stated in unison again,

“What if I refuse?”

“You will follow!” “Our leader, he wish to speak to you about the Element” they all stated in unison,

“Well then, if he know about the Element, then lead the way,”

Princess Luna and her children follow the Changelings, to a Gigantic Hive, and then to its throne room, where there she finds siting on the throne a very old male Changeling with a thin long beard that could rival Starswirl’s beard in length.

“Hello my old student,” the old male Changeling stated,

“Hello King Morpheus, my old teacher,” Luna replied with a surprise look on her face.

Princess Luna knew long ago that King Morpheus, and the Changelings, were banished from Equestria, when his sister Chrysalis was found feasting the love of others.

“Morpheus is this where you were to banish to,”

“Yes, this where we banished to, when we arrived in this new land, and we were excepted with open hoofs by your Aunt Sapphire Amethyst, the ruler of this land”

“You met my Aunt here,”

“Yes she was a Generous, big heart Alicorn Ruler,”

“Was? What do you mean “was”?”

“I mean she is no longer alive,”

“What,”

“She died a few centuries ago,”

“I did not know,”

“Yes but enough of the past, you here for the Element of Self-Sacrifice,”

“Yes, but how did you know what I was looking for,”

“Princess Luna, did you forget that I am the King of Dreams,”

“Walk with me Luna, there is much for us to talk about, and don’t worry about your children, my son Dark Hornet, will keep an eye on them so they don’t wonder off”

Luna did as she was told. Luna had a lot of respect for King Morpheus, after all he trained her in magic and dream-walking, and when she was a foal, her parents were too busy trying to making her sister Celestia the best princess ever, that Morpheus was the only one ever there for her, he practically raise her. And after he was force to leave, there was nopony that understood her that is until she met Rex.

As they walked, Morpheus ask her,

“So those children of your, what are their names,”

“Well the mare’s name is Twililly Moonlight, and the colt’s name is Bold Umbra,”

“Umbra, as in Shadows,”

“Yes I named him after his father, shadows always seem to follow him, but I am just hoping these Shadows are not like his father’ Shadows,” Luna stated with a worried look,

“So who and where is their father?”

“He was a Crystal Unicorn named Rex Umbra,”

“Was?”

“He died Eight years ago trying to protect me,”

“I am sorry, did you love him,”

“Yes, In fact we were going to get married, but then he died,”

“I am so sorry for you loss Luna,”

“I never found another like him, and I probably never will, but that doesn’t matter because once I use the Element of Self-Sacrifice then he will back and we can finally get married,”

“But are you willing to take the risk, or should I say would the stallion you loved be willing take the risk,”

“What do you mean?”

“To understand the risk then you must go find the current owner of the Element of Self-Sacrifice, he lives in the great Kirin-Ryu Mountain,”

“But be care the journey up the Mountain is dangerous so you must alone, and you can’t just fly up the mountain anything flying will shot down instantly, so you must go by ground,”

“Yes, King Morpheus, I am willing to take any risk to get my beloved back,”

“Well then you will also need something that belonged to him,”

“I have his old red scarf, he gave to me once,”

“Good because even though it is believe by most that you require the remains of one that you wish to bring back but the truth is all you need is something that belong to them, now go Dark Hornet will keep watch over the children,”

As Princess Luna left the hive, King Morpheus whispered to himself, “Luna hope you ready, to make the Ultimate Sacrifice,”

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As Princess Luna travel to, up the mountain she fought though several monsters to get though the top. Once there she encounter a Massive Cave opening, bigger than any other cave she had ever seen.

Princess Luna enter the cave and inside it was massively gigantic horde of gold and jewels. Luna knew right then and there, that she was in front of a Dragon’s Horde.

But where was the dragon of this horde. And what was weird the horde itself was caked in dust as the dragon of this horde no longer care for it. Luna began to think the horde been abandoned.

But then a loud booming voice fill the cave as gigantic purple Celestial Dragon descended from the horde. The dragon was so big that he would make an Ursa Major look like it was the size of filly in comparison,

“What thou reason for being here in my Kingdom,”

“Your Kingdom, what kind kingdom consist of just a massive cave,”

“Cave? This entire Continent is my Kingdom,”

“What how can be, my Aunt Sapphire Amethyst ruled this land centuries ago,”

“Did you say that you are related to Sapphire,” the Dragon asked as he lowered his massive head to look more closely at Luna,

“Yes?”

“This brilliant I had no idea she had a niece,”

“So are you the daughter of Helios Quarts, or Emerald Teal,”

“I am the Daughter of King Helios,”

“Good because I can’t stand Emerald Teal,”

“You know my family well,” Luna stated with smile,

“Well of course he does Luna,” a mysterious voice stated,

“King Morpheus, are you the reason she is here,”

“Yes I am,” Morpheus stated as walked in cave,

“Morpheus, wait this was all was a test wasn’t it,”

“Yes, and No,”

“Then who is this dragon,”

“This is King Dracos Ryu, King of all Dragons, and I think it would best for you to call him Uncle Dracos,”

“Why would I call him my uncle?”

“Because he was your Aunt Sapphire Amethyst’s Husband,”

Luna’s jaw dropped, at this information, “I had no idea my Aunt had gotten married,”

“Yes, and it is the reason the your aunt left Equestria, because she fell in love with a dragon, and her brother your uncle King Emerald Teal fear that hybrid would be born of this union, so he tried to destroy it,”

“Okay that make sense on why she left and took the other Three Elements but what does this have to do with Element Self-Sacrifice,”

“Because your Aunt was willing to sacrifice everything for what she believe for the Dragons she loved, even her own life,”

“What do you mean?”

“King Dracos show her the Egg,”

Then Dracos bought down from top his horde a small purple baby dragon egg covered in spots,

“This is your Cousin, the son of Dracos and Sapphire, when he born there was no heart beat at all, he was born dead, so against her Husband’s wishes, Sapphire use the Element of Self-Sacrifice to save her son at cost her own life,”

“You see Luna the risk is not just your own life span, it also cost your life force to use, so are will to die for Rex, are willing to leave your children without a mother, and Celestia without her sister, is that what Rex would want,”

With tear running down her face Luna stated, “No he would not want that at all,”

“Here Luna take this with you when go back to Equestria,” Dracos stated as he handed her the Egg,

“Why are you giving this to me?”

“Because it is prophesied the egg can only be hatch by a powerful unicorn, and there no unicorns in land,”

Princess Luna took her children and the egg and headed back to Equestria. Meanwhile Rex finds himself and Grogar, in the Deserts of Saddle Arabia.