It was a cold, brisk night, and Luna had just arrived. She was staring at the place where she, well Nightmare Moon, was destroyed by the Elements of Harmony. I was in this same place.

The floor was damp, frozen with moss. My body was lying there, on the floor of the castle. I breathed slowly, my eyes only slightly open from the darkness I had been in , and then I was awake. Where was I… I was in the Sister’s old castle. A hole in the wall shone moonlight upon the soft gray fur of my face: the red eyes I thought I still had glowed with life, but I had no energy. I couldn’t lift a hoof...my magic was almost completely depleted, so I laid there on the cold stone brick floor, waiting for a sign to get up. I slept.

The delicate clip-clop of hooves awoke me to what felt like an hour later, how was I even able to sleep in the first place...I’d been asleep for so long. Only my will got me up on my own hooves, I didn’t want anyone to see me, it was quite unclear of the time era as well, all I could go off of was the castle. Maybe...two hundred years?

Luna stepped through the old castle with caution, unknowing of what creatures may lurk in the dark. She made her way to the throne room and stopped, it had only been a few months since she had been revived from her nightmarish state. It was hard for her to believe she had been gone for a thousand years...time had passed so quickly on the moon. Luna sat on the mangled rug in the same place she had struck her own sister down, looking at the shattered armor of Nightmare Moon. She cried, and swore to never forgive herself for what she had done. Then a crash occurred, and she galloped away to the source.

Stumbling down the corridor I went, looking around every corner before passing. I had woken up in the recesses of the library oddly enough….what a nice thing Discord has done to drop me here...guess he felt bad about banishing me in the first place. I walked until I found the entrance of the library, and was about to walk out...that was until I tripped and fell on a pile of books, causing a small avalanche of books nearby to crash down upon me. My horn still wasn’t working...I felt almost too weak to lift the books off of myself, I was stuck. Then I heard galloping closing in; I hid myself as well as I could within the pile, and waited. Coming into view was a larger pony, probably about my height. Her mane and body were both a deep royal blue, with her mane actually swirled and shimmered in the darkness of the night. She had wings, they were puffed up and spread widely...and a horn. It was another Alicorn, and I knew exactly who it was...it was Princess Luna, Tia's younger sister. I had never met Luna, so if I came out she may see me as a threat...I took my chances though.
"Art thou the princess of the night?" I asked, quietly...but just loud enough to hear.

"Child, who art thou, and why dost thou speaketh with old Canterlot speech?" Luna replied. She had stopped moving and stayed completely still, just as if she were a statue. The way she spoke speech sounded...broken, like she hadn't spoke it in years.

"My name...they call me Wintereous Flame, Element of Life."

"Element? Art thou connected to yon Elements of Harmony?"

"No, I am of my own set of elements, none of which art of those in thy Harmony set." I spoke louder, leading her towards my location..hoping she wouldn't attack. I pondered the question of what I am, and what I should say. There was no way I could hide my wings, let alone my horn. I would need a cloak either way.

"What are you, Wintereous? I feel like I've heard your name before...possibly from my sister."

There it was. What did I say? I said I was an Alicorn like her, she did not believe me until she found me though. Her eyes lit up like the stars in the sky, she was in disbelief that another Alicorn existed. She could only really see the tip of my horn and my wings pinned down under the piles of books, but she was certain that I was one. Luna cautiously lifted the books off me as if I were a delicate flower, and after I was able to stand once again, I bowed to show my respects to her with what strength I had...then collapsed. One may think that sleeping for five hundred years straight would leave you refreshed when you wake up, but it doesn’t. I felt myself get lifted off the ground and carried away, a cloak was put around me to hide my wings.

Author's Note

The start of a new adventure for my brave little Wintereous, Princess of Happiness. These chapters are short, as I am only a hobbyist.