It was a dream I had gotten use to seeing, a dream about a world like ours. I remember there was a bright ball of light shining in the sky. It made the world shine brighter than I have ever seen, and gave a feeling of happiness to my dream self. I could make out the detail of buildings more clearly than I ever could, which was strange for a dream. In front of the sun stood a pony, an alicorn more specifically, standing on a marble balcony with purple railings. I remembered her from past dreams, I could only guess that she ruled this world.

It wasn’t always the exact same. A few occasions this world appeared in while the world seemed to be darker. This time a white ball glowed in the sky, a glow that seemed to almost draw me towards it. When this dream occurred the pony I saw was different. She was still an alicorn, but her coat was different and the way she spoke sounded like ponies long ago. While the alicorn of the daytime had a white coat with a multicolored mane that flowed effortlessly behind her, the alicorn of the night had a dark blue coat with black fur in certain areas. I could tell they were sisters, it was undeniable. The castle never changed, only the pony and time of day.

I wish that world was mine, but it isn’t. I know what my world is like; We are forever stuck in eternal dusk. There was no alicorns and the sky stayed grey as no bright circles brightened it. This world isn’t mine, and that’s what saddens me the most. I know that I usually cried when I had this dream, as I wished that this could have been the world I lived in. This was the last dream I remember before the events that occurred a few days later. Those were the events that changed my life forever.

The Farplane, a garden for those unforgotten after death. It’s a beauty that would put any garden to shame in Equestria, or at least this Equestria. While dusk stood eternal in the living world, the moon shined brightly in the garden’s sky. It’s brought light to the garden, which was filled with many different flowers and small streams. Butterflies flew around the garden, landing on flowers to drink the nectar they had. Around the garden stood a large forest, one which had never been entered for as long as the spirits of the garden could remember.

In one part of the garden, on a steep cliff with no flowers or butterflies on it, stood a single pony. She was staring at a shiny round stone, which allowed her to view the living world and see the aura of the ponies who lived there. Inside the stone of her stood a stallion with a dark aura about him, one that had seemed to grow as the days passed on in Equestria. The feeling this stallion gave her was uncomfortable, as she had never seen somepony with that much dark power before. The pony shifted the stones focus from the stallion to a pegasus mare who was sleepy in a pile of books. She realized what had to be done, and at the moment she believed this pegasus was the only pony who could help her.

She looked up as a single teal butterfly landed on her ear, and she looked to it as if it was telling her something. “We don’t have a choice,” The pony said, talking to the butterfly. “She’s the only option we have.”

The castle of the sun, the pride of the Equestrian Empire. It rose above the city of Canterlot, which had been it’s home for many years. In the courtyard of the castle ponies observed the small flower bed that lined the wall. Every morning one of the resident gardeners, which in most cases were unicorns, cast spells to keep the flowers alive without the need for sunlight. The royal guards occasionally strolled by on their daily patrol, mostly chatting as nothing really ever happened. They still took a lot of pride in their work, and it had been a while since a member of the guard last complained about conditions.

Inside the castle servants did everything to preserve the castles beauty. They cleaned the white marble floors and walls of the castle, constantly checked to make sure that nothing was broken, and various other chores around the castle. Just like the royal guard, the servants took great pride in their work. Besides from them there was many other ponies who took care of the castle. One of these were the Archiver's, ponies who spent their day collecting and protecting Equestria’s grand archive. This was what the ponies of the Equestrian Empire prided themselves in the most.

The archive was a gigantic library, one which held literary items of great value to the empire’s history. It held everything from scrolls containing magic spells or letters from important ponies in history, to books which contained info on the history of Equestria. Ponies were allowed to check out books as they pleased, but were expected to bring them back on time. The only exception to this is if the pony in question was one of the princesses of the castle. Still, sometimes archivers had to talk to them if they have books that are long overdue.

This was the case that Moondancer currently found herself in. Moondancer was a proud archiver, handpicked by princess Neon Oracle herself due to her interest in history and love for books. Moondancer had become a trusted friend of the princess and her sister over the years, but had noticed that there had been some friction between the two as of recently. She couldn’t honestly think of why, but whatever it is had driven the princess’ sister to check out books. Mainly books concerning the war that almost destroyed Equestria a thousand years ago.

Nopony knew exactly how the war started, but everypony knew about that it was between two alicorn sisters. Something drove them to conflict, a conflict which ended in the deaths of both sisters. These alicorns had ruled Equestria back then, and there death brought Equestria into shambles, breaking it into three kingdoms. This war was the reason for the sun and moon's absence in this Equestria, and why it was stuck in eternal dusk. Nopony really knew what the sun and moon looked like any more, but they have been depicted as tear drops. The sun was represented by a golden tear drop and the moon with dark black tear drop. Nopony really cared for the sun and moon's absence, as they have gotten through the past thousand years without them. This didn’t stop the curiosity of the princess' sister however.

After a long walk Moondancer, who was wearing her sweater as normal today, came up to a beautiful wooden door colored in blue paint. She knocked on the door first to see if the princess's sister, Luminous Oracle, was awake. She wasn’t surprised when she didn’t receive an answer, as Luminous had been staying up later than usual these past few nights reading the book she had taken from the archive. Moondancer never knew how Luminous really got her name, as it wasn’t normal at all. She figured it would have to do with the pegasus’ great curiosity in the alicorn of the night, that died long ago during the war.

Knowing she wouldn’t be getting an answer she entered Luminous room, and was left wide eyed at the rooms state. Pile of books that had lined the bedrooms white walls had fallen to the floor. Looking at the books on the floor she recognized most of them from the archive, something which slightly annoyed Moondancer. Those books really were the main cause of the mess; The amount of books that had been piled onto Luminous desk and floor all seemed to have collapsed. Moondancer knew that Luminous wasn’t a reader, but seeing that almost all of the books on the floor had come from the archive angered her. It was going to take her hours to shelve these, and she knew that Luminous would be back tonight with another list of books.

As Moondancer moved books out of the way so she could step in the actual room, she glanced to see Luminous sleeping on the floor with a book titled The Farplane. Luminous’ was a pegasus whose pitch black fur almost blended into the dark grey carpet in the room. Luminous’ mean was short and yellow, being just long enough on the top to fall in front of her face. Her tail was equally short, being about the length of cat’s tail. Her cutie mark was that of a spear and white shield with black rim, which the pegasus believe meant she was to protect others. Moondancer walked over to the sleeping pegasus and gave her a quick nudge with her hooves, getting a groan as she did it. Luminous opened her eyelids revealing her blue eyes as they looked into Moondancer.

“Wake up your highness,” Moondancer said unhappily as she took the book next to the pegasus. Luminous slowly but willingly got up onto her hooves, staring at the Moondancer with bags under her eyes. “You know we are open everyday of the week right. You don’t have to borrow so many books at a time.”

Luminous looked around seeing the mess that had been made from her constant study of Equestrian history and lore. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes with her hooves, not realizing Moondancer had been talking to her. When her brain finally registered what was going, she looked around her room to see the mess she had made of the archive books. After examining the state of her room she finally saw Moondancer, Luminous’ heart skipping a few beats as she saw this. The archiver was giving her a soul piercing glare that spelled out everything that was going through her head.

“Morning Moondancer,” She said trying to find a way to dodge the piercing glaring the archiver gave her. “Sorry about the mess, guess I got a little carried away with my studying last night and,” She took a risky glance and Moondancer, who was looking at her unimpressed at the princesses attempt. Seeing she wouldn’t be getting out, Luminous gave a sigh before admitting. “Alright, I stayed up reading and wanted to finish that book you are currently holding in your magic. I’ve been doing some studying on princess Luna and that it might have something interesting. Have you read it? It’s very interesting.”

“How could you let this happen?!” Moondancer yelled, realizing her glare wasn’t really working the way she hoped. “Your ruining the condition of all these books without any regard for them! I would expect better of the princess's sister, you better hope to- wait did you say you were studying princess Luna?”

Moondancer's fury was subsided as she realized that Luminous had said the word “study”. As a part-time researcher on Equestrian history, anything containing the word “study” quickly caught her interest. Luminous hid her amusement at the sudden change in Moondancer's attitude, knowing that it would cause the archiver to continue lecturing. Instead she kept to the topic that Moondancer had asked her about.

“Yep,” She said answering Moondancers question. “I mean, beyond the foal stories and the war. I wanted to dig a little deeper and thought that I might as well look up some stuff on this Farplane, whatever it is. Sounds like a beautiful garden to me, but I had no idea that Luna is the one that created it.”

“The Farplane is not just a garden!” Moondancer corrected, having done major research on the Farplane herself. “It’s the afterlife for all great ponies in history. It only looks like garden because it was what Luna thought symbolized peace. You would be surprised at what things Luna had done; She did more than simply raise the moon. She expelled nightmares from the ponies dreams, created the peace treaty between us and the Thestrals, she’s also-”

“Did she invent coffee?”

“- was the first to create a por-” She stopped as her brained registered Luminous’ question. “Of all the things you are wondering about, you want to know if Luna created coffee?”

“Oh come on Moondancer,” Luminous said teasing Moondancer, who was now looking at her dumbfounded. “It would make since if she created coffee, right? How else did she stay up during the nighttime? Obviously she would have had to stay conscious in order to not fall into her own dreams. How else could she do those things you mentioned at night?”

Moondancer’s brain scrambled for information, but didn’t grab anything to refute Luminous’ question. Instead she did what always happened when she didn’t know what to say, she started mumbling nonsense that Luminous didn’t understand. Moondancer made her way out of Luminous’ room, now occupied with a different matter. The pegasus couldn’t help but giggle at this event. Looking around she tried as quickly as she could to sort the enormous amount of books into a pile of “Finish” and “need to read”. About a half an hour later only one book stood apart from the two big piles on her floor. It was an old folktale about the alicorn sisters, one that her mom use to read to her before she died.

“I’ll return them later,” She said to herself as she placed a note reminding her to return the books she finished. “Or Moondancer will if she is able to shake that thought out of her head.”

Content with the condition of her room, Luminous left it and made her way to the dining hall, which was located at the other end of the castle. She simply stared out the window into the grey sky above as she walked, no sun and moon gracing it. The lack of these two objects is what drove her to study the lore of Equestria, and why the war happened in the first place. She knew the aftermath: Luna and Celestia killed each other in the final battle of the war, and Equestria split into three. One kingdom strives to follow the example Celestia had set through her wish for peace and harmony, the Solar empire as they called themselves. A second kingdom followed what Luna had set forth to create, a so called “Lunar Republic” for those who wished to grow strong through the moon’s guidance. The last kingdom was the one Luminous lived in, who followed the way’s Equestria had been before and didn’t take part in the constant feud between the other nations.

“Good morning captain,” A guard greeted her, saluting as she made her way down the hall. “All’s normal so far.”

Luminous looked at the guard in question as he started patrolling again. Normally the throne went to the first born, which was in this case Luminous, but she had given the throne up to her sister Neon. Luminous couldn’t picture herself as the princess of a kingdom, she felt like the role didn’t belong to her, and her cutie mark being earned during her military training only proved that. Instead she took it upon her to join Equestria’s royal guard, as she felt it was where she belonged. Ponies still referred to her as “princess” due to her royal heritage, but the other members of the guard looked up to her as their captain instead. Captain was the title she preferred more, but there was nothing she could do about being called a princess.

She walked into the dining hall to see that yet again today Neon would not join for breakfast. In any other occasion she would have simply seen it as her sister being busy, but she knew exactly why her sister wasn't here. It was her new adviser that kept her from coming, a unicorn by the name of Swift Spell. Due to the age of there old adviser they knew it was only a matter of time before he retired, and when Swift Spell came from the Solar Empire and showed his skill as a politician, he was quickly hired by Neon. To most ponies he acted nicely, including helping some of the servants with their chores. He was also the one who had suggested to Luminous to study on Equestrian history. Overall most ponies didn’t think of him as less than a generous spirit willing to help anyone.

However, Luminous knew that the unicorn wasn't as nice as he really seemed, and that’s what was making her uncomfortable at the moment. He recommended things that Luminous did seen as overly necessary at the moment such as building military and increase production of weapons. It wouldn’t have been so bad if they weren’t in peace with the other two kingdoms, but they were. It soon became obvious something was wrong when she had stumbled upon Swift at multiple times during the night casting a sort of hypnosis spell during the night time. For some reason it never affected Luminous, but every other pony in the castle always seemed to easily fall under it. It was the reason no one believed her when she had brought it up the following morning, and the reason everypony saw him as kind. The most worrying part to Luminous, however, is that it was the reason Neon always agreed with his decision, no matter how outrageous they were. Luminous had been watching him ever since she learned, and he had been playing with her emotions as he gradually took more and more authority of the kingdom.

“Good morning miss Oracle,” Luminous heard a voice say from behind her, realizing the voice was not that of the chef. “Here’s your breakfast, the chef told me what you liked.”

She looked behind herself to see none other than Swift Spell carrying a plate of food. His white fur looked almost like he had bleached it, making him look like the professional he made himself to be. His mane and tail were almost as long as Luminous’ but was an inch or so shorter. The mane and tail were mostly blue with multiple streaks of the same bleach white color of his fur. His cutie mark was exactly what his name might have suggested, an ancient looking scroll with a weird glyph on it. He looked at Luminous with a smug smile, use to the rage that he saw in her face. Content with his entrance, he set down the plate in front of Luminous.

“Bug off Swift,” Luminous commanded, angry just seeing his face. “Don’t you usually have something better to do in the morning than mess with me?”

“Well you are certainly never a bundle of sunshine around me,” Swift took a seat next to her as he spoke, ignore her orders and making Luminous even less happy. “Of course I guess I shouldn't be surprised, you are the only one who knows. That does give me all the right to bug you, especially since your sister doesn’t have anything to do for a few hours,” He levitated some of the food from Luminous’ plate onto a separate one, and took a bit of one of the eggs he had cooked. “I was actually going to ask you on how you're studying is going. I hope you’ve learn about the cause of the war by this point.”

“Not yet,” Luminous responded, her voice static as she continued. “I found a book on the Farplane, but I don’t get what this has to do with anything. What is it that makes you keep asking me that? I don't know, but if fifty or so books don’t have the answer then I don’t think any book will.”

“On the contrary,” Swift replied, disappointed in the information he had gathered. “I think it would be nice for you to learn something about the past. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something that will affect your future,” He leaned over to Luminous, who shifted away as he did. “If you really want to help change what might be coming then I suggest you find the cause, you want to protect ponies right?”

“So why is the cause the most important thing to you?” Luminous asked, not answering his question. “We know what the outcome was, we know what it did to Equestria. Of all the things I should be learning I think the cause of the war would be the least important thing for our future,”

“Oh really?” Swift Spell responded. “Surely you know that the past will always repeat itself, no matter how much we try to deny it. If the fair princess of Equestria doesn’t know what caused a war in the past, then how could you stop it from happening in the future,” Swift Spell leaned back as he took another bite of his food. Luminous was trying her best not to listen, an action they both knew was impossible. “Trust me your highness, while my methods may not be agreeable among most, the fate of all ponykind falls upon finding the cause of the war.”

“Of all the ponies who have the right to call me ‘your highness’ you have no right to,” Luminous replied, trying to hide the fact that she ultimately agreed with what he had just said. “You’ve hypnotized my sister into become your puppet, and is using her to build up an army. Even if there is a war coming to Equestria, your actions do not show me that you can be trusted. If my sister wasn’t wearing the crown, and if I wasn’t proud of my position as captain of the royal guard, I would have had you killed by now.”

Swift Spell chuckled to himself as he remembered the position he had put Luminous in. “I’m glad you’ve remember to keep your mouth shut,” He said, almost as if he was congratulating her. “I know I may seem evil to you but I commend your skills as a captain and fighter and would hate to skill wasted because of somepony such as me. If I didn’t need your skill I would have been rid of you the moment I found out you were somehow immune to my spell, but as war truly does loom in the horizon I couldn’t kill such a necessary piece on the field.”

Luminous got up, tired of hearing Swift Spell talk. She hid the sorrow she felt, knowing that if she so much as threatened him she was a dead mare. She was just as much a puppet to him as her sister, and that was what made her hate Swift so much. There was nothing she could do that would stop him, and both enraged and upset her. Luminous pushed in the chair and made her way to the dining room doors, but was stop by Swift Spell before she could open them.

“Before you leave your highness,” He said her titled almost as if trying taunting her. “I’ve been thinking of proposing to your sister opening trade with the Lunar Republic or Solar Empire. I was wondering how much you liked the idea, especially since I’m giving you the option of which one.”

Hearing him say the word 'option' stopped her dead in her tracks. She lowered her hoof from the door handle and thought about it. If she could make a decision now she might be able to stop whatever he was planning. Part of her thought he was playing games, making her believe she really had some control of the situation, but that wasn’t going to stop her from taking the opportunity. As she thought of which one to choose, one option seemed to overwhelm her as if she was being controlled. However, she knew Swift Spell and no control over her, which only made her confused as she answered.

“I would prefer trade with the Lunar Republic,” She said without even knowing what she was saying. “I know most ponies see Luna as a traitor, but something about it just seems right.”

“Nice to see that we for once agree on a subject,” He replied. “I hope this can for a much friendlier relationship between the two of-”

She walked out and shut the door behind her before Swift Spell had a chance to finish. She sighed with relief as his voice was no longer hearable. Unable to believe the answer she had given, she slapped herself with her hoof. A servant walking by and turned in the other direction as she saw this, not wishing to be around an angry Luminous. The pegasus didn't have a temper, when something managed to tick her off just enough she tended to hurt anything around her, including herself. After a couple more slaps and punching the doors to the point where they were slightly dented, she stopped. As her breathing slowly returned to normal, Luminous started making her way down the hall, her answer to Swift Spell ringing like a bell in her head.

“Why did I say that?” She asked herself, dumbfounded. “No pony outside of the castle is going to agree with it. It would have made more since going with the Solar Empire,” She stopped for a second in the hallway, staring out the window at the bland sky above. She suddenly ran to the left of the hallway and hit the wall one last time. “What came over me to make such a stupid decision?”

The rest of the day went as normal, or at least as normal as possible. Luminous had new members of the royal guard to train, something that she hadn't done in two years. She also had patrol duty for the coming week, an action that was more tedious than she ever liked. Like usual, she always had at least one member of the guard who always spared with her to prove that they had honed their skills. Luminous always had fun sparing, as it allowed her to both praise and critique her guards on their fighting ability. Today proved as a fun challenge, as the guard had made a huge improvement since the last time she spared them. While he had lost like most did against her, Luminous told him how well he had done and gave him some pointers on where to improve. She watched as he made his way to three other guard that have been watching, all congratulating him on his performance. Luminous couldn't help but smile as he saw them give him hugs and cheers.

She hadn’t forgotten about the events during breakfast earlier that day, and decided to have lunch with the rest of the guards to possibly avoid Swift Spell. She didn’t care for the food in the barracks all the much, as it wasn't the quality her aids would have preferred (some calling it “commoner food)”, but if she had to eat there to avoid Swift Spell she would. As she sat she was joined by two other ponies, one was her second in command, a pegasus named Thunder Shield. Thunder Shield was suited up in her armor, and carried her shield on her wing. Thunders armor matched the same color as her coat, being a rusty yellow color (of course the armor wasn't rusty at all). Her shield, which was about the size of her entire body save her tail and head, was made of platinum and was colored completely blue save for a small ring on the outside which was yellow. Her mane and tail were rather long, which could be seen even with her helmet on, as both came down to the joints on her legs.

The second pony, however, was a recruit she didn’t remember seeing during orientation today. His blue fur was so light it looked almost white to the point where Luminous had to do a double take on the color of his fur. His mane was dark blue and seemed to spike out in a wavy manner. His tail was the same dark blue color but was much longer than most stallions Luminous had seen, being just slightly shorter than the base of his back hooves. The recruit felt his muscles tense as he ate with the two higher-ups, especially as Luminous glanced at him for a few seconds before going back to her food. After a few minutes, the recruit looked back up to see her simply poking at a salad, the plate still completely full.

“Is everything okay ma’am?” He asked, catching the attention of Luminous. He felt his legs lock in place as he stared into the captain's eyes. “Y-you haven’t e-eaten anything s-s-since you sat down.”

“Yes, I’m fine,” She told him, she searched for the name of the recruit standing in front of her. “What’s your name recruit, I don’t remember seeing you during initiation today.”

“S-s-soarin ma’am,” He said uncomfortable “I-i’m not actually a recruit. I-i-i’m from the a-academy. S-simply coming t-t-to see what it’s like here.”

“It’s his first year in the academy,” Thunder Shield explained. “His family paid a fortune to send him, and he’s not exactly use to the environment yet. He’s smart for sure, and a great flier, but isn’t the bravest or most skilled in combat. Not exactly the best at talking as you’ve already seen.”

“Well it’s nice to meet you Soarin,” Luminous greeted the guard. “Sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I just made a decision that I’m not to sure about and the worst part is that Swift Spell agreed with me. Nothing you need to really concern yourself with.”

“You still think he’s manipulating the princess?” Thunder Shield asked, even though the answer was clear. Just like anyone else in the castle, Thunder Shield was affected by the hypnosis spell “I don’t think you really have to worry that much, and if he agrees then the decision can’t really be that bad. I know you have heritage to some of the ponies in the Lunar Republic, and that his thoughts kinda differ to what they believe in, but that doesn’t make him a bad pony.”

“It’s not exactly him this time,” Luminous replied “I… I told him that I think it would be best to try and open trade with the Lunar Republic,” Soarin and Thunder Shield both simultaneously let out a gasp. “I don’t know why I said it. The words were spoken before I could even think of what my reply was going to be. I might have just said yes to help a nation that has been in war with the Solar Empire for a thousand years.”

“This isn’t good,” Thunder Shield said, stating the obvious. “I still trust Swift Spell but… opening trade with the Lunar Republic is very risky. Imagine what the general public would say,” She looked to Luminous who was staring at the floor beside her, disappointment in her eyes. “Don’t blame this one on yourself Captain, most ponies from the Republic such as yourself have a strong tie to home. If you want to trade with your old home I won’t be the to stand in your way.”

“Thanks Thunder,” Luminous gave a small smile to her second in command. “I’ve just had a lot on my mind recently, with all the studying I’ve been doing and what-not,” Thunder gave a generous smile. Luminous wasn’t exactly sure what was going on in her mind, but she felt sleepy suddenly. Her vision blurred for a slight second and she almost fell asleep before shaking herself back to reality.

“Is something wrong?” Thunder Shield asked, seeing Luminous was a little uneasy. “Are you alright?”

“Yeah I’m fine,” Luminous answered, a yawn escaping her. “I just didn’t get much sleep last night, and what energy I have has been drained out by training. I’m going to get some shut eye, I’ll probably be up later today.”

“I’ll take care of things for you here then,” Thunder Shield replied. “Sleep well Captain.”

Luminous gave a nod as she made her way out of the barracks, everypony watching her as she did. She felt light headed and uncomfortable with all the eyes staring at her, as if the world had lost the ability to produce sound. As she exited, everypony in the barracks went back to what they were doing. Everyone except for Soarin, who knew that whatever had happened to Luminous was not just some sudden tiredness. She was so full of energy when he saw her sparing, she couldn’t possibly be that tired.

Luminous didn’t remember what exactly happened after leaving the barracks, she assumed that she had gone to her room. That had been her plan anyways, she felt like she need to rest for some reason. So it at first didn’t seem strange when she found herself waking up from a dream she doesn’t even remember having. Her mind wasn’t fully awake yet, and she stared at the grass that was in front of her face without any idea what it was. After a yawn and rubbing her eyes she jumped as she saw blades of grass in front of her. Her eyes widened in shock as she realized that she wasn’t anywhere near where she thought. This wasn’t her room at all!

Looking around she saw herself standing on a small patch of grass in the middle of a field of flowers. The flower types varied greatly, and she wasn’t able to pick out any single flower she recognized. Looking about fifteen feet away she saw a road in front of her leading to what seemed like a fence. She wanted to believe she was dreaming at first, but the wind against her body, as well as the vivid amount of detail, told her that this was not a dream.

“Where…” She was at a loss for words, she didn’t recognize anything about this place. “Where in Luna’s name am I?”

She had no idea why she had just said the alicorn’s name, but her question wasn’t answered. Instead a blue butterfly flew up in front of her and landed on her muzzle. She blinked, and had to cross her eyes in order to see the tiny insect clearly. She wrinkled her nose a bit to try and get it to move, as it was tickling her, but the butterfly stayed where it was. She shock her head back and forth and it gentle floated upwards as she did. When Luminous was done, the butterfly land on her nose again, the pegasus slightly annoyed by the insects action.

“Okay,” She said unsure. “What do you want?”

The butterfly suddenly started to flap its small wings up and down, and it took off into the air. It moved away from Luminous a bit, and she thought that it was done playing with her. However, the butterfly only moved a small ways away from her, turning back and flapping it’s wings in order to stay airborne. It simply floated there in front of her, and something in Luminous’ head told her that this butterfly was waiting for her to follow it. Without thought she made her way to the butterfly, who started flying away from her as she did. Luminous felt silly for thinking that it was actually waiting for her, but followed it out of the flower patch and onto the road.

As she approached the arch gate at the end of it, the butterfly rested on the fence next to it. The butterfly had lead her here for some reason, and Luminous was curious to know exactly what it was. She stepped through the arch gate which lead to a garden with a large fountain in the middle. Butterflies fluttered everywhere, landing on flowers of all different color. Luminous walked around it curiously having never seen anything like this, or even noticing that a yellow ball was held in the sky at the moment.

“What is this place?” She asked herself in amazement.

“This is the Farplane,” A voice spoke up from her left and she turned to see the owner of the voice. What she saw completely shocked her. In front of her stood an alicorn with a dark blue fur coat, but there was many parts of their body also was covered in black fur. Her mane flowed almost as if it was in the wind, which it wasn’t. Luminous looked to see if her suspicions were correct, and spotted a moon shaped cutie mark on the alicorn’s flank. “This is where those who have done great deeds for Equestria reside when they pass away,” the alicorn continued. “It is a representation of the peace in death. Do not fear, you are dead but sleeping in your room in the waking world. It is I who called you here.”

The alicorn walked up to Luminous, towering over her like she had read in the books she had been studying. “My name is Luna,” She said after a brief pause. “And it is great to finally meet you, my descendant,” She bowed as she stood before Luminous, who was lost for words and completely confused. “I have much to discuss with you.”

Author's Note

So I think a lot of you can tell that there was a lot added to this chapter. I won't say exactly what happened, but lets just say that I had a bit of a heated discussion with someone that ended in me realizing this chapter needs work. Hope this fix's some of the problems you had before. So please Like, Comment, and follow. Anything you can do to help this story would be greatly appreciated.