Spark: Book One

Spark

Chapter 5

“CONGRATULATIONS, PRINCESSES!” Rarity screamed from her boutique’s door… for the third time.

“Thank you... again, Rarity!” I responded, waving my hoof “…I’m glad we are finally out of there, Luna” I nuzzled against my lover’s chest while walking.

“She always overreacts when it comes to royalty…” she said with a soft tone that I was starting to think she pulled exclusively for me.

“Urgh… all the yelling she did when she saw you lowering the moon…” I shut my eyes tightly “my ears still hurt” I opened them back.

“Well… it didn’t seem to ruin your concentration; I could feel you trying to figure out the spell I used” she winked, silence predominated alongside with the constant sounds of our hooves hitting the ground.

“…What are you going to do with Celestia?” I suddenly said, breaking the silence and the contact my head made with her chest to look up at her.

“…I do not know…” she said with a concerned tone.

“You should really return, I can handle things by myself” I sighted “she can banish me if she finds out about us…”

“Then I shall be banished with you” her tone changed to a stern one. “I had been banished on the moon for a thousand years with a monster who wanted to take over me to then take over Equestria; if I am banished with you, I can endure anything, anywhere, for all the time needed.” She stopped to look directly into my eyes “I love you, and this feeling isn’t new either, now I feel foalish for waiting all this time… I love you…”

“Luna…” My eyes were starting to get watery …THIS is worth a poem book… speaking of which… I should show her the one Rarity has… nah, never mind, I’m not going back there… “…and I feel foalish for making you hurt yourself for me… I love you too… but I’m not going to let them banish you” I sighed “plus, what about Twi…” a sudden kiss interrupted my worries, letting the world disappear for an instant. This kiss was different, less passionate, but more sweet, our lips being the only ones making contact.

“Follow me” she simply said after breaking the kiss, her muzzle still near mine. My eyes were fixed on hers, making me feel hypnotized by her royal beauty. She started walking, the sudden movement sapping me out of the trance. I quickly started following her.

“Maybe you can't remember but, the Everfree forest is very different from the rest of Equestria,” Luna stated while walking deeper into the forest which got darker and darker with each step. “and maybe, the world; live sprouts by itself without the help of anypony else. In addition, if you notice the clouds, they also move by themselves, meaning that no pegasi are needed to work here.”

“…Unique indeed” I said absentmindedly while looking at my surroundings, letting Luna’s soothing voice guide me through the path ahead “this is what you wanted to show me?”

“No, our objective is deeper into the forest” she said, her statement was followed by silence, broken only by the constant sounds of dead leaves breaking. I decided it was time to enter to my reflexive state, like I always did after a memory.

…Ok… so Rarity was right… Luna and I met before… it seems we were close to each other from the beginning… and Luna is very knowledgeable. Ha, ha, such a filly I was… I can’t believe I took so normally the hatred from my own father… and that Spark she was talking about… I’ll ask Luna more details about it when we… arrive wherever we need to arrive…

“Here we are!” Luna suddenly said, waking me up from my thoughts.

I noticed that the panorama had changed radically; from a dark forest to a paradise. It was a clear in the middle of the forest; a vast plain surrounded by dense vegetation. In the middle of the plains there was a house that looked like a mansion, not for the size, but for its… architectural design, resembling Canterlot Castle’s own, but it also had a resemblance with the castle in Nicardia I saw in my memories; the house’s majesty being increased by the dazzling sun rays, which I hadn’t seen since I entered to the forest. For some reason, the house seemed familiar.

“LUNA! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! WE FINALLY FINISHED!” the filly me screamed, a thousand voice cracks in each word “IT LOOKS SOOO AWESOME!” I was looking at the house we just had finished full of pride.

“Well, from now on, it will be our club house!” Luna said while wrapping a wing around me “you did a great job, by the way!”

“I couldn’t have done it without you…” I said with a lower tone, a light blush across my cheeks and a soft smile drawn on my young muzzle “you… have been the only friend I’ve ever had… “ I said with a depressed tone while my ears lowered “…and the best someone could wish for!” I finished regaining my almost permanent joy, my ears perking back up.

“You…” she paused, taking a gulp “you are also my only and best friend…” I felt a peck in my cheek, my blush turning even redder and redder “…ahem!” she cleared her throat, folding back her wings, regaining posture and previous shared joy “so, we should put it a name!”

A sudden and familiar peck interrupted the memory, but this time, was in the lips.

“We named it, Golden Moonlight…” Luna said, a hint of nostalgia in her tone “I can’t believe it looks so new after so many years…”

“…By ‘so many years’… how much do you mean?” I said with sudden curiosity and fear.

“...Five thousand years…”

“…Now I feel old…” I muttered.

“You are actually young for an alicorn, an equivalent for a young adult in a normal pony, putting it that way, you were only seven back then… or around four thousand years old” she said with her teacher behavior.

“...And you are?” I asked.

“Around fifteen thousand, I would have to be making hours of calculations in front of a calendar of who-knows-how-many-centuries-ago to find the exact number.” she chuckled “if you want to know someone who knows what’s to live for a REALLY long time, ask ‘Tia!” suddenly, her face turned pale… “…oh no… ‘Tia…”

“…W-what’s wrong?!” then, realization hit me “…wait… don’t tell me…”

“GET IN THE HOUSE NOW!”

I was frozen in place at the terrible sight a whole royal army approaching, though that wasn’t the reason of my shock. There was a carriage, a golden carriage pulled by 2 pegasi. Inside of the carriage, I could see the stare of an angry goddess penetrating my eyes and looking deep inside of my soul, fire burning in her eyes…

Celestia’s eyes… they didn’t use to be this way… in fact… it used to be the opposite… specially when being with me…

Her eyes… her eyes always told me that everything was going to be okay…

“Lulu! It is time to go!” Celestia’s less mature voice called, she had her usual regal posture.

“’Tia! ‘Little Gold’ and I wanted to build our own club house, I wanted to ask you if we could somehow take her with us to Equestria once and build the house there!” Luna said with a serene smile while leaving the bedroom and looking up at her sister… literally looking up.

“Yeah! It will be soooo awesome to finally see a real flower!” the filly me said with a high pitched voice while bouncing behind Luna.

“Alright” she paused “but I don’t believe her father would ever let her come with us”

“Aww…” my ears went down to my skull, my face expressing disappointment.

“…So, I've decided you could come with us hiding…” Celestia finished while sitting next to me (match my height) and wrapping me with her wing (that I could literally use like a blanket).

“Yay! Thanks auntie Celly!” I said while nuzzling her chest.

“Oh, it is quite alright, I just thought some fresh air would make you good” she nuzzled back.

“PASSIONE D’ ORO! MOVE YOUR USELESS FLANK HERE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF STUDYING TO ATTEND!” Origin yelled from the library at the other side of the corridor.

“…I… have to go!” I said with a depressed look. I looked up at Celestia, who was still sitting beside me, she had an expression full of fear and concern, her eyes fixed on the library door. Then, she proceeded to stand up slowly.

“I promise we will be back for you as fast as we can…” she gave me a serene smile.

“Um… bye ‘Little Gold’… what ‘Tia said… we will be back for you!” she nuzzled my head, subsequently trotting to the carriage that was waiting for them outside of the window.

I saw the pegasi extending their wings and fluttering them, getting ready for the long flight back to their kingdom. I looked back at Celestia, paying special attention to her eyes, her sincere expression spoke for her. My heart warmed at the feeling her eyes gave me.

I felt in her… the mother I just lost…

Chapter 5

Second Mother

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