The Magic of Dust and Lyrium

“You did… what now?” Viriola asked Xel after she came back from training with Twilight.

“Trained in magic,” Xel repeated.

“I know that since you been going to her for the past week but, you flipped her over ass over tea kettle?” the elf asked, now realizing why the unicorn was dirty when she was walking in the building.

“Maybe,” She said, giggling. The elf stared at her.

“Right… so, how is the… magic training?” she asked.

“Going really good, look!” Xel said, summoning a small flame in her hand.

“Neat,” Vi-Vi said with a smile. She shifted a bit as she felt the anger rising in her from the magic. She growled a bit as she looked away.

“Big sister?” Xel asked worriedly, dispelling the flame.

“Ugh, look I’m happy that your training is going great, it’s just… these memories… it’s hard not to look at magic and get angry,” she paused for a moment. “And if you think you’re going to stop doing that, then I’m going to hit you over the head.”

Xel simply looked away, squirming a little. The elf sighed and rubbed her eyes a bit.

“Please something nice before I start hitting my head on the table for being an ass,” she said. Xel decided to take this as her cue to hug her big sister, burying her face in her chest. Viriola sighed and hugged her back. “Or this would work.”

“I love you, big sister,” Xel mumbled, hugging tighter.

“Love you too,” the elf mumbled back. Celestia seemed to choose that moment to appear, right next to the two. The elf jumped at this. “Jesus fucking christ!”

“I’m sorry but, who’s this Jesus?” The Alicorn asked her.

“It’s something from where we come from, don’t worry about it,” Xel said. Celestia blinked at her before making a chair appeared and sitting in it.

“So, you’re maybe wondering why I’m here,” she asked them.

“Other than scaring the crap out of me?” The elf said. Celestia frowned at her.

“Do you have to be mean to me?” she asked.

“You kinda… came out of nowhere,” Xel said.

“And I’m mean to everyone, other than to Xel,” Viriola added, crossing her arms as Xel sat down in the seat beside her. Xel nodded, hugging her sister again.

“I… see, well I do have to ask, how’s your stay in Ponyville?” she asked them both.

“Good, I'm learning magic!” Xel stated cheerfully. Celestia smiled at her.

“I heard! Twilight was giving me reports on your progress,” she leans in a bit. “Don’t tell her I said this, but you’re progressing faster than she did when she was only half your age.”

Xel giggled, beaming at this. The elf smiled at this as she saw her sister happy.

“What about you?” Celestia asked her. Viriola shrugged.

“It’s… okay, not bad if you’re wondering,” she answered.

“Well… that’s good,” the Alicorn said with a small smile.

“So, why are you here?” Xel asked.

“Yes well, as you know a few weeks ago my sister… lost control and went on a rampage,” Celestia began.

“Yeah, I saw it first hand,” Viriola said with a frown.

“That’s true, I wished my sister would… well, grow up and apologize,” she said. Back at Canterlot, Luna’s ears twitched as she felt like somepony was talking about her, and also angry.

“Right, because old scaly but is pissed that I beat her sorry ass,” Viriola said with a smirk.

Xel smirked, leaning towards Viriola slowly. “Swear jar,” She whispered teasingly. Viriola glared at her before handing her a bit.

“Well, you see, the only thing that could cure her is the Elements of Harmony, and… well… they're not together anymore,” The Alicorn explained.

“Jees didn’t need to be told that,” the elf said. Celestia frowned at her.

“You want us to find them, don't you?” Xel questioned. Celestia sighed and nodded.

“This task would mean that the bearers would have to head out and find them themselves but… it’s dangerous for them,” she explained.

“So you want us to go instead,” Viriola answered her. Celestia nodded.

"You may not be as trained as one of my guards but you can hold your own, and Xel,” she turned to face her. “You’re learning how to use magic, so you’ll be very helpful for the job.”

“I guess…” Xel said, unsure. The Alicorn smiled and put her hand on her shoulder.

“Don’t sell yourself short, I have a feeling that you’ll be very useful in this quest,” she said. Xel seemed unsure still, squirming. Celestia leaned back and looked at the elf. “But in any case, I need your help in finding them, for my sister’s sakes.”

Viriola didn’t say anything as she closed her eyes. The two of them stared at her, waiting for her answer. “I… guess if big sisters coming?” Xel questioned, looking at her big sister.

“I’m thinking,” she said. After a few moments, she opened her eyes. “Fine, I’ll take part in this.” Celestia sighed happily at this.

“Thank you, you have no idea how much this means to me,” she said.

“Maybe I do,” Viriola mumbled a bit as she looked over at Xel before looking at the Alicorn. “So, where are they anyway?”

“Umm… that’s the thing…” She started with a nervous chuckle.

“You have no idea, do you,” Viriola said, narrowing her eyes.

“Why did you not put some kinda tracking spell on them?” Xel questioned.

“Well, when I could use them before, I could sense them from where they were, same with my sister as well, but now with the new bearers, only they can sense them… only… they can’t,” Celestia informs them.

"So we have to wait until they can sense where they are and go get them… great,” Viriola shook her head. “Nothing is ever easy.”

“This’ll be fun,” Xel mumbled sarcastically. Celestia sighed and stood up.

“I would stay and chat more but… I’m needed back in Canterlot,” she looked over at the elf. “I suggest that you come over and meet up with my captain of the Royal Guard, you might learn a thing or two from him about swordplay.”

Vi-Vi didn’t say anything as the Alicorn spread her wings and glowed brightly. She disappeared in the sunlight.

“Oh sure, bright as all hell,” the elf said, rubbing her eyes. “Remind me to get sunglasses later.”

“Big sis… I can’t see again,” Xel said, eyes shut tight. Viriola blinked a few times and saw there were spots.

“Ugh,” she groaned, closing her eyes. “Note to us; get sunglasses.”

“We should do that now… after making me see again,” Xel said, clutching her sister tightly. The two of them stayed like that until their eyes returned to normal. “Okay, sunglasses now,” Xel stated. The elf didn’t say anything. “Sis?”

“Herm, what?” Viriola said, waking up. “What time is it?”

“Did… you fall asleep?” Xel questioned, giggling.

“M-maybe…” the elf said, blushing. Xel laughed, booping her sister. “Q-quit it!”

Xel smirked, only booping her more. Soon the two of them were on the ground laughing in the grass. “So, sunglasses now?” Xel asked after she had calmed down.

“Yes,” the elf said. The two of them got up and headed out to get some glasses.

After an hour later they returned with some sunglasses and drinks. “So, what now?” Xel asked, sipping from her drink.

“I don't know, talk?” Vi-Vi said, sitting for in a chair. “What do you think of Twilight? I've been too busy in the books lately to ask her.”

“What do you mean?” Xel asked with a head tilt.

“What’re your thoughts about her, you spend most of your time with her,” the elf said.

"Well, she’s nice, she’s been teaching magic and stuff, after all,” Xel said simply.

“Is that all?” Viriola asked.

“Y-yeah,” Xel lied, looking away. The elf raised an eyebrow at this but didn't push the topic. “So… what now?”

“Hmmm, maybe head to Canterlot and find this captain. If we're going to go find these elements, I want to be able to fight,” Viriola said and she finished her drink.

“Okay… I guess I learned enough magic for now…” Xel said. Viriola shrugged.

“Give your teacher a break, any more and you'll turn her into a mouse,” she teased.

Xel blushed. “Alright, fine,” She said, very tsundere like, crossing her arms and huffing. The elf rolled her eyes before the two headed to the train station. After some yelling with some ponies, they were riding the train to Canterlot.

“Meanie head,” Xel grumbled, pouting.

“They were asking if I was a servant elf of some noble,” Viriola gestured her sword. “Do servants have swords like this?!”

“Bodyguards?” Xel offered. Viriola opened her mouth, before crossing her arms and mumbled a bit. Giggling, Xel hopped into her sister's lap, hugging her. The elf smiled and hugged her back.

Xel yawned, snuggling into her sister before falling asleep for a nap, the cane set beside the two.

Soon the train arrived at Canterlot. They stepped off the train and looked around at the place and saw the nobles walking around with elves carrying stuff behind them.

“Yup, been here for five seconds and I already hate this place,” she said with a frown.

“Let’s let them make us stronger first… then we free elves,” Xel whispered to her sister.

“I'm the elf here,” Viriola said, tugging on Xel’s ear.

“And you’re my big sister, that makes me, like, an honorary elf,” Xel said, giggling. The elf rolled her eye and the two headed off into the city. As they did, Xel pointed to the castle, suggesting they go there first.

The two headed to the castle. The nobles that they passed stared at them, some mumbling to others near them, some loudly being rude to them.

“Really don't like this place,” The elf said. Xel nodded in agreement, frowning heavily. The two soon got near the place, they found a small take out place and decide to grab some food. Getting only some fries, which was a shoebox full of fries, and some drinks. They sat down on a bench eating.

“I can’t believe that jerk almost didn’t serve you,” Xel said, frowning as she nibbled on fries. Viriola grumbled as she ate her fries. “I mean, come on, money is money!”

“Ponies are racists,” the elf mumbled.

“Apparently,” Xel said, sighing. As they ate, they heard growling from behind them. Xel eeped, turning around to see what it was. Viriola turned and reached for her sword.

There behind them was a very large dog, bigger than most dogs the two seen. It was covered in scars and bruises and it was growling at them. The elf frowned at it until she saw its eyes dart from them to the box of fries. She reached out for the box and set it in front of her.

“You can have it,” she said. The dog, in turn, launched itself into the box and started eating.

“Aww… poor puppy…” Xel said, holding a hand out to pet the pup. It ignored her as it ate the last of the fries. Xel cautiously pets the pup, being careful. It stopped and looked at her. It looked funny due to having fries sticking out of its mouth. Xel giggled, continued to softly pet the pup.

Soon the dog was done eating and it was time for the two to go.

“Come on Xel, time to go,” Viriola said.

“But what about the puppy?” Xel asked.

“Puppy?! He's bigger than you!” the elf said. The hound barked at her. The two looked at each other.

“I wanna keep the puppy,” Xel stated, hugging it. The elf looked at the hound as it barked.

“Okay, come on,” she said. Xel cheered, beaming and gesturing for the dog to follow the two. The three of them headed towards the castle. The nobles stared at the three of them. The hound growled at them which made them flinch. “Best, dog, ever.”

“Bestestest,” Xel agreed, nodding. Viriola smiled as she walked.

“Think of a name,” she said in passing.

“How aboooout… Rusty?” Xel suggested. The hound barked happily.

“Rusty it is,” the elf said.

"Rusty puppy!” Xel giggled, hugging the pup. The elf, mage, and hound made their way to the castle. The three soon got to the gates but were stopped.

“Halt, what business do you two have here?” one of the guards asked.

“Princess Celestia told us to find someone to teach her to use her sword,” Xel said, “We thought here would be a good place to start.”

“Why would the princess talk to you two?” one of the guards asked, frowning.

“Look pal, if you don't believe us, go ask your princess about it,” Viriola said, frowning. Xel herself huffed, annoyed. The two guards looked at one another.

“I’ll go ask, keep an eye on them,” one of them said before heading into the castle. The two of them and the guard stood there in silent as Rusty barked.

“Is that a pure breed warhound?” the mare guard asked.

"Dunno, their names Rusty!” Xel said happily. The elf rolled her eyes a bit.

“Yes, he is,” she said. The guard smiled at this as the other guard came back.

“Well, it seems that their story is really true, the Princess herself wants to see them,” the guard said.

“Alright, come with me now,” the mare said.

“Hey, why are you taking them?” the first one said.

“Because you literally walked all the way there, all the way back, and now you want to walk all the way back again?” she asked him. The first guard grumbled a bit as the other three followed the mare into the palace.

“So… how interesting is being a guard?” Xel asked curiously. The mare shrugged.

"Meh, not what I thought it was going to be but it beats doing nothing,” the mare said.

“But… isn’t that what you do when you just stand there?” Xel asked. The mare stopped and turned to her.

“... kinda,” she said before frowning. “Maybe I should of went dancing with my sister instead.”

Xel giggled, nodding in agreement. They walked for a bit through the halls before the mare groaned.

“I sometimes hate this place, so easy to get lost in,” she said annoyed.

“Maybe it was made to be like that?” Xel suggested. Both the mare and Viriola groaned at this.

“Then I hate the one who made the designs for this place,” the mare said.

“Yeah,” Xel agreed. Soon, Xel and the mare, whose name was Azure Moon, were talking.

“And so far my sister is doing alright with her job, enjoys it too,” Azure said as she continued talking.

“What’s her job?” Xel asked curiously.

“She’s a dancer,” Azure answered.

“What kinda dancer?” Xel asked. The mare was silent for a minute.

“A… special kind of dancer,” she answered. Xel blinked, tilting her head in confusion. “Something to know when you're older.”

“I’m seventeen,” Xel huffed.

“Oh…” she looked over at the elf who shrugged.

“Xel, do you really want to know?” she asked.

“Nah, doesn’t matter,” Xel said, waving it off. The guard nodded before, finally, finding the door to the throne room.

“Here we are,” she said.

“That took forever!” Xel exclaimed childishly.

“Yeah, if I have to do this again, I might quit and see if my sister's job is hiring,” she said mostly to herself.

“Good luck,” Xel said simply, smiling. The guard smiled at her and heads off. The two stared up at the large doors in front of them.

“You know, if this worlds the same back home then your birthday is two more days,” Viriola said. “Got tickets to the con as a present, never thought it would turn like this.”

“Well... hopefully, we won't get sent to another universe,” Xel said simply, shrugging. The elf nodded before the two walked into the throne room. The room was spacious with windows of, what Viriola guessed, was events that happened in the past. There were only two nobles in the room along with Celestia. The three walked towards her. As they got closer, one of the two nobles frowned and was about to talk to them, but the elf grabbed the nobles head and looked at them.

“No,” she said in a stern tone.

Xel giggled a bit at this, amused. The other noble stared at this before she quickly left the room. The elf lets the stallion go and watched him run out of the room scared. Xel laughed more at this, very amused. Celestia sighed at the sight of this.

"Did you really have to do that?” she asked.

“The noble was going to bad mouth me, I stopped him,” the elf said.

“Meanie heads…” Xel grumbled. Celestia shook her head at this.

“Let’s… move on, I’m guessing you’re here about sword training?” she asked the elf.

“Yeah,” Viriola shifted a bit and rolled her head. “There’s a lot of monsters here, and I’m going to face them. I want to know how to use this dang thing before I face them,” she said as she gestured the sword. The princess nodded.

“I understand,” she turned her head to one of the doors that leads elsewhere. “You can come in now.”

The door opened and two figures walked in. They were unicorns; one of them was a white furred unicorn with a two tone blue mane. He wore gold armor that shined brightly in the sun. Viriola rolled her eyes.

“Bling bling mother fuckers,” she whispered to Xel.

“Swear jar,” Xel whispered back with a giggle.

“Worth it,” she replied as she looked at the other unicorn. “Is is just me or doesn't he look a lot like a male version of Twilight?”

“Yeah… I wonder why?” Xel mused.

“Viriola, Xel, this is Captain Shining Armor,” Viriola snorted at that. “And Dusk Shine. They’re also Twilight's brothers.” Princess Celestia said.

“Ahh, that makes sense, so you’re her twin or something?” Vi-Vi asked Dusk.

“Yes I am, I’m amazed that an elf figured that out,” he said with a smug look.

“Okay,” the elf looked over to her sister. “I hate this guy's guts.”

“Just another meanie head,” Xel huffed, crossing her arms.

“Dusk, please, be nice to them,” Shining told his younger brother. Dusk frowned at him as Shining looked at the two females. “It’s a pleasure to meet the two of you.”

“Yeah, nice to meet you too,” Viriola said. She looked down at Xel and nodded to her.

“Nice to meet one of you,” Xel snarked. The elf patted her head as Rusty sat behind them.

“Right…” Shining said. Dusk frowned at this but didn’t say anything.

“So, have you picked out the instructor for her?” Celestia asked him.

“I have, but I want to see her skills myself,” the captain said. Viriola narrowed her eyes at him.

“You want to fight me?” she asked as a grin grew on her face. “Alright,”

“Well, shall we?” Shining asked as he walked over in front of her. Xel saw Dusk walk over to where Celestia is and did the same. Soon Viriola and Shining Armor were facing each other as the elf pulled out her sword. The captain pulled out his sword and scabbard as he pushed a button on it. The scabbard expanded into a shield as he pulled out his sword.

‘A shield fighter, this is going to be interesting,’ the elf thought as she got ready.

“If I may ask, how much does she know about using a two-handed sword?” Celestia asked Xel.

“She knows a bit,” Xel said simply, not quite answering the question. Dusk snorted at this.

“She’s has nothing on Shining, he’s going to win easily,” he said in a smug.

“And why’s that?” Xel asked challengingly.

“My brother has been trained in combat since he was young, she’ll lose,” he said. Xel frowned at him before looking at her sister.

The elf took the initiative and charged at the stallion to cleave his body in two. He simply blocked it with his shield and pushed her back. He thrust forward with his sword while following it with the side of his shield. Vi-vi deflected the sword and moved out of the way of the shield.

“Figured you use your shield as a weapon,” she commented as she made a downward slash at him. He simply used his shield to deflect her stick and smacked her face with the side of his shield.

“Have to balance it out, offense and defense,” he commented as well. The elf chuckled as she pushed forward.

“She… seemed to be enjoying herself,” Luna yawned as she walked towards the others wearing only a large gray t-shirt that covered her body.

“Sister, it’s so nice to see you up,” Celestia said happily.

“Morning,” Xel said simply, watching the fight.

“Lady Luna! It’s great to see you this great day!” Dusk said happily, pushing Xel away from Luna.

“Hey!” Xel cried, shoving him back. He shot her a glare before smiling back to the Kirin, who simply scratched her butt and yawned. “Jerk,” Xel grumbled under her breath, before going back to watching the fight.

Viriola was having a tough time with her fight with Shining. She only had a few days to get an idea of how to use her sword, but she was fighting against someone who’s been trained for a long time. She used the butt-end of her sword to hit his shield to try and throw him off balance. But it didn’t work and the unicorn thrust his sword at her, making her back up. She was panting as she tried an overhead swing at him. He simply countered by hooking his shield and disarming her. Her sword skidded across the floor until it stopped at Xels feet. Dusk started to laugh as the two sisters lock eyes at one another and the elf winked at her.

Smirking, Xel kicked the sword up, catching it and leaning on it while holding her staff. “Shining's done,” Xel said simply.

“Are you nuts?! The elf lost her sword, she’s done for,” the unicorn looked at Xel. “What hope does she have to win?”

“You’ll see,” Xel replied. Shining gave the elf a sorry shrug and thrust his sword at her. The elf stepped forwards and allowed the sword to pass her side. Grabbing his arm, she twisted around and brought her elbow to his face. This stunned him for a second as she planted herself down before kicking him. She hit his shield with a sounding crack, this made him lose balance a bit as she spun around and kicked him in the head. He was dazed from this as she stepped forward, grabbing his sword arm and hooking her leg around his and twisting so he fell down to the ground. Shining blinked at this as he lost the fight in a short span of a few seconds.

“W-What, how…” Dusk stuttered as the two princesses were slacked jawed. Xel simply giggled.

“Big sister knows hand-to-hand better than swords,” Xel said simply, giggling more.

“I have to say, that’s impressive,” Luna said, now a little more awake.

“But, she’s an elf!” Dusk said, shocked at what the princess said.

“So?” Luna asked him, frowning.

“Why are you such a jerk?” Xel questioned, huffing again. Dusk didn’t say anything, muttering to himself. Luna watched the elf as she picked the stallion up and gave her commitments to him.

“Thank you, I have to say that was amazing what you did there, I thought I had you there,” he said. The elf shrugged as she stretched.

“If I was using a sword yeah, but when it comes to hand-to-hand, that’s a completely different story,” she rolled her shoulders a bit. “Over the years of learning, when it comes to bare hands, anything goes.”

“If you say so,” he said as the two walked over to the others. The elf notices what the Kirin was wearing.

“Nice to see you again, lazy bones,” Viriola said. Before Luna could say anything, Dusk stepped forward.

“How dare you call her that, she’s the Princess of the Night, she deserves the utmost respect!” he barked. Luna sighed at this as the elf stared at him.

“Yeah yeah, go be a kiss ass somewhere else,” she said, looking away from him. Dusk’s face lit up red with embarrassment and rage from Viriola. Luna stared at the elf but didn’t say anything.

“Swear jar,” Xel commented. Viriola rolled her eyes.

"So...do I get to see this teacher or what?” she asked.

“Well-” Shining started but Dusk cut him off.

“Absolutely not! You insulted Princess Luna, you should apologize now elf,” he ordered. Viriola eye twitched as she looked at him.

“Was I talking to you?” she asked, not hiding the fact she was getting angry at him.

"It doesn’t matter, I’m one of the Royal High Enchanters here in Canterlot, one of the best mages in the kingdom,” he boasted. Celestia and Shining sighed and Luna rolled her eyes.

“If you’re so good, then you won’t mind dueling me,” Xel said, smirking. Dusk looked at her and snorts.

“Me, duel you? Ha! You’re out of your league kid,” he said.

“Scared of being beaten by a girl?” Xel teased, smirking more. His face went red.

“Alright, you’re asking for you,” he said as he marched over to the other side of the room. Xel shook her head before walking over to face him. The others watched this unfold.

“Your brother is an ass,” Viriola said to Shining.

“I know,” he said, hanging his head.

“Ready when you are!” Xel called, twirling her staff. Dusk answered her by shooting an arcane bolt at her. Xel slammed her staff onto the ground, the orb in it glowing brown as a wall rose to block the blast. Dusk took this chance to muttered under his breath, the air around him simmered a bit before a small orb appears over his head. He shot out some more arcane bolts at the wall, now punching holes into the wall.

This kicked a lot of dust up, and when it was gone, Xel had vanished, not a trace of where she’d gone. Dusk frowned as he slammed his staff down onto the ground, sending a shockwave out. Nothing happened which made the unicorn frown.

Before he could try anything else, Xel came out of the ground under him, uppercutting the unicorn with a rock covered fist.

“That’s… clever,” Shining commented.

“She’s a clever one,” Viriola said, smiling. Dusk grunted before letting out a torrent of flames at Xel. Yelping, her staff flashed brown, and then a yellowish-green, a rock wall covering her as a torrent of wind changed the direction of the flame, blowing it bigger than before back at the unicorn. He moved his hand over, his body glowing as the flames overcame him but didn’t burn him. He thrust his staff our and sent rocks rocketing at Xel’s wall.

This shattered the wall, revealing that Xel had vanished again. Dusk frowned at this as he slammed his staff down, making the ground shake. When nothing happened, his eyes widened, before he was hit with a lightning covered fist to the stomach as Xel appeared. He grunted as he stepped back, looking up at her.

“No more, playing around,” he said as his staff glowed and Xels body glowed as well. Xel frowned as she tried to use another spell but nothing happened.

“Dang it Dusk, locking her magic,” Shining muttered. Dusk grinned as he stood up.

“Now, time to lose this,” he said as he twitched his hand, making Xels cane shoot out of her hands. He lifted his hand up and a dark cloud began to form. Shining stepped forward.

“Dusk, No! Don’t use the Death Cloud spell!” he yelled. Viriola eyes widen as she felt her anger rise. The unicorn smirked as the cloud grew bigger.

Xel, however, only looked DETERMINED. She reached inside herself, feeling for anything that wasn’t bound by the spell… and found something. It felt… different, to what she was used to, but she decided to take all that she could get. She pulled at the energy, gathering it into her hands.

Two orbs of pulsing, red energy appeared in her hands, and a heavy magic presence went through the room, almost suffocating. Giving the unicorn no more time to charge his spell, Xel thrust her hands forward, releasing a beam of red magic that was as tall as she was. Dusk’s irises shrank as his arcane shield was destroyed and hit him full force. He was launched into a wall and stayed there as Xel finished. He slowly slid down off the wall and fell on his face.

“Take… that… you… jerk…” Xel panted, using that much magic at once being exhausting, despite the fact she still had a lot more.

“What, in the name of the Maker, was that!” Luna asked. The elf didn’t answer as she ran over to Xel and checked on her.

“Are you alright?” she asked.

“Just need… to catch my breath… staff please,” Xel panted, less than before. Luna walked over to the cane and bent down to pick it up, showing a bit of her underwear as well. She walked over and gave Xel it back.

“That’s a nice cane, better hold on to it,” she said with a smile.

“Thanks…” Xel said simply, taking it and using the staff/cane to help her stand. “That… was fun.”

Celestia looked over at Dusk and waved her hand, making him disappear. She walked over to the other two.

“I’m… so sorry for that, Dusk may be Twilight’s Twin but… he doesn’t share her kindness,” she said sadly.

“It’s… okay,” Xel assured.

“What’s the hell is wrong with him?!” Viriola snapped at the Princess. Celestia looked at her, thinking for the words to say.

“How about I tell them, sister,” Luna said. Celestia nodded before disappearing to deal with Dusk. Luna looked over at the two. “I may know little, but both Twilight Sparkle and Dusk Shine was students to my sister.”

“Really?” Xel asked, blinking.

“Yeah, Twilly and Dusky were her prize pupils,” Shining said. “But as I heard, the princess spent more time with Twilight, making Dusk jealous. He spent hours reading through magic books and dusty tombs and practiced every day.”

“When I returned from the moon and was cured, Dusk thought he would be my pupil,” Luna said with a frown. “He begged me to take him on as a student.”

“What’d you say?” Xel asked.

“Well, I was speaking in old tongue at the time, but in today's words… ‘hell no,’” she said. “To this day he bugs me to take him on, I thought about it until he went full stalker mode on me and followed me around.”

“He needs to learn to give up,” Xel huffed. Luna sighed.

“You have no idea,” she said, sitting down. She sat cross legged which showed more of her underwear. She didn’t seem bothered by it as Shining blushed and moved out of view.

“So, who’s my big sis’s trainer gonna be?” Xel asked.

“Errm, her trainer, right… I’ll… go get her…” Shining said as he quickly walked out of the room.

“He left in a hurry,” the elf said, sitting down as well.

“Wonder why?” Xel mused, sitting down. Luna shrugged.

“Don’t know, anyway,” she said, looking at the two of them. “You two are more interesting than I thought.”

“What do you mean by that?” Xel asked. Luna looked at the two siblings.

“An elf with training that I haven’t seen as good for a long time, a mage with a magic me or my sister have never seen before, if that doesn’t make you two interesting I don’t know what will,” Luna told them.

“Next one of us will have two souls or something,” Xel joked, chuckling. Luna smiled as the door reopen and Shining Armor walked it with Azura Moon behind him.

“Hey there,” she said with a wave.

“Hello,” Xel said, lazily waving back, looking distracted.

"Viriola, Xel, this is Azura Moon. She's one of the best two-handed weapon fighters here,” Shining said. “And she's your teacher.”

“Figured that you were, you look strong,” the elf said. Xel seemed to be not paying attention, focusing on something else. Viriola and the mare were talking as Luna noticed her trying to something. She moved closer to Xel to watch.

A small, white orb appeared in Xels hand, making her blink. Curious, and seeming to recognize it slightly, she moved her hands, making a bunch appear, before they fired in the same order as they appeared, leaving small holes in the wall.

“That's… amazing,” Luna said.

“I’m gonna have fun with this…” Xel mumbled, smiling. The others nodded until both the elf and mare headed out. Xel noticed that Luna was watching Vi-vi leave.

“Are you looking at my sister's butt?” Xel asked, narrowing her eyes.

“W-what,” Luna said, blushing.

“You were!” Xel said, giggling. Luna blushed a bit more at Xels giggling. She fidgeted a bit while sitting. “She likes you too, you know,” Xel said casually.

“S-she does?” Luna asked. Xel nodded, smiling. Luna smiled a bit at the new information she gained.

“Well, until she’s back, wanna see what this new stuff can do?” Xel asked, smirking.

“Alright, I have nothing to do now,” Luna said.