Chapter 4: Tale of a Blue Moon

A dark blue coated unicorn stallion with light blue mane and bright blue eyes stood in front of a door, unmoving. It was late already with the moon shining brightly in the sky, yet there were lights coming out from the windows at each side of the door he was standing in front of.

He let out a sigh before taking out a letter from within his robe. He looked at it for several seconds until he finally decided to knock at the door. Several moments later he heard the sound of approaching hoof steps.

"Who is it?" A mellow, sweet voice belonging to a mare asked.

"It's me, Yellow Moon." The stallion replied. The door was then hurriedly open to reveal a yellow coated unicorn mare with silver colored mane and tail and blue eyes dressed in a simple sundress.

"Blue Moon?" She whispered is disbelief. "B-Big brother!" She exclaimed before throwing herself at her brother in a tight hug.

Blue Moon struggled at first to not fall back but managed to stay standing while his sister hugged him as if life itself depended on it.

"Blue Moon is here!?" Another similar sounding voice but a bit more melodious was heard from inside the manor. Soon enough a set of hoof steps were heard before two more unicorn mares stood in front of Blue Moon. Similar to Yellow Moon, the two new mares had healthy shaped bodies. One had a white coat with pink mane and tail, the other had a similar shaded blue coat but lighter, her mane and tail were a leaf-green shade. And just like Yellow Moon, both mares had bright blue eyes.

"White Moon. Aunt Eclipse Moon." Blue Moon said before the two mares wearing similar sundresses joined in the hug.

Seconds, minutes, years, millennia passed for the four of them as tears run the cheeks of the three mares freely. Eventually, the hug was broken.

"It's so good to see you again after all these years, Blue Moon," Eclipse Moon said gesturing the door. "Please, come in, we have much to talk about!" She said cheerfully.

Blue Moon merely nodded and walked inside while Yellow Moon and White Moon cling to each of his arms refusing to let go. Once inside, the door was closed and the four of them made their way to the ample living room and sat down with Blue Moon and his sisters taking the biggest couch while Eclipse Moon sat on the single couch at their right.

"How have you been? Oh, what am I saying, of course, you've been fine! You're the leader of the Followers! But have you eating well? Do you have a nice place to stay in for the night? Have you--"

Blue Moon interrupted his aunt's onslaught of questions by raising a hand. "Aunt Eclipse, please stop. I shall answer you as best as I can, but not right now. Sisters, may you release me, please?"

His sisters did so although reluctantly. He then pulled a letter out of his robe again.

"What is that, Blue?" White Moon asked pointing at the letter.

"It's the letter you sent me. As you requested I have come. Now, tell me, what do you need my help with?" Blue Moon asked with a serious expression.

The three mares exchanged confused glances.

"Blue... we didn't send it. We don't even know what happened to you after you left to form the Followers," Yellow Moon said softly. "We only ever saw you in the newspaper."

"Yellow is right. Heck, we barely even saw you after what happened with Red and him," White said almost spitting the last word.

Blue Moon nodded in acknowledgment. The four of them had agreed to erase every trace of Waterfall Lines, their bastard Embracer of a father, from the family records with the aid of their aunt while Red Moon, their brother he had killed out of mercy, remained as a hero and a victim of the family.

The blue coated stallion looked at his aunt and saw her shook her head. He then looked at the letter again.

"But if you didn't, then who did?" Blue Moon asked a moment before the lights went off. A second later a magical blue shield appeared around himself and his family. "Whoever you are, know that you cannot win!" He yelled.

There was a flash of magic on the other side of the room and then the lights returned.

"Happy birthday, Daddy!" The chorus of half a dozen fillies and colts wearing pajamas was heard while they held a poorly made cake before them with their hands.

The group of adult ponies blinked and stared at the group of foals for several seconds. Blue Moon noticed that four of them were fillies and two were colts. He also noticed they all were around eight and ten years old and all of them unicorns with bright blue eyes and with coats similar his or his sisters and aunt.

"You were all supposed to be sleeping already, children!" Yellow Moon scolded. The foals, however, didn't apologize.

"You told them?" Blue Moon asked looking at the floor.

"Yes, we did." Eclipse Moon confessed without hesitation. "We also told them why you left and what happened during the Fall."

"Why?" Blue Moon asked, his fists shaking in anger.

"Don't be mad at mommy Eclipse, Daddy!" One of the fillies said stepping forward. "We asked them."

Blue Moon raised his head to see the cute little filly that shared his mane and a lighter version of Yellow Moon's coat.

"Why would you want to know something like that... daughter?" He asked tentatively.

One of the colts stepped forward grasping the filly's left hand. "We know the tales of Spike the Brave and Glorious, but we wanted to know the truth. Why so many adults hate those things called caribou so much? We just wanted to know."

"And why you left us, Daddy." Another filly said as the remaining four foals stepped closer. "We--We thought you didn't love us."

"Of course I love you and your mothers! You're my family!" Blue Moon snapped as he got up and walked up to the foals. "It's because I love you I left."

"Now we know, dad," the oldest filly said with a smile.

"Can you stay with us, please?" The other colt asked.

Blue Moon kneeled while his sisters and aunt slowly moved from their seats.

"I can't stay here. This isn't my home anymore, children. My home lays with the Followers of the Grace of the Dragon; our duty is to spread the Teachings of Spike and to purge the world of the depraved caribou and those that act and think like them. Until that task is complete, I cannot return." Blue Moon felt his heart ache when he saw the saddened faces of his children. "But... I think I can stay for a few days with my family if you will have me."

His answer came in the form of six foals tackling him to the ground. Eclipse, Yellow and White soon joined the pile in merriment. Moments later the launched and forgotten cake landed on Blue Moon's head covering entirely.

He licked some of it. "Not bad, children. Though I prefer vanilla. Thank you." Blue Moon said with only his mouth being visible.

Laughter spread across the Moon's Manor that night.

End.

Author's Note

Special thanks to anyone that read this!