That morning, Luna woke up with a heavy heart. The dream of the orphaned human made her heart sink a bit. Yet, It warmed her heart a bit to know that the human accepted her.

Celestia watched with worried eyes as Luna sat in front of the human family photo. Luna gazed softly at the photo with pained eyes. A man. A woman. And a child who was left behind. "Tia..." Luna mumbles "He's all alone, He has no one" Celestia gives her a quizzical look. "Their dead... His parents... The man and woman in this photo are dead"

Celestia gasps softly with pain filled eyes "How did you find this information" she asks. Luna looks at her shamefully "I may have looked into the human's dreams" She said with a sheepish smile remembering the night she'd spent with the child. Celestia stomped her hooves "LUNA!! That is a breach of privacy" She hissed. Luna nodded knowingly "He was suffering dear sister. The depression. The suicidal thoughts. They plague his young mind just as they did mine long ago..."

Celestia winced as Luna's words ripped open a relatively new wound in her heart. "Luna...I thought that if i sent you to the moon that it would-Save your breath sister!" Luna interupted Celestia with a low hiss. Celestia looked to the ground sorrowfully yet she seemed to glare at the younger alicorn.

Astin walks down from his office in the attic to the living room. The tension was so thick he had to clench his entire body. The royals stood in complete dominance waiting for the other to back down.

"H-H-Hey! You two are family and you need to stick together!" He sputtered out standing in between them. His mind scolded him for standing in between 2 magical ponies that could easily kill him if need be.

"There would be no tension if Luna did not bring up old grudges" Celestia spat. Her voice was harsh yet firm and motherly. "How dare thou talkth about me in that way, insolent whelp!" She snarled in her old Equestrian dialect her ears folding back as she paws the ground ready to charge.

"ENOUGH BOTH OF YOU!!!" Astin bellowed shaking the entire house. Luna and Celestia both sit looking down in shame looking down at the ground as a sign of submission. Astin groaned rubbing his face "Celestia..." He murmured as the white mare perked up in response "Luna..." The blue mare follows the same pattern. All of a sudden, his hand pat them both on the head "Let's be nice. We know that what happened with Nightmare Moon was not anyone's fault and I support talking about the subject in a non-touchy way as it is a sore subject for your sister" He says softly looking back and forth between them. Celestia nodded as Luna looked at the photo thoughtfully.

"What happened to thou"s parents" Luna asks softly gently prodding at the sore subject. The man bit his lip not expecting the random question from the mare. "My parents were murdered" He said in a low voice "I survived in the basement as the murderer stabbed and beat my mother brutally. relentlessly. It felt like-"

(Flashback)

The young Astin woke to a loud banging on the front door. "Mommy" He says softly shaking her sleeping form. "The bad men are back for daddy" He said tears welling in his beautiful golden orbs.

The woman looks to her adorable child and smiles. "Your daddy is strong, Ast. He will handle it" She said yet you could hear the uncertainty in her light voice. The child slides into the bed next to her. "Can you sing me a song" he whispers laying his head on her cushioned chest. She nods pathing his head gently.

"Wandering child of the earth, Do you know just how much you're worth? You have walked this path since your birth You were destined for more"

There was a loud thump from downstairs making her pause yet continue.

"There are those who'll tell you you're wrong. They will try to to silence your song. But right here is where you belong So don't search anymore"

A tear falls down her pale cheeks falling onto the young boy's cheek. The little boy felt comfort in her words as she sung them.

"You are the dawn of a new day that's waking. A masterpiece still in the making. The blue in an ocean of grey. You are right where you need to be. Poised to inspire and to succeed. You'll look back and you'll realize one day"

The boy's gold eyes peer into hers. He takes his hand and wipes the lingering tear making his mother smile.

"In your eyes there is doubt. As you try to figure it out. But that's not what life is about. So have faith there's a way-"
A loud scream echoed through the house followed by crashes of glass and furniture.

"mommy?" The child whimpered as the woman grabbed her son attempting to shove him into the basement. The child held on to her night gown not understanding the urgency. He had never seen his mother so frantic. She rips herself free from her child's grip pushing him away from the basement entrance and covering the entrance with a rug. She then pushed the nightstand over it for extra protection. Her fearful eyes were wide as a rugged looking man stalking into the room.

Soon there was the sound of breaking wood and a scream of pure terror and distress followed. "mommy! Mommy! MOMMY!" the child screamed pounding against the entrance. You could hear the sound of flesh hitting flesh. Her screams gurgled as the sound became louder. Soon after there was silence. Scarlet liquid dripped through the cracks in the entrance. His hand touched th warm liquid in despair.

The child managed to crack open the enterance and what he saw traumatized his soul. His warm loving mother laid in a pool of scarlet as it leaked from her chest and mouth. Her neck snapped in an odd angle as her lifeless eyes stared into his. he did what any kid would do. He screamed.

The authorities came yet the child kept screaming. The child kicked and scream hysterically as the police dragged him away from his mother. "Mommy please don't go" His childlike voice echoed in his mind.

(End of Flashback)

Luna looked at him as grief pooled like water into her eyes. The harsh truth had left both mares feeling empty. Their mouth had dry from shock. "And i never saw my dad's body as it was too brutalized for a 6 year old to bare especially after seeing my mother in...that way" He swallowed the tears as he started shaking.

Soon the feeling of prickly shocks hit him as the taste and smell of rusted metal hit his mouth and nose. The mares watched in horror as the human male fell over shaking violently. His eyes rolling back into his head. "ASTIN! ASTIN!" The two mares cried as his vision faded to black.

Author's Note

Lullaby that the mom sang:
Wanderer's Lullaby- Adrian Figueroa
https/youtu.be/70VlAyEUXYM