CHAPTER 7: Dreams of a new Dawn

I sat down in the room that was both my office and bedroom as I started paperwork that like any nation was required. I had apparently lost track of time because when I heard a knocking I noticed that it was now 4 pm.

"Come in" I said to who I shortly found out to be Chrystia. "Ah I hope there is no bad news"

"No no there is no news I just came here to ask a more personal question" she said in her usual shy tone.

"Oh well go ahead and ask away."

"W..well I was wondering if you had your eyes on anyone?" she said as she looked down at her fiddling only taking a moment every now and then to look up at me.

"In what context?"

"r..r..romantically." she said a nearly inaudible whisper

"Well I a mean between the magical training and the general nation building I have been doing I haven't even thought of that so I would say that no one really, why?"

"No reason, oh but look at the time I really do have to go!" she said before quickly leaving the room leaving me sitting there confused, but eventually I shrugged it off and continued with the workload until eventually I heard another knock at my door in which I repeated the same thing that I had said to the last interruption. I soon saw that this time it was one of the many military messengers.

"Sir we have a report on the development of the battles." the male griffin said with a salute in which I grabbed the piece of paper and saluted him back.

To Prime Minister Smith STOP

At 1825 hours allied forces have captured all points STOP

Gathering at point ALPHA STOP

Request to have a support meeting and personal inspection of point ALPHA at 1300 tomorrow STOP

It took a little bit for me to process the information that was on the paper but eventually I looked back up to the messenger. "Tell them that I agree to all and good job on the quick completion of the mission." I said to the messenger in which he nodded, saluted once more, and left the quarters that made up my office. I eventually decided to order my self a meal and smoke a cigarette while I wait. As I smoked I thought with pride on how speedily everything was coming along but with like glass of cold ice water I thought on how the threat to the south was ever looming and that it could as quickly destroy everything that we have built towards, but the wild typhoon that was my mind was interrupted by the sound of knocking once more. I quickly told them the same thing that I had repeated two times before, put out my cigarette, and enjoyed the simple but filling meal while I continued on the paperwork that seemed endless. Like last time I had once again lost myself completely in the paperwork but this time when I had looked to the clock it was only 9:30 pm so I decided that I had done enough for today and let myself go to bed.

I didn't even notice the change as when I next found myself aware of my surroundings I was swimming in the old pond that had been near my old childhood home. I then realized in the next moment that I was dreaming but the sudden voice that soon followed only cemented that claim.

"Ah the simple pleasure of swimming is one I wish I could embrace in more often." A voice I soon recognized as Luna piped up from behind me which surprised me for I haven't seen her in nearly two weeks. "Although what is the meaning of the tattoo's on your back?" I turned around to face her with a questioning face, I then climbed out of the pond, and summoned a handheld mirror. I soon saw that there were was indeed a tattoo and that it was 13 orange feathers with all of them except the thirteenth being filled in.

"I don't really know why they are there." I had said but I had a sneaking dread that the tattoo was in fact in relation to why I had somehow returned after dying.

"Oh well if you truly do not know why the art upon your back is there then let us talk of another subject, but one that brings me and I hope you no merriment. It is about my sister and more importantly of her defenses. I know that she has a system that while not perfect in its complete control, leaves the common populace in a state of mindlessness that allows to take everything that Celestia says as always having been. This magic is being upheld by 15 towers that are scattered across the land and 6 pony's Celestia dubs the elements of harmony that represent aspects of "friendship and harmony" but only one pony I know that actually represent her element is loyalty but if she knows how accursed this system is or not I do not know. The good news is that the tower aspect of this defense is relativity easy to destroy as if one is disabled then it results in a feedback loop the disables all of the towers. The bad news is that I do not know how the pony's play into this system."

"Well that is certainty is useful to know but what I am asking myself is, what is the strength of her military?"

"From what I have seen it is relatively weak."

"Well that is good to hear."

"But the bulk of her defenses is focused on the two spy agencies she has set up which is S.M.I.L.E and the ESS. S.M.I.L.E is what she use's to control magical anomaly's that threaten her control over the state. The ESS controls what happens to any members of the populace that either don't or are unable to be influenced by the Harmony system, threaten the status quo of equestria via industrialization or innovation, and those who whether by accident or by purpose put the towers into danger."

"Oh well that seems like it would be a true hassle but I have been hearing a rumor about how you and your sister can control the heavenly bodies, that you turned evil and try to create an eternal night, and that you were banished to the moon is there any truth to those or is it all hearsay."

"No we do not control the heavens that is a lie told by Celestia to further her control, it is more along the lines of we gain power from the sun in my sisters case and the moon and my case. We gain this power when the said heavenly bodies are in line of sight so I recommended if you ever do fight Celestia face to face to do it at night. On your second and third question the truth is that I was sealed on the moon but I cannot, even in my dream walker form you see now cannot quite remember anything before being sent to the moon. Well not necessarily everything but it is like a murky pond that sometimes a memory resurfaces but it is all jumbled and conf----" she suddenly stops as she looks up at the sky. "We will continue this discussion on a later date for I feel someone trying awake me." And as sudden as she had appeared she disappeared from my dream. I stood there concerned but since I did not know how to force my self awake I just shrugged my shoulders and continued to reflect on the nostalgia.

3rd person POV, Canterlot Luna room

Celestia stood at the door to her sisters room as she knocked but she did not wait for a answer as she barged into Luna's room without hesitation. Celestia soon saw that her sister was still deep in slumber

"lulu wake up." Celestia shook Luna as she said that and eventually her sisters eyes fluttered open "Did you have a good dream"

"W.. w .. we believe that we t'was dream walking again but like all time before ta memory continues to evade us." Luna said in dazed way that could imply tiredness but was how she talked any time she was awake.

"So you say, so you say." Celestia said with a tone of voice that implied that she did not believe her sister but she chose anyways to continue on. "Well anyway it is time to reinstate your vow's"

"Yes tia." Luna said as she slowly got up and followed her sister without a second thought. The siblings soon made their way to a room that didn't look at all out of place. Luckily for Celestia she applied a sound dampening spell for it was not there then the sounds of Luna's anguish and pain would have been heard for miles around. While that was happening the being that made up Luna's subconscious and the one who David had talked to tried her best to protect what little of Luna's mind that remained free from Celestia's all corrupting control, but what helped her was defend against the unrelenting force was the

Dreams of a new Dawn

Author's Note

oh buy its been a while lets hope that this does not become the status quo but here's the song of this chapter