Curing the Troll

by AthiyahTA

Hunt for the Cure (Part One)

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The midnight blue alicorn lay sprawling over her messy, tear-wetted bed. Slowly becoming overcome by fatigue, she tried to clear her mind of her troubles. Once she cleared her mind, the only thing she could think of was the cure. She quickly assembled things she needed for a trip to The Palace of The Two Sisters. She continually ticked off her list one by one at lightning speed, trying her best not to think about the situation that happened earlier. However, the thought still lingered in her mind, no matter how hard she tried to force it out.

"No! Stop! Don't! Please! Don't!" she would yell, entangling her mane and pulling it with her hooves whenever her mind would refuse to co-operate with her and not think of the tragedy that happened before. If someone had overheard and seen what she did and said, they would think that their dear princess had gone mad, for not only because of her actions, but the smile that creeped into her face, the smile that would make one get the shivers from the back and up, the smile that would convince anyone that their dear princess was no more. In fact, enough to convince one, that she was someone else. Something else. Wrath itself.

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Luna immediately shook herself free of the slime and grime off her, as she came out of the sewers of Canterlot, that led to the outside world. Outside Equestria. In other words, in the middle of nowhere. Not only that, but but in the middle of the air. Literally. Lucky for her, her large, long and powerful wings helps her cruise along the light of the night, the night of which the moon refused to shine, the night that would be darker than the other nights, a night of sorrow, a night of suffering, a night on which people may ponder,

"Why couldn't the moon be out tonight?"

Luna's face wore nothing but sorrow and regret, not a bit of determination, not a bit of excitement, none that would show any sign of what she was going to do. It was like going on an Indiana Jones Adventure, but without the excitement. Without the joy. Nothing but looking back at the past to see what you had done, what promise you made, and whose heart you broke. But of course, none of that could be seen on the Alicorn's face, as it was masked by the darkness of the night.
The Princess continued to fly, at what seemed like a slow speed to her, was truly half the speed of sound. She flew on, over the dark, elusive Everfree forest.

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"Sister, you don't need to dote on me. I know what to do." lamented Luna, irritated.

"Is that so? Fine, I'll leave you to be. Please be careful. These criminals of yours seem to like breaking the court rules." said Celestia, as she trotted away. However, The look of genuine concern did not leave her face.

Luna quickly trotted over to the Night Court as soon as she could. It was less than a year since the NightMare Moon incident, and she was settling in quite well. She finally felt at home. Though the guards make look at her strangely, though some ponies casted her the evil eye, ones piecing like daggers, as long as her sister felt no remorse for her, as long as she didn't turn into a monster or molester, she felt fine. As the princess of the night spaced out, she didn't seemed to notice the little foal that stood in front of her. That was, until this happened.

"Oi! Oi, princess! What kind of a fair princess are you, if you believe in some wierdos that I killed my parents?" shouted the voice of a little filly. Luna, not knowing where it came from, whipped her head from side to side, trying to locate the source of the noise.

"Oi! I'm down here!" yelled the little filly. Luna finally found the blood-orange pony, and took a step back, shocked to have not felt her magical presence.

"I will stop at nothing to take the lives of those who have done this to me! I will get out of here, and I'll get them, I swear!" shouted the filly unicorn. Luna raised her brows. The filly was hardly half her height, and look very young. Yet, her eyes shone like rubies, filled with determination and justice.

The guards immediately restrained her, and the filly began to struggle out, however the guard’s iron grip prevented her from doing so. Before they could do further more, the taken-aback princess regained her composure.

"Who may this child be?" the princess asked the one of the guards, curious, jabbing a hoof at the filly’s direction.

"A suspect for killing both her parents, m-my dear princess. Strong evidence against her. Her magical aura was all over the murder weapons. Has several motives. Currently residing in the Canterlot Jail." said the guard, who stuttered as he spoke, eyeing the filly wearily, who was still flailing her limbs to get out of the guard’s grip.

"Can the child use magic?" Luna questioned. The guards, stumped by the question, responded with a shrug. Sighing, the princess ordered the filly to perform a certain task.

"Levitate a bit of our hair. Let us see if you can perform magic." asked the princess, using her hoof to gesture to her mane.

"I'm afraid, even if I used magic, I cannot do as such." said the filly unicorn, straightening up, suddenly becoming polite. Luna raised her eyebrow.

"And why is that?" asked the slightly interested alicorn.

"If I read right, the mane of the Princess of the Night represents the many stars and galaxies in this universe. I doubt that any magic user, apart from you, will be able to lift the weight of thousands of galaxies and big exploding balls of Helium and Hydrogen, otherwise known as stars. In other-words, no, I cannot use magic. I was never thought how to." said the unicorn. Luna smiled. That big, bold attitude. Knowing not when to stick up to herself, and when to just flee. Such cheek. Such bravery. Such fearlessness. Yet, such immense knowledge. She seemed almost identical to her bigger sister. The big sister she knew when they where just little fillies.

"State your name." ordered Luna.

"Quillivia Papyrus." said the little filly, seeming downcast, yet not the slightest bit daunted.

Luna knew that her big sister has a personal student. Perhaps...

"Quillivia, eh? Don't worry. I'll help you. You'll be safe. You won't need to stay in here forever. I promise." whispered the midnight blue alicorn to Quillivia's little ears. The unicorn's red eyes broadened. A smile crept into her face. But then, it suddenly disappeared and a look of realization dawned upon her, to be replaced by a frown.

"How am I supposed to do that? I'm still the prime suspect! And I have no lawyer!" exclaimed Quillivia. Luna grinned, knowing exactly what she would do.

"I will be your lawyer." These few words sparked joy into the little unicorn, as she jumped up to hug the alicorn. Asking the guards to stay back, she hugged her back, the lovely sense of joy filling her heart through the warmth of the little filly. Although the filly was unsure of how Luna could get her out of her sentence, she stared into cyan eyes of the night princess and decided that she would trust her.

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"Is that truly how it all began?" asked the sly draconequus, covering his mouth with his lion paw, giving the Princess a mock yawn. Luna frowned, trying to get up from her initial position of her sprawling over the overgrown grass of the Everfree forest. She eyed the floating draconequus in disgust.

"Sure, you can't let yourself out of my dream without throwing me into a big, black hole." the irritated pony said sarcastically, rolling her eyes in annoyance.

"I'm here in draconequus-or should I say, pony, now. You won't need to fall into a dark, bottomless, endless pit ever again. For now at least." cheekily said Discord. Luna was taken aback by what her brother said, ignoring the bad pun remarks.

"You? Here? In pony? How is that-"

"-Possible? How do you think? Trollestia? Molestia? Squabbling ponies? No. The Eight Sin. It set me free. Finally. No more thought projections. Though getting around is a bit more difficult, now. Had to sneak around the garden. Quite a bit of fun, really. Nice dream, though. One of the best GPS tracking dreams I have ever received." said the Draconequus, as he checked out his talons. Luna gave an even more confused expression.

"Too bad, we can't hang out in this wondrous forest. Quite a wreck off a place, really. Come on. An even more wrecked up wreck is less than a kilometre away." said Discord, ignoring Luna's face, as he floated towards the Palace of the Two Sisters.

Luna followed behind her brother, still shocked. Her own brother. In flesh, skin, blood, feathers and scales. A smile crept up on Luna's face, a smile that covered over all her previous sorrow, her pain, and her broken lifelong promise. Her brother was finally free. Finally unchaotic. Finally the 'Dissy' she once knew. Her smile got bigger and brighter, as good memories of them two siblings together filled her with joy. But of course, those feelings of joy were only to be broken by the horrendous, painful memories of The Palace of the Two Sisters, which stood in front of the Pony and Draconequus in its wrecked, mossy, crumbling, yet towering state.

"You ready, Miss. Blue Clumsy-I mean, Smarty Pants?" asked Discord, seemingly slightly excited. Discord turned to the dark blue alicorn, waiting for her response. Luna took a deep breath and sighed. The abandoned royal pharmacy. Of course. The cause of one of Trollestia's persona started around there.

"So, what are we in for?" said Luna, filling her mind with determination, courage, a newfound will to go on, to fight. She did not give this all up for nothing. And she was going to get the cure once and for all, no matter what, even if it may kill her. For Celestia. For her. For Quillivia.


Author's Note

Bam. Looks like we got a three parter-maybe four, up in here! Wanna see your lovely Luna getting physical? Well then, just favourite the page as you wait for the next chapter!

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