It Could Always Be Worse,And It Is

Ok everypony this is where the action kicks in and trust me after this you will be like DAYM I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEW CHAPTER

Moon, Sun and Barb all sat there in the spa just relaxing like there was not a worry in the world.

“Wow, I’ve never felt like this before. Can’t believe I never went to a spa before now.”

“Same here, it is nice.” Moon said sinking into the hot tub.

“So, Barb, Moon, anything else you want to do before we start Moon’s lessons?” Sun asked, cracking various joints all over her body.

“I dunno, I can’t think of anything.” Barb said

“Me either” Moon added

“Hmmmm...Ah! How about a prank? Question is, who should we prank, and what should the prank be? I’m thinking Dusk needs a pranking, what about you?”

“Ok i guess that sounds fun” Moon said

“Alright then. We’re gonna need the master pranksters to help us with this one, seeing as I suck at pranks. We’re gonna need to enlist Blitz and BB.” Sun said with a smirk as they left the spa and started wandering around aimlessly.

“No, I have an idea.” Moon said

“Ok then. Tell us.”

“Well lets put butter on the library floor” Moon said

“Ok, but that’s only a start. We need to build on it.” Sun said.

“Pfft Dusk is going to fall on his flank sounds good to me” Barb said

“True, but he’ll just remove the butter with magic. We need something that he can’t get rid of so easily. Hmmm, how about Poison Joke?” Sun suggested.

“No, that is too easy.” Moon said.

“Ok then, any more suggestions, Moony?”

“Dont call me Moony” Moon said

“Alright then, Little Moon.” Sun replied.

“Stop calling me that stuff my name is Falling Moon just call me Moon” Moon said trying to use the stare on Sun

“Moon, you know the only one who can use that is Butterscotch. Your imitation is ok, but it won’t work on me.” Sun retorted.

“Well you are just a big dum-” Moon was cut off by her own squeal seeing a letter land on her horn “Hey look a letter from Uncle Artemis”

“You need to work on your aim Barb. Anyway, what’s it say?”

“When Artemis sends them, I don’t see it coming.” Barb said

“And you do when Solaris does? That’s kinda weird. But enough about it, what does the letter say?”

“Well he wants to talk to you and Moon, but you more or less.” Barb said

“Alright. When does he want to see us?” I asked.

“Wait, we are going to Canterlot to see my Uncle Artemis?” Moon asked

“I guess so. And if we get time, if you want we can see Solaris too. So, when are we going.”

“He says whenever you are free” Barb replied

“Well, we can see him now, if he wants. We can postpone practice. Looks like you lucked out Moon.” Sun said with a small smile.

“Yay come on lets go now” Moon said jumping around

“Ok, you wanna come with Barb?” Sun asked, charging up her horn.

“No, if I don’t cook, then I don’t think Dusk will survive.” Barb said with a small giggle

“Suit yourself. Hop on my back Moon.” Sun said, her horn reaching maximum power.

“COME ON!” Moon shouted, already running and jumping onto Sun’s back as the spell went off and teleported the two all the way to Canterlot. Or to be more accurate, above it.

“Umm, Moon? You may wanna start flying, and also, pray I don’t hit the ground with a splat!” Sun said, bucking her passenger off as she started falling.

“Wait, what!?” Moon said flapping her wings for dear life,.but after a few seconds they were on the ground unharmed

“Ok, what the hell?” Sun said, confused.

“I got you both” Solaris said

“Thanks Solaris. I owe you one. Or is it two?”

“Daddy, there you are!” Moon said hugging Solaris.

“Ok, I’ll leave you two to have your father-daughter moment, and I’ll go find Artemis.”

“Ok, byebye Sun” Moon shouted as Sun trotted away

“Son? I’m older than you are Moon.” She called back with a laugh before vanishing out of earshot.

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As Rising Sun went to Artemis's chambers she knocked on the door walking in after a second she was thrown on the bed

“HEY WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?” Sun shouted.

“Shh, I need to make sure my brother is not around.” Artemis said

“Why? So he doesn’t hear you doing it with his daughter’s best friend and guardian?” Sun retorted, getting up to leave.

“No, because I know who you are, Stephen.” Artemis stated.

Sun froze mere feet from the door. “H-h-how...”

“I also know Citzen and Umbra brought you both here for a reason they need ‘Moon’ “

“What? They’re the ones responsible for us being here? For us being, well, gender-swapped?” Sun asked, her anger rising.

“Yes, now please calm down” Artemis said

“How am I supposed to calm down, when I might never see my family again, when Damian might never see his own family again, all because of two bastards who tried to kill me in an attempt to kidnap my friend.” Sun retorted.

“The more your anger rises, the more danger you are putting yourself and Damian in.”

“....dammit. Fine.” Sun said, starting to take deep breaths. “Ok. Calm.”

“Thank you. Now, I need to know, did your friend buy or find any jewelry before you came here?” Asked Artemis

“I think...a necklace, maybe?”

“Good now did it have anything on it a moon or something”

“Wait, how’d you know that?” Sun asked nervously.

“Well I kinda guessed. That necklace, where is it?” Artemis asked digging deeper and deeper

“I still have it here.” Sun replied, digging around in her ‘pocket’ and pulling it out.

“Ah good i need to...oh no that is not good”

“What? What’s not good?” Sun asked worriedly.

“Who was with you when you got this?” Artemis asked

“Just Damian as far as I can remember, why?”

“THINK DAMN IT WHO ELSE? YOU COULD BOTH DIE!” Artemis shouted

“I told you I....wait....LUKE!” Sun suddenly shouted.

“Long dark hair with blue eyes”

“The fuck? How’d you know?” Sun asked incredulously.

“Just as I thought. Did you ever see his shadow?” Asked Artemis

“No. I didn’t. We were too wasted to even think straight.” Sun admitted in shame. “Why? What does this have to do with Luke? Is he in trouble or something?”

“He is a part of Umbra”

“....BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Sun said, rolling on the floor in laughter. “That’s a good one. Now seriously, who is he?”

“This is no joke. You are both in danger. Luke was kidnapped when he was little and well Umbra did something to him.” Artemis stated

“What? What do you mean ‘Umbra did something to him’? What did he do?”

“I do not know, but i am sorry for what I did to your friend.”

“What you did? What do you mean? What did you do?”

“I wiped his memory but I can give it back, and we do not know where Luke is.”

“Wait, you took Damian’s memory? Why?”

“You noticed how he was acting different?” Asked Artemis

“Yeah, he forgot who he was. He actually believed he was Falling Moon.” Sun said flatly.

“No remembered, he was crying and too emotional but i will say Falling Moon and Rising Sun are very real”

“I assumed as much. But why are we in their bodies, and where are they now? Are they still here, being forced to watch as we have to live their lives, or were they sent somewhere else too?”

“They were sent to your world in your bodies. I gave them your memories and asked them to act like you. Please, you must forgive me i am sorry” Artemis deadpanned

“Artemis...dammit, I forgive you. But what now? Why did Citzen and Umbra do this in the first place?”

“Well did you ever notice when Damian fought his eyes began to glow red and white?”

“No. I don’t remember ever seeing him fight before.” Sun admitted.

“Here, now hold still, this might burn a little.” Artemis said placing his horn on Rising Sun’s head, showing her memories she had lost.

“AGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Sun screamed, clutching her head as if her life depended on it.

“See now what I mean.”

“Oww, fuck, that hurt. But yes, I saw. How the hell is that possible though?”

“He was blessed by the heavens and the demons.” Artemis said

“Ok...and I’m guessing that makes him this ‘Prophet’ that Citzen and Umbra are after.”

“Yes, with him they can destroy everything.”

“Destroy? Not. Gonna. Happen.”

“When your leg regrew that was him. The power from the heavens.” Artemis stated.

“So I was right. Damian was the one who gave me my leg back. I owe him big time.”

“Yes you do, now I can give him his memories back, if you want.” Artemis said

“I’d appreciate it. Oh, and I have a random question to ask. I made up Knight in my world, and made him Luna’s son in my story-”

“Yes, Rising Knight is real.”

“That wasn’t my question. My question was, is Rising Sun your daughter?”

“Well in a way she was. We took her in as a small filly, and she has been like family to us.” Artemis said

“So, she’s your step-daughter?”

“No, not that either, she was left in the gardens with a knot stabbed into her horn, the poor thing. We took her in though, and gave her a place to stay.”

“I see. So, is there an alternate version of this world where Rising Sun’s backstory i-”

“Yes, but Rising Knight is a pegacorn.” Artemis stated

“Ok. So, what now?”

“Well we need a certain filly to get her memory back”

“Ok, allow me. Which reminds me, how come magic comes so naturally to me?”

“Humans can use magic, it is just hard for some, unlike you and Damian. Think like that one show you both watched..Fullmetal Alchemist, kinda like that or that one movie The Craft” Artemis said

“Ok then.”

“I know it seems strange but then again you are a female” Artemis chuckled out

“Shut up, or I’m gonna start calling you dad in front of everyone. Though, honestly, you do act a lot like my dad.”

“Well, do what you so wish.”

“Ok, you asked for it,” Sun said with a smirk, pouncing on Artemis and wrapping her forelegs around him, “Dad...”

“Uhh I don’t know how to react to this.” Artemis deadpanned

“You’re the one who told me to do as I wished. And you do remind me of my dad.”

“Cleaver one you are.”

“My dad said that too. You know that Damian doesn’t know the truth about my dad, don’t you?”

“No, I do not.”

“Seriously? You know all about us, and you don’t know about my dad?

“That is your personal life which I do not meddle in.” Artemis stated

“Yet you saw fit to take Damian’s memories from him.” Sun retorted.

“I was protecting him.”

“Maybe so, but it still makes you a hypocrite, partially. And as for my dad, he died when I was a kid, a little before I met Damian. The guy he met was my step-dad.”

“Wow, I am so sorry.”

“Yeah, now you see why I acted like that. In a way, it’s sorta like you’re my dad reincarnated or something, you seriously act just like him.”

“Well he must have been a wise man” Artemis said with a smile

“Yes, but it didn’t save him from that knife-wielding maniac who threatened to slit my throat.”