Race Against Time

Chapter 1

“Lunar!” my mom calls, “Get your stuff ready for school!” You see, my dad died when I was just three. I never really got to do anything though because he was always working at Cloudsdale. By the time he came home, I would already be in bed. So I prayed for the end of school. Not only for summer, but so that my dad could come home. But anyways, he died on his way to work one morning. He was flying just fine, but then a group of delinquents startled him and his wings locked up, about 500 feet in the air. He was unable to regain himself, and was dead upon impact. So now I am six and I only have my mother and older brother as a family. I just wish I had gotten to spend more time with my dad. I go to the local school here in Ponyville. I’ve never left except to go to Canterlot with my dad on official business, or to go to the Everfree Forest for a good walk. I am the only one in my class without a cutie mark, but I will change that eventually. My best friend, Fisher, has had his cutie mark since he was four. He is a Unicorn pony and used his magic to free his little brother from a fissure that appeared under him, and he got his cutie mark. His special talent is pony rescue. I am a Pegasus pony, and am currently working on my flying. I can go pretty far, but not too high. With the help of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, I will become the best flier in all of Equestria, maybe even join the Wonderbolts like Rainbow Dash. For now I will stick to the basics.

-----------------------------------------15 years later--------------------------------------------------

Things for Lunar Divide have been going well, but he decides to take it a step further. He thinks he has what it takes to be the official watch over the night. So he makes the journey to Canterlot. After the long, long time it took him to get there, he decides to find a place to stay for the night. Being a friend of Twilight, he got her to ask Shining Armor if I could stay with him a Cadance for a few days until he got it settled. So after the moon had set and the sun had come out, Lunar set out for the royal castle to talk with Celestia and Luna. So as he came to the guards, he showed them the royal pardon he had obtained from Shining Armor, and went inside. He walked straight to the royal study where Luna and Celestia were talking. “Greetings your majesty.” Lunar said as he entered the room. “And you must be Lunar. Hello, I am Princess Celestia,” said the goddess of the sun, “And I am Luna. I have heard that you would like to try to take my job. Why do you wish this?” The blue Alicorn asked him. “Because I have always been fascinated with the night. Also, I think this will give me my cutie mark, given I have not obtained it.” This intrigued the Luna. “Well then, I know what to do. You come from Ponyville, right?” She asked. “Yes.” Lunar replied. “Well then, you can work on the night watch there. You will be the first in over 50 years to be one. But just one thing, only Alicorns have done this. So allow me to use my magic to help you out.” As Luna aimed her horn at him it began to glow, causing his body to be lifted in to the air. He was then wrapped up by a curtain of magic. After 5 minutes of this he was finally released, as an Alicorn. After a short talk with Luna, he learned about the magic he now held. As he returned to Ponyville later that day, he announced what had happened. Everyone in the town was happy for him, especially his wife, Scootaloo. As the night approached he went to the perch at the top of the town hall. As the moon was raised high in the sky, he could feel a sudden tingle in his hips. He looked backed and noticed that he now had his cutie mark. “Finally! After 21 years of searching, I finally got my cutie mark!” He obtained what his heart desired most that night. Finally feeling at home, he continued to protect Ponyville from the night. But this job wasn’t all as easy as it seemed, because there are good and bad days. It just so happens that one of the bad days occurred during one of his night shifts. A dragon had awakened from slumber just outside of Ponyville. Since it was his job, Lunar had to take care of it. Using his magical horn given to him by Luna back at the Canterlot royal castle, he soothed the dragon to sleep. He then used his wings to fly it far, far away from Ponyville. But during the journey, he noticed that the dragon awoke once again. He was mid flight though, so he knew he would have stop in the near by forest. It turned out that the dragon didn’t much like flying. So Lunar knew he was going to have an even harder time trying to get the dragon there on hoof, but he would have to as not to harm himself. So using his mystical spell to lift the dragon up he began his long journey to find a suitable cave for this certain dragon. After fifteen long hours, he finally made it to a cave but realized, dragons can’t have a cave without a hoard. He had learned this from Twilight’s number one assistant Spike. Given he was a dragon, he knew quite a lot about them. So Lunar and the dragon set out once more to find some gems, gold, and other riches. Not long after the sun had come up, and was now beaming down with it’s bright light. After about another three hours of searching, he finally found a cave, unoccupied, and began to harvest the minerals and gems. He snuck a few into his saddle bag so that he could give them to Rarity. After he had gotten the dragon settled in, he could finally rest. Such work was hard, but he loved his job. And from then on out, Lunar Divide became a legend among Ponyville residents. They now know him as, “The Crimson Tide that protects our fair town.” With such loving people, why would he want to leave?