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Drama Dragons!

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Chapter 15 - (Rewrite)

“This is so exciting! I can’t remember the last time I was able to go and do something on my own like this! Even after returning to my true form I’ve had to limit myself so I don’t outpace my own guards.” Celestia laughs as she flys about in the air like a hatchling that only just learned to use her wings. Quick dives and sharp turns are nothing for her as she screams out in joy when quite literally flying circles around me and destroying any chance of me using the thermals to glide lazily. A single traitorous part of me wants to join her, to flit about like a hatchling in the sky and burst through the thermals just like her. That part of me is quickly muzzled and thrown into a deep corner of my mind under lock and key.

“You do know where we are going though right?” Sólestia comes out of her latest dive and after sharply looping around me levels off at my side. Though she is still absolutely beaming and giddy with excitement she manages to take a moment to catch her breath and clear her throat before addressing me.

“Yes Fenrir I do. Thankfully it is quite easy to follow the natural path of the Horned River all of the way down to the southern coast. So long as we have the river in sight we are going the right way.” I only give a small hum in response.

“You said this would be about a two day journey right? Will we be stopping on the mainland to rest before we travel over the ocean?” Sólestia… No, Celestia…

“Are you alright Fenrir?” I reel back slightly from how close Celesia had gotten when I wasn’t looking. A soft blush even making its way onto my muzzle thanks to the embarrassment.

“Yes… I just keep getting your name wrong.” Celestia is quiet for a moment before she pumps her wings hard and flips herself over top of me and levels out again on my other side. I struggle not to try and evade her on instinct and only just barely stop myself from lashing out at her. I’m not sure if she noticed my struggle or not, but even if she did she let herself drift closer to me until the tips of our wings were almost touching. The thermals finally restabilizing the air current now that Sólestia had stopped playing.

“Well now you have me curious, what do you call me now? I have to be honest though, if it is anything less insulting than when you called me a Hóra Völva I’m actually going to be disappointed in you.” I laugh. I genuinely laugh and almost falter in my flight as Celestia just giggles.

“No, no… You are still both a Hóra and a Völva, but it wasn’t an insult this time. I keep calling you Sólestia.” Celestia snorts a puff of smoke and smiles.

“That's actually kind of cute.” Cute?! How? Why!

“The fuck do you mean by cute!?” My growls do little more than make that stupid purple bitch laugh louder.

“Oh don’t be like that, just because I think it’s cute doesn’t mean it’s a slight against you. Sól Logí is just as much my name as Celestia, though Celestia is far less formal.” I grunt and snort a cloud of frost.

“Well at least your real name has meaning… The ponies you rule over wouldn’t find the name Sun Fire to be different from their own naming habits. Why not use that instead?” Celestia roll’s her eyes before pumping her wings and rolling over the top of me again. Leveling out once more she blows a cloud of smoke in my face.

“Many reasons honestly. Besides, my little ponies had enough of a hard time coming to grips that I wasn't a real Alicorn. I can only imagine how they'd handle me changing my name back.” I roll my eyes and speak as mockingly as possible.

“Oh no~ The god like being that I owe my entire meager existence to did something I don't like! I'm going piss myself and cry now!” Throughout my act Celestia keeps a very straight and bored expression. Only the smallest of frowns visible at The end.

“Are you done?” I huff and flick my tail in annoyance.

“You know I'm right Logí.” Sólestia growls and hits me in the back of the head with a wing. I growl back but hold myself from hitting her in turn. Even though Spike isn't here I do not think he'd take Kindly to me attacking his mother. Worse is I know he won't take ‘she started it’ as a valid reason a third time.

“Luna and I have guided the ponies from the shadows for over a thousand years and directly as their leaders a thousand more. They may not be the Asir of old, but they are descended from them. As the last of the old races It is our duty to guide and protect all those who come after us. You're part of that too an -”

“Oh by the ancestors not this again, we're not doing this. There is no way we wouldn't try and kill each other if you're bringing this topic out only a little after our journey started. For Spikes sake change the subject.” Celestia growls but reluctantly pulls away and sighs. Her wings drooping ever so slightly and making her sink down until she flapped again to level out. Though I move very little I keep her in the corner of my eye in case she decides to hit me again.

“Alright um… Oh! Why don’t we do a back and forth! I ask a question and then you ask me one. Luna and I used to do this all of the time when we were younger. It can be a lot of fun, especially when we ask more raunchy questions.~” Bursting with energy again, Celestia pumps her wings and pulls ahead of me and then flips onto her back. A large smirk plastered across her muzzle as she rested her chin on her cream colored chest and lightly flicked her tail tip at my snout. An act that inadvertently made it hard not to look at her.

“Seriously?” Their smirk turns into a wide smile as they nod their head.

“Yes seriously. I’ll even let you go first and promise to answer everything honestly.” I glare at Celestia, but can’t help but have my interest now peaked.

“How can I be sure that you will be honest?” Rolling her eyes Celestia lights up her horns in a quick flash of magic and mana. Not a moment later a gold shimmer settles over both of us and makes my scales tingle.

“A Fae truth spell. As the Fae are often seen as the master of lies the truth is something that is sacred to them. So much so that they designed a spell specifically to identify lies. If either of us were to lie while the spell is active we would light up with my mana’s colors. In other words if we lie we glow yellow.” I bare my teeth and growl very softly with narrowed eyes.

“If you cast another spell on me without my permission, let alone without telling me first, I will hurt you.” Celestia’s eyes go wide and she laughs very nervously.

“You see if you were lying you’d have… Glowed yellow…” I snort a puff of frost that quickly disappears behind me as I adjust my wings so that I fly beside Celestia rather than directly behind her. That was genuine fear… Maybe I can use this little ‘game’ of hers to my advantage.

“Alright Celestia I’ll play, but if I ask a question you have to answer. I even promise to answer your questions to be fair.” When my scales do not glow Celetia flips back over and nods her head.

“I guess I can agree to that.” I flick my tail.

“Good. So why don’t you tell me why you’ve been so determined to change me back into who you used to know? Why have you fought so hard to make me into someone I have no memory of being other than what has been put into my head by your sister?” Let’s see you answer that you hór -

“I made you a promise and I intend to keep it.”