A guard in gold-plated armor yawned, stumbling a bit as he stood. Eyes increasingly becoming more bleary, he leaned to his staff that had been planted to the ground. Turning his head he looked at his partner who wasn't in much better shape. "It's three days since we've been enlisted onto this mission and I'm still not understanding why."

"Then it's great I'm here to relieve you of your duties" The voice ran chills along their spines as they turned around to see the most feared pony in the ranks.

"M-Ms. Sparkle! We are still on duty." The young stallion gulped at what he knew was coming next and how much Twilight would savor the feeling.

With a smug smile and a shine from the high moon, the purple shimmered in her pupils as she opened her mouth. "Well, I have been told to tell you and your platoon to return to the training ground. Shinning Armor had some very apt wording to hearing about how well you've been faring without your nocturnal potions." The guards winced.

"V-very well, we will pick up our belongings and move to the chariot." As he finished he gave out a whistle before trudging through the forest with a sullen look.

"While I am disappointed by how our troops are faring with such reliance on the Moon Walkers, I must say I enjoy these small shocks on their faces. Twilight turned to meet the voice.

"Princess Luna, I thought I was to take control of the site," Twilight said as she bowed her head and bent her hooves to lower herself.

Luna nodded her head to let Twilight stand. "I had intended that originally but something has taken priority and I wish to speak to you of it."

Twilight nodded before hesitating with moving her mouth. "Is Shimmer joining us?"

Luna smiled, "No, it will be just us for tonight."

Twilight sighed in relief, "Thank you, your majesty." Luna gave a hum of acknowledgment before walking forward, Twilight following behind.

Roots, vines, and rigid rocks were found aplenty. The air was humid and wet, trees were rare, the land was barren of livestock, and clouds above swirled around the area with crackles of lightning vibrating and echoing the land.

Rock and stone were the only paths they followed. Luna's horn glowed before dimming, turning to her right side she found Twilight was preoccupied with a book of leather with a strap open. Knowing Twilight Luna assumed that she was no doubt taking in the area in detail as a feather scribbled away at the pages.

Luna looked back forward but opted to speak first. "Twilight." The mention of her name caused said pony to whip her head to Luna.

"Yes, Princess Luna?"

"Tell me what you know of this land."

Twilight looked around from the cracks of stones to the swirling cloud formation. "This land is known for now as Icarus, Its surface level is mainly consisted of metamorphic rock indicating some kind of extreme heat had occurred on the surface. Sedimentary is also found which is extremely concerning as they should be found deep within Equess. Most rocks can date back to thirty thousand years ago. Fulgurite can also be found in hundreds around the area. Making it concrete of the desert this area was, many signs show this area had suffered some kind event to cause the land to be like this."

"And?"

Twilight paused as she furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. A few seconds passed before Luna asked once more. "And?"

Twilight flipped through pages of the journal, "And... I uh-"

"It is not within the mission report, Sparkle."

Twilight tore her head from the book in bewilderment. "What?"

Luna chuckled. "In confusing times, common knowledge is not always helpful, which is why you must look further out. Tell me what you know of the whispers."

"What?"

"The religious group, The Whispers, tell me what you know about them."

Twilight was skeptical but played along. "The religion Whispers are devout followers of two deities, the icon of harmony and Harmony herself. This religion believes that Harmony herself had sent down a follower of her to rebuild the world after the original gods had become tainted and spread their sin across the lands. This thus led to the icon of harmony slaying them down and creating Equess anew." Twilight bit her tongue before saying something out of line.

Luna raised an eyebrow at the sudden stop, "Why the abrupt halt my student?"

Twilight shied away from running her mouth.

"You have my permission to speak freely, Twilight."

Twilight rolled her jaw."It's just, I don't understand how a cult based around a fake history has anything to do with this."

Luna only shook her head, "It is not our place to say their beliefs are wrong, we have spoken about this before."

Twilight huffed. "But IF it's all made up shouldn't we clear the air on that? Not let ponies continue to believe in a way of thinking passed on from their elders? I mean believing in harmony is one thing, but thinking SHE alone decided to wipe out a civilization already made? Doesn't that taint what she is IF she was sentient? Why would she send one messenger of her laws? Why do ponies even believe in outrageous tall tales of a merciful god that slayed its kind!"

"There are many questions to their beliefs but that is not what we are here to do, we are here to-"

"Bring the world to a tighter ring of friendship." Twilight droned on.

Luna shook her head. "I suppose my sister has given you enough of that motto."

"And her star pupil, Sunset Shimmer."

Luna cleared her throat. "The point being, the reason I mention them is that one key point of their history is important to this discovery."

It only took a couple of steps before Luna stopped at their destination. Twilight slowly looked up in awe. Two massive doors of rusted iron,

"Do these doors remind you of anything from their stories?"

"T-the Eye Of Tartarus...They believe this ground to be part of a great battle that was related to the icon of harmony and a sinful god. They believe it is also connected to the sealing of a dangerous entity known as Discord."

Twilight was completely dumbstruck, "T-this shouldn't be here! I mean the icon of harmony isn't-"

Luna cut her off, "Compose yourself, my student. This is nothing more than a large door at the moment."

"I- we- what?!"

"The reason I brought up their story was that it had significant relevance to this location." Luna turned to Twilight with a solemn look. "There is something you must understand about history, lives, and tales will be re-written, re-told, and burnt. Fables could be stretched truths and written facts could be loose lies. The reason I requested for you to be here and take control was to show you something very important about history. The weight of tales and what they hold, not whether they are true but what truth they have within them."

"I- I think understand," Twilight turned to face the enormous doors. "Just because this exists doesn't mean all of it did."

Luna hummed in confirmation, "I will leaving today and in my absence," she moved a wing to hold Twilight in a small embrace. "I wish for you to be the complete overseer of this project. It holds monumental weight, the kind that could redefine our perception of history and magic in which the likes we've never seen before since Starswirl!" Luna held a giant smile whilst Twilight puffed her chest in pride. Twilight turned her head to see Luna's wide grin, "Thank you, princess, I will not let you down."

Luna lifted her wing away and turned to the path they walked upon, speaking as she walked away. "I know you won't, keep me updated on any discoveries, even if they may be a day or three late."

Author's Note

Sorry for the small chapter but atleast I got this out! So that's atleast worth like three brownie points right? Well anyway you get more lore about this world.

See you soon!