Dragoon Legacy - The Rising Silence

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The first rays of sun filled the room with a welcoming morning light. I looked through the windows and saw the same weather that it had been for the last few days, sunny and cloudless. Three nights had passed quicker than I could ever want. And each single night was different in so many ways.
The first, I found a drunken and playful princess. The second, a somewhat emotional alicorn and the third, just a sweet simple mare, just like she said.

I found myself starring at the celling then, after realizing this, my eyes lay on her. I could feel her, moving her head on my chest while she cuddled. If it wasn’t for that horn in the way I guess I could give her a kiss without she even dream of it but if I try to move I will surely wake her.

Without that tiara and necklace she really just seems just a normal alicorn… ok that sounded stupid… but even so, with her head laying there she seemed so… peaceful.

I wondered how she end up lying on her side with her head resting on top of me, last time I recall she was still fully on top of me and I didn’t feel her moving… well, I guess I was pretty tired… last night she was pretty insatiable. Eheheh!

“Room service” somepony entered the room. Guess this mean breakfast is ready.
Moments later I heard that pony leave the room. Hmmm what if somepony found her princess in the arms of a ‘dragon’, what would happen then?

I kept staring to the celling, while I stroke her mane. Softly so I wouldn’t wake her. I knew this was our last day together but she looked so… lovely. O…kay… now I sound too cheesy.
My little mind conflict was ended when I heard her soft morning voice… just with a hint of grudgingness

“M-morning… *yam*” she had such a nice smile, and those eyes that were still half open seemed to give her some sort of innocence look.

“Morning! Sleep well?” I asked her, probably with a smile in my face. it felt weird having my armor plates all folded for such long periods of time. In a way i felt naked but i guess its more than natural to be like this on a bed

“Hum humm!” she placed a small kiss on my cheek, and rested her head again in my chest. I kept petting her mane while she cuddled closer to me. This really felt like paradise, being here with her, under the sheets.
Her voice, once again, made me snap from my daydream

“Are you… hungry?” oh boy! This question! Eheheh! Yesterday it lead to something more than eating but she also had a hint of slyness on her voice and today was just asking out of laziness.

“hmm just a bit, I guess!”

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The breakfast ended without a word between us. While we ate, we looked everywhere but to each other. Yup, we knew what was in store for us after this last meal together. Separate ways…

“Sirus?” her voice was of uncertainty

“Hmm?” after being quite for about an hour it was all I could get out of my voice.

“Could we talk a bit before… you…” I had to cut her there

“Sure! What you wanna talk about?” I tried my best to sound cheerful… I didn’t impress her or myself

“I wanted to at least say… no… I need to say that…” her voice was so lost “that… this was something special and important to me…” I was a bit confused by this, what did she meant by that? “I mean… I never…....” oh GOD! Was she a... but she didn’t show any signs of pain in the first time “what am I trying to say is that I will never forget you… even if we go to separate ways…”

“Hmm… Celly?” great! Now I had to slip her nickname. Thankfully it was a whisper.

“I don’t wish this but you must understand… my duties…” yeah the duties huh? “and… I will be here forever… it’s already hard as things are now… but please” this one almost made me laugh, if only she knew… “Please don’t hate me…”I couldn’t hold a small chuckle.

“Errh! Sorry about that!” I had to control myself “Don’t be so hard on yourself. I know you have to go to your royal business and if you ask me, I am not cut to those things” at least not anymore “so I guess in the end, we both knew what was in reserved for us right?” … at that time I didn’t think it would be so hard… and right now it felt so bad saying these things

“Y-ye-s” it was a faint whisper.

For the longest five minutes of my existence we stood there, just like statues, barely blinking. I really couldn’t mix up with her… not because I didn’t enjoy being with her but… royalty? Seriously… no! But was I going to leave her just like that? C’mon Sirus you are better than that. Then again, what about your promise? But what about what you took from her? I mean even if she is eternal that’s something you only lose one time… right? Ugh my head…

“Celly?” and again her pet name went flying… bad Sirus! Too cheesy!

“Yes?”

“I know we agreed to part ways when your vacations ended” I was getting a bit nervous “ but at that time…” ok think! Don’t be too full on frontal assault! “I think we didn’t know what we were getting into it, right?” great Sirus… just prolong your suffering “I mean… erh… this isn’t really what you want?” perfect! You just pointed a gun at her head! Next time why don’t you point your artillery at her and ask her to marry you? “Wait… erh…” I heard her giggle

“Aren’t you adorable when you get all nervous!” at least she was smiling now. That gave me a little reassurance

“I mean… I could always return to my sky… if she wanted to” I think I just earned myself a new meaning of being frontal

“Is it me or are you asking me to be yours?” I could tell she was enjoying this. Since the last two times she was on this exact position with me all acting all brave and macho…

“hmmm… yeah…” well there wasn’t no turning back now. I felt her grabbing my face and pulled to a deep kiss. After a moment she broke the kiss and stared at me

“Is that good for an answer?” her voice was warm now. No hint of sadness

“It depends on what that means”

“It means I want that back later” she winced at me. The air around seemed to gain its former glory

“Later?”

“Yes. I still have some time till my vacations are over”

“Oh!” I think now I get it. She pulled out a scroll

“My sister wants me to spend more time out that I initial planned. She already set up a two week vacation”

“So this means we still have two weeks to spend together?”

“Not quite!” something tells me that this isn’t going to end like I wished “You see, before we crossed paths the second time, I sent a letter to my faithful student to invite her to a trip with me and her friends. It’s the least I can do after so much she has done so far”

“So what? You’re going to spend time with them but that doesn’t mean you busy all the time”

“That’s not entirely true but I want to spent time with them just like a normal mare, not like a princess”

“I think I am not following completely”

“It means that if you want to be around you need to be… disguised”

“Disguised? What you mean?”

“You need to be something more natural around us”

“Natural?” why I get the funny feeling that I sound slow and dumb

“Yes natural! Something that doesn’t attract too much attention”

“Attention?” ok now I am sure I am being dumb but I don’t get it

“Sirus. It means if you want to be with me you need to transform yourself to something more natural”

“oh… OH!” now I got it!

“Now that you seem to fully understand, you still want to come?”

“Sure, why not!”

“Ok! Choose one: Pegasus or Unicorn?”

“Pegasus or Unicorn?”

“Yes which one you would like to turn into?”

“Hold on a sec! You’re saying that for me to be near you I need to turn myself into a pony?” I couldn’t process me… becoming one of those… things!

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After a long exhaustive conversation I finally understood what she meant by those choices. She somehow knew that I could use magic and thank god she didn’t go asking why a dragon would know that. So she gave me to choose what I would like to use during her vacation. Magic or flight. Magic I can live well without it but not without my wings so I choose to become those little guys that I loved so much to blast away. A Pegasus…

Opening up my eyes, I saw all things around increased in size and when I looked at her I almost broke my neck. She was huge!

“I-is t-that you Ce-lestia?” I was shocked

“Now aren’t you adorable!” she had a funny look on her face. A look that one does when sees a new pet… I was already regretting playing along with this

“Can you please turn me back to normal now? We aren’t there yet!” I wasn’t very fond of this, especially with that funny look on her face

“Don’t be like that! You look so cute now” I looked at myself. The difference between me and those guards of her was just the swap in colors. My coat was blue and I had silver white mane. Also my body build didn’t seem bulky like those guards meaning I was just your regular average looking flying pony A.K.A. a Pegasus…

“Cute or not just… ugh… can we go already?” I officially regretted my decision.

“I am sorry, first I have to arrange a few things back at Canterlot. I will probably take a whole day with them so in the meanwhile…” she gave me a bag with what it looked like golden sugar cubes “you have to imbue this with magic so you can transform between your main form and the pony one. You still remember the incantation?” how could I forget what it turned me into this… THIS!!! I took the bag and place in my saddle. Hmm I wonder were this came from… meh, magic.

“Does this means I have a free day ahead of me?”

“Day and night, since I will most likely spend my night in Canterlot!”

“Oh I see, to get proper rest?” I had to say that, already a grin forming on my face

“Yes proper re-est!“ yup she was blushing after realizing it, even being so mighty and tall doesn’t mean I can’t hit you hard baby… hmm that sounded something I said yesterday while she was doing…… nevermind

“Now, look who looks adorable!” revenge is sweet, but short lived. When those purple orbs gaze upon me I felt my spine freeze, I know she wouldn’t do anything bad to me but… she was huge! I cleaned my throat “ahem… so… where will we gather tomorrow?” this question seemed to lighten her up

“Take this with you” it was a small red medallion “keep it and tomorrow morning I will channel my magic onto it and teleport you” I was still looking to that medallion when I remembered that I had given something similar to her in a form of a stone. If she still has it, I think tonight she won’t have a proper sleep either. Eheheh!

“I have one more question.” I had something going on in my mind

“Yes?”

“You told me we were going to spend these vacations with your faithful student and her friends right?”

“Why yes! They are a very lively group of mares! You will sure enjoy their company.”

“Wait! You said mares, meaning every single one of the group is female?”

“Yes that’s correct.”

“So you mean I am going to spend two weeks, 24/7 with girls only????” I could almost imagine the things… shopping, dressing, manicure and HOLY SH*T… I didn’t want to think more about it.

“Is there a problem?” I guess she found out that when she looked to my face

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I was already in the skies, with my main form, taking flight back home, so I wouldn’t draw attention using any kind of magic. I was still recovering from that part that I was the only guy in the middle of a group of unknown females to me. I could only imagine the worst possible combination: an energetic one that wouldn’t shut her mouth and had to party all day long; a tomboyish girl that showed herself a lot but crumbled under pressure; a snobbish wanna be artist with more make up than winter cover; a workaholic, funny accented old timer one; a shy one with some weird affection with animals; and last but not the least the geek one! Yeah, no perfect group is completed without the nerdy one!

But then again what are the chances of that happening? I mean it’s too weird for that happen right? … I couldn’t help but to have that funny feeling… two weeks with a group like that?... I think I would call Celestia crazy for having such bunch to go along in a vacation.

Yeah I promised the moment I saw a group like that I will look into her eyes and call her something out of the blue.

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I felt some magic rising… It was him. Finally! Lazy bastard, always sleeping ‘just five more minutes’ huh? Next time he should say ‘just a thousand years more’… at least now he could sleep two more weeks. Guess tonight I can’t go give Celly a proper night.

And speaking of her… I hoped my brother have forgotten about that little fight between the sisters… never saw him worked up so much for a female, since he could have whatever mare he wanted…

I knew he did this little magic to turn himself into one of those ponies, going around like a Casa Nova doing his own business leaving me to clean up his mess.

It was my fault to read a book about some creatures called vampires… not that he was interested in blood, but let’s say he perked up when he listen to those parts were the vampires lured their victims with their charm and power… all that mystic mambo jambo seemed to give him a lot of ideas of how to use his powers for his own profit…

But strangely enough, that case of the sisters made him really mad by some sort of reason… I mean if he wanted Princess Luna, why he didn’t do that magic of his and did business…

Not to mention Celestia had a valid point in doing what she did… well to a certain extent she had… I think a thousand years is a bit harsh but I am not the ruler here.

I went through the skies trying to get high enough to see the stars. I had to go get him before he goes to sleep for ‘five more minutes’. And if that airhead had already forgot about that sister’s issue, I could drag his bottom with me to that vacation… i mean he would have six mares to fool around with if he got lucky... and speaking of lucky, thank god he doesn’t like one bit of Celestia in that sense or I think I would had to exile his sorry ass!

Then again I thought it was better not to take him… for safe keeping…

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“Wake up you lazy bum” damn why does he love to sleep deprived of air and warmth? If it wasn’t for magic I wonder how would I talk to him… probably punch him or something

“Zzz.. err.. wha?... just… Zzz… five more… Zzzzzz” he had some ice formed around his body that cracked when he moved.

“You said that a thousand years before…” I was a bit annoyed knowing full well that it wasn’t the first time he left me alone lurking around Equestria for such long periods of time

“Zzzz but… Zzzz… just more…zzz… two… Zzzzz… can you… close… Zzz… the window? its cold” Ok, that does it!

“Oh is it now? Here! Let me warm you up” using a bit of magic I gather a few stars that burned wildly, placing on his skin. It only took a split second for him to shoot up from his position

“WHAT YOU DO THAT FOR?” his eyes were red from sleeping… well actually it was his natural color…

“Glad to see you too” typical familiar reunion… he stretched a bit before looking around, trying to make sense where he was… sometimes I had a feeling he was more carefree than me… probably just random if it wasn’t for his patterns.

“How long did I sleep?”

“About a thousand years…” I was getting more annoyed with that… how could he be so calm

“woow, I overdid myself this time! So, what’s new?” what the hell does he think I am, a news reporter?

“Oh nothing much, just ponies going around, the kingdoms are at peace like always and your sweetie pie is back on the throne.” I knew this would stop his stupid questions

“she is not MY SWEETY PIE!.... and don’t call her that!” eheheh I loved to tease him like that, who knew that a Casa Nova like him would be all soft and shy because of one single female.

“Well if it isn’t I guess I can keep sweetie pie for me” ok, I knew I had about three seconds to be out of there before getting roasted

“You are so dead” and the chase was on!

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Night was already settled… but not our little ‘get together’. Lucky for me that I have more agility than my brother or I would seriously been erased from the face of the planet!

It was in these little familiar reunions that I told him that power itself was nothing if one could just keep evading it. And was also the reason I prefer wings over magic.
Strangely enough he had four wings, he should be the one with more agility, but his wings represented power… dark power to be exact.

For most this was always an issue, thinking he was going to be a bad guy or something, but no. Actually the only thing he ever did bad was once, breaking the heart of a mare. Telling he only had feeling for one… yeah right, typical excuse...

But then again he was the one that held that darkness of most. His power was to absorb darkness, meaning he had to live with that 24/7 nonstop… so in a way he was more of the poor one, having the burden of others on its shoulders… I guess that’s why he wanted to sleep while the night princess was exiled, probably to absorb the most darkness he could.

Then again my power isn’t one that’s very good… I only used once and…………….

The word for my power is “Purify”………………

Such harmless word for such… thing……..

After I saw mother falling in that state my mind went blank… but I know I was the one to “purify” our home, our skies and our sun… even my brother couldn’t hold the darkness that formed within me…

Thinking about this made me regret my decision of going along with Celestia… I know what was brewing inside my chest for her but that could spell disaster if things went wrong. It took only a split second to be pierced by one of my brother’s dark beams. It felt like a pine tree was piercing into my left wing.

“Sirus! SIRUS! Are you ok? Man what’s wrong? You normally evade anything even with your eyes close” he was panicking a bit… typical of a little brother

“Yeah… I am fine… just a… ughh… scratch” great, now I had a worried brother that would probably ask me a ton of questions… I had to land immediately or risk falling hard on the next flap.

“A scratch? Man, you are pouring blood from your wing like it’s a water fall…” although I felt a lot of pain coming from the wing my mind was blank. “Here let me fix it” I felt that odd darkness in my wing and a little sting on the wound but it was slowly being replaced by a nicer feeling

“thanks.” Was all I could say… my mind was still jumping from Celestia to the “purification”. I knew this was a long shoot of happening since she was a goddess… but even so… my mother was also a powerful being and yet……… I am just being dramatic.

I looked to my brother, it had been ages since I saw him. Still smaller than me and probably smaller than Celestia. Casa Nova or not, he had a good heart despite everything that the others could see…
Many times I saw him doing stuff that others would refuse just to get a little attention but since he had that power most were afraid of him… not being able to see behind that wall of colors

“All fixed up” I saw the darkness returning to his body surrounding him again in that mist that always seemed alive

“Thanks Eon!” I pet him on his head and walked away. Heading towards our new home. He followed me close by and we went on. I had to tell him the major events so he wouldn’t be alien to this world, leaving my little adventure aside for now.

I had a long night ahead of me, trying to explain him where I was going to be for two weeks without rising to many suspicions. The last thing I wanted was a little bro to follow me while I go out with six mares and an alicorn… I would seriously had a big explanation in front of me…