Dragoon Legacy - The Rising Silence

The night sky was settled peacefully, filled with stars and the occasionally cloud that the wind blew softly, overall it was just another night.

Both princesses were gazing the skies, talking about the upcoming projects for the kingdom and other political issues.

Soon enough the topic changed other “royal” business

“Luna dear... are you sure that you will be alright for the upcoming weeks?” the eldest of Alicorns asked with a voice that showed a slight hint of worry.

“Not to worry my sister. Just be sure you to enjoy your well deserved break”

“I will” Celestia’s mind went to the her recent memories with her feathered dream “I will..”

“You seem rather… different. Is something to matter?”

“N-no!” a slight blush went across the white Alicorn cheeks, trying her best not to look back to her sister

“Dear sister, are you concealing something?” the night princess asked a bit puzzled by this reaction. Never have she seen this behavior on her elder sister.

“N-no…” Celestia wasn’t really that good at hiding, and her face was already giving her up

“Celly!” Luna said half amused and half annoyed, she didn’t tolerate lies or secrets very well but with her sister was a bit different. The white Alicorn only hide a few things from her, from the secret desire for sweets and... anything that was related to romance. Books mainly.

To a certain extent their roles changed on the romantic levels, Celestia being the shy one and Luna being the more secure and more mature one

“It-its nothing” Celestia’s face grown closer to the color of a tomato, knowing full well that she had been discovered and was about to be inquired until every single piece of information dropped from her mouth. All the questions that Luna could ask would only lead to the revelation of her romance and if she pushed far enough… Celestia would have to admit thing that she wish there weren't words to express.
Slowly and quietly Luna approached her

“So…” Luna started talking with a smile implanted on her face “how was your vacation in the far winter lands?” Luna's eyes were filled with amusement, its was not every day she had the chance to question the ruler of the sun.

“… Good…” the white Alicorn tried to sound as plain as possible but her cheeks were still giving the hint.

“Just… good?” Luna asked in a playful voice

“… very…” Celestia could only whisper, the thought of those days made her cheeks more warm than she wished.

“Very what?” Luna was very close to the her, whispering softly by her ear

“…” Celetia knew full well that if she answered that question there would be no end to it. Luna’s was an expert if not the master on extracting information from anything that could pronounce a letter from the alphabet. The Lavender Alicorn knew how to make everypony eventually crack and spit every single word out... it was just a matter of time

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On the other side of the world, two dragon forms crossed the skies slowly and sometimes even falling to the ground.

“Hey *hic* Eon… do a barrel roll!”

“Hmm-*hic*m…kay~” as soon as Eon started to roll to the left he forgot to flap his wings and went straight to a tree, falling to a puddle of mud

“Pfff…Bhwahaha!” Sirus couldn’t help but to laugh hard “Yoo! four wings! You need to flap *hic* like this” he pointed to his wings that suddenly had a several dark vines grabbing them “huh?!?”

“Get over here!! *hic*” Eon pulled his brother to the same puddle, making a sound splash.

“You little…” Sirus jumped toward the dark one

If one were to pass nearby they would hear sickening sounds of cracking bones from their little familiar reunion. For the two, this was like a normal wrestling brothers do when words don’t suffice. And also it was a way to let some steam off, so civility could enter once again in their brains. After a few minutes of wrestling like normal drunk dragons do, they calmed down.

“Ughhh… I am starting to feel pain…” Eon was lying on the ground near a few chopped down trees “Sirus! you still got anymore left?”

“Quit bitchin-ughh...you were the one that carried the bag”

“Yeah but its so far away from me”

“You lazy bum! its 4 feet away from you, can’t you use magic?”

“Ughh my head hurts dude…”

“You cheap grrhh” Sirus muttered some nasty word beneath his breath but used his magic to get the last two bottles of the same liquor Celestia had given to him “Here! Need anything else?” the sarcasm in his voice was clear, but this didn’t phase Eon

“Well let me think” the mist around him formed a small vine that scratched his head while he was trying to form any ideas that could irritate his brother

“You can actually think? Pff I’m impressed”

“Heey!”

“Eheheh!”

“Anyway, where are you going for two weeks?”

“What?!? Are you my mother now?”

“Bah c’mon, I am just asking.”

“Well for starters I need a vacation from you”

“HEY!!! I have been around for only a couple of hours”

“And that’s already too much!” Sirus couldn’t help but to chuckle, Eon just rolled his eyes

“Seriously, where you going bro?”

“I’m…” in this state Sirus couldn’t process much so he only the best he could “going… somewhere?!”

“Somewhere?” Eon raised his eyebrow

“Yeah… somewhere…”

“Bro… are you… into mares now?” a grin formed in the dark mist, showing only two red orbs and sharp teeth among the darkness that were now emitting from his body. Sirus knew what that meant, normally that only happened when his brother was forming an idea and THAT was bad.

“Don’t start with that conversation again” Sirus was somehow pissed, he didn’t like to be mistaken by the likes of his brother, but he was also feeling guilty because he couldn’t lie to himself anymore

“Dude we have been here for almost an eternity and you haven’t got laid a freaking single time! You really need to let out some steam, ~if you know what I mean~ ” Eon wiggled his eyes pronouncing the last sentence

“Eon for the last time I am not into… mares”

“Dude… that sounded… oh no! are you… into the dark side? You know?” Eon took a few steps back just in case the answer would be ‘weird’.

“WHAT?!? NO!!!”

“Hmm… proof it!”

“What?!? How?”

“Well how do you think Einstein?”

“You want me to…”

“Of course”

Sirus tried to put himself more comfortable on the rock that he landed after the previous wrestling, the small amount of pain was the least of his problems now, since he had to keep him away from that vacation and yet fulfill that request or else he would be tormented for the rest of the existence of time.

“Okay but in one condition!”

“....you are really going to do it?!? Sweet! What’s the condition?”

“You can’t interfere and you have to be out of sight all the time”

“What!? But how can I know that you reach that point?”

“wait… u want me to go all the way and show to you? Are you a voyeur?”

“No but I need a hint that you won’t miss the opportunity”

“Ughhh! You sure are demanding…” at this point it was better to give all what Eon asked then to step back and face the consequence AKA eternal trolling

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“YOU WHAT?!?” Luna had her eyes completely wide, her mind still trying to combine all the pieces of information. She couldn’t believe her older sister had gone that far

“…” Celestia couldn’t even pronounce or mutter any words. Her face was a mixture of embarrassment and fear that Luna would react badly of her little affair. she could only wish at this moment a miracle would happen and Luna for some strange reason would handle this information well...

“B-. b-but how? I mean… he is big in size… and that only mean his… must be HUGE!” this piece of too much information pierced the white Alicorn brain like an anti-tank bullet would pierce a tomato
“…” Celestia kept looking to the fireplace, holding a red pillow on her hooves that could be mistaken by and extension of her own embarrassment
“Oh my god… how can it be…” Luna’s face was replaced by an amused one “I never knew my sister had a thing for... shall i say... grandness”
The poor sun goddess was being bombard by sudden realizations of her adventures. Somewhere along this conversation she was feeling more like a teenager being questioned than actually the ruler of Equestria. She could only wish this night would come to an end.
“Sirus… what have you done to me…” Celestia muttered, having her face buried on the pillow so her sister wouldn’t hear.

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“Hmmm?” Sirus couldn’t see anything. In a quick reaction his eyes glowed and so did his body. “Wha-” His words where cut off when a body of some sort tried to pierce him. Lucky for him he acted fast and evaded the charge.

Not wasting any more time he unfolded his armor and prepared to engage into combat. “Who are you?”

It didn’t answer by words and only charged again.

This time Sirus wasn’t going to be on defensive and launched himself toward the enemy. Quickly he noticed it was a pony of some sort, but his brain didn’t have time to process while his natural instinct took over.

In one swift motion he grabbed its horn with one claw and a wing with the other, pinning down the enemy to the ground. Stretching the wing to its fullest, he kept his mind only to pull that wing till the aggressor would give up afraid to lose a member. But when his eyes focused on the aggressor he lost his grip. “Celes-”

He felt a warm liquid flowing from his belly.

Without warning and taking advantage of Sirus distraction, his aggressor toke no hesitation and pierced him for side to side.

“Wh-Why?” He started to feel weak while more of that liquid poured out of his body. He was only answered by a devilish grin from the white Alicorn. Slowly she took the horn, dripping with blood to the floor.

Taking a second to regain balance and some sense he opened his eyes. In front of him stood Celestia, the eldest of the Alicorns, ruler of Equestria. Her eyes were nowhere near friendly or sympathetic. Sirus could only see bloodlust flickering beyond those once caring purple orbs.

He couldn’t think clearly now, giving in to the natural predatory nature of his race when endangered. Launching straight at her growling loudly, he only wanted to pin her down and talk to her senses but before long everything went black again.

“Hmmm?” Confused, he looked around only to see debris floating. He felt strange… he felt oddly powerful… he also felt something wet in his hand… still warm

He looked down to see what the source of this was.

His eyes weren’t prepared for what he was about to witness. Beneath his body laid what was left of Celestia, his eyes and brain stressed to process what he was seeing.

The left side of her face was completely burned, with flesh visible in some spots. Blood stains flowed along with her uneven mane. One of her front hooves was broken in several sections. Several cuts were visible along her once beautiful white coat. Her body was completely broken in several parts with bruises and blood pouring out of her body

“Ce…” His voice was completely broken.

“Shh…” Celestia’s voice could be barely heard. “It’s… ughh… ok…” Clearly she was in pain but managed to turn her head to face Sirus. With her somewhat good hoof she reached Sirus cheek, stroking it gently “Plea-ughh!... please… don’t… worry…”

“Celly… what happen-” Once again he was cut when her hoof rested on his lips.

“Shh…” She tried her best to smile and soon failed to cough up some blood. Hurrying, Sirus tried to comfort her by holding her gently. “Th-thank you…” Her voice was starting to grow weak as she tried to breath.

Sirus couldn’t understand what was happening. Why was Celestia in this state? Why was everything around him a total wreck? Why was he feeling so powerful? Taking a glance to his claws, he noticed they were glowing.

A sudden chill came across his spine when he realized what was happening.
The overwhelming power...

The glow around him...

The destruction around him…

It was all happening again!

He could feel himself shaking with fear of his previous actions only to be brought to attention when Celestia lay a small kiss on his cheek whispering two words.

Sirus wanted to reply but he was to late. Celestia’s body lay limp in his arms.

Gasping for air, he woke up. Beads of sweat all around his face along with a pale expression were enough for him to realize this was just a bad dream. A really bad dream.

Looking around Sirus realized he was back at home.

Hidden from the world, this place was what was left of his planet. Memories keep on rushing to the white feathered Dragon.

"What was... that..." Sirus still felt his heart beat pounding inside his chest. He started to feel a certain fear that was all to familiar.

He took a few moment to regain his breath. "... fucking nightmare..." he gritted his teeth. his mind keep rushing to memories long buried on the past.

The night was almost reaching an end but for Sirus every second seemed to last an eternity. While the dream slowly faded away from his mind, his eyes where getting finally sealed allowing the blue one to drift momentarily from his worries.

"I would rather die... than to hurt her..." with those last words the Dragon finally fell asleep.