Balance of the World

Chapter 3:
Home?

The door the tree house busted open with aloud bangs. The sun and moon princesses setting at a nearby table drinking tea, dropping their cups on the ground breaking them as the purple unicorn come rushing.

“Princess! Princess!” Twilight scream running into her own house. Both Luna and Celestia jump from the table and tackle Twilight to the ground, both hugging her, deeply missing there friend.

“Twilight, your safe! Don’t even do that again, you had us both worried!” the night princess said, letting Twilight stand up

“Yes, my sister is right; you scared the living hell out of us!” Celestia yelled in yet a kindly voice. Twilight looked down and away in shock, she never heard the princess curse before so she knew she had worried them more then it seemed

“Sorry my Princesses, I did not mean to be gone this long, but I have to tell you want happened” Twilight said looking back up at both of her worried friends. Luna and Celestia pulled up a chair and sat down next to Twilight as she explained everything. Twilight went into great detail about the Everfree forest, about Zecora and about the Crimson Graves and the pony she met. As soon as Twilight mentioned the graveyard did both Princesses’ face turn sour and scared, they knew far more then Twilight about the graves, but what worried them the most was the pony she talked about. After Twilight told the story did she wait for the Princesses reply, and the first to speak was Celestia

“Twilight, this news scares both of us, we both have sensed an unbalance in this world for some time and I am afraid this of all things is the worst possible event to happen!” Celestia turned quickly to Luna and back to Twilight.

“I need to head back to Canterlot right away. I will put the request in to find your friend Zecora right away, but I fear life for all of us just got harder. Luna please fills in the rest for Twilight, you know better than I about the graves!” Celestia said as her horn light up and she teleported back to Canterlot leaving Luna and Twilight alone with only Twilight being confused

“Sorry about that Twilight, but my sister is right. There is much to plan and I can see on your face the confusion, let me explain” Luna said standing up and weakly smiling at Twilight. Twilight sat still as she lessoned to Luna, worried more now about how Celestia acted.

“From what the pony you called “Balance” said are true, but there is more to the story. For starters, even though the graves do move, they never stay for more than one day in any giving place and if Balance said he and the graves would stay for the time he said, I fear is the unbalance we both felt” Luna said with a deep frown on her face.

“But if they move, then why is staying in one place longer than a day a back thing?” Twilight questioned as she thought it over. “Wouldn’t it be nice for both of you to visit your parent’s grave?” Twilight put a hoof in her mouth when the words came out, knowing she should not pry into their past

“It’s ok Twilight” Luna said easing Twilights nerves a bit before going on.

“ but that’s not a good thing, the real reason the graves move is because of the built up magical energy in the ground, if it stays in one place for more than a day, the ground itself and slowly all the land around it becomes tainted. Tainted to the point that not even the elements of harmony, my power and sisters could ever cure it!” a tear ran down Luna’s cheek.

Twilight walked over to Luna and placed a hoof on her shoulder. “They why don’t we ask Balance? I am sure he could help” Twilight smiled a bit before she noticed Luna turn to her with a look in her eyes that scared her to the core. It was a look of horror mixed with sadness and pure worry

“Twilight, that is the second part that troubles us, one the graves has no keeper, let alone a family watching over it, then it was our parents time to come, we got no warning, no pony ever showed!” Twilight’s face just dropped at what she just heard, not able to fully put together the princesses words, lone handle what she had seen, she knew Luna would never lie to her and this is what scared her the most

“But I saw the graves! How did they get there? Was it all a lie!?” Twilight panicked a little before Luna spoke up again

“when the light of our parents past and both Celestia and I watched as our parents bodies lay there, the room lit up, and soon we found ourselves and our parents bodies in the graveyard with two fresh graves dug in front of us, with a note written on a sign” Luna said clearly recalling the note from memory

“I am sorry for your loss little ones, your parents did such good in this world and I hope they will in the next. This is the way of your kind as I am sure you both know, and as such I hope you and your sister understand what needs to be done. Place your parent’s bodies in the graves. I promise that I will care for them both as they have cared for you. In time you both will come to terms of this and for now I understand your pain. There is a balance in this world; both you and your sister will now fill. One day it will be your time here, and I only hope you have some pony to help bury you. Worry not young ones, the day will come before we finally meet face to face, and you will see your parents again, but for the time being, rule over this land with love and kindness, as your parents once did.”

Luna smiled a bit remembering for the first time in a long time, the lovely meaning behind those words. Twilight looked around a bit remembering something Balance said.

“He told me you are both fine, and one does not fine this place by accident. So was that what he meant? Are the graves staying there what made me come?” twilight said rambling a bit. Luna looked over at Twilight and put on a small smile

“Yes we are both fine, but if he was telling the truth and you were in fact supposed to find the graves, I fear for your safety as does my sister. We both want you to promise us that you will not go to the graves, don’t even go into the forest. Please for us we both agree it’s for your safety” Luna said giving Twilight a quick hug as she nodded in arrogance. After hearing all of this, Twilight wanted not more adventure and nothing more to do with the graves, it scared her and she would rather not face it again.

“But what about Zecora? Even if she does return, how will we know? She lives right by the graves!” Twilight looked deeply into Luna’s eye filled with concern about her friend

“Fear not Twilight, both Celestia and I will find her, you just need to be safe” Luna smiled as twilight nodded to her words. Twilight felt a lot better hearing Luna say that.

“Now Twilight, I should head back, we will sent a letter on updates” Luna said walking to the door “and Twilight, welcome home.” She said before flying away.

Twilight closed the door and sighed a little, “well this was been strange” she told herself before laying on the couch and falling deeply asleep.