It Is Always Best Forgotten

The light of dawn broke through his deep sleep as he sat up slowly from what had seemed one of his most peaceful sleeps till date. So far since all this craziness has happened he hadn't had time to get a good night's rest. You know, with his dreams being haunted by dangerous visions and all. Whatever they were, just like the power from before, his dreams felt free and pure, sort of like the ones he used to have when he was a child. When he had grown up, long after he was deemed as a young adult, his dreams began to vanish and were replaced by a dark void. In truth, that had been the first dream he has had in a very long while.

His dreams consisted of two mares. Surprisingly enough, they weren't even the ones that you'd expect them to be. From having little to no interaction with some of the other mares, it was strange how Pinkie Pie and Applejack seemed to invade his one and only dream he had till then.

He rolled over and fell onto the floor, taking with him a soft and comfortable black sheet with what would seem to have more than a hundred stars on it. He stared at the wooden leg of a small nightstand that held a single picture of Princess Celestia and Luna. Still in his sleep deprived state, he went over to a small room that had a mirror and a sink made of marble outlined in a trim of gold. Fanceh~ He looked up to see his reflection on the mirror.

"Well, well, well. Good morning handsome. I think I owe you a kiss." he said as he loomed over to kiss his own reflection until a guard called for his name and a few knocks were heard. He pulled back astonished by the sudden call and quickly regained himself hoping that no one heard him.

"Sir Illuminous, are you there?"

"Coming." he said waltzing over to the door.

When he opened it, two guards were standing at the door waiting for him, their expressions impatient and rather bored.

"We heard some unclear noises and we thought you were awake. Princess Celestia has requested your presence in the dining hall when you're ready." The smaller of the two called out.

"Ah I see... Tell Princess Celestia I'll be down in a minute. I have to wash up a bit."

As the door finally closed, his memory began to form back. Wide awake now, he finally realized that he had woken up on a bed, he was pretty sure he slept besides Luna's bed the day before. And not only that, Luna wasn't here, probably down with Celestia. He sighed, mostly because this was not new to him; it happened often for the past few days were he would not know anything that had happened earlier. Somehow, things would just happen and he'd have one crazy afternoon trying to save someone again.

He went back to the mirror and started looking at his reflection again.

"Oh, it seems my mane has grown a tad too long." He said as his mane that reached all the way down to shoulder length. "My mane doesn't even grow that long in this short of time, I swear I had small mane just a week ago!"

He looked at his long mane for a while, then out of nowhere, the tips of his mane started to glow pure white and vanished. Leaving his mane just the way he wanted it to be. Baffled by the sudden event, he concentrated even harder and then the white mane seemed to grow in white light and then replace it back to his original sky-blue. He was able animate his own hair. Now THAT was cool.

He went over to the shower and stood under the faucet for quite a while until he finally decided to take a shower. Strangely enough, the knobs were in the shape of a moon and a sun. Wonder which one is cold and which is hot... Didn't want to know... Illuminous turned the middle knob in the form of a Solar Eclipse. Precisely warm as he would've wanted it to be. He let the mildly cold water run down his tense body. This was surely a blessing. He hadn't had time for hygiene so he was getting pretty dirty. (Hey, even ponies have to bathe kay?)

Light reflected upon his clean coat, brightly illuminating everything around him. Ever since he was small, when he was really clean, he could do this sort of thing, excluding all the supernatural powers that he had been discovering lately which he even refused to think of, sooner or later though he would have to confront it. There was no way in any possible pony logic that he could contain so much magic yet... he wasn't even a unicorn or an Alicorn. This stood him out of the pony magic range. For an earth pony, he contained abilities that are well beyond reasoning and capability. He brushed away the thoughts and continued to walk towards the dining hall.

He walked slowly, trying to keep the undesirable thoughts at bay as he counted and carefully stepped on each tile so his hoof would never step on a crack. He made his own way towards the dining hall, he could smell the food his stomach had so much begged for, and apart from his ears, and his nose was his second to greatest sense.

Illuminous hesitated upon entering the towering light mahogany double doors that sat before him. Why had Celestia requested his presence? Why was he sleeping on Luna's bed when he woke up? Had things set in motion between him and Luna? What would Fluttershy think...?

Illuminous finally realized this current situation... he was blindsided by two mares who had as much affect on him of dread as the nightmare had when he thought about that thin, emotional, and rather delicate subject that he dreaded between the two who now inhabited his mind more frequently than seemed comfortable. Even now was he not used to it, he had spent a life time without even hearing upon this sort of feeling. He felt love, but the kind of love that comes with family and that was just it. Whatever was in between it wasn't nearly powerful enough to compare to the feelings that kept arising with both of them.

He gulped down his concerns and worries and pushes the heavy doors with his hoofs. Surprisingly they were really heavy. He had to push with all his might and as they swung open, he fell to his chin. The sound of chatter and clatter came to a stop. He felt so pathetic he just lied there with his eyes closed hoping someone would say something; instead, there was just silence.

He got up and took a glance at everypony before him. In a sarcastic sense, surprisingly everypony was here, including Princess Luna and Fluttershy who sat one seat away from each other, in the middle of the two, an empty seat for one drastically unlucky white colt. Aside from that, everyone stared at him in pure awe.

"Wow..." Rainbow Dash said still in awe.

"What is it? Do I have something on my face?" Illuminous asked as he shoved his hoofs into his face a bit too hard and made himself fall over, consequentially it had just the effect he was hoping for as everyone laughed and giggled. Even Princess Celestia began to laugh, a mild but quiet laugh fit for royalty, but still, Friggin' Celestia was laughing!

"You look absolutely stunning dear." Rarity's voice said as he regained himself, everyone nodding towards her statement.

"I-I do?"

"Positively stunning, what did you do to your mane and coat?" she asked again.

Illuminous looked over to his mane. "Oh you mean this, I usually look like this when I step out of a shower, as for my mane watch." he said as he concentrated his thoughts on his hair and right before Luna and Fluttershy could stammer and stop him, he grew his hair back to its original form, which left a lot of gaping mouths.

'Damn what did I do?!' His mind began racing with some sort of excuse... damn he screwed up. "Princess Celestia I can expl-" and just as he had began, he was interrupted by Celestia herself in a normal and not nervous voice.

"Oh listen up everypony; I managed to decipher a part of the Elven book. This is why I called you in together for, attention towards me; I need you all to listen carefully.

Oh there was just no denying the Celestia's request once she had made her voice so firm and commanding like that. It could have literally boomed through the entire castle if she had wanted to, and only if the situation arose. No matter how much they were astonished by the display from a bit ago, there was just no denying her. Illuminous' heart was racing harder than his mind was, he quickly removed his hair after everyone lost sight of him and sat down quietly in-between Fluttershy and Luna. He could hear both of their hearts beating just as hard as his was, and everypony else trying their best to keep sight of Celestia rather than him.

"Before we begin, I would like everyone to eat, you can't run on an empty stomach." she said looking towards Twilight and what seemed like an eyebrow rose.

Twilight blushed in embarrassment and shyly laughed. "Your right Princess."

Just as she had said it, several servants appeared carrying silvers trays and laid them upon the empty table that was neatly decorated with flora vases and gold chandeliers. Then they all simultaneously removed the silver casing out of the trays and inside were the most delectable and delicious looking pieces of art that comes from cooking. One platter was filled with slices of apple spiraling toward the center, then a platter in the middle to support another row and finally ending it with a small bowl full of something sweet and creamy and smelled strongly of cinnamon, another platter full of salads including cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, and tomato, another one full of fresh fruits like watermelon, oranges, peach slices, whole peaches and fresh strawberries and blueberries. Another platter that seemed specifically made for a special pink pony, full of sweets and candies and lollipops.

He quickly got up, without even asking anyone, he walked towards the fruit platter which was in between Pinkie and Applejack, taking his plate with him, and he served himself plenty of fruits. Then he walked over to the one filled with candy and grabbed one lollipop and a piece of pie, and continued to walk over to the salad and took plenty of greens. He placed his plate down now full of delicious things and placed it down and took his seat. Everyone stared at him.

"You could've just asked sugar cube." Applejack stated on behalf of everyone.

"Where I come from, we folk like to do things ourselves." He said with a big grin in his face as he tossed a slice of peach in the air and tried catching it but fell on the side of his cheek and slid off his face and he went down to the ground with it, trying to catch it before it took the leap of fate. He grabbed it a wince a way from touching the ground, and as he pulled himself up to eat, everyone stared at him again. Oh he was on the spotlight today! He slurped the slice of peach slowly as everyone began to giggle and laugh.

"Ah ya got me." Pinkie said with a snorting laugh with her face covered in a bit of the peach juice that had traveled across the air after he had absent mindlessly thrown it into the air.

Illuminous quickly got up and walked over to her and took a napkin which he later used to wipe her face of gently. "I'm really sorry Pinkie; I didn't think it would make a mess onto any pony."

Pinkie just laughed. "Don't worry silly, it was funny and fun. As long as it wasn't intentional and in good fun right?"

Wow, he was getting a lecture and philosophy given to him by Pinkie Pie, the strangest pony in the group, even stranger that on their entire trip she hadn't laughed at anything and hadn't said anything strange or her behavior hasn't been as expected. What freaked him out the most was that there was two specific pair of eyes staring at him, not in the evil or angry way but more of a slightly disappointed one. He could sense it... even if he couldn't see it. He instantly guessed it was because he was cleaning Pinkie's face without letting her do it on her own. He put the napkin down and waltzed back towards his seat.

He felt the hoof of another pony on his right side onto his as he was eating parts of his salad. He slowly glanced towards Luna who was gazing at him, her beautiful emerald eyes were full of things he couldn't explain, but he felt himself blushing and then the hoof was quickly taken off as Princess Celestia raised her head from eating a soup. He slowly turned away unsure of what to do. He looked toward his left where Fluttershy was sitting. She looked up and towards him as she had finished with her salad, her bright emerald eyes staring at him with just much emotion. Was this torture or was this heaven? The world will never know. He came up with the simple conclusion. He had an apparent love for green eyes mostly because the ponies he loved also had green eyes, both of them seriously...

Illuminous' blush didn't fade away and just started licking the big lollipop he had gotten before, hoping he could get his mind off the subject. There was no question about it, he knew for a fact that they could read his mind just as he could to them, the only difference is that they knew exactly what he felt and to him if he even dared try he would get bombarded by a series of emotions that are completely new to him. There was no way of knowing for certain. He tried but in vain, he felt the hoof of Luna's at his right side, and suddenly Fluttershy stretched her wings, leaving them open, moving them ever so often tickling the side of his thigh. Oh gosh, either they were doing it on purpose being together and torturing him like this or they were completely clueless of the situation. That or it was some sort of rivalry he had slept through since the sun started to sink into the horizon outside as he realized he'd slept through the entire day. His thoughts thankfully shifted to wondering how Celestial felt about that. Those thoughts sadly didn't last long as the small but very effective physical abuse that Luna and Fluttershy were giving him increased. Dear Celestia stop this.

And just as he thought, so it happened. It was like Celestia could read his mind, and he couldn't read hers so, what a bummer.

"Now that everything is in order, I'd like to discuss with you all a few things."

The tickling and hoof battles stopped as everyone turned to stare at her.

"The book of Elven foretold the time of a prophecy, yet I have not been able to decrypt everything from the book, and I will surely get back to it tomorrow, there were a few bits of important information that I managed to obtain." her voice shifted from her firm commanding voice towards more of a weary and dreading voice.

"Just as I had felt before, dark times are upon us. It doesn't mean however that we cannot fight this new threat. I don't know exactly what looms over our future and what is trying to destroy Equestria's peace but I do know that the start to salvation start with all of you."

The room was filled with an intense aura even with the small speech she had just given. Celestia turned to face Illuminous who was just as intent as everyone else.

"I never believed it since there was never proof, even with your father at my side. I never would've thought that his stories would actually be true... but as I see you now, you've proven to me that this is no longer just an old pony's tale, this is reality." her voice turned back into its firm self, grave with worry. "You are from a race that vanished long before Equestria set its foundation, to the old kingdom itself. You are the last living relic of the ancient civilization..."

You are a Lumineciant, descendant of King Sol of Elven himself.

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Author's Note: I think I committed suicide trying to edit and review my stories. But I still think they are imperfect in so many levels. Sorry everyone, I'll stop trying to add it to EqD since I am still extremely unsure of whats wrong with my story. Even the pre-readers and editors from Ponychan told me that they couldn't review it. So instead of trying, I'm just going to let you all enjoy what little I'm able to give. I'm terribly sorry to all my loyal readers who have to suffer through the very consistent grammatical errors that I don't have time to go back and check to. I feel just awful....
*sighs* Well thanks again everyone and hoped you liked this new installment of "It Is Always Best Forgotten" in "The Night After".
No matter how hard I can try it will never sound professional enough *is sunken into despair and pity*
I've heard Elven before, on Luna, that f2p anime inspired video game I used to play a lot and is currently hosted by Ijji. I didn't know what Elven was but it sounded like a great name and it pertained to the region itself so I borrowed it for this story. :3
Don't you mind that tid bit of information. Also, who's ready for part 2 of season 2? :D

If a few had to suffer, it was to make a better story, if a few had to die, it was to build a better grammar.
This is my story, its pages will flip to my will, or they will stain. Its words will bend at my command, or they will erase. Its characters will do what I want them to do, or they will burn... this is my story... and I'll see it be deleted it before I surrender and give up on it.

:D Comment if you know what those last quotes were from.