The True Nightmare
The Beginning Part %i%
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"It is known that Celestia has her limit, as does Luna, but what if it was broken? no is sure, because no one remembers"
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Twilight opened the Page and began to read like countless times before, but a wave of doubt came of her when she saw a blood stain in the corner."No! I must keep start at least, if it becomes too much then I'll take a break."
The day was young, there was the normal chill in the air of the morning, Celestia razed her horn and Luna,her sister, lowered hers,As they did this, the Sun rose up with ease, and the moon lowered as Luna Lowered her horn. This was the rhythm of their life since for over a 300 years. They had defeated many a foe in their lifetime, from the Spirit of Chaos, to an evil King who enslaved his own kingdom, and countless others who they had found to be tainted by darkness,but today was different, Luna was hiding something. it was something dark and possibly dangerous, she had planned to sneak into the Chamber, it held items that were too powerful or dangerous to be destroyed, they could not fall into the wrong grasp, StarSwirl had been told the girls never to go into the chamber, "some objects could taint you just by looking at them". She was curious, the call of curiosity constantly made her wonder what was in there,even though her parents had also told her not to, but Luna wouldn't come alone, she had confided to Celestia ,or "Tia" as Luna called her, that she wanted to see what was in there" It must be known though That alicorns age much slower than any other pony, in fact Luna still looked and acted like a filly, Celestia also acted and looked like she was between a child and a teenager, but truly she was 340 years old. Time Passes slowly for an alicorn. Celestia also confided to Luna that she wanted to go into the Chamber,they devised a plan.
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"the plan is we go in the middle of the night, our parents will be asleep, or be too busy with Auroria" the name dripped off of Celestia's tongue like poison. Luna, wearing her Paper Sailor hat, Re-lit the candle that almost went out agreed with Celestia's plan but then after a moment of thought "but what about the guards? if they see us, we'll get in big trouble though" Celestia calmly answered with "i'll make a shield spell so that we'll not only be invisible, but we will also not be able to be sense" "But Tia, you haven't perfected that one yet!" "don't worry Luna, I can do this" with a reassuring smile, the plan went into action, they just had to wait.
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"This isn't as bad as I thought it would be, Why are they so scared? did they find something they shouldn't have? well only time will tell!" Twilight said enthusiastically
Celestia's horn glowed as she lowered the Sun to make way for the long winter night, Luna's own horn shined as she raised her magnificent silver sphere known to most as the Moon.Celestia took off their tiara and their royal garments and then took out their hats. "hey Tia..." Luna asked her elder sister shyly "Yes Luna? Is something bothering you?"," Um, do you know when Levier is coming back? she's been gone for awhile... do you think she got hurt" Luna hid behind her elder sister , hiding in her tail like she normally did when Levier wasn't there to comfort her " I think she can handle herself, she has a connection between every living thing remember? no creatures attack her, because they all love her-she takes care of them" Celestia looked on to where The path that cut it's way around the forest until it eventually became a mountain pass. Levier got herself in another fight with our parents again, they could have done something to her- no I must not those dark thoughts!I must stay strong for Luna! Celestia sighed heavily whenshe appeared. Auroria. "hello sister" Celestia glared at their youngest sister, Auroria was only 230 years old, a century and a decade behind Celestia, but she was the favored child of the three, it had been Luna, she was going to be the one to control the Stars, but when Auroria was born,she had been given the Title; "Shepherd of the Stars" hence why Luna could control the stars also, she had been trained, The training was hard,long and most of all painful, it tested her mind and her will power.But everything was taken from her when Auroria born.Celestia protested this but, she had been punished. That was along time ago, but for her, the constant mocking and flaunting of Auroria hurt her so much, but she would not let her speak to Luna in that sort of manner. "so, my dear sister, raising your objects again?, it's foolish to think you could ever amount to what I do" "SHUT YOUR MOUTH, I've had enough of your ignorance!" Auroria seemed surprised to see Celestia lash back at her so violently and quickly. "well,have it your way, i'm telling mother-or father, depends on which one is in a worse mood "fine. What do you want me to do, just leave Luna out of it" Auroria grew a wicked smile"I want you to steal mother's crown and garments-actually never mind, I have something better for you, I would like you to watch mother and father while they sleep, and report what they do back to me" "you are disgusting, mother and father do not want children, they have your hooves full with you" Auroria's smile disappeared, Celestia already knew why she wanted to her to watch them "never mind that then, how about this, I would like you to steal one of your teacher's books, his "diary" of some sorts-and not get caught" Celestia pushed Luna lightly back and walked up to Auroria "StarSwirl the Bearded is one of the greatest spell casters, even if we does not have have to advanced powers and alicorn does, he is quite powerful, I doubt that he wouldn't have some sort of protection spell, also it's not a diary "Fine, you'll just have to find another way" as she left,Auroria smirked and bit, she had something planned, Celestia knew it.Auroria either was going to embarrass her, or just wanted her to get in trouble.This would become a problem for Luna and Celestia's plan of their own.Luna looked over at her sister,she didn't need to say anything.Luna crept out of her tail,"Don't worry Luna, our plan will still go into action tonight, we have plenty of time","Tia it's not that i'm worried about...it's you, Auroria will probably act like she saw you creeping around before you even got the book, what does she have planned anyway?" "Luna I know eventually she'll get me in trouble, probably when I give it to her she'll tell StarSwirl she found it in our chambers, i'll get in trouble, and she'll be satisfied" "then why even do it?" "Luna, I promised Levier that while she was gone, I would protect you." "I can defend myself Tia, I can fight" Luna patted her horn, this made Celestia smile, and the two sisters laughed and told jokes to each other until it got too cold and they went inside.
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However The fun did not last.After Celestia handed the book to Auroria(as she predicted) she told StarSwirled, but StarSwirl was more disappointed than angry, Celestia latter told him what really happened, and she was forgiven, StarSwirl were Celestia and Luna's mentor for as long as they can remember, so the three had a strong bond, to Luna,StarSwirl was like a grandfather, but also a friend who got her through her training to wield the stars. He also along with Celestia comforted her when that was taken from her. To Celestia he was also a friend, helping her contain the Sun's raw power that violently lashed out at her. They loved him and he loved them, to him though, they were almost family.He may not have understood the power of friendship, but he did do a lot in his time.After being forgiven and for apologizing, Celestia made her way to her and Luna's chamber. Their plan would be going into action soon.
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Celestia and put black pant under Luna's eyes, Luna said she had heard that ninja put pant on their faces before going to missions-maybe her informants were a bit off, but Celestia thought it was cute and played along as well. Celestia channeled her will into her horn and it began to shine, after a flash of light, the two sisters were invisible, well except there shadows but that didn't occur to them while they put their dummies in their beds. "alright so the plan is we sneak through the hallway, past the court, through the gardens, into the gates, past the guards and finally through the corridor to the Library","OK, but what will we find it there? aren't there only books?","I know that, but I found out a while ago while walking around there that there's a secret passage, that's how we found out remember?","oh yeah! I forgot!" Luna giggled quietly as her elder sister lifted her onto her back, well not that you would have seen them.
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Celestia motioned for Luna to be quiet as they crept quietly through the hallway,thankfully the Moon was New, and their shadows invisible, they still had to worry about their-well Celestia making enough noise to be audible, that's when and Idea struck her. Celestia bolted towards a balcony and unfolded her wings "Celestia what are you doing!" Luna said in anything but whisper "it would be faster for me to fly, if I go High enough, I might be able to get out of view of the guards-that reminds me, hold on tight!" Celestia rose up into the air faster than an arrow. Luna flapped her wings also, just to help.After some heavy breathing from both Celestia and Luna,Luna pinpointed their location, her eyes adjusted faster to the night sky than Celestia's.Luna steered Celestia down, Celestia could not see well, but she trusted her little sister's judgement.She still did even though she almost crashed into the Third floor. After a not-so-graceful landing, Celestia took Luna off her back, and reinforced her invisibility spell, they walked calmly knowing no one would be there, they did however have to worry about some pony possibly seeing them, Celestia was always one to plan for "just in cases". "Tia! there it is!" Luna said in an excited but hushed voice.Celestia walked first with Luna trailing behind.yes children, come here and let us out Luna stopped, Ti-Tia, did you hear that?", "here what sister? I only heard a crow" Luna sat back on Celestia, that was where she was most comfortable.Celestia opened the door to have a great wind almost blew her back, but then as soon as it came it stopped, It was an old musty, humid air, it was dark and dusty in the room."Tia I'm not sure If we shouldn't go in there..." "it's fine Luna" not that Celestia was sure of it though. Celestia lit the torches inside to find the room was even bigger than she imagined.Loads of scrolls,books,weapons, all sorts of statues were there, but one in particular caught the sister's eyes. It was a statue of two beasts fighting.One was of a lion like animal, it was actually more of a Lion without it's mane, It' mouth was in a growling ostion and it's sharp and wicked teeth shown. It had two floating crescents that surrounded a sphere.The other figure was behind the Maneless lion, it seemed afraid and it was thin, it also had the crescent and sphere.Luna and Celestia were drawn to it, they slowly stepped forward, then got faster and faster until-"Celestia no!" Luna cried out, she had snapped out of the gaze after a voice told her not to step closer, to stay away from this place and never look back, but Celestia did not hear it though, she at time was less in tune with everything.She had learned to ignore these because her parents taught her that to constant whispers of the past could "drive one mad".So she never heard it, but she did hear her sisters cry out for her,she stopped herself,but it was too late, a single strand of her hair touched the statue. It had lightly touched. But tragically, that was enough.
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