A shooting starView OnlinePast ThoughtsA shooting starCelestia was laying on her couch next to the fire place. The red flames produced a lot of heat which was good, Celestia didn't want to freeze again. She shivered. The last time she was frozen had been unpleasant. Nearly 50 years trapped in ice wouldn't kill her but it was cold. A knocking came from her door. "Who is it?" Celestia called out. Under her breath she mumbled "And this was such a good book." What shook her to the core was when her balcony door opened. In stepped a dark blue mare she hadn't seen in over 100 years. "Why sister, I am glade to see that you enjoy the book I lent you so long a go." "Lulu? What are you doing here?" Princess Luna went and nuzzled her older sister. "Am I not aloud to commune with my sister? The moon council can take care of itself for a night or too." Chuckling Celestia moved to the side to allow her sister to lay next to her. "Nay dear sister, but there is something you might want to see." Luna walked back to the balcony. "No... Something you need to see dear sister." Celestia rose an eyebrow at this. Getting up she went to the balcony as well and stood next to her sister and looked up to the sky. The black clouds wept snow in torrents, it was nearly a full blizzard. "I am sorry Luna, but the clouds are far to heavy for sky gazing tonight. Perhaps you could hold off and show me tomorrow?" Luna shook her head. "No, it cannot wait. You need to see this dear sister. It will only last tonight." "Luna, I cannot have you stop the snow. Hearts Worming Eve is in a few days." Luna only closed her eyes. "Lulu?" When Luna opened her eyes it was like white fire. "No sister. You will agree this is what must happen. You will never forgive yourself if you missed this." Celestia was slightly miffed and taken aback by her sister. "Luna, what could be more important then the happiness of my and Twilight's ponies?" Luna felt the fire of the night racing through her, the moon, the stars and meteors all filled her with there power. This was more power then she ever touched before, more even then Celestia had dealt with. But she knew she had to do this, for Celestia. "Luna?" Celestia took a step back. She could Feel the power radiating from her sister. "This" And with that Luna released every ounce of power she had falling to the ground as the lunar shock wave blasted the clouds away. The night was full of cosmic wonder, the stars shone brightly, the moon was red and in harvest, the cosmos danced with color. Then it appeared. Celestia gasped, her breath stuck in her throat. Her vision tunneled and her heart stopped. Yes, this was more important then her beloved ponies, her land she cultivated from barren fields, even the relationships she made with those she loved now. A black and white shooting star crossed in front of her eyes, and circled around the moon. "Once every ten millennium..." Celestia whispered. Luna was crying softly, curled next to her sister. "Mother, father." Luna cried. "I'll never forget you..." For that night only, they weren't thousands of years old. They didn't rule a kingdom, Luna didn't rule her moon colony, Celestia didn't have ambassadors sleeping from a hundred different nations. They were two fillies, who loved there mother and father. And would never see them again.
Tea in the moonlightView OnlinePast ThoughtsTea in the moonlightLuna and Celestia sat there for a very long time, basking in the presence of the shooting star. "Sister?" Luna sniffled. "Can I have some tea? The... that tea?" "Ye-yes Luna" Celestia said, rubbing her face against her sisters. "I think this is the time we should break it out." ~~*~~ Discord entered Twilight's observatory. She spent most of her time here the past few centuries. Tonight she was going to get some much needed sleep, but she woke up after the huge burst of magical energy. Twilight, sensing Discord turned to him. "Oh, hello Discord, is this your doing?" Discord merely shook his head."No Twilight, now please listen to me. Do not disturb Luna and Celestia tonight." Twilight took a step back. "Luna is here? And why not, tonight is beautiful!" Discord put a paw on Twilight's shoulder. "Twilight, tonight I'm not going to even say the word chaos again. This is something those two need." Twilight's jaw dropped. The last time he hadn't done chaos was the day Fluttershy died, over a thousand years ago. "Why?" Discord sighed. "Let me try and explain." ~~*~~ Celestia levitated a black and white wooden box from it's cubby and placed it in front if her sister and her. Breaking the seal Luna smiled at what was inside. "Father always said the tea was better with wine. At least he put a few bottles of his homemade wine in here." Celestia looked at her sister. "You know... As soon as the tea is opened, it will become a part of this world..." "Yes dear sister of mine. Please, lets begin." Luna lifted two goblets made of a blue and white metal from the box, as Celestia lifted a bag of leaves and one of the bottles of wine. Luna set the goblets on the floor of the balcony and lifted the glass pot from the box, leaving only a few bottles of wine over ten thousand years old and a small bag. Celestia pored a part of the bag in the pot and Luna added some wine. A combined flash of magic and the tea started to boil. "Are, are you ready Luna? we haven't had any of this before." Celestia hated being nervess, but this box was the last thing their parents had ever given them, the last thing that was left in this world that Nova and Quasar had touched. "Yes." The sisters laid there for a while more waiting for the tea to steep and watching the shooting star. Luna broke the silence by lifting the goblets in the air and giving Celestia a questioning look. "Yes Lulu, I think it's time." Luna dipped both in the pot filling them halfway and gave one to Celestia. "Ready?" "Ready." With that the sisters took a sip of tea, from leaves not of their world. The flavor that seeped into their mouths soothed them and calmed their hearts. The sister of the moon, and the sister of the sun looked longingly at the night sky, remembering the days from long ago. ~~*~~ Nyx looked up from her work as Cadence walked in. "Is everything ok Aunite?" "Cadence smiled. "Nyx, why don't you look out the window?" "Um ok" Nyx walked over to the tower window and pushed the certains open. "Oh." "Yes, oh." The clouded sky was clear all the way to the crystal kingdom and beyond.
Memories of a Strange WorldView OnlinePast ThoughtsMemories of a Strange WorldNine thousand nine hundred and ninety eight years ago. The grass was an emerald green and sky a sapphire blue as far as the eye could see, in fact that was all that could be seen except for four colored creatures. Four Alicorns, blue, black, white and a soft yellow. The yellow Alicorn had a mane and tail like a billowing white cloud, speckles of silver dust shown like diamonds. "Quasar, I think it's your turn to play with your daughters." She turned her turquoise eyes to her husband of nine million years. His black fur and violet eyes, his mane a flowing combination of black, gold, orange, blue, green and crimson. "Of course Nova. Luna, Celestia Come to mommy!" She released a small oomph as she was tackled to the ground by her daughters. Nova couldn't help but smile as his daughters played with their mother, a glance at his supernova Soul Seal and his wife's Quasar Spirit Brand was enough to remind him of the little time they had left. Every five hundred thousand years his wife got pregnant and they settled down on a planet for a short time until their children turned twelve, then they left once again to create more planets and solar systems, destroy older ones and know they could only see their children once every ten thousand years by sealing their souls to the one constant in the galaxy. "Reshara..." Quasar sighed and looked at her children, her beautiful, perfect children. Celestia had curled up with Luna, staying awake to hear her others soft vioce and her fathers deep but kind one. "They look so adorable like that." Quasar sighed happily. Nova only chuckled releasing his power of creation, growing a collection of small flowers into a ring around the two fillies, another each tucking itself behind their ears. Luna's grew a little leaf that tickled her noes causing her to scrunching her noes and make a tiny sneeze. Yes they were happy, but soon Quasar and Nova would leave, and there was nothing the four of them could do about it.
