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// Chapter 2 Dreams and Memories 
// Story: The Solar Stallion 
// by Ghostreet 
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Celestia couldn´t sleep, rolling over his side again and again, thinking about Wing, his blue eyes reminded her of the sea, his groomed wings and mane, his well build body… “no, this it not the time for this” she thought, “and he´s very busy and doesn´t have time for this… but he´s not ba… NO, stop thinking about him!”. Sighing she got up and went to get a glass of water, levitating the glass and jar she poured some water, while drinking she could hear someone murmuring behind her, turning around there was the Pegasus of her thoughts, lying on the couch asleep.

Frozen she thought. “How can I forgot that he was sleeping here!”, after some seconds she turned to leave but before she could leave, heard some murmuring from Wing and taken by curiosity, she turned making his way to Wing and leaning she heard what he was saying.

“Sister”. Wind murmured squeezing his eyes. 

Celestia felt guilt for the nightmare he had, “maybe I can take a peek in his dreams?”, shaking her head, she thought. “No, I can´t do that to him, he trusts me and I’m going to trust him, he will tell me someday”. She turned to leave but before she could leave, Wing said.
“Please don´t go”. While shivering.

Celestia turned to see Wing, thinking that she awoke him, but he was still asleep.
“Don´t leave me”. He whispered.

Seeing him shivering like a little colt, Celestia leaned and planted a kiss on his forehead and with a smile said.
“Goodnight Wing”.
Before she leaves, Wing still asleep replied.
“Goodnight Celestia”.




Wing Blade camp, the next day

Wing awoke feeling better than ever, getting up on his hooves and stretching his limbs headed to his room, entering he could see Princess Celestia still asleep and not wanting to perturb his sleep, he headed outside of his tent.

Outside of his tent, where ponies training, chatting or working and closing his eyes, Wing got carried away by the sounds of the busy camp, until a voice caught his attention.
“Hi Wing”.

Looking in the voice direction he replied.
“Hi Steel”.
“So?”.
“What?”. He Said, knowing where this conversation was going.
“You know what I’m talking about Wing”.
“I have no idea what you're talking about”. Wing nervously replied.
“I knew it, you and the Princess were…”.
“Shhhh!” Steel was silenced by Wing.
“Nothing happened, so please shut it”. 
“So you don´t like the Princess?”.
Lowering his head and scratching the ground, Wind shyly replied. “Well, she´s beautiful and I like her and her purple eyes, but I don’t think I’m ready”.
Frowning, Steel said “You need to forget the past and move forward”.
“I will try but I don’t promise anything”. Said Wing, to avoid the discussion.
“Better than nothing”. Then Steelhoof saying goodbye, headed to the training grounds.
Sighing, Wing closed his eyes again, only to hear a rustle from his tent.

-Celestia vision-
Celestia awoke feeling good, rising from Wing´s bed, she went to the meeting room to see if Wing was still asleep, but before she could enter the room, a conversation caught her attention and slowly she approached to the exit trying to hear more.
“What?”.
“You know what I’m talking about Wing”.
“I have no idea what you're talking about”.
“I knew it, you and the Princess were…”.
“Shhhh!”.
“Nothing happened, so please shut it”.

She could hear Wing talking with another pony.
“So you don´t like the Princess?”.
“Well, she´s beautiful and I kinda like her, but I don’t think I’m ready”.

“He likes me?, he likes me!”. She thought enthusiastically, without paying more attention to the conversation , a grin appeared on her muzzle. 
“You need to forget that and move forward”.
“Ok ok, I will try but I don’t promise anything”.
“Better than nothing”.
Hearing the sound of hooves walking, and not wanting to be discovered she rushed again to wing´s bed.



Wind Blade entered into his tent, just to find only the princess awake.
“Good morning your highness” Wind greeted her, as he bowed.

With a giggle Celestia replied. “You know that you don´t need to call me that, Celestia its fine”.
“If you insist”. Wind replied and sitting on the ground, he saw Celestia looking at him, with a smile, making him look away with red cheeks, after several awkward minutes, a complaining noise from Wing´s stomach could be heard.

Only making Celestia giggle again, she said.
“Haven´t you eaten yet?”.
“Not since yesterday”. Replied Wing, putting a hoof on his stomach trying to calm him. 
“Well, if you want to make it to tomorrow, you need to eat”. Celestia got up from wind´s bed, and said. “Wait here”. She walked outside.

“Wait!". Before she could go outside, Wing rushed and stood between Celestia and the exit, and replied.
"You don´t need to do that and I’m not so hungry”.
“Move, I’m not going to take a no for answer”. Commanded Celestia

Wing said nothing, only shaking his head, Celestia made an angry glare, and said.
“Listen young colt, you will move aside and wait here, while I bring something to eat, is that clear?”.
Wing was startled by the sudden angry in Celestia´s voice, nodding and moving aside he sat like a grounded colt, a smile reappeared on Celestia muzzle and with a more relaxed tone said. “That´s better”. Then she left.

Making his way to an old unicorn armored pony, she coughed behind him to attract his attention, the unicorn turned and said.
“Good morning your highness”. He said with a quick bow.
“Good morning errs… Spark is it?.
“Yes Princess, what I can do for you?.
“Wing Blade has not eaten since yesterday and I still don’t know where the kitchen is.”

Fire Spark motioned a young stallion to approach, told him to take some food to Wind´s tents and dispatched him, then he replied
“Somepony will deliver your meal, your highness, I hope you and Commander Wing has slept well”.
Celestia frowned. “I’m afraid I gave him nightmares about his family but when he talked about them yesterday, he seemed to calm”.
“Do you exactly know what happened to them?”. She added.

His expression changed from one of comprehension, to one of seriousness and replied.
“Princess all I know his his father was a soldier and died during the invasion, his mother and sister died by some gryphon guards".
“But why he had shown no emotions after he mentioned them?”.
Looking in all directions to make sure nopony was listening, Spark said.

“Because he buried them deep in his memories, he has never cried for his deaths, he just gathered some soldiers to kill all the gryphon’s he could, to revenge his family, but we stopped him before he could do something stupid”. 
“Why?”. Celestia replied hesitantly.

“He was the best in his class, graduated with honors, one of the best strategists of our time, he even helped the king of Neigphon to get rid of the rebels, that’s why the king allows us to be here, if he had been killed, nothing of this could be true, but, he let carry by his emotions and that´s why he buried the memories of his family”.

Celestia felt guilty, for making him remember such painful memories and saying her thanks to Fire Spark, returned to Wing´s tent, “He has never cried for his deaths”, she thought, “he was suppressing such emotions for so long, like Luna”.  Before she could noticed, she was standing, in front of Wing´s tent and with a determined tone said to herself.
“I will make him tell me one way or another”. Then she entered.

Wing was sitting in front of his desk, concentrating deeply in some letters, not noticing Celestia arrival, before she could say something, Wing angrily tossed all the letters on the ground and bucked his chair, sending it flying through the room, landing a few steps from where Celestia was standing, ears down and with a guilty expression, he said.
“Sorry”.

Picking up the chair with her magic and putting it in his place, she replied, “Its ok Wing, now tell me, what´s wrong?”.
“Nothing” replied Wing while picking up all the letters
“You did this, just for nothing?”. Asked Celestia, pointing to Wing´s mess.
“Just some issues”. He said, not looking at her and putting the letters on the desk.

Celestia knew that he was lying to her and she hated when somepony lied her, frowning she replied, “Don´t lie to me, now tell me what´s wrong or I will use my magic to make you answer”.

Closing his eyes and breathing deeply, he was going to tell her about the issue but another pony interrupted.
“Princess, here´s your meal as you requested”.
“Thank you, put it over there”. Looking again to Wing, she whispered harshly.
“This is not over, after this you are going to answer me”. Then she headed to the meeting room.

They ate in silence, that was an awkward moment for Wing, who was repeatedly looking to Celestia, who was so concentrated in her meal that didn’t look to Wing, some ponies were serving her food, and after twenty minutes of silence, there were just The Princess and him, Celestia raised her head and asked. 
“So now, answer my question”.
“Pardon?”.
Celestia slammed a hoof on the table, making him yelp and angrily replied. “Don’t play dumb with me, now tell me, what was bothering you?”. 

“Well, I have been sending letters to the zebras, diamond dogs and dragons leaders, requesting them for help, but they refused, the zebras doesn’t want to enter into conflict with the gryphons, the diamond dogs are too busy digging for gems and the dragons doesn´t care”.
“It's that all?”. Celestia asked, she knew that was not all.
“Yes, I told you everything”.
“And what about your family?”.

“My… my family?”. Said Wing, with a nervous voice.

Celestia sighed and replied. “I heard you last night, you were speaking about your family while You were sleeping.
Wing´s face hardened. “I don’t want to talk about that”, he got up off the table and rushed to his room.
Celestia had a saddened face while she walked to Wing´s room, when she entered, she saw Wing lying on his bed with a blank look and not looking at her, he weakly said. “I told you that I don’t want to talk about that”, then she lay on the bed beside him.

Wing could see a yellow glowing around his body and felt his body lighter, turning around on the air, he could see Celestia´s horn glowing, carefully she levitated Wing to her, embracing him like a mother to his child, he stiffened at the feel of Celestia´s body against his, she just started to caress his mane and said.
“You wanted to protect yourself against these feelings, and you created a shell, but now it's time to letting out everything, just tell me how you feel”. She could feel his head pressed against her chest.

“I… I miss them”. He replied weakly and then the tears started to flow from his eyes, crying and sobbing, he opened his heart to her, putting her chin over his head she continued caressing his mane.

“I wish I could tell my mother, I love you one more time, to tell my father that I’m sorry for yelling at him before go to the military school”. Then he made an angrily growl and continued “To be there to protect my little sister, she was everything to me”. Then Celestia tightened her hug. “That´s why I repressed all memory of my family and closed my heart to love again, just the memory of them it's very painful and I don’t want to feel like that again”.

With a hoof on his chin, Celestia raised his head to his eye level, and asked. “If  you allow me, Can I see your memories?, I want to help you please”. He was undecided, but then nodded, and replied. 

“Ok, but just with one condition”.
“Yes?”.

He lowered his gaze and replied. “I don’t want to talk about this again, please”.

“I promise”. Celestia´s horn started to glow and touching Wing forehead with it, she entered into his mind, she could feel Wing seeing her, but he wasn´t there, with a glow of her horn a blur appeared, gaining consistency she could see a little Wing with a pony that seemed his father, some memories of his days in the military academy, his mother, when he was informed of his family death, frowning she thought, “This memories aren´t those that he suppressed” and with another glow of her horn she reached to the more deep memories.

She was wandering through his memories, some mares that he loved, her mother telling him that he was going to have a sister, him yelling to his father, until one memory caught his eye.



Stalliongrad fifteen year ago 

A little Pegasus filly was silent crying beside a door in a dark hall, just visible by the moon glow, across that door was her parents, arguing loudly about her and her sickness, she had a rare sickness, that made her wings bones thinner and the doctors said that was too dangerous to let her fly.

She was holding a little blanket and kept crying, suddenly a young colt appeared, Wing Blade. 
She looked at him tearfully, he carried the little filly in his arms to his room and embracing her, they laid on his bed, and the filly looked at him and said.

“Are mommy and daddy mad with me?”.
“Of course not, they just want you to be better”.
“But why they are yelling each other?”.

“… Because they´re scared that something happen to you”. Then he unfurled his wing around his sister to protect her.
She snuggled with his brother and asked “is there something wrong with me, it's because I can´t fly?”.

Wing lifted her head with his hoof and replied. “There´s nothing wrong with you and if somepony tells you that, then don´t listen to them”.
“But they´re right, there´s something wrong with me”.

“Look at me”, then he took one of her hooves, “you and I have hooves”, he flapped his wings and pointed to her, “we have wings”, then he caressed her mane and shook his tail, her sister did the same, “and we have mane and tail”, then he gently poked her nose, “you are my little sister, and if you have something wrong then I too and I don’t care about it, I just care about you”.

Then she smiled, and hugging him said. “I love you big bro”
“I love you too little sis, now its time to sleep, Goodnight”.
“Goodnight”.


Celestia presence left his mind, Wing had his eyes closed and warmly tears were falling from his face, when he opened his eyes, he saw Celestia crying too.

“That was beautiful”.

“I… never remembered that memory”. He felt at peace, he didn´t feel more pain, just the warmth of Celestia and the memory of his sister.

“Thank you”. Whispered to her and closing his eyes again, he smiled, recording that moment in his memory.
She stared at Wing, the smile on his face, she couldn´t resist and planted a kiss on his cheek, Wing felt drained and quickly fell asleep holding her, Celestia looked Wing´s chest rise and fall, his gentle breathing chilling her fur, she stood there watching, until somepony called Wing´s name, she got up without disturbing his sleep and walked to the exit.

It was midday already and Steelhoof was calling Wing, he couldn´t hear nothing and after calling his name for the third time, the Prince's head poked through the tent door. 

“Yes?”.
“Princess!? ... excuse me, can I talk with Wing?.
“He´s asleep, and I don't want him to be awakened, whatever you need, will have to wait until tomorrow”, a smile appeared on Steel face “lucky stallion”, he thought and asked Celestia.        
“Is he ok?”.

Celestia returned the smile, and replied. “Yes he´s fine, now I need you to leave and tell everypony to not disturb Wind today, is that clear?” 
“Of course, your highness”. Then he bowed and walked away, celebrating and cheering him in his mind, Celestia returned to bed with Wing and after some minutes watching him sleeping, she fell asleep.