Luna stirred not long after Celestia fell asleep. She got up and stretched, then suddenly the noticed tears streaming down her sister’s face. She was about to wake her sister up, then she then saw Philomena. She smiled at the bird, thinking she had figured it out.
“Mom says sometimes when somepony is really happy, they cry! Tia must be happy you have returned, Philomena!” Luna ran over to the phoenix perched on the window. She stared out at the dark sky, spotted with stars and streaked with moon light. “Looks like mom lowered the sun and dad raised the moon again!” She laughed. “One day Philomena, that will be me and Tia’s job. I raised the moon once already, that’s how I got my cutie-mark!” Luna showed the baby phoenix the crescent moon on her flank. Philomena flapped her wings in response. Luna laughed, and then yawned loudly and walked back over to her older sister, nuzzling her affectionately before curling up next to Celestia.
“Soon mom and dad will come back and we will be one big happy family again, Tia promised and I can’t wait,” the blue filly whispered as she snuggled against her sister. She yawned again, already half asleep as she slurred, “Well goodnight Philomena, I’m glad you’re back.” The young blue alicorn listing to the soft cooing sound coming from Philomena as the warm night air guided her to the dream world. In her dreams she was often accompanied by a small bat, she had seen this bat in her dreams many times before. She had even given him a name, Starlight after the night sky that she and the bat both loved. As the dream went on Luna began to smell something. Something she had smelled before, but she could not put her hoof on it. Then suddenly she looked up with wide eyes.
“Smoke! I smell smoke, and where there is smoke there is-.”
“FIRE!” the sound of her older sister yelling woke her up, after a moment she realized the smell was still there, and then it hit her. Something was wrong.
“Tia? Whats going on?” Luna asked.
“No time to explain we need to get outside now!” Her sister said. Luna then felt herself being lifted off the ground and placed on her big sisters back by magic.
“Hold on tight, okay?”
“Okay Tia.” Luna said closing her eyes in fear. As her big sister was running through the burning castle. Luna heard a crashing sound, and looked up to see the exit covered with burning wood and stone.
“Tia I’m scared.” Luna cried out. Then moments later she felt herself being lifted once more. This time towards a hole just big enough for her to fit through. As she crawled through and jumped to the ground Luna heard her sister’s voice from the burning castle.
“Luna meet me by the river okay? You will be safe from the fire there.” Luna hesitated for a moment but then ran through the burning forest. As Luna neared the river she heard a sound from behind her and looked back to see her sister standing there all covered in soot and some burns. Luna then looked next to her sister and saw the strangest creature she had ever seen. Celestia and the creature came running up to Luna. Just then there was a snap from above as a tree branch broke and fell. The creature pushed her and Celestia sending all three of them into the river. The current was strong and swept them down stream. Luna watched as the creature grabbed onto a branch with it’s tail and grabbed her sister, it then tried to grab Luna with its paw but Luna watched as she slipped from it’s grip.
“Luna No!” Luna heard her sister call.
“Tia save me.” Luna cried out as she was washed away.
“I will find you, follow the the sunset Luna.” Was the the last thing she heard from her sister as she was carried away. Luna tried to fight the current by swimming up stream, but she was too little. Luna searched for something to grab onto and luckily found a small branch. After about an hour of floating Luna saw a small shore. She used the rest of the strength she had to kick her little legs propelling herself to shore. As she stepped onto the shore it began to rain and Luna fell over and lost consciousness.