//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Return of the Windigos // by LiveLife //------------------------------// "The sisters are fighting again...stay away from the Dining Hall." This message was whispered form servant to servant, messenger to cook, cook to guard. Nopony knew who started it, only that they should probably believe him/her. Soon, the entire castle knew. Even if the message hadn't gotten around, everypony would've known. Incoherent screams were heard every once in a while. This sounded very familiar, almost too familiar. It brought up one fear: Nightmare Moon shall rise again. That was the only fear, and everyone skirted around the Dining Hall as if it held the plague. The candles of the hallways, which usually burned ever so brightly, looked darker, more sinister.If anypony had bothered to look inside, just for a peek, they would have seen Luna arguing with someone who was most certainly not Princess Celestia. It was unlike anything anypony had seen before, and not in a good way. It was Supernova Sun, the bad side of Celestia. It all started when Luna had brought up the topic of the legality of pegusi using their wings during a race. Celestia's face had darkened, and she said nothing. The entire meal, Celestia was getting worse and worse. When the meal had been taken away, and only the two princesses were left in the room, Luna made the mistake of asking if Celestia was okay. With that, Celestia exploded. "Do I look okay to you?" she screamed. Then, after a couple of seconds of breathing hard, the transformation began. The Dining Hall, which had been brightly lit just a second before, was lit by only a single candle, which looked like it was about to splutter out. Princess Luna, who had a wonderful night-vision, saw everything. Her sister began to change color. The once white mare turned blood-red. Her multicolored mane turned first yellow, then it had an orange outside, and it looked like fire. Her large pegasus wings turned into bat-wings. Celestia's cutie-mark was surrounded by darkness. She turned her crown into a helmet, her necklace into armor, and her hoof-cups grew taller and turned orange. Lastly, her pupils turned into slits. There, standing in front of Luna, was Supernova Sun. She laughed, and the candle flickered dangerously. Still laughing, she said to Luna, "At last! Anon all can feel mine wrath!" She declared this in the Old Canterlot Voice, and used Old Tongue. "Doth thou wot how hard it hath been to rule a nation all high-lone?" Here, Luna interrupted. "Thou hast not been high-lone, dear sister! I hast been hither, helping, always ready to assist!" Her use of the Old Tongue/Old Canterlot Voice was far from rusty. "Thou hast nev'r pay'd attention that is all! Thou shall hark to me, i am hither, ready to be of assistance! Just calm down-" she was intterupted, and quickly. "Oh, but sister, dear, I am calm. I hast nev'r felt better! Doth thou not understand? I feel wondrous!" Supernova stood tall, just as tall as Nightmare Moon once did. Just the memory of Nightmare Moon brought hate-fear induced hate-to the surface. "Thou wot nothing! Thou will fall, just as Nightmare Moon did! Thou, however, will not be as easily forgiven! Thou will nev'r be forgiven! Doth thou not understand? Thou will be killed, and I shall be sisterless!" Luna was close to tears-and to transforming. I can't do that! We will just kill each other...or worse. "Being sister-less is the least that thou deserve. I shall not fall, f'r I am immortal! Nothing can hurt me! I shall rule forever!" The voice of Supernova Sun was cruel, and smug. Luna would not give up. "I made a gage to protect mine kingdom, yea at the cost of mine life. I will find a way to defeat thou, sister. I shall defeat thou, and I shall rescue thou. Make nay misprision, thither is nay ne'd to mortal arbitrament, f'r thou shall lose. Prithee, stand down, sister." This just got a laugh, then Supernova shook her head. "Oh, sister. Thou hast made a grave misprision. Well, into the dungeons with thou!" With that, Luna disappeared. Supernova made herself look like Celestia, then called in Flash Sentry. "Please send out a notice to everypony that it is no longer legal to be mixed. Pegasi, earth ponies, and unicorns can no longer be mixed. All pegasi must report to Cloudsdale, where they must stay. All earth ponies must report to Ponyville, and stay. The unicorns must stay come here, and they are not to leave. The price of disobeying shall be going to jail, permanently. Understand?" Flash nodded, and trotted off. As he was walking through the corridors to the Royal Messaging Room, a thought came to him. Why must we separated? he wondered. It's like the legend of the Windigos all over! And, where was Luna? She didn't come out of the room, and she wasn't in there. Very mysterious. Flash shook his head, then went off to finish his duty in the Message Room. After sending a copy to each city, where they were instructed to put one paper on each ponies door, he went down to watch Princess Celestia's room. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Princess Luna plopped down into Dungeon One. She felt uncomfortable the way she was laying, but didn't move. Oh, Tia! she thought. What have you done? Luna finally moved into a more comfortable position. She sat there, crying, in the cold, damp, smelly cell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Outside, near Ponyville, the winds were gaining speed. Rainbow Dash, Weather Captain, was puzzled. We didn't call for wind, did we? she thought. Then, she shrugged, and took a nap. A Wind Spirit, who had been watching, neighed triumphantly. Windigos all over Equestria heard, and responded. The winds of change were coming-literally.