A New Starting Point

by Lunar Flarion

Chapter 18: The Sister's Meeting

Prim waited for a few minutes for Flare to fall asleep so she could go and tell her sisters this. Why now? She wanted to tell them this information for fear that she’ll forget some of the details of it in the morning. After waiting a few more minutes, she could tell that Flare had finally fallen asleep. She slowly slid out from underneath the covers and Flare’s grasp. She had to shuffle slightly to get her hoof on the ground. When she did, she pulled herself over the edge and fell face first onto the floor. The floor emitted a low squeak and Prim gave a sad groan. She got up and rubbed her muzzle softly. She looked back at Flare with less worry than what she normally would. Nevertheless, he didn’t wake up from either noise.

‘Good, now I need to get Midnight and Night’ Prim thought.

She stood up and moved to the door as silently as she could, but the night seemed to be against her, every step she took made a soft squeaky noise. When she reached the door, she looked back at the bed to see if Flare was still asleep. To her delight, he was, so she continued on with her plan. She turned the doorknob quickly, and thankfully it didn’t make any noise.

She walked out and shut the door behind her silently. She turned and began to walk to the sister who was closer to Flare’s room. The closest sister was Midnight, who was closer to Night. She walked to Midnight’s room without any interruptions other than a maid dusting a vase full of flowers. The two stopped and looked at each other. Prim pretended to sip her mouth and then pointed it at her. The maid nodded and continued cleaning the vase and Prim continued on with her mission.

After a few more minutes of sneaking around, Prim had finally reached Midnight's door. She knew that if she knocked, nothing would happen, not this late at night. She put her hoof on the doorknob and slowly turned it. Once the knob was turned fully, Prim pushed the door open. Once the door opened fully, Prim walked inside and pushed the door to were there was only a small crack. She snuck over to the bed, on the right side, in hope of waking up Midnight and not Tattered Moon.

As silent as a bat hunting its finale meal, Prim stalked the right side of her sister’s bed. When she could see the headrest of it, she stood up straight and looked at the form that slept, her sister. She raised both of her front hooves and naturally had to stand on her back ones for support. She moved both of them and placed them gently on her sister’s side or back. With her hooves in position, she shook the mare softly, whispering,” Midnight. Midnight wake up. I need you!”

*Sleepy Groan*” P-Prim... go away, you’re not a filly anymore... you can’t sleep here... you’re twenty-one...”

*Growls*”Midnight, wake up!” Prim whispered furiously, shaking the mare a little harder. The mare refused to wake up though, so Prim had to think of a different strategy. Prim looked on as the sleepy mare covered her face with the blanket, the only thing that remained outside the blanket was her ear. Prim groaned, she had to think of something, what would get this army mare up?

‘Oh! Right!’ Prim thought happily. She leaned forward and whispered the following into her exposed ear,” Midnight, the guards had gotten into the food rations again~.”

“HMPF!” The mare woke up with a large jolt. Large enough to push herself off the bed and onto her little sister. Prim squeaked as the weight of her older sister came crashing down on top of her belly.

Prim gasped for air as Midnight shook her head to get rid of her dizziness. Once the dizziness faded she looked down at her younger sister. Prim said hoarsely,” Midnight, I love belly rubs, but this isn’t what I meant...”

“P-PRIM!” Midnight yelped as she looked down at her. Midnight scampered up and helped Prim to her own hooves.

“H-hey, Midnight,” Prim coughed out as she rubbed her stomach,” Um... I hope I didn’t interrupt anything between you and Tattered...”

“W-what? Tattered Moon hasn’t slept in my room in a long time, sis.”

“W-why not?”

“Well, with him not being in the barracks at night will cause some suspicion. Besides, we’ll sleep together when he retires and when we get married...” Midnight’s eyes went wide and she faced hoofed at what she just let slip,” Ah, fudge.”

Prim’s eyes went wide and her hooves shot up to cover her mouth. A large blush covered her face as she said softly,” Y-you guys are getting married?!”

“A-AH! S-SHUSH! Mom, dad, and Night don’t need to know! P-please, c-can you keep a secret? For your big sis?” Midnight said, trying her best to give a warm and calmed smile.

“Oh, just like how I ask you guys to keep secrets but you never keep them?” Prim replied sharply.

“I-I’m sorry! Please, don’t tell anypony and I’ll keep all your secrets from now on! Guards Honor!”

“Hmm... Alright!” Prim said as she hugged Midnight tightly and comfortingly.

“Thanks, Prim.”

“Besides,” Prim said as she released Midnight from her hug and stood up. She booped Midnight’s nose and stuck her tongue out mockingly,” You know that I will always keep your guy’s secrets~!”

“All right... so what do you need?”

“Well, I need to tell you some things that Flare had told me! Meet me in the gaming room!”

Midnight nodded in understanding. Prim returned the nod, got up, and walked to the door. She had one for hoof clutched to her chest as she exited the room. Once Midnight saw Prim leave and shut the door behind her, she turned to go back to bed...

“Where is my pillow?” Midnight said upon gazing at her bed. She sighed and mused aloud,” Clever girl...”

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Prim had done one of the most dangerous things you could do to Midnight... take her pillow. Why was this dangerous? It was dangerous because Midnight really liked her pillows, and would allow somepony to borrow one, but only if they ask. Prim took the pillow without asking, and she felt dirty for the robbery.

“Well, no going back now...” Prim said softly,”... Onward to Night’s room!”

She had exited Midnight’s room a few minutes ago and was now only a few feet away from Night’s door. She reached the door in only a few seconds and grabbed the doorknob. She quickly turned it and walked in, this time, not bothering to shut the door behind her. To Prim’s surprise, Night’s lights were on and the mare herself was drawing or writing something down on a piece of paper. When she heard the door open, Night quickly turned the paper over and looked over at the noise.

“Oh! Prim! Hey, how are you?” Night said nervously.

“Um... good... what are you doing? Why are you wearing a t-shirt?” Prim replied as she raised an eyebrow.

“Well... I’m wearing a t-shirt because I don’t have Fl- a coltfriend to snuggle with at night.”

“Well, I’m sure you can find one soon. Anyways, can you meet me in the gaming room?”

“Ok!”

The two stood there in silence for a few minutes. Night saw the random pillow in Prim’s hoof.

“Why do you have a pillow?” She asked

“Oh!” Prim said,” I took this from Midnight so she would come too.”

“Wow, I never thought you’d do that...” Night said as she got off her bed. She walked over to Prim and hugged her, saying softly with a sniffle,” I’m so proud!”

Like that, the conversation ended. Prim wiggled out of the hug and nudged Night in the direction of the door. Night complied and walked towards it. Prim followed suit, however, she couldn’t help but look back at the paper that Night had been using. She had to remember the task at hoof. The two exited the room in silence but continued to the gaming room.

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Prim, Night, and Midnight now all sat in the gaming room. Prim had given Midnight her pillow back and Midnight gave her a stern talking to about taking something that isn’t hers. Night giggled and sat down as Midnight finished up.

“So,” Midnight said as she sat down next to Night,” What did you want to tell us about Flare?”

“Well,” Prim tapped her chin. What should she start with? ‘Well, I guess I should start with the whole ‘Endangered Species’ thing.’”Well, I wanted to tell you, first and for most, that Flare is endangered, both in this world and his own...”

“Wait... WHAT!?” Midnight’s exclaimed.

“H-he’s the last one... both here... and in his own world... oh dear,” Night said as she put a hoof to her mouth.

“Yeah, he is here, but there is only one more in his world... and I think that's the reason why he’s so sad...” Prim said as she looked down with a frown.

“Is there anything we can-” Night started but was cut off by her youngest sister.

“No, there isn’t, well none that you guys can help with...” Prim said sadly, her gaze remaining on the floor.

A long and pregnant pause settled over the three royal sisters, each one thinking differently about the same situation, but each thought had something in common.

‘What can we do to protect him?’ Midnight thought to herself.

‘Maybe I can help... make... maybe... maybe if Prim was okay with it?’ Night thought, she hid a blush that now covered her cheeks.

‘How can I... we... us? Ensure that he’s happy? Ensure that he won't be the last one? Wait... why are they surprised that Flare is the last one here?’ Prim thought.

Midnight broke the silence as she cleared her throat,” Well... we have to do something, it’s the law to protect endangered species, but we can’t really do much to help him. So Prim, what else did you want to tell us?”

“Oh, I also wanted to tell you that Flare was... scared... for lack of a better word by a machine that his adoptive father created. I think it was called The Core...”

Night looked at the table in the center of the room, there on it, was the book that Flare had given her. She reached out for it and grabbed it. She opened the book and went to the ‘Machenery’ section. Midnight and Prim started talking about something else that Flare had told her. Finally, after a minute of searching, Night found what she was looking for. There, smack dab on the right page, written in bold words was ‘The Core’. It contained a blueprint of it’s inner workings and it even listed the staff that worked there.

“There!” Night proclaimed as she turned to the staff section. Midnight and Prim both got up and walked over to their sister. As the two sat down, Prim started to study the page.

‘This book contains The Core and its working staff?’ Prim thought happily,’ Maybe I can find Dr. Malachite! Wait... why does that name sound familiar?’

“Huh... I didn’t expect such a large machine to have a small staff...” Midnight stated.

“Yeah, the reason for that is, is that there weren't many scientists in the underground or engineers for that matter, so they had to operate on a small staff!” Night replied, slightly angry at how careless the monsters seemed.

Once Prim found the name Malachite, she pointed to the page and said,” That’s him, that's the pony that made the machine... all by himself.”

“That’s impossible!” both Night and Midnight replied, Night continued off of that,” It’s impossible for one stallion to make a thing this big!”

“Yeah, that's what I thought too, but when Flare told me about how he used these ‘ancient runes’ to construct it, I was a little more on the side of believing him,” Prim said nonchalantly.

“Ancient... runes... the tarturus are runes?” Midnight asked, giving Prim a deadpanned expression.

“Oh! Oh! I know! I know!” Night replied eagerly as she raised a hoof.

“Yes, Night?” Midnight said in a mock teacher voice.

“Runes are ancient forms of pony writing that could be used for magic! They are very powerful, and could match and overcome powerful magic that we have nowadays!”

“Congrats! I don’t know if you’re right so... A+!” Midnight concluded in her teacher's voice.

The three mare laughed happily at that. Finally, after the laughter died down and the three sisters could speak without interruption Prim ended the small meeting. She got up and stretched, her eyes felt heavy and her body ached to get back to bed and be with her coltfriend. Midnight grabbed her pillow and Night grabbed her book whilst Prim stood up.

“Well... I guess we should all go to bed, we all have something to do in the morning.” Prim said with a tired smile. Midnight nodded, but Night, Night just looked at Prim with a mile long stare. Prim looked at Night, who looked away once under her sister’s gaze. Midnight flopped the pillow on top of her head and exited the room, humming an unknown tune. Prim turned to follow but Night stopped her.

“Prim... I think I can help with Flare’s ‘endangered’ problem...”

“Wait, really?!” Prim said happily.

“Yeah, but... I need to know if it is okay with you...”

“Um... okay, what is it?”

Night went silent for a bit. Finally, she breathed in and said in a short burst,” IthinkweshouldherdwithFlare!”

“... What?” Prim said as she raised one of her eyebrows.

“I-It’s kinda embarrassing to repeat but... I think we should...” Night stopped abruptly.

“We should... what?”

“I think we should... herd with... Flare...”

Prim’s mind went blank, she stared into to Night’s eyes. ‘She wants to... herd? With Flare?’

“No...” Prim said.

“H-huh?” Night replied with a confused expression.

“I mean... I’m not sure if Flare would be okay with it...”

“So... if Flare is comfortable with it... you’ll be okay with it?”

“Maybe...” Prim said,” I mean, me and Flare have just started dating... and... and then there’s mom and dad...”

Silence filled the room for a small amount of time. Night hated this silence, so she broke it.

“O-okay... I just wanted to tell you-” Night began, however, she was cut off.

“Do you love him?” Prim asked.

“Yes... well it’s more of a crush if you want to know since you love him already!”

“Okay... well goodnight, I hope you have sweet dreams, Night.” Prim concluded.

She turned around and left the room, she felt embarrassed and... jealous. She didn’t like being jealous, so she tried to focus on Flare as she walked to the bedroom. Though, the thought of her sister taking Flare away made her angry, was she being protective? Territorial? Whatever it was, she couldn’t help but feel wronged. This feeling followed her, even when she entered the bedroom where Flare laid.

-_- After Prim gets in the bed-_-

Prim wrapped her hooves around Flare’s back and held him close, her muzzle nuzzled soundly against his neck. Prim felt the large stallion wrap his hooves around her back and his muzzle moved next to her ear.

“How was your little get together~?” She heard him whisper.

*SQUEAK!*”Flare! H-have you been awake this whole time?” Prim whispered back.

“I felt you up and leave so I waited for you to return~,” Flare replied, he nuzzled her ear.

“Well, I’m glad you aren’t mad~,” Prim whispered as she nuzzled his neck.

“...Flare, tomorrow night, I want to test something with you... is that okay?” Prim asked sweetly.

“Sure...” Flare replied tiredly,” Just nothing too wild... alright?”

“Alright~.”

The two held each other close that night, but fell asleep quickly, their night went by peacefully. The next night will not be so peaceful as this one.

(Somewhere in the Razorwood Forest)

“Filthy werepony, do you think you could get away?!” A vampony snarled, a blade was held by their mouth.

“Stupid pony! We should’ve killed your kind long ago! Then we could rule as the worlds, rightful rulers!” The werepony growled and lunged forward to sink their teeth into the vampony’s neck.
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Author's Note:

That text at the bottom of the page is not random letters, they mean something!

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