ബഐബഐബഐ Luna ബഐബഐബഐ
"Sister we would have a word with thee." I spoke as I walked into my sisters chambers after raising the moon.
"Lulu you are doing it again." My sister smirked up at me from her tea. No surprise she was having some calming tea before bed given the events of the day. I would probably have to fend off some nightmares from several ponies tonight because of it.
I blushed when I realized that I had spoken in Old Equestrian. I was getting better but whenever I got emotional I tended to revert back to old habits. "Sorry Tia..."
"It is okay sister you will get it eventually. Now let me guess you want more information on the treaty?"
"Yes. Specifically why did H.K call you an 'oathbreaker?'"
Celestia sighed and put down her tea. This can't be good if she is putting down her tea. "You have the treaty still?"
"Of course. I wanted some clarification before I did as I was told and burn it."
Here is written are the Oaths to see if a pact of none aggression can be possible between the Wasteland Dragons and the Ponies of the United Equestrian Tribes. Once read and memorized by the Keepers of the Oath this is to be burned.
*A single dragon egg (once one is found that is suitable) is to be given to the care of the ponies. The ponies are to guard it and if possible attempt to hatch the dragon within.
*Once the dragon is hatched it is to be return to the Wastelands and to his/her family, if still alive. (If not, the care of the dragon is to fall to the current Dragon Lord.)
Amended: The pony by the name of Twilight Sparkle is hereby allowed to raise the dragon named Spike until such time as his dragon instincts emerge. When this occurs he is to be returned to the Wastelands to be trained to control his instincts.
*A pony is to be adopted by a dragon family and live out his or her days as a dragon forever disowning his or her pony heritage.
"Spike was the egg in question..." Celestia explained as she put the scroll down. "I broke my oath to give him back to his family when Twilight hatched him..."
"Then how did you managed to avoid a war!? Dragons have never taken lightly to those who dare break their Oaths..."
"I convinced the dragon 'Keeper of the Oath' that it would strengthen the chances of bonds of non aggression working if the young dragon spent some time with the ponies so that both sides could better understand each other..."
"So what other part did you break? I distinctively remember H.K. saying you broke it twice..."
"Spike's hoarding instincts awoke on his last hatchday a few months back..."
It took me a few second to process what my sister was implying but when I did my concern turned to anger.
"We know next to nothing about dragons! What madeth thee think it was remotely wise to ignore that? According to this treaty if Spike's dragon instincts he is to go to the dragons to be trained to master them. We see nothing wrong with it and all the good. Why would thee do something so obviously foolish!?"
"Because of whom his family is..."
"Who?" I knew dragons could be a bit 'rough around the edges' but once you got to know them most where quite good company unless things have changed a lot in the past thousand years... like always... That and I doubt the Spike would changed that much if his dreams were any indication. If anything it should allow him to finally become the knight he always wanted to be.
"His parents are long dead but his brother still lives..." Celestia paused as she started lightly petting her pet phoenix who had flown over from her perch and on to her shoulder.
"Tia..." I groaned. She was stalling. What could be so terrible to draw out her explanation like this!?
"His brother is H.K."
"Wait, what?" That was confusing H.K was our distant cousin and not a dragon.
"By the Dragon Code and the Oath in our Treaty says otherwise."
I blinked in further confusion before I realized that H.K. must have been the pony who had been adopted. Not surprising to be honest considering... considering the foul treatment he received when he was young... That still didn't explain why she would break her word. "But this is good! Why would you deny our oldest ally and friend his brother?!"
Celestia didn't speak but walked out to the balcony and gazed up to the moon. I joined her willing to wait for her to collect her thoughts. That was until I saw the glistening of tears flowing from her eyes. It was clear she was thinking back to the night so long ago.
"Ohh Tia." I cooed as I wiped the tears from my sisters eyes. "We art here. Drieth thy tears."
I let her cry for sometime without speaking. I alone knew all the pain and stress she suffered. To think I was once jealous of all the adoration she received. I never truly thought of nor understood the heavy weight that she was under, the mask of falsehood that she kept up in front of her ponies... That was until the night after I returned and all the parishioners and well wishers of the Day Court left leaving just us and the servants in the castle. She would not stop crying and apologizing long into the night and when she did sleep it was fitful and full of one worse nightmare after the next. Which went on every night for many weeks after.
"Now please tell me why you take such a risk?" I spoke softly after a while. As much I knew she was hurting right now I needed to know why. The fate of Equesrtia was very much on the line, if H.K was being truthful, which memory serves, he was. "Why Tia, why would you do such a vile thing and separate brothers. Did thy forget thine own pain after sealing we away? We can not imagine what it is and has been for H.K."
"Lulu you did not know H.K. as well as I do..." I nodded in concession. This was true and fair. Before the attack in the throne room earlier I had not seen him in well over fourteen hundred years. But then again he was always tended to prefer being alone. "H.K. has become more cold and angry over the years... and worse yet his hatred for ponies has only deepened... I couldn't risk that Spike... I'm sorry I... just could not risk that H.K.... our ponies are not versed in war as they were when we ruled from Everfree... I feared for them and felt I had to act. I... I..."
"We understand Tia..." I whispered softly as I wrapped my sister in a hug. "We have seen thine dreams filled with regret, fear of failure, and the loss of everything... But if you do not let me help those nightmares can become true..."
"I fear that they already have..."
"Have hope mine sister. The dawn will cometh soon..."