As Celestia and Dante walked off for their adventure, Vergil and Luna began their chess game. Vergil looked ever so serious as he moved his pawn into play, Luna made an odd move and pushed her pawn forward as well. Both played in science until Vergil spoke as he moves his knight "So, tell me, dear princess. What is it like living in the castle?" Luna stopped and pondered and said "Very dull, we haven't seen the outside world, nor have we seen a creature as you." She moved her pawn into position and took out one of Vergil's pawns. Vergil took little care in seeing his pawn get killed. He then spoke again. "So, what do you do in your spare time?" He moved his knight forward again and placed it in perfect position to kill her king. "check." Luna quickly dispatched the knight with her queen and said "We practice our magic, play chess, watch the stars, and the rest of the time...sit in boredom, and wish we could go and visit other ponies." Vergil took this opportunity to kill off her queen with his rook "sounds dull." Luna nodded in agreement and she finished off his rook with her own knight. She smiled and said "It is nice to get such lovely company as you now and then." Vergil looked at her questioningly as he moved his pawn closer to the edge on Luna's side. She didn't even bother with it and moved her pawn in position to kill her king and said "check" Vergil's eyes widened as he looked down to see he had no way of dispatching the pawn, he looked around the board frantically but all his troops were either dead, or out of range. Luna smirked and said "Correction, check mate." Vergil sighed in defeat. "I have never lost before..." Luna smiled and said "You should be more kind to your pawns, Vergil, they can sometimes have big payoffs." Vergil nodded and said "At least I got defeated by a worthy opponent. I commend you." Luna smiled. "At least you are a good sport about it. Daddy always throws a tiny fit when I win." She giggled "It's funny." Vergil laughed and looked at her. "I do so hope we stay friends like this...true friendship is hard to come by" Luna looked at him quizzically. "It is?" Vergil nodded "I have never had a friend actually...the closest thing I have is my little twin brother Dante..." He paused at the mentioning of his name and looked outside "I wonder what Celestia and Dante are up to?" Luna looked over his shoulder, wondering herself. "I do hope they are alright...the forest is dangerous"
As Celestia walked into the forest behind the castle, Dante was right by her side, viewing everything around him. He saw Celestia just as a ray of sunshine came into view behind her head, he could see her beautiful eyes, and noticed her mane and stopped for a second and gawked. Celestia saw this and looked at him "Danny? What's the matter?" Dante stopped and shook his head. "N-nothing..." He noticed the name change and looked at her "Danny?" Celestia giggled "I honestly think Danny or Tony is better. Dan was just a spur of the moment kind of thought, though it is still cute, somewhat." Dante blinked and smiled. He didn't know why he gawked at her, but he just kept following her until Celestia stopped them and said "Danny, look!" She pointed her hoof to a bush, Dante poked his head in to see 3 timberwolf puppies all bundled up, and playing. He stared and whispered "What are these things, Celes?" She smiled, standing right by him and said "Timberwolves...only pups though. Aren't they cute?" Dante nodded then stopped "Wait...pups?" Celestia looked at him, raising an eyebrow questioningly and spoke "Yes, why?" Dante looked over to her and stood up, taking his head out of the bushes and said "Well...don't pups usually have mothers?" Celestia stopped for a second and looked around "Yes, they do...these pups are only a week old at least...where is the mother?" Dante looked around nervously "Could she be close by?" Celestia's eyes widened "Oh dear...I certainly hope not." Dante looked at her "Why...?" Celestia said "Well...timberwolves are extremely dangerous...the mothers are the worst, protecting their young." Dante looked around frantically "Could she attack us..?" Just as he spoke he saw two glowing yellow eyes behind Celestia and without hesitation he grabbed her and threw her to the side shouting "Look out!!" The timberwolf mother lunged forward just as Dante moved, only barley scratching his back. the timberwolf landed in attack position, growling fiercely. Dante didn't even think before he threw himself in front of Celestia in a defensive position, having both his arms spread out wide, putting himself dead in front of a full grown, mother, timberwolf. Protecting Celestia as she lay on the ground, starring up at Dante in awe. She had never seen anyone defend her like he did. He didn't even care for his own life and willingly held himself against the wolf. Dante stared down into the wolf's eyes not giving an inch or showing a single sign of fear, the wolf growled deeply at Dante and inched closer, looking as if it were ready to kill him and Celestia. Dante saw what it was intending to do, and something inside him came forth. His eyes turned from ice blue to blood red and let out a low demonic growl, the wolf's ears suddenly fell back as she began to back away slowly. Dante inched closer, growling even more fiercely then she had. The wolf turned tail and ran for her pups, grabbed them and took off. Dante's eyes turned normal as he stumbled back and fall onto his butt. Celestia looked at him, taken aback by his sudden act of courageousness. "D-Dante...you saved me." Dante just smiled through tired eyes "It was nothing, Celes." He got up and held out a helping hand to her "It's what true friends are for, you know?" She placed her hoof in his hand and stood up with his help, then said "I...I think that's enough exploring for one day, let's go home, and play some games." Dante nodded. "Sounds like fun!"
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End of Chapter 2