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// The Meeting, Part 1 
// Story: The Legacy Of Darkness 
// by Darkness 1 
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Princess Luna went to bed after she sat out on her balcony for a while, and when morning came, she got up, and thought to herself, "I'll go to my sister's castle and ask her to invite Twilight, her friends, Snowshy, and Lunar Ebony Blade for a meeting, we need to figure out what to do next. It's seems like our best option right now, and besides, I'm worried about my children, they chose to live in Ponyville, after they graduated, I just hope they have made a decision on what path they want to choose in their lives." Princess Luna sighed and said, "I only hope they don't turn to evil, I cannot watch them being put down if that happens...Now, I best be off, and tell my guards to lock down the castle while I am away." She then left her chambers, and walked to the main entrance doors, and as she came up to guards on either side of the giant doors, she said, "Keep the entire castle on lock down while I am away, we are in the middle of a crisis, we cannot afford to give the enemy any more land to take over than he already has, understood?"
The guards saluted her, stood aside, and said, "Yes, Princess! We will see to it at once! Have a safe journey!"
Princess Luna said, "I hope we can all at my sister's castle came come up with some sort of solution to this problem.."
The guards said nothing, as Princess Luna went through the doors, and the doors were closed behind her, and was locked from the other side, and all windows, had steel shutters that were closed shut and locked, and Princess Luna could hear different locks from all around the castle being put into place, and archers stood at the ready, and tower ballistas were loaded and guards sat in the seats to them, ready to fire. Princess Luna then flew off, in the direction of Princess Celestia's castle, and it wasn't too long after, she landed in front of the entrance to the castle of Canterlot, and the guards automatically saw her coming in, and had already opened the main doors, stepped aside, and as they saluted her, they said, "Welcome back, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia has been expecting you, and awaits your arrival in her throne room."
Princess Luna said, "I see, I shall not keep her waiting shall I?" The guards only nodded in agreement, as Princess Luna went through the main doors of the castle, and made her way to throne room. Moments later, Princess Luna entered the throne room, and there was Princess Celestia, waiting on her throne, and as soon as she saw Princess Luna, she ushered her over, and Princess Luna came over to her.
The two hugged each other, and exchanged words, and then Princess Celestia said, "It is so good to see you again, my sister, it feels like it's been too long since I last saw you, it's been...forty years.."
Princess Luna said, "I know, I just didn't want to see anypony, I...I...I I needed time to grieve, I...am sorry sister....I didn't know what to do..."
Princess Celestia said with comforting words, "It's okay, sister, I understood, in fact, we all did,  you did what you had to do. You made a good decision, it was the best thing you could've done for yourself, but it doesn't mean I didn't miss seeing you that whole time though."
The two hugged again, and Princess Luna said, "Thank you sister, I know it wasn't easy....for the both of us.."
Princess Celestia said, "No, it wasn't, but as you said, you needed time, it was the only option.."
Princess Luna then said, "Anyways, I came to you, because I need to ask you, to invite the others here, because we need to have a meeting and figure what to do next and how to take down Arrovak, before he destroys everything and everypony near and dear to us."
Princess Celestia said, "I had a feeling that might be the case, and  thought the same that it might be high time, we come up with a plan, so I already have sent letters to others, for an urgent meeting, they all should be here any moment..." Princess Celestia then looked in front of her, and said, "In fact...here there are now."
At that moment, Twilight, her friends, and Snowshy, came into the throne room, and went to Luna and Celestia, and they all exchanged greetings, and hugs, as Twilight said, "It's good to see you both, and good to see you after forty years, and Princess Luna, don't worry, we knew what you had to do, still, it just wasn't the same without you around."
Princess Luna said, "I know, and I'm sorry for all the trouble and worry it's caused you all."
Snowshy said, "Don't be, it had to be done, there was no other way, but on to this 'meeting'."
Twilight said, "Just wait a moment, we are still waiting on two others to get here."
Rainbow Dash said, "Two others? I thought all of us were here, I see all of us, and Snowshy, whoever pony else could there be that needs to be a part of this? Well, besides Lunar Ebony Blade, so I guess we are still waiting on him."
Princess Luna gasped and went quiet, and Princess Celestia who spoke for her, and said, "My sister's and Darkness's children, they need to know what's going on, and to make a decision, the time has come for them to choose their path in life, to choose their destiny. Either they run away from they were meant for, or they embrace it, and help us all in our time of need, they should be here soon. And about Lunar Ebony Blade, we'll talk about that subject later."
Applejack said, "You know, now that I think of it, I don't reckon I ever heard any of you say either of their names yet, what are their names? It's going to be weird calling them 'Princess Luna's and Darkness's children all the time."
Princess Luna said, "That's just it, though, even thought I named them both, until they choose their path in life, the names mean nothing, not yet, anyways. So they are still nameless because of that, depending on what they choose, then their names come to be. I didn't understand it at first either, but after reading one of my husband's books, I believe it was his 57th book titled: 'Sorcerer Pony Names And Customs, An Understanding Vol.1-10'. It was then made clear to me, and I understood, no matter how many times, I would call them by the names I gave them, they cannot respond to it, until they choose their path in life. But they knew who I was, they knew in their hearts I was their mother, that much was at least clear, they suffered much by other ponies in school when they were younger because of this, that they couldn't keep a name until they made a choice in life when they got older. Being a sorcerer pony is a beautiful blessing, and a curse, at the same exact time, and it's probably one of the reasons so many young sorcerer ponies long ago, turned to evil. Without any identity that made each of them unique, they all felt like they didn't belong."
Rainbow Dash said, "But this is your and Darkness's children we are talking about here! Everypony knows that they are the children of a great legacy! The hero Darkness, and of the Princess Of The Night! They are stronger than that!"
Twilight shook her head and said, "I read the books too, and Princess Luna is right, however, it took me quite some time to understand it as well, it's not just a matter of strength or even a strong heart or will, that's not enough. It all comes down to what each sorcerer pony chooses to pursue in life, what path in life, and either they want to follow it to the end, and in some cause, for all eternity, as in Darkness's case. In Princess Luna and Darkness's children's case, it might possibly be the same as well."
Rainbow Dash crossed her hooves, and said, "I think I get it, still a bit odd though.."
Rarity spoke this time, "Rainbow Dash, I read a book or two of Darkness's and the sorcerer pony ways are just...well..different from what we were all born into, and what we know in our lifetime, it's not how it always was."
Princess Celestia said, "Rarity, I never thought you to be a book reader..."
Rarity said, "Usually if it has nothing to do, with my talent, or sewing, etc.... Normally no, I'm not, but Darkness's books contain all sorts of things, and I wanted to try to best understand him, and his final decisions, but in order to do that, we must first understand and learn the ways of his ancestors."
Princess Celestia said, "I see, it makes sense doesn't it? Darkness devoted so much of his final days, working on all that knowledge being wrote down, that why shouldn't we read it and learn from the past, to better the future? Hmmm....now I think I understand why Darkness chose to say what he said to those that were there with him, in those final moments, it makes sense, he gave us all the tools we could ever need and more, to 'better the future'. Darkness was truly beyond his kind, he was something more, it's no wonder his talent was history, writing, and wielding a sword only he has only ever been able to use...."
Princess Celestia stopped, look ahead of her once more, and said, "It looks they are here, I guess we shall find out what happens on this day. Guards! let them in, and leave the room, and close the doors behind you!" The guards let the two in, saluted to Princess Celestia and the others, left the room, and closed the doors behind them. Princess Celestia ushered to two over to the others, and as they came closer, she asked them, "Do you know why you have been called here?"
Before they could respond, they both noticed everypony except Princess Luna and Celestia, was looking at them at awe and wonder and waited until everypony stopped staring, but while they were, they all could see the two more clearly and could make out what they looked like. On the left, stood a young mare, average in height, not too tall, but not too short, she had a sharp horn and large, beautiful wings, and her body was similar to the color of her mother, Princess Luna, but a little bit lighter. She had deep-blue eyes, and her mane also looked similar to her mother's but her tail was longer than her mother's and had been styled to have several pointy edges going down her tail but her mane and tail's colors were different as well, because they were light blue and black.
Then, everypony looked at the stallion, and he was the same height as his sister, his body was black, and he too, had a sharp horn, but his wings were different, they were just as big as his sister's, but not as pretty, for they had sharp edges to them, fit for aerodynamic speed and perfection. He had light purple eyes, and his mane was the same way as his wings: his mane had been styled in a way meant for better aerodynamic performance, and had been brushed back, and had a couple small pointy edges along his mane. His tail looked a lot like his sister's but was much shorter, and only had a few pointy edges to them, and his mane and tail were crimson red and black.