Change: A New Dawn

by FlutterTwi


Prologue

 "Our roots say we're sisters, our hearts say we're friends." 

"A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves —a special kind of double."


It's 23 years in the Future during the War of New Equstria, and it's been a horrible and bloody place to live as many citizens from across New Equstria have died trying and had their magic taken away by the powerful Grogor. The only ponies that are left to stop him remain in the once-proud city of Canterlot under the sanctuary of Princess Twilight Sparkle monarch of New Equstria.

The battlefield of Canterlot Castle was the last to be conquered and our magic was still intact, as Grogor and his army had not succeeded in a breakthrough the magical barrier yet that the Princess had cast with the help from her friends but it's only a matter of time before Grogor would try to destroy us all, but destiny will change the fate for one unicorn mare in particular and this is her story.


Dawn has been roaming around the cold and deserted streets of Canterlot since the portal had transported her outside of Canterlot Castle, she was also feeling very tired from the dimension travel. The unicorn mare needed to find somewhere safe to sleep for tonight and then come up with a plan to stop Grogar. 

The thestral captain had seen the unicorn mare from his vantage point above and had swooped down to investigate why she was outside unaccompanied and getting prepared to go to sleep."Excuse me, but are you lost and why are you sleeping by the side of the road in the street alone at night?" came a masculine voice from behind Dawn making her jump up from the floor in surprise then turning around to face the Thestral who had spoken to her.

"Umm. I was trying to find somewhere to sleep for the night, but if I'm bothering you then I'll just leave." Dawn says, feeling a bit awkward that a stranger had witnessed her sleeping on the floor.

"You don't need to leave, but as Captain of The Lunar Guard, I will insist that you come with me to Canterlot Castle and stay the night then will contact your family in the morning." said The thestral Captain 

"My name is Dawn and what is your name Captain?" 

"My is Vladimir Vespertilio and it's a pleasure meet you." They say exchanging their names to each other over a friendly hoofshake. 

"Do you mind if I call you Vladdy, it sounds like a good nickname to call you by," Dawn says looking towards Vladimir with pleading eyes.

"I don't mind being called Vladdy, as I've never had a nickname before." Vladimir said with a deep blush spread from his head to his neck at the mention of the new nickname for him, never in his years of being Captain of Luna's Guard had a mare given him a nickname before. 


The two guards were standing watch in front of the gates to Canterlot Castle unexpectedly saw their Captain, who'd they expected to be alone, escorting to the Castle.

"You must be tired from today, I'll take you to one of our guest rooms so you can sleep," Vladimir said, leading Dawn through the maze of corridors in the castle. Dawn had was familiar with the passages having grown up in Canterlot Castle but she was enjoying her time with the Thestral Captain.

"Thank you for everything you’ve done for me, Vladdy." Dawn hugged Vladimir close to her before letting go of the Thestral Captain.

"Goodnight Dawn, I hope that you have sweet dreams tonight." Vladimir Vespertillio said to Dawn before leaving her to sleep in the guest chambers. 

Dawn opened the door to her guest chambers strolling inside and closing the door behind her and noticing that the room was adorned with luxury furniture, fancy wallpaper was coveing the walls and a solid gold Chandauli encrusted with diamonds was hanging from the ceiling in the middle of her room. Dawn then walked into the bathroom seeing that it had a toilet and a sink and above it was an elegantly framed glass mirror that opened up as a cupboard which she opened it up to see that it had a golden coloured toothbrush and minty flavored toothpaste on one shelve and on the other was a fancy looking hairbrush to brush her mane with. 

Dawn also had a choice of either using a bathtub or shower to wash herself before going to bed, they are clean towels hanging on hooks to the side of the shower door and a wicker basket to put dirty towels and clothes inside it. She had decided to use the shower first as  noticed that it had a shelf with expensive looking little bottles of shampoo and conditioner that was scented with unique fragrances that she never heard of. Inside the soapdish was pain white Soap to clean herself with when see was down using the shower. Dawn then used the hairdryer that was located to the side placed on a hook that was plugged in and had it's own electric plug connected to an extra wall off from the bathroom. When she reach her bed she could see special chocolate wrapped up in gold paper and gently placed on her pillow and a Lavender scented pouch hanging on the bed post designed to calm you down before going to sleep.
 
But Dawn couldn't sleep even after getting herself ready for bed as feelings of grief and losing everyone important to her had died arose from deep inside as she began weeping for them and stopped crying when she coul'nt cry no more, Dawn felt pure rage like she never felt before and was hellbent on avenging them and her world by stopping Gorgar.

The next morning Dawn awoke to the sound of knocking. Reluctantly, she got out of bed and opened the door to see Vladimir Vespetililo standing in front of the doorway in full Lunar Guard Armour smiling at Dawn as he noticed her staring at his normal uniform which he wasn't wearing yesterday when they had first met being that it was his night off.

"Good Morning Dawn, I've been sent by the Princesses to escort you to the royal dining hall for breakfast," Vladimir announced to Dawn. Meanwhile, at the dining hall, Princess Celestia had prepared pancakes for breakfast and was eagerly waiting on her sister and their guest to arrive.

"Sister, there's no need to be nervous. I'm sure our guest will love the pancakes that you make every morning will be delicious," Lunar says before picking up a pineapple and eating it. Princess Celestia glances over towards her sister's choice of breakfast which was a pineapple with a frown. 
 
"At least she'll enjoy eatting the pancakes that I cook for her!" Princess Celestia says to Princess Luna who rolls her eyes before sitting back down to enjoy her breakfast.

 The doors to the royal dining hall opened as a young unicorn mare was accompanied with Captain Vladimir Vespertilio who guided Dawn to her seat. The Lunar Captain saluted to both Princesses before leaving the dining hall himself. 

Princess Celestia looked towards Princess Luna before speaking to their guest with a worried manner. "Captain Vladimir inform us that you were roaming the streets of Canterlot alone last night where is your family or friends?" 

Dawn suddenly cast her gaze down towards her half eaten pancakes as she began poking them with the end of her fork. "I had a premonition of my sister and her friends were being murdered by Gorgar." Tears began to fall when she spoke about her Big sister and her friends.

"I'm so..." but before Princess Celestria could finish her sentence Dawn held up her hoove to stop her. "Saying that you're sorry won't bring them back, unless you have a magical spell to raise the dead ." Dawn said through the tears..

"Dawn, You’re more than welcome to stay here with us." Princess Luna quickly said seeing that her older sister's question had upset the unicorn mare. 

"Thank you, Princess Luna, it would be nice to live in this Castle again even if the rulers are different from my world." Being grateful but solemn at the Princess Luna's invitation.
 
"I'm curious to know who was the ruler in your Equestria?" Princess Celestira asked Dawn.

"That was my big sister Princess Twilight Sparkle. You did groom her for years to become a Princess so she could take your place as ruler of Equestria someday." Dawn said as she continued consuming the rest of her pancakes. Princess Celestia almost choked on her tea, spitting the hot beverage down herself at Dawn's answer.

"So where is Twilight right now, I thought she'd be here but I haven't seen her?" Dawn says asking them. Princess Celestia wiped the tea from her muzzle before answering Dawn's question. 

"Twilight will be here, visit us for a diplomatic meeting, you can see her then." Princess Celestial says smiling towards Dawn.

"Now that our breakfast is over my sister has her royal duties to attain too and I need my rest to raise the moon for tonight." Princess Luna declares reminding everyone in the room. 

Dawn got down from the dining table and turned her gaze towards the dark blue alicorn. "Princess Luna,can I teach you our special getting before I leave?" Dawn asked nervously 
 Princess Luna only nodded as she waited for me to continue. 

"Moonlight, Moonlight, firefly awake, make a wish and do a little shake." Dawn says  demonstrating the little song and dance to Princess Luna.

"It was our special greeting, we'd do it together  whenever I visited you at Silver Shoals." Dawn says sheepishly.

"I will do the greeting the next time we meet, little one." Princess Luna says to Dawn then evacuating the dinning to retire to her chambers for the day.
 
Dawn took the opportunity of being by herself to wander around the castle greeting the Solar Guards. As she walked, her mind drifted towards her last traumatic moments with her big sister wishing she could have told Twilight that she loved her one last time. 

 What Dawn had witnessed in her sister's premonition two nights ago had come true as her special talent is having visions that relates to anypony that she touches and can see events from their past, present, or future.

Dawn needed to find something to do so she  roamed around the rest of the castle until she found an unoccupied music room. as her eyes sighted an Organ in the corner of the room.
She settled down on the seat, pressing down on the keys of the organ with her front hooves while also using her back hooves at the same time to control the pedals as she played the musical notes to debussy clair de lune as the beautiful melody from her foalhood echoed across the room.

When Dawn had finished with the Organ she had'nt notice that somepony had watching her played until she turned around coming face to face with Captain Vladmir.

"You played really beautifully and this royal Organ hasn't been touched in many years." Captain Vladmir said in amazement.

A shrill gasp escaped Dawn's throat. She leapt about a mile in the air, whirled around and came face-to-face with Vladimir himself. “Oh my Luna!” Dawn squealed, slapping a hoove across her heart. “You need a little bell around your neck, you know that?” A small grin tickled his lips, which somewhat nullified the immediate mortification that flooded her system. “Not a bell kind of Thestral, I’m afraid."

Vladimir stopped moving, his brows furrowing in what might have passed for concern. “Are you all right?” “No,” she said, unthinking. His frown deepened. “I’m sorry,” he said, stepping back once, twice, a full three times to give her some much-needed breathing room. “I just…sorry.” “For what?” Vladimir smiled softly.

"That what you're worried about, I thought it was something that I'd had done." Vladimir said looking quite relieved.

"Is their a reason to why you are here and not in bed right now?" Dawn asked frowning up at the bat-pony Captain.

"Princess Celestia had asked me to bring you to the royal dining hall to meet an importance guest and is requested to join them for tea and cake." Vladimir said walking up beside Dawn and leading her out of the royal music room and towards the royal dining hall.


I'm a unicorn who sees the future, past or present.





Oh-ooh
La-da-da-da-da

I never knew I lostcha till I foundchya
And I never guessed how close you were to me
And, now, I wanna throw my arms aroundcha
Tell a thousand tales that will astoundcha
Everything about you tells me this was meant to be
Don't you see

I'm on your side
Let's take this ride
And together we're facing the world
Doing things nobody's done before
And The Great Divide
Doesn't seem so wide... anymore

I can't recall what life was like withoutcha
Now, it feels as though we've never been apart
Tell me every tiny thing aboutcha
Anything you'll say I'll never doubtcha
We're meant to be together I can feel it in my heart
It's just the start

I'm on your side
Let's take this ride
And together we're facing the world
Doing things nobody's done before (Never done before)
And The Great Divide
Doesn't seem so wide

And if you'll be there beside me when I falter
(You'll be there beside me when I falter)
Then, whatever comes I know we'll take it all in stride
(Take it all in stride)
I'm on your side
The Great Divide
It doesn't seem so wide

I'm on your side (On your side)
Let's take this ride (Take this ride)
And together we're facing the world
Doing things nobody's done before (Never done before)
And The Great Divide (And The Great Divide)
Doesn't seem so wide... anymore