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// Ch.1 Vow of the Darkmoon 
// Story: Legacy of the Darkmoon 
// by Randablitz 
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Castle of the Royal Sisters, Everfree Forest 3rd P.O.V

As Luna and Damien walked back to the castle, they talked about Damien’s old world and his life there. Luna was appalled by the task Damien had to undertake, and she felt sorry for his friends because they either died, or worse; they went hollow, and he had to kill them to spare them a fate worse than death. “So now thou knowest of my past, and of my struggles. If it is not inappropriate, I would ask the same of thee.” Damien said as he and Luna made their way to the castle drawbridge. 

“Certainly.” Luna replied. As she spoke, Damien felt pity for Luna because she was the only one that sacrificed her time, energy, and possibly sanity to help others sleep peacefully. Then he realized that she had little to no servants, or followers to help her, or keep her safe. “... and so it is, we rule the night alone.” Luna finished with a sigh.

“I see.” Damien said as they made their way into castle and the drawbridge was pulled up and closed the gate behind it. They strode into the throne room and Luna sat down, while Damien, out of a force of habit when he went to offer Proof of Concord Kept to Yorshka, he kneeled before Luna in his Darkmoon Loyalty gesture, which caught her attention as the light of the full moon casted it’s light upon him. “What art thou doing Damien?” Luna asked with a raised eyebrow. 

“If thou wishes, I will serve thee as thine champion. I will stand with thee no matter the cost. Thou hast granted me a new purpose. It would be a pity if the opportunity did not present itself to thee. What say you?” Damien said, not rising from his pose as Luna stared at him with her mouth a gape in shock of what he was asking of her. Luna rose from her throne and summoned her sword. 

“Damien Flamel, upon our word as the Princess of the Night, we accept thy vows of service, and give thee permission to establish thy covenant in our glory, and service to Equestria and her people. You may rise, our Blade of the Darkmoon.” Luna said as she went from Damien’s right shoulder, then to his left fully knighting him into her service. Damien rose from his bow and stood next to Luna’s throne until the light of the sun heralded a new day for all of Equestria.

Castle of the Royal Sisters, Celestia’s P.O.V

I woke up from a restful night thanks to Luna’s efforts. I yawned as I got out of my bed and walked to my balcony to raise the sun. Once I raised the sun, I walked out of my bedroom to go to the kitchen to make my breakfast. However while I was walking I saw an armored figure carrying Luna bridal style to her room. I became curious and walked over to the figure as he lightly closed her door and sat down near the door. “Excuse us good sir, but who art thou, and Why were you carrying our sister like that?” I asked in a quiet tone. The figure continued to sit near the door, but I saw it’s helmet rise to meet my eyes. 

“Good day, my name is Damien Flamel, I have recently arrived from a far away land, but now I serve thine sister as her Blade of the Darkmoon. As for why I carried her the way I did, she fell asleep on her throne and I decided to let her rest peacefully. Who are you?” Damien replied quietly. 

“Ah, she must’ve had a long and hard night last night.  Our name is Celestia, Luna’s older sister. Wouldst thou like to join us for breakfast, and we could talk about the land thou art from.” I proposed. “I suppose I could, as long as my liege is safe.” Damien replied as he stood to his full height, which was at least three inches taller than me. I nodded as I led the two of us to the kitchen.

Once we reached the kitchen, I began to get all the ingredients I needed for making pancakes. Damien seemed perplexed at us making our own breakfast instead of a servant doing it. “We like to make things ourselves, there’s nothing wrong with that.” I said with a slight glare. 

“That’s not what perplexes me, it’s what you’re going to make with these ingredients.” I felt my eyes widen a bit in surprise. “Oh, I’m making pancakes for breakfast.” I replied. 

“I see, well it should help you to know that I don’t need to eat at all.” Damien said. I dropped my mixing bowl in shock. 

“What do you mean you don’t need to eat?! Won’t you die of starvation?!” I asked. 

“I can’t die because I’m undead, and the undead don’t need to worry about thirst, or hunger.” Damien replied. I was astounded that Damien was just so flat with his answers as if this was common for him. 

“I see, well, I hope that I didn’t upset you.” I said as I began to use my magic to repair the mixing bowl and begin to mix up my pancake batter.

After making a stack of four pancakes with strawberries, and blueberries on top, Damien and I walked out to the dining room where Damien pulls out my chair for me and took his own seat across from me. “So Damien, what is a Blade of the Darkmoon?” I asked as I began to eat. 

“To put it simply, the Blades of the Darkmoon were the warrior servants of Dark Sun Gwyndolin, the deity of the moon, where I’m from. He made this covenant to protect and serve the Gods and punish the trespassers, heretics, and their ilk.” Damien said as I took a few bites from my breakfast. I nodded in understanding. 

“So why swear yourself to Luna?” I asked. 

“I swore myself to Luna because she reminds me of Gwyndolin, and I understand how hard she works, but is easily overlooked by the majority, but there’s this minority who know the truth. Also, I think the moon is more mysterious than the sun, no offense to you Celestia.” Damien replied.

“None taken, I actually agree with you, I don’t understand how everypony can undermine all of her efforts to give them a peaceful night’s sleep, yet they give me all of the attention, while she gets none of it.” I replied with a somber expression. 

“Indeed.” Damien replied flatly. 

“Good day Celestia, I shall now return to  my duties.” Damien said as he  began to walk down the hall towards Luna’s bedroom door. 

“You really are lucky to have somepony like him Luna, you just don’t know it yet.” I thought to myself as Damien disappeared from my sight.