"Another day is gone..." I said to myself with a sigh as the sound that indicates the finish of the last class of the day finally soared, followed by a general expression of relief coming from the students outside the closed door of the room I basically call as mine, since I spend most of my time here, inside the small and dark space that was the director's office. (Celestia spends most of her time prowling around the school looking for any breach that students might cause.)
I could not blame them, though, today was the only day lasting between them and their so long desired vacations and I could not blame myself for letting a really tired and grumpy sigh either. This one was a hell of a year in my opinion.
I frowned heavily. I have no idea what would be the reaction of someone seeing me like that... But what else could be done?
I sat on my chair recapitulating the past. One day long ago, I could say that this is just a school, a boringly normal school. But I was not complaining at that time, those were simple days, with nothing more to worry about than a phew cases of bullying or a bad day of lunch.
But this is not the case now.
If I have to guess, then I would say that everything started with Sunset Shimmer.
At first, she was the dream of every teacher, she not only was a fast learner, but she could also be compared to a genius. But that was just a facade. Soon she proved that her brilliant mind was being used in the wrong way, she was truly a bad person. And worst of all was the fact that both I and my sister knew about it, but she never left behind any solid proof.
We tried and tried to speak to her, make she understand that there is a better way to live. But just like a rock, impassible and stubborn, she never listened to our appeals.
And then, we learned that the mysterious red-haired girl was even more than she looks like. Someone from literally another world. And after her, another one came, and from that moment on, the disaster began... I watched helplessly as she put that damn crown on top of her head and literally become a Demon.
I was scared... Scared of her power, scared of what I could not understand.
But more than scared, I was angered! Angered with myself and my own stupid weakness. I could just watch as she literally threw a giant fireball toward some of my students.
It seemed that my head was spinning, and in my mind, I was only thinking about the possibility of one of those fireballs hitting and wounding my sister.
I closed my eyes, and I could feel my blood running faster inside my body just by thinking about that possibility... I promised I would never let anyone hurt her... Not again.
I heard someone at the door.
"May I come in?" A very familiar and soft voice asked just after she knocked on the door.
"It's your room, remember?" I joke as the image of my sister appeared in front of me.
"You should at least open the curtains," Celestia said and entered the room with both hands behind her back.
"I work better in the dark," I said with a small grin.
"Right now we don't need to work anymore," She said and with a smile, she showed me what she had been hiding all this time, two glasses and a bottle of wine. "Let's enjoy a little!"
I smiled back. "If you say so," Celestia sat on the chair just in front of me and gave me an empty glass, just waiting for the purple liquid to be distributed. I observed my older sister without much sentiment, (I never was known for being emotional), and noticed that she also observed me with a serious expression.
"A coin for your thoughts," Celestia said and gave me the completely filled glass of wine. I smirked, she always knew that if I had to choose between any kind of alcoholic option I would choose wine, or maybe Sake, but mainly those famous for being enjoyed while observing the moon (My favorite hobby.), but I also could see that her intentions with that drink were not just because she wanted a company for a drink.
"Just remembering the past," I said and decided to drink a little. The wine went down through my throat with the same feeling it always gave me, a single moment where I can feel my head just a little lighter, a single moment where I do not have to remember my terminal uselessness.
"Good or bad moments?" She asked and began to drink her own glass of wine, but in my mind, I could just think: She always knew how to read me...
Too bad I can play this game too.
"If I have to say, bad." I simply answered after a quick gulp.
Celestia frowned a lot. "You shouldn't live in the past Luna." She said without noticing her own right hand automatically holding left arm, where I knew far too well that bellow all those clothes there is a single scar that still haunts me at night.
"I was not talking about it," I said and closed my eyes to enjoy another drink. I could not see, but I knew that Celestia should be with a funny expression, so I decided to let it out a little. "I was thinking about the most recent events in our school."
"Which one?" She asked with a small laugh. "The tyrant that became a demon? Or the magical beings that took control of our minds? Or maybe about the other Demon that appeared through the Friendship Games?"
I smiled bitterly. "Do not forget about the monster of the camp or the stone capable to erase memories!" She looked a little serious now and drank the rest of her drink, and so do I.
I put my glass closer to her that filled it up already trembling a little, she never was resistant to alcohol. "What exactly have you been thinking?" She asked and looked into my eyes, her checks already a little red betrayed her concentrated expression, I know she will not remember most of this conversation tomorrow morning.
"I was thinking that in the end, there is nothing I can do," I said and drank a really big gulp this time.
"What?" Celestia seemed really surprised by my statement. "What are you talking about?" She asked without turning away her gaze.
"During all those occasions, there was really nothing I could do to help... Nor the students... Nor you..." I said and stood up. I walked slowly toward the window and I opened it with a single movement, letting the majestic moonlight enter through the window almost like a breath of a fresh wind. "And in one of them, I was also controlled by one of those monsters!"
"So was I!" Celestia said standing up with her two trembling legs she was not angered, instead, she just wants to let it clear that it was not my fault... As always...
I turned toward her. I actually do not know what my expression looks like, but it must be something really bad since Celestia seemed shocked by seeing me like that. "But in the end, you are the one to deal with all the problems those situations created," I said and closed my eyes for a second, thinking about some even older problem caused... WAY older ones...
Again she sat down on her chair and let another drink go down into her body. "You cannot live in the past..." She interlaced the fingers of both hands and propped herself on the table, and then laid down her head on top of her hands her majestic hair seemed almost ethereal with the soft moonlight hitting it.
She said it naturally, but for me, it was easy to say that she managed to understand what I have been thinking as easily as she does with some students, I hate when she does that, but I just bared my teeth, after all, I knew she was right.
A loud 'Thump' caught my attention. Turning my face toward my sister I saw her head laying on the table with her eyes closed and her multicolored hair falling on her face.
I smiled. 'Such a weakling against alcohol.'
Most people did not know, but both my sister's and my physical strength are way above the regular. Applejack is easily the strongest person in this school now, and her brother, the one called Big Mac, was considered the strongest student in his years of study, probably a little stronger than she is without her magical pendant, and he once tried to have an arm wrestling against my sister in front of all the school... It was really fun to see everyone's face when he did not move a single inch toward his objective, and instead, it was an unforgettable defeat.
And I am not kidding when I say that I am not even a little below her level, that is the reason why taking Celestia in my arms just like a princess and take her toward my car was easy as pie, luckily there was no one to see it. She used her arms to unconsciously hug me and laid her head on my shoulder
I smiled and laid her in the back seat of the car and adjusted it to make her comfortable. From that moment on, it was easy to drive back to our home.
The only veranda of our house is in my own room, on the third floor of the house, and like every night I just sit in a comfortable chair watching the moon with a large mug of hot coffee.
Most people say that is not a good idea to drink coffee at night, but for me, it this is almost a ritual. A single moment of the day where I can simply watch the moon and the stars in the night calmness.
Sometimes (maybe more than I would like to admit), I drink some kind of alcoholic drink instead of coffee, but since I already drank a little today, I thought it would be a good idea to drink something lighter.
"There are almost no stars at all, tonight," I said it to myself, a custom so long acquired. The sky is cloudy, and the only light able to surpass the sea of clouds that covers the heavens is none other than the beautiful light of the moon, which looks especially great today.
I closed my eyes. I do not know why, but for some reason I feel extremely nostalgic today, memories from recent and old events crossed my mind uninterruptedly. But I do not think this is really a problem, sometimes I think nights like this one are nothing more than a simple reminder, a moment of remembrance of you did of right and wrong, and how to not commit the same mistakes of your past.
With my eyes still closed I smiled bitterly. Mistakes are definitely a subject I understand a lot about.
While I was lost in my own thoughts, it was when suddenly I felt a violent change in the wind, something unusual at the height I found myself in. And then I made the mistake of opening my eyes for the first time in minutes of self-reflection and self-judgment.
Just above me, I could see what seems to be like stars in the sky, but that should not be possible considering the cloudy night.
A single and growing crack in the air was in front of me.
My eyes widened with surprise a single second before I was suddenly swallowed by it.