//------------------------------// // Rebirth // Story: The Story Of Celestia and Luna(first draft) // by TehUltimmareFreakRobot //------------------------------// Celestia was trying to rest on her scuffled bed, made with materials laying around her, but the stress was too major. With trying to protect Luna and surviving on the streets, things just didn’t seem to be looking bright anymore. She longed for her parents and the kingdom again. Luna whimpered and nudged her sister. Her fur was clinging onto her frame, and she looked more frail by the day. “M-maybe we should go back to the woods…” Celestia weakly replied. “Perhaps, this place isn’t doing us any favors…” Luna wailed. “No! It’s smelly and everyone here is mean and I am so hungry!” her frame shook violently.  Celestia held her closely. “Exactly.” Luna blinked, her tiny horn had a crack in it from when some crackhead(no pun intended) had smacked her after the fily attempted to steal his rubble. “So we can leave?” she said hopefully. Celestia stood up, getting herself together after almost tripping on her makeshift bed. “Yes, let’s go.” The two sisters left for the forest, almost right away finding a puddle of water. It was kinda dirty, but it was better than what was on the streets, for sure. Luna happily started lapping at the puddle, whining in joy. “It’s tasty!” Celestia smiled for the first time in awhile, and joined in. Luna was surprisingly right, it was good! After the filles had all the water they wanted, their spirits lifted. But it was soon gone by a howl. “What was that?” Luna tensed in fear. Celestia’s ear flicked and she came to her sister’s side. “Sounds like a wolf…” Luna let out a wail. “I don’t wanna see wolf!”  Celestia immediately hugged her sister, looking into the direction the howl came from. “Don’t worry, I’ll protect you.” The howl turned into snarling, and out came the most horrible timberwolf the two filles had ever seen. It towered at 9’7 and it’s fangs were so huge they could crack open a ponies head. Luna let out a horrible wail and pressed to the floor. Celestia lowered her head among the sight, holding her sister tightly. Her mind was racing. What should she do? There was no way a small foal like her could defeat such a large creature! The timberwolf didn’t wait any longer and lunged, shoving Celestia out of the way and grabbing poor Luna in its jaws. It crunched down. After getting pushed onto the ground, Celestia pushed her mane away, only to see Luna getting crushed. Tears rushed to her eyes and her body trembled. “No!” She screamed. The timber wolf tossed away the tiny foal, blood pouring down the wood jaws. Luna hit the floor with a soft thump, tiny pools of blood seeping around her. Celestia blankly stared at the dead body, her pupils shaking. The one pony she had left in her life, was now gone. Taken from her so early. Silently, she got up, and stared at the large timberwolf, then proceeded to charge right after it. The wolf pounced on Celestia. To the outside observer, it would seem like the huge wood beast would take another victim. Yet, despite the mauling it was giving the filly, it was getting… damaged?  Celestia could feel the pain being given towards her, yet somehow, she didn’t feel like she was dying. She felt like she was slightly more powerful by the bit. Loudly, she screamed at the timberwolf, determined to take it down. The beast screamed as the filly impaled it with her horn right on it’s weak spot. It collapsed into a stack of wood. It was defeated. Celestia took deep breaths and stared at the wood, holding her damaged left hoof. Simply shocked by how she managed to do that. Her attention focused on more important things now, however, and she ran over to Luna. The little body had been punctured by teeth, exposing bone and all the other details. Blood had soaked the fur to the point where you couldn't even tell the original color. But still, the faintest of breaths crossed the chest, making it quiver. The filly gasped. “Luna? Are you st-still alive?” She struggled to get out, starting to feel her body weaken again. The sister didn’t respond, the breaths only getting fainter still. Somehow more blood oozed out of the body. Celestia shook her. “Sister? Sister! Sister, please respond!” A tiny whimper came out. Celestia’s ears perked up again, and she drew her closer, despite the blood. “Oh, Luna…” Quietly, she began to hum a song to her. Luna twitched, the soft whines slowing down.  Celestia laid there, continuing to hum in hopes of helping her sister. The breaths soon stopped. Tears ran down Celestia’s face as she heard nothing but the noise of the night. She still held onto her sister, while closing her eyes. The night soon grabbed the older sister’s life too. The gods gathered around the sleeping forms of the sisters in the afterlife, watching with no emotion as they waited for them to wake up. Celestia’s eyes slowly peaked open, her breathing harshened when she noticed where she was. Not in the woods, nor in a town, but in the...sky?  “H-huh?” Luna laid next to her, her wounds were gone. She whimpered loudly as she blinked open huge orbs. “Auuhh…….” Ears flickering again, Celestia ran to the whimpers’ source. “Luna?” She called, heart beating fast. The tiny foal gathered herself to her shaky hooves. “T-tia…?” she screamed when she saw the gods and once again hid in her older sister’s legs. Celestia hugged her sister, ignoring the gods’ presence. “I’m so glad you’re ok!” She lightly cried. Luna smiled. “Me too, big sister!” The god of Earth looked at the god of Sky in a twitch of annoyance. “Tell them now,” he rumbled. Celestia flicked her ears, and took notice of the two gods nearby finally. “Huh?” The sky god walked forward. ”Celestia. Luna. You two have proven that you have what it takes to be the rulers of the sun and moon. You survived the impossible.” Luna quivered. “W-what does he mean…?” she whispered, her voice almost a breeze in the non-existing wind. Celestia looked at her sister, then back at the gods. She recalled what happened back in the woods...when she suddenly was able to defeat that timberwolf. “Is that why I was so strong?” The Earth god nodded. “You have realized your true destiny. We will bless you with the gifts that will make you more powerful than your parents. The first one is the gift of never ending life. No longer will you have to fear death by age.” Luna let out a squeak. Celestia drew her closer. “Next,” the Earth god added, ”Extra defense against illness and injury. You now have a range to healing spells that can heal almost any fatal wound, more pain endurance, and boosted immune systems. This is to ensure that nopony can assassinate you without much trouble, and so that you can fight with the true power you hold.” “So what happened with Luna will never happen again…” Celestia thought. The idea put her at ease. “And finally, you two will now become alicorns. You now have the gift of flight.” Luna screamed in joy, then whimpered once she saw the god’s looks of unamusement.  Celestia almost sneered at them, but calmed down in internal fear of angering them. She didn’t mind being able to fly, though it might be difficult… The gods both sighed in unison. “After your parents get claimed by the afterever, you two will be in charge of the heavens. Celestia will control the Sun, and Luna the Moon.” Luna had to hold in a squeal of excitement.  A part of Celestia worried about her parents, but regardless she nodded. “Ok.” “Wake up. You will now be returned to your parents.” A huge claw of darkness sunk into the sisters’ souls, tearing at them before they can see who said that. They screamed as the world went dark. Celestia gasped sharply after being taken out. She looked around the area, knowing it was familiar. Luna stared in shock. “Is this.. Home?” The filly turned to her older sister and gasped. “You got a cutie mark!” “Wha!?” Celestia shouted in shock, and looked at her flank. She saw a large sun with swirled ends. “I-I did it!” Luna still didn’t have hers, but she soon realized why. “Do you think I’ll get mine if I rise the moon?!” she jumped onto her sister’s back. Celestia smiled. “I think so, yeah!” Luna’s eyes grew, and they soon grew even more. “We can see mommy and daddy, again! We can show them our powers and wings!” she flapped the little limbs in ee. Celestia’s eyes grew as well. “Yeah! Let’s go find them!” She also flapped her wings in excitement, though she wasn’t sure if she wanted to use them yet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faust frowned as she felt a tug in her soul. She was doing paperwork. “Tempest, dear, did you feel that?” she asked the white stallion.  Tempest held his hoof close to his chest. “Yes, I do too. What do you think it means?” The tug grew stronger, and soon guards could be heard screaming in surprise.  “Let’s go and find out.” He stated, standing up and reaching for the door. BOOM! Faust and Tempest were knocked over by two blurs. The queen squealed as she was bowled over. Tempest looked at what was ahead, though only slightly. “Papa! Momma!” Luna shouted, wiggling around in joy. Faust blinked in disbelief.  Celestia ran over to her shocked parents, while Tempest joined his wife in sheer shock. “It’s us! We’re back!”  Luna happily climbed onto her father’s back. Any signs of the months of starvation the filly went through or the brutal death she had were gone.   “Papa! We got wings!” she squeaked. Faust grabbed Celestia and huddled close to Tempest and Luna, bawling. Tempest hugged his family tightly, and also started to bawl. Celestia felt her heart growing in that moment, as she was finally back to where she belonged. After the reunion the kingdom celebrated the return of the heirs. They then had a more private conversation about the true powers the gods had given the filles, and what they went through the last couple months while waiting for the sun to set so Luna could test her powers “A-and then the bad wolf bit me HARD!” Luna wailed, remembering the awful pain. “And I bled everywhere.” Celestia looked at the ground, her ears lowering as she recalled what happened. “It was awful seeing her lay on the grass like that, I thought she was gone forever…” Faust thought she couldn’t cry anymore, but she was wrong. “I am so sorry, my little ponies.. What happened next?” she stroked Luna’s head, causing the filly to sigh. Tempest also came to their comfort, with Celestia continuing. “We suddenly woke up in the sky, and the gods appeared. They told us that we found our destiny, and that we will live long neverending lives, strong health and healing magic, and wings. When you two are...gone, I will be able to control the sun, while Luna controls the moon, and we both control the heavens.” Faust sighed in relief. “So the natural order will still be upheld. Good, that’s very good.” She mumbled. Tempest nuzzled them. “Do you two think you’ll be able to handle the responsibility?” He asked. Luna thunked her foot in annoyance. “Yeah!!! I’m strong, look!” she tried to fly but failed. Faust stifled a laugh. Celestia smiled warmly at her sister, then looked proudly at her parents. “Yes. I think I’ll do just fine. Especially with my sister being there to help.” She stood confidently. Luna nodded. “And big sis will help me, and I will never leave her ever!” Celestia walked over towards her, and placed her wing on her shoulder, now smiling brightly as her eyes shimmered. They were going to be great rulers.