//------------------------------// // 8- Purple portals and revelations..... // Story: Something worth fighting for // by Mr Andrews Pupil //------------------------------// The drool on Alec's pillow is what usually got him out of bed. No clock on earth could match the effectiveness of bodily fluids smearing your cheek. Alec sometimes wanted to tape his mouth closed. He could watch The entire saw series only to loose his lunch over a wet spot on a pillow. Typical morning. Apart from Luna. Alec remembered so much with such detail that he dismissed any notion of it being a dream. Still, he went into the hall and peeked into The guest room. There was Luna, sleeping soundlessly. He retreated from the doorway and went to the kitchen. He reached into the cupboard under the island and retrieved a stainless steel toaster with the words "YEAH TOAST!!!" scribbled on the side with a sharpie. Alec shook his head in amusement. *Raymond needs to stop watching G- mod on youtube... and tagging my appliances everytime he comes over for breakfast* He plugged the toaster in and set two slices to just hardly brown. Alec for one hated burnt toast. He then went and poured a tall glass of OJ to accompany it. He was waiting for the toast to pop when Luna walked into the kitchen. "Good morning Alec" Luna said wih a yawn. "Good morning your majesty" Alec replied. "Please no formalities Alec, Luna is quite alright" "If you say so" A moment of awkward silence ensued. Luna stood at the entrance to the hall and Alec (Being the genious) failed to notice for a few seconds. "Oh uhm.....I'd imagine you're famished. Would you like something to eat?" Alec said slapping himself mentally again for zoning out. *Quit losing it dude* "If you don't mind" Luna responded walking up to the island and resting her forehooves on the edge. "No worries" Alec assured as he strode over to the pantry. He opened it and scanned the shelves. *Pasta.......nah I'll save that for dinner..........no wait, CAKE!!!!!!* Alec looked over his shoulder to see Luna distracted by a blueberry scented candle sitting in a small dish beside her. *This isn't Pinkie Pie you idiot* he mumbled delving deeper into the cupboard. Finally he found something. *Apples* he smirked at himself. *Perfect* He went over to the island and cut the apple into slices. Taking his sweet time, however to make sure they were all even and properly portioned. Normally he could care less about accuracy but he had royalty over. Perfection became top priority. "It looks delightful" Luna said happily. "Yep, these apples are as juicy as they come from nova scotia" Alec slightly bragged. "Nova what?" Luna asked levitating a piece from the pile of slices. "Nova scotia" Alec repeated. "It's the province we're in" "Oh" "I'll explain more later but first, I'd like you to eat up" "Ok" The sound of popping toast drew Alec to the toaster. Two golden pieces of morning chow protruded from the two slots on top. Because they were not too hot, Alec grabbed them and procedded to jam them up. He then went and pulled up a chair beside Luna. "These are quite delectable" Luna said ingesting another juicy piece of apple. "They aint no S.W.A. apples, but I try my best" Alec said nibbling on his toast. "You really are too generous Alec" His name. Alec wanted to pull out his I- pod and record her indefectable voice saying his name then and there. But he managed to get ahold of himself. The last thing she needed was a creepy fanboy rcording her voice at breakfast. Alec and Luna finished their meals in silence. Once they were done Alec took his plate and the knife and threw them in the dishwasher. He then led Luna into his library. It was really nothing special. A few rows of books occupied the shelf on the left of a large flatscreen. Most of Alec's book collection consisted of historical novels on stuff such as WWII. There was however a copy of breaking dawn that had found it's way into the mix recently. "Raymond" Alec grumbled. "Biggest. Troll. Ever." Luna was looking over the spines of the books. It wasn't doing her very much good obviously considering that english was still an enigma to her. "Would you mind translating?" She asked. "No not at all" Alec replied gesturing for her to select one. "How about this one?" She asked. "This book's about world war two" Alec explained. "World war?" *Oh no* Alec realized that he just brought forth one of mankinds greatest screwups. And Luna, the completely sensitized alicorn, want's to know about it.Too late to turn her away now. "Luna? Do you know what war is?" Luna's face became sombre. War in equestria was almost non - existant. The element's of harmony were in part to thank for the reign of peace, but the princes's ways of love and compassion over fear and violence proved to be invaluable in keeping things together. "Yes" She responded slowly. "Is it common here?" Alec decided to lie about the current conflicts overseas as to not concern her further. "No. Our most recent one was over sixty year's ago." "That's not very long ago" Luna noted. Alec knew it too. But he couldn't go and enlighten her just yet. Some other time would be more appropriate. "Was anypony hurt?" she continued. "Yes" Alec said breaking eye contact with her. Luna noticed this and became more fearful of the answers she was about to recieve. "How many?" The number was in Alec's head. He wanted to do anything to prevent himself from having to say it, but in his heart he knew there was no escape. "60 million" he whispered. "Hurt?" "Dead" Luna looked down at the books cover. The image of a tiger tank with its 88 mm gun raised to the heavens in the name of violence adorned the cover. "Your use of technology appears to know no limits" She said emptily. Alec felt filthy inside. The first thing Luna knew about humanity's history was how it almost brought on it's demise. Alec couldn't have been more humiliated right then. "We were an unstable world back then. Human's would fight over anything. The world wasn't big enough and we were too smart when it came to weapons" Luna just stared. She just found out that the dominant species on the planet was capable of mass murder. Alec decided to try and salvage the situation to the best he could. "Wanna hear some music?" Luna didn't respond. "Luna....I'm sorry i told you that. It wasn't appropriate of me" Alec said looking away. "It's ok" Luna responded with a smile. "All these book's say something" "What's that?" "That your species remembers your mistakes and learns from them" Alec chuckled. The goodness inside the Princess trounced any bad reputation mankind could conjure.Cat The human the took a C.D. from the shelf and inserted it into a stereo underneath the T.V. The sound of "Starlight" by Muse began to pour from the speakers on either side. Far away This ship has taken me far away Far away from the memories Of the people who care if i live or die.... //////////////////////////////////////// CANTERLOT CASTLE Twilights ears perked at the bass that began to come through the portal. She didn't know what to think of it. Especially because it was coming through a portal to who knew where. "Princess, come quick!!!!!" She shouted out the door. Twilight's brother and Celestia came bounding through the door and stopped cold as the chorus reached their ears. They had been in the archives looking for anything that would be of aid in their situation. The 3 approached and sat by the portal almost entranced by the alien song coming from it. Our hopes and expectations Black holes and revelations..... "Have you ever heard anything like this princess?" Shining asked. "Not in all my existence" She responded in an amazed tone. Twilight suddenly got up and started for the door. "Where are you going?" Shining called. "We don't understand this right?" She answered with a question. The princess and Twilights brother looked at each other and back at the purple mare. "Right" They said at once. "Then we need to change that" She said exiting the bedroom. Shining armour and Celestia followed close behind. They knew the more eyes in the library there were the faster they could search.....for whatever it was that were searching for. The "MUSEic" continued as the room became empty. Hold you in my arms I just wanted to hold you in my arms I just wanted to hold....