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// And you are? 
// Story: The Forgotten Brother 
// by The Equestrian Tour 
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	Princess Celestia and Luna pushed the rest of the party behind them, and readied themselves as if they were going to be attacked.  "Who is that, Princess?" Twilight asked confused.
The figure disappeared from the throne, as if he was never there.  The group began to look around for him with no luck.  "Who am I?  She asks," the air whispered in every ones ears.  "Dear sisters, why do they not know about me?"
"How did you break out of your containment?" Celestia snarled.
The air gave a wicked laugh, "Because you are weak, and I have my power back, Tia!"  The sound off hoof steps sounded from behind them.  The party turned around to see the cloaked figure standing tall behind them.  He bent down and smiled, "Hello..." he smiled, "my little ponies."
Fluttershy fainted and Apple Jack quickly went over too comfort her, "It's okay, sugar cube, it's okay."
Rainbow Dash began to flap her wings and floated up in front of the tall figure, "Hey pal!  What's the big idea?!  Scaring us, especially Fluttershy like that!" she scolded.
He laughed, "At least you kept one thing the same."  Underneath his cloak, a dark blue hue burned brightly, dimly lighting his face.  His face was like that of Princess Celestia, except there was a barely visible scar under his right eye that was just a brighter blue than he was, and his dull grey eyes flashed as he watched them.  The dark blue hue gathered around Rainbow Dash, her wings stopped flapping and she began to struggle.  She drew closer to him, while she floated he examined her, "My, my, you certainly are a strong one aren't you."  He pulled Rainbow Dash's wings apart, "Nice feathers.  You must preen often."
Rainbow Dash blushed as her friends slightly chuckled, "I don't preen!  That's not cool."
"Well it's better to preen then not take a bath," he reassured her.
"I take as many baths as the next pony!" she objected.  "Now put me down!"
"Put her down, Cloud Bringer!" Celestia demanded.
The figure took notice of the alicorn's request and began to lower Rainbow Dash to the ground, "As you wish," he said.  When Rainbow Dash was on the ground she trotted back to the rest of the group and watched him in silent hate.  He looked at Princess Celestia, then at Princess Luna.  He began to lead his hoof to his hood, he then lead the hood off of his head and down the back of his neck.  His full head could now be seen, and his grey eyes fell on each of the ponies, they all felt a sudden chill on their backs.  His eyes fell back to the other alicorns, "I'm surprised you remembered my name, Tia."
"How could I forget the name of one who tried to take over Equestria?" Celestia questioned.
"I'm confused Princess..." Twilight intervened, "There's only been a few ponies who have tried to take over Equestria in all of history," she pointed at Cloud Bringer, "Who is this?"
Cloud Bringer disappeared, "The one who reads all day, and all night, doesn't even know who I am?" he questioned.  He reappeared on the throne, "I didn't know it was possible to rewrite history."
The group turned and Celestia gave him a furious look, "You don't belong in the books.  You were threating the whole kingdom of Equestria."
"And Nightmare Moon didn't?"  Cloud Bringer smirked.  "Oh, yes I know all about it.  How sweet little sister Luna became jealous of her beautiful night being shunned by all of the subjects, just so they could admire Celestia's glorious sun that brightened the sky."  Luna's eyes narrowed as she gave a scolding look at the stallion on the throne, "She wanted too shroud all of Equestria in her beautiful night, but was stopped by the hero of the hour; Princess Celestia."
"Enough!" Celestia demanded.  "Unlike you, Luna has admitted to her crimes, and she has paid her debt to society.  You could..."
He disappeared and reappeared right in front of Celestia, "I didn't commit any crimes.  I was defending a race of ponies from tyranny, and enslavement," he explained.
"What is he talking about Princess?" Twilight questioned.
Celestia looked at her faithful student.  Cloud Bringer appeared next to Twilight, and lowered his head close to hers, "Yes Tia!  What is he talking about?" he mocked her.
Celestia's horn began to glow brightly as she hovered off of the ground, and she roared, her eyes turned completely white, "You will never see this land for all of eternity!" she announced as the spell went off.  A flash of bright light surrounded the area, and every one screamed.
"I can't see!" Pinkie shouted.
"Me neither," Rarity responded.
Rainbow Dash squeaked, "Hey, whose hoof is that?"
"Sorry," Golden Quill apologized.
Fluttershy woke up, "Oh my gosh," she said startled.  "What's going on?"
"My pupils feel like they're being branded!" Apple Jack cried.
The room came back to normal color, and the stallion was gone.  Everyone rubbed their eyes and began to search the area, "Where did he go?" Twilight asked.
Celestia fell to the ground, and everyone gathered around her, "He's gone for good this time," Celestia explained out of breathe.
"Are you alright sister?" Luna asked while comforting Celestia.
"Yes," Celestia answered.  "I'll be fine.  It's just that the banishing spell takes a lot out of me."
Twilight sat on the ground next to her teacher, "Who was he?"
Celestia stared at her student, then looked at the other faces staring right at her, with the same question on their faces.  Celestia looked at Luna, who gave her a nod, then sighed, "That stallion was..."
"Is your brother, you mean," the stallion's voice entered the room.
Celestia's eyes widened, while everyone else gasped, "How is this possible?"
A grey cloud entered the room, and hovered above the party.  A slight drizzle began to fall on them, when the water stopped, the dark blue stallion fell out of the cloud and onto his hooves on the floor.  He walked through the crowd, who moved out of his way, and made his way up to Celestia, he lowered his head to her level and grinned , "Like I told you sister. You are weak."
"But that spell..." Celestia began.
"Takes a lot of magic to conjure," he rebuttled, "Something you don't have."
"Can somepony tell us what's going on?!" Twilight demanded.
The stallion dragged his head to the purple alicorn, and stared at her, "Why, yes, Princess," he bowed and reappeared on the throne again.  "So what do you want to know?"
"Who are you?" Twilight asked.
"Cloud Bringer, I believe that was mentioned before."
"Do you have any chocolate cake?" Pinkie asked.
"Yes I do," he pulled a cake out from behind him.  "I just got it from the kitchen."
Pinkie Pie tried to move towards the cake, but was stopped by Apple Jack grabbing her tail, "Pinkie, you can't just go up to some random pony that the Princess just tried to banish, and take a cake from him," Apple Jack explained through clenched teeth.
Pinkie pouted and sat down in a humph.  Apple Jack let go, that's when Pinkie sprang up and ran over to Cloud Bringer and ate the cake in one bite, "Mhmm, that was some good caike," she bursted into a laughing fit as she trotted back over to her shocked friends.
"Any more questions?" Cloud Bringer asked while reclining on the throne.
"Where did you get that amazing cloak?" Rarity asked in awe.
He grabbed a piece of the fabric and brought it in front of him, "Oh, this old thing.  It was made for me by Small Stitch."
Rarity's mouth flew open, "Small Stitch..." she looked at her friends.  "She was the first seamstress ever.  She lived over a thousand years ago."
"A thousand years ago?!" they all questioned at once.
Rainbow Dash stepped forward, "What is your relationship with the princesses?"
Cloud Bringer smiled, "Brother."
"But there is never any record of a male alicorns," Twilight explained confused.  "And there is no evidence that there was ever a brother to the creators of Equestria."
Cloud Bringer shook his head, "I know a shame they're depriving everypony of their history."
"Stop this Cloud Bringer!" Celestia demanded.
"But why Tia?" Cloud Bringer pouted.  He smirked and pointed at the other ponies in the room, "They want a little history lesson, and I want to teach them."
"No, I won't..." Celestia's mouth was zipped shut by a zipper that appeared there.
Cloud Bringer sat up in the chair, and his horn stopped shimmering.  He cleared his throat, "Let's go back to a thousand years ago, when Equestria was young, and so were we."