The second Guardian grunted as she tried to force back a small sob of sorrow and regret at what she was remembering. Both the Guardians had wanted to postpone this moment as long as possible, but like all good things, it was never meant to last. As the little ones sat down to listen she started to speak.
“So what is this place mommy?” Luna interrupted as she looked over the strange structure.
“Its a place that I will tell you about in the story.” The second said, sitting down on the grass.
“A long time ago, this world looked very different, there weren't many trees and grass wasn’t around much anymore. The world was dying of radiation, and no one was smart enough to see why. The radioactivity was doing stuff to people, mutating them, the adults who got radioactive died a week later, the babies were lucky, they were born accustomed to it. Me and your father where two of these babies, and we are twins.
The first time anyone found out about the mutation was when trees started to pop up everywhere, with sightings of a baby leaving where the trees popped up. The humans captured the baby and dissected it, finding out that it was radioactive and was still alive. After that whenever a baby was born they would check to see if it was radioactive. When we were born they checked and saw that we had the radioactivity in us as well.
From there they took us and raised us to be like normal children, until we started to show signs of our abilities. I was able to grow food quickly and was patient enough with animals to get them to like me as well as talk several different animal languages, our parents would sometimes find me in the dying backyard and see me talking to the dog, I was also able to grow some food from the ground.
my brother was different from me. I remember seeing our parents walk outside to see him making a sand castle when he was on a concrete patio. He was able to shape the world around him and was able to slightly shift himself to match the world around himself as well, like a chameleon only he didn’t change color. He more or less grew tree bark or rock onto his arms or something like that. Needless to say, that was when our parents became scared enough to actually call the authorities on us.
They came and took us during the night, our parents were glad to see us go, they didn't want mutant children, as they called us. The brought us to a facility with scientists and put us in a cage. That’s when we learned the humans were enslaving our kind and using us to do stuff for them.
This... This place is where they took us.” She finished grimacing at the building behind her. The little ones sat there confused and in wonder.
“So wait, how did you guys get out if those mean guys locked you up?” Discord asked scratching his head.
“I’m getting to that discord.” The second guardian said slowly.
“They already knew from others that we were herbivores, so to them we were nothing but animals to them. They treated us like test subjects and made us grow plants and food for other people, I was disgusted to have to learn how to cook meat for them, I was able to hear the cows screaming as they were killed. They also learned that we could live longer than them and started to take blood samples, finding out our blood was dark green, maybe to try and use our blood to help them live longer as well.
Finally we refused to grow food or cook for them, and they threw us into a cage in a lower floor of the compound and into a prison cell type of thing as punishment. They left and a few minutes later we heard things falling against the ground, started as just one or two thumps, but soon enough it started to echo through the halls above, then it stopped as quickly as it began and we only heard silence.”
“So how did you guys get out if you were left down there?” Celestia asked. The second smiled and continued.
“Easy answer, using our abilities to shape the world around us. We used the earth under us to lift the door off its hinges and got out. We walked back upstairs and opened the door. We started to look through the compound and saw that the radiation from the destroyed world we lived in had finally caught up with the humans and had killed them all, one by one, sadly killing the other mutants as well except for us. With nothing and noone left to keep us imprisoned we found our way out and looked at the world around us. It was disgusting. We were glad we weren't human if that is what they had done to the world, they had killed themselves by not fixing it and using us as slaves. The world was barren of plants and trees and animals when we walked out of the compound.
“We looked at each other and nodded, knowing we had to bring the world slowly back to life, naming ourselves the Guardians of the world, looking for animals that could have survived. In the hope of forgetting what had happened, we had tried to let the compound sink into the earth, never to see it again.” She finished sighing.
“And still in good condition.” The first said walking out in a black Tee shirt instead of his usual white one. “Why don’t we stay here for a little bit?”
“I don’t know, because it was where we were kept forever?” The second said sarcastically.
“It’s still better than a silly old cave.” The first said leaning against the doorway. “And if we are going to put the past aside, why not start with a little closure. Plus, I am pretty sure the little ones are going to want their own rooms when they grow up.”
“Ok fine, I guess thats a good idea.” The second said dejectedly. The first walked over and sat down with the second.
“Oh don’t be like that. Tell you what, I’ll clean the place up and then come and get you guys. Shouldn’t be too hard. Mostly dust in there anyway.” The first said.
“Alright, lets go.” The second said, getting up to leave with the kids so the first guardian could clean out the facility of evil.
“Alright... Let’s just go get a broom, I guess.” The first said walking into the facility to begin cleaning.
“So why did daddy stay at the bad place?” Discord said as he lazily floated by.
“He is going to clean it out so we can live in it.” The second said, walking.
“Oh.... Are you okay?” Discord said as he perched himself onto the second’s shoulder and looked at her with his uneven eyes. “You seem upset.”
“Well it would be weird not to be upset about that place, but I’m ok, it has been thirty or so years since that has happened.” The second admitted, smiling a little as she walked into the cave. Sombra bolted in and tripped over his hooves again as he slide a foot or so on his face before he was stuck in the ground with his rump in the air. He stood still a moment before his hind end fell to the ground and he pulled himself up.
“Heh heh... That was funny.” He said grinning.
“Yes it was Sombra.” The second said, laughing as she sat down. The light outside soon faded as the sun set itself and the moon rose. The second made a fire to keep warm just as The first came back panting slightly.
“Alright... I got the place cleared out. And cleaned. Well mostly. I got the living area’s clean. I will do the rest tomorrow.” The first said as he walked over and laid on the ground next to the fire.
“Good to hear.” The second said, lying down as well. Her only answer was a snore as The first had fallen asleep while Chrysalis curled up on his stomach and sombra to his side while discord flopped over The first’s eyes and just passed out.
“Come lie next to me Luna and celestia.” The second said. The two ponies got up and walked over to the second before laying on their own sides, Luna to the right and Celestia to the left respectively. All the little ones gave content sighs as they all went to sleep to the gentle sounds and pops of the crackling and subsiding fire.