"Come on Tia!" a younger, smaller Cloud Bringer urged his sister, "We're almost there!"
"This isn't fair," Celestia complained as she scaled the steep hill after her brother. "How come Luna gets to ride on your back, but I can't!"
Luna looked at her sister and grinned wickedly, "Because he loves me more, duh."
"Now now girls," Cloud Bringer stepped in, "I don't love either of you two more than the other." His horn lit up and Celestia began to levitate off of the ground, and was placed on her brother's back next to Luna. Celestia stuck her tongue out at Luna, who humphed angrily. Cloud Bringer chuckled as he continued to walk, "Better?" he asked.
"No!" Luna objected, "Tia takes up too much room!"
"Hey!" Celestia argued.
"Stop it you two!" Cloud Bringer's voice sounded as if it were put through a megaphone, Celestia and Luna shrank. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell," he apologized, "But if we can't get along, we'll never see what we are suppose to do here."
Luna began to survey the landscape, "What do you think we're suppose to do here?"
"Maybe we have to figure out where we come from?" Celestia suggested.
"That maybe harder than you think," Cloud Bringer quarreled.
"Well, why do you think that?" Celestia questioned.
"Well..." he began, "Think about it. We're three alicorn siblings, who woke up two days ago, and we live in a land inhabited by nopony else."
Luna hummed loudly, and threw a hoof up in the air when she had an idea. "Maybe we have to morph the land into our own creation!"
The older siblings looked at their younger sister in astonishment, "Where did that come from?" Cloud Bringer said in awe.
Luna shrugged her shoulders, "I dunno"
"Do you think that's a possible idea?" Celestia asked her brother.
Cloud Bringer continued to walk up the hill, but was caught up in his thoughts.
Luna stood up carefully on Cloud Bringer's back, hopped over Celestia and fluttered up to her brother's head and laid on it. "Do you really think nopony else lives here?"
"Well we haven't seen anypony else in the two days we've been here," he answered.
They reached the top of the hill. Celestia hovered down from her brother's back and stood beside him, while Luna sat up on his head. They all stared at the amazing scene in front of them.
A brilliantly green valley, with a plethora of plant life with rich fruit and vegetables, and a beautiful mountain range in the background. "Whoa," Celestia gasped.
"This place is so beautiful," Luna agreed.
"Well how about we actually see what's down there?" Cloud Bringer suggested.
Luna began to gallop down the hill, flapping her wings excitedly. She giggled, "Last one there is a Tia!"
Celestia grew angry and launched herself towards her bubbly sister, "You're so going to get it!" she threatened.
Cloud Bringer chuckled as he began to trot down the hill, "I don't want to be a Tia."
Luna was the first one into the bundle of trees that sat at the foot of the hill and began to look for a hiding spot. She decided to hide behind a tree as Celestia entered the woods.
"Luna get out her! Now!" she commanded.
Luna silently giggled as her sister walked right pass the tree she was hiding behind. After a moment or two, Luna decided to remove herself from behind the tree and began to walk on the path that Celestia walked down. Luna began to look around at the trees as they passed, and thought to herself, "You'll never scare me Tia."
The leaves fluttered in the breeze, a bush rustled lively next to Luna. Luna pretended not to notice the noise, and continued to walk. A smile crossed her face as she walked by the bush, and she slowed her walk. She stopped and turned to the bush, "You'll never scare me Tia!" Luna lunged at the bush with a laugh and fell right into it, she laughed as she thrashed around the bush. She stopped after she realized there was no one else in the bush, Luna popped out of the bush and wondered.
"Luuuna," a whisper was heard.
Luna began to look around, "Hello?" she asked the forest.
The only thing that was there was the forest barely blowing in the breeze. "There is nothing in that bush... Luna," the forest answered.
Luna began to chuckle, "Alright Tia, you had me going for a minute, but now I know it's you."
The wind stopped, and an eerie chill came into the air. Luna shivered as she looked behind herself worriedly, but nothing was there.
"Okay Tia, I maybe a little scared," Luna admitted. A high pitched scream was heard in the distance. Luna wasted no time, she began to run in the opposite direction of the scream. "Okay, I'm really scared now," she panted.
She looked behind as she ran and only saw the forest, but she still ran. She stopped running when she hit the body of another form, and fell down. She looked up, dazed, and saw a tall figure peering down at her, "Do I scare you?" it asked in a creepy voice.
Luna screamed, "Tia help me!"
"She'll never come..." it smirked as it raised a limp body, "Never again."
"Tia!" Luna shouted as she realized it was her sister.
"Now for you to join her my dear!" it said as it licked its lips as it lowered its head towards her.
Luna scooted away from the figure, but her back hit the back of a tree. She was trapped, and the figure was approaching her. She began looking for an escape, but found none. She threw her hooves over her head, "Cloud Bringer save me!"
The figure stopped approaching and laughed, and the laughter of someone else was added as well. Luna removed her hooves and saw the forms of her siblings, laughing at the at her. "You should have seen the look on your face," Celestia laughed as she rolled on the ground.
Luna puffed up, "That wasn't funny."
Cloud Bringer laugh turned into a soft chuckle, "Oh come on Luna, with all the pranks you've pulled on us in the past couple of days. It's about time for some payback."
"What?! Name one time I've pranked you!"
"What about the time you 'had your hoof sliced off by that branch,'" Cloud Bringer suggested.
"Or that time, your hoof was trapped between two rocks, and you couldn't get out," Celestia added.
"Or when you put poison ivy in my salad."
"Or..."
"Okay, I get it..." Luna interrupted, "I guess I've pranked you two a lot." Luna stood up and brushed the dust from her coat, "But come on they were funny."
Cloud Bringer rolled his eyes, "Yeah, giving me seven heart attacks, and an itchy throat all in one day was funny."
Luna turned around on the to the path and began walking, "You guys worry too much..." Luna stated. "You guys just have to stop worrying so much."
Celestia deadpanned, "So we shouldn't worry about you tripping on that exposed root?"
"Yes," Luna answered. She kept walking and tripped over the exposed root her sister just pointed out to her. Luna fell on her stomach, tears forming in her eyes, she began to whimper.
Cloud Bringer immediately ran to her side and comforted her, "It's okay sweetie," he rubbed his head on hers.
Luna blushed and pushed his head away from hers, "I'm fine," she stood up, "I can walk on my own." She began to walk, with an obvious limp, she winced and whined with every step.
She began to glow in a dark blue hue and levitated to his back, "You don't have to play the brave girl."
"I'm not playing..." Luna pouted, "I am."
"Aww, that's cute," Celestia cooed, "she's trying."
Cloud Bringer turned his head towards Celestia, "Stop! Or you walk."
Celestia rolled her eyes and her eyebrows furrowed, "Fine."
Luna sat on Cloud Bringer's back, "I'm sitting on your back because I want too, not because you made me!"
Cloud Bringer chuckled, "Isn't it always like that? You coming Tia?"
Celestia uncased her wings and flapped them, she flew in the air and landed on his back. Once she was on his back, she closed her wings again, "So where are we going?"
"To the valley," Cloud Bringer began to walk.
Celestia looked confused, "Why the valley?"
Luna wiped away a tear from her eye, "Is it talking to you?"
Celestia face hoofed, "Don't be so ridiculous Luna! Valleys don't ta..."
"Yes it did," Cloud Bringer interrupted. Celestia's mouth flew open, as she stared at her brother in wide eyed disbelief. "Well it didn't speak to me, like we are, but it just has this gravitational pull that interests me."
Celestia shook her head, "You must be crazy! What would one spot do for us?"
Cloud Bringer continued to walk, "Maybe it holds some answers."
Luna leaned in towards her sister, "Maybe he's lost his mind."
Celestia nodded her head. "You guys know I can hear everything you guys say right."
The two fillies blushed, "You weren't suppose to hear that!" Luna shouted surprised.
"It's kind of hard to not hear you two, when you're on my back."
Celestia looked passed her brother's head, and saw the opening to the valley, "Hey look!" she pointed in front of them, "There's the opening."
"Let's see if what answers lay in our wake," Cloud Bringer said confidently, as he pushed into the light of day.