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// Rising Tensions 
// Story: A New Equestria 
// by ZeirMakavar 
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Chapter 10


Rising Tensions


"What were you thinking!" Luna yelled at Celestia, who both were inside City Hall. It was after the party, and Deacon's arrival. "Why? Why didn't you tell me Deacon was father!"
"I would have... but he requested me not too."
"You could have done so with out his knowing."
"I tried."
"Did you? Or are you just making excuses Celestia?"
Celestia blinked when Luna called her by her name. "Luna... I think you should calm down..." Celestia smiled softly, looking around.
"Calm down?" Luna growled, glaring at Celestia. "Why should I? I spent the last thousand years thinking that you were my only family left. My real family! You told me that Father died! Why should I calm down!"
"Because... the last time you called me Celestia was before you turned into Nightmare Moon." Celestia sighed, remembering the day as if it had been yesterday. "And I don't want to loose you again Luna, not so soon after I got you back."
"Right now, I don't care." Luna said, as she left the room as Twilight and Rainbow came in.
"Everything alright?" Rainbow asked, looking back at Luna. "Should I go get her?"
"No... there will be no need Rainbow Dash." Celestia sighed, placing a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder. "She just needs sometime alone. To calm down."
Rainbow and Twilight both nodded. "Celestia, there is something I want to talk to you about."
"The blood magic user?"
"Yes."



Luna sighed, shaking her head. She had stormed off angry at Celestia for hiding that Deacon was their father, yet she couldn't remain mad. She looked around, blinking. She had found herself at the crystalline forest. Looking around she quickly found the fountain and the liquid with in. Though a sight made her blink in confusion. Deacon, whose black coat contrasted with the white of the area, was standing in front of the fountain. "You know what this is Luna?" He asked, not looking away from the fountain.
"Is it not obvious? It is a fountain." Luna blinked, looking around.
"It is a tomb." Deacon smiled softly, finally looking at Luna who had a shocked face. "Your mother's tomb."
"M-mother?"
Deacon nodded, as Luna glanced at the fountain/tomb again, sadness on her face. "So... So Tia didn't lie about that?" Luna blinked looking at Deacon, tears in her eyes. "I thought that if... If you were alive... Then there was a chance that... that Tia lied about that as well..."
"Sometimes the truth hurts Luna," Deacon smiled, setting a hoof on Luna's shoulder. "It's what we do with this truth that makes us who we are. It's when we know the truth, yet get back up, that makes us heros." He turned to leave the area, looking back to look at Luna. "I'm sure there is a lot you want to talk to your mother about." He said smiling, before vanishing into smoke.
"R-right..." Luna sighed, turning to look at the fountain. "Well... I've never done this before, so I guess..."



Celestia sighed, shaking her head. "I'm not entirely sure how we should go about dealing with this Twilight." She said, looking at Twilight. "There are dozens of ways we could go about doing this. But each one would stress the ponies out. And each one worse then the last."
"There must be something we can do!" Rainbow argued, slamming a hoof down. "There has to be! I don't want to sit around and wait until he kills again! He must be found!"
Twilight shook her head, a soft sigh escaping her. "It seems that that's all we can do Rainbow, with out endangering the ponies." She said, putting a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder. "We are here to protect them, not to sacrifice them to find one single person."
"But... It was your idea to go out and look for him."
"It was, but that was before I knew of what it would cost. Do you want the ponies to hate us because we sacrificed so many?" Twilight asked, worry in her eyes.
"Well... no, the last thing I want is to betray the ponies." Rainbow sighed, shaking her head. "But we need to find the blood magic user."
"There is no way that we know of that will not sacrifice others." Celestia sighed, shaking her head. "It seems the best choice of action is to wait."

Rainbow sighed, laying upon a cloud. She twisted around slightly, trying to get comfortable. She however, was having a hard time calming down enough to nap. This would be because of the conversation she had earlier, with Twilight and Celestia. She'd go and ask Applejack her opinion, but her and the other earth ponies were working on bucking the apple trees. Rainbow looked around, a soft smile on her face. She chuckled, looking at the town that had grown so much in the past year. She blinked, looking below her. Below her, was a unicorn.
The Unicorn, who's cloak hid his face, smiled at Rainbow. This caused Rainbow to blink, as she now noticed his eyes. It appeared as if his eyes had the same markings as the sigil they found in the shoppe. "Hey!" Rainbow yelped as the Unicorn ran off. Chasing the Unicorn proved difficult however, as it seemed he had Mare-do-well like qualities. "Damn it... I'm not going through this again..." She sighed, looking around.
She saw the stallion in a dark alley, and smiling she ran after him. Just as she almost caught him, her body froze. To her, it felt the same way as when Twilight froze her blood. "Let me go!" She ordered, before a flash of light blinded Rainbow, nocking the mare out.

When Rainbow woke up, she was covered in blood. Rainbow blinked, looking around. She blinked, looking at the wall of one of the buildings. "No..."
Once again, the mysterious blood magic user left a message. With no clear recipient, Rainbow stood there, looking at the message in confusion.


"Cum omnes deficiunt somnia vestra,
Et hi sunt avemus pessimum
Et sanguines currere consenescunt
Lorem veritatem occultare,
Volo vos tegant
Sed intus est bestia,
Nullum est celare possimus,
Non materia quod genus,
Adhuc de cupiditate."