Chapter 2
Luna ran back to where she entered the forest and found it set ablaze. A large roar directed her gaze to the large dragon flying through the air. The younger sister flew through the fire, singeing some of her feathers, and landed in front of her sister and formed a shield around the two as the dragon let out an extremely hot breath of fire. The shield shattered and the two ponies flinched. As soon as their focus returned to the dragon, its large hand was swiping towards them. The sisters hugged.
“G-Good-bye, Celestia…”
“Good-bye, Luna. I love you…” The white pony replied, shedding a tear.
As the sisters said their goodbyes, a loud clang rang out. They brought their gaze to the armour-clad Earth pony that had blocked the dragons’ claw.
Their hero was wearing heavy, golden armour with intricate patterns and was holding large broad sword in his mouth. Three fiery feathers, presumably phoenix feathers, adorned his helmet.
“Quickly get out of here! We’ll handle this!” The armoured pony looked over to the two other ponies that were readying themselves for battle. Well there only appeared to be two. The sisters could have sworn there was another hiding in a bush behind them.
“Starswirl get it off guard!” A blue unicorn stepped out of the group and shot a few beams of violet coloured magic at the dragon. The dragon turned its attention to the unicorn, which was charging another, stronger beam of magical energy.
“Starswirl! Watch out!” A beautiful Pegasus dashed to the unicorns’ side and lifted him into the air just as the dragons’ claw hit the ground. The Pegasus dropped Starswirl to the ground and flew up to the dragons face.
The black coated Pegasus flew to the dragons head and stopped in front of its eyes. “Mmm. Hey, cutie.” The dragon blushed brightly and laughed.
“Now! Get him now!” The flying pony soared high into the night sky.
The dragon snapped out its confusion and just in time to see Starswirl shoot a wide beam of magical energy at him, the armoured pony slice at his belly and the Pegasus that he was infatuated with kick him in the snout.
A black shadow curled around its body and stopped at on top of its nose. A skeletal pony emerged from the shadows “Boo!” The bony pony jumped from the dragons’ nose and landed with the rest of his friends.
The dragon flinched backwards and stumbled over its own tail. It fell onto its back, defeated.
Luna and Celestia watched in awe as the four ponies brought down the massive dragon.
“H-How didst thou do that? Who art thou four?” The younger sister asked in amazement.
The blue unicorn trotted over to the two sisters. “I am Starswirl. I am- I WAS Princess Platinums’ advisor. My pupil, Her Majesty’s previous advisor, Clover the Clever had an unfortunate run in with a cockatrice a few months before Discords usurpation, which left me in that position.” Starswirl quietly sighed.
“You don’t seem very happy about getting that position” Celestia interjected.
“It interfered with his studies… He always was a book worm” The black coated Pegasus landed in front of the sisters. “I’m Chrysalis. I was a member of the Pegasus army. I disagreed with their methods and tried telling them the honest truth. They kicked me out and I had to live on my own, well until Fenix and the others came along.”
The golden armoured earth pony stepped away from the recently defeated dragon. “I’m Fenix…” A loud squawk came from the skies and a fiery bird flew down and landed on Fenixs’ back. “…And this is Philomena” The phoenix let out another squawk as if on cue.
A black shadow crept up behind the sisters. The skeletal pony from before silently appears behind the two girls and wraps his fore-hoofs around them “I’m surprise… SURPRISE!” The sisters scream and jump away from the shadowy pony while he falls to the ground laughing.
Fenix takes of his helmet, revealing an earth pony with a red coat and an orange main. He looks at Surprise with a stern expression and then turns his attention back to the sisters, his expression softening. “And who are you two? You look very uhh… Different… A horn AND wings!”
The pink maned sister steps up” I-I’m Celestia and this is my sister...” Celestia looks at her sister.
“Oh, a-and I’m Luna! We know we’re different… We’re the only two ponies to have both a horn and wings… We call ourselves Alicorns.”
“Alicorns? Hmm… I might have to study you two later…” Starswirl had said the last part under his breath.
“Well what are you two doing in this dragons’ cave?” Fenix begins to talk to the girls again. “Caves are very dangerous places, especially for two… Alicorns… Such as yourselves.”
Luna spoke up first this time. “W-We are orphans. Celestia and I were hoping to sleep in there for the night.”
“Would you like to travel with us?” The armoured pony spoke to the sisters with a very kind voice. “We could always use some new friends.”
The two Alicorns turn around and ponder the question. Within the same minute, they turn around and Celestia says “We would love to take you up on your generous offer. Thank you."