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// Reunion - Chapter 73 
// Story: Diary of the Night 
// by CalebH 
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Be happy, always.

The last words mother ever spoke to us, her very last request. 

Mother, how we have failed thee.

We thought our longevity would be limited, that we would only see a few extra decades before time inevitably claimed us. Those decades passed and we continued to grow in body and in power. We became stronger than the earth ponies, faster than the pegasi, more powerful than the unicorns, and more deadly than the night ponies. Celestia insisted on peace and propriety even while we prepared for war.

Griffons descended from the northwest. They are powerfully savage things but a blade in the night still ended them. In the day their size and ferocity held the advantage but when the sun left the sky night ponies would kill with near impunity.

A guard fell soundlessly before us. The black pool of his blood reflected the stars of my moonless night. As we walked through the aerie, blood and gore from his fellows dripped from us. Our purpose was clear, this was not defense, this was not justice, neither was it truly revenge.

We would destroy the griffons ability and desire to be at enmity with us. Eggs and cubs were crushed under hoof. Fathers fought with desperate strength to defend their homes but claws and beaks fell to the blades and fangs of the night ponies. We burned the smithies and armories. We did not stop until the aerie was cleared.

Total war. It was condemned and berated as immoral. We do not speak in morality, we speak in fact. After all this time, after a thousand years of my absence, after the barbarian tribes have united into a grand empire, after they increase their numbers and weapons still the griffons fear war with Equestria.

And still Sister sleeps soundly, knowing that her ponies will never need fear a griffon assault.
-L