//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Guidance // by DJ-Photonix //------------------------------// Life in a library was an array of problems. Handing out books to those who wanted to read, and tracking down those who haven't returned their books. Twilight was no stranger in living in a library, and after becoming a princess, nothing else had really changed other than her new title as princess of magic. Lately in Equestria, Twilight had been noticing that Celestia, and Luna haven't been around. Though, the sun and moon still glided slowly across the sky. She tried talking to the princess, but she hadn't been answering her letters she'd been sending for a little under two weeks. She had also noticed that she felt a surge of magic the day Celestia had stopped answering her letters. So, there was only one thing she could think that Celestia was up to, and that was on some flight to a neighboring kingdoms. She picked up a book that was close by, and started to read it. Reading was what helped her calm down, aside from sitting on a cloud. The book was on fallen empires, and how they fell. Twilight sighed after hearing Spike walk thorugh the door, holding a scroll in his hand. "It's from your brother!" He said. "Something about Celestia getting somepony important to help you with your studies." Twilight gave a sigh of relief, and grabbed ahold of the scroll with her magic. She read it aloud. "Dear Twilight Sparkle, I'm sure your brother will give this to you when I have given word back to when I would be returning with my sister. I'm sorry I didn't inform you before, becasue you are a princess after all though still my student for not much longer. So I will explain what is going on, but you must not tell your future partner in study due to the fact that all of this conserns him alone..." "So it's a stallion?" She asked herself aloud. Spike shrugged in responce. "Futher more on the subject of your new partner. His name is Phoenix the Dragonhearted, or you can call him whichever name you prefer, he won't mind. He is an alicorn just like you, but has some agner issues so try not to stress him out, too much. When he arives make sure that Ponyville knows so that it doesn't cause any panic, because I'm sure there will be. Pinkie Pie MUST know that she can't throw a party right away upon his arival." "Guy must be tence..." Spike said. "Once you've gotten him a place to stay, you can start training him in high level magic. It will be rough at first, but he'll get used to everything sooner or later. One final thing I must say however. He is extremely dangerous if he is angered, and the robe he wears will help slow the change so I asume you'll only have a minuet or so to calm him down. If he is angered, his rage could cause even greater panic then when my sister came back four years ago. So make him feel at home. -Celestia" "This won't end well..." Spike sighed. "How come you're always stuck doing the things most ponies think she DOESN'T want to do?" Twilight shrugged setting the parchment aside. "Heck if I know..." "Does it at least say when he'll becoming?" "It said on the bottom that he'll be here in four hours. So not really enough time to warn an entire village." She responded. "Couldn't you just do that face casting spell to the sky?" "Yes...but however we would need to disturb the pegasi's weather sechedual, and might set them back." "Then it will take forever!" Spike exadurated. "If we start now, I mean, we would have half the town covered." Twilight nodded in agreement. "I know, that's what I'm hating. How Come I didn't get this eariler?" She asked. "I got it a few minuets ago, before I walked in." "Well, I guess we'll haft to fuck with the pegasi, and they won't like it." "I'll go find Rainbow Dash." "Sister, while we wait, why did you return that hug?" Luna asked, taking a bite of the salad. "Honostly, I have no idea." She answered. "I was suprised, but human tridition goes that one must return a welcoming hug." Luna chuckled lightly. "Welcoming? You called that welcoming? What I saw was fear, and you showed that there was nothing to fear." "I suppose you're right Luna. I'm just wondering what he'll pick, aside from his robe." "How do you know he'll pick it?" "He's just like that." Celestia said. "Do you know what he did, and why he did it, to keep that robe?" Luna shook her head in responce. "Tell us." "He loved a mortal in his past life, when he controled the nature with fire, bringing life, like I do now. He had a brother who bended the earth to his will, and a sisters who shaped oceans, and moved the air. When his family caught word of his forbidden love, they slaughtered her. They ripped apart her body, and made him watch, every second of her slow demise. When she finally died, he swore to wear the robe in her honor, and remembrance of their love. He then killed his brother, and sisters. He burned his brother, he evaporated his sister of water, and crushed the wind pipe of his wind sister." Luna cringed, seeing Luke frown, as he stood behind Celestia. "Remind me why I'm fucked up why don't you..." "I'm sorry Luke, but my sister didn't know." "It's fine, I would've told you anyways." "What's with the attitude then?" Celestia asked. "Well, for one, it's my business." Luke said throwing his stuff down. "You think you could bring these?" Celestia picked them one by one, naming them aloud. "Scared Robe, A stick of insence, and a knife?" "The insence is called Dragon's Blood, and its not a knife, it's called an Athame. A-THA-MAY! If you were wondering how to say it." Luke corrected. "That's my last stick of Dragon's Blood too." Celestia sighed dropping the athame, and looked Luke into his eyes. "No killing...please..." "I half promise, if that counts for anything." "HE needs to promise as well." Luke slowly took off his robe, and handed it to Luna, who was on the other side of the room. "Don't give it to me unless my eyes are blue again." She nodded, and Luke closed his eyes, remembering his failure earlier this day. He could remember how losses he felt, failing ten times in a row. His breathing started to get heavy, and Celestia backed up. His hair went from blond to gray, and the bright red stripes in his hair turned a darker, blood red color. He smiled for a bit, and opened his eyes, as he staired into Celestia's eyes. "C-can you not kill my kingdom's inhabitants?" Celestia asked with a shakey voice. Kyle laughed for a moment, then sighed. His black eyes matched his pupils, and became shape, like a snake's eye. "I swear, but the moment some one attacks," "Your training will consist of magical, and physical attacks..." Celestia said flatly. Kyle cleared his throat. "If he says he is in danger, in anyway, and he can't handle a dumb pony," "I-" "Luke maybe likes to not use his dragon eye, but I do. I know that you're in a disguise. You look nice, no lie." He stated. "Now, I'm tired, and wasn't done napping." His hair went back to its normal state, and his eyes were bright blue once again. Luna threw the robe back. "We wish not to see his presence again." Luna said. "His aura is dark, and it was suffocating." Celestia nodded in agreement. "Yes, now, are you ready?" "So everything's good right?" Luke asked. "He isn't going to kill anyone?" "That's why we're leaving. Now, grab your things, and we'll meet out back when your mother arrives." Luke sat down on the couch, feeling slightly nervous, and Luna could see this. She smiled, looking at her sister. Celestia saw this, and walked to the back door. "I'll go prepare for the trip back, come out when your mother is back." She said. Once Celestia closed the door behind her, Luna sat next to Luke. "I know exactly how you feel right now Luke." "You do?" He asked. Luna nodded, and frowned a bit. "Indeed, see like you, I've done something awful, and regret to this day." She admitted. "When I was a bit younger. I had tried to over throw my sister, while I was convinced that I could succeed. I had made a dark pact with a spirit, saying it could give me all the power I ever wanted. Well, to put a long story short, I was banished to a very cold, and dark place. However, I was set free, and repented with the help of my sister's student along with her friends. They'll be your teachers, and you'll grow to them, like I have." Luke saw pain in her eyes, and hugged her. Luna was shocked, receiving a hug, like her sister. "What was that for?" She asked. "I've felt pain like that. Though, I'm sure where I'm going with you won't be dark, and cold. Right?" Luna chuckled saying, "No, our kingdom is for kindness, and showing care for each other. Something we are glad you hold." Luke smiled, and leaned back. "Her name is Jane, she helped me learn how to care much more then I used to." "Do you like her?" "Yes, but seeing how I'll be moving, won't be any chance getting with her." Luke sighed. "Still though, what's it like, the kingdom you two rule?" "Peaseful, though we still have slight problems." "Without problems, what's the point, right?" It took Twilight about an hour, before she had a large cloud hovering over Ponyville, and over six thousand confused ponies all sitting outside the town hall. She looks to her little brother Spike who is also her number one assistant, then back to the confused crowd of ponies. She fires the spell into the sky, directly in the center of the cloud. She clears her voice and begins speaking, with her new toned royal voice. "Ponies, please listen to me well. We have an important guest visiting Equestria for a while. He is a dangerous guest however, so treat him with the same kindness you would show to the ponies you love." At this point the ponies started to chatter, worry in their collective voices. Twilight stomped her hoof, regaining any lost attention from the crowd. "Now, please calm down everypony. Celestia has complete faith in us as a community to take care of him, and help him feel like he's at home. In fact I need somepony t allow him to rest in their house." Twilight looked for any raised hooves, but not a one pointing into the air like she had hoped. "Did I mention he's a prince?" She asked, and ponies hooves shot up like bullets."Great, now, all I know is that he's going to be here in just a few minuets, so let's get things ready!" "I'm going to miss you Luke." Luke's mother said, hugging her only child tightly. Luke returned the hug, and felt a tear roll down his mother's face. He had memories here, but change was coming. He didn't like change, as much as he hated it, he had too. Either exploding and killing millions of people, or gaining the power to control his unstable body. It was a change he felt this time was for the better. He let go, as his mother did, and turned around, facing the princesses. "For this moment I shall keep, for this day I shall remember, for my failures, I shall use for success." Luna chuckled, "Almost spoken like a prince." "A Lord," Celestia corrected. "A proper one." Celestia engaged the spell, and symbols drawn on the ground lit up brightly. Luna opened the portal, and Sonya, Luke's mother backed up, leaving the bridge. Luke held onto his things as he felt being slightly stretched into the portal.