//------------------------------// // Luna's own Love and a dream of revealed Truth // Story: Octavia and the Alicorn's peace. // by FoxofRarity //------------------------------// Octavia and the Alicorn's Peace By. FoxofRarity Chapter. 11 Disclaimer- My little Pony Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. The time for evening is coming ever so wonderfully between Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, there is a soft glance Celli gives Luna whenever this time approaches and in the place where Celli gave it to Luna is the place where both are. “Celli, dear sister, can you see I’m busy trying each one of this dishes so I can make sure they’ll just at the right taste for my dear nephew.” Luna levitates a spoon to her mouth to try this dish. “No, this is pathetic, undignified, unacceptable, unworthy of my tongue, and absolutely terrible! Throw out this plate!” Luna points to the trashcan. Celli tilts her head in discontent. “Luna! That’s very rude of you to talk like that to the chef!” Luna however, waves a hoof in the air. “Don’t worry he’s deaf.” She levitates another spoon to her mouth. “Hmmmmm! Yes, yes, yes! This is perfect for the appetizer!” Luna nods at that chef and gives him a big sack of shiny bits. Celli still has her tilted. “You think you can get away with this sister?” The Princess of Moon turns to the Princess of the Sun and instead of saying a word, the Princess of the Moon just smirks. Oh this smirk says it all, from slyness to innocence, Luna tells Celli she will get away with it and nopony will be able to hold her accountable for these certain actions. “Oh Luna, just what can you do next?” Celli exclaims after letting out a quiet sigh. After throwing a plate she didn’t approve to the floor, splattering the food all over Luna clears her throat. “Asking Gold Sky why in the world will he let Redheart call him son when he’s your son and no one else’s son but just your son alone.” She throws another disastrous plate at the wall. Celli knowing she shouldn’t be wasting any time because it’s evening but will reprimand herself later for this. “Luna you have no reason to involve yourself in that nor any reason to even bring it up to Gold Sky, he loves her very much and given his long absence along with finding out Redheart lost a child. He wants to make her happy so by letting her call him son she will feel happy through her maternal instinct.” “But it’s a slap to your face Celli!” Luna pushes away a plate. “He’s your son…if this goes on, then he might start seeing Redheart as his mother instead of you!” Luna thinks she has a point here. “I got a few seconds to spare if I teleport instead of fly.” Celestia tells herself. “Luna.” She takes a step forward to deliver this point of her own once & for all. “I will allow my son to let Redheart call him son for as long as he wants and there is nothing you can do about Luna. Unless you want to do something and risk a shaky beginning in your relationship with him.” Luna with a quick thought of this, shoves a spoon in her mouth, throws a bag of shiny bits to the chef, and drops her ears. “Why do you always end up being right?” The Princess of the Moon will just have to get used to the prospect of hearing Redheart call dear little nephew son. “So around what time should he be getting back?” Celestia happily takes a sample of the dessert that consists of chocolate cake. “He’ll be back whenever he gets back Luna.” With that said along with a few seconds to spare, Celestia teleports outside to lower the sun while Luna doing it the easy way raises the moon from inside the palace. “Hehehehe.” Giggles the blue Alicorn. “The easy way is the best way in most cases.” *** In Ponyville. Rarity, Spike, and Rainbow Dash come out of the theater all with happy ear to ear smiles on their lips. Rainbow has to admit to her friends the movie wasn’t sappy at all. It had plenty elements of action, romance of course, a hydra, and something about an instrumentality project. Well that film’s maker is known to create abstract films. “Dang you guys, that was one cool movie. Hey Spike, please pass the popcorn.” Rainbow chows down on the popcorn. Rarity silently giggles to Rainbow’s over the top eating habits and while seeing Rainbow completely engaged with the popcorn. She nudges Spike with her shoulder to get his attention and smile at him. “Oh Spikey-Wikey, thank you, for taking me out to the movies and I don’t like the fact the day is coming to a not so nice end but you’re welcome to come to the boutique whenever you want for a cup of tea.” Spike beams a smile to the white mare and nudges her back with his shoulder happily knowing this is the first step for more and more happiness. “Yum! I love it when the popcorn has extra, extra butter.” Rainbow being Rainbow finished all the popcorn not that Spike didn’t mind given he bought two bags for which the first one he happily shared with fair lady Rarity and the second he kept just in case Rainbow Dash asked for some later on. “Of course, thanks you guys for inviting me and I’m sorry.” “What!??” Rarity and Spike say at the same time. “Darling for whatever can you be sorry for??” Rarity asks with a questionable tilt to her head. Rainbow plops down while she rubs her left arm. “Look, this was supposed to be a date just for the two of you and even if both of you are all smiles right now you know I ruined it. It was selfish of me to ask to join you two but given what’s going on in my mind I asked so I can get my mind off of that.” Only Rarity knows what Rainbow means by that. “I’m sorry you two. Please forgive me.” In the end Rainbow lowers her head. But Rarity and Spike will not have any of this nor will they let Rainbow Dash toy with such thoughts that can have an unfavorable effect on her. “Oh Rainbow Dash.” Both wrap their arms around the Pegasus. “We didn’t mind at all that you joined us and I say we deeply enjoyed having you with us!” Said Spike. “Besides both Rarity and I can see the three of us having fun together more often. Right Rarity.” “Yes!” Rarity says the word in the most cheerful voice ever. “Me and Spike can see you joining us more often in future pleasant occasions. So please get that notion that you’re ruining everything out of your head.” “Ooooh you guys are so sappy, I love it.” Rainbow wraps her wings around the duo. “You two are the best friends anypony can have.” Indeed it is. “Thanks you two. Thanks.” Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Spike smile for this is the testament of what true, true friends are. *** In the Library. “Oh yes this feels just right.” Twilight makes herself comfortable on her cushion in order to flawlessly dive into the book set before her. “Let’s see how Elizabeth Bennit will respond to Mr. Collin’s proposal.” Twilight speaks her thoughts in an uneasy voice. “Mr. Darcy why are you so dreamy…” Twilight swoons to the picture she mentally created to imagine Mr. Darcy. “I hope Elizabeth won’t say yes to Mr. Collins.” Twilight reads to find out if her worst fear has come to pass. “YES!!!” Spike comes in happily skipping like he’s back from the comic book shop with a new issue of Power Girl the best super heroine on earth. The lavender Unicorn looks up happy about what she read and happy to see Spike well happy from his date with Rarity even though she didn't want to call it a date but who is she kidding. It’s like Jane wanting to be wooed by Mr. Bingley. “Spike how did it go on your da-daaaaa-date with Rarity?” Even saying the word date can twist Twilight’s tongue. Spike hopped on a cushion expelling many little floating hearts as to foretell the words he’ll be speaking. “Oh it was nice…” Swoons the young dragon. “I got to lay my head on Rarity’s shoulder during the romance scenes of the movie also I had the chance to smell Rarity’s beautiful scent when she laid her head on my shoulder. My fair lady Rarity…I’m so lucky to go on a date with her.” Spike blissfully laughs with ecstasy. “Oh and Rainbow Dash came with us.” “Phew…” Twilight expressed her relief quite loudly. Spike obviously noticed it. “What do you mean phew!? Wait a second was it your idea for Rainbow Dash to join me and Rarity on our date! Because it sure smells of you.” “Uh oh! Uhm, uhm, uhm, Spike sorry if I said that too loud but I had nothing to do with Rainbow Dash joining you and I mean it when I say that! Still I’m sorry for saying phew and for thinking the way I’m thinking right now.” Spike somewhat believes Twilight’s words especially if he thinks about it Rainbow doesn’t always listen to the egghead. *sigh* “It’s alright Twilight, still since I went on a date before you did I think you owe me a breakfast for one week at the Sugarcube corner.” Some time ago Spike and Twilight Sparkle made a bet that whichever one of them goes on a date the loser will have to pay for one week of breakfast at the Sugarcube corner. Twilight didn’t think much of the bet and quickly forgot about it within seconds of opening Pride & Prejudice. “You’re lucky to have a date Spike.” *Squee* Spike beams a smile. “Well with all the reading you do I’m sure you've read a dating book somewhere and I’m sure there’s a stallion out there for you. Hmmmmm??” Thinks the young dragon. “Perhaps you can ask that dude who freaked out when he saw me. He’s a Unicorn like you and Rarity, plus he has nice hair.” Funny for Spike to notice that detail on Gold Sky. Twilight rolled her eyes in a gentle manner. “Now, now, Spike that will be enough of that, you got breakfast for a week so let’s keep it at that.” She doesn’t want Spike to put ideas in her head when she’s in so deep in Pride & Prejudice. “Plus given the nice cloak he was wearing I’m sure he has the uhhhh…” Twilight searches for a word that may seem more like Spike’s style. “Hots! I’m sure he has the hots for Rarity.” This is Twilight’s attempt at a joke that logically she will think Spike will get but won’t. With the words Twilight spoke being just processed in Spike’s mind, flumes of black smoke puff out of Spike’s nostrils. “Like heck he will have the hots for Rarity!” His voice tells Twilight he’s angry. “Like heck he will!” “Uh oh. Spike I was only joking. Please don’t get mad.” Spike drops his shoulders realizing he overreacted and acted like Twilight before Shining Armor got married. “Don’t freak me out like that Twilight anyway I think I’ll go read my new issue of Power Girl and then cook dinner. I think Power Girl is traveling in a boom tube looking for Huntress in this issue.” Spike fills in Twilight about his favorite superhero. “Hehe!” Twilight pats Spike on the head. “Go have fun reading Power Girl and I’ll get back to Elizabeth.” It’s nice to see both of them enjoy themselves in reading what they love. Love stories and Super Heroes. *** “My son.” Redheart ever so lovingly strokes the back of Gold Sky’s head. “My love for you will never leave even if you fought a war and took out enemies beyond count. I will always be here for you and if you ever need to talk to me about something then you can come to me or if you wish to talk something you feel uncomfortable talking with your mother then come to me as well.” Gold Sky just nods until something from a recent event came to mind. “Redheart.” “Yes my dearest son.” Redheart pulls back to look upon the stallion. “Earlier today mother told me about the birds and the bees by going into detail about me finding the right mare, falling in love, and weird stuff going about in my body but she did not go into too much detail ehhhh I think.” The way Gold Sky said I think sounded so innocent and so much in the manner a child will say those words when in a shade of uncertainty. “So I wonder if you will just tell me bluntly what are the birds and the bees? I mean yes, what mother told me made sense but I want to hear in layman terms what does it mean??” Redheart tilts her head and with so much maternal love flowing from the floodgates of her heart causes her to stroke his cheek to see Gold Sky doesn’t know what the birds & the bees are despite his age. “So you want it in layman terms my son?” “Yes please.” “Well to be straight forward the birds & the bees is just a more uhm clean term to call…uhm, sex or sexual intercourse.” Well Redheart was as straight forward as she can be. “Sex? Whats…” Gold Sky stops himself. “Oh.” It clicked. “Oh…” His body heat rose up twenty seven degrees allowing Redheart to clearly feel it. “Mother thinks I’ll have sex with any mare I see??” “Wow he’s really warm.” The white mare takes note. “Now I wouldn’t think that my son, you see it’s natural for any parent to have the birds & the bees talk with their children.” Feeling a cold tug at her heart Redheart lays her arm over the stallion's shoulders. “Like now. It’s natural for anypony to be curious once they reach puberty which starts occurring when the body starts releasing hormones such as testosterone and estrogen." “So…this curiosity comes naturally you say.” Redheart nods. “So why have I not felt that curiosity?” Hearing this makes Redheart tilt her head again. “What do you mean you never felt any form curiosity? Heck, when I was a teenager I always felt the jitters whenever I saw Titanium. He was a very handsome stallion from medical school and quite the flirt too, I wished he flirted with me often just so I can gaze upon him and sigh like a loves struck filly.” “Where is Titanium now?” Gold Sky asks. “He died around four hundred thirty seven years ago more or less and in his final moments he told me he always wanted to ask me out on a date but never had the courage to do so therefore, dying with regret for never taking the step forward and but before taking his last breath he told me the words he always wanted to tell me.” “And what are they?” “That I’m so beautiful.” Inside the galaxy of his mind but not in the nerves that control his facial muscles Gold Sky trembles with some agony to the simple mentioning of death. Death is something he’s very afraid of that Celetia found him crying one night when he was a colt under the sheets telling her he doesn’t want to die and asked her to protect him from death. Of course, the reason why this happened is through a book he read called Charlotte’s Web and upon reading the spider dying along with the pig being struck with sadness Gold Sky couldn't continue reading this book anymore and to this day has never considered picking it up to finish it. Celestia being the all loving mother comforts her scared son by telling him all he’ll be doing is grow, reach total maturity, and that’s it. He won’t die so he has nothing to fear but fast forward to the point when Gold Sky wished for the kind escape death can provide. He was afraid at first to commit seppuku but it had to be done to pay for the innocent blood he has shed but what he did not know is being an immortal there are laws that he must follow and one of the laws that immortals must follow states no immortal can take their own lives. Hence, why Gold Sky is still alive and couldn’t stab his heart. As of now, within the blink of an eye he has his arms wrapped around Redheart and tells himself that death is far from him and Redheart. “Well you are beautiful Redheart and please can we not talk about death anymore. Let’s get back to bees eating the birds thing.” “You mean the birds & bees my son.” Redheart corrected. Gold Sky blushed in embarrassment. “Yes that. Any who, I never had any curiosity for any mare I’ve seen not even for Rarity and trust me she is the most beautiful, beautiful, beautiful mare I seen in my entire life! I mean wow! She’s so beautiful! But even then I haven’t felt the slightest sense of curiosity. Why?” Still in Gold Sky’s hug she leans her head to have her hair just under his nose so he can smell her scent allowing a dual satisfaction of a scent he loves and the words she’ll tell him. “Well…” Think, think, think first. “Ahh! Where were for the majority of your journey?” *Sniff sniff* Gold Sky remembers something precious. “In the Griffon Republic, Redheart that’s where I spent a majority of my time during my journey and before that I was completely insane wondering to and fro the earth.” Redheart picks her words wisely. “How long were you in the Griffon Republic?” “Forty seven years.” Redheart creates a conclusion. “Well there you go my son! You have spent so much time in the Griffon Republic and being a pony you naturally reserved yourself for your own species so given you were around griffons you never got curious and due to that it got imprinted somewhat permanently in you. So now that you’re back among ponies it may take a while but your curiosity should start arising and given you’re still innocent seeing how your mother had to have this talk with you at this age you won’t fall prey to the impulses of your hormones.” The stallion lets go of the mare and makes himself comfy on the couch. “In case you’re wondering Redheart I haven’t had sexual intercourse but more importantly I am not innocent. Remember I slaughtered many enemies, relished the enchantment of battle, and I did other things that drove me to insanity.” Nevertheless. “Whatever you say my son it is just your own words and they will not influence what I think of you. You are still innocent in my eyes and shall always be plus I’m very proud of you my son.” “Wha-what!? Why?” Redheart gives him a smile. “Without you realizing it, you’re doing the right thing by saving yourself for your future wife.” Gold Sky heartily chuckles to Redheart’s assessment, he has been to a wedding in the Griffon Republic and he didn’t feel anything but only happiness for his fellow male tying the knot. As for Gold Sky, he doesn’t know if there can be a mare for him out there and automatically Rarity is out of the picture for fact she is sooooo beautiful and out of his league. He does want to marry a mare someday but the hard part is knowing they will be mortal along with mother saying his heart will always belong to that mare alone. “Thanks.” Just then Gold Sky starts frowning. Redheart knows why Gold Sky is suddenly sad. “Gold Sky, I know Celestia is your mother…but!” She places a hoof on his shoulder. “You shall always be my son.” Gold Sky picks up his head and smiles at Redheart telling her he’s happy to hear this then looks at the window seeing its evening and should be going back to the palace. “Redheart, thank you for allowing me to spend time with you and for loving me very much even after you know I am a desensitized killer. I need to get to go before mother starts getting worried about me. Oh! Do you by any chance know Rainbow Dash?” “Yes my son, I know Rainbow Dash.” “Well is she with anyone?” Redheart with a hoof under her chin thinks for a second. “Well, I don’t think she’s with anyone my son, she’s a free bird like you. Why do you ask?” Gold Sky dons his cloak and gets some distance from the mare. “Just curious. Jump!” *Poof* “Oh you my boy.” With that Redheart starts making plans for her next outing with her son. *** *Poof* The stallion reappears back in the palace. *Sniff sniff* Immediately he starts sniffing the air to find mother. “I wonder where she is?” He sniffs the air again, finally picking up her scent and happily trots to find her. Upon reaching the doors of Princess Celestia’s study room he knocks to be courteous first. “Come in.” Ahh the motherly voice of Princess Celestia just makes Gold Sky all the more eager to see her. Gold Sky goes in ready to be basked by mother’s loving eyes, however, upon going and taking in a breath to speak he senses they are not alone for there is another mare with mother and this mare caused his lungs to hold in the breath he took in, freeze in his tracks, tremble, and make his heart rate speed up. Princess Cadance is here with mother reading what looks like a Power Girl comic book. “What is she doing here!? And how come I didn’t pick up her scent!” Nevertheless, the stallion makes one leg move forward. “I concentrated on mother’s scent and ignored all the other scents so that’s why I didn’t smell her majesty Princess Cadance’s scent. Still I must be respectful to her majesty and mother is here so who should I fear.” Either way, Gold Sky is still afraid. Cadance though she’s possibly reading the comic book feels the fear inside the stallion. “Why do you fear me when we are possibly related!” “Mother.” Gold Sky manages to release the breath he had in his lungs. “Your majesty Princess Cadance.” While addressing her too nonetheless. “My son.” Princess Celestia takes the stallion in a loving hug while jerking her head to the left. “You know I will never mind.” Gold Sky smells mother’s hair just like he’s always done since he was a colt. It’s funny though that Celestia’s wavy hair can be smelled much less have a scent but Gold Sky with his ultra-keen sense of smell picks up a scent and it is soooo pleasing. “Mother, me and Redheart had a wonderful time together at the carnival plus I got eat a funnel cake for the first time!” “Well that’s very nice my son, I’m glad you and her got to spend quality time together.” Coos the white mare. “And how was the funnel cake?” Now she has her son sitting by her and under her wing. “How loving.” Cadance is pretending she’s reading the comic but in reality she never read the first word in the first place along with not knowing how she got it. Rather, she’s here with Tia because she telepathically read Gold Sky’s mind seeing he wants to see mother so that’s why she’s here. To study him some more and figure out Lauren’s words. Fully engaged in his discussion with mother Gold Sky quickly forgets about Cadance along with his nose only picking up mother’s scent. “It’s tasted like toast covering with a lot of powdered sugar but I liked it!” *ting* “Mother, I want to show you this!” His magic levitates the photo strip. “Redheart and I went into a photo booth.” Celestia looks at each picture feeling pleased at how her son is giving Redheart much deserved happiness. “My son is what Cadance says he is. He is love. As love he giving Redheart a chance to relive her motherhood while being given love by the stallion she so dearly loves, oh I’m blessed to be the mother of a stallion who all he knows to do is Love and nothing more. Can he be any more perfect.” If Celestia had knowledge about the things he told Redheart then she will delay to call him perrfect but nevertheless, is pleased with him. “Redheart looks so happy. Wouldn’t you say Cadance?” She levitates the photo strip to Cadance. The cerise mare drops the comic on the floor as her magic takes hold of the photo strip. “How sweet of you Gold Sky.” Out of a newly formed habit he inches closer to mother when hearing the cerise mare say his name. “Thank your majesty.” For Cadance he will always call her, her majesty. Celestia gets the photo strip and gives it back to Gold Sky. “Say my son did Redheart call you her son?” Cadance’s body temperature drops many degrees. “Please don’t tell Gold Sky you know this because I told you when I spied on him! Please don’t tell him Tia!” She telepathically pleads with the white mare. As expected Gold Sky tilts his head in amazement for mother knowing this. “How did you know! A mother always knows right?” Celestia nods. “That is correct my son dearest son.” She starts rubbing his head with hers. “Phew…” Cadance’s body temperature rises back up to homeostasis levels. “Thank you Tia.” “You’re welcome Cadance.” From the dining room. “Celli, is Gold Sky back yet?” Luna asks. Celestia doesn’t reply back. “Gold Sky please go to the dining room to eat.” “Are you going to eat with me mother?” “No my son, I’ve already ate but never fear you won’t be eating alone so go and eat. I’ll come by later on to say good night.” Celestia gives Gold Sky a big kiss on the cheek and nudges him forward. “And what about me?” Cadance hovers into the air and gracefully lands in front of the stallion. “With mother here then what should I fear.” Gold Sky gathers the strength he needs to say words at the cerise mare. “Your majesty, it’s been a-a-an hon-honor to be in the same room with you.” Gold Sky takes hold of her right hoof and kisses but upon his lips making contact Cadance feels the same jolt of energy she felt before stream through her body. Cadance hides a frown from receiving this form of reference from the stallion that’s her family because from the words of the Archangel she will not question them and being related to him can only mean they’re family. “Thank you for your extreme show of respect Gold Sky now run along and have dinner.” She refrains herself from touching him with her wing knowing physical contact is out of the picture. Don’t know for how long. Gold Sky trots out of Celestia’s study room. Cadance throws the comic into the book shelf. “Tia, I secretly read your mind and I apologize for doing that without your permission but I wanted to know more about Gold Sky and I had to that before I can ask you this question. Ahem, how come you’re not angry?” “Angry? Angry about what Cadance?” Tia asks in a rare state of confusion. First to keep this between them the Princess of Love creates a telepathic barrier to give them complete privacy while knowing Gold Sky can easily breach the barrier but that factor won’t be taken into account given the stallion is obviously afraid of her. “Are you not angry for the fact Gold Sky left you and just returns after two hundred years expecting to smell your scent and receive your affection? While you take him in like nothing happened?” Tia deeply sighs. Yes, she was heartbroken on that morning when she walked into Gold Sky’s room and found his bed empty. Like any mother will do, she looked for him but never found him while she felt in her heart he is out there alive and more importantly he didn’t even say good bye much less leave a note. He just left. Just left. To make matters more despairing she had to use every ounce of her inner strength to go through each new day with a smile in the light of the sun while at the cover at night she will lay in Gold Sky’s bed crying herself to sleep and sometimes she will beg him to return. This lasted for two decades until finally she lost the will…to hope. To hope for the return of her only son. Even his pillow lost his scent for just like him in his habit to smell her scent she will smell his pillow just to imagine he’s next to her until she opens her eyes and see nothing. This immortal mother had no choice but to let go of him. Then. Twilight Sparkle came into the picture providing Celestia with the ease she needs. “I was never angry Cadance. Not then, not today, not ever.” “What!?” Cadance with her fair mind expected Tia to be angry. “It’s natural for others to be angry Tia so how come you were never angry?” Celestia may be a Princess. Second. She is a mother. First. “I am not like others Cadance I mean we are Pure Immortals why should I let myself be taken down by an emotion that only mortals are easily taken over by? I was sad but anger will never bring him back.” “Then how can you just accept him with open arms when he returned?” Cadance wants to bear full witness to what maternal love is capable of. Celestia with end this with words of pure truth. “He’s my son, my prodigal son and I am overjoyed he’s back for I know he will never leave me ever again. Two hundred years is nothing compared for what’s ahead for me and him. It’s only two hundred years, a mere blink for us.” She sighs again. “He is my son, for he was once lost but now he’s found.” With that Celestia teleports to her room to take a nice evening bath. Now bearing full witness to this sheer maternal Love, Cadance sees why Celestia will always be the better mare and why Celestia is sort of the eldest of the Pure Alicorn Trinity. “Gold Sky is blessed to have a mother like you, now I can’t help to think if I should shape shift into Tia just so I can be close to him. Hard part is having Tia’s scent.” Hard part indeed, for shape shifting cannot imitate one’s scent. Still Cadance will find a way. She always does. *** “Wonder who will be joining me?” Gold Sky reaches the dining room doors. “Oh! Maybe it’s Redheart! Redheart! Redheart! Redheart!” The stallion happily chants her name like a child will do in delight for something amazing. Upon entering the dining he doesn’t see the loving white mare with pink hair instead he sees a dark blue mare with wavy hair and a crown behind the horn. “PRINCESS LUNA!” Gold Sky screeches in surprise. “Dearest nephew, just what did we discuss earlier?” The flawless mare points out. “Are thou being forgetful or are thou being disrespectful to his aunt?” The stallion remembers everything. “Lu-Lu-Lu-Luna, I’m so sorry for being disrespectful! I-I tsshh, ack issshhh not e-e-expecting you!” Gold Sky’s speech impediment gets the best of him. Luna’s left eyebrow raises. “My dear nephew has a speech impediment.” Gold Sky ashamed for his flaw scratches the ground with his hoof, such display of a curable flaw before a Princess is pathetic and pathetic it is. “I’m sorry Aunt Luna.” “Sorry?” With teleportation she appears in front of him. “Why will you be sorry for something you clearly had no control over much less input? There’s no reason to be ashamed if you stutter my dear nephew, so please be yourself around me.” Luna with magic picks up the stallion and places him on the chair next to her. “We are family you and I. And as your fun, fun Aunt, I will do my absolute best to help you with your speech impediment because I don’t want you to go to a speech therapist.” Luna takes her place next to him. “I will not tolerate such a thing.” “Why?” Gold Sky’s mind can’t process everything coming from the mare’s mouth. “Y-you are acting like mother when I ca-came back!” “Well of course I’ll act like your mother Gold Sky. She is my sister after all and yes, we share many traits but unlike her I never raised you. Oops.” Luna redirects her course. “I love you very much Gold Sky.” Gold Sky removes his cloak to be himself. “There! Isn’t that better my lovey dovey nephew, you are free of hiding who you are!” Luna serenades him with a smile. “Lovey dovey?” The heck will Luna call him that? Luna chuckles to herself to hear the way Gold Sky said those words. “Lovey dovey Gold Sky and do you have the slightest hint why?” “Noooo.” “Hehehe!” Luna chuckles again with untold delight. “Well let me show you. Muah!” She grabs his head and plants a big kiss on it. “Have another my dearest nephew! Muah, muah, muah!” Truth be told Luna always wanted to this the instant she found out Gold Sky is family and seeing how he is so absorbent of Celestia’s affection then by all means he should be absorbent of her affection. Of course as Luna expected Gold Sky smiles like a colt in a candy store. Gold Sky, starts giggling and his love starts rising with no end in sight. Cadance feeling this infinite level of Love causes her heart to slow down. “Impossible! I thought love had a limit but now I can feel his Love rising like a tower from the ground and reaching into the deep sectors of space.” She with her telepathy combined with a somewhat surreal material formation of her love touches Gold Sky’s Love. “If this is his basic Love then what can be his most true love? What does he consider most precious? Does he love everyone with this kind of love? Is love what he only knows to do? Where’s hate and like. Perhaps being born naturally gave him mortal traits…therefore; I now know he isn’t a Pure Immortal. Sad.” It could be sad but it isn’t. “I wish Lauren will tell me how we’re related! Why can’t she be straightforward? Ahem, I have Luna helping me though.” *Ting* “Huh?” In a strange trace of Gold Sky’s love, Cadance reads Tia’s mind again. “She intends to have him raise the sun tomorrow. Well it should be a piece of cake given how we Alicorns possess a near limitless magic.” Gold Sky on the other hand or hoof isn’t even near that threshold. “How about I sniff your hair the same way you sniff my sister’s hair.” Luna buries her nose into the dark brown hair of the stallion and just like a blood hound begins sniffing and slowing moving from point to point on Gold Sky’s head. “Say he smells so rustic, I like it.” Gold Sky giggles to Luna’s nose moving about his head and feeling the sniffing. “All righty then, now let’s eat.” She claps her hooves twice to let the maids who have their eyes tightly shut know it’s time to bring in the food she herself picked for Gold Sky. “Gold Sky, you smell so nice if you want to know and I think I smelled Celli’s shampoo. Did you use her shampoo?” “Yes I used her shampoo Aunt Luna.” Luna nods her head in acceptance. “Well if you like it then it’s cool. Any who, let me see thy gold covered hooves!” Luna magically picks up Gold Sky’s left forearm. “You look so natural in the royal horseshoes Celli gave you my dear nephew, something I knew she will do given the one’s your wearing are the first ones she’s ever had.” Gold Sky looks at the golden horseshoe realizing Redheart has said nothing about them and gotten perfectly comfy in them. He still can’t believe mother will give him something so valuable like she’s giving him his inheritance but he needs to accept mother’s forgiveness and taking the golden horseshoes in a start. “So Aunt Luna what are these horseshoes made of?” Luna points at the food waiting in front of dearest nephew. “First take a bite of your food and I’ll tell you what they’re made of.” “Yes, yes, sorry.” Gold Sky picks up the spoon with is hoof and takes a bite. Upon observation. “Strange he does not use his magic to perform the simple act of eating.” Anyway. “Ahem the horseshoes are made of pure valyrian steel and covered with gold. Due to their composition that’s how those horseshoes you’re wearing right now lasted through the ages so to me as you may obviously guess my dear nephew is a perfect fitting for a mother to pass down to her son.” “Luna, may I ask you another question?” “Of course, you may ask me a question dear nephew.” “When you found out that I am your nephew, d-d-did you start loving me…even though we are not family through flesh and blood??” Luna’s smile goes away and she orders all the maids to leave them with completely privacy. “Look my dear nephew let us get one thing straight between us. You may not be of Celli’s flesh and blood nor mine and Cadan, errr, me and Celli. But you are Celli’s son for she adopted you and loves you with all her heart also she is my sister so automatically you become my nephew meaning I will love you without question.” She brings Gold Sky under arm and looks at him with soft eyes while a small smile forms on her lips. “We’re family, you and I. I love you and you love me along with being Alicorns. We have forever to bond my dear nephew.” Luna kisses him on the side of the head. “We have forever to be family.” Everything Luna said is true. She loves the stallion with all her heart, he’s family and nothing can be so joyful to a Pure Alicorn like Luna then to have new family. “By the way Gold Sky you haven’t smelled my hair yet and I think it will be very rude if only I got to smell your hair while you didn’t.” Luna lowers her head. “Take a whiff or take a sniff. You choose.” Gold Sky did the same thing Luna did to him sealing the promise of a bond between them by smelling each other’s hair which to other ponies may seem kind of abstract and just downright weird. But these two are not like other ponies. For one they are immortal and as immortals they can care less what mortals may think about their methods of expressing affection and two both desire Love. Luna desires to love everyone and be accepted. Gold Sky desires to be loved given he has lost many who loved him before his journey, during his journey, and after his journey. Therefore, the desires of both will be fulfilled. “Gold Sky.” Upon hearing his name Gold Sky stops taking in Luna’s incredible scent. “Yes Aunt Luna?” “You will never be alone.” “Why do you say that Luna?” Gold Sky asks. Luna points her head at the stallion’s plate prompting him to take another bite. “You are bound to feel alone through your guilt and trust me it will happen sooner or later. I understand though, leaving your mother, coming back, to then be taken back with open arms is too much for you. To the point it equates a fantasy but its reality my dear nephew. So whenever you feel alone through your guilt you can always come to me.” Her wing rests over Gold Sky. “To a wing that will cover you with love unimaginable.” The wing comes down and covers him like a mother’s love. “I have a loving mother and now I have a loving aunt, I truly am blessed.” Gold Sky couldn’t help but rest his head on Luna’s shoulder and smile with closed eyes to show her he is happy. “Thank you.” Luna rests her chin over his head feeling very pleased for all that transpired between them, she knows this is the beginning of a loving dawn. “No need to thank me my dearest nephew.” “I love you Aunt Luna.” “And I love you too Gold Sky.” Peeking through the keyhole, Cadance smiles for Luna’s fortune though she herself wished Gold Sky can do the same for her and wouldn’t mind at all to have him sniff her hair. Nevertheless, the cerise mare will be happy for Luna, it is the least she can do. “You make such a good Aunt, Luna.” “Thanks Cadance.” *** With night covering Equestria and all things needing the daylight asleep, Princess Celestia decides it’s time to see her son. “It’s nice for Luna to go through all her own hassle to spend time with Gold Sky along with using some of the taxpayer money to pay the deaf chef.” Celestia will reimburse the spent taxpayer money with her own money to be fair. “Sister.” Luna appears in front of Celli. “Gold Sky is already asleep and it’s too late to kiss him good night.” Celli without saying a word turns around and heads straight to her room to get shuteye. “Luna is having him all for herself. Heh, can’t blame her.” “Is she gone??” Luna takes a peek around the corner. “Perfect! Sister is out of the picture.” The Mare of the Moon happily trots inside the sleeping stallion’s room giving him a sweet kiss on the forehead before doing anything else. “He looks so cute when he’s asleep.” The mare gently so she won’t wake him sits on the edge of the bed. “I will visit him in his dreams.” A good intention when she is completely unaware of what Gold Sky dreams when he dreams about the actions he’s committed. Actions a Pure Immortal will be shocked to see when all they have is a mindset given by the Utopia they rule over while occasionally they face a threat but that’s more like a Rar…rarity. Luna with her head held happily high steps foot into the land of dreams and instead of hearing the sound of her hood stepping on solid ground it steps on wet ground. “Huh?” Luna picks up her hoof to inspect her moist hoof. “What!? I-is this blood.” “A fist of fury!” A battle cry sings from the crimson sky that has a blood sun shining brightly. “What is this!” Luna sees bodies of dead griffons. “What is this!” Luna flies up to find nephew in this bloody dream. “A deadly weapon!” “Gold Sky! Where are you my dearest nephew!” The Alicorn searches the battlefield. “He must be on the high ground!” “Rapier of Havoc, raised up in anger!” Luna finally flies up the high ground sensing Gold Sky is near. “I sense him, whoa!” Upon reaching the high ground, she sees Gold Sky standing on his hind legs holding two swords, the left hoof has the sword with the blade pointed down and the right hoof holds the blade pointed up. The sheer sight of her nephew being responsible for all this blood shed is quite surreal but to see him stand with the blood sun shining in front of him makes it unreal. “Gold Sky!” The instant the name left her lips, Gold Sky turns his torso to look at her almost scaring her to see his cold turquoise colored eyes with the pupils of a dragon directed at her eyes. “Born to do battle, without compassion, more than a soldier, more than a killer.” “Gold Sky why are you dreaming this, my dearest nephew!!? Why are you killing these griffons and why are you wearing bronze armor?” “The Soldier of no Sorrow!” “Why are you here!?” Gold Sky asks his Aunt. “Why are you here in my head!” Suddenly he notices a griffon coming at Aunt Luna. “Move!” He dashes towards Luna and before running into her he leaps up intercepting the griffon. Both roll about in the ground for quite a distance while in the process Gold Sky loses both swords, upon coming to a complete stop the griffon gaining the first bit of an advantage by getting back up in its feet grabs Gold Sky and throws him into a large boulder and proceeds to swing its right fist forward but Gold Sky caught it and swings him into the boulder, punches the griffon square in the face, turns the griffon so it can be face forward to the boulder, and repeatedly slams the face into the boulder until the head is nothing but a splattered fleshy mess all over the stone. “Why are you here!” “Gold Sky how come you’re dreaming this…” Luna suddenly realizes whose eyes Gold Sky’s own eyes reflect. “Are you turning into Nightmare Moon!” Gold Sky removes his helmet and turns his complete attention to the mare. “Get out! You shouldn’t be here Aunt Luna! You shouldn’t be seeing this! I am the soldier of no sorrow and you have no right to come into my dreams! Get out!” Luna reaches out to touch Gold Sky. “But…” *Ping* A transparent wall with a yellow ripple spanning across stops her hoof from touching the stallion’s cheek. “GET OUUUUUT!!!!” The mighty roar sends the Princess out of his dream. “Oh my!” Luna opens her eyes almost gasping for every breath at what she seen in dearest nephew’s dream. “I think I overstepped my boundaries and seen something Gold Sky never wanted anyone to see.” Luna magically lifts up the stallion to move him more to the middle of the bed. “I’m sorry.” She lies next to him and covers him with her wing. “Forgive me.” Gold Sky still asleep shifts his head and lays it on Luna’s shoulder. “Chances are low that I should discuss what I saw in his dream…but! Chances are high he'll start the discussion to tell me why he called himself the soldier of no sorrow.” Luna nuzzles Gold Sky’s head brings him closer to him. “Sweet dreams.” * However, Gold Sky isn’t the only one going about the land of dreams. Princess Celestia dreams a dream with her son except it isn’t a happy mommy and son dream instead it’s the changing of a Fate. The Princess of the Sun stands defeated before a living shadow and with its magic it drops Gold Sky who’s wearing armor in front of Celestia. The stallion fought with everything he had to protect mother from the shadow only to be defeated and Celestia fought back but fell to the might of the shadow. “Bend the knee Princess of the Sun. You are defeated and I shall rule over everything you love in this kingdom.” The shadow touches Gold Sky’s chin. “I shall rule over your son and he shall become mine. For there’s nothing worse than taking away the only son of a mother especially a Immortal mother wouldn’t you say Gold Sky?” Gold Sky says nothing but knows mother can defeat this shadow…sadly there has to be a catalyst to bring this shadow to its end. Celestia bends the knee to the shadow. “You have won but you will not take my son, he is my first born, h-he is my only son, isn’t power and a kingdom under your rule more than enough for you? Leave my son and take me instead. Kill me, torture me, maim me, whatever, you want but don’t touch my son.” From a bent knee, Celestia starts getting up. “Stay away from my son!” The shadow turns its attention from the stallion and the mare. “Mother.” Gold Sky stops what’s about to happen between the two beings. “Equestria needs you.” Gold Sky reaches for the nearest blade he can find. “It needs its Princess.” The shadow cackles to the sight of the stallion holding the blade. Celestia comes to her son’s side. “My son please give up, don’t do this, please! You can’t defeat it.” The mother lovingly strokes her son’s face and from the way she strokes his face it looks like she will see him for the last time. Gold Sky presses mother’s hoof against his cheek. “It won’t be me defeating the shadow…it will be you.” He kisses mother’s cheek. “You just need the right reason to use your full power mother.” For the last time. “I love you mommy.” He pushes away mother’s loving hooves. Truly what he’s going to do he doesn’t want to do, he doesn’t want to do it…sadly, it’s the only way to defeat this shadow…he is the catalyst. For Mother. For Equestria. “AAAAHHHH!” Gold Sky charges at the shadow aiming the blade at the heart. “Ooof!” The shadow catches him in midair and with its magic takes grip of the hoof holding the blade. “Pathetic.” The shadow’s magic taking the blade out of the hoof launches the blade forward stabbing Gold Sky in the heart. “You could have made a good son but instead you choose to die for your mother.” The shadow throws Gold Sky towards Celestia. “N-N-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Celestia takes her dying son into her arms. “No, no, no, no, no, this isn’t happening! My son please don’t go! Please don’t leave me again, please! Please! Please don’t leave me again!” Tears from the Princess of the Sun fall upon Gold Sky’s face. “Re-reason mommy…rea-rea-reason to defeat i-it. I-I love you.” Last words. “No!” Celestia hugs the stallion feeling him for as long as she can. “Wha…” She can’t feel him anymore. “My son!” Silver dust floats away from her arms. Once a Chero dies their body turns into silver dust. Celestia frowns to take in the loss of her only son. “You killed my son!” Sadness is replaced by power. “You killed my son! YOU KILLED MY SON!” Celestia’s mane turns into fire. “YOU SHALL PAY FOR KILLING MY SON!” Her body turns into the flames of the sun. “I WILL END YOU!” Princess Celestia is unleashed and engages the shadow with all her fury. Just before delivering the final blow to end the shadow… *gasp!* Princess Celestia wakes up from this nightmare, wiping the sweat off her brow. “My son!” Telepathically, she looks for her son. “Oh thank you Great Spirit he’s alive! It was only a dream, o-only a dream, okay calm down.” Celestia take a deep breath. “Go back to sleep.” ***The night moves forward*** Princess Celestia at her own will woke up without any needed assistance from Princess Luna. “Today I will have Gold Sky raise the sun like me.” Quickly Celestia grooms herself and teleports to Gold Sky’s room where Luna is still sleeping and of course Gold Sky is peacefully comfortable under Luna’s wing. “How sweet of you Luna.” Celestia bends down, nuzzling Gold Sky’s forehead. “Wake up Gold Sky.” Gold Sky yawns. “Oooh mother!” Instantly he’s happy to see her. “My son please come with me.” Gold Sky gives Luna a kiss on the cheek good morning and carefully wiggles out of Luna’s sheltering wing. “Let me get my cloak first mother.” “No, no, there’s no need for that.” Her magic levitates the cloak away from Gold Sky’s reach. “I will camouflage you from the eyes of mortals with my telepathy.” Gold Sky is confused for this sudden change of mother’s perceived behavior. “Uhh, well, where are we going mother?” “To the sky, now let’s get a move on Gold Sky. Time is essentially of the essence here.” Both Alicorns fly out in the dim sky where the sun is waiting to rise and the moon is shining in the second hemisphere of the earth. “Mother?” Gold Sky can’t help but ask Celestia why they’re flying so early in the morning. “Yes my son?” “What are we going to do right now?” Celestia hovers in front of the stallion with an extremely happy ear to ear grin. “Gold Sky my son, you are going to raise the sun.” “WHA-WHAT!!!!” Gold Sky choked on his own saliva to hear those words. “Ho-hold on!” He gags some more before finally coughing out the liquid. “Mot-mother you can’t be serious!” “Oh my son I am not serious, I am confident that you can do what I do.” She reaches out to gently stroke Gold Sky’s cheek. “You’re an Alicorn Gold Sky and as an Alicorn you possess vast magic inside of you, that if one were to attempt a vague measurement of your magic it will impossible. Even for my most faithful student Twilight Sparkle.” *Ting* “Twilight Sparkle, is she that cute looking lavender Unicorn with the bangs?” Gold Sky had to ask just to be sure because he felt a soft tingle connect the name to the Unicorn that had the purple dragon with her and the little dragon may be the offspring of the fallen dragon he killed, meaning the little dragon may know what he’s done. “Cute? Well, I guess you can say she’s cute given you’re a stallion…” Interrupted. “What does being a stallion have to do with anything mother?” Celestia briefly backtracks. “It’s nice you think she’s cute, perhaps you will enjoy conversing various subjects with her.” While in her mind. “Maybe if Gold Sky doesn’t have loving feelings for Octavia then maybe I can try my hoof at having him go on a date with my most faithful student, oooh, it will be a win-win if they fall in love!” Celestia is getting ahead of herself right now. “Ahem, anyway I want you to raise the sun Gold Sky.” “I-I can’t!” “I know you can do it my son and I believe in you.” Gold Sky near the verge of practically begging mother that he can’t do this asks her to reconsider her request made upon him and to raise the sun herself. “My son, please erase this doubt in you. I know you can do this and I’ll be here to encourage you, so please do it.” Celestia hovers closer. “I don’t want mother to misplace her faith and I don’t want to displease her…maybe raising the sun isn’t that hard. It’s just a fireball that’s basically a fusion reactor and fire can’t hurt me.” Gold Sky takes a deep breath. “Still! I’ve never used my magic to this great of an extent and I don’t know what can happen if I push myself too much. Nevertheless, I will not displease mother.” With that Gold Sky clears his mind to concentrate effectively. Celestia helps out. “Think of the sun and raise it up.” Gold Sky’s horn glows brightly in sequence with his mind. He grunts loudly to feel his magic grip the sun and the sun’s gravity begins pulling at him. “What’s going on!?” He concentrates harder to pull back. “It’s only the sun’s gravity Gold Sky but don’t worry, you should overcome it in a matter of seconds.” Celestia reasurres. Gold Sky resumes but the sun feels like a mountain he cannot move. “I-I can’t do this!” His whole body starts being pinched with pain like an acupuncture gone wrong and the needles are directly going into his nerves. Celestia is undaunted by Gold Sky’s pleas. “I have faith in you my son.” Gold Sky groans to the strong pull from the sun and the pain evermore increasing. Soon his nose began to bleed causing him to start fearing the worst. “Why is my nose bleeding??” More of his sparkling blood gushes out like a geyser. What Celestia does not know is the fact Gold Sky does not know how to use his magic and intentionally he made himself unknown to its use as a way to make up for all the shed innocent blood though he does use teleportation because mother taught him that very early in his growth, levitation comes naturally for all Unicorns, and he uses very little of his magic to speed up his tissue regeneration which came very handy in the battlefield. As for the rest of the vast magic inside of him he will never use and will never master it…because he chooses not to. “I’m starting to feel weak!” Celestia on the other hoof does not notice the sparkling blood gushing out of Gold Sky’s nose instead she awaits the glory of seeing Gold Sky raise the sun just like she does for it will be like mother and son bringing the light upon Equestria. “You make me proud my son.” *Cough!* “WHAT!?” Gold Sky wipes his mouth. “I’m coughing up my own blood! I can’t do this AAH!” The sun is pulling back at him putting his magical strength to its maximum point of tolerance. “Mother…i-it-it hurts…” He moans in pain. “What?” Celestia tilts her head in confound question to hear these words from her son’s lips. “My son what do mean you’re in pain?” Gold Sky coughs up more sparkling blood… “Mother I can’t do this, I ca-can’t ooooooh…” He suddenly faints and goes into total freefall. “GOLD SKY!” Celestia screams. “I’M COMING!” But she stops herself to first raise the sun. “Hurry my sun! Rise, c’mon rise! Hurry!” She increases her power to raise her sun at a much faster rate. “There! MY SON!” Celestia does a mighty flap of her wings diving down with speed beyond anything Rainbow Dash can muster up in a matter of milliseconds. “I’m coming!” A mach cone forms around the beautiful mare before exploding signifying she has broken the sound barrier and there’s no rainbow to show it. “Almost there!” Gold Sky is almost within her reach but the seconds separating him from the ground are now in the single digits. “Almost, almost, got you!” She tenderly wraps her arms around the stallion feeling a sense of extreme solidarity for saving her son. One second till total contact with the ground. “Jump!” A praxis wave of pure fire shoots out as Celestia teleports to her room and avoiding hitting the ground with the force of a one hundred twenty five pound rod of tungsten coming down at mach 9 so one can only imagine what will happen if Gold Sky impacted the ground. *Poof* Celestia quickly places Gold Sky on her bed. “My son are you alright!” She desperately asks Gold Sky. “Oh no!” Now she sees his sparkling blood coming from his nose and on his lips. “Gold Sky answer me, are you alright!” The same worry she had when she dreamt that dream returned like has been hiding in a crevice inside her mind and right now has the perfect opportunity to present itself by latching itself onto Celestia’s mind and inject fear like the T4 virus does to an unfortunate host. Gold Sky regained consciousness though he feels very, very weak and still in pain but luckily his regeneration is killing the pain little by little while his tongue tastes the metallic flavor of his sparkling blood to which he’s already used to it, quaintly to his concern he’s unnerved for coughing up blood due to his sudden massive use of his magic. “I-I’m alright mother, please roll me over.” Without questioning her son’s request she rolls him to his side allowing his head to hangi over the edge of the bed. Gold sky vomits a huge quantity of sparkling blood on the beautiful ermine carpet and a huge puff of jet black smoke spews out of his horn. “Mother.” Celestia takes her eyes off the puddle of sparkling blood feeling the soft but sharp touch of guilt moving down her spine. “My son.” “I’m sorry for letting you down.” With the passing seconds his tissue regeneration gives him the strength to roll to his back and let out a long breath. Celestia sits on the edge of the bed, gently stroking his hair as she thinks up words to confess her guilt for what happened. “My son, please don’t apologize. I should be the one apologizing to you and I’m sorry for making you do something that’s really out your capabilities please forgive me my son. I’m so sorry.” A tear runs out of her left eye and falls onto Gold Sky’s forehead. “I’m sorry Gold Sky for making you to raise the sun and going against your well. Let me get Redheart so she can give you a complete medical checkup.” “No mother, there’s no need to worry Redheart about what happened. My body is fully healed and the blood I lost should return to normal homeostasis level in a few hours more or less, I think…perhaps…it’s only a gross estimate mother.” He’s hiding the symptoms of losing too much blood from mother and he’s going to experience episodes of shortness of breath. Celestia knows Gold Sky lost a lot of blood. Still, she takes his word and tells him she will not notify Redheart. “My son what happened?” Straight to the point. “I don’t know to use my magic at all.” Celestia jerks her head back. “What do you mean by that Gold Sky? You can…” “Teleport because you taught me that and it became an instinct to me.” Gold Sky injects. “Levitate objects because it’s a thing that comes natural to Unicorns or Alicorn in my case and speed up my tissue regeneration because it’s useful in the battlefield. Of course, there was the time stopping spell you personally endowed into my mind but I only used it once and had you take it out of my mind.” And through the explanation Celestia only picked up one thing. “Battlefield. What battlefield my son?” “Oh.” Mother is in the dark about his past as the Soldier of no Sorrow, so since he has her curiosity the right thing to do is to show her every battle he's fought, every fascist griffon he’s killed, every innocent child he’s protected, and saying good bye to a young griffon who he saved and made sure the young griffon got adopted by a loving mother & father. “Mother, let me show you.” *sniff sniff* Gold Sky can smell Luna’s scent and telepathically senses her peering through the keyhole. “Aunt Luna must have felt mother’s pain prompting her to come but not come in. Hmmm, I take she heard everything conversed between me and mother. Might as well oblige her too so I don’t have to explain anything in the dream to her.” “Mother I pray you won’t be disturbed to hear your son be called the Soldier of no Sorrow.” “And Luna I pray you won’t be disturbed to see your nephew fighting in the battlefield.” Gold Sky shows them everything but first asked mother to nuzzle him on the cheek…because it may be the last time she will. 3 *** In Ponyville. “I find it funny father attempts to secretly imply in his words that he approves of Gold Sky being my lovey dovey stallion. Hehehe, I would have thought he’ll ask to see him first but I guess he thinks Gold Sky is the perfect stallion for me.” Octavia pauses to think about Gold Sky. “Well Gold Sky is totally different and he speaks like he’s from the good ol’ times also I feel some kind of a warm contentment when I’m around him.” The gray mare resumes her nice trot. “Nevertheless, he may not be the right one for me and I’m amazed at his skill with children plus Mr. Cake thought he was my husband. Hmmmm?” Another pause to think about being told I do by the kind and bashful Unicorn. “Father’s imagination is very unpredictable at times and sometimes forth telling of his intentions through.” Once again she resumes her trot. “Well I think father will like him.” At last Octavia reaches where she’s been trotting to all this time. “Oh father I’m here.” In a matter of milliseconds she knocks on his door. Inside. “Huh?” Allegro Note nearly drops some documents given to him by Nurse Redheart. “Oh! It’s my dear sweetheart here for breakfast! Got to hide these papers first.” Quickly Allegro Note rounds up all the papers into a manila folder but before tucking it in between two dictionaries he looked at the last paper that tells him the results of a test done on him. “Time is ever so precious now and when time ticks its final tick…the father becomes the daughter and the father the daughter.” Allegro Note wipes his right eye to erase the signs of the pain his heart feels when the thought of the last second passed through his mind. “I raised her to be a fine mare and I think she will take this in a…decent manner.” The folder is completely hidden. “But now it’s not the right time to tell her.” He opens the door. “Father!” Octavia proclaims in joy to lay her eyes on father and before he has the chance to say good morning she has her arms wrapped around his neck. “Hello sweetheart, are you here for a wonderful breakfast?” He asks this question as if this is something that’s out of the blue when it’s an everyday thing. “You know the answer to that father.” Octavia walks in the house. “Of course, before anything else.” She kisses father on the cheek. “I love you father.” Allegro Note kisses his daughter on the cheek too. “And I love you too my dearest daughter, now please sit so we can eat.” Both sit but Allegro Note still has yet to take a bite out of his food because instead he looks at Octavia with loving eyes and thinks. “Time together is so precious, so precious and even the little things that others find pointless are a treasure to me. Why did this have to happen to me…” Thinking what he’s thinking got the best of him. “Sweetheart, I’m going to the bathroom, uh, I drank too much cranberry juice.” “No need to tell me father.” Says the gray mare to which she pushes away her cranberry juice. Inside the bathroom Allegro Note turns on the faucet to full so the loud nose of running water will block out his cries. “It’s spreading and it can’t be stopped. Oh my dear Octavia will be devastated and she will have no one to comfort her. My dearest daughter who has grown before my eyes and that will be all I shall see…my dearest daughter, my flesh and blood, my whole world.” Allegro Note wipes his eyes dry and washes his face. “Enjoy the time I have with her that’s all I should be thinking about.” One final thought passes through. “I hope it comes after father’s day.” The stallion rejoins his daughter at the table. “Father.” Octavia calls out. “Yes Octavia.” The gray mare nearly giggles in excitement to ask her father knowing end results will be enjoyable for her, father and Gold Sky. “I plan to practice today and I wonder if you can join me just so I can give you a moment to relax in pure tranquility given from the bags under your eyes. So what do you say father?” “I’ll be more than happy join you sweetheart. So around what time are you going to practice?” Octavia flutters with warm happiness. “At around noon.” Then she realizes she will have to skip lunch with Gold Sky but she knows he won’t mind at all. “Noon sounds like the perfect time sweetheart, I can’t wait.” Allegro Note smiles at Octavia seeing this is going to be a precious moment well spent. *** In the palace. “Mother…?” Gold Sky cannot tell what Celestia is feeling right now due to the fact Celestia is a master at concealing her emotions. “Mother…?” Just to hear the deep concern in Gold Sky’s voice made a tear fall from Luna’s eye. “He’s afraid Celli won’t be his mother anymore and is fearfully awaiting a response from what she saw.” On the other side of the coin though Luna too is shocked by what Gold Sky showed her especially the part when he slices a fascist from head to toe with one swift stroke then he rips out a trachea of another fascist by biting hold of it. “Sister, please don’t leave him.” Luna attempts to communicate with Celestia but can only get silence in return. “Mother…?” Gold Sky again tries to get a response from Celestia. “Mother…?” Celestia gets up from the bed, turning her back to the stallion to take in all the memories she was shown and to see her dear son be an efficient killer. Luna frowns. “Oh my dear nephew I’m so sorry.” Nobody can blame Luna for thinking the worse. Gold Sky wants to feel like he’s all alone until one word. “Mommy…?” One word he wished he called mother often when she was raising him, that one word that changed everything. “Son.” Celestia finally speaks. “Gold Sky, my son.” “Pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!” Talk about a weight off Luna’s shoulders. Cadance on the other hand or hoof knows nothing of this. Celestia comes back and sits back on the bed wrapping her right wing around Gold Sky. Inside her heart, she can understand why Gold Sky fought in those wars. He had reason to. “My son, I am feeling very cold to see what you have shown me however, given I have experienced many acts and gained much wisdom…you fought because you reason to and I will not hold it against you.” Celestia with her magic takes her son to the beautiful but inhabitable environment of outer space where she protects him with an invisible bubble of earthly pressure and oxygen. “Every star you see here my son shines for a reason. That comet going past us flies by the earth for a reason.” *BOOM!* “That supernova explodes for a reason my son and do you know why?” Gold Sky feeling rather tense to be in outer space clings extremely close to his mother and shakes his head. “They do that because do display the beauty of the Great Spirit’s work. What you did, you did it because I taught you to do what’s right, to protect the innocent, to always fight fear with bravery, to inspire others to do good, to be upright and just. I taught you those things and you used them well to protect the innocent griffons of the Griffon Republic though this is the first time in all of Equestrian history that a pony fought in a war but at least the pony who fought was my son. My son who used the morals I taught him to never back down.” Celestia tenderly kisses Gold Sky’s head and rubs it with her cheek. “I noticed how you felt a bit saddened when you waved good bye at that young griffon when he went with his new family showing me that you’re not a killer but a caring stallion. Forgive me for being so emotionless at first but I had to process everything my son.” Gold Sky sighs in relief. “Thank you, mommy.” “Oh my son!” Celestia just loves it when Gold Sky calls her that. Why? Because she is his mother that’s why. *ting!* “Come let’s go back home I want to show you something that you might remember.” Celestia teleports back home. “Ah there they are.” Luna wondered where they went. Celestia’s horn glows to retrieve something from a chest that holds her most precious things. “Do you remember this, my son?” The golden aura floats a plush griffon in front of Gold Sky. Still peering through the keyhole. “Is that a toy?” Luna asks herself. Come around the corner Cadance spots Luna. “Uh Luna why are you peering through the keyhole of Tia’s room? It’s kind of creepy.” About time somepony points that out to Luna. “Cadance not now!” Luna hisses at her. “I’m busy!” “Busy at what Luna?” *sigh* “Move over!” Cadance butts Luna out of the way to take a peek too. “It’s Gold Sky and Tia spending time and it looks like she giving him what looks like a stuffed plush griffon that must have belong to him.” “Pffft obviously.” Luna says under her breath. “Do you remember this, my son?” Celestia asks again at seeing Gold Sky’s eyes have widened exponentially. “Griffie!” Yes, that’s the name Gold Sky named his plush griffon. “Griffie, it’s Griffie!!” He takes hold of it to feel it in his arms. Cadance smiles. “Awwww! This is so cute! Oh!” She got butted out of the way. “My turn!” Luna peers through. “Hey this is adorable, seeing how my dearest nephew hugs that toy.” “You know what I’ll just use my telepathy.” Cadance sits on a nearby chair and connects to Tia’s mind. “You gave me Griffie for my second birthday mother and instantly I loved it!” Gold Sky rubs the softness against his chin. Celestia passes a hoof down his hair. “I’m glad you’re happy my son but if I remember right you named him…” “She! It’s a she mother.” Gold Sky corrects Celestia. “Named her Griffie because you couldn’t pronounce Griffon correctly and it just stuck.” Soft laughter comes from the white mare. “It’s was so cute, to hear you call Griffie well Griffie and call a Griffon diplomat from the Griffon Republic Griffie to which the diplomat happily ruffled up your hair. I didn’t have the heart to always correct you my son, it was so adorable to hear you mispronounce the word Griffon until finally through your own will you said it correctly but you still called the toy Griffie.” Celestia motions Gold Sky she wants to hold the toy. “I made this myself.” “What!” Gold Sky’s eyes widen again. “You made Griffie!” Celestia nods. “I made Griffie my son so I can give you something from me and you can have something to comfort you at times but of course I thought you should have a toy given you were a child.” Then she points out the details of the plush griffon. “I made the feathers around the head white while for the rest of the body brown, these feathers sticking out I colored them purple on the tips, and the around eyes I colored in a light shape of purple to which if I think about it I can see why you call Griffie a she.” Suddenly Luna barges in. “I want to hold Griffie!” “What, Luna were you spying on us all this time?” Celestia asks just as Luna’s magic takes Griffie out of her arms. “She was mother but I don’t mind at all…” Gold Sky freezes up when he realizes who Griffie closely resembles. The light purple shade around the eyes and the purple tips on the three head feathers. “I-I be something, ishhhhh back! Jump!” *Poof!* “Uh what happened?” Luna asks. “He’s just feeling some guilt wrapping itself around him and left because he doesn’t want me to see it.” Celestia is only correct on one thing, Gold Sky is feeling guilt but not for being given something by mother or leaving on his journey, no, he feels an endless guilt for committing the greatest sin and what can be a cruel joke is Mrs. Cake knows Gold Sky contains a trait nobody else identified. “I hope this doesn’t become a normal thing.” Luna replies then got back to admiring Griffie. “I’ll say sister this is some nice stich work.” “Thank Luna.” *Squee!* Cadance shifts her telepathy to the stallion. *Ping* Her telepathy is blocked. “Clever. What’s feeling is so great he doesn’t want anypony to know much less fell the pain he’s feeling.” The cerise mare goes in the room so she can have a turn to admire Griffie. *** In the shelter of the thickest clouds Gold Sky sobs for leaving something behind in the Griffon Republic and remembers that as a Stallion he has the Ultimate role that he has failed in. That failure is attributed to his inability to forgive himself for killing the most innocent of innocent beings and it is his fault alone. “I tell myself she’s doing fine, she’s independent and growing but on the inside I can hear her saying. Lead me with strong hooves, stand up when I can’t. Don’t leave me hungry for love fighting things but what about me? Show me you’re willing to fight, that I’m still your greatest treasure. I know we call this our home, but I still feel alone…” Gold Sky places a hoof over his heart remembering it can sooth her in every tribulation. “To lead her with strong hooves. To stand up when she can’t. Don’t leave her hungry for Love fighting things that I can give up! I’ll show her I am willing to fight and give her the best of my life, so we can call this our home so we shall never feel alone.” In the end, Gold Sky is a coward for fighting things that had the opportunity to give up. “She’s save that’s all that matters.” Gold Sky sits up to wipe away his tears and take a deep breath. “At least mother held on to Griffie for safe keeping along being by me when she knows I’m a killing machine, not many can embrace a monster and a failure but for the failure part she shall always be in the unknown and everypony else too. I guess being thought as a killing machine is much easier to handle then being thought a failure.” Gold Sky looks down below and sees Ponyville. “Octavia has a surprise for me and today is the day.” The thought of Octavia gave him something he’s hasn’t felt… Peace. --- My dearest readers as you may expect, I thank you for your patience and I say it again, I thank you for your infinite patience. However, I plan to lessen your wait for chapter. 12 by writing two chapters for Joy of Hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust, take a respite and write chapter. 12. Thank you, my dearest readers.