//------------------------------// // Common Era Chapter Five/Post Lunar Rebellion Chapter Six: Blood Flows Red Once Again/The Letter // Story: Return Of The Lunar Knight: A Sharp Sword's Knight // by Moonlit Novel //------------------------------// Author's Note Warning, in this chapter there is a slightly graphic scene involving death, I however could not figure out a way to remove it without taking away from the story itself Thanks to Deadinlight for beta-reading and helping me edit. So Deadinlight needs some help, his father is in need of a lung transplant, and any thing you can give will be helpful, here is the link to give a donation, please help someone in need, and God bless. Request made 03/28/2015 Common Era Chapter Five/Post Lunar Rebellion Chapter Six: Blood Flows Red Once Again/The Letter “I suppose we should be happy that those two got three agents of the Day’s Legion out of the picture” said an elderly stallion as he looked out the window of an almost ruined keep, the Lunar Rebellion flag flying in the winds that blew across the battlements. he motioned to a young unicorn mare with a red mane and blue fur to come closer and she did so. She nuzzled the elderly stallion affectionately, as he leaned in to kissed her lips lightly. “Your sister, whether she knows it or not, is helping us, and we will finally win this war” he said pulling away for a moment only before deepening the kiss, the much younger mare happily returning the kiss… - - - Two mares trotted down the path towards the castle, their matching green fur and blue hair making them indistinguishable from one another their horns glowed for a moment before they disappeared from view… - - - Celestia was sitting on her throne in her court as Masao and Sharp Sword stood on either side of her. “Bring in the next—” Masao drowned out Celestia’s voice with memories of the past, as well as the music… Wait music? Masao looked toward the direction that the music was coming from but saw nothing, the music seemed to grow stronger, and he had a small urging to turn and attack Celestia, and that made his eye shoot wide. His hands were moving towards his sword on its own and he tensed his muscles as he fought against the strange magic that was… Sharp Sword! Masao’s eyes shot wide as he forced his head to turn and saw Sharp Sword starting to move to attack Celestia. “CELESTIA! GET DOWN!” shouted Masao and the princess ducked just in time as Sharp Sword’s ax swung over her head, the look in Sharp’s eyes was one of relief as the ax caught itself in the wood of the throne. Masao’s arms suddenly drew his sword and he flinched as as he put his entire being into staying stock still. “Princess! Stop me!” said Sharp Sword as her body attempted to stab Celestia with her horn only for a yellow aura to encompass her and lift her up stopping her from moving. The music grew more insistent in Masao’s head and his body started to move against his will, it was extremely slow as he was still fighting it. “Why don’t you give in? You may just like it” said a feminine voice in Masao’s head. “Yes, you might love it!” said another, both voices were so soothing. ”R̥̫͕̲̹͇̻̅̐͐͌̓͛ͬḙ͔̈́ͭa̗͚̖̻͔̙͈̾ͦ̉͒͐̍͞l̢͓̦͉̟̜ͧ̌ḷ̴̦̳̫̍̌ͧ̿̒̆y̦ͧͤ̐͡ ̭̭͖ͪ̆̆̚n̅ͯ̑̂̄̿o̡̹̭̤͇̜̣͊ͤ̓̾̐w̢͎̜̔̓?̬̟́ͨ̚͝ ̡̌͑ͥ͆ͮY͐̃͗̆ͯ̔ọ̗ų̒ͧ ̵̺̳͙̲̮̻̮̽̓ͬͥ͌̓ͦt͈̤͇̜͖̦h͍͓̓̾͊̿̊̇͆i̧̘̟̜̫ͯ̔ͦ̈ͪ̀̈́ͅň͔̺͙̓̊ͬ͌̓k̩͙͕̼̖̰̹͊ ̰̂͊̉ͨy̖̰͈̽̀ͦ̆ͣ̍ͧo̴̫̞̱͓͚͖̦u̓̄̓ ̪̊c̟̹̓̏̂a̦̭͓̙̫ṉ͙̣͗̓̑̏ ͖͓̜̝̖̃̈̊͊ͥm̢̭͇͊̄̊e̹̓̋s͈̫̗ͨ̇̋s̯̭̼͝ ͚͙̤̭̰̿ͨ͊̐ͬ͑͝w̦͇̖̘̭̗̝̌̎̚i̛̭̘̦̯̰̺̳͛̎̾͂̈̅̃t̶̝̿h͖̲̜̤ͩ̍ͯ ͉̮̫̮̹̙̬̂ͮ̄̀ť̨̈́ͦ̐̌ͨ̏ḥ̥̭̦̓ͮ̈́͑i̢͑ͩ̍̔̔̌̒s̴͉̿̒̿̒ͨͬ͊ ̟̱ͮ̿̈̑̍͐č̫͓̲ͨ̄͘r̡̙̔ͧ̆̎͊e̯̥̅͗̅ͮͤ͋ͯa̯̹͓̙̋̏͡t̻̳̗̪̰͚̲́̽ͮ͆ͥ̍ü̳͔̱̈̾ͩ́ͣ̕r̪̬̗͇͇̞͌ͬͣͦ̐̕e͎͐͋ͬ̏ͦ̒?̢̮͍̗̩̘͚̹͊̅ͤͥ̚ ̡̦̘̬̪̫͍̔̄͒̀ͪI̦̘͓̅͊̍̃͒ ̙̩̂͂̇ͪw̘͑̓͡å̛̇͆̓s̫̯̩̖̣ͥ̐ ̹̹͘g̬̳͍̮͙̎̋̂̓̿̎̾ï̱̠̲̪̖̆̀̓̑ͧͅv̧̞͇̲̦e̙̐̓n̔͐́ͩͩ̐͏̼͕͉̫͍͕͖ ̹̱ȃ͈͍̥̞͌͜s̘̝̭̮͗͋̈̋ ̞͓͍͎̃̌̀̽ͭaͪ̐̀ͮ̓͂̿҉͖ ̙̖̝̮͛̎͢g͖͉͇͈͕̯̯͌i̙̕f͛ͭ͠t͉͇̘̫̫͉͑̌̽́͋̚ ͕̖͈͓͖͓̮̎͋t͉͙̟̊̍̀ͫo̴͉̰̖̯̫̳̼ͫ ͧ͂̇ͨͮ̌͡ĥ̡̽̍̔i̥̮͚ͪ͒͢m̵̳̝͕̯̳̬̌͆̉̄̀̽,̖͓̜̩̰̱̜̽͊̂̽ ͗ͥa͡n̵̝̫̻͍̽d͍͎̘̳̥͒͟ ͍ͮͥ͞y̐͡o̻̺̭ͣ̌̓̚u̟̥̝͌ͯ̓ͭͫ͜ ̶̻̝̼̼ͬ͑̅͊͊ẃ̷̲i͈̙͈̰̞̱̪̍̑ͤ̉l̨͓̥̹̫̫̥͙ͤ̔̀̏̏̓l̗̼̣̱̱̐͑ͥ̓̒ ̙̰̗͎̳͔̂̅̀n̯̭̜̜̺̳o͈̩̩͓̾ţ̤̺̯̲̫̳̈́͂̃̓͌ͫͥ ̝ͮ̒̓ụ̗̟̘̦͂̃ͯ̂ŝ̡̰̩͕̖͚̖͈́e͓ͫͩ̐ͥ ̯̍̔̾̄͊̈́ͣ͘h҉͙͕̜͉̠͓ī̳̲̱͍̠̹̪̉m̸̻͚̝̟͇̭̯̌̀͂” after hear that the voices screamed as two unicorn mares shimmered into existence screaming as blood started to pour out of their ears and started to well out of the tear ducts and soon the two mares fell down dead. As soon as the mares died, Sharp Sword’s body stopped fighting to kill Celestia who had dropped the mare in surprise when the two mares appeared… - - - Masao was sitting far from any of the other occupants of the room the look of fear on his face so cutting that those that looked at him felt it as their own. “Masao, please” “Celestia, I couldn’t stop them! I was going to kill you and there was nothing I could do to stop it!” Masao said tears in his eyes. ”O͖̘̩̻̬͙̮͒ͮḥ͇̭̑ͯͥ͒̚ ̨̬ͨ͛ͭͪͩd̔͋̀̐͐̈o̻̟͕̊̔ͫ͊ͅ ̖̠̬̭ͣ́ͅs̞̆̓̓h̳͙̫̣̭͎ͩủ̞t̘̬̭̮͈͖ͭ̒ͤ̎͗ ͕̜̣͓ͣ̿ͬ̀̚u̖̞̦͕̻͙ͥ̇͒̆ͧ̉͒͡p̋̏̔̌̈́͋͗.̲̠̟̲̈́͠ͅ ͗Iͪͧ ̙̮̖ͨͤ̒͡w̞̙̰̓̍̆̍ͮͭ͡i̍͐ͬ̑̄̄͏̦̻͕͓̪̯͖sͯ̑ͬ̆ͦḧ̖̖̣̤̥͚̖͟ ̨̪͍̲̪ͨ̇͑͆̏ͭͧt͋ͩͯͫ͑͏͙͇o͊ͦ͐̋̽̓ͅ ̝͔̗̼̫̗ͅg̻͚̦̗̮̯̰͆͋͝õ͖͎̦͔̣͠ ̖͚̠̱͙̩̣ͤ͌̇̎̋͛̓b͔̞̬̆̾ͫͥa͎c̛̣̩̼̫͍̗͂̾̚k̤̬͈͎͕͇̪̄͡ ̔͏̠̺̠t̠̗̳̜̗ǫ͉͈̯̦̤͍̬̈́͗ͯ͒ ͖̫̬̫̥̞̥́ͣͨͭ̿͊s̥̥̩̮̆͑ͩͧ̃ͨͫl̶͚͉͉̩̑͆͌̐͛ͧe̷̦̲͍ͅep̐͒̾̒͢ ̮͔̱͎͛̆͛͋͠aͫ̆͛ͯn̵͕d̡̺͇̙̘̓ͦ͒̑̎͋ ̳̘̲͔̍̾ͬͫ̐ͤw̃ͪ̒ͭ̐͘i̹ͥ͑̍̽t̗͕̥̗̦̳̥̉͒͋͌́ͯh̠̗̖̹ͩͦ͂ ͍̜̝͎̣̰͕̊ͫͮ̽ͮ͒̐y̡̖̞͍̓̉ͫ̊ȍ̮͈͍̅͝u̠̦̰ͪ̓̉́̂r̝̪̟̠̫̤̈̂ͨͮ̈́̍ ̜̥͎͞ͅe͉̓̄͂̏̓n͕̱̊̀͠d̡͇̬̯̳͌͋̽l̯̖̙̈͞ė̠͜ś̢̤̪ͣ̆̔̇̃͌s̮͉͇̖͉̍ͭ̉̂ͨ ͓͎̤̣͓̘͍̂͌́p̟̞͔̗̩̗͛͌̅̽̅r͈̮̼̺͛̓ͦ͂͂a̴̺̯̭̍̑̄͗̃ͅt͊̐͗͒̔ͫt͈͎̲̱̤̭̝̀ḻ͚̠͖̬͔̾ͮͧͬ͂͒͝e̡̖͕̩̭̫͙ͣ͆̅́ͣ,̤̖̭̬ ̞͇̫̙͓͇ͬͨ̈̐ͬI̳͉͍̥̿ͤ͆̍ͪ̂̏ ̨͇̳̒͊̑w̅̂ͥͦ̎̅͋҉̼̺i̿ͬ̄̅́̿̚l̾̈́̾̒͏͖̲͚͈̳͓͔ļ͆̇̇ͥ̒͊ ̟̦̔͛͗͊̀̋́n̘̥̻̯̬̔͊͊͐͒͘ò̯̣͎ţ̲̯̮̠̟̳̻ͯ̈́̋̑̅͌̐ ́ͣ͏b̫͈̫̰̱e ͍͍̥͔ͣͮa̠͕͖̺̹ͥ̆̅bͧͫ̏̅̈́͏̤͕͖l̴̳͑ë͙̜́̔̅ͫ̑ͭ̓ ͖͇̞̩̻͑̊̈́͡ț̢̾o̥͙̫͓͋” “Who’s there?” Masao said suddenly and Celestia looked at him worriedly. “Masao, it is only us in the room” said the alicorn… - - - Months had passed Masao having been nursed back to full mental health by the Princess and Sharp Sword, not knowing that he had in fact truly heard a voice. However after a while he believed as they did that it was just the stress that caused him to hear a voice that wasn’t there. - - - Twilight had snuck into the the enemy’s stronghold, and had found her target. She pounced! “You know Twilight, you can’t really think that you can surprise us,” said Masao, reading the newspaper, as the young Twilight was held aloft in a red aura. “Twi, you really shouldn’t sneak in here all the time” said Sharp Sword as she looked at the young foal slightly exasperated as she floated the filly out of their room for the eightieth time. “You will tell me everything!” shouted Twilight in a voice that was so cute Masao nearly d’awwed as he read the paper and attempted to ignore the flailing limbs as Sharp Sword glid the foal out with a sigh. “She isn’t going to let up, love. You really should just tell her what she wants to know” said Sharp Sword as she trotted up to their small table and sat down after giving Masao a kiss. It never ceased to amaze Masao how he practically had a small apartment for his room. “I can’t, what she wants to know I can’t tell her” said Masao as he lowered the paper and folded it. “Why? What does she want to know? I mean it can’t be—” “She wants to know the history of the Lunar Rebellion from the eyes of one of the people who fought alongside Nightmare Moon, but the thing is no one did fight alongside Nightmare Moon. She didn’t come into existence until that fated meeting that sent me out of Equestria in the first place…” said Masao and Sharp Sword bit her lip as some vague memory entered her mind for a moment as if she had been there. “She showed up out of nowhere… Taking Princess Luna’s body for her own…”said Sharp Sword… - - - Masao walked to the castle library hoping to find more than fiction books about Soulmated pairs, he was worried that something was happening. Something that wasn’t natural. However, when he arrived at the library, fully intending on just getting a book and leaving when he saw Celestia and her student off in the corner. Though that meant Twilight saw him as well as she started to fidget while Celestia was still talking to her. With a smirk Masao talked to the librarian and was soon showed the fiction section and he sighed, it looked like he would have to bother the princess regardless… “Celestia, Twilight, I am sorry to interrupt but it seems the librarian can’t find what I am looking for, and I happen to know you have the information I need” he said after walking up to the pair Twilight looked ecstatic! Ser Masao was asking her teacher for help! “Of course, Masao, what is it? asked Celestia and Masao glanced at the young filly for a second. “It’s about Soulmated pairs” he said causing Celestia’s smile to fall a little bit as Twilight looked confused. “I thought those were nothing but myths” came Twilight’s response much to Masao’s chagrin. “Not really, seeing as Sharp Sword is the reincarnation of my lover Evening Star, though she doesn’t know it. And no, Twilight, she doesn’t have the memories of her past life. At least I don’t think she does. That is why I wanted to talk to you Celestia” This had the solar Diarch’s attention. - - - Sharp Sword was roaming the castle enjoying the freedom she had now that the nobles had been dealt with, harshly, not by Masao, though he had wanted to, but rather by Celestia whom now made some open enemies amongst the nobles. So it was not surprising when she was cornered in a room all alone, but she was surprise when the one who cornered her simply placed a neatly folded letter on the ground in front of her and then backed out of the room. Greetings, Sharp Sword, I am glad to see you still breathe, your sister misses you. I do hope you haven't forgotten about us, we haven't forgotten about you... Continue the good work, perhaps you will redeem yourself. Long live the night Sharp Sword went wide-eyed. They were still watching her? Her sister, who had slept with the leader of their cell, frequently, and told her to go jump in a pit for betraying the Lunar Remnants misses her? That part she scoffed at. Her sister, though she hated to admit it, was truly in love with and only ever had eyes for that old bag of bones, Double Edge, something she never understood, or rather refused to understand, as she was now in a relationship with someone many times the age of Double Edge, not that Masao even looked older than… She shook her head back on track, the princess would want to see this letter. - - - “HOW! HOW DID THE DAY’S BREAK FAIL! Did they get caught!?” yelled a very angry pony as she flipped a very extravagant desk over in her anger. “They were killed by magic most foul, most likely coming from this Ser Masao” said a male voice. “Ah, Hornets Nest, I am glad you could make it” said the mare as with a hoof she brushed one of the bangs that fell into her eyes back over her ear. “I live to serve, Lady Sparkle”