Smoke comes from Eclipse’s horn as her breathing is heavy, the weariness from the battle beginning to take its toll on her. Many changelings lay before her fighting others, though the changelings are disguised. Eclipse scans her surroundings, her eyes flashing red as they allow her to see past the changelings disguises.
Her hooves pound against the stone pavement as she makes her way through the hoard, dodging or defending from the oncoming changelings attacking her. A familiar flash of purple catches her eye as she skids to a stop, her eyes widening in surprise as she stares blankly at the purple pony a few feet in front of her, currently fighting off changelings. “Spark?”
A pony slams into Eclipse, sending the two rolling across the ground. Eclipse groans, blinking open her eyes and staring into a pair of very familiar emerald green eyes. She blinks, noticing their position and blushing lightly, not noticing the blush on Crevdar’s own face.
Crevdar is standing over top of Eclipse, practically pinning her to the ground.
Silence overcomes the two as neither of them moves. Eclipse clears her throat, her voice coming out as a whisper. “C-could you get off of m-me please?”
“O-oh, right...” Crevdar gets off of Eclipse, helping her get up. “Sorry.”
Eclipse gives a sheepish smile, willing her blush away before Crevdar could see it, Crevdar just simply looking away, rubbing the back of his neck.
Eclipse looks up to the purple pony, a blast of magic coming from her horn as she blasts a changeling away. Sucking in a breath, Eclipse takes a step towards her. “HEY, SPARK!”
Crevdar blinks as he notices the purple unicorn face them, his eyes widening as she lets out a blast of magic.
Eclipse’s horn glows red as she puts up a shield around them, the magic blast scattering around the shield as Crevdar stands there, shocked by how powerful both ponies magic seems to be.
The blast soon dies down, the purple unicorn standing before them panting. With a simple wave of her head, Eclipse lowers the shield, her horn stopping its glow. She stands firm, not looking even a little tired from the magic she just spent. “Now now, Spark. Is that any way for you to treat an old friend?”
The purple pony blinks, relaxing from her attacking stance slightly. “Eclipse?” She shakes her head, returning to her stance. “No, she’s dead! You’re just a changeling trying to mess with me!”
Eclipse watches her for a few moments before closing her eyes. Her horn glows red, Crevdar and the unicorn both watching her, confused. A blue rose, made of pure crystal appears in front of Eclipse, matching the cutiemark on her flank. It is held up with her magic, tinted red from her magic aura.
Eclipse opens her eyes, gently sending the crystal rose to the purple unicorn, whom takes it using her own magic.
The unicorn studies the rose, tears soon forming in her eyes. “It is you...”
Eclipse gives a small smile. “Hello, Twilight.”
The purple pony slowly walks over to Eclipse, the rose now long forgotten. She stands in front of the black mare, studying every detail of her old friend, whom just watches her every movement. After a few moments, Twilight lifts up her hoof, slapping Eclipse across the face.
Crevdar stares in shock, Eclipse’s head cocked to the side from the impact, her mane falling over her eyes, though she does not move. Angered tears fill Twilight’s eyes as she start to yell. “YOU ABONDONED ME! YOU LEFT WITHOUT WARNING, WITHOUT TELLING ME! YOU SENT NO LETTERS, NOT TO ME NOR ANYPONY ELSE!” She snaps, lowering her head as her voice coming out at a whisper. “I thought you were dead...”
Eclipse turns her head to look at Twilight, tears falling down the purple unicorn’s face. “I... suppose I deserved that.” Her horn glows red as she picks up the rose, gently putting it in Twilight’s mane, causing the mare to look up at her. “I know, I should have told you where I had gone. I was unkind to let you think something had happened to me.” She lifts her hoof, gently wiping the tears from Twilight’s eyes. “But I came back, and I’m here now. And I can promise you, I’m not leaving again.”
Twilight stares at her for a moment before embracing her, Eclipse quickly returning the hug. “I missed you.”
Crevdar smiles lightly at the scene. Fang runs up behind him, panting as he skids to a stop. “Thought... I lost... you...!” He looks to the two mares as the part, now happily talking to each other, the battle long forgotten. “Who are they?”
“The black mare is Eclipse, the other from what I’ve gathered, is Twilight.” Crevdar responds.
Twilight looks over to the two colts, just noticing their appearance. “Eclipse, who’s your friends?”
Eclipse looks over to the changelings, giving a small smile. “Them? Well, I don’t know who one is, but the other is-”
“CREVY!”
A pink blur slams into Crevdar, sending him a few feet away as the pink pony tackle hugs him. “What are you doing here?! I didn’t know you were here! Did you come for the wedding??”
Crevdar squirms slightly the pink earthpony’s grip, attempting to push her away. “P-Pinkie Pie-! C-can’t breathe-!”
The pink pony giggles, quickly letting him go as he collapses on the ground, coughing and trying to regain his breath. The pink pony turns to Twilight, waving to her. “Hi Twilight! Who’s your friend?”
Twilight just blinks, her gaze shifting between Crevdar and Pinkie. “You two know each other?”
“Of course! I know everyone, and I mean everyone in Ponyville!” Pinkie responds, bouncing over to Eclipse. “Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie, the bestest party pony around!”
Eclipse giggles lightly at the pink mare, giving a smile. “Pleasure to meet you, Miss Pie! I am Eclipse, an old friend of Twilight.”
Pinkie grins. “Nice to meet you, Eclipse!” She turns to Fang. “And what’s your name?”
Crevdar stands up, shaking some dust from his coat. “This is Fang, a close friend of mine.”
“H-hi!” Fang stutters his greeting.
Eclipse looks to Twilight. “Spark, where were you going before you ran into us?”
Twilight blinks, facehoofing. “How could I forget?! We need to get to the Elements of Harmony, and quickly!”
Eclipse blinks. “Elements of Harmony?” The words were vaguely familiar. She closes her eyes, another memory taking hold.
“Celestia?”
“Yes, Eclipse?”
“Where did you find me?”
The white alicorn blinks, looking to the black filly sitting beside her. “I’m sorry...?”
“I was asleep for a long time.” Eclipse states, looking up to her teacher. “Where did you find me?”
Celestia thinks for a moment, looking out the window to the full moon. “My sister and I... We found you, many years ago, near the Tree of Harmony.”
“And I was asleep, right?”
Celestia nods. “Yes, you were. It was quite odd, you were... completely encased in crystal.”
“Did you try to wake me?”
“We did, but we could not get past the crystal encasing you. Something was preventing us, and I believe whatever it was, it was protecting you. After some time, the casing shattered on its own.”
“And that’s how I woke up?”
“Yes, that’s how you woke up.”
“Helloooooo? Anypony home?” Eclipse blinks, jumping back slightly as Pinkie waves a hoof in front of her face.
She coughs, turning her head as she fights the embarrassed blush rising to her face. “Come, we must get to the elements before the changelings overtake us!”