Blood Ties

by bestponydash


Reluctance and The Passion of Days Past

"Twilight, you're here already." Luna sat outside her room on the balcony, watching over Equestria as is here nightly duty. Twilight stood strong and prominent in the door way, puffing from her run up from the dungeons. Luna turned and glanced at her face, illuminated by the shine of the moon overhead, "I can tell by your expression that he has told you everything about that time long ago."

"Not everything, but enough......Please tell me he's lying," her ears fell and her face featured both sadness and desperation. "Please tell me that Spike was not egg-napped by my own mentor, please tell me that Celestia did not start a war with the dragons. please-"

"Twilight...." Luna stood up and walked to Twilight's side. " Walk with me." The two went into Luna's room and sat at a small table in front of a large window which could have been confused with a constellation map. Twilight hesitated every step of the way and shook at her seat. Luna, on the other hoof, was composed and collected like she had a grand speech prepared for this very situation. "Many years ago, my sister and I were young, just as you and your friends are now. We made many mistakes and have many re-"

"Just tell me if it's true!" snapped Twilight.

"....Yes, it is true. Celestia thought that taking Spike was the most beneficial act at the time. She-"

"How could she do that?! How could Equestria possibly benefit from starting a war with the dragons?!"

"She didn't know she would start the war. Believe me, my sister is many things but a warmonger is not one of them."

Twilight was not satisfied with Luna's response; she lowered her head and her eyes had begun to glisten. "My entire life, I was being lied to by one of my closest friends." She shook in disbelief and despair.

Luna reached across the table and placed her hoof on Twilight's. "She had her reasons at the time. She needed a dragon's egg but with our standing with them being fragile already it was near impossible by any conventional means."

At those words Twilight rose with even more questions. "What do you mean? Why did she need an egg? What would make her desperate enough to steal one? Tell me."

"I cannot begin to rightfully explain what my sister was thinking, but at the time the both of us kept our own journals. I know she must have written about this event in hers. Go to the castle of the two sisters in the Everfree and find her journal, it will explain more than I ever could."

"Why are you so reluctant to say anything about this?"

"Twilight, please."

"Tell me more about what happened," her voice became bitter at Luna's silence.

"......."

"Fine! Keep the truth from me even longer." She stood up in a fury, "I can't believe this! This whole time you and Princess Celestia knew who Spike's parents were and you didn't tell him; you hid this horrible thing from me and everypony else for years....." She couldn't find the words to finish the point she was trying to make; she was too devastated and betrayed. The princess of friendship turned and stormed out of the castle. Leaving her friends and belongings still in their room.

After she was gone Luna sighed critically and stared out the window in a daze. She slowly closed her eyes and a tear creeped down her cheek, leaving a glowing line, and dripped onto her hoof. She lowered her head and through her minor sobs a faint whisper escaped her lips, "Forgive me."

"There is nothing to forgive," a voice said from the shadows. Luna rose and starred ahead into a dark corner of her room. Two yellow eyes lit up from the desolate. Luna stood up and approached the figure walking into the light. "You have never done anything that required forgiveness," Lennox said, sincerely smiling.

Luna and Lennox approached one another. When they were close enough to touch, Luna glanced into his eyes and at the scar on his snout. She sank to the ground and another tear flowed down her cheek. Lennox quickly kneeled next to her and gently wiped Luna's face of the sorrow; he smiled and put his foreleg around her head. He brought her closer and the two pressed their brows together and shut their eyes. Luna's lip quivered and she suddenly threw her forelegs forward and embraced Lennox. "Twelve-hundred years....."

He starred off into the distance and felt relieved at finally feeling Luna in his hooves once again. "I know, I know."

"I can't tell you how hard it has been without you. The....things I've done."

"[Shhhh] Don't worry about any of that. I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere."

Luna suddenly realized, "Oh no," she ended the hug and grabbed Lennox's shoulders, "I-If Celestia finds you here, she'll-"

"Do nothing. We all know she can't put me back in that cage by herself, and I didn't see the elements anywhere while in the court room."

"The court room! All I remember is a loud noise and then nothing, just black. When I woke up, you were on the ground, surrounded."

"I do apologize for that; I couldn't hurt you, so I cast a spell to subdue you for a short while. I was going to wake you up once I had.... Anyway, there is not much to be done now. The only thing that matters right now is us."

"What do you-" Lennox leaned in and kissed Luna. Her eyes grew wide for just a brief moment before closing. Her hooves embraced Lennox once again and the two passionately fell over on their backs. After several minutes, the two separated. They smiled and starred into one another. "I-I have-" They kiss again.

They break, "I know, my love. I know. But don't worry about anything at all right now. Forget your sister and your friend who just left. Forget about all the time we spent apart; none of it happened." She knew there was too much going on to give in, but her feelings from the past had come back to her so suddenly that she couldn't fight it. Luna smiled with tears once again in her eyes and the two stood. She took Lennox's hoof and led him to her bed for a night both of them had been awaiting for a very long time.