//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 Aunt Luna // Story: The Forgotten Sister // by MStardust //------------------------------// For a few minutes the throne room was unspeakably quiet. Princess Luna had to gather while looking at the mess that had been produced by the fight and the panicking swarm. More than thirty guards including the element bearers lie down without being able to move, she herself was badly wounded. Everything from just a few minutes ago when her youngest sister had set food in this world the first time since a probably long time ago. In her head just one question. How did Celestia manage all those years? Her gaze fell on this strange looking alicorn colt that had fought by Asaris side not to long ago. He searchingly skulked around the still glowing magical mirror, then - out of nowhere - he cast a spell on it, making it stop glowing. "Hold it!" she demanded "How dare you manipulate the royal property!" He didn't seem to care much about her. Softly knocking against the now closed portal he found that his task was completed and turned around viewing the terrain himself. Luna tried to walk towards him, but stopped from pain just a few steps later. He instead came walking towards her, stopped a few meters away from her and began to cast a healing spell. His magic was different from all she had seen before. Instead of a clear laser beam reaching the object of his attention the poison green magic moved spirally and more like smoke that was slowly dissolving the longer it had to travel. "I must admit. My sisters powers have improved." she said examining him "She surely did a good job on you." He began to giggle. "Actually, I am her son, Sprite." he softly explained "I was born, not mixed together." "Whatever you like to call it." she accepted warily. "Your Highness!" Two pony related hybrids in azure armor came flying through the window. One of them carried another alicorn. A filly without a cutiemark. She looked a lot like Luna when she was still small, but her fur was way darker and just like Sprite she had her very own look. Her wings were those of a bat and so were her ears. She had two cute little fangs peeking out of her mouth. The longer Luna looked at this constellation the less she knew how to deal with it. The filly looked scary on one hoof, but unbearably cute on the other. "My sister Dust Ball." Sprite introduced "Theres three of us, but we made sure little Firefly wont wake up so soon." The filly came running to him and hide between his legs. Luna couldn't avoid smiling as she curiously tilt her head towards her. "Is this aunt Celestia?" she asked innocent. "Suppose not." the princess said "I am Luna." Sprite had turned his attention to the guards. "Has everyone gathered as commanded?" he asked strictly. "The mayors are still counting, but we do believe so, Your Highness." said one of them. They bowed down deeply, awaiting the next command. "Please make sure everyone behaves and stays with the swarm until the Queen gives further directions." he said calmly. The guards left of immediately. "Will you please explain to me, what this is all about?" Luna asked furiously "Are you invading Equestria?!?" "No." he said calmly "We're evacuating Tandria." "Evacuating?" Luna repeated surprised "From what?" "The nature has inexplicably been getting sick up to a point where the farmers could not grow their crops anymore." he explained, "Mother and I tried everything to solve the problem, but failed every time. We had no other choice, but to leave our home before the citizens starved to death." For a moment they just looked at each other worried. "Mother thought she could convince aunt Celestia to leave us the Everfree region." he added "That is if it still exists the way she remembers." "I believe it does." Luna replied thinking deeply about the situation, that Sprite had informed her about "But I suppose my sister seemed rather unwilling to listen." "We can not go back." he stated "That is why I destroyed the portal. If we cant find a home in Equestria, I suppose we would have to travel around for a while." Hearing this Luna breathed delighted. "I knew Asari wasn't evil." she smiled.