- XVIII -
- XVIII -
Celestia followed the hoofprints through a cratered landscape, her pace steady. She’d passed through the twilit highlands between the dark side of the moon and the bright side. The sun had been a welcome sight, and she’d taken a long break to drink in the energy it provided her. Feeling recharged and with new energy coursing through her being, her course followed Luna’s ancient trail.
Cresting a the lip of a small crater, Celestia’s eyes widened in surprise. The interior of this crater held within it a small-scale model of the ancient Canterlot Castle, wrought with intricate detail. Celestia approached the little castle, peering within at the sculpted lunar dust, held together by a few motes of binding magic. Her gaze traveled to the forward-most balcony, the same balcony that abutted the grand tower at the highest point of the castle, and smiled gently.
Two miniature alicorns stood side-by-side. One was taller than the other, and bore a small sun insignia on her flank, while the other was more lithe, with an unmistakable lunar sigil. Celestia examined the two pieces, and then extended out a tendril of magic. The larger alicorn model’s legs bent and it sat down, as did the smaller one. Side by side they sat, and Celestia extended the large alicorn’s delicate dust wing over the shoulders of the smaller. Nodding, she stepped away from the fragile castle. Hoofsteps led away, up the side of the crater, and Celestia followed.
As she left the crater, a flash of bright light appeared in the far distance, blindingly brilliant. Celestia raised an eyebrow in concern, and trotted towards the light.
It took her a few minutes to reach the sight of the flash. As she grew closer, she saw a figure, slumped in the dust, twitching. Celestia’s trot became a full blown gallop as she sprinted towards the downed form. She enhanced her movement speed with another spell, doubling her sprint’s pace, and arrived within mere moments.
The figure was a gold-armored, grey-coated unicorn. A royal guard. One of her royal guards. Panting desparately, Celestia slid to a stop before the unicorn, extending her spells of breathing and atmosphere and warmth over the trembling form, and knelt at the guard’s side.
He barely moved, his muscles spasming. Celestia desperately wove spells of healing around his body, pouring her strength into stabilizing the unicorn. The trembling slowly subsided, and Celestia desperately turned the stallion over, unclasping his golden breastplate, and pressed her ear to his chest.
His heart pulsed weakly, and Celestia closed her eyes, listening to the blessed sound. Sitting up after a moment, she began working again, coaxing warmth into his being. He’d been exposed for minutes to the harsh vacuum of space, and he’d nearly frozen to death. She feared for his extremities, which were still cold and stiff still.
Finally, satisfied that she had done all she could for the unicorn, she lay down beside him, extending a wing over his back. Reaching one hoof up, she removed his helm. The spell of anonymity that was woven into the helmet dissipated, revealing his true form. His coat was a deep brown color, and his mane was a shockingly bright blue.
She smiled at the unknown soldier.
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Oooooh. Who's he?
She's got memories of him...
I wonder who he is? Also, a scale model with miniatures? Well, she DID have some time to kill.
~Skeeter The Lurker
Well somebody forgot to put up a sign saying DON'T ENTER ROOM - EVIL BANISHMENT SPELL ACTIVE, now didn't they? Dammit, Twilight
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Anywho, that little moment with the two Alicorn statues was adorable. Sisterly bonds over space and time? Yes please. I did notice one little spelling error: "twiligt", towards the start, so you might want to go correct that. Then again, Colon hardly ever corrects his spelling errors, so maybe to be "inspired by Austraeoh" you should just skip it over
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Yeah, once a chapter gets posted, I try not to edit it. Especially if it's after midnight of the day it was posted. I like having each chapter show the day it was posted, instead of the "last edited" date.
...Flash Sentry? *blinkblink?* Uh.... ok!
2804626
Not Flash Sentry, but I'm recognizing the similarity now...
Damn late-night last-moment chapter writing. You drive me to accidentally Equestria Girls.
I might actually edit this one.
2804632 Oh nuuu. D: Can't work with Flash? ... I liked Flash.
2804635
It can't be Flash Sentry. Sorry! Purely for story reasons.
2804638 XD It's ok. ...He's an Apple, aint he? And Apple just doesn't support Flash...
Oh damn, that poor guy, zapped over to the moon like that. It's a wonder he managed that long.
FIX IT GODDAMNED IT, FIX IT NOW.
2806731
Fine, fine, sheesh.
2807212
Now its twilit.
2807817
Twilit is the word I wanted.
2807833
Okay. I just imagined glowing splatters of Twilight everywhere.
2807848
I swears, it's a real word, lol
2807852
I know, but thats what I thought of.
I'm so glad we've left that wretched dark side of the moon. Insert cliche pink floyd reference her.
YEAHHHHH
YEAHHHHHHHH
Drink that Sunny D!
Edited for Flash Sentry, eh?