A Life We Once Had
Celestia slowly began to raise the sun, its rays just peeking up from the horizon. While Luna stood next to her, lowering the moon. The early morning light, shone beautifully over the city of Canterlot, the castle’s staff were already hard at work.
“Good morning, your majesties, you have a busy day ahead of you. You will have about sixteen consecutive meetings today. Then, you will have some various paperwork to sign.” a grey coated unicorn said, levitating a long list.
“Thank you, Pine Seed, that will be all,” the princesses sighed.
“Of course, your majesties,” Pine Seed bowed.
“Been a long time hasn’t it sister,” Luna sighed, walking out onto the balcony.
“Yes, exactly five thousand years ago today,” Celestia said, following behind Luna.
They looked south towards the San Palomino Desert and remembered when it use to be a lush fertile area. Instead of the dry, barren, and endless desert, it is now. They clearly remembered the day, where all that changed. It not only changed their lives, but changed the world forever.
A large grand city stood glowing in the sun, filled with homes, and bustling, with life. In the middle of it all, was a grand palace radiating in the sun. Every inch of it was covered with sliver, even the large castle’s doors was covered. A large stone wall, surround the palace, that stood about 20 feet high, and was 10 feet thick. The only entrance was guarded by six towers, and a large iron castle gate. The distance between the defensive wall and the palace was about 50 feet. In that space was a large lust green garden filled, with flowers and fruit trees. Two crowned alicorns stood in one of palace’s guard towers. They looked over their city and marveled how it gleamed in the sun. The streets were filled with thousands of other alicorns. Who were going about their daily lives. Among them was two young mares and their parents. One of the mares had a white coat, with a matching pink mane and tail. The other had a blue-violet coat, with a matching blue mane and tail. The white coated alicorn, had to be about ten years old. While the other was about eight years old. They were both running around the street playing tag, much to the annoyance of their parents. Their mom had a white coat, with a light yellow mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a large beautifully designed and decorated vase. While their dad had a brown coat, with a blue mane and tail. His mark was a pottery furnace, with a small vase inside it.
“Celestia, Luna, slow down,” their mom shouted.
“Come on honey, let them have their fun,” their dad defend.
They soon arrived at a small size house, it wasn't much to look at. Surrounding it were several identical looking homes. The only distinct thing about their home was the address and paint color. A lively sky blue color, with a large picture of a sun and moon, near the second floor windows. When the door opened, Celestia and Luna zipped up to their bedrooms. Nearly knocking their parents over, who were carrying groceries. The house wasn't well furnished, but it was roomy and comfortable. A large beat up old couch, sat on the right side of the room. At the opposite end of the room, was a large wooden desk, covered in scratches and ink stains. In the kitchen was a small fireplace, with a large old aged iron pot hanging over it. A small kitchen table sat in the middle of the room. Hanging on the wall above the fireplace were two small shelves. One was used to store cooking utensils, and the other was used to store food. In Celestria and Luna’s room, there were several paintings hanging on the walls. Which were painstakingly painted by Celestia and Luna. The paintings were all extremely detailed and breathtaking.
Celestia and Luna’s beds sat on opposite ends of the room. Celestia painted her bed to depict a beautiful golden sunrise. While Luna painted hers, with famous consolations, and a full moon on the headboard. Aside from the paintings, canvases, and their beds, the room was bare. The only other thing in their room was a small chest, that sat underneath the bedroom window. Inside the chest was a small amount of paints and art supplies.
“Tia, Lulu, time for lunch,” their mom called.
“Coming mom,” their shouted back, as their race down stairs.
As they headed down, the savory aroma of vegetable soup, filled their nostrils. Their lunch wasn’t anything special or fancy. Just a bowl of vegetable soup and few loafs of homemade bread. After lunch Celestia and Luna went out to play in the backyard. The backyard wasn’t that big and was surrounded by a large wooded fence. A lonely baby oak tree was grow in one of the far corners. Celestia levitated a large watering can over to the tree and began watering it. While Luna levitated a large bucket of compost. As Celestia and Luna took care of the tree, a young alicorn stallion, poked his head up from behind the fence. His coat was a dark brown, and he had a crimson red mane and tail.
“Hey, you two, what are you doing” he asked, hovering in the air.
“Oh, hey Deadeye, where tending to our baby oak tree,” Luna said.
“So what brings you around,” Celestia asked, putting down the watering can.
“Oh, just I wanted to ask, if you want to come over to my house to play,” Deadeye asked.
“That sounds like a great idea, I’ll go asks mom and dad if we can go,” Luna said, walking back into the house.
She soon came back out with a smile on her face. “We can go,” she announced.
“Great let’s go,” Deadeye said, zooming off. Celesria and Luna quickly followed behind.
Deadeye’s house was much bigger, than Luna and Celestia’s house. It was also had a unique design, and had a nice coat of white paint. The surrounding homes also had a unique designed and were a variety of colors. Inside rugs and drapes filled the house, creating a very beautiful atmosphere. A large couch sat in the middle of the room, next to a large sitting table. A large work desk sat at the far end of the room. A large painting of a beautiful sunset hung above the desk. Deadeye’s room was filled with wooden soldiers, a model castle, and a large variety of balls.
“So what do you want to play,” Deadeye asked.
“I don’t know, maybe castle invaders,” Celestia suggested.
“Okay, let’s get it set up,” Deadeye agreed, as he started to moved all the pieces into place.
They all played for several hours until, Celestia and Luna had to head home for dinner. Their dinner was leftover vegetable soup from lunch and fresh apples for dessert. After finishing their dinner, Celestia and Luna rushed upstairs to their room, to get their art supplies. They made it downstairs, just in time to see the sunset. They both set to work to capture the beauty of the sunset. Their brushes moved smoothly on the canvas, as they occasionally changed brushes. Slowly their paintings came to life, the vibrant colors, just adding to the overall beauty. They were just about finished, when the last rays of sunlight faded away. Revealing a night sky filled with beautiful constellations. Nearly out of paint, and having a big day ahead of them tomorrow. The two sisters packed up their stuff and stubbled upstairs to get ready for bed. Leaving their new paintings downstairs in the living room to dry.
The next morning Celestia, Luna, and their parents got up early to start the day. After breakfast, that consisted of a bowl of diced potatoes and homemade bread. They grabbed their stuff and headed out. Celestia and Luna took a few of their paintings and what remains of their art supplies. Even in the early morning, the city was already buzzing with activity. The little family continued to walk along the crowded street. Until they reached a small pottery shop, that their parents owned, and worked at. The sign above the door read, Fiery Furnace and Crystal Sands’s pottery shop.
“Tia, Lulu, you be careful at the marketplace,” Crystal reminded.
“Okay, mom,” the two sisters shouted back.
At the central market place, the two sisters, looked around for their little booth. After finding it, they quickly set up their paintings. Throughout the day, a few alicorns stopped by. Each one was amazed by the paintings and shocked, when they were told who painted them.
“Amazing, that’s all I can say. You two have a talent for this,” one alicorn stallion exclaimed.
“Too bad, it isn’t our special talent,” the sisters said, showing the stallion their bare flanks.
“Don’t worry, I have faith you two will discover your talents soon enough. Also how much for this beautiful nighttime sky painting,” he asked.
“Twelve Drachma,” Celestia said, after taking a quick look at the painting.
“Only that much, what a deal,” the stallion said, placing the money on the counter.
Throughout the day, their paintings sold well and they even painted a few portraits. As evening approached business began to die down. When the marketplace was empty, they packed their stuff and headed home. On the way, they stopped by a local art store to restock on their paints and canvases. Even after buying a variety of different colored paints and several canvases. They still had a fair amount of money left over. It was nearing dusk, by the time they got home. They hurried up to their bedroom, to put their new supplies away. Their parents were already busy cooking in the kitchen. After putting all the paint and canvases in their proper places. Celestia went to their small bedroom window and closed the curtains. While Luna went to put their money, into their secret hiding place. She lifting up an inconspicuous floorboard, to reveal a medium size wooden box. Inside the box was a large sum of Drachmas, Luna carefully levitated the box out. Placing it carefully on the floor, the two sisters, then began to counted up their savings.
“Okay, we have about, three hundred and eighty-seven Drachma, saved up,” Celestia whispered.
“Counting, what we earned today, we have four hundred and forty-two,” Luna added, silently. “Take away monthly rent for the booth, and we have four hundred and two Drachmas.”
“Nice considering, we been doing this for about a year and a half,” Celestia sighed.
“Founders Day is coming up soon, do you think mom and dad; are going to like our gift for them,” Luna asked.
“Of course, why wouldn’t they like it. They work long and hard to provide for us. They deserve something nice,” Celestia said.
The next day at school, Celestia and Luna, were talking to some friends in the central courtyard. The courtyard was surrounded on three sides by adjoining four story buildings. The courtyard had a few swing sets, a slide, and a jungle gym.
Celestia and Luna were talking to their friends, when they suddenly felt a sharp sting on the back of their heads. When they turned around, they saw a large group of foals, laughing at them. Some of them were levanting pebbles, while the others pointed and laughed. Celestia and Luna glared at them, before turning back around to continue their conversations. Only to feel another sharp sting impact their heads. Celestia and Luna tried to ignore them, but pebbles continued to impact them. After the fourth time, they whipped around and marched over to the group.
“What is your problem, with us,” the sisters asked politely.
“You want to know our problem is, you are. You’re losers and so are your parents. Why do you bother coming to school, you will never amount to anything,” they taunted.
“Insult us all you want, but don’t insult our parents,” the two sisters hissed.
“Why not, they are huge losers, just like you two are,” the bullies huffed.
The gang of bullies continued to throw insults at them and then at the other students. The two sisters’ self control and normally peaceful nature was being to slip. Luckily a slowly growing army of students, who were inspired by the two sisters courage. Stood next to them, which helped them maintain, their self control. Despite the growing army of students, the bullies continued to throw insults. The entire student body stood there ready to fight, and were waiting for the sisters to initiate it. Luckily the school bell rang, they all backed away slowly and headed inside. The two sisters and their student army kept their eye on the bullies. Celestia headed upstairs towards her classroom, while Luna continued down the crowded hall towards hers.
Celestia’s first lecture of the day was ancient alicorn history and legends. The lecture was mostly about alicorn beliefs and the legends of past creatures. A subject, that most of the students body didn’t want to learn about. Even Celestia and Luna had only a mild interested in the lesson. The only thing, that got the sisters’ attention was the subject of space, magic, or monsters. Almost all of alicorn legends sounded more like stories parents used to get their foals to behave. Only one legend peaked the interest of the students. A creature know as Typhon, a creature that gains power from death, and suffering. Legend states he dominated our young planet, killing for his own entertainment. Until four brave pony races discovered the power of magic and learn to master it. Once they were ready, they used it to fight and lock Typhon beneath the planet. Not long after, the three other races left to other lands form their own societies. While the alicorns stayed behind to make sure Typhon will never escape.
At lunchtime, the two sisters chatted with their friends. They all sat around a large table to eat and talk about their classes. Sitting at a table, across from them was the bullies. Still together in a large gang, and barely ate their lunch. Instead they were cutting it up, and waiting for opportunities to launch pieces of it, at their fellow students. Today’s lunch was hay and lettuce sandwiches, with an assortment of small fruits. The bullies were launching the fruits, in random directions. Some of them hitting students, but they just ignored it. After they ran out of fruits, they launched pieces of their sandwiches. The staff quickly noticed this and they kicked them out of the lunchroom. Much to the student body’s overwhelming delight.
“Hey, Amber, have you seen Samuel anywhere. He is usually in class everyday,” Luna asked, the golden coated alicorn, next to her.
“Didn’t you hear, he is in the hospital,” Amber sighed.
“What happened,” Luna asked, in shock.
“I don’t know,” she responded.
The two sisters were silent, before saying, “I hope he’s okay.”
“I’m sure he is, he is a tough pony,” Amber sighed, taking a bite of her sandwich.
After school, Celestia and Luna walked up to one of the school’s art rooms. Dodging the usual insults and objects from the bullies, along the way. When they got there, their friends, and a teacher were waiting for them. On the table was an assortment of art supplies, and a list of today’s agenda. Surrounding them were paintings and drawing, most of them were impressive. Large painting easel laid piled up in one of the corners. While a large grey tarp laid on the floor, that was covered in large multicolored paint stains.
“Okay, now that we are all here, let’s began. Daisy, would you mind telling us, what we were doing last time,” a purple coated alicorn asked, turning towards a violet coated alicorn.
“Yes, of course Ms. Mint, we were about to divide the duties. For our school’s beautification project,” Daisy informed.
“Of course, Celestia, Luna, if I am not mistaken your parents are Fiery Furnace and Crystal Sands. They’re the arguably the best potters, in my opinion. So can you two make the vases and pots for the garden,” Ms. Mint, asked.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea, remember last time, we tried to make pottery,” the two sisters explained, with great concern.
“Oh, right, I almost forgot about that little incident. Some of the staff are still walking with limps,” Ms. Mint thought to herself.
“Okay, Amber and Leon, why don’t you make the pottery. Daisy and Deadeye, you will work on garden. While you two, paint the mural,” Ms. Mint explained.
After a few hours of deciding on a date to start the project. They all got up and headed their own separate ways. Ms. Mint had homework to grade, the two sisters had a package to pick up, and their friends had to get home. As Celestia and Luna walked out of school, they saw the bullies. Who were pushing around a younger mare, that was about five years old. The two sisters instinctively, ran towards them, to defend the mare. The bullies quickly noticed the two sisters, and turned to face them. While surrounding the mare, cutting off any hope of her escape.
“What do think you two are doing,” one of them asked.
“Stopping you from picking on defenseless ponies,” Luna hissed.
“How cute you two think you can take us on. You two don’t have a chance, so run along home losers,” another responded.
“That won’t stop us from trying. Now, you leave that mare alone,” Celestia exclaimed.
“What, are you wimps going to do,” the bullies growled, overconfident in their abilities.
Celestia and Luna took a quick glanced, at each other, before they fired a magical blast. It slammed into the ground, distracting the bullies long enough, for the sisters to teleport away. The bullies were briefly blinded and disorientated, by the sudden flash of light. When their vision cleared, they quickly scanned the area. When the bullies looked up, they saw Celestia and Luna were hovering above them. They all quickly zoomed up, dropping the mare’s bag, who quickly grabbed it and ran to the principal office. The two sisters zoomed away, with the bullies close behind. They chased them around for several minutes, almost getting them, a few times. Which slowly forced the two sisters to fly higher and higher. Despite this, they still managed to maintain a good distance, from them. Until two of the bullies fired several magical blasts. Knocking the sisters out of the air and sending them plummeting to the ground. They quickly recovered from the attack and managed to decelerate. Preventing a horrible crash lading, but the landing was still rough. They recovered from the landing, shook off the dust, and they stood defiant.
“What do you think you are doing,” the principal shouted.
“Were teaching these wimps a lesson,” one of the bullies respond angrily.
“Why can’t you all, just stay out of trouble,” the principal asked.
“Hey, don’t look at us, they’re the ones, who made the decision. To pick on a defenseless young mare,” Celestia and Luna explained.
“Again, this is the sixth time, this month. Why can’t you leave your fellow students alone,” the principal groaned, dreading the meeting to follow.
“Why can’t these two, just let us do what we want. Every pony else does,” the bullies shouted, glaring at the two sisters.
“Celestia, Luna you can go on home, I’ll deal with them,” the principal sighed. “Even if I know the outcome,” he added under his breath.
The two sisters walked away, knowing there will be fallout tomorrow morning. On their way home, the ground began to shake violently. The two sisters steady themselves, as they stood there confused. The shaking only lasted a few seconds and then it stopped. They looked at each other, and then at the alicorns across the street. They also stood there confused, one of them scratched their head, while another examined the ground. The two sisters were very confused, they couldn’t think of any explanation for the shaking. After a few minutes, they decided to forget about it and they continued on their way. Before going home, they made a stop at large sculpture store. Several large marble statues sat in each corner of the room. The store’s shelves were filled with statuettes and dioramas. When they walked in the owner was in the middle of placing a few statuettes onto the shelves.
“Hello, how may I help you two,” she asked.
“We ordered a diorama a week ago. You said, it will be ready by today,” Celestia explained.
“Refresh my memory, I received a lot of orders, the past few weeks. What’s your name, and what did you ordered,” the owner asked.
“My name is Celestia and this is my sister Luna. We ordered a medium size bronze diorama with an personal engraving,” Celestia explained.
“Okay, let me go check,” the owner informed, as she headed into the back room.
“You think mom and dad, are going to like it,” Luna whispered.
“Of course, they are going to like it. I just wish we could have gotten something better. They work long and hard. They deserve something, better then we can ever give,” Celestia sighed.
The owner soon returned carrying a bronze diorama. That depicted, the two sisters and their parents in a group hug. They all had huge smiles on their faces, and were sitting at a picnic. The attention to detail was extraordinary, every inch of it was carefully sculpted. The diorama was also painted with great care and detail. At the base was a small golden inscription plate. That read, For Everything You Do, From Your Loving Daughters, Luna and Celestia.
The owner placed it on the table and sighed happily, “Do you want me to gift wrap it for you.”
“No, thank you we can do it ourselves,” Luna politely declined.
The owner nodded, “Okay, thank you for your business and come again soon.”
Carrying their new diorama outside, the two sisters rushed home. The diorama was prepaid for, and was a good deal. The two sisters want to have a better material for the diorama, but bronze was the best, they could afford. They raced home wanting to get home, before their parents did. So they could hided it and then surprise them on Founders day. Lucky when they got home, their parents were no where to be found. They zipped up to their bedroom, and hid it under Luna’s bed. It wasn’t an ideal hiding spot, but it was the only place to hide it. When they finish pushing it under the bed, they heard the front door open. They headed over to see their dad standing in the doorway.
“There are my beautiful daughters,” Fiery exclaimed, as they came down their stairs.
“Hi Dad,” Luna said, giving him a hug.
“Where’s mom,” Celestia asked, noticing that she wasn’t there.
“That’s what I came home to tell you. Mom and I have to work late today, so we are going to spend family night working at the store,” Fiery explained.
“Okay,” the two sisters immediately agreed.
Later at the store, the two sisters worked the front, while their parents were in the back shaping clay. They were desperately trying to get all their work done, as quickly as possible. A huge stack of order forms laying in a pile next to them. They took turns in the main roles, while one shaped the clay. The other magical fired it, instantly turning the soft clay into their respective vessels. It was an efficient system and it helped speed up their work. Despite this, there was still a lot of work to be done. Even at this speed, it would take them hours to complete. While their parents made the pottery, the two sisters were tending to the customers. After a few hours, all the customers had left and it was closing time. Celestia grabbed a broom and began to sweep the floor. While Luna cleaned the shelves and the older pottery, that were coated in layers of dust. When they both finished, the two sisters head to the back to help their parents. Although, they couldn’t help with the actual creation of the pottery. They could help paint the designs and put the pots away, with the correct forms. As they worked their parents finally notice their injures.
Their mom quietly sighed, “You two got into another fight today, didn’t you.”
“Yes,” the two sisters answered sheepishly.
“What happened this time,” Crystal asked, still tending to her pottery.
“Our school bullies were picking on a young mare, and we had to help,” the two sisters explained, holding their heads up in pride.
“Kids, why can’t you stay out of fights,” Crystal groaned.
“Didn’t you and dad taught us to help others. Did we do something wrong,” Celestia inquired, as she placed the latest pot onto the shelves.
“No, you didn’t do anything wrong. I just want you two to stop getting into fights. There is no shame in walk away,” Crystal countered.
“If you asked me, I think Celestia and Luna should fight back. Those bullies need to know, that actions have consequences,” Fiery exclaimed.
As they all worked, the two sisters enjoyed a good long talk, with their parents. Telling them all about how they are doing in school. While their parents told them about what’s been happening at the store, the last couple of days. Often making harmless jokes and comments about the owners of the other stores around them. The two sisters snickered a few of them, while telling them about their project at school. Going into great detail about what they plan to paint and why they want to paint it.
“That sound really nice, I can’t wait to see it,” Fiery exclaimed, levitating a fresh new plate over to them.
“I know it is going to be beautiful, just like you two,” Crystal said, in sweet tone.
Celestia and Luna blushed, as they continued their work. After a few hours, they work was done and they all headed home. The night air was brisk and peaceful, as the stars twinkled in the sky. The street was nearly dead quiet, and almost completely empty. There was only two other alicorns walking on the street. The moon shone beautifully above them, making them stare up at the sky. The gentle glow of street lamps and homes lit up the street. When they got home, the two sisters sat in the backyard and stared into the night sky. While their parents cooked a late dinner. Once dinner was done, they carried it outside, so they could eat under the stars. The two sisters rushed up stairs to get their art supplies, while their parents started to identify constellations. After only half an hour, the two sister created two very different, but beautiful paintings of the night sky.
“Are those going to be our presents for Founders day,” Crystal playfully asked.
“Maybe,” the two sisters responded, with sly grins on their faces.
“The stars sure are beautiful tonight, wouldn’t it be something to see this every night,” Fiery sighed.
“Yeah, but then it won’t be as special. Also, how do you expect that to happened,” Crystal asked.
“I don’t know, maybe ponies will one day be able to control the stars,” Fiery snickered.
“Yeah, and then they will control the rising and setting of the sun and moon,” the sisters chuckled.
The next morning, they all got up to get ready for their day. After a quick breakfast, they headed off to school. It was a very cloudily day, and it seem like it was going to rain later. On their way to school, the sisters felt the ground shake, just like it did yesterday. Only this time it was much more powerful, as the shaking got worse. The two sisters quickly took to the air. Flying high above the street to avoid any falling objects. As the shaking got worse, the foundations of some of nearby homes shifted. Resulting in the partial collapse of some of them and the total collapses the others. Soon the skies above the city were filled, with alicorns. Who were all wondering, why the ground was shaking. The source of the shaking was located a few miles away. Where a large dragon headed creature broke out of the ground and climbed out onto the street. The creature was about 50 feet tall, with 6 huge whip-like tails. A pair of huge bat wings jutted out from it’s back. It’s eyes were snake-like, and glowed a soul piercing green.
“Attention, all life forms, for today is the end of your world. I, Typhon will melt the land and boil away the seas. You will all pay for what you did to me,” he boomed.
Typhon glanced around and then raised his left claw. Creating a huge sandstorm, that instantly surrounded the city. Raising his right claw, he created powerful air currents in the sky high above the city. Which quickly began to clear the sky of any and all clouds. Once satisfied with his creations, he began to stomp his way through the city. Crushing homes and toppling over buildings, while sending molten rock raining from the sky. Taking immediate action the city’s guards grabbed their weapons and attacked. Panic flooded the streets, as thousands of alicorns ran to find shelter. Many tried to teleport out of the city, but only end up back where they started. Some tried to fly out, but the strong air currents blew them back. A few tried running through the sandstorm, but they only ended up coming back. Coughing violently and coated in a layer sand.
“Luna, do you see anywhere, we can take shelter,” Celestia shouted, over the sounds of panic.
“There,” Luna shouted pointing to a wooden house, with a basement window.
“Are you sure, that’s a good idea,” Celestia asked, a little concerned.
“Got anything better,” Luna respond.
Celestia looked around and weighted their opinions. “Fine, let’s go for it,” she sighed.
Kicking in the basement window, they dove in and huddled together in a corner. The sounds of panic and shouts could be heard clearly outside. The guards were doing everything they can, to stop Typhon. Many of them were tossed through buildings, or slammed into the ground. Often breaking bones or getting glass imbedded in their flesh. Even when a guard was incapacitated, they continued to fight. Fires began to rage across the city, burning down homes and business. Molten rock still rained from the sky, obliterating buildings. One of these rocks punched through the house Celestia and Luna were in. Landing in the basement, just inches away from them. The resulting damaged caused the house to collapses. Luckily the roof of the basement held, but it began to sag and creak. The roof creaked loudly, as they inched their way towards the window. Just as the two sisters reached the window, the roof gave away, plunging the world into darkness.
They eventually regained consciousness, and dug themselves out of the rubble. They climbed out of the basement to see the city shrouded in clouds of dust. Visibility was limited to only about two feet, at the very most. They quickly checked themselves for any injures. Apart from a coat of dust, and yesterday’s injures, they were unharmed. The two sisters, then walked slowly and carefully into the haze. They hadn’t gotten more then five feet when they heard a loud groan. They quickly divide behind a wreaked building and scanned the area, in front of them. It wasn’t a moment to soon, as they saw Typhon stumble out of the haze. He was now a lot smaller, maybe now only 15 feet tall. He was breathing heavily, made a few small steps, before he crashed to the ground. As the two sisters stepped towards him, a flash of blinding light appeared out of the haze. Followed by a powerful gust of wind, that cleared the city of any dust. Which revealed a large group of guards, who were standing next to Typhon’s motionless tails. Beside them was a large chest, that glowed, with a combined magic aura. The chest fired another flash of light, before it began magical dragging Typhon into it.
As his lower body was drag in, he shouted, “What kind of a guest would I be if I didn’t leave you all, with some gifts.”
He fired several magical blasts into the air, before laughing, “I hope you like them.”
Most of his blast reached the upper atmosphere, before spreading out across the planet. They cause global earthquakes, floods, storms, and wildfires. The rest of his blast reached space impacting the sun and the moon. As the lid slammed shut and sealed it self, the guards collapsed to the ground. The chest was now glowing brightly with a magical energy. The two sisters rushed over to help the guards. When they passed the chest the majority of energy jumped from the chest and electrocuted them. The chest’s glow stopped and any remaining energy dissipated
“Yow,” the sisters shouted, jumping in the air.
“Survivors,” one of the guards panted, as he looked up.
“Foals to boot,” another said, coughing up drops of blood.
The guards stood up and wheezed, “Come on let get you two to the palace. Then we can get a party together to search for more.”
Two of the guards grabbed the chest’s handles, with their mouths and began carrying it. As they walked, they heard a low rumbling sound coming from behind them. When they turned around they saw, that the sandstorm was moving closer to them. It was quickly growing in sizes and magnitude. Burying and sand blasting, what remains of the city. The guards dropped the chest and they all bolted for the palace.
Once inside, the guards closed and locked the doors. Some of them reported to the king and queen. Who were standing in the foyer, with a ton of injured alicorns. There had to be at least 150 alicorns, in total, packed into this single room. A few alicorns laid motionless on the floor, covered in white sheets. The two sisters stepped around them and started looking for their parents. While searched, they discovered they were the only foals in the entire castle. They eventually spotted their parents and they ran to them.
“Did it work,” the king asked, one of the guards, that found the two sisters.
“Yes sir, I think so,” he responded.
Accidentally overhearing the conversation, the two sisters asked, “Did what work.”
The guard knelt down and explained, “We enchanted that chest you saw, to lock Typhon away, again. It took all of our collective magical powers to do it though.”
The two sisters nodded in understanding and said, “Thank you, for defeating him.”
The guard smiled widely and walked off to help tend to the wounded. When the palace’s door started groaning. The edge of the sandstorm had reach the palace and the winds were powerful. Powerful enough to break the locks and throw the door wide open. All the guards quickly charged at the door and tried to forced it close. They braced themselves against the door to shut it, but it didn’t move. All the able-bodied alicorns quickly shot up and helped. The door quickly closed, but they had to stay there to hold it. As the storm got worse, they strained to keep the door shut.
“This is it, for us, this is our extinction event,” one of them said.
“Don’t be a downer, we will get through this,” another shouted.
“How, this storm looks like it will only get worse, and we can barely keep the door close,” a guard countered.
“He is right, this is the end for us all. We can’t teleport out of the city, we can’t fly out, and we certainly can’t run out. We are all doomed,” the king said solemnly.
A painful silence fell onto the crowd, as those words set in. The door slowly began to be forced open, despite the crowd’s struggles. The two sisters wanted to help, but they were too young to be of any real use. The windows of the palace began to crack, as the force of the storm hit. Fiery Furnace looked out the window to see the sun slowly getting blocked out by the sand. He saw the air currents were still raging, but also saw a small cloud floated calmly in the sky, just below the currents. He also noticed, that the sand storm didn’t reach, that high.
“There’s still a chance, two of us will make it out,” Fiery exclaimed.
“What are you taking about,” the crowd asked.
“Do you see that small cloud up there,” Fiery asked, pointing to out the window.
The crowd looked over to the window and sighed, “Yes, but how will that help us, that cloud can’t hold any of us.”
“I see two individuals, it can probably hold,” Fiery said, gesturing towards his foals.
The crowd were stunned, “Brilliant, save the foals,” they exclaimed happily.
“What about all of you, we don’t want to abandon any of you,” the sisters said sternly.
“Now listen you two, mommy and daddy need you to leave right now. We need make sure you two are safe,” Crystal pleaded.
“No, we will not leave you,” the sisters sniffled.
“All in favor, of saving the foals,” the king asked.
“Aye,” the entire crowd said in unison.
“Motion is carried,” the king exclaimed.
“Celestia, Luna, remember mommy and daddy love you very much,” Crystal and Fiery sniffed.
The crowd pooled together what magic they had left and teleported the two sisters up to the cloud. The sisters quickly found themselves on top of the cloud. To their horror, the full force of the storm had hit the palace. The sisters tried to fly down to it, but were blown back by the sand. The sandstorm quickly blocked out any signs of the entire city. Then the storm slowly grew higher, forcing the sisters to hunker down on their cloud. Then the entire city and the lands surrounding it, slowly began to sink. The storm quickly grew more wild and started whipping the cloud around. Celestia and Luna held on for dear life, as it was pushed into the powerful air currents. The force of both systems colliding, sent the cloud into a chaotic motion. The two sisters held on the best they could, before they blacked out.
“Sister, wake up,” Luna sniffed, while shaking Celestia violently.
“What,” Celestia groaned, sitting up.
She was met with a barren sandy wasteland and a frantic Luna. The sandstorm had stopped and it left the entire city buried under 50 feet of sand. The storm and air currents had stop, returning the land to its peaceful nature. Celestia looked around and suddenly remembered what happened. The two sister began to dig frantically at the sand. Eventually realizing, what they were doing was pointless. They collapsed onto the sand and held each other. Rivers of tears explode down their faces, that emptied into the sand. Their eyes quickly became red and swollen, eventually tears stopped forming. Their quickly noticed their throats were incredibly dried and it was growing hot out. When they looked up they noticed, the sun seem to be frozen in the sky. They were confused, but were more focus on finding water and shade. The sand was boiling hot now and the heat was unbearable.
“Come on, we have to find some water and some shade,” Celestia sniffed, while rubbing her eyes.
The two sisters looked around and decided to headed north, crying all the way, but with no ability to make tears. They were hoping to find water and maybe some survivors. They were unaware that, they were the only survivors and they were heading for a land that would one day be named Equestria.
Celestia and Luna were still standing on the castle’s baloney looking south towards the San Palomino Desert.
“Who would have thought, our lives would lead here,” Luna sighed.
“Yeah, from the daughters of humble potters to leaders of an entire land,” Celestia responded, looking out over the city of Canterlot. After a long pause, Celestia asked, “Do you every wonder about, why.”
“What do you mean sister,” Luna asked, inquisitively.
“I mean, why did we survived. Out of our entire race, why us,” Celestia asked, turning to look at her.
“Yes, I do wonder about that,” Luna sighed, hanging her head.
“This question wouldn't bug me, as much, if our fellow ponies didn’t view us, as perfect beings,” Celestia expressed, in a depressing tone.
“I know, what you mean, no matter what we tell them and show them. They still shape it into proof, that we’re perfect. Even our extremely long life have a much simpler answer, then immortal goddesses. It seems like only Cadence, Twilight, and her friends are the only ones who are slowly realizing, that we’re just ordinary ponies,” Luna said, shaking her head in disappointment.
As the two sisters stood, on the balcony, when there was a knock at the door, “Your highnesses, your breakfast is ready,” Pine Seed informed.
“Thank you, Pine Seed, we will be right there,” the sisters answered.
“You know, I miss our old life, I miss our friends, but I mostly miss mom and dad,” Luna sniffled.
“Yeah, I miss them too. Now come on, we have a long day ahead of us,” Celestia sighed, before the sisters put on a smile.