Luna: Wow! Those butterflies are beautiful, Celly!

Celestia: Glad that you like them, Luna. It took me a couple of days to learn to control the spell. Mother was so happy.

L: Mother did?

C: Yes. She taught me.

L: Mother never gave me lessons.

C: What? More like you keep avoiding them.

L: Did not!

C: Yes you did, don't you remember? You kept running away for playing at your silly games.

L: Hey! There are not silly! And I wasn't playing anyway.

C: Oh yeah? Then, what were you doing then?

L: I... was doing... stuff.

Luna sat on the grass.

C: Stuff? What kind of stuff?

So did Celestia.

L: I... gone to visit the manticores.

C: You what?!

L: Celly! I can talk with them!

C: Since when?

L: Since... days I think. M-maybe I could have discussed with them earlier if mother was not so protective over me.

The older sister hold her younger sibling by the shoulders.

C: Luna! You know very well how the manticores are dangerous!

L: They're not! They told me!

C: Stop be so gullible!

L: I'm not! They are trustworthy. And I show them I could be as trusted too.

Luna freed herself from her older sister grip and trotted away.

C: Unbelievable. If Mother would know of this...

Luna stopped and shift to face her sister.

L: Please! Don't tell her! Marvin helped us no?

C: Marvin? Wait! The one who helped us for building the castle?

L: Yes. Him. See? They can be friendly and of great help. Hey sister, what else Mother taught you?

C: That you are too bold, daring, cheeky... Wait! I found that myself.

L: Hmph! That's not funny.

She sat and folded her fore hooves.

C: You got to be more prudent little sis.

L: Hey! I'm always prepared for anything and you know it!

C: Yes, I do. But I also know that instead of socializing with other ponies you keep talking with other creatures.

L: I like to be... alone!

C: Please, Luna. Can you be a bit less...

L: No.

She dropped her head.

L: I prefer to be with them.

She looked at her sister.

L: Or only you.

C: Huh?

L: I like to be with you Celly. You're always smiling when you're close-by. And you don't judge me. Well, not all the time... I... I feel safe and loved when I'm with you. Unlike with the other ponies.

C: Luna! What about Mother?

L: I love Mother. But she's constantly occupied with her papers.

C: You do know that she loves you very much?

L: Of course, silly! She wouldn't asked you to follow me everywhere and protect me if she didn't.

C: Uh... I'm here on my own. You're my little sis that I love.

L: *chuckle*

C: Uh, what's funny?

L: You always go dramatic and say "I love you little sister". You get boring when you do that.

C: Hey! No I'm not!

L: Then, show me your best spell!

C: What? Here? Now?

L: Why not? It's a beautiful day, no one is around to bother us and it's a open place. Come on! Please? Beside, I know you love me and you are always prepared to impress your little sister.

She smiled.

C: *sigh* I guess I have no choice.

L: Or... you are too afraid for being unable to impress me... *grin*

C: .... Take that back!

L: Nope.

C: You stubborn little...

L: *raspberry*

C: All right! But we need to a more open place.

She pointed with a hoof to a more clearer place

C: Over there could be good.

They walked for five minutes, Celestia looking the surrounding.

C: That will do. Ready?

L: I'm trying to not fall asleep.

C: I guess you are.

Celestia's horn glowed a soft golden light while Luna stared at her. Nothing happened. Puzzled, Luna look their surrounding to if see anything has changed. She was getting impatient.

L: What's supposed to happen?

The white alicorn's horn's gold glow intensified.

L: Celly! What are you-

C: L-look in the direction of the s-sun...

L: Are you crazy? I don't want to get bl-

C: N-not directly, stupid. Just... gaze its direction.

L: Huh? Hey did you just called me st-

Luna could see a ray of light coming from the sun. Celestia was grunting from the effort.

L: What the...

The ray took form of a massive bird, flying in their direction by flapping its huge wings, the noise of the wind audible from hundreds of meters.

L: Uh, s-sister? I-is that you who...

But Celestia did response. She kept grunting. The glow of her horn intensified. The bird kept getting closer by the second.

L: Celly! It's going to attack us!

The bird was closing by. Luna was panicking. She ran to her sister and tried to shake her out of her trance.

L: Stop! We need to run away!

But she didn't bulge nor stop casting.

L: Sister! Please!

The massive bird, wings as large as ten ponies lengths each began to dive. Luna shot at the predator with her own blue rays, without any effect. At the moment the raven was to strike, Luna hugged her sister and close her eyes in fright.

L: I LOVE YOU SISTER! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

The bird passed a pony height from their head, leaving a huge gush of wind and fire around them, before... vanishing. Luna opened an eye to see what happened. Celestia was panting.

L: W-what happened...

She looked behind them.

L: W-w-where is the big...

C: ... the... the big bird is a phoenix...

L: ... phoenix... What!? You knew?

C: O-of course. It's... it's me who made it...

L: WHAT?!

C: I-impressed much, now? Huh?

Luna's jaw dropped.

Celestia began to laugh. Then she said with a mocking voice.

C: I love you sister.... I love you so much....

L: Shut up! I... I...

Celestia kept laughing.

L: It... was terrified... I thought that...

C: We would die? Okay. Maybe I overdid it and... Woah!

L: Yes! You did and... It's not... What?

C: Did you see the field around us? It's all charred!

L: Huh? Hey! You're right!

C: Luna? Did you... made a shield of any sort?

L: What? Me? Mother never taught me how.

C: What? You are kidding.

L: No!

C: Luna?

L: Yes?

C: I... I think that if you never did that shield, we would have ended being fried fillies.

L:... W-what? And you said you had it under control!

C: I... guess I thought...

L: Wow! My big sis finally admit she could be wrong.

C: Stop it. That's not funny.

L: I never said that this big phan-

C: Phoenix.

L: W-whatever the bird it was was a great idea either.

C: You asked me to impress you!

L: And you did it magnificently!

C: And another.... What?

Luna smiled. Celestia smiled in return. They hugged each other.

L: Just... do something safer next time, okay?

C: I will. Thanks Luna.

L: That's what a little is for. Saving her bigger sister's ass.

C: Luna!

Suddenly, flames began to form from the charred grass.

C: Oh no! We got to do something!

L: And I know the very spell for that.

C: You... learned a spell?

L: Uh... yeah. What's so special?

C: Nothing.

Celestia stared at her sister.

C: Well?

L: Give me a minute.

Luna's horn's began to glow a light blue. Black clouds began to fill the once clear sky and thunder began to be heard.

C: Uh, Luna?



Later at the castle's entrance.

C: You had to bring a thunderstorm? A beautiful day like this one?

L: Hey! It stopped the fire, right? And it's the only spell I know about weather control.

C: The only spell?

L: Well... I thought about learning the most impressive.

C: Thankfully you haven't learn how make an hurricane or worse a tornado.

L: I... lacked of time.

C: WHAT?!

Their mother appeared.

Mother: Celestia! Luna! Are you okay? This thunderstorm appeared from nowhere!

C: Yes, we know Mother. Ask Luna.

M: Asking her about what?

L: Uh... Mother! I-I made a shield! By myself! To protect me and Celly!

M: Really? That's great, Luna! And you protected her from what?

C: Uh...

Celestia faked a gasp.

C: Luna! We forgot the picnic basket!

L: Don't change the subject, sister. Tell Mother why I needed to make a shield.

M: Yes. Tell me.

C: .... Uh... Luna left your classes to talk with manticores.

L: What?!

Their mother sighted.

M: You are both grounded.

C: But mom...

L: Mommy...

M: Go to you rooms immediately young fillies! We will discuss about this later.

They both walked in the direction of their rooms side by side, their heads low in defeat. She waited to be sufficiently away from their mother's ears.

C: At least she doesn't know for the bird...

L: And about the thunderstor-

M: AHEM! Girls?

Shocked, they both stopped and stared at her mother.

C: Y-yes, Mother?

M: I want you to explain me in details how you both managed that huge firebird in the sky we've seen from here and that huge thunderstorm by yourselves. Am I self clear?

C: Y-yes mother.

M: Luna?

L: Yes, mother.

M: Good. I'll see later, then.

Both sisters looked at each other, their ears dropped.

C &L: We're screwed.

M: Language!

C&L: We're in so much trouble.



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