Starting Point for a Work In Progress

[Zephyr Breeze]

So I'm working on a little something right now and wanted to take care of two things with a short little pre-chapter one bit (not really a prologue, just like a tidbit from the night before the chapter begins. The first of which is a minor issue that's bugged me since the beginning of the show. The other is bit of a fan squabble that I wanted to establish the standing of in my little fic.

The light of the moon was nearly gone; the day was soon to begin, it was as if the sun were eager to reveal the pony. The tear gently rolled of her cheek, touching down with a soft splash onto the gravestone before her. She raised a hoof slightly, tenderly sliding it across the name carved in an elegant font on the stone’s face. The alicorn bowed her head slightly, her soft, teal eyes growing even tearier as they passed over the name marking the second stone just to her right. The two stones stood alone with her, the three of them sitting in the otherwise barren gorge. She brought her hoof to her face and dried her eyes, though she felt the moistness return near immediately. “Naturia,” she muttered softly at the stone directly in front of her, “C-Chronos,” as she stole another glance at the other. A heavy sob escaped her and she let her face drop towards the ground. She brought her forelegs’ hooves to her face, slightly ashamed that she had allowed herself to break down. “M-mom… Dad…” she muttered. Her light blue mane fell over her eyes as she let her hooves fall back to the ground before the graves, still sobbing gently. There was a slight shuffling noise behind her and she turned around, a look of slight surprise crossing her face. “Tia… I’m sorry, I j-just…” The other alicorn simply nodded, a sad smile on her lips, and walked up to her, embracing her with her wings.

“It’s okay Lu. It’s perfectly okay,” her sister assured her, pulling the grayish-purple pony close. After a long moment, Luna pulled away timidly and Celestia smiled. “I’m just glad I found you. Are you ready to come back home, Lu?”

“I…” Luna stopped, and then began to cry again. She gave a gentle nod and the two alicorns began to walk away from the stones, spreading their wings in anticipation of a coming flight. As the two left the ground, Luna came to a sudden halt, glancing back at the graves once more. “Tia!” she called out and her sister stopped to turn back to her.

“Yes, what is it Lu?”

“Do…” Luna’s gaze dropped to the ground, “Do you think they’d be proud of me? E-even after all that’s happened?” The slightly younger alicorn saw her sister smile.

“I’m sure they would have been Lu. I’m absolutely sure.”

“Thank you, sister,” Luna said with a smile and the two began to fly into the sky. After a brief moment, two flashes of light surged in the air and the alicorns were gone, teleported far away into their home in Canterlot.

Okay, so that's the little intro I have so far. The thing that bugged me, if you didn't quite figure it out, is who Celestia and Luna's parents are. I'm going off a theory I heard that alicorns aren't really immortal. They just live for a REALLY LONG TIME, many millenniums in fact. The fan squabble, is whether Celestia and Luna get along. In my fic, they do. Quite well. I think this little bit helps establish a foundation for me to clearly state that at the very least.

So, what do you guys think? I just whipped this up a few nights ago so criticism would be appreciated. I also want to point out, this will EVENTUALLY morph into a TwiLuna.fic. It'll take it's sweet time getting there, by all means it will be slow, but I think slowness flows a bit more natural than some of the rather quick ship fics that exist.Anyway, FEEDBACK PLEASE! KTHNXBAI!