“Darkness will devour light, as madness will to sanity. The ground will fill with the living, then the rivers will flow with blood.”

Equestria had been the same for a very long time since Celestia and Luna defeated Discord using the Elements of Harmony . Peace and harmony reigned throughout Equestria. All was well with the Royal family, or so everypony thought so.

Unknown by everypony except those of the Castle guard, was Celestia and Luna in fact had a sibling. No pony had ever seen him, so no pony knew of his existence. It was thought to be only Celestia and Luna that resided in the Canterlot Castle, but this wasn’t true.

He would always be there for Celestia and Luna for any question they had. He was always light-hearted, free, so to speak. But he had the unfortunate situation as not to have a cutie mark. This made him the subject of ridicule by most members of the Royal Guard. Comments, such as the ones made to him by the most trusted of Celestia’s men, made him go into seclusion. He forcefully broke the lock to his bedroom door, preventing access, or exit, from the room, even by the use of magic, force, or persuasion.

In his room he stayed for months, never to speak to anypony. His sisters worried for his well-being, but he would not speak to them. Soon the guards began to worry, for he had not come out to eat, drink, or anything, for there was no way for him to make food, or go to the bathroom, most guards believed he’d committed suicide. Eventually, Celestia herself believed it, no matter how much she didn’t want to. They believed there was just no way he’d have survived in seclusion that long without food or water.

Eventually, Luna believed too, and they tried to make living in the castle as normal as they possibly could. Even though their older brother may lie dead, upon the luxurious carpeting of his room

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“Sister, how will we manage without Eclipse ?” Luna asked, a stream of tears trickling over her left cheek.

Celestia looked as lost as Luna, but managed to reply, “I don’t know little sister. I honestly don’t know…” her voice grim and bleak, like the hoarse winter winds blowing about the leaves.

To the shock of the Guards, Eclipse emerged from his room, wearing a dark cloak upon his bulky, muscular body.

“Pr-Prince Eclipse! W-We thought you dead!” one of the guards managed to exclaim.

Eclipse did nothing but look at him, the silence piercing at him like a sharpened knife. His bleak cold stare freezing the guard in pure fear.

Eclipse managed to say in a hoarse voice, “I require an audience with my sisters, you shall make it happen.” The guards just stood there, the one on the right gulping harshly, “NOW!” Eclipse yelled at the top of his lungs, causing the guards to turn flank and take off down the long corridors.