Luna watched impatiently as the antidote was prepared. She was curious about the strange herbs that she had never seen, but knew she should not interfere while others worked, especially with something as important, yet she watched everything closely.

"I have never seen ponies like you." Sapphire Sky finally broke the silence that had lasted for more than half an hour. "Where I come from, siblings even kill each other to get to the throne. You, however, are ailing to help your sister, no matter the consequences."

"I do not understand why somepony would do this. It's always easier when you have somepony you love and who loves you around to help. Mama always said that. Celestia and I have always done everything together, we support each other. I do not know what we would do if one of us had to go through this alone."

Sapphire smiled.

"That is good. Neat feeling. This is what will really save your sister."

"What do you mean?" The Princess asked, confused.

"This antidote by itself does not work, it needs a special ingredient: Magic. To Pegasi and Earth Ponies, a simple spell would be enough, I myself could do it." Jasmine explained, forming a small ball of energy in one hoof, that Luna just now noticed that was clear as crystal and now illuminated with a violet light, the same color of her magic, as the marks on her lef, which lit up the same color. "But for Unicorns, this requires a stronger spell, that can override its own magic." She continued, turning her attention back to the potion and adding some purple flowers that Luna didn't recognize.

"That is why I am here. Like Pyro is supporting Lily to heal others." Sapphire added.

"Yes, but Alicorn magic requires much more magic."

"That is where you enter." Sapphire smiled maternally for Luna. "Can you do a healing spell?"

Luna nodded, still not fully understand.

"I think it is ready." Jasmine finally announced. "Only need the finishing touch."

Sapphire nodded. She rose and closed her eyes for a moment. A mark on her hoof, that Luna hadn't noticed before and remembered dragon's claws, began to glow with a sapphire-blue light, the light formed an aura around Sapphire, a light that was increasing in intensity, to oblige the Princess to close her eyes. When the light was extinguished and she opened them again, before her was a creature she had never seen before.

It was slightly bigger than a pony but remembered very a dragon. It was Sapphire Sky, but her unicorn horn gave way to a pair of dragon's horns, her blue coat had given way to the sapphire-blue scales that sparkled in the firelight, she had a pair of dragon wings, paws with sharp claws and her mane and tail, while retaining the shape and color, seemed made of living flames.

Sapphire turned to Luna and hold a laugh facing the Princess' surprised expression.

"Do not be alarmed, your majesty. Guess I owe you an explanation later, but now we need to take care of your sister."

Luna wasn't really scared, just impressed, but nodded. No matter, since it was to save her sister. She closed her eyes and just concentrated on the spell, nothing else mattered.

She looked up, expecting to see some difference in the brew, but realize that this wasn't the target of her spell. A ball of energy of the same color of her magic shone between Sapphire's horns, which shone with the same aura of Luna's magic. The ball vanished, leaving only the aura, then Sapphire blowed a burst of flames towards the cauldron, the flames immediately grew and gained the same color of the magic, making the potion finally change its tone from green to pearly white, before finally extinguished itself and Sapphire's magic turned back to its usual tone, before she shut it, seeming a little stunned.

"Young magic, but very strong." She muttered to herself, returning to her natural pony form. "Not even Dark Fang... I see a great destiny ahead of you, Princess." The last part was said aloud

Well, that was something that Luna knew. She and her sister were destined to end this war unless they died trying. She hoped it wouldn't happen, but had to consider all possibilities.

While Jasmine gave the medicine to Celestia, Luna wondered what would happen now. That attack could have been fatal. Something needed to be done before Nightmare had a chance to strike again.

"She will be fine." Jasmine announced. Luna noticed that the black stain that had spread since she left her sister, now had cleared a little. "A couple of hours resting and she will be better, but it is good to be careful with spells for a few days."

Well, it would be difficult, especially if Nightmare send a stronger army. Luna had never wanted so much a snowstorm.

How to answer her request, the doors opened magically and urgently and King Illusion was standing before them.

"My sister will be fine." Luna warned quietly. "I guess you will be preparing to leave in the morning?"

"Impossible!" He protested. "There is a storm on the way."

The news did Luna goes to the window, strong gusts of wind began to get up there, carrying clouds of snow.

"And just warn me now?" She protested furiously before running out.

A snowstorm there could be as devastating as an attack of Nightmares if they were not properly protected.

Illusion reached her.

"Well, I took care of everything. Or almost. I came to you because we had a little accident with the anti-storms wall." He warned.

"Well, go back there and keep an eye on Celestia for me. Inform me of any problem. I will Take care of the wall." Luna replied, now flying out of the castle.

With the wall knocked down, the storm was the least of their problems. The Nightmares could be kept out there, not only by her and Celestia's magic barrier, put to protect the four kingdoms, but also by the storm itself, unfortunately, the snow brought other enemies.

She finally reached the wall, mostly destroyed, the others tried to block it with ice blocks, some snow and magic.

"What happened?" She asked urgently to one of the guards.

"Your Highnes." He bent quickly, then tried to report the situation. "I am sorry, but something must have missed during the last inspection. The wall was weak and could not resist the wind. Don't have time to rebuild it properly, so we are trying to improvise. And how is your sister?"

"She will be fine in a few hours. Our highest priority is the wall. Not just by the storm but..."

She hadn't even time to complete the sentence, when a group of creatures resembling icicles, with a triangular head and thin arms and legs like sticks, jumped thorugh the destoied wall.

Were ice elves. They were not dangerous but could cause enough damage.

The wall was forgotten, even the Princess ran to help get rid of them. Its ravages were not so worrying normally, but during a storm, any minimum damage could cause a fatality.

The last time a similar accident happened, they had an entire reserve of frozen foods, much had been lost, they ended up spending money they could not afford to lose and losing two ponies to get more.

Luna would not let history repeat itself.

But after about fifteen minutes into the hunt the small group that remained ran on its own. The Ponies were quick to discover why. A Snow Troll came, roaring menacingly in the crevice of the wall.

While the elves were small, the troll was still higher than the wall and carried a large ice stalagmite like a bat. Unlike the elves also, it was not easy to be dispensed with a spell. They were not completely immune to magic, but very sturdy to it.

"Go inside, Princess. We take care of it." Asked one of the guards.

At that moment Luna imagined Celestia saying: "It's just a troll, they can handle it." Or Illusion, trying to lead the battle from a distance. "Nothing to worry." He would say. "Not reason to me to interfere." But if it was no a big deal, why not help get rid of the problem faster? Especially when a storm was coming and they had yet to fix a wall.

But obviously it would not be so easy, the weather favored the troll and fumbled the ponies, the snow began to fall, the storm would soon reach them. Then Luna had an idea, one that certainly her sister would not aprove, but she was not there to tell her what to do.

"Take care of the wall! I'll take care of it!" She shouted to the other before jumping outside the wall, the side where the troll was, without paying attention to the warnings.

The troll saw her. Luna flew, moving away from the wall, hoping that the storm did not catch her by surprise. Her plan was to lure the troll to the nearby mountains. He would not come back after that and she would come back as soon as it was safe.

But she hadn't reached even half way when the troll tried to attack her with it's ice bat, Luna swerved deftly, without realizing the group of Snow Spirits floating toward her, much less that they were attacking.

The first spell hit her like a stream of particularly cold air, unbalancing her in her flight and causing her to fall. The storm was getting stronger. The troll swung his ice bat again against her, Luna barely had time to raise a protective shield. Soft music filled the air, the Snow Spirits singing. Luna tried to raise a soundproof protective shield around her, but it was too late, her magic was weakening rapidly, as her senses, making her think about how stupid that plan really was.

The troll swung his ice bat for a third time. The last thing the Princess heard, were the Snow Spirits laughing. And the last thing she saw were the flames before falling into darkness.

- MLP - MLP -

"What happened?" Moonlight jumped up, startled, interrupting her sister.

Sunny laughed.

"I have to prepare lunch, I'll tell you later."

Moon didn't like the idea, but don't insisted with her sister.

Sunny hated that part of the day. First because, day in the middle of the night, made no sense. Second, it was part of the day she ended up closer to the worst view of the city, the crowded, busy square, well...

Sometimes she wanted to leave, but then always remembered the words:

"One wrong move and you two are doomed. This isn't normal. Not here. You will be delivered to the AVs and who knows what they will do with you!" Mary had told her, worriedly.

Then came that other voice, a robotic and creepy voice: "Delete!"

She closed her eyes for a moment to recover. Then she noticed one thing, the snow began to fall.

Snow, after stories about blizzards and ice monsters was the last thing ahe wanted, but the only way to avoid the snow was...

No, she didn't want to think about it too.

Another reason to dislike snow was that made her think even more in her uncle, Jack. And consequently how much she missed her family.

For her, the AVs were like Nightmares, only that they didn't attack there, but they weren't allowed to leave.

Then the smell of burnt potatoes brought her back to reality and she finished preparing lunch without much thought.

She finished eating quickly and leave her sister in the kitchen and went to her room, where there was a picture on the wall. The picture showed her, her mother and her aunt, Thalia, at a party before the AV's invasion.

The three smile for the camera, wearing identical shirts written Equestria Rock Team, in large, bright letters, her mother's in blue and red, her aunt's in black and gold and hers in gold and pink.

Another photo showed her and her uncle, Jack, on top of a snow covered mountain, each on one side of a blue, white, silver and gold flag writen: Heroes of the Mountain.

Memories. Sometimes she wished she could forget, but hoped everything back the way it was.

What she wanted most was to be a normal girl, to be with others... without causing accidents. There was only two people outside of her family who she trusted.

Then a small explosion came from the kitchen, taking her back off her thoughts.

Sunny went there to find a totally soggy Moonlight and kitchen while a broken tap was playing water everywhere.

"I'm sorry." Moon murmured, indicating that she was responsible for the aquatic accident.

"Thinking of Dad and Mom?" Sunny asked simply. Moonlight nodded. "Lost control again?" The little sister nodded again. "Don't worry, I'll get Felix to fix. Go take a shower while I stop it and call him. I'll continue the story when we both're dry." She laughed.

Sunshine turned off the water valve and called Felix, rushing to take a bath too before he arrived. Luckily, her mother altered the place and every part of the house had its own valve, so they could turn off the kitchen water and still have the shower running.

Moonlight already was back when the doorbell rang and she ran to open it.

"Hello Lix!" She greeted cheerfully.

"I heard you two needed a helping hand. How are going my two favorite cave monsters?" He chuckled.

"Very well. Well, we'll be in the living room if needed us." She laughed and ran off to find her sister and hear the rest of the story.

-MLP-MLP-

Luna woke with the crackle of the fire, soft music and a severe headache. Where was her? All she could see was snow around. Then she noticed a fire and near it were two other ponies.

One was Sapphire Sky. The other, younger, was an orange pegasus, with spiky purple mane, golden eyes and a Cutie Mark in a flame shape.

"Oh, Princess, glad you woke up. Admit that I was getting worried." Sapphire smiled.

They were in a cave, for some strange reason didn't seem to have an exit. At least not that Luna could see.

"What happened? Where are we?"

"In a cave on the mountains. With the storm was impossible to return to the city. We arrived just in time to save you. Spirits of Snow, I imagine?" Luna nodded. "They are known for catching the ponies in surprise. Really, you're lucky our arrival here. First your sister, now you. Two lives saved in a single day. But what was you thinking? Leave in a storm, alone, chased by an Ice Troll? "

"I could not think of anything else. Just wanted to protect everyone. I do not expected the spirits of Snow. They took me by surprise, it was difficult to watch both at the same time."

"You and your sister need each other. You said so yourself. If the other ponies were like you, there would be no room for Nightmare Ponies dominate this earth. "

"So you think this is the answer? Our union is enough to defeat Nightmare?" Luna asked, unsure.

"Yes you will require powerful magic too." The Pegasus commented. "But in the end, all good magic is fueled by the deepest feelings in the heart of ponies. Love and friendship are the purest forms of magic of the universe. Bringing this to the real magical powers, can do anything."

Luna smiled.

"You are right. It was our lucky to have you here. Recent days have been terrible." She turned to the young Pegasus. "What is your name?" She asked.

"Flame Storm. Aerial squadron From the Company of Flames." He replied proudly. "At your service, your majesty." He bowed.

"I must thank you for saving me. Celestia is right, I'm a bit reckless sometimes. Leave to think before acting, and let my emotions get the best of me."

"You and Celestia balance one another, as the sun and moon." Sapphire said, then turned into her form of pony-dragon.

"What will you do, Your Majesty?" Flame asked.

Sapphire didn't answer, she invoked a spell and blew a jet of fire to the flames, then watched them for a moment.

"Like I said, a great destination is waiting, Princess. But I also see darkness in your way." She closed her eyes. "Even the stars fall, Princess." Her voice was deeper, farther. "Evenl its brightest, can be conceled by the shadow of a broken heart.

The first adventure begins in innocence,
But good and evil merge in recklessness.

The forgotten is what you should most fear,
If what truly matters you had come to forget.

Sun and moon, completing a cycle,

But when the nightmare attack in a eclipse will close.

Dark feelings feed the darkness,
And the light that lit you will become your prison,
At least the stars change the course of destiny,
And instead bring light to your exile.
But be careful with the one who shines closer
Or to a sad end your destiny will work.

Six jewels one day broke a union,
The same jewels one day will be your salvation.
But if your heart lose hope in the end,
The daylight then find its sad end.
But if you trust your heart,
One last spark will end the darkness."

"Beware the star that shines closer?" She repeated confused. "Dark feelings feed the darkness? What all this means?"

Sapphire didn't respond. In fact, she seemed asleep.

"No one ever understands." Falme replied. "Dragon-Unicorns have that power to make prophecies through the flames. Indeed, one can make a single prophecy.' Its an ancient and powerful spell that consumes a lot of energy. Don't bother with Lady Sapphire, she'll be fine."

Luna hadn't realized he had parchment, pen and ink with him, but seemed to have finished what he was doing. Then he handed the parchment to her and the Princess discovered that there were written the exact words of Sapphire Sky.

"I thought you should have a copy." He smiled.

"I am honored that she has chosen me to give her only prophecy. Maybe my sister know what it means. Speaking on her, how will she?"

With that thought, Luna was soon asleep. Her head still hurt a little and that burned wood exuded a sweet fragrance...

Her last thought was to wonder where the wood came from.

Celestia was not any better. At first she was. Woken up feeling renewed energy. When the first pony she saw was Illusion, memories coming back, she worried, but he only bothered to ask how she was and said that Luna had asked him to keep an eye on her if she need help.

Then she finally asked the question that has destroyed all her optimism.

"Where is Luna?"

"Well..." Illusion hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth.

"We had an accident with the wall before the storm."

"And..." Celestia insisted, when he was silent.

"An attack of Ice gobblins. But they were chased by a troll." Celestia wasn't liking the course of history. "The storm was approaching, the advocacy group could not fend off the troll and rebuild the wall then Princess Luna... Well, she jumped the fence to attract the troll away. I wanted to be there in order to prevent her, but I wasn't."

"You mean my sister is alone, out there in this storm? You sent no one after her?" Celestia asked, exalted.

Illusion retreated. He had never seen Celestia despaired that way. Not that he blamed her. It was her younger sister thet were talking about, the only family she had left, that she had sworn to protect.

"Not alone, I hope. Look, some travelers from distant lands came today. Two of them were behind her, imagine that they have found her and will return when the storm passes."

Celestia took a deep breath. She needed to calm down. She would not help her sister panicking. She had to rely, as Illusion was doing.

"Take me to the leader of these travelers." She asked, resuming her real pose.

"One of the leaders went in search. I will take you to the other. Imagine she will want to see you, anyway."