Children of the Guardian

Chap 2

The images of the royal garden spun around and around as her head pounded.

Sunlight Flash struggled back onto all four of her legs after getting knocked to the ground by her brother.

"Enough Sunlight…One of is gonna get hurt." Her brother Midnight Eclipse said looking at her and shaking his head shamefully.

Midnight was a tall, strong, well-toned alicorn. His coat was a majestic dark blue like the night sky, and was only further darkened by his black hair. (He got that from Dad) She thought as she stood up and faced him. She stared into the deep silver eyes that continued to stare a hole through her. Unable to compete with his cold stare her eyes fell down upon his cutie mark. A black starless sky with a full silver moon illuminating it. She always loved how it looked EXACTLY like the sky on a clear night.

At the moment however she was more focused on kicking her brother's flank than admiring how handsome he kept himself.

"The only pony getting hurt today is YOU!!" She roared as she charged at him.

She ran full speed dropping her horn forward meaning to impale him but she only got a few steps until she noticed she couldn't feel the ground anymore. She looked down to see that she was surrounded by a grayish/white aura that was holding her in the air.

"How many times are you gonna keep doing this sis?" Her brother said as his horn glowed and he walked around her out of reach of her hooves so she couldn't hit him.

"You're never gonna be able to beat your older brother." He said as he gently tossed her back to where she started a few feet back. Sunlight stumbled a bit, but before she hit the ground she was caught and sat back up by a yellow pony with a small white hat.

"You okay Flash?" The pony asked concerned.

"I'm fine Flame thanks."

The pony smiled and turned toward Midnight with gritted teeth. "You need to back off!! Your sister can make her own decisions!" She barked.

Sunlight looked over her friend Saturated Flame. She was a brightish yellow with beautiful velvet red hair. She had braided that hair into a LONG pony tail that nearly reached the ground and was held together by a bright purple ribbon. Her bright brown eyes burned with a fire equal to Midnight's as they stared at each other. Sunlight was jealous of Flame's burning courage and fiery personality. She hated conflict… the only person she ever argued with was her brother and that was it. Not Flame… she argued with EVERYPONY if she disagreed, and she DEFINITLY disagreed with Midnight.

"I'm not stopping her from making decisions... I'm merely being a guide for her." Midnight retorted.

Sunlight watched Flame's wings flash up in anger and then lower again. "A GUIDE?? You told one of her classmates to beat it!!" She said angrily.

Flame may have only been 13(The same age as Sunlight) but she had the inner fire of a 16 year old like Midnight.

"I SAW him touch her flank!!" Midnight roared.

"It was an accident!!!!" Sunlight roared back as she stomped her hoof.

As she did her white and gold mane turned a bright fire like red and orange. Sunlight had a rare magic that her mane glowed red hot when she was angry, and right now she was furious! Her mane hovered and jumped like sparks from a fire as she and her best friend stared down her brother. She felt the hot blood flowing through her white coat and bright lavender eyes as her horn started glowing and fire ball appeared on the end of it. Unlike Midnight who could only use his magic for basic tasks, Sunlight was a magic prodigy. She had already mastered her first fire spell at the age of 4, and conjuring a fire ball was easy for her.

"Stop both of you!!!!" A voice called out as she nearly finished the spell.

A tall white Pegasus ran in front of Midnight and shielded his body from Sunlight. Sunlight recognized her immediately.

"Get out of the way Brushie!!" Midnight pleaded as he tried to move her.

"Brushie" was the nickname that Midnight had given his girlfriend Celestial Brush. She was the daughter of Princess Celestia and Primary Colors, and both of her parents traits had been inherited by her. She had her mother's burning love and sympathy for others, and her father's patience and hatred of conflict. She stood in front of Midnight her red and gold mane constantly changing colors like the sun and flowing freely without a breeze, just like Celestia's. Her light blue eyes were slightly dimmed by the glasses on her face but her gritted teeth showed her determination not to move. Sunlight looked at the cutie mark that she always found interesting on Brushie's flank. It was a picture of a half sun and half-moon being painted with a paint brush.

A symbol of her mother's "Former" role and her father's profession.

"You're not touching him! You hear me!" She screamed as her red and green plaid scarf fluttered in the wind. Sunlight had always thought that her scarf had looked pretty, but right now the only thing she cared about was showing her brother a thing or two.

"Brushie move!!" Midnight said as he gently pushed her aside.

"I don't need you fighting my battles for me." He said as he faced down his sister.

"Nobody should be fighting any battles in this castle to begin with!" A strong voice rang out. All 4 of the teens looked up to see David standing at the top of the stairs that lead into the castle.

David slowly walked down the steps toward the 4 teens whose expressions were ones of shock and fear. Sunlight's mane and fire ball faded instantly and returned to their normal colors as she staggered backwards.

"What's going on here?" He said as he looked at all of them.

All 4 remained silent as he stared at each of them.

"All right here's what's gonna happen. Sunlight, Midnight you're rooms NOW!" He barked.

"BUT DAD!!!"

"NOW!!!!!" He roared raising his voice.

Both of his children bolted past him and up the stairs leaving only Saturated Flame and Celestial Brush in the garden with him.

"Saturated I need you to go home." He said gently.

"Yes sir." The yellow mare responded as a pair of guards arrived and took her away.

"Celestial… I need YOU to explain what happened here." He said sighing as he rubbed his head in embarrassment.

"Yes sir." She responded as she sat down on the nearby fountain. David paced back and forth as he motioned for her to begin.

"It all started when Sunlight brought a friend of hers home from class. He was a nice colt, I don't remember his name but while they were talking he accidently bumped up against her flank and Midnight kind of… freaked out." She sighed.

David once again rubbed his temples with his hooves. Midnight did have a problem of overreacting at the slightest things. He motioned at Celestial to continue.

"They started arguing after Midnight chased the boy off and Saturated Flame and I tried to stop it, but…" She stopped short and David motioned for her to stop.

"I get the picture Celestial, I'll talk to the two of them about this. You better head home." He said calmly. Celestial bowed and spread her wings.

"Hey tell your dad to write me a letter for Celestia's sake! It gets REALLY boring here if you can't talk to a friend." He called as she took off.

"You got it! Later!!" She called as she flew off.

David sighed and turned back toward the castle. Now came the tough part of being a father… getting two different stories and trying to determine who was telling the truth. Next Chapter: Chapter 3 Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 2 Minutes