Chapter 15: Luna Meets The Rune Society
---Twilight's Library 3rd P.O.V. after the first night together---
"You girls have no idea how good the first night was." Pinkie said after explaining last night what she and Onyx were doing while they were fighting over the Ticket.
Twilight looked at the glasses of tea that she had prepared. Twilight sighed out loud. "I will get the alcohol."
The rest of the girls burst out giggling, watching as Twilight came back with a bottle of wine. Rarity quickly asked about the date. Pinkie explained, "First we saw the new Bruce Phillis movie, and then we had dinner at get this… The Lunar Bites!"
Rarity and the other girls let out a squeal while Twilight looked really confused. Twilight asked the girls. "What is the… Lunar Bites?"
Rarity smiled at Twilight, but there was no pity in her smile because she knew Twilight was new to Ponyville. "The Lunar Bites is the best restaurant in Ponyville. It is rated at Grandmaster grade. There are rumors that it might be getting an upgrade to Heirloom soon."
Twilight blinked in surprise before looking at Pinkie. "How did Onyx pay for that Pinkie? Because I do not mean to be rude, but most free researchers literally live or die by the grants they get."
Pinkie smiled before she explained, happy for Onyx. "Onyx was approached for a special magical commission. He was able to get a little over 2500 bits."
Twilight was genuinely curious. "What did Onyx make?"
"He made an arm and leg for a General of the army, one for himself and another for his son that had lost his leg in a diamond dog raid." Pinkie said a little melancholy about how Onyx made his money.
"I did not know there was a Rune language powerful enough to power a prosthetic." Twilight was genuinely curious
"Onyx has made his own language and is currently working to lock it in at level 1. He says that he is currently halfway done." Pinkie informed Twilight
Rarity quickly spoke up. "Enough technical talk. How was Onyx in bed, Pinkie?"
The girls leaned in while Twilight flinched back at Rarity's outburst. Pinkie got this really dreamy look on her face. "It was really good for our first time. It was a little quick, but it was our first time. I found a button of Onyx's that makes him cum really fast."
The others lean in, curious about that button. Pinkie blushed bright red. "Onyx has an impregnation fetish. I made a joke while we were rocking that I would mind little Onyxs and little Pinkies, and he pretty much nearly blew his load immediately."
They blinked and thought about Onyx in his daily life. Applejack made a slight joke. "Onyx is a stud?"
Pinkie thought about the words Applejack was saying. "Yeah, in bed, Onyx is a stud. He really wanted to pin me down and impregnate me the morning after. We decided to wait till we married."
The girls, as well as Twilight, burst into giggles and quickly moved on to another gossip.
---Onyx's House 3rd P.O.V. ---
"I cannot believe I have such a fetish, guys, and I cannot believe how easily Pinkie was able to get to me," Onyx complained while rubbing his face. The guys featuring Big Mac, Astral Stepper, Comet Colt, Burst into laughter at Onyx's pain. "And the morning after I could not stop myself, I damn near attacked her for another round."
The cards and beer around the table had been forgotten for now. They were currently playing poker, but they were too busy laughing at Onyx mess up about his first night with Pinkie Pie. Astral stepper teased Onyx. "Any other mistakes?"
Onyx picked up a chip and threw it at Astral in annoyance. Onyx quickly sighed before looking at Mac in thought. "I need your help with a project I am working on later on."
Big Mac and the rest were extremely curious. Big Mac asked in his usual tone of voice. "Show us?"
Onyx pulled out what was being called the spider walker. The central platform was really cool. It would spin around, keeping the platform flat no matter how the spider was standing. Onyx looked at Mac in curiosity. "What do you think would it work?"
Big Mac was not the quickest pony, but he studied machinery for fun. He just did not the money to go to college, but some of the stuff he had shown Onyx was really cool. "Gears are not strong enough. Limbs not long enough."
Big Mac quickly looked around for something, and Onyx handed over a pen and a blank sheet. Big Mac was quick as he drew the gears and the legs themselves but over two times bigger. "Might be able to support now."
Onyx studied the newly made legs before the other guys threw a chip at them. Comet and Astral spoke up, "Are we playing or not?"
"Yeah, yeah, we are playing…" Onyx quickly moved the new blueprint to the side. "You know how poker is played, so let us do it."
The guys took a drink of beer as the cards we're dealt. As Onyx dealt the cards, he looked at the other guys and realized something. "You guys are really great friends."
The other three looked at him like he was weird because it was truly random. Big Mac snorted… "Whatever, Onyx."
---Canterlot Castle 3rd P.O.V. ---
As Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were in private talks, one of the boxes lit up, causing Princess Celestia to look up in surprise. As Princess Celestia opened the box, she smiled because it was the third Volume. Princess Luna was surprised by the signature of the nascent god on the book. "Sister?"
Celestia smiled at her sister Luna. "This is an alicorn potential, Luna."
She nods before looking at the book and seeing it is the third. Celestia could see the question in her sister's eyes. Celestia moved over to a chest in her room before picking up the other two books, and Luna watched as the magic of the books mingled and then settling into each other. "Tis not finished?"
"Nope, the language is not yet done. It is taking longer with every Volume; in fact, from what my spies report, it is fighting him to put the word to the pages," Celestia informed before looking at the godling Mystically and was surprised when godling stared back. "Well, now it is slightly more aware than it was before."
The godling was completely naked with no weapons or armor, unlike what happened when Luna and Celestia created their magic that caused them to spark. Celestia mused aloud by what she had just seen. "The godling is full-bodied, it has no armor or weapons, and it cannot talk."
Luna snickered because her sister did not get it. "Sister, the books are building the god that will awaken upon young Rune maker Onyx. The reason it cannot talk is because it is only a projection of the magic itself."
Celestia hummed and nodded her head in agreement. "It will be good to get some more alicorns."
Luna looked equally saddened because Celestia and Luna are true-blooded Sisters, and they have been alone for a little over 4000 years. Celestia silently hugged Luna while crying silently into the top of her head. "It was so lonely, Luna."
"I know, sister, but you did it because there was no one else that could do it." Luna could feel Celestia's hands shake while holding her. "You held pony kind together."
"I might have damned a portion of our society because I was too kindhearted, sister." Celestia slowly informed Luna of the damage she had done to the Unicorns and the Unicorns that took the worst position in Equestrian Society. "The only reason I think they are sane is because I accepted them at a level that no one was able to because they reminded me of you, Luna. I saw them as a replacement, and I think they know this."
"I am a Statemen Luna I can lead a nation to be the best in the world, not a warrior; I am a general without compare because of my age, you know this." Celestia silently cried about all the mistakes she had made holding their Society together.
Luna sighed at Celestia's dramatics. "Sister, you did everything you could do to keep our kingdom together, so what if you made a mistake? You pick yourself up and try again, and now that I am here, I will assist the Rune society."
Celestia looked at Luna with a watery smile. "The army is your domain, sister."
Luna smirked as she stood up and looked at the nascent god forming in a young pony's body. "I wonder what you will do, smith god?"
The godling in the magic stared back just as hard as Luna peered at it. Luna quickly noticed the second aspect of the Rune magic being generated by the god. "Sister, is there a martial arm of the Rune society?"
If anything at Luna's question, Celestia looked about, ready to burst into tears again. "The Rune Warriors."
Luna looked at Celestia with a question in her eyes. Before Celestia sighed and decided to show Luna even if she hated her afterward, Celestia knew she hated herself. "Come, I must show you what the rune makers have done to themselves."
As they left the room, the nascent god never took their eyes off of them before allowing itself to fall back asleep.
---Time skip mausoleum of the Damned Rune Warriors---
Luna could feel the death magic radiating from the tomb in front of her because it could be nothing else; it was a Tomb for those warriors that decided that they would hold a thin line on the ground. "Why are there so many soldiers guarding this tomb, sister."
Luna was answered but not by Celestia, and an old Unicorn with glowing clothing walked up to them, "We are the damned one's Princess, and many Unicorns would see us destroyed."
"Even this place is seen as an aberration of good pony society that says to give our bodies back to the earth to nourish it." The Old Unicorn spoke in good humor about being seen as a monster. Luna could feel the emotions that told her that it had been this way for so long that they had accepted being what they are. T.O.U. let out a cackling-like laugh. "Rune Warriors walk into the Filth; they walk into the muck and destroy it, my Princess, so we have nothing to give back because the Filth taints a Rune Warriors body too much to give back."
"How many are entombed here?" Luna looked at the Old Unicorn. "What is your name?"
"Why on earth would you need my name Princess, but I shall give it anyway, Mystic Shine, I prefer my last name though, my lady," Shine spoke while laughing at his little jokes. He took on a solemn tone, "They're a little over 4800 Warriors entombed here, my lady."
"There more than quadruple that out there that never made it back to be entombed." Shine informed without a second of thought. "and more will be entombed because we will continue to hold the line against the Filth."
Luna looked down at Shine in curiosity at the low losses. "How strong is a Rune Warrior?"
Shine smiled at her and turned around without looked back, expecting the Princesses to follow him. Luna nodded and took off after Shine. As they walked into a training ground, Luna saw several Ponies. A Unicorn was holding up 20 tons, an earth pony was moving as fast as a top-tier Pegasus, and a Pegasus was able to activate the runes on his weapon to sling attacks. "Welcome to the proving ground. Rune Warriors are the best of the best Princess Luna."
Shine looked down in pride at the various Rune Warriors going about their day. Luna, though, immediately realized that Rune Warriors were pretty much super soldiers of Equestria. "How many Rune Warriors are born each year?"
Celestia was confused at how strong each warrior was because she never really understood because she just did not get it. Shine quickly answered the Princess, who utterly understood. "We are lucky to get a single Rune warrior every three years Princess Luna."
Luna nodded her head as she did the math in her head. "How many Rune Warriors are alive right now?"
Shine usually bright eyes darkened. "10 Rune Warriors are currently alive."
"There have been fewer and fewer Rune Warriors being born every year," Shine admitted before looking at the young Rune Warriors being trained. "We are a dying breed, my lady. Fewer and fewer Unicorns believe that they need us."
Luna nodded her head and stood next to shine. "How many are in training?"
Shine looked at the 5 youngsters that were pushing each other and laughing at each other. "Just those five, my lady."
"We have given all we can give for Equestria. It is nice that there is the hope of being able to cure the Filth. We most likely would not have been able to hold the line much longer." Shine spoke before he felt Harmony dance over his body. He was shocked to see Luna holding the railing and crushing it in her hands. "My lady, no need to be angry for us. We knew this was the most likely end when we decided to take this job on. For we have an oath, my lady."
Luna knew she would not like the quote about to come out. Shine quickly spoke the oath with reverence "Ours is not live Ours is to die."
"I see you all have given up and accepted that you were to roll over and die until you could give nothing else to Equestria." Luna sounded angrier and angrier with every word Shine was saying. "Why have you given up? You now have hope that the Filth can be cured."
"We are the damned ones, my lady, because of what we, our Rune society, have done to protect Equestria." Shine looked at her with a hardness that was borderline insanity. "I expect that we will be consider monsters if everything we have done ever got out."
"All of us are told our darkest secret to the number of towns we have had to purge, so no Filth got out. To the number of innocents, we most likely have had to kill to keep Equestria safe." Shine walked up to Princess Luna. His voice getting harder and harder. "We wish to set our burden down. We have wanted to for an exceptionally long time. But we will not because we have to hold that thin line on the ground while we are called monsters by the very ponies that we have protected."
Luna's face got equally hard before she headbutt Shine himself. "I will carry every secret you have. I will carry every burden that you Society has taken on as if they are my own."
"You cannot do this, Princess Luna. It would ruin you in the eyes of the public." Shine pleaded for her not to do this. "We are a dying breed. Let us die as monsters that stared into the abyss."
Luna knew the truth, though, with an alicorn about to be born, Rune makers and Rune warriors would be born by the hundreds. It was the same when the sisters completed their magic. "I am only carrying the burden till the one who is meant to come along and does his duty."
Shine was confused about what that meant before it clicked. "Onyx is an alicorn potential, are you saying…"
"Rune maker Onyx is making a Runic God Language, not a Rune language," Luna answered before looking down at the Rune maker, who had tears pouring down his eyes. "He will come and carry your burdens, so until he does, I will do so in his stead."
"We were content to die off who does he think he is to give us hope." Shine complained while tears ran down his face. "Damn fool of a fool."
Luna's smile could only be proud. "His back is wide enough to carry all the burdens from where I am standing."
"We were prepared for our end to come, Princess Luna." Shine said while on his knees. "Now you tell us that the one thing that could save us is coming. What are we to do?"
Luna snorted and shot to the downed Unicorn. "I have no answers for you because there is only one pony that can answer that… yourself."
Shine slowly stood up and looked at the Rune Warriors. "They will need to be ready if a Prince is coming."
"Indeed they will… he will not get all of them, of course," Luna informed with a smile. Shine shot her a stink eye with a slight smile. "All the Alicorns will get a Rune Guard."
"What do you think his deed will be, my lady?" Shine asked curiously.
"Your Rune Warriors have fought the Filth for a little over 2500 years from the records he will most like cure it in a pony," Luna told him what her guess.
Shine eyes shined exceptionally bright at her words. "If that were his deed, then we would follow him into the halls of Tartarus itself. There would be nothing that could bar his path, lady Luna."
Luna nodded her head before looking and seeing Celestia smiling exceptionally bright. "You gave them more hope than I ever could, Luna."
---Ethereal P.O.V. ---
Harmony poked the slowly forming god and the three books that were gathered in thought. 'You will be a formidable one when you fully form.'
'Also slightly annoying because with Luna's words, I can feel that she was telling the truth.' Harmony slowly examined the runes in thought.
Discord watched Harmony. 'Do not go looking for them, Harmony.'
'I am not going to. I thought about it, but it could be too dangerous.' Harmony informed Discord.
Discord nodded his head in agreement.
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