Kung-Fu Equestria 3

The Secret Village of Twilight

The masters and changelings watched as Luna looked through all the scrolls in the Jade Palace library. One by one, she would pick one up, read, and then toss it away, with growing frustration. Twilight tried her best to catch the scrolls and sort them back where they belonged, but her movements were dispassionate, and she was more focused on Luna's search.

"Tirek... Tirek! Where is it? There's so much wisdom in here, yet I can't find anything!" Luna grumbled before looking upward. "Seriously Tia? You couldn't find a simple way of organizing your scrolls?"

"Pony Master need relax!" Tak shouted. Roar grunted in agreement.

Luna growled at the small changelings retort before she found a jade encased scroll. "Yes!" Luna called out, gliding down to the others. "Behold! All the answers shall be found within!"

"Wait for it..." Rainbow Dash said, her eyes narrowed and her mind wise to Celestia's tricks.

Indeed, when Luna opened the scroll... there was nothing written within.

"Seriously, Tia?!" Luna boomed. "Another blank scroll?!"

Rainbow, Rarity, and Applejack slammed their palms against their foreheads.

Luna nearly threw the scroll in frustration, before she noticed a spot of writing in the far corner. "No wait.." Luna said, unrolling the scroll further. "Oh okay, here we go."

The others crowded behind Luna, trying to read Celestia's carefully written text.

Long ago, I had a brother.

"You guys had a brother?" Pinkie asked, her party cannon halfway out of her hair before Luna stopped her.

"We most certainly did not!" Luna said before unrolling the scroll further. "Oh, 'in arms.' In arms. Sorry, she says, Brother in arms."

"Can't you just unroll it all at once?" Applejack asked. Luna rolled her eyes, and continued to read.

I was an ambitious young warrior back then......leading a great army. And fighting by my side was Tirek; my closest friend. One day, we were ambushed. I was badly wounded. My friend carried me for days... looking for help. Until we came to a secret village, high in the mountains. An ancient place of healing. A Place where my sun touched last. The village of Twilight.

"Twilight Village?" Twilight uttered, glancing at Shining Armor, who nodded in awe.

Yes, Twilight Village. The ponies living there used the power of chi to heal me. They taught me how to give chi. But Tirek wanted the power all to himself. He saw that what could be given could also be taken. I had to stop him. Our battle shook the Earth. Until, finally, I banished Tirek to the spirit realm. Should he ever return to the mortal realm, he can only be stopped......by a true master of chi.

"True master of chi...?" Twilight muttered, before looking to Luna. "Like you... right?"

"Me?" Luna blinked, utterly surprised. "I can barely make a flower bloom! I'd need at least a hundred more years....and a cave!"

"We need a chee master now, though," Pinkie said before tilting her head. "What is Chee anyway? Is it like Cheese?"

"It's more than cheese, Master Pie," Luna said gravely. "It is the life blood of the universe. And Tirek will no doubt continue to steal it until he has consumed it all."

"Cheese and crackers!" Pinkie gasped. "And I thought I was a glutton!"

As the others discussed the difference between cheese and chi, Twilight snuck off from Luna and the others, taking another look at the scroll. Her eyes were drawn to the ancient unicorns that could teach chi. One of the unicorns... he looked so much like her father.