Sister...

Chapter 4: The dagger in the stone...

''TIIIAAAAaaaaaaaa..........-- ''

The snow rumbled down with her, into this seemingly endless hole.
Luna descended into the darkness.
She turned herself around mid-air and moved her hooves around in hopes of grabbing a root, a ledge, anything that could prevent her from getting squished on impact.

She used the glow of her horn to try and see the bottom.
But as soon as she did so, Luna reached the very end of this hole.

*SPWLASH*

The water felt like hard concrete against her little body, but thankfully, it wasnt enough to badly hurt the little filly.

'' *GAAASP* Ah!..- ah..... T...Tia''

The adrenaline kicked in at the right moment, which allowed Luna to swim safely to the shore despite being extremely sore from the impact.
She climbed out of the icy water, it was so cold down there that the dropplets would immediately freeze...

''........''

Luna looked at herself and shook the water off her boday as best as she could, which seemed to work well enough for the time being.
She walked to the edge of the water and looked up, the entrance of the hole now seemed like a tiny little dot that was barely bright enough.

''CELESTIAAAA!!! CELESTIA, I'M OKAAYY!!!!''

Her voice echoed up this tunnel, but it couldn't reach up to her sister, there was no answer coming back to her.
And she even waited for one, but alas...

The young filly glow seemed more faint. which allowed the darkness to slowly creep up to her.

''No, no! You stupid horn! Not now... *tap-tap*''

She poked at her horn hoping it would do somehow help it glow stronger.
The tribe Luna came from were made of very powerful unicorns, their abilities were often shown at a very early age.
But Luna.... Luna was one of those late bloomers.
She only recently gained control of her magic, and yet it was limited... Never has anypony heard of a limit when it comes to magic, yet...

The young filly seemed quite frightened as her horn's glow died slowly.... She finally looked around the cave for the first time since her arrival.

It smelled like dirt and moss, the walls were made of dirt and stone, two elements clashing onto eachother.
The ground was covered in mud and moss. It was extremely dark.
There seemed to be no way out from here, she had to explore this underground prison...

''Please dont give out on me....''

Luna's horn began to glow a little bit brighter, which gave her enough hope...
She began to walk amongst the darkness, never knowing where her hooves might step on.

"It's okay... Celestia will find me, I just know it... I.. I just have to find an exi..-- *CRACK* EEEEYP!!!!! "

Luna's pace went from unsure to fast. She did not know where this noise came from! Little did she know, she simply stepped onto an old branch...

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This cave system seemed endless! Luna dont even remember how many turns she took so far, nor what they were...

She knew for a fact she she was going up! Or..... down?...
At this point, exhaustion slowly started to creep over her... she was using most of her energy on keeping her horn on.

"I can't keep this on....-"

*WHOMPH*

"Ouch!!"

Luna tripped over a big and bright green root, it took her a moment to realise what just happened. She picked herself up slowly and tried to scrape the mud off her body...