Twilight Sparkle walked down the hall, the dark purple carpet underneath her softening the sounds of her hoof beats. She was not in much of a hurry, but she didn’t want to be late.
She finally found the room she was looking for. She raised a hoof and knocked on the door.
A minute or two passed before the door opened revealing the princess of the night herself, “Twilight Sparkle,” she addressed, “It is good to see you again. Please, come in,” she smiled, moving out of the way and using her magic to open the door wider.
“Thank you, Princess.” Twilight smiled, trotting into the bedroom.
“Please, call your princess Luna.” Luna said with a chuckle.
“Whatever you say, Princess!” Twilight said. Luna blinked, unsure if that was supposed to be a joke or not. She shrugged and shut the door behind her sister’s star student. “You have such a lovely room,” Twilight admired the darkly painted room; the purple carpet, the ceiling painted with twinkling stars and shimmering nebula that glowed all the brighter with the moonlight peeking in through the window.
Luna chuckled, “Thanks. For a while I had to stay in Celestia’s room since the ponies who built the castle were…” she paused. “…unaware of a second princess.”
There was an awkward silence. “I’m… sorry,” Twilight said.
“Oh no, it is fine.” Luna regained her composure. “Anyway, I’m glad you were able to visit. Are you enjoying yourself?”
Twilight smiled, “Yeah, I’m glad I could come today. I spent time with Celestia, visited my parents.” Twilight continued on about what she’d done that day, and Luna ended up although not really aware of it, tuning her out.
“…And that’s why I’m so happy to see you tonight!” Twilight finished with a smile.
“Huh? Wha- OH! Yes, I’m glad to see you too, Twilight.” The blue alicorn smiled, flushing slightly. “Come, would you like a place to sit? I have a few beanbags over here…”
And so the two continued to talk and visit; they hadn’t really had the chance to talk during the ‘Summer Sun Celebration aftermath’, so it was good to be able to just relax and get to know each other better.
A knock on the door interrupted them. Luna sighed; “Yes? What is it?” she called.
The door opened to reveal a guard; “Princess,” he dipped his head respectfully. “Princess Celestia requires your presence immediately.”
“Shouldn’t she be asleep?” Luna muttered under her breath, than cleared her throat. “Alright, you may go.”
He did so, and Luna stood up. “You’ll have to excuse me Twilight Sparkle, I will be back shortly.”
“That’s fine,” Twilight said as Luna walked out, shutting the door softly behind her. Twilight yawned – it was good to visit Canterlot again, she had sure missed it. It was good to just visit, see her family, spend time with her mentor; that kind of thing.
Twilight looked out the window, the dark curtains billowing softly. The moon was full; it was a particularly beautiful night tonight, there was not a cloud in the sky and the stars seemed to shine brighter than usual.
She laid on her back, stretching. She’d been more active then she usually was today, and her muscles felt sore. She stared up at the beautifully painted ceiling, trying to figure out if the stars were just painted on or actually jewels stuck to the ceiling. As she pondered this, a tiny sound made her ears perk. She paused, what was that?
She listened.
Another sound. It sounded faint, and whispery. She sat up, ears standing erect. “Hello?” she called, although her voice came out quiet. Another pause, and then another sound. It almost sounded like somepony saying ‘help’ in a long, drawn out whisper. She hesitated – where was that coming from? She stood up, looking around and trying to pinpoint the sound. “…Hello?” she called out again.
Another whisper. Twilight looked at the closet, listening hard. Yes… it seemed to be coming from there. She bit her lip, taking a slow, step closer.
Yessssssssss.
She jumped, backed away, and then moved forward a few cautious steps.
Come… closer… need….
Twilight hesitated… was Luna playing a prank on her or something? Why else would there be an eerie voice whispering from the closet? It made no sense… Twilight finally walked forward, determined to figure this out. This must be a prank – and in no way was she going to fall for it!
She stood in front of the door and mentally prepared herself for something to jump out at her. Slowly, leaned forward and pressed an ear against the door, then pulled away and using her magic she pulled it open. It swung open slowly; a steady long creak rang out.
No beast popping out at her, no ponies or anything relatively scary at all. The air felt cold and icy.
But that was normal for closed closets. Well, usually. But this closet looked normal enough; there were no clothes on the hangers, which was pretty normal. Ponies usually only wore clothes for special events.
A few books sat on the shelf near the ceiling, but that was it. Shoved into the back, was a chest. Twilight felt… drawn to it. Something almost seemed to pull her closer; she backed a step away, before slowly approaching it.
The sound of approaching hooves snapped the unicorn out of her trance, and she leaped out, using her magic to close the door and then jumped back into the beanbag just as the bedroom door opened revealing a very grumpy looking Luna. “Hi Princess!” Twilight smiled; rather unsure if she should mention the voice in the closet.
Was Luna hiding something?
“Luna,” the alicorn corrected. “And are you alright? You look pale…”
“What? Oh no, I’m fine. Just thinking… what did Celestia want?” Twilight said nervously.
“She thought now would be the perfect time to throw a blueberry pie in my face.” Luna growled, “I’m sorry – well, Celestia should be sorry for making me make you wait.”
Twilight would have been surprised, if not shocked at this, but she was too busy trying not to think about whispering voices in princess’ closets. “Oh… that’s fine. Do you need me to leave?”
“You don’t have to;” Luna sighed. “I’m just irritated is all.”
“I wouldn’t want to impose…”
Luna laughed; “Impose on what? It’s Celestia that imposed on us,”
“Well…” Twilight bit her lip. Luna eyed her. “Are you alright, Twilight Sparkle?”
“No – I feel sick… really sick all of a sudden. I hope you don’t mind, but I should probably get some rest….”
Luna seemed to agree. “Yes, you look rather ill. Would you like a guard to escort you back to your room?”
“No, that’s fine. Thanks though, Luna” Twilight smiled an insincere smile and headed out the door.
Twilight paced in her room; thinking hard.
What had that been? Why was it coming from Luna’s closet? Why had it called for help? Why did it sound so small and desperate? Was somepony trapped in there? Did Luna know? Was Luna hiding something? Did anypony else know? Had anypony else even noticed this?
A million questions raced through Twilight’s mind. After a good while of late night pacing, she decided she had only been hearing things. That was the logical answer after all – she’d been running around all day in the big city of Canterlot, she was tired… Yes, that must have been it. With a smile, she crawled into her bed; blew out the candle and tossed and turned for the rest of the night, finally falling asleep in the wee hours of the morning.
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Note guys, this was written a few years ago so it's definitely not like the stuff I usually post, this is a lot more amateur. (Well, I'm still amateur,) but here you go... I cleaned it up a bit, and sent it to Crimsongraph for proofreading. Any chapter after three or four will be new, so they'll be better (comparatively, I think) Enjoy!