I walk quietly down the path, trying to not make any noise. I turn a corner of bushes to see Luna laying on the bench, facing away from me. I open my mouth to speak, but am beaten to it. "Who goes there?" I hear Luna's regal voice call out, I freeze.
"A-amanda Honey." I say, taking a step forward.
"What do you want?" Luna asks me, turning to face me.
"I uh, I was looking out the balcony and I saw the garden and you and I thought I should come down and talk to you." I say, "You looked lonely."
"We are not lonely." Luna turns her head away from me.
"Mind if I sit?" I ask, motioning to the bench. Luna looks at me and looks away, saying nothing. I take that as a yes so I sit down beside her.
"We wonder why you sit like that." Luna says, looking over at me. I look down and realize that im sitting as if I was a human, Luna is laying on the bench. It explains why the bench is so long.
"Its, uh. Its how humans sit." I say, looking at her. "Why do you talk like that, Like you're more than one pers- Pony?" I ask. "I heard you talking normally before you saw me."
"It is the royal Canterlot voice. We use it too our subjects." Luna says, looking away again
"I'm not technically a subject." I say, looking to her.
"Hmph" I hear Luna say lightly. She turns to face me. "You have our interest."
"Oh-" I say, surprised. "Your interest with what?"
"You." Luna says, looking at me. "Tell us about yourself."
"Oh, uh." I say, not sure where to start. "My name is Amanda Honey, I am 24 years old and live with my boyfriend."
"Tell us about what happened before you came to Equestria." Luna says, looking interested.
"I was walking one day when I passed by the forest, the trees and everything looked so... Silver. Then I saw something shine a little deeper into the forest." I say, looking down. "I told myself it wouldent take long. I said to myself that I'd be back soon." I look up at the night sky. "The shine was deeper into the forest than I thought, Because when I turned around near the shine, I coulden't see where the forest ended. It all looked the same." I look over to Luna "I picked up the shine and saw it was just a shimmering stone." I sigh. "I shoved it into my pocket, trying to think of a way out of the forest, when I started to hear faint voices." I look down at my hoof. "I suddenly grew tired and rested at the base of a tree, The voices got louder, and I got tireder. I shut my eyes, and when I opened them I was in the maze." I say, looking back at Luna.
"Fascinating. No wonder you screamed." Luna chuckles "Or so ive heard."
"You didin't say 'we've'" I say.
"I didin't?" Luna cocks her head, clearly knowledgeable of her speech.
"Am I no longer a subject to you?" I say as I laugh a little.
"I assume not." Luna smiles, looking to the ground.
We must have talked for over an hour. Luna told me about her becoming Nightmare Moon, she told me of the elements of harmony, she told me of their current bearers. She told me of Equestria's history. She told me about herself.
"Luna." I say, looking off into the distance.
"Yes?" She replies, laughing a little.
"Why were you out here?" I ask, looking to her.
"Ah." Luna sighs. "I was appreciating the Lunar Garden."
"The Lunar Garden?" I ask.
"Yes. You see durring the day, this garden contains bright, yellow, white, light flowers, bushes appear to be lighter. That is the Solar Garden." Luna looks at a near by flower. "When the sun sets the solar flowers become lunar flowers, the bushes become darker, and everything changes." Her horn ignites and lifts the flower off of its stem, it floats twords her. "It is truly sad as no one comes to visit the Lunar Garden, Just me." She smells the flower. The center of the flower is a glowing white bulb, surrounded by dark blue thick petals.
"Oh." I say, yawning. "I can visit with you."
Luna smiles. "Ah but surely once you see the Solar Garden, you will prefer that to this."
"we'll see." I say, yawning again.
"Right." Luna looks up to the moon. "it is well past midnight, you should get some sleep." Luna says, getting up. "Come." She says, walking to the castle. I get up groggily and follow her. We approach the large glass door, I speed up a little, just barely ahead of Luna. I shut my eyes as I yawn, still walking when I suddenly stop. I hit something.
I hear Luna laughing faintly. I must have hit a wall, whatever I hit was hard and solid. I open my eyes and gasp. It was the glass door. "How did that not break!?" I ask Luna, Amazed.
"Magic." Luna says, opening the door with her magic. "That and strong glass." She giggles as she walks into the castle, the door staying open, waiting for me to enter.