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// chapter 3: Surprise Visit 
// Story: Good Night Luna 
// by Scribe Scribbles 
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	It was a nice day out and everything was normal. Luna really wanted to go outside but I wouldn't let her. I lived in a pleasant neighborhood. I had neighbors, nice neighbors. They always invited me to barbecues, get-togethers and poker night. Every other Friday was Poker Night and every other Friday a couple of my neighbors would come over and invite me to Poker Night. I never wanted to play poker because I wasn't good at it. Every time I learned something about poker and gambling I'd always forget it five seconds later. Luna and I were watching Cinderella(the original) when I got a call from my brother, John, telling me he was just eight minutes away and had Julli, his daughter, with him.
She was going to be staying at my place for a week. John and Rebecca were going on a honey-moon. It was their anniversary of their wedding and they were heading down to California. I quickly got up and ran around the picking up everything that valuable or fragile. I heard a knock on the door that told me they were here. I picked up Luna and ran up stairs to put her in my room. I opened the front to say hello to my favorite niece. Julli came dashing in and immediately plopped herself on the couch. She didn't sit on the couch to watch Cinderella, she sat down on the couch and pulled out her iPhone.
"Why the hell did you give four-year-old an iPhone?" I said to my brother.
"because she asked." They gave me a big box of stuff that I would need for taking care of her. They headed off to California and I turned around to see my niece still on her phone.
"No 'Hello uncle'?"
"yeah." She weakly replied. I walked over and pulled her iPhone out of her hands. "hey!"
"No. You're not gonna spend the whole time on your phone!"
"But I was texting my friends!"
"Don't care!" I put the phone on top of the cupboards and sat back down next to my niece who was giving me the stink-eye. "Come on, lets watch something."
"I don't wanna watch anything!" She stormed off to the bathroom and locked herself in. I simply just shrugged and switched the TV to watch some Big Bang Theory. After about nine episodes she finally came back out. She went over to the kitchen and tried to get her phone by standing on a stool. The rest of the day was spent trying to keep her from her phone. When bed time came she was still mad, but she willingly went to bed. After a while I went to bed too and Luna curled up under my chin. I was half asleep when I heard a thud and then crying afterwards. I knew it was Julli and I was in no rush to get down and find her rolling around on the floor clenching the back of her head crying and yelling. After a few minutes of figiting she allowed me to check her head for blood.
There wasn't any blood but there was a big goose-egg on the back of her head. I picked her up and started carrying her to the stairs when she asked.
"What's that?" I looked at where she was pointing to see Luna staring right back at me. It seems Luna's curiosity got the best of her. "Gasp! It's Luna! It is! That's Luna!" Julli yelled. My brother is also a fan of MLP so natural she knows all the characters. Julli became restless in my arms. I just sighed and set her down. She ran at Luna picked her up just like any four-year-old would pick up a puppy: hold them by the neck and hug them to death.
"Stop!" Luna yelled. Julli immediately dropped Luna and Luna ran behind me for safety.
"She can talk?!"
"Yeah, I taught her."
"That's awesome!!" Julli ran closer to give Luna another hug, but Luna quickly turned around ran for her life. Julli continued to chase Luna around the room until I grabbed Luna and set her on top of the kitchen counter.
"How did you get Luna? Luna! The magical pr-" Julli squeaked but I cut her off before she could say any more.
"I found her. She was cold and scared."
"Well why didn't you tell me when you did?!" I forgot to mention, not only is Julli a fan but she absolutely loves MLP. She has at least ten posters, a full bed-spread set, stuffed characters, accessories, you name it.
"Julli. Promise me something?"
"What?"
"promise me-" I was about to continue, but I stopped myself. "Come here!" I took Julli into the bathroom and closed the door. I spoke in soft whisper telling her that I didn't want her mention nor bring anything related to MLP. Ever. I didn't want this to be like My Little Dashie when Rainbow Dash finds out about the truth and runs away.
"Promise?" I said looking her in the eyes with a Fluttershy like stare.
"But why?"
"Just promise! no questions!"
"Fine!" She sighed. I opened the door and we walked out. After that Luna and Julli actually got along pretty well. Julli offered to let Luna play with her toys, but all of her toys were MLP related so I just pulled out box of my old toys from the closet. Luna struggled to hold the toys with her hooves.
"why don't you just use your magic." Luna looked back at Julli like she was some delusional woman.
"Magic?" I guess Luna being filly with no memory of her actual life, and being surrounded by other creatures with no magic she didn't know anything about her horn, let alone magical abilities.
"Yeah! You have a horn don't you?" Julli said poking Luna's horn. Luna looked up and felt her tiny horn with her hoof.
"I don't think she knows about that." I said leaning in closer from my spot on the couch. The amount of joy that was shone on my nieces little face looked scary.
"can I teach her?!" She squeaked looking back at Luna then at me. I looked at Luna who was positively terrified.