//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Luna goes to School // by Timmy Turner //------------------------------// "What the buck!!!!" Luna screamed at her television, throwing her Haystation controller at the floor in rage. "I swear this bucking lag is getting my flank killed..." Enraged that she had just lost a game in Call of Hooves that she should have easily, she turned off the game console and once again threw game controller at the ground. "Luna?" she heard a gentle voice call from outside her bedroom. "WHAT!?!" Luna yelled, still pretty hooved off at what just happened. "We need to talk about your...er... Behavior since you returned from exile." "What’s that supposed to mean?" Luna argued. "Well since you have returned, you haven't been exactly acting like royalty. Except for on Nightmare Night, you haven't gained any new relationships with any of your subjects, or even try to for that manner. I don't see any improvement being made, so I have decided to take things into my own hands." A worried look appeared on Luna's face, and asked, "What exactly did you have in mind?" "Luna, I'm sending you back to school, and stripping away your powers as a princess until I see some improvement in your behavior." Flashbacks of Luna's days in school came jumped n her mind. The homework, the schoolwork, the pointless hours sitting in classrooms. "Nonononono, PLEASEEE don't send me back to school. I'll do anything, ANYTHING!" "I'm sorry Luna. But my mind is already made up." After what seemed like an hour of pleading and begging her sister to not go through with her plans, those pleas became arguments. "Where do you even think you have the right to do this? I'm royalty too!" "That may be true, but as the older sibling.." Sure, Luna thought, throw that in my face. "....I believe that this is the best choice we have." Seeing that there was no way to win this argument, Luna admitted defeat, muttering, "With Discord as my witness, I will get you back for this." Luna sighed deeply. It seemed she was returning to school. "Now," Celestia said. "Let's go over the details, first off your transformation into a filly.." "Whoa Whoa Whoa. Why can't I just stay the way I am?" Luna said, shocked at this new information. "How are you going to be able to fit in with all the others without being a filly? To remain the way you are right now would defeat the purpose of this event, which is to learn how to create relationships with other ponies without royal influence." Figures, Luna thought, this day just gets better and better. "Also, you will be studying at the school in Ponyville, and during this period of time staying with Twilight Sparkle." Luna didn't really like this arrangement at all. It wasn't that she didn't like Twilight, it's just she was....just such a perfectionist. I mean seriously. Everything had to be just perfect, and Celestia forbid that her schedule didn't work out. Luna let out one last sigh. "Is there anything else I need to know?" Celestia pondered for a moment, and remembered. "Oh yes I nearly forgot. As a filly, no one may know that you are in fact the princess, or this whole process starts all over again." How could she pretend she's not the princess? On the bright side, she had the opportunity to go by a completely new name. She smiled at this thought. Hmm, what to chose. Let's see, something unique, something original, and something that pertained to her. Starry Night? Nah, not exactly what she had in mind. But it had to have something to do with the night. Full Moon? Eww no. Reminded her to much of an awful book about vampmares. Since Celestia had left Luna alone in her room, she had plenty of time to come up with a name. She sat there for a while, until after a while a little smile came upon her face. She would call herself Moonshine. Although at first she had laughed at this idea, she thought about it a little more. Why not? If she was going to be stuck in a weird situation for her, why not make it fun. It's not like she would be named Moonshine forever, just the time being. Besides, Moonshine is a great drink when you’re in the mood, and even brought out a little redmane in her. All she needed was an accent, and she'd fit right in with the Apple family. It wasn't long until she realized that an accent would be impossible to achieve, so Luna decided Moonshine was more than enough. "Who knows, maybe this can be sort of fun!" Luna thought to herself, as she prepared herself for the journey about to happen. Luna woke up the next morning, surprisingly somewhat excited about what was about to come. Of course, she could never give her sister the satisfaction of knowing this, so until she was in Ponyville, Luna would pretend to still be upset. She didn't know exactly why she wanted todo this, but it just seemed right. However none of this was going to matter, because in a few hours, she would be Moonshine, a regular old filly. She got excited just imagining it. Although being a princess was an honor, the princess routine had become tiresome after a thousand years of doing whatever she wanted, when she wanted. The day went by faster than a sonic rainboom, and before she knew it, it was time to go to school. "Sooo how exactly is this going to happen? Just a flash of smoke and POOF I'm a filly?" Luna asked. She hadn't been transformed into something new since being turned from Nightmare Moon to the Luna she now was. However, she still wasn't exactly sure how it all had happened, and was actually quite curious. "Luna, take a look in the mirror." Looking into the mirror, she saw not the Luna she had known for the last years, but the filly she once was, centuries ago. "I look so young!" Luna exclaimed, giddy with the excitement of a filly. "And, as cute as a button I might add," Celestia said, excited that Luna was taking a positive look at this. Although Luna had tried to conceal her excitement for the situation, she had given up on that as soon as she saw herself in the mirror, and let out a smile as big as the city of Canterlot. "Well, I guess it's about time I get going then isn't it," Luna said noticing the time. " Yes I guess it is, oh and Luna don't forget to write to me during your stay in Ponyville." Celestia reminded her now much younger sister. "Oh, it's not Luna anymore. Call me Moonshine."