In the train to Ponyville, Luna enjoyed looking at the world from a different perspective. Usually, as princess she could simply fly to nearby towns, or even just teleport herself there. However, Celestia wanted to go through with the whole living like a normal pony as long as she attended school. However, the train was much slower than flying, and when you are traveling alone, it seems that time slows down. Bored, she found herself looking out the window, hoping for some excitement to happen. There was the occasional farm in the open land, but besides that nothing happened of importance. After a while of sitting twiddling her hooves, she fell asleep out of boredom.
Opening her eyes, she found herself sitting in a classroom. "How'd i get here?" she thought to herself. A pony standing in the front of her class began to speak.
"Hello class, today we have a new student. Moonshine will you please stand up." Standing up, Luna heard snickering from the students.
One of the fillys called out, " Look! She's only wearing underwear!" Looking to her flank, she saw the undergarments.
Embarrassed, She tried to run out the door, but the door kept going farther and farther away from her, as the laughter continued. Screaming in anguish, everything turned black, and there she was sitting in the train.
"Of course it was a dream," she thought to herself. "I don't even wear underwear..." Nevertheless, the dream still stunned her. What if this experience didn't go like it was supposed too. These fears were quickly shoved away. "Come on, your a Princess! Your'e not gonna let a bunch of Fillies get to you!" Although she was confident in his abilities, Luna couldn't help but be a little nervous about the upcoming days.
"Welcome to Ponyville!" the train conductor called out.
Luna had been so preoccupied that she hadn't even noticed that her surroundings had changed into the town. Luna quickly gathered her things, exited the train, and was quickly approached by Twilight.
"Hello! Welcome to Ponyville. I hope your trip went by alright. I couldn't help but notice that the train arrived three minutes behind schedule."
There she was again, always having to have a perfect schedule.
"Im really excited about your stay in my Library, Lun.."
"Moonshine," Luna cut her off. "For my stay in Ponyville, I will go as Moonshine."
Twilight looked a little shocked about this new name, but continued on anyway. "Oh, uhm, ok then Lu..er.. I mean Moonshine. I'm sure you will love the sleeping arrangements I have made up for you. Spike was generous enough to offer up his bed and space to you during your stay."
Upon arriving at the Library, the two were approached by none other than the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"Hiya there," Applebloom greeted. "Twilight told us that a new filly from Canterlot would be coming to Ponyville. We're the Cutie Mark Crusaders! I'm Applebloom, the orange one is Scootaloo, and this here is Sweetie Belle!"
"Ok Luna, here it goes, your first conversation with her new schoolmates," Luna thought. "Good Afternoon, my dear fillies. I am very so looking forward to spending my time with you at our school. I am sure that our times will be joyous and wonderous during my stay in Ponyville."
Scootaloo whispered to Sweetie Belle, "Why does she talk so funny?"
"I don't know, Canterlot ponys are always so wierd," Sweetie Belle replied.
After a quick hush from Applebloom, they continued.
"So, uh, whats your name?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Moonshine," Luna said proudly.
"Oh, well..er.. nice to meet you Moonshine," replied Scootaloo, stifling a laugh.
"And I quite enjoyed meeting you three. Farewell for now, fellow schoolmates." Luna said as she walked into the library. When the door closed, the Cutie Mark Crusaders laughed to themselves at the conversation.
"Moonshine really? Pfft! I've heard some pretty strange names, but that tops them," Scootaloo laughed. "Her parents must have been really wasted when they picked that name. Hahaha!"
Luna was proud at the conversation she just had. She thought that it had gone really well. "Well, that was a great way to start out my life in Ponyville. Don't you think so Twilight?"
"Oh, uhm, sure it went fine. However there are a few things that you need to work on."
Luna, a little surprised, replied, "Really? Like in what way."
"You just need to lighten up a bit, and not be so... Precise. Simply talk to everypony, without all the sugarcoating and proper sentences. These are fillies, and most likely won't know what you're saying when you talk like that."
Luna became a little disgruntled over this new news. Up until now, she had assumed that she had learned how to talk to people the last time she talked to Twilight. "What do you think I should do?" Luna asked.
" Be yourself, and all to others like your talking to me right now," Twilight answered.
It was going to be hard to talk to everyone like this. On most occasions she only talked to her friends like this, since she had to keep the princessly image to her subjects.
"It's getting a little late, Luna. Perhaps we should go to bed for the night. Besides tout have a big day tomorrow!"
Luna's excitement for tomorrow began to return as she realized she was just hours away from a whole new experience. Climbing into bed, worries of embarrassment returned. Luna tried her best to push these thoughts out of her head, but was unsuccessfully. For the remainder of the night, she sat there staring at the roof above her, imagining how tomorrow might turn out.