//------------------------------// // Departure and adventures // Story: Him who walked alone // by -Snackrifice- //------------------------------// "Is everything ready?" Luna, her sister and I were currently getting to leave the cave. We were packing food, water and anything we found remotely useful to take with us. The younger sister even had a small pointy stick 'to defend us against evil monsters that wants to eat us'. I found it adorable and it wasn't like Luna was going to be the one fighting if we encountered agressive creatures. "So," i asked while looking at Celestia, "tell me, what do you do if we are attacked?" "We went over the plan a doze time already! I know it by heart and so does Luna. Why do I have to repeat it another time?" Whined the white filly, clearly annoyed by how much I went over the safety details of our trip. "Well Tia, it's ok if I call you Tia right? Even if you know something by heart you still have to repeat it over and over again because no one has a perfect memory. I have lived for a very long time and I've seen too many suffer because of my carelessness. Now that I know I won't be alone anymore, I don't want to watch you two suffer," I answered with a pained look on my face. "My heart couldn't take the pain." "Ok fine, I'll say it again," said Celestia, looking a bit guilty at the fact that I had to remember bad memories to get her to cooperate. "And yes, you can call me Tia. But only if you find a nickname for Luna as well! And didn't you say that it is impossible for you to forget something?" "I am the exception that makes the rule Tia. Hey Luna, how does Lulu sounds for a nickname?" I asked, hoping for the small blue filly to like my awesome naming abilities. "I like it!" Said 'Lulu' still as cute as ever. "Thank you walker." Walker was the name I had given them since my real name has yet to be translated into their language. Every time a re-birth happens, I have to go out of my way to translate my birth name into the new official language. "Ok, so if we get attacked, I take Luna with me and us two find a safe hiding place somewhere while you deal with whatever is being to agressive. Then you come back to find us using that weird magical map of yours and we continue our way. Talking about the map, just where did you find it?" Said Celestia while rolling her eyes. I shivered as I recalled the events that led me to possessing the map, which only showed places you already explored and showed you were the other similar map was. I had give. The other one to the two sisters in case we got separated and needed to find each other. "Well let's just say it was a really weird meeting with a really strange and confusing being. Maybe if we're lucky you two will have the chance of meeting him. Anyway, now that we're all ready, let's go!" We left the cave, looking for adventure. (-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-) It has been an hour since we were able to wake Luna up. The little filly was such a heavy sleeper she could sleep through a earthquake and not be affected by the ultimate waking up technique : the glass of water. In that hour, we ate breakfast, walked and observed multiple things. Basically, the usual. We left a chain of mountains three days ago and were now going through a gigantic field that was almost completely empty. Well... when I say ALMOST empty... "What a random place for a tree," said the smoll white filly. And it was true, the tree was in the middle of nowhere by itself. No other tree or other kind of plants could be seen anywhere near our location. If that wasn't weird enough, it had only one small apple. A small, bright and rainbow striped apple. Sadly, the tree was too tall and the lowest branches were too high for me to pick it up. "Woah," said Luna, mesmerized by the colorful fruit. "What is that?" "Well Lulu, it looks like an apple!" I answered. "But it's really small and it's so full of color that not all of them have names. I wonder how it taste. Unfortunately the fruit is too high for me too pick up. Better luck next time!" "Wait," said Celestia while crouching a bit. "Let me try." She then produced light from her horn. It was the first time I ever saw the pointy bone-head be actually useful. To my amazement, the rainbow fruit became brighter and brighter before slowly floating down towards us. Tia 'levitated' it into my waiting hoof than dropped on the ground, seemingly tired for... Whatever she just do. Curious about the whole thing, I asked "What was that?" While taking a small bite out of the apple. "Mmmmh! This is delicious! C'mon, try it Lulu." I handed... Hoofed? the fruit the younger sister who took a bite. She than took another and was about to take a third one before I stopped her and gave the fruit to and exhausted Celestia. The older sister took the final bite and threw the apple away before jumping onto her hooves. "Wow! I'm full of energy. It's like I was never tired at all, I could probably run forever now!" Said the not-so-tired-filly. "And to answer your question Walker, that was magic." "Magic?" "Magic." Both Luna and I looked at each other before smiling and turning back towards a confused looking Tia. We both said at the same time: "Teach us!!" "Ah dammit." Sighed The white filly. (-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-) The sun was setting down. It was hard to see, mainly because most of the sky was covered by dark storm clouds. We were hiding from the rain under a big tree with lots of large leaves covering us. I already finished the two fillies' bed and was currently making mine using the leaves and vegetation all around our little camp. Celestia was lying in her bed, trying to fall asleep despite the sound of rain and the occasional lightning and thunder. Luna, however, was sitting at the base of the giant tree, holding her hind legs against her body while slightly shaking and jumping every time the thunder roared in the darkened sky above us. after some time, the older sister got up and went to sit down near the blue filly, softly reassuring her sister with a speech not loud enough for me to hear. Luna seemed to calm down a little, not longer jumping in fright at every strange noise near our beds. I finally decided to ask, "Luna, are you afraid on the storm?" "yes," she answered, looking at me in what seemed to bit a bit of fear and shame. "It's really loud and scary. It sounds like a dragoun from one of your stories." "It's dragon Luna. And yes it does sound like one but I can assure you, there is not gigantic beast ready to eat us near," even with my reassuring words, the tiny filly was still afraid. I then decided to do something I had not done in many, many years. "Lulu, would you like my to sing a song?" "A song? What song? And why would you want to sing something just before going to sleep?" asked to now curious foal. "A song sang just before tucking in a young child, commonly referred to as a lullaby, is suppose to help you sleep even if you are scared. I'm going to sing one that the shaman from an ancient tribe of warrior used to give courage and a good night of sleep before going into battle. Of course, we are not going to fight anything tomorrow but I happen to like this one and it'll help you be full of energy when waking up. I then putted Celestia and Luna into bed before sitting down next to them. I then started singing. (skip the video to 1:40) Thank you I'll say goodbye soon Though it's the end of the world don't blame yourself, now. And if it's true, I will surround you and give life to a world That's our own. I repeated it a second time and when I was down, Luna was already dreaming of another world while her sister was slowly closing her eyes. Both of them had a smile on their faces as I lied down in my bed before drifting of to slumber. (-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-) It was now the middle of the day, we had walked on a long distance already so I choose to take a break for the girls' sake here under a mountain. There were birds flying around us in circles. Birds and other flying species always fascinated me since they seemed so free while I was stuck walking. In all my regenerations, I had never change into a creature that could fly so I was a bit jealous of them. I then remembered that I to had wings today. although, I could switch between my specials features too much because of how exhausted I became after six or seven transformation. I decided to switch to my wings and try to fly again. I took positon on a small cliff, if you could even call it that, and started running toward were the fillies were eating small fruits. I jumped, spreading my wings and going up. That's it! I was doing it! I was finally flyi... Crashing on the ground in an extremely painful manner. My mouth, ears and nose were filled with dirt and small rocks but I could still hear the girls laughing uncontrollably at me. A bit of an embarrassing display, but with enough practice, I'm sure I would fly better than those arrogant bird still up in the sky, taunting my inability to leaving to ground and join them in glorious freedom. "Looks like you have a bit of a problem there Walker," said Celestia, still laughing. "Well Tia, do YOU know how to fly? 'Cause if you do, I'll gladly take lessons." I was still a bit ashamed of my poor performance. "I happen to be able to fly dear. Well, I'm not that good but I can glide down if I spread my wings after jumping from a high place and I can get off the grounds by flapping my wings," said the white filly, quite proud of herself. To prove her point, she jumped and flapped her wings, managing to go a few meters up into to air before falling back down. "I can't fly yet, but Tia has been teaching me," said Luna. " maybe we could all learn to fly together." "That seems like a wonderful idea Luna, Celestia could teach us and to fly since we all have wings." "But I already have to teach you magic! Do I really have to help you two fly? I think teaching you both how to use your horns without being blown up by Walker is enough," added the small pink maned filly. Celestia then looked at both me and her little sister. Her eyes widened and she started to sweat as the two poorer flyer were making puppy eyes. "Ah dammit! Alright I'll teach you how to fly!" "Yes!" "Huzaah!" (-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-) the sun was already going down when we stopped near the edge of a cliff. There was a lot of grass and some trees nearby so we would not have any problems with building the beds. Celestia had sprained her leg earlier and it was still healing. We were running away from something called a manticore in the human mythologie. I found it really strange to see so many connections between a civilisation dead and gone and one still building itself. I had been injured while distracting the beast, leaving me with a big claw mark on my side. It was a bit painful but I would heal pretty quickly. A long time ago, I noticed that the deadlier the injury was, the faster I would recover from it. "Walker, how are you always happy about everything?" Asked the white filly. "What made you think I was always happy? I can tell you there is a lot of times where I'm not," I assured her while collecting some leaves for a makeshift bed. The older sister thought for a moment before answering. "Well you were hurt by the monster yet you are still smiling." I took a moment to think about what I could tell her. "Well Tia, you have to enjoy the small things that life give you. If you only focus on the bad things, you'll end up depressed and living won't be something to enjoy anymore. Yes, I got hurt and it was painful, but I knew that both of you were same so it was worth it. Plus I saw a new specie of bird on the way that I have to observe later." By their confused look, I decided to simplify my explanation. "All I'm saying is, find a way to have a good time while enjoying the small things and don't let anything stop you!" Tonight, I'm gonna have myself a real good time. I feel a-a-a-alive! And the world, I'll turn it upside down yeah. I'm floating around in ecstasy so don't stop me now. Don't stop me, 'cause I'm having a good time, having a good time! I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger defying the laws of gravity. I'm a racing car passing by like lady Godiva! I'm gonna go, go, go there's no stopping me! I'm burning through the sky yeah, 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit! I'm travelling at the speed of light! I wanna make supersonic mare out of you. Don't stop me now! I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball. Don't stop me now! If you wanna have a good time, Just give me a call! Don't stop me now 'cause I'm having a good time. Don't stop me now yes, I'm having a good time I don't wanna stop at all, yeah! I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars on a collision course, I am a satellite. I'm out of control, I'm a sex machine ready to reload like an atom bomb! About to oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, explode! I'm burning through the sky, yeah! 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit. I'm travelling at the speed of light, I wanna make a supersonic stallion out of you! Don't stop me, don't stop me, don't stop me hey, hey, hey! Don't stop me, don't stop me, ooh, ooh, ooh I like it Don't stop me, don't stop me have a good time, good time Don't stop me, don't stop me oooooooooooh! Alright. (guitar) Oh, burning through the sky, yeah. 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit, hey! I'm travelling at the speed of light! I wanna make supersonic mare out of you, hey, hey. Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball. Don't stop me now if you wanna have a good time, just give me a call! Don't stop me now 'cause I'm having a good time Don't stop me now Yes, I'm having a good time I don't wanna stop at all! Ha da da da da da da da da. Ha da da ha ha ha, Ha da da, Ha da da da da. ... "Well that was weird." "I wondered were the music came from." "Hey walker." "Yes Luna?" "What's a sex machine?" "... I'll tell you when your older Lulu."