It was a long day for the family and it wasn’t too long, the sun was setting down as Prophet could see the Moon already from the window even though it was still technically daytime. Meanwhile his mother Day Dream is busy feeding her young foal, Free Spirit. The little one was very hungry after waking up from his nap. His mother looks back and gently smiles as she hears her small foal yawn after finishing eating his milk. “My sweet little Free Spirit,” she said it with a nuzzle.
“Hey mommy?” Prophet asks his mother but she didn’t hear her son as she was busy paying attention to her younger son, so Prophet tries again. “Mommy? Mommy!”
“Hmm? Yes dear?”, His mother finally snaps out of it now paying attention to her older son.
“When is daddy coming back from work?” Prophet asked.
“Oh, he’ll be here shortly.” She replied.
“Ok then.” Prophet looks at the beautiful blue and orange sunset while he waits patiently for his dad. (Although Prophet was never the one who has patient.) There is not a single cloud in the sky, just a marvelous sunset and the Moon almost now high in the sky which he hasn't forgotten about. He stares at the moon for a bit until his mother said:
“Sweetie have I ever told you about the Mare in the Moon?”
Prophet looks back at his mother with a confused face, “Mare in the Moon?” Prophet wasn't sure if he heard his mom right the first time.
“Mhmm. Have I ever told you that story before?”
“No.”
“Do you want to hear it?”
“Yeah!”
“Okay. Hmm let me see how it goes?” She thinks for a second. “Ah yes. A long time ago there was (and apparently they're still alive), she whispered the last part to herself. “Two regal sisters who ruled together and created harmony for all the land. The eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the Sun at dawn while the younger one brought out the Moon to begin the night. Their subjects, the ponies, played in the day but “shunned” the night and slept through it which made the younger Unicorn grow bitter inside; it led her to refuse the moon to be lowered.
“Oh. What happens next?” Prophet asks.
She continues, “Well as her bitterness continued to grow in her heart it transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness known as Nightmare Moon. Eventually she went on to rebel against her older sister for taking the admiration she yearned for for a long time. The elder sister pleaded with her younger sibling but the evil Nightmare Moon attacked her. The elder sister seen that she had no choice and knew what she had to do in order to protect her subjects. She reluctantly harnessed the power of the elements of Harmony and banished her permanently in the moon, therefore the elder sister took on the responsibility for both Sun and Moon, maintaining harmony in Equestria.”
“What happens next?”, Said her son who is now filled with excitement in his eyes.
“Umm…” She was not prepared for this. “I guess that is the end.”
“WHAT!?!”, her son exclaimed. “That can't be the ending! Is the younger sister banned on the moon forever?!” Before her son can say more his ears raise up and quickly went to the window and looks up to see now the night sky. There it was. A beautiful white full moon high up on the horizon.
“Honey it's just a story. Sort-of.” She whispered that last part to herself. She then looks at her younger son who happens to be finished eating and starts to get up slowly as she stretches her hooves and tries not to wake the baby by her movements. After stretching she now turned her attention toward her older son who is still looking at the moon from the window. She walks over there to join her son to watch.
“It beautiful isn't it Prophet?”, She couldn't help but smile at the clear night sky.
“Yeah…” The young colt replied back with a saddened face.
Hearing the tone of her son’s voice Day Dream looks at her son and sees he is upset.
“What's wrong, dear?” She asks.
“It's just…” Her son paused for a bit while she waits patiently for her child to finish what he has to say. “It's sad that the younger sister was banished to the moon away from her family. It's sad that she has no pony to talk to and is alone all by herself. I don't want to end up like her.” While she was listening to her son talking she felt deep sadness inside her.
“Oh sweetie. Nothing is going to happen to you,” she embrace her child into a hug holding onto him firmly but gentle comforting her young foal. Hearing the words of her son began to sink in as she remembers what the words of her elder son had said when Free Spirit was born a month ago.
“He's not going to be one of us when he grows up…”
“What does he mean by that? Did something happen to him in the future? Why is it still bothering me?”, She pondered hard trying to figure out what the meaning behind those words. She closes her eyes for a few seconds and quietly takes a deep breath.
“Mommy?”
“Yes sweetie?”
“Are you alright?” Her son now seems concerned about his mother just by looking at her facial expression.
“Yes dear… I'm fine.” She smiled at her child. A knocking can be heard from the door as both Day Dream and Prophet raise their ears when they heard it. Day Dream went towards to the front door and opens the door knob by using her magic. She let the door wide open to see her husband Fortune Hunter greeted them with a smile.
“Hey!”
“Daddy!” Exclaimed his son who was happy to see his dad after returning from work.
“Hey kiddo. How was your day with mom?”
“It was great! We went to the lake today and mommy taught me how to swim!”
“Oh really? That sounded like fun. I wish I was there.”
“You can come tomorrow!” Prophet exclaimed.
“Sorry son but I have work tomorrow. Perhaps another day.” His father said which made Prophet’s ears droop knowing he can’t come tomorrow. His father notices his son’s sad expression which he attempts to cheer his son.
“I promise I will join you at the lake. In fact let's all have a picnic together by the lake a week from now. How does that sound?”
His son’s ear suddenly perk up once again hearing he was going to have a family picnic. “Yay!”
Fortune Hunter laughs and happy to see the young foal leaping for joy. Day Dream also smiles to see the happiness of her elder foal. She soon heard a quiet yawn from her younger foal who was starting to wake up. Day Dream walks toward to her child and picks him up with her magic from her horn. The pink glow from her horn surrounds the young Free Spirit gently and floats the smaller foal slowly to his mother until they meet face to face. Day Dream gave the baby a warm smile.
“And how are you, my love? Did you sleep well?” Of course the baby couldn't respond what his mother had said so all the baby could do is blow raspberries with his small tongue followed by a drool of saliva.
“Ew sweetie.” She couldn't help but giggle at her son’s attempted response. Day uses her magic once again to get a small towel and used it to wipe off the drool off the baby’s snout. She then places the towel on a small table a few inches from her.
By using her magic Day Dream gently levitates the foal and gently puts him on her back. The little one held to his mother. Fortune Hunter walks over to his wife and his younger foal which the foal immediately gave his attention to his Father.
“Hey Free Spirit. You are so little.” He chuckles lightly. The baby unicorn looked at his father although not directly at him but what's on top of his head, his horn. Hunter knew the baby was looking at his horn so he lower his head for his son to get a better look. However Day Dream seems a bit worried for her husband’s horn getting too close to the baby.
“Um… Hun?”
“Yes?”, He looks at his wife.
“Don't you think your horn is a little too close to the baby? I don't want the baby to get hurt by your horn.” She asked anxiously.
“Don't worry, I won't do anything harmful to our foals if I knew it was dangerous.” He responded, which brought some relief to his wife’s concern. As his horn now meets in the same level in front of the young foal’s face, Day Dream cautiously observed like any other mother would do. Fortune Hunter let out a smile to the baby while the young one curiously looked at the older unicorn’s horn, smelling it. The baby was ready to bite the horn of his father until he gently picked up the foal with his magic and placed him on the back of his wife. “He seems to be hungry. Is dinner ready?”
“Um no but I will get on right to it but I need you to watch over the baby and Prophet while I cook.
“Sure, I’ll watch over the boys.” Fortune hunter uses his magic once again to get the baby off his wife's back while Day Dream heads to the kitchen to cook up dinner for her family. He lied down as he gently puts the young foal down next to him nuzzling the baby. In retaliation the baby boops his father’s nose which it made Hunter chuckle as the young one squeals in joy. Prophet soon joined his father to watch over his younger brother as he climbs on top of his father’s back and watches the baby. The foal then turn his attention to see his older brother and made gurgling noises. Prophet gets off from his father’s back and gets close to Free Spirit. He narrowed his eyes as he got close to his younger brother staring at him. The young colt tilted his head as why his older brother was staring at him. Prophet soon met with a lick as he was disgusted trying to get the saliva off from his face with his hoof. Fortune Hunter couldn't help but laugh at the confrontation between his two sons.
A few hours after dinner was over it was time for the two young foals to get ready to go to bed. Day Dream tucked her younger foal in a crib while the older one crawls slowly in his small bed.
“Mommy?” Prophet asks.
“Yes dear?”
“Where is daddy?”
“Your father must be outside watching the stars.”
“Can I join?” Prophet joyfully asks.
“No sweetie. It's time for you to get some sleep.”
“Aww.” Prophet responded in displeasure of his mother’s answer.
“Now give mommy a goodnight kiss.”
And just like that, the young Unicorn gave his mother a small kiss on the cheek and the mother returned the favor by kissing him on his forehead.
“Sweet dreams, my little angels.” She heads toward the open door then looks back at the boys and smiles as she gently closes the door with her magic. After closing the door quietly she let out a sigh and decided to meet her husband outside the house. When she arrived outside she can see her husband indeed watching the stars above. It was an amazing sight to behold as thousands of stars can be seen lit throughout the night sky with no cloud in sight. It was perfect.
“Nice seeing you here tonight, Ms. Dream.” Fortune Hunter noticed his wife was sitting down next to him out of the corner of his left eye while his head was still looking up. Day Dream giggled and decided to play along.
“Well good evening to you as well, Mr. Hunter.” She moved closely to his body and playfully wrapped her tail with his, and nuzzled softly underneath his chin. Fortune Hunter starts to nibble her ear which has always been Day Dream’s weak spot. She tries to tell her husband to stop but couldn't pronounce the words right with the giggling.
“You said something, dear?”, Hunter asks in a mocking manner.
Day Dream quickly handles the situation by rolling her husband over. She is now on top of him. She smirked at her husband with an evil smile on her face.
“Why yes my love. I said stop nibbling my ear. But my tables sure has changed.” She said while pressed her muzzle against his.
“Hmph. Is that a challenge? Because I can tak..” Before he can finish of what he was going to say he was interrupted with a burst of laughter. Day Dream proceeds to tickle his sides. “St-stop it Dreamer!”, He begs.
“Hmmm… yeah that's not going to happen.” She continues to tease him until Hunter decides to turns things around to his side by rolling over his wife. Now Fortune Hunter is on top of his wife feeling high and mighty. “I can see why you like the view from up here? I'm definitely liking it.” Now it was his turn to taunt his wife. “Nothing like feeling dominant than to pin my small wife.” She pouts. “I'm not that little, you jerk.” He looks down at his wife as she ignores looking at him and looks the other way. He rolled his eyes and gently kisses her cheek. It didn't take long for Day Dream to stop ignoring him and kissed him back. She gently kisses his neck and softly bites it which caught Hunter slightly by surprise. But it didn't bother him at all as their eyes made contact with each other, as both of them nuzzle each other. After some time had passed, Day Dream is now lying on her back on Hunter’s stomach snuggled by him as he lies on the ground on his back holding Day Dream as they both watch the night sky.
“It sure is a beautiful night, huh?” Day Dream looks at the sky while looking at the stars twinkle.
“Not as beautiful as you are.” Hunter responds.
“Cheesy. But sweet.” She smiles at her husband’s comment.
“You know Dreamer; it's been awhile since we had some alone time together.”
“Yeah I know. With you working and I being at home with our two kids. The boys can be a hoof-ful sometimes with Free Spirit needing my attention most of the time and Prophet being a bit mischievous.” She finishes her sentence followed by a yawn.
“Heh I can imagine.” He also yawned. “You know, Dreamer?”
“What?”
“It's amazing but yet surreal that I have kids with you.”
“Oh?” She looks at him puzzled from his remark.
“Yeah it feels weird. I mean not in a bad way; not saying I didn't want to be with you because you know I always had feelings for you. But if I can be honest here, I never would have thought I was supposed to have children with you until I told you about my dream I once had. Remember that?”
“Ah yes. The dream where you told me about your ‘great treasure’ and you were looking for it?”
“Right. Do you also remember about the ‘gift that keeps on giving?’”
Day Dream simply nods her head.
“Exactly. I find it strange and yet amazes me that the dream has become a reality. Just think seven years ago I told you about my dream and here we are now blessed to have a family together. Hunter embraces her tighter. “There's something I haven't told you when we got married. I know this may sound cliche to you but I made a promise to myself. I promised to always be there for you and the boys. I promise that I don't let our marriage fail like your parents, which I remember why you were hesitant when I said I wanted to marry you. As long we have each other, everything will be alright.” After Hunter finished talking Day Dream was touched by her husband's words. So touched there were tears streaming down on her face not of sadness but tears of happiness. On the other hand (or hoof) Fortune Hunter thought his wife was crying.
“Oh, love, I didn't mean to make you cry.”
“No.” She curls over and puts her hoof onto her husband’s mouth. “I'm just really happy that I’ve married you. I'm happy the fact I get to be the mother of your kids.” She cuddles him with love.
“No. Not my kids. Our kids.” He smiled as he cuddled with his wife.” There was a moment of silence where the couple closed their eyes nuzzling; with their horns touched together as the cold breeze of the night blew through their coats, but they weren't cold. They have the warmness from each other. It was then Hunter decided to speak.
“Prophet and Free Spirit. I want to spend time with them as long as I can. I hope I can give them an awesome childhood, a great education, and a good life. And when they're old enough to be on their own... Yeah I want to be in the boys’ lives long enough so someday they can have families of their own and be fathers of their children. I want to be a huge influence for them so that they can have a positive life. That's my duty as a father.” Day Dream can see the seriousness in Hunter’s eyes as he passionately wants to be the best father he can be. That made her smile for a few seconds only for her to make a small frown
“Something wrong, hun?”
“It’s just… do you remember when…” ,She wasn't able to make the words come out of her mouth.
“Remember what?” Hunter asked.
“Do you remember when Prophet said, “He wouldn't be one of us in the future”? What do you think he meant by that? Did you think something happens to us in the future? Will Free Spirit run away from home because we’re bad parents?” It was this point Hunter knew Day Dream is starting to get worried.
“Hey, hey, take it easy, you’re overthinking. Nothing bad is going to happen to us. ...True, It was unusual Prophet would say something like that. Then again kids are always saying weird things at a young age. Heck even me. Don't let it get to you.”
“I know but…”
“Day Dream. Nothing bad is going to happen to us. As long as I'm here, I will protect you, Prophet, and Free Spirit from harm. Even if I have to sacrifice my life just to protect you and our kids! That's how much I love you and the boys.” With that, Day Dream felt comfort in her heart after hearing his words full of zeal and certainty.
“Thank you my love for always comforting me when I needed you the most. Not just as my closest friend but as my husband too.” She leaned to give a deep kiss with Hunter as he connected his lips with hers as well. To them the kiss felt it would last forever but after a good amount of seconds they broke the kiss.
“I love you, Fortune Hunter.” said Day Dream.
“I love you too, Dreamer.” Hunter replied back.
Just as they are ready to go inside their home, Day Dream ask her husband in a playful and seductive manner with her tail all over on his face. “So do you still think I have a nagging voice?”
He turned red knowing he had seen this before. He plays along. “Hmm sometimes you do.”
She gasped dramatically and playfully slap him with her tail. “You're so mean. Hmph!”
“Haha I’m kidding. Even with your nagging voice I still love you.”