//------------------------------// // Caring: Day 2 // Story: A relief for the eyes // by Twilight Star //------------------------------//  Nightmare Moon has returned from the world of dreams to the normal world of Equestria. And the luck is that there was no pony that had had nightmares.  She went to see if Twilight Sparkle was still in bed. She saw Twilight Sparkle still sleeping in her bed peacefully.  ’I’m going to make your breakfast’, thought Nightmare Moon with an idea of ​​what to do to help Twilight Sparkle.  She went downstairs to the kitchen, or at least it was the kitchen for her. She decided to look at some shelves she had to see if she had a recipe book. She found a cookbook and opened it with her magic to see if she had any recipe.  “Pancakes”, Nightmare Moon covered her mouth with a hoof, realizing she said it out loud unintentionally. She just hoped Twilight Sparkle hadn’t woken up to her voice.  She started reading the recipe and picked up the ingredients that were written in the book.  It took a few minutes to make the two pancakes, but she finally managed to finish. One for her and one for Twilight Sparkle. Now, she just hoped Twilight Sparkle would like what she did to her. She put the pancakes on the table and also some forks, if Twilight Sparkle wanted to use them to eat. Now it was just waiting for Twilight Sparkle to wake up.  Then she heard a yawn from upstairs.  ’Twilight has woken up. I need to guide her here”, thought Nightmare Moon.  She climbed the steps to the Twilight Sparkle room. When she got there, she saw that Twilight Sparkle was already out of bed. She then remembered that she had to clean the medical band.  “Twilight, wait!” shouted Nightmare Moon almost desperately.  Twilight noticed Nightmare Moon’s panicked voice and asked, “Luna? What’s it?”   “I have to get your medical band cleaned up” replied Nightmare Moon.   “Oh. OK” said Twilight Sparkle.  Nightmare Moon took off the medical band with her magic.  “Twilight, I’ll be right back. Don’t go away, please”, say Nightmare Moon to Twilight Sparkle in fear that Twilight Sparkle would come downstairs and be more injured.  Twilight Sparkle nodded.  Nightmare Moon then walked down the steps to the floor where she left the medical supplies the last time.  After Nightmare Moon cleaned the medical band, she put it back in Twilight Sparkle and guided Twilight Sparkle into the kitchen to eat the pancakes she made herself.  “I did it myself while you slept. I put a fork to you because I don’t know if you eat with or without a fork. I hope you enjoy”, said Nightmare Moon.  “Well, normally, I don’t eat with a fork. But I think I can make an exception”    “Please, Twilight. Don’t do this just to please me” “Ok then”, say Twilight Sparkle.  After they had eaten, Nightmare Moon washed the dishes as they used the fork she used. Twilight Sparkle was at her side.  “Luna, I’m sorry you have to do this”  Nightmare Moon stopped washing one of the dishes with still crumbs present to look at and speak to Twilight Sparkle, “Twilight, please. Don’t feel like this, it’s not your fault, it’s my fault that you’re in this state. It’s the least I can do to help you”  After clearing the dishes and fork, they spent most of the day talking inside the Oka’s Tree Library on the first floor on the floor sitting on their haunches talking.  As the sun was setting, Nightmare Moon rose from the floor to go to the balcony to raise the moon, “Twilight, I’ll be right back. I’m going to lower the moon”    “Okay, Luna. I’ll stay here waiting for you”  Nightmare Moon went up to the Twilight Sparkle Room, and went to the balcony. She could see the sun setting on the horizon. She closed her eyes and spread her bat wings as she used her magic to lift the moon. The sky turned yellow along with the color red, then turned pink mixed with a purple and navy blue, before turning dark blue and the moon appearing and stars as well. She closed her wings and opened her eyes to see the result, and she nodded, meaning that a part of her work was already done.  She went down to the first floor, where she and Twilight Sparkle had been talking before. She saw Twilight Sparkle sitting on her haunches waiting for her to come back.  “Twilight, I came back. What do you want to eat?” asked Nightmare Moon as she walked down the steps.  Twilight Sparkle gave a small wrist, and looked to the side as the sound of the voice came.  “Oh, yes. But I don’t know what to eat ...” said Twilight Sparkle sadly with her ears down.  Nightmare Moon put a paw in her snout, in thought. What was she supposed to do for Twilight Sparkle?  ’Think Luna. Think! Your friend needs your help right now! Think of something! Think!’  Then she had an idea!  “How about we eat a sandwich? But another type? " asked Nightmare Moon. So she realized what she just asked. ’Beautiful idea Luna! She had eaten it yesterday. Of course she will not want this! ‘  “Hmm. I think that’s a good idea, Luna”, said Twilight Sparkle agreeing with the idea.  “Would you like to eat the same as yesterday or eat a different sandwich?” asked Nightmare Moon wondering which one to prepare.  “A different sandwich, please”, said Twilight Sparkle gently, hoping Luna wouldn’t think she was taking advantage of her.  “Okay then, Twilight. I’ll be right back”  Nightmare Moon went up the stairs and was on the same floor where she made the sandwich yesterday and where she and Twilight had their breakfast that was pancake and had lunch, which was vegetable soup. She opened the drawers and found the bag with breads and some cheeses and vegetables. She already knew what sandwich to do. She took a plate, two slices of bread, a lettuce, cucumber and tomato. She took out a kitchen knife and cut the cucumber and tomato. She put a slice of bread on the plate, then lettuce; on top of the lettuce, the pieces of cucumber and on top of the cucumbers the cut pieces of the tomato.  “Ready. Now just give it to Twilight. Then I’ll make one for me too”, said Nightmare Moon as she used her magic to levitate the plate with the sandwich to deliver to Twilight Sparkle.  She walked down the steps to where Twilight Sparkle was before, and saw her in the same position she was standing before.  “Twilight, here’s your sandwich”, said Nightmare Moon as she set the plate with the sandwich on the floor for Twilight Sparkle to eat.  Twilight Sparkle used her magic to levitate the sandwich and start eating.  “I’ll make one for me too, and I’ll be right back, okay?” asked Nightmare Moon.  As Twilight’s mouth was full, in response she just nodded.  Seeing the response she received, she climbed back upstairs where she prepared the Twilight Sparkle sandwich so she could make the same sandwich she made for Twilight Sparkle right now.  After she and Twilight Sparkle finished eating, they were bored until Twilight Sparkle had an idea.  “Luna, I know what we can do!” said Twilight excitedly.  “What’s your idea?” asked Nightmare Moon wanting to know.  “Since I can’t t see anything, you could get a book here from the library and read it for me”  “Good idea, Twilight. Which book do you want me to read?”   “It could be from Daring Doo. And it can be any volume” replied Twilight Sparkle.  Nightmare Moon then searched the shelves for books that began with the letter ‘D’. And it was not as long as she thought. She took a book from daring Doo with her magic and landed on the ground and closed her wings, because the book was up there.  “I found the book. Can I start reading to you? " asked Nightmare Moon as she approached and lay with her abdomen to start reading.  “Yes you can. I’m listening”, Twilight Sparkle told Nightmare Moon to start reading to her.  After Nightmare Moon finished reading, she saw that Twilight Sparkle was lying down from the abdomen down to sleep.  She flew up to the shelf with the book in her magic to put it back. That done, she returned to the ground and closed her wings and approached Twilight Sparkle.  She took the medical band with her magic to clear the medical band with the supplies. After she finished cleaning up the medical bands, she put them back in Twilight’s eyes, picked her up with her magic, and climbed the stairs until she reached the Twilight Sparkle room and put her on the bed and slapped her with the blanket on the bed.  Before she went to the dream world, she took one last look at Twilight Sparkle, with a sad expression on her face.  ’Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Twilight. Tomorrow will be your last day with these medical bands. Just please, when you come back see again, don’t avoid me and hate me forever, please! You are my first and only friend! I don’t want to be alone again! “ thought Nightmare Moon with tears coming out of her eyes and running down her cheeks.  She brushed the tears from her cheeks and eyes with one of her hooves. ’Better to go into the dream world to see if there are any ponies having nightmares’, thought Nightmare Moon with the sad expression still on her face.  She then used her magic to enter the dream world and begin to stop nightmares that might be present in the mind of the ponies.