//------------------------------// // Caring: Day 3 and last // Story: A relief for the eyes // by Twilight Star //------------------------------//  Today was the last day. The last day that Twilight Sparkle would be using the medical bands, and then, the next day, Twilight Sparkle would no longer need the medical bands and would see again. Nightmare Moon was happy about it, but worried too.  ‘Today is the last day, Twilight. The last day you will use. And then, tomorrow, you’re going to take those medical strips and you’ll see again. Just, please, remain my friend and do not hate me and do not avoid me forever, please’  Then she heard a yawn.  “Good morning, Twilight. Did you sleep well? " asked Nightmare Moon.  “Yes, Luna”, replied Twilight Sparkle.  “I’ll get your medical band cleaned up, okay?” warned Nightmare Moon.  “OK”, replied Twilight Sparkle.  Nightmare Moon took the medical band with her magic and went downstairs to clear the medical lane.  After clearing the medical tracks and putting the medical strips back around Twilight’s injured eyes, Nightmare Moon took Twilight Sparkle to the table and then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Twilight Sparkle and her, which was a hard-boiled egg. After having prepared the eggs and placed them on plates she placed them on the table to eat.  After they had eaten, they were on the first floor of the library, Nightmare Moon was reading a book for Twilight Sparkle because she had asked Nightmare Moon to read to her to pass the time.  Until they heard a snore.  “Hehe. It seems my stomach is snoring. Lunch time”, said Twilight Sparkle with a smile on her face.  Nightmare Moon had stopped reading, and listened to the snore and what Twilight Sparkle said, “what would you like to eat for lunch?” asked Nightmare Moon wondering what Twilight Sparkle would like to have lunch for her to prepare for Twilight and her.  “Hmm, spaghetti”, replied Twilight Sparkle.  “Okay Twilight. But first, I’ll take you to the table”, said Nightmare Moon.  Nightmare Moon put Twilight Sparkle on her back and climbed the steps to where the table was. After she had put it on the table she took the recipe book and looked in the book if it looked like she made spaghetti and she found it in the book. Then she got the ingredients needed to do it.  After she cooked the spaghetti for Twilight Sparkle and she, she put the spaghetti on the plates and placed it on the table, and put a fork for her and Twilight Sparkle to eat.  Twilight Sparkle smelled the luscious mass, “hmm, the smell is very good”, said Twilight Sparkle.  She picked up her fork from the table and put some of the spaghetti on the fork and put it in her mouth. After she had swallowed the spaghetti that was in her mouth, she said, “hmm, and the taste is also very good”  “I’m glad you enjoyed it”, said Nightmare Moon with a smile on her face.  Nightmare Moon decided to tell Twilight Sparkle that tomorrow she would see again, “Twilight, I’d like to tell you something”  Twilight Sparkle swallowed the spaghetti before speaking, “what would you like to tell me, Luna?” asked Twilight Sparkle.  “Tonight is going to be your last day that you will be wearing these medical bands and tomorrow you will see again, tomorrow I will take you to the hospital to get the medical strip”, replied Nightmare Moon.  “How nice! Honestly, I couldn’t stand being that way anymore. Why, after all, how can I read books and study while being blind? And worse, how am I going to watch your beautiful night sky and your beautiful night being like this? " said Twilight Sparkle in a happy tone and a smile on her face.  Nightmare Moon was surprised and with her mouth open and her slits were contracted and her magic holding her fork with a spaghetti disappeared with the last few sentences that Twilight Sparkle had said.  ’Beautiful night sky ... and beautiful night ...?’ thought Nightmare Moon still amazed at the words she heard. ’Is there still a chance Twilight still likes me?’ thought Nightmare Moon with a small smile on her face. There was still hope for Twilight Sparkle to like her, and it made her happy and waiting. ’She still admires my night and my night sky ...’  Twilight Sparkle had noticed the silence and she thought there was somehow offended Nightmare Moon.  “Luna? Are you alright? You were suddenly so quiet. Did I offend you? " asked Twilight Sparkle worried with her ears down.  Nightmare Moon came out of her thoughts and recovered from her shock and her slits went back to the size of before, and she heard what Twilight Sparkle said, “yes I’m fine. And no, you didn’t offend me. It’s just that no pony ever admired my night and my night sky before”, Nightmare Moon replied with a calm and happy tone as she had a small smile.  “Oh. I’m glad I didn’t offend you”, said Twilight Sparkle relieved with a smile on her face.  They spent the whole afternoon talking till nightfall.  Nightmare Moon saw that it was dusk and the aimed at Twilight Sparkle as she went on the balcony to lift the moon and place the stars in the sky.  “Twilight, I’ll be right back. I will raise the moon and put the stars in the sky”  In response, Twilight Sparkle just nodded.  Nightmare Moon walked up the stairs to the Twilight Sparkle room and onto the balcony.  Nightmare Moon looked at the horizon and raised the moon as the sky changed color, when the sky turned dark blue, the moon appeared and the stars as well.  That done, she walked down to the floor where Twilight was.  “What would you like to do now, Twilight?” asked Nightmare Moon.  Twilight Sparkle stared at the side where the voice came from.  “Well, I’d really like to stand on the balcony looking at the night sky with my telescope. But since I’m blind at the moment, I know it will not be possible. So, I think I’m going to bed”, said Twilight Sparkle.  “Well, if you go to sleep now, allow me to clean your medical band before I take you to your bed”, said Nightmare Moon politely and gently to Twilight Sparkle.  “Okay, Luna” replied Twilight Sparkle.  After having cleared the medical band, placed back in Twilight Sparkle, placed her on the bed and covered with blanket she decided to warn her that she would do her other duty as princess of the night.  “Twilight, I’m going to the dream world to protect the ponies from nightmares. I’ll see you tomorrow morning, or in your dream, if you have any nightmares”  Nightmare Moon was about to enter the world of dreams when Twilight’s voice interrupted her.  “Wait!” said Twilight Sparkle in an almost desperate tone.  Nightmare Moon looked at Twilight Sparkle to see what Twilight Sparkle wanted.  “In case, if you finish your work in the dream world before dawn and want to sleep, you can sleep with me in my bed with me”, said Twilight Sparkle shyly as she blushed red and a blush appeared on her cheeks.  Nightmare Moon heard, and it made her blush, “a-are you sure? I tend to move while I sleep”, said Nightmare Moon a little unsure that she might end up touching Twilight Sparkle while sleeping.  “No problem, Luna. It’s normal for ponies to move in their sleep”, said Twilight Sparkle.  “Okay then, Twilight. If don’t have so many ponies having nightmares, I’ll sleep with you in your bed”, said Nightmare Moon still with a blush on her cheeks.  After having finished with the nightmares that ponies were having, most of the ponies were frightened to see her in the form of Nightmare Moon, but she explained that she was still Luna, and her subjects believed in her words.  She saw that there was a clock in the Twilight Sparkle room, and it was setting two hours.  She saw the sleeping form of Twilight Sparkle covered with the blanket, she wanted to sleep with her, but at the same time didn’t want to. Because she was afraid that she could end up playing in Twilight Sparkle while she slept, but the sentence that Twilight Sparkle had told her passed through her head.  ’No problem, Luna. It is normal for ponies to move while they sleep’  She then made her decision. She approached the side where Twilight Sparkle was not occupying and pulled out a portion of the blanket before laying down on the bed the side where Twilight Sparkle was not occupying. The side she was lying on, could see the night sky on the balcony and the small town.  She was on her back, looking out of the corner of her eye at Twilight’s sleeping form as she waited for sleep to come to her.