I soon trotted back to where I was at before and sat down. I couldn't believe that I actually bought that thing for her. Were they even going to let her keep it? Regardless, I was just more pleased that I found her before Cadance did and got Flurry Heart to be quiet. I sat down with her and thought to myself. Seeing Flurry Heart smiling and laughing made me think of Silver Blitz. My dream the night before still taunted me. I knew I was making it a bigger deal than I needed to but how could I not. All I could think about now was Silver Blitz. I remembered being on the ground next to Discord; watching her being attacked. I could have gotten up and fought back. I should have done something. I was too weak to do anything. All I did was let the ones I loved get hurt.
No, I thought to myself. I'm not going down that road...not again
"Luna? Flurry?" I saw Cadance trotting up to us. "Where were you? I was looking everywhere for you."
"Oh. I'm sorry. Flurry got bored. So I took her to a few shops here. We didn't go that far," I said. I left out the part where I lost her child. She didn't need to know that much. All that would do was just cause more stress for her and she didn't need that. Also, I knew they would never trust me with a baby again.
She took a deep breath. "Okay, just next time tell me."
"Of course. Sorry again," I said.
"It's fine," she said. "Hey, what do you have here?" She was talking about the toy that Flurry had.
"Oh, just some toy that she found and seem to like a lot. I thought I would be nice and buy it for her," I said.
"Okay. That was thoughtful of you. Let's just get back before Celestia and Shining Armor get worried about us," she said. I got up and handed Flurry back to her.
We got back with little to no notice. It was as if we never left. We both went to Flurry Heart's room. Cadence sat Flurry in her crib, who was still playing with her "toy". If you could call it that. Cadence and I both looked weirdly at it as Flurry played with it.
"I still don't get why she loves it so much," Cadance said.
"You got me there but if it makes her happy what harm is there?" I said.
"It's strange..."
"What?"
"She's never this calm," Cadance said. I looked down at her and just shrugged. It's not like I knew anything about babies. I just assumed kids just tend to be quiet after a while. They can't stay wild forever, right? They have to run out of energy eventually. At least I hoped so.
"I don't know. Who knows? But if it is the toy, then I think I just gave you and Shining Armor a blessing. Even if that blessing is creepy as hell," I joked. Cadance just laughed at that.
"You're probably right," she smiled.
There was a knock on the door. We turned around and saw Celestia standing there.
"Morning sister," I said.
"Morning you two. I thought I might find you here. We missed you at breakfast," Celestia said.
"Sorry about that. I was with Luna," Cadance said.
"Oh, you were?" Her eyes brightened up.
"Yes, sister." I put a hoof around Cadance. "She wanted to spend some time with me. So I decided why not? We hung out all morning. We had a great time. Really, we did." I was trying to let Celestia know that I did as she asked and spend some time with Cadance.
Celestia smiled at me. "I'm glad you both had fun."
I smiled back at her. "Me too." And I meant it.
"Look. She even got Flurry Heart a toy."
"Well, that was nice of you, Luna," Celestia said impressively.
I chuckled a little bit. "Personally, I think the toy is kind of creepy. But Flurry Heart likes it, so I guess it's okay," I shrugged.
Celestia came over to the crib. The moment she saw the toy she flinched. "I can see why. Are you sure that it's safe?"
"It's a doll, Tia. What can it do to her?" I asked.
"It's fine, Celestia," Cadance backed me up.
There was still doubt in her face but she nodded anyway. I assumed it was because me and Cadance agreed on it. Plus, Flurry Heart did appear to like it a lot.
"Alright, if you're sure."
Cadance and I just smiled at each other and chuckled at Celestia's paranoia. This was going to be a fun week for me. We spent the rest of the day with Celestia and Shining Armor. The four of us mainly just walked around the castle and talked about various things. I was happy to have spent time with them and to make Flurry so happy with her "new" toy even if it did creep us out. I knew that Cadance was happy to have spent time with me. Celestia was even pleased that I actually made an effort to be friends with her. Maybe Celestia was right. This week could have actually been successful and beneficial for me. After dinner, I said my good nights and I went off to bed. Leaving Cadance alone.
I got myself into bed after lowering the moon. A scroll then appeared in front of me. It came to no shock to me. I already knew who it was from. It was from Discord. If he couldn't come to me, he would occasionally send a letter just to see how I was doing. I knew that he and Spike had planned a guys night out tonight. So I figured he was busy doing that. At least, his mind was preoccupied with something positive for once. That and Spike was focusing on something else other than spirits and demons. I would like to say that I felt like he sent the letters to be a good friend to me but I always thought that there was more to it. A part of me believed that he was also waiting for me to reply that I found something out about Silver Blitz.
Either way, I felt better when I received one from him. I opened it up and read it. It was nothing important. He was just seeing how my little "mission" was going. I replied back saying it was going pretty well.
Somepony then knocked on my door. I got up from my bed and open the door for them with my magic.
"Shining Armor? What is it that you want?" I asked. I never expected him to need anything from me. It didn't seem like it was bad for he was smiling and seemed excited about something.
"Thank you. You are a miracle worker!" He said.
"What did I do?" I asked him. I was very confused. I didn't save Equestria or stop a war or anything.
"Just come with me." I rolled my eyes and followed him. He led me to what I realized was Flurry Heart's room. We walked up to the crib and saw that she was passed out asleep.
"She is knocked out. I don't know what it is with that creepy ass toy but it put her to sleep. This is the quickest time she ever fell asleep. She was out in two minutes," He said.
"Wow, I can see that. Well, I did tell Cadance that I might have given you a blessing. I guess I didn't expect it to be that much of a blessing." I laughed and gave him a tap on the shoulder. "Hey, what do you know? I just did your job for you. If I would have known all it took was a toy, I would have given it to you guys sooner. Sleep well tonight, Shinning Armor." I laughed again as I headed back to my room. I felt really good about myself and went to sleep peacefully.
It was passed three in the morning.
Cadance was trotting around the castle, trying to past the time. She couldn't fall asleep, so she decided to quickly go and check up on Flurry Heart. She trotted into Flurry Heart's room only to see her on the floor playing with her new toy. Cadance sighed. It wasn't the first time Flurry Heart did something like this. With her magic, she picked up Flurry and the toy and place them both back in the crib. She still had no idea why she was so fascinated with it. Life of a baby she guessed. She knew she would never understand the mind of a child. Even if she was one at one time.
She started the process of putting Flurry back to sleep. It took a few minutes to put Flurry back to sleep. But even then, she couldn't stop looking at the toy. It made her child happy and she loved it. Cadance didn't mind that it was weird looking. The only thing was that the toy gave her an uneasy feeling. She couldn't put her hooves on it but it just made her feel off. It had an uncanny unsettling feeling about it. Cadance picked up the toy with her magic and placed a hoof on the cheek of the doll. Suddenly, she felt as if somepony was watching her. There was no one else around in the room. Eventually, it got so bad she had to step outside the room and out onto a balcony to clear her head. The air was soothing and refreshing. It made her slightly relaxed and calm.
After a while, the wind started to change. The air seemed to fall still as no breeze could've been found. Cadance looked out towards the starry sky. She felt something ominous in the air. Something was wrong and she just knew it. However, she couldn't tell what it was. The wind began to pick up far more violently. She had to cover her face from the strong breeze as it swept across the skies. She quickly went inside and tried to settle down. She felt so anxious when nothing appeared to be wrong. She just tried to relax and calm herself down a bit.
She went to back to Flurry as a small precaution. All seemed fine as Flurry was still in her crib with her stuffed doll. She was awake again playing with toy. She was having fun as normal. Cadance took a deep breath as she started to find peace within herself. She began to trot off as she noticed something odd. Flurry had her attention to something in the room. She kept smiling and laughing at something, but Cadance only saw a window in that direction. She found it odd but then again it wasn't the strangest thing little Flurry Heart has done. She trotted out of the room slowly, trying to ease her mind. She was just outside of the room when she heard an unfamiliar voice.
"My precious baby", the voice said. It was soft and caring. The sound of a mother's voice.
"Flurry? Hello? Is somepony in here?" Cadance whispered as she turned around to see the user of the voice.
What she saw was nothing close to what she was expecting. She was taken away when she saw a large mare with long dark purple hair with black streaks in it. Her coat was also purple with a pink rose as a cutie mark. The mare had Flurry in her hooves and was rocking her. Flurry seemed to enjoy her company as she laughed and smiled at her.
"Flurry Heart!" Cadance alarmed as she ran towards the door.
The mare looked up at her with rage. A huge gush of wind then flew at Cadance causing the door to slammed in her face and send her several feet backward. She slammed her head into the wall as her vision nearly went pitch. She sat up and touched the back of her head. It was stained with blood as so was her nose. She stumbled to her feet as she ran to the room. She pounded on the door as it was still looked. She screamed for Flurry over and over and pounded till her hooves felt broken. She eventually used her magic and bust the door open.
Cadance rushed into the room to find the mare still playing with Flurry. Cadance ran towards the mare.
"My baby!" the mare yelled as she ran and jumped through the window leaving Flurry on the floor.
Cadance scooped Flurry up in her hooves as she ran to the window. She looked out of it but there were no signs of the mare anywhere.
All that was left was a stun Cadance.
Flurry now sat in the chair as her mother paced the floor. Large bandages wrapped around her head. Her father, captain of the royal guard, sat there by their side as he waited for a full report. Moments later, two guards walked in and stood in front of him. One was a blue and white-haired Pegasus with a white coat and the other was a red-haired earth pony with an orange coat.
"Sir we checked the entire perimeter. There was no sign of her. No eyewitnesses and nothing at the scene. Whoever the mare was, she's long gone."
"I want you to double check, triple check if you have to. I want to know that my wife and child are safe. Look, what she did to Cadance. Find her. We'll have double the guards on watch at all times." Rage and concern were most present in Shining Armor's voice.
"Yes sir, right away," the guard said as he trotted away with the other guard.
The rest of the night was pretty restless for Cadance. She couldn't get the mare out of her head. The look on her face as she called Flurry "my baby".
She laid on the floor next to Flurry Hearts crib as she watched her sleep. Cadance walked over to the window where the mare jumped out of. She was out of it; remembering her face, detail by detail.
She shook her head as over thinking about started to give her a migraine. She rubbed her head with one of her hooves and decided she had to get her mind off of things.
Come to me, Luna.
My angel of darkness, it's almost time.
Come. Come take your place.
No, brother. You won't have her.
Not this time. Wake up, Luna.
Wake up!
There was a loud bang on the door as I sat up from my bed. I rubbed my eyes, trying to wake up. The door flew opened as my sister ran in concerned.
"Luna, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Tia. Where's the fire?" I asked sarcastically. I was never a fan of being woken up by somepony.
"Now is no time for your attitude. I came in to check to see if you were alright, okay?! We have a problem," she snapped at me in a harsh tone. Now I knew something was wrong. It was the only time she would be sharp at me.
"What's wrong?"
"There was an intruder. It attacked Cadance and try to kidnap Flurry Heart!"
My mind completely went blank. I was beyond shocked at what I heard. I was about to ask if she was all right when I saw a pony approach behind Celestia. I thought it was Shining Armor but it wasn't. It was a young, large mare with long dark purple hair with black streaks in it. Her coat was also purple with a pink rose as a cutie mark. She was looking at me with a knife in her hoof and whispered:
"My baby..."