(knock, knock, knock)
“Can you get the door for me Whooves? I have my hooves full here,” Twilight said as she floated books up to their proper places on shelves. Her purple magic making the books in the library buzz about like bees within a hive.
The tan earth pony who answered Twilight's call of help trotted in, and just barely avoided a rather large encyclopedia from hitting him square in the muzzle, “…but you’re using your magic,” he said slightly confused, but relented when the purple mare shot a glare that could turn a pony to stone. “Alright then…” he said taking a look through the door’s peephole.
“Oh no!” Whooves whispered as he snuck away from the door.
“What is-“ Twilight began as she stopped her task and instead focused her attention on the buck crawling away from the door.
“Shshshshhh…Geez Twilight, quite,” Whooves interrupted as he began to slowly walk up the creaking stairs out of the library.
Twilight rolled her eyes and sighed, setting down the floating books, “Alright fine," she whispered, "what’s going on?”
“Alright…well,” Whooves inhaled sharply and began, "I’m actually an alien from the moon, I came here to help you get Nightmare Moon back...well Princess Luna, because she was becoming a real pain to the rest of us up there. How are you doing so far?” He asked from atop the stairs.
Twilight gaped in confusion, “I-I, wha-“
“Great, well those two outside were her two best, and only friends on the moon. Considering you took her back so quickly…" Whooves began to rub the bottom of his chin as he pondered, "they probably think that the plan to take over the Earth is still going on. Well, now that you’re filled in, please tell them to leave.”
Twilight looked at the door as the visitors knocked again, “wait...” she looked back at the stairs to find Whooves gone, "…please don’t go…” Twilight whimpered as she turned back to the door. Two aliens that were friends with Nightmare Moon couldn’t be that bad…right?
(knock, knock, knock)
Twilight inhaled and steeled herself for whoever was waiting behind the door. Finally with a sudden burst of courage she closed her eyes and swung the door open. She finally opened her eyes to find an average sized green buck, and a maroon colt standing in front of her. Not exactly what I was expecting.
“Hello Twilight, I am Ignognokt," the green earth pony said proudly, "and this is Err. We are exchange students from Canterplot-“
“It’s Canterlot!” The maroon Buck corrected his droopy eyed friend angrily.
“Yes, Canterlot. We are students studying the moon, and we heard that you know of our moon…you know some would say that we are the moon’s moon, but that would belittle the name of our moon…which is, the moon,” the larger buck proclaimed while Twilight stood dumbfounded.
“Point is we need to know about Nightmare Moon, so tell us everything you know or we’ll bust out the lasers!” The maroon colt with the angry face demanded as he walked up to Twilight’s chest.
“Be sure to aim for the knees Err-“
Twilight slammed the door in the pony’s face and galloped upstairs, “Whooves? Whooves!” Twilight yelled as she ran about the upper level of the library sticking her head into rooms and nooks to find her friend who rudely left her to talk with the strange ponies downstairs. “Whooves?...please.”
“I’m still here Twilight," Whooves said bursting out of a closet, sending Twilight to the roof with fear, "are they still downstairs?”
“Yes, they’re getting a little antsy, maybe they need a friendly face…Are you really an alien from the moon?” Twilight asked leaning toward Whooves curiously.
“Why yes I am, I used to look down on the Earth and wonder if somepony was looking back at me,” Whooves said proudly as he reminisced.
“I used to do the same Whooves when I was a filly…” The purple unicorn locked eyes with Whooves as they starred at each other.
“Twilight?”
“Yes Whooves?” she asked bashfully.
“I think the moon ponies lit your house on fire…” the buck said as he sniffed the air, catching the smell of the burning house tree.
“What?” Twilight yelled galloping to the window to stick her head out and view the burning mass of her morning newspapers that was used to set fire to the base of the tree, “What in Celestia’s mane in wrong with those two?”
“Eh you know different culture and all that, probably why I never told anypony I was from the moon. Have Spike send Luna a letter, I’ll go talk to them,” the buck said racing down stairs. He slowed to a trot as he approached the door, straightening his mane and putting on an awkwardly fake smile as he opened the door, “Ignignokt, Err how lovel-“ Whooves stopped as he viewed the two ponies entering a strange, and seemingly awkward stance as they prepared to ambush anypony who came out
“Prepare for the quad-laser-comencicon!...Oh, Whoovsy is that you?” the high pitched voice of the constantly angry colt asked from atop his bright green companion.
“Um yes Err, how’s it uh….. hanging?” The brown buck asked unassured of the moon pony’s intenions.
“Yo, do you know where the Princess went?” Err asked.
“Actually my lovely friend Twilight is sending her a letter now, so if you just wait out here and put out that fire we-“ Before Whooves could finish the two bucks barged in and made themselves at home in Twilights library. “Or you can do that too…” The buck said defeated as he began to rejoin the mare upstairs, finding her magically levitating a bucket of water out the window to extinguish the small blaze from creeping any farther.
“Are they gone?”
“Well…not exactly, they’re actually down in the library, but we’re one step closer. Did you get a letter to Luna?”
“Yes, but-" a crash came from downstairs drawing both ponies away from conversation, "Oh, my library!” Twilight fussed as she trotted away.
Somehow in the brief moments alone the two lunar ponies had managed to not only topple one of Twilight’s book shelves, but also set it ablaze. Twilight squealed as she tried to put the small fire out with magic, eventually quenching it before the red and green aliens could do anymore harm.
“We we’re promised our lunar queen, yet I do not see her hear. Must we ignite more of your books?” the green pony asked calmly.
“Nononono….I’m sure she’ll be here soon,” Twilight said hurriedly, looking to Whooves for help.
With a sudden flash the library lit up as the dark blue alicorn appeared in the midst of the ponies. Princess Luna looked to around worriedly, paying little attention to the room or Whooves and Twilight. Finally Luna spotted the green and red ponies that starred back with unchanging expressions.
“Princess! We have found-“ Ignognokt never finished his sentence. With a flash of her horn Luna sent arcing bolts of magical energy, vaporizing the two aliens before they could say another word as Twilight looked on in horror.
“Princess! What? Why?”
“Oh…Twilight Sparkle,’ Luna said calmly as she noticed the pair of on lookers, ‘how are you today?”
“Why did you just do that? I thought those two were your friends?”
“Why did you think I came back to Equestria? Why do you think I went insane?” Luna asked sincerely confused.
“Because….I don’t know…you wanted to overthrow your sister….and the moon,” Twilight realized that she wasn’t making sense after the strange day she had, and realized she was faced with the pile of ash she would have to clean up.
“Apparently I wasn’t the only pony my sister banished, after a thousand years with them you would want to destroy everything too," Luna magically created a broom and dustpan for Twilight before teleporting away, "Well…I’ll see you next Nightmare Night.”
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“That…was great Derpy,” Whooves said quizzically trying to figure out what just happened.
“Aw thankyou! I came up with it myself,” The cross eyed pegasus said cheerfully.
“I liked it!” Pinkie chimed in as the others drew blanks.
“It definitely had its own….flavor,” Lyra added.
Vinyl lay down and prepared to fall asleep, “Can we finally have a story without the moon?”
“What’s wrong with the moon?” Bonbon asked as she unwrapped more sweets.
“Nothing, it’s just that the last three stories have involved the moon. Moon this, moon that.”
“Yes….well who’s next?” Octavia asked but was met with nothing but silence, “alright I’ll go.”
“And please make it a little more frightening,” Whooves added.