//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Midnight // Story: Midnight: The story Of A Lost Princess // by CharlieHazbin77 //------------------------------// Since the princesses gave Midnight to the orphanage five years ago, time had passed. She has grown and now at five years old all she wishes for is to be adopted by a pony so that she can have a forever home. Princess Luna raised the moon from the balcony of Canterlot Castle as the young unicorn gazed out at the starry sky. Midnight thought loudly to herself, watching the princess of the night, "one day I'll be at the castle with the princesses." "You can't even lift anything with your magic, and you still don't have your cutie mark. How is it that any princess would want to be in your company?" a snobbish foal asked. "I suppose she could become a maid or something if they employed her," another joined in before both foals walked away laughing hysterically. Midnight turned away from them and sat down in front of the window, ears folding back as she tried to hold back tears. Midnight stared at the night sky sadly, curling up near the curtains, quietly close to falling asleep. Eventually, her tiny blue eyes shut, and soon passed out under the curtains, stirring as if she was having a dream. (dream sequence) "What... where am I? Anyone here?" Midnight called in the strange place, although knowing it was a dream. Angry, and echoed voice cried out, "Sister! We have to go back to her!" "no it's too dangerous!... they'll take care of her sister! Just trust me! We have to get to safety!" "She's my sister. I'm not abandoning her! I might be blind, but I'm not stupid!" "I'm the oldest out of all of us! I know what I'm doing!" "do you? You promised we'd look out for each other NOT abandon the group! Especially the actual BABY! SHE NEEDS US!" "do you think I WANTED to leave her there?" "well, you didn't exactly give ME a choice! Did you?! First our parents and now my sister! What's next?! One of US!?" As Midnight heard this argument, she heard a deeper voice, another voice she didn't recognise. "Equestria... is... MINE!" "Hello! Who's there?" Midnight called to the voices but had no answer back. She suddenly jumped, hearing deep laughter, then a cry for help in the background with the same voices again. "Leave her alone!" "ECLIPSE!" a voice shrieked, crying, "this is all my fault!" Suddenly there was nothing but darkness, leaving the young unicorn looking around her dream afraid. "h... hello..." her voice shook as she spoke nervously "Hello!" she called again, but all she heard was distant crying and shrieks of fear from what seemed like other ponies. After more moments of silence, Midnight sat down, her ears flopping back, sighing. "I wanna go home... not like I'm wanted at the orphanage anyway," she muttered to herself. Looking up, she noticed a light blue light shining from above her. "Who are you?" she asked curiously as the figure showed themselves. It was Princess Luna. The midnight blue alicorn smiled at the young filly gently before flying down to her. "It's been too long since I've seen you, young one," the princess spoke in the space. Midnight gasped when she realised who it was. "Princess Luna... what are you doing here?" "I heard your cries for help, little filly... I'm the princess of the night, thus it's my duty to visit your dreams... what's troubling you?" "I... I heard voices. It sounded like somepony needed help and arguing... but I... I don't know who it was... then there was laughter..." Luna hesitated to hear the voice replaying over and over in the dream. "I hope you're happy sister! Eclipse is missing and the promise we made to each other is BROKE! Because of YOU, she's missing! If anything happens to her OR us! Equestria helps us!" Luna froze, hearing the argument between herself and her sister, Princess Celestia. She turned to Midnight. "try to get some proper sleep little one...I watch over the dream realm every night so I'll be watching over you... I promise" "wait, Luna don't go!" Dream ends "Luna!" Midnight finally woke up from her dream, looking around and finding she was still in the orphanage near the window "It was just a dream," she said to herself with a breath of relief, "But why does that name Eclipse sound familiar?" she asked herself quietly. "Midnight, what are you still doing up?" a voice asked. The voice belongs to the Orphanage owner, Tiddlywinks Candlelight. Candlelight had bags under her eyes and looked very annoyed. "The staff for your dorm have been looking all over for you.... did you hear us calling?" she asked the young foal tiredly, groaning as Midnight shook her head. "I was talking to the princess in my dream... I sorta had a nightmare ha" "you were talking to Princess Luna?" She asked, unamused, watching Midnight nod. Candlelight sighed as if she didn't believe the young filly. "go to your room, we'll talk more about making up stories in the morning," she said with a sigh "But I'm not making up stories. It's true, I was talking to Princess Luna! She was in my dream!" Midnight argued, quietening down, seeing the angry look the tired older pony gave her. "Okay, I'm going!". Candlelight sighed. Staring out of the window as Midnight left, speaking to herself, "it's time you came for her princesses...it's been five years, she needs to be ready" Candlelight soon closed the curtains and finally headed to bed. The next day! The next morning, everyone in the orphanage was in a hurry, getting things ready for a parade that happened that afternoon. "Come on, every pony! The princesses will be here soon!" Candlelight ordered the staff and foals to decorate the rooms and outside the orphanage. "Ah Midnight, you've joined us... did you get enough sleep?" Candlelight asked whilst still shouting at everyone. "I guess so... if you call a nightmare a good sleep-" "don't listen to her! She's a freak! She doesn't have her cutie mark, which means the princesses will never choose her to become one of their students! Or even talk to her! Nobody wants you Midnight... that's why you were left here!" one foal spoke up angrily. "it's not fair! You always treat her differently, as if she was some sort of princess!" "that's enough! Fungus Fuzz!" Candlelight snapped at the foal, handing them another box of decor. Midnight's ears flopped back as she held back tears, not wanting to cry in front of the bullies. "go help the others get ready! the princesses will be here soon!...that goes for you too Midnight..." Midnight nodded as she lifted a box onto her back. Since she is unable to do magic yet, she looked around cautiously hearing the two foals from last night talk about her. "look at her, she can't even do magic and yet she's attempting to help! just stop embarrassing yourself Midnight and give up!" Fungus Fuzz spoke up once Candlelight had left to help the others. "will you just shut up! Not my fault I can't do magic! I don't need my mark to prove anything to you!" Midnight finally snapped, having had enough of arguing with the bullies. "oooh listen to her trying to be tough! like she's some sort of princess!" the second foal Fly Moss joined in mockingly, soon walking away laughing, then said in unison "blank flank!" laughing more. "I...will do magic! I don't need some mark to prove that! "I'll show those jerks!" Midnight spoke to herself whilst hanging banners in the window. Looking outside she saw ponies gathering for the parade of the two sisters. She gasped then called to everyone in the orphanage "Guys, it's time for the princesses to arrive!" "Alright, everyone! Outside! The princesses are arriving." All the foals rushed outside of the orphanage, watching in awe as Princess Luna and Princess Celestia sat in the carriage before them.