//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Royal Sisters Parade // Story: Midnight: The story Of A Lost Princess // by CharlieHazbin77 //------------------------------// As everyone gathered outside to watch the princesses arrive, Luna stayed silent in the carriage, thinking about the promise she and Tia had made to Midnight as a baby. "This will be exciting don't you think so sister...Luna? What's wrong?" Tia asked her sister in a concerned voice. "Celestia what if she isn't there? I...made a promise to her... to make her my student and take her under my wing as you did with Twilight..." Tia looked at Luna sadly "trust me sister... she will be there... I know it" Tia said calmly through a sigh looking up regally as they arrived at the orphanage. "Hey, I can't see!" young Midnight whined as she tried pushing through the crowd. "ngh" "Hey watch it!" "quit pushing!" The foals glared at each other, all scrambling to get a good spot to see the two sisters. Midnight stumbled and squeezed through the crowd to get in front, giggling slightly watching the parade. "ngh I can't see!" she whined then looked up to see the sisters coming over to the orphans "whoaa" "pray to tell dear sister. you were right when you said the parade would gain some attention" Luna smiled through chuckles looking around at all the fillies and colts. "I expected a lot but not this many" Tia smiled looking at all the foals, before soon spotting Midnight, "sister...it couldn't be..." she looked at Luna then back at Midnight "could it?" Trying to get closer Midnight got shoved by Fungus Fuzz "NGH HEEEY!" "please the princesses would never pick a filly who can't even do magic yet...you should've got your mark at your age so you should stay at the back of the crowd! Blank Flank!" Fuzz teased laughing as Midnight bent her ears back, looking down trying not to cry. "it...couldn't be...but it can't be a coincidence either..." looking over Luna's ears, she perked up at hearing the teasing, narrowed her eyes at what was being said then stood from her seat in the chariot. "I can do magic!" "then show us! Blank Flank!" Fly Moss added, standing next to Fuzz. Midnight sighs and tries to make her magic glow only managing a tiny spark "ngh!" she gasps and sighs sadly, letting the other foals shove her away from the crowd "ugh" holding tears back, starting to walk away then thinks "I can do magic!" Luna flaps her wings slightly and narrows her eyes at the comments she was hearing but remains calm and steps off the chariot as it slows to a halt and watches Midnight carefully. "aha, what did you say?" Fuzz asked in an annoyed tone "I CAN do magic and I'll show you!" Midnight narrows her eyes then makes her magic glow the best she could "please work" Tia steps next to Luna watching Midnight create a spell showing the mane six's cutie marks. Midnight gasps in surprise "whoa! Ha I did it!" she squeaked as the spell suddenly turns to water after her magic unexpectedly stops "ugh dumb horn! Work with me!" Luna gasps a little watching this and then looks at Tia and smiles a little "my my..." "HA! ...you call THAT magic! More like a magic disaster!" Mossy said with a grin on their face. Midnight groans at this "I'm getting better! Next time I'll make sure to do the spell OVER you!" her horn sparks slightly then hesitates to hear Candlelights voice. "Girls!" the eyes of the unicorn narrow tiredly and annoyed. Moss growls at this darkly but hesitates a little hearing these ears drooping a little. Luna's ears perk up a slight bit and look over. "I've just got the new foals asleep!" Candlelight groaned as she rubs her head slightly and sighs " if you two wake them up from your arguing for the third time this week! And today of all the days!" Midnight hesitated her ears bent back starting to protest "she started it!" "not MY fault she sucks at magic" Mossy muttered under her breath then narrowed their eyes but is nudged and growls Luna suddenly speaks from behind them "well I thought it was rather beautiful" her ears perk up gently "not MY fault that my horn hates me half the time!" Midnight continued and gasps quietly completely forgetting the princesses were there and looking up at Luna "you did? But it splashed everypony after..." Luna chuckles "indeed it did... but sometimes a little surprise can make a spell just that extra special" she smiles and whispers to Midnight "trust me I've done all sorts...and so has my sister" "you have?" Midnight asked looking at them both curious "oh, we have. Especially when I was your age" Luna giggles and whispers "fair to say my sister wasn't happy when I levitated her entire room and tipped her straight out of bed when I went to raise the moon one time" she told Midnight then struggles to hold back laughter Tia joins the laughter quietly "don't act like I almost accidentally raised you instead of the sun" she giggles at the thought "trust me that stopped fast" smiling she looked over at Midnight and asked the young filly "could you show us that spell again... It seems you made an audience" she said as she looked over at a few ponies. "wait I thought they were here to see you... Not some filly nopony wants" Midnight asked sadly looking down. "I nearly ended up through the roof" Luna spoke through chuckles as she glanced around at the audience of fillies and colts, then smiles looking at Midnight "perhaps it's a bit of both, I for one would love an encore of that spell." Midnight nodded then turned around to face the orphanage in case she splashed anyone again, whispering to herself quietly "please work, please work, please work." luckily she managed to make her horn spark a little bit of magic. Tia watched softly then smiled widely in awe looking up, seeing the cutie marks of herself, Luna and Cadence. Midnight eventually looked up at her spell, surprised it worked "whoa!" Luna also watched in awe "absolutely beautiful!" she looks at Tia and smiles happily. Midnight giggled happily managing to keep her concentration on the spell. "time to announce our surprise sister" "surprise?... oh right the surprise" Luna smiles and nods at Midnight, standing to her hooves "fillies and colts... may we have your attention" the princess of the night began to announce happily yet calmly. Midnight stopped to look at the princess. "We have an announcement to make... we came here not just to see your little ones, and some of you may or may not know that we came here to choose one of you for something special." "As of today, two special ponies will be chosen to be our students. Midnight smiled hearing this, looking up at Tia "if we only choose one today don't worry, whichever of doesn't choose a student, we shall be back with Princess Twilight and Princess Cadence in the next few days... so more of you will get a chance." As her ears flickered, Midnight smiled excitedly. "don't get too excited! disaster!" Fuzzy whispered to Midnight, who shook her head quickly. Although Luna narrowed her eyes, she continued to speak calmly and softly "that's right and I believe... we agree we may have made our first decision" "a special young filly who has shown great talent" "And a very bright young pony... with so much potential" Luna glanced at her sister before looking at Midnight, "who will no doubt make an amazing student" "wait... Me?" Midnight asked after noticing Luna was talking about her. "her! But she's a blank flank! And no pony wants a foal without their mark! She should know! She keeps getting sent back!" Mossy began "Don't make me splash you! And the ponies who sent me back were jerks! Maybe they should adopt you instead!" her ears flopped back once more and she looked up at Celestia and Luna. "no. I have made up my mind!" Luna looked firmly at Fly Moss "a blank flank does NOT mean a pony is not worthy. it means a pony is full of all the potential in the world" stepping forward Luna finished "and I just know that this is the right decision" Midnight smiled hearing this as she stood next to Luna after thinking "it means I have more time to figure out what my talent is! And I have a feeling it possibly won't be magic! My horn hates me haha!" "and if you're willing to learn you will find your true self and exceed before you know it" Luna spoke lifting Midnight's chin gently. Tia watched her sister softly then felt something tug on her flowy mane, looking down she saw a tiny foal not much younger than Midnight. "Blossom? what are you doing out here?" Midnight asked the tiny yellow filly as she picked her up off Tia's mane "you're supposed to be asleep... owww ha that's my hair" she smiled a little looking up as a staff pony lifted the foal from Midnight with their magic watching as they fell straight to sleep. Tia giggled slightly watching this. Luna smiled softly watching this, chuckling leaning down to the filly, then she spots a small pair of glowing eyes hidden in the dark. "Blossom w-where did-..." another foal the same age as Blossom began speaking but hesitated to see the princesses with Midnight. "you two need to go back to sleep before- uh oh" Midnight hesitated to see the shadow of Candlelight over them. Candlelight sighed looking at the two foals then at Midnight sternly. "this time it was my fault" Midnight protested, her ears flopping back again. "We just wanted to see what was going on..." the foal's ears dropped and backed away a little. Luna stepped forward speaking up "it seems the little ponies were just curious" Luna smiled and looked at Candlelight "you must be the pony in charge" "yes... I am my name is Tiddlywinks Candlelight" Midnight had to hold in laughter at this point but smiled as if nothing happened. Luna's eyes widened slightly at this, blinking a few times as if to process what she had just heard and has to fight to let her mouth break into a smile and coughs "ah... well it... it is a pleasure!... Miss T... Candlelight..." Midnight giggled quietly watching but stops not wanting to get into trouble and smiles faintly. Candlelight gave Midnight a warning look, watching a staff pony take Blossom inside and sighs "come on you two need to get back to sleep" she told the other foal then she turned to Midnight "come on Midnight." Midnight hesitated then looked at Tia and Luna then back at Candlelight "I can't" The foal nervously hid behind Candlelight slightly "Midnight won't be staying at this orphanage any longer," Luna spoke softly "really?" Candlelight asked as she looked at Midnight then back at the princesses. "Tell her, tell her, tell her!" Midnight giggled excitedly jumping up and down a little. Luna chuckled at this before speaking again "I will be taking Midnight on as my protege, from this moment forth she will be staying with us" Midnight squealed laughing until she heard Blossom's voice. "you're leaving?..." "don't worry Blossom, I'll visit you two I promise" The second foal's ears droop slightly staying hidden looking at Midnight "you...promise...?" "I promise" she smiles and pulls them both into a hug Blossom cuddled into her gently "I'm gonna miss you Midnight" the tiny filly looked at her friend sadly close to tearing up then looked up to Tia and Luna "can we come to visit one day?" "please" Midnight pleaded The three foals looked at the princess hopeful Luna looks at her sister and then smiles and looks at them gently of course. She lifts their chin gently "nothing would make me happier than having two promising young ponies come visit." Both Blossom and Coal nuzzled Midnight in a group hug happily Luna chuckled as Celestia spoke softly "go and get your things ready and then we head to the castle alright?" Midnight nodded then looked at her friends. "do you two wanna help pack? I don't wanna do it alone" Midnight admitted shyly with a small smile the two younger foals nodded, not missing the chance to spend the last day with their friend. Along the way to Midnights room Coal stumbled but he was picked up by Luna "careful little one" the young colt giggles timidly and in embarrassment "Thank you ha. coming!" he quickly scurries after midnight and Blossom, Luna watches and smiles softly. the three foals arrived in Midnight's room, Coal and Blossom bumping into each other "oof sorry... what are you packing first?" Coal asks looking around the room then looking up at Midnight "I don't know ha" "whats about clothes?" "and toys" Blossom and Coal asked as they each went under the bed and reached for the wardrobe with the help from Midnight. "whoa!" Coal giggles slightly "th-thanks" he smiles and opens up the wardrobe and grabs some clothes but they drape over him and cover him completely because they were bigger than him "hehe whoops. got em!" Midnight laughed slightly then uses her magic to pack them in a case "you okay over there Blossom?" Coal giggles faintly then jump off Midnights back watching her use her magic then goes over to where Blossom was Blossom suddenly gasps quietly pulling something from under Midnights bed "Midnight remember this?" Blossom asked as she places a paper crown on her friends head "Blossom, seriously I know I'll never be a princess, my magic sucks remember" Midnight reminded Blossom through laughter "you don't know that, you might be one day, like how I'll be a wonderbolt one day" the yellow foal assured the young unicorn as she climbs onto the bed, spreading her tiny wings Coal smiled and nods agreeing with Blossom, flapping his little bat wings gently "anything is possible now... you're going to live with the princesses! but..... " his eyes sadden a little "you won't forget about us....will you....??" he asked looking up at Midnight sadly "I will never forget about you two" she cuddles them close gently "even if I have to ask the princesses to come back for you, then we'll be together again....you're the only family I've had that's wanted me" Coal smiles gently at this, cuddling into the blue filly even more as he was joined by Blossom "promise...even if you do become a princess?" Blossom asked in a saddened but hopeful voice "I promise, even if that happens," Midnight cuddles them again then hears Candlelight call them and she sighs Coal smiles softly at this then hesitate, his ears drooping slightly hearing her voice "come on... Time to go Midnight" Candlelight announced in a soft voice as she came to fetch Equestrias future princess Midnight sighs with her ears bending back slightly then nods at Candlelight Coal stayed back as Midnight grabbed her bag, his ears drooping as he watched "guess this is goodbye?" he squeaked in a small voice "only until next time remember I promised even if it takes a while" she nuzzles them both one last time forming a group hug Blossom cuddles into her then feel her pull away "be good... okay" Midnight finally said while choking back tears and smiling faintly then lets Candlelight lead her back to Luna and Tia. "we will..." Coal smiles sadly his wings meekly flap watching her go outside to the princesses waiting for her. Luna smiles gently watching her come back out "all ready??" she asks As Midnight goes over to her she nods and then looks back seeing Coal and Blossom in the window waving over to them. After thinking for a moment she looks back at Luna and Tia The two rulers watched Coal wave back at Midnight, then Luna spoke softly with a smile "you will see them very soon I am sure of it" Midnight smiles then eventually follow Tia and Luna to go back to Canterlot castle to begin her new life as Luna's student and future princess of the stars.