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// Consequences of thy Foalishness 
// Story: Learning to Live and Love 
// by FlashKenshin77 
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	“Hey… hey, lug head… time to get up…” I heard a voice call in the blackness as I felt a hoof poke me in the side.
I groggily opened my eyes and saw nothing but the blue sky and white clouds. My body visibly trembled as I looked down from the cloud at the ground far below and started to panic. I had also started to hyperventilate, but stopped when I felt a comforting hoof on my back.
“It’s okay, we’re safe.”  Dash said calmly.
I took a few breaths to try and calm my nerves, my heart still beating rapidly. I looked up to thank her when I was struck speechless. Her body was outlined in the sun, highlighting her rainbow mane against the consistent blue of the sky, casting a shadow from which her magenta eyes seemed to glow. She took her hoof off my back and looked at me with a hint of concern. “What?” she asked, confused at my expression.
“Uh… nothing.” I said as I looked away to try and hide the heat that rose to my face. She kept staring at me, with a clear look of disbelief on her face. I got up and stretched.
“How about a race?” I asked with a yawn, trying to divert her attention from my face.
She turned away with unease, letting awkward silence fall over the cloud. "Are you sure that´s a good idea, since you had... that?" she asked in a concerned whisper.
I hesitated, unsure I heard correctly. “Oh I get it; you’re afraid I’ll beat you and become the fastest flyer in Equestria.” I said stretching my wings, thinking I maybe had a shot at winning.
Her ears perked up and she glared at me. “What was that?”
“You heard me; you know I’d win in a race.” I said with a smirk.
She looked down at the cloud, annoyed. I could tell she really wanted to prove her speed. “I don’t think we should.”
I blinked. “Did Rainbow Dash just refuse a race?” I asked. She gritted her teeth in frustration caused by my continuous pestering. Still, when I looked into her eyes I found nothing but concern, which instantly made me feel guilty about trying to goad her into a race. I sighed. "I´m sorry; we don't have to race."
She dragged her hoof across the cloud. “It’s not like I don’t want to; it’s just I want you to be one hundred percent before I beat you.” She said with a faint smile.
“After I have Twilight look me over, we’ll settle this.” I said, relieved of sorting that out.
Dash smiled and got up, her back popping. “Sounds like a plan.”
She started to hover off the cloud and waited for me as I slowly got up; we then made our way towards Ponyville.
As we flew I kept catching her glancing over at me, but every time we made eye contact she would blush and quickly look away. As I racked my brain to try and figure out what was going on, she asked me a question. “So how do you like being a pegasus so far?”
I thought for a moment. “I love it; being able to go anywhere, feeling the breeze go through your… mane, walking on clouds. I wish I had been born a pegasus.”
She smiled. “I’m glad I met somepony that gives flying as much importance as I do.”
I started to laugh. “Too bad I’m afraid of heights or I would be having the time of my life.” I said, shaking only slightly from looking down at the top of the trees we were flying over.
She laughed. “Don’t worry; you’ll get used to it.”
There was silence as we made our way towards Sugarcube Corner. “So Dash, I have a random question.”
“Shoot.”
“What do pegasi do for jobs? I’ve heard that they control the weather, but that can’t be right.”
“Well… we do, I’m actually the Weather Captain for Ponyville.” She said.
I stared at her. “But… But…”
“Remember we can walk on clouds here.” 
I sighed. “This is true.”
“Why were you wondering what we do?”
“Well I’m going to need a job-”
She laughed. “Don’t worry about it I got that covered; you’ll work with me.” She said with a grin.
I laughed. “I’d love to.” I suddenly started to slow down, my entire body breaking into a sweat. What… What´s wrong with me? I held a hoof to my heart as it hurt to breathe. I could feel something bad, really bad was happening, but I couldn't put my hoof on it as I felt my wings start to go numb, which made my body slowly sink to the ground. Dash was there in an instant, serving as support so I didn't fall completely.
“Are you okay?” she asked, very concerned.
“Y-yeah… I’m ok.” I struggled to say, my breaths in gasps.
“You don’t look so good.” She said, glancing around madly and finally spotting Twilight’s tree house. “Hold on, we’re almost at Twilights.” She said; I could hear the panic in her voice.
At this point my wings were limp at my sides and she struggled to keep us air borne, but she couldn’t hold my weight. We weren’t that high up so when we fell, we only got a few bruises. I instinctively pushed myself in front of her so I was sandwiched between her and the ground. The air was knocked out of my lungs as I laid on the ground and gasped like a fish out of water. I felt a tug on my tail and glanced down to see Dash struggling to pull me the rest of the way there. My body was roughly dragged across the ground as Dash pulled me by the tail.
Something wet hit my face as I looked up and saw rain clouds. Dash stopped and looked at the sky. “OH COME ON!” she yelled, waving her hooves at the air.
“Dash?” We heard somepony shout. I tried to tilt my head but it refused to move.
“Derpy what are you doing?” Dash said as the rain started to pick up.
“Oh I was just going for some muffins when it started raining.” Derpy said.
“Hey Derpy think you can help me out? My friend is real sick and I need help to get him to Twilights.” Dash said hurriedly.
“Um, if he’s sick then why not take him to the hospital?”
“Cause Twilight’s house is closer and we don’t have time.” Dash said as I felt her grab my tail again.
I felt somepony else pulling me as I struggled to talk. “D-dash.” I finally forced myself to say.
Immediately I stopped and Dash’s magenta eyes were in my face. “Are you alright?”
“Dashie…” I trailed off, not able to finish.
Her face went red as she struggled to say something. Instead, she quickly went back and grabbed my tail and they pulled me to Twilights. Everything went into a haze after that and I faintly remember hearing snippets of Dash’s conversation with a voice that I recognized as Twilights.
“What happened?”
“He… fell… seizure… fine before… race… stupid ego… I’m sorry…”
“It’s not your fault… I’m sure he doesn’t blame… How many…?”
I tried to talk or move, but my body wouldn’t respond. A haze set over me as I laid on what I assumed to be a bed in Twilight’s house. I tried to focus but all I could do was lay there in pain. I felt a pair of hooves gently wrap around me and I saw Fluttershy’s aqua eyes full of concern look down at me.
“It’ll be alright… we’re here for you.” She said; I saw her lips moving, but only caught maybe half the sentence. I felt the warmth of her body as she put my head on her lap. Something pinched me in the arm and I suddenly felt exhausted, my eyelids drooping. The last thing I remember is staring into Fluttershy’s eyes before everything went dark.


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I opened my eyes in I was in a completely black room. It had what looked like stars as lights. I tried to stand but I when I looked down, I was on the moon. I started to panic and held my breath.
“Peaceful; is it not?” A voice asked in the darkness.
I quickly looked for the source of the voice and I finally found her. It was a… alicorn, just like Celestia, except it was a full foot shorter. Instead of a white coat, this one had a dark sapphire blue; her mane and tail had the same ethereal billowing properties that Celestia had, but was midnight blue. She had the same chest plate as Celestia, but was black and the jewel in the center was the same color as her mane. Her cyan eyes stared at me.
“Um… hi?” I asked, intimidated by her. I did an awkward bow, remembering that she must be Celestia’s younger sister, Luna. “Are you Princess Luna?”
“That I am, and thou must be the human I have heard so much about.” She said.
Huh; I heard she spoke like she was from the Middle Ages. “Yes… ma’am.”
“What is this ‘Middle Ages’ thou speaketh of?” she asked, tilting her head slightly.
Oh crap, she can read minds too… “Uh, it’s a time period on my planet that… uh… I like.”
“You’re lying,” she said with a slight grin.
I sighed. “The way you speak reminds me of how they use to talk. It’s not bad, just a little odd considering that mode of speech ended about five hundred years ago on my planet.”
She laughed, a hoof raised to her mouth. “I appreciate such honesty.”
“Never lie to mares or royalty; never ends well.” I said, a faint smile on my face.
“Indeed.” There was a moment of silence as we stared out into what I assumed was the sky and she glanced over at me. “I must ask thee why thou are not, by thy saying, ‘freaking out’?”
I laughed. “After everything that’s happened to me in the last few months, I kinda just learned to accept weird things.”
She smiled. “The one called Pinkie Pie?”
I chuckled. “Pretty much.” I sat there and thought of the crazy pink pony and the shenanigans that follow her. I glanced around again. “So we’re on the moon?”
“Nay, we are on but a mirage of the moon. It is in this lieu where I like to meditate.” She said, sitting down.
“Okay…” I said. Just ignore it, don’t even think about it. No more brain implosions. “So why am I here? Granted the view is beautiful, but I don’t think I warrant attention from the Princess of the Night.”
She blushed. “Thou flatter me too much; we are here to discuss what hath happened today.”
I grimaced. “Did I screw up that badly?”
She laughed again. “Indeed; thou nearly died again, if I heard correctly. Mayhap thou would be willing to answer my question, why did thee disregard my sister´s words?”
“Uh… what?”
She shook her head. “Celestia forestalled thee about overexerting thy new body, and the incidences that accompany such a deed.”
“Oh… right.” I said, embarrassed as I scratched the back of my head with my hoof. “I’m not that good of a listener…”
“It’d be advisable to pay heed to my sister’s counsel.” She said, staring at me.
“I know; I should’ve paid attention.” I sighed. “I’m sorry.”
“For?”
I stared into the night. “Ever since I came here, I seem to have done nothing right. All I’ve done is make everypony miserable in some way or another,” I looked at her, “hell I can’t have made it easy for you or your sister, what with being an alien from another universe and all.”
She frowned. “Thou do not understand thy importance.”
I laughed. “I’m not important at all.”
“There’th a reason for thee to be transported here instead of the void.”
“And why’s that?”
She looked away. “Thou hath to learn that thyself.”
I sighed. “Everypony here speaks in riddles.”
“Everypony does what they think is for the best, even if no other pony gets it. My sister ascertained it'd be best if thou came here. I don’t understand it myself, but my sister usually has a plan.” She faintly smiled. “Moreover, thou signify more to sundry ponies than thou dare admit.”
“What do you mean?” I asked, curious at what that meant.
“Thou will realize in time.” She said with a smile.
“There you are Lulu; I’ve been looking for you.” A voice said that I recognized as Celestia’s. She came into view and I quickly bowed as she came into view, but she motioned for me to get up. “Please Leon, you don’t have to bow.”
“Sorry Princess,” I said, looking at her with a faint smile.
She shook her head. “I see that you’ve already almost destroyed your body.”
I embarrassedly kicked the ground. “Yeah… I’m sorry I didn’t listen.”
“Did you learn your lesson, then?”
I felt like I was in school being chastised by the teacher. “Yes Princess.”
Luna laughed. “He’s quite the interesting one.”
“Indeed.” Celestia said as she stared at me. “You have a question for me?” she asked.
“Well… yeah; back in the Everfree Forest, I tried to summon my jacket and I couldn’t. I could summon stuff before, but I stopped being able to. Do have any idea why?”
She was silent. “Have you tried since then?”
“No…”
“Try now.”
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I visualized another jacket, just like I had before when pain flared in my head. “Still can’t.”
She sighed. “I see… then it is as I feared.”
“What is?”
“I can’t tell you.”
“Why not?” I asked, a little upset.
“It’s not the time or the place to say; you’ll learn soon enough though.” She said with a sigh.
“Umm... Okay…”
“Remember Leon; everything has a limit.” Luna said, standing up.
Celestia and Luna were silent for a moment, staring off into the distance. “Umm?” I asked, wondering what they were doing.
“It seems as if we’ve kept you here long enough.” Celestia said.
“Thy friends have become worried.” Luna agreed, switching back to her Middle English. I felt my body start to squish against itself as Luna’s horn was encased in a midnight blue glow. “Remember, if you are lost, look to the stars for guidance.” She said.
The magic in her horn launched at me and hit me in the chest. The last thing I saw was Luna encased in lunar glow before everything went dark.


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This happens way too often. I groaned as I opened my eyes and all I saw was yellow. I heard a squeal and suddenly Fluttershy’s aqua eyes were in front of me.
“How are you feeling?” she asked. I could hear the relief in her voice.
“Felt like I was ran over by a car… again.”
“What’s a car?” They asked as I facehoofed, which hurt a lot more than I thought it would.
“Since humans can’t fly; we built machines for travel. A car is like a motorized horse with four wheels.” I saw a gleam in Twilight’s eye that I knew all too well; I’d piqued her interest.
The next two hours were a blur, nothing but question after question. Fluttershy had left around the halfway point, having to go care her pets. Dash had left and came back after finishing her weather duties.
Twilight had finally calmed down as she stared at the parchment she wrote my answers on. Something seemed to frighten the unicorn as she dropped the parchment and ran out of the room.
“What was that all about?” I asked.
Dash shook her head. “I have no idea-”
“Winter Wrap Up is the day after tomorrow!” Twilight yelled, charging back into the room with an even bigger piece of parchment this time, with Spike holding on to the bottom for dear life.
“And?” Dash and I asked at the same time.
“Don’t you understand? I have to plan the entire thing!” She said, starting to freak out.
“Umm Twi, don’t you think you should-” Spike started before he was interrupted.
I was grabbed by Twilight’s magic and flew over to her, levitating off the ground. “What are you going to do?” she asked quickly.
“Uh…” I stumbled, trying to remember what the jobs were from that book I read. “I guess… I’ll help Fluttershy with the animals?” I asked, forcing a smile.
Dash looked away momentarily as Twilight smiled and gently set me back in the bed. Another parchment appeared and she wrote something down.
“Yay,” Fluttershy said from the doorway. Everypony turned their heads to look at her as she hid behind her mane.
“Fluttershy, when did you get back?” Twilight asked.
“Umm… when you realized that Winter Wrap Up was two days away…” She said, looking at the floor.
“Oh… hehe; I must not have noticed you.” Twilight said, scratching the back of her head with her fore hoof.
“Hey Twi, could I talk to you for a minute?” Dash asked, pointing to a corner. Twilight nodded and they walked away from me as Fluttershy walked over to the bed.
“I’m happy you’re okay. I came back to… um… make sure you’re okay I mean if that’s okay…” Fluttershy said, her face hidden once again. I faintly saw a blush though.
“I´m sorry I keep doing this to you guys though… and you know I always enjoy your company.” I said, looking away.
“Oh, it´s okay… we are just glad you are not hurt that much…”
I faintly smiled as I looked at her. “You’re the best you know that?”
“No I’m not…” She whispered, I had to struggle to hear her at all.
“Yes you are; I can’t get mad or upset around you. You give off this calming aura.” I said, laughing and with a blush on my face. “Sorry.” I quickly said.
Fluttershy surprised me as she leaned towards me and kissed me on the forehead. My eyes grew as Dash turned around and her mouth opened as Twilight’s eyes grew wide in shock.