//------------------------------// // A Visit From The Stars // Story: The Daily Life Of Anonymous // by Zarah //------------------------------// "This week has been... A lot." Anon stated, looking at himself in the mirror. Washing his face then cleaning his teeth, the tired Anon accept the embrace of his bed. It does not take long before sleep takes hold of the human, dragging him into the realm of dreams. Not dreaming of anything in particular, Anon sleeps peacefully until he is suddenly aware of his surroundings. He is on top of a small hill just outside Ponieville, sat on a park bench in the shade of a large oak tree, protecting him from the summer sun. Anon can only stare in bewilderment, he has had realistic dreams but nothing to this level. "What?" is the only thing Anon could utter, his brain using all its power trying to comprehend what lies before it. "I apologise if we have confused you. Twas not our intention, we only sought an audience and felt the realm of dreams was a suitable place." A voice echoes past and through the hills, wisdom radiating in its voice At the other end of the shaded park bench, the darkness swells up forming the shape of a pony. Although this one seems to almost twice the size of one. Before long a dark blue alicorn mare shapes into existence, a warm smile accompanies her, her mane seeming to flow without care for gravity and looking like a window directly to the stars. Anon, not being a complete tool, knows that out of the two sisters who governs this country. This one is most likely Luna. He looks at Luna with a calm smile. "Good evening princess, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Before we begin, might I ask for the time to be changed to night. I have a feeling we would both prefer that." Anon said in a respectful tone Luna at first seemed generally surprised before the warm smile returns. "Of course" Luna's horn faintly glowed and the time seemed to fast forward to night. The moon seeming to just be set above her. "I'm afraid our pleasantries are not a good as that of our sister, so if you would allow it. we wish to skip straight to the reason of my visit." Luna said still with the warm smile but breaks eye contact for a few moments when she compares herself to her sister. This takes Anon slightly aback, he shuffles in his seat for a few seconds before sitting still. "Oh, uh yeah sure. Please feel free" He gestures to Luna. Luna clears her throat before speaking. "Very well then, you clearly know of us but just in case. Please let us inform you of our duties as princess of the night. During the night, while all our subjects sleep, we travel from dream to dream, helping those in need such as nightmares or advice. Sometimes stopping the nightmare outright works but other times we must help our subjects to overcome their fears, guiding them to safer future." Anon nods as Luna lights her horn, a pitcher of what looks to be lemonade and two glasses appear on the table. She pours them both a drink, and takes a sip before continuing. "We, have noticed how almost every night since we knew of you. You have had the same nightmare of a world we cannot comprehend. We know better than anyone how sacred dreams can be which is we have not intervened until now. As the princess of the night, it is our duty to know what to do and how to make our subjects sleep better." Luna takes another sip of her lemonade as Anon pours his second glass. Luna raises an eyebrow and the human can only shrug "I uh, really like lemonade." A sheepish smile adorns his face. "Like we were saying. It is our job to help our subjects at night. But..." Luna looks down at the table, a small frown of guilt now covering her muzzle before looking up at Anon again. "With you I'm afraid we just do not know. The reason for this visit now is you are clearly not sleeping enough which eventually will become an issue. But no matter what we think of us, it does not seem to make a difference." Luna again looks down towards the table, the frown of guilt growing ever stronger. "You clearly wish to hold on to these memories so we cannot simply stop the nightmare, but you do not wish to change anything about the events which transpired. And by the time the dream is over, it repeats." Her guilted frown seems to turn to one of frustration. Looking up from the table once again, she eyed the human which finished his third glass and pushed the now empty glass aside. "Oof, that's enough for me" Anon clutches his chest slightly before tapping it with the palm of his hand and clearing his throat. "I'll be fine, just need to some time to get over it. Just ignore my dreams for now, I'm sure I can have twilight contact you if needed. But please don't worry yourself." Anon spoke softly but with confidence as he smiled warmly at Luna. "I may be another living creature in Equestria, but I ain't no Pony or Griffin. We humans didn't have any magic. The only thing we had was the power to Adapt. whether it got too warm, too cold or too dangerous we Adapted and overcame obstacles. Not saying anything good came from it, that's a story for another day. What I'm trying to say is I will be fine...Probably". Anon finished, shrugging at the last part. Luna sighed before speaking. "While we don't usually leave creatures to struggle at night, tis true you are new to us. Therefore, we do not wish to overstep out boundaries. Before we leave, we must apologise. I imagine you would have that dream again but we intervened to speak with you. You will feel well rested I imagine but we do apologise for the intrusion." Luna stood and nodded to Anon which he simply bowed in return. Luna turned and began walking towards the moon, seeming to melt into the shadow. The dream world around Anon began to disappear and fade as he awoke from his slumber. "ANON" Jumping from the sudden shout, he points his unfocused vision to Twilight who was in his room for some reason. "Twilight what are you-" Anon slurs out before being interrupted "Wake up, were gonna be late for the train to canterlot, for you to meet Celestia". Twilight said with nervousness, sat on her haunches and using her forehooves to extenuate. "The one time I sleep in, it had to be today."