‘’Ugh, sister!’’ Luna says while wiping her face with a cloth from the table.
‘’I’m sorry, but did you say that it was the pony I told you to leave alone?’’ Her sister says while coughing and wiping her mouth with some cloth too.
‘’We could not help it, we were too curious sister…’’ Luna, now a little embarrassed sits on the opposite side of the table across from her sister. Her sister sighs and refills her teacup.
‘’So, how did you become his friend?’’
Luna, with happiness clear in her voice, tells her sister how she met Laika, how she got angry then how he got angry, then how she tried to learn why he was watching the moon and how protective he became of it, and how they spent the rest of the night watching the endless sky and even becoming friends.
Her sister listens to her face changing emotions on different parts of it, on the part where they fight she chides her sister about threatening to throw some pony to the dungeons, in the part where she heard that he demanded Luna to cut him down her eyebrows rise and she becomes saddened but when he gets angry with her sister because she claimed the moon, she becomes even more curious, and her smile gets wider and wider when her sister tells how they become closer, and eventually, friends.
She knew how her sister still struggled with making friends. She hoped that her student, would help but that proved for naught, with this new and frankly out-of-nowhere addition, she hopes to help both this ‘Laika’ and her sister with opening up, and they becoming friends is unexpected but not unwelcome it would be like eating cake with one bite!
‘’So his name is ‘Laika’? quite the unusual name, what does it mean?’’ She had never heard a name such as his so Celestia was curious about its meaning, it’s not of pony origin that she knew.
‘’We don’t know sister, but he told us that we would learn it later.’’
‘’Well, that means that he wants to continue talking with you.’’ Celestia says with a soft smile.
‘’Truly? We wish that as well but sister… you know that is a fake name right?’’
A fake name? Does this Laika truly not trust both Luna and herself that he would not give up his actual name… it is most likely true, as how he resisted so hard to get even simple treatment.
‘’That… seems likely.’’
‘’But no matter sister! We shall learn his trust in time and get him to share it with us!’’ Luna says in a determined voice, much to Celestia’s surprise but her surprise turns into happiness at how Luna is acting.
‘’Yes, I hope to become his friend as well any friend of my sister is a friend of mine.’’ She genuinely does hope to become his friend, she has not seen a pony act like him in many years. Almost as if he is not a pony…
‘’You didn’t ask him about his cutie mark right Luna?’’ She hopes her sister didn’t ask such an inconsiderate question as how he doesn’t have a cutie mark, almost all ponies earn their marks when they are in their teenage years but some may still not have one due to unknown reasons which may bring them great strife in life. She thinks that why he acts that way is because he doesn’t have one.
Luna seems a little offended. ‘’Of course not, doth thou think us as that tactless?’’ Content with her answer Celestia nods and continues her breakfast.
‘’Oh, I should have invited him to dine with us, he is most likely hungry sister.’’ Luna stops eating and realizes that her friend mayb- definitely is hungry.
‘’Don’t worry Luna I talked to the head maid and asked for her to send one of the maids to accompany him through this day.’’ And for the maid to report what kind of a pony he is as well, she does trust her little ponies but extra caution is always appreciated, with him becoming her sister's first friend she is glad she did it.
‘’Still, we would like to dine with him.’’
‘’We can do it tomorrow Luna, we can even have it in the gardens.’’
‘’That seems nice, I would like that sister…’’ Luna continues eating her breakfast which is delicious pancakes! She is going to thank the cook for this delicious meal after it’s over she hopes that Laika is eating it too, he probably is in that empty room…
‘’Sister?’’
‘’Hmm? Yes?’’ Celestia puts down her cup and waits for her sister.
‘’Are you going to keep his room so… bare?’’ She doesn’t want her friend's room to be so empty! He is a guest now, and that room is in the likeness of a prison cell much less a guest room in the castle. Sighing her sister gives out her reasoning.
‘’Well until he proves that he is not a danger to himself… and I’m sorry but he has given me no reason to believe that might be the case.’’
‘’But why sister?! He became friends with us has he not?’’
‘’He may have and that is wonderful for both you and him but you told me he demanded you to cut him down sister… if he shows improvement I will grant him more freedom.’’
‘’I… understand sister.’’ She understood, truly, but it still hurt.
They continue their breakfast but Celestia stops suddenly which causes her sister to become confused.
‘’Sister? Do you not enjoy these amazing pancakes?’’ She eats another and looks at her sister.
‘’Luna… how did you enter the room?’’
‘’Through the balcony, which reminds us, you have made quite the strong barrier sister, why? is something the matter?’’
‘’Luna, you did repair the barrier after breaking through it, right?’’
‘’...’’
All noise inside the room stopped, the only thing that was heard was the sound of cutlery drooping onto the plates.
‘’Luna?’’
She doesn’t reply and in the blink of an eye all Celestia can see is the door bursting open and her sister becoming a blue blur… Oh, Luna…
Luna ran, she ran through through the halls of the castle as if her life depended on it.
No, no, no, NO! She won’t lose her first friend because of her carelessness. How could she forget such an important thing?! She even left through the balcony for goodness sake! Oh how she hoped that Laika didn’t notice it. If he did would he…would he throw himself to the winds of the world again? He would not, he said it so himself when she first asked him he said no… but what if that was a lie? No! He would not do it, she would never forgive herself and him if he did it, she wouldn’t lose her first friend, not here.
‘’Woah!’’
‘’Watch out!’’
‘’Oh Celestia!’’
Galloping to Laika’s room as fast as her legs can carry she knocks down a few unsuspecting servants but she cannot and would not stop for them she doesn’t even throw them a glance. She is almost there! Her ears perk up hearing a voice shout, a stallion's voice… it’s Laika’s!
‘’MOONLIGHT!’’
Something happened… she picks up her pace and with one final push she finally makes it to his room bursting through the doors she only sees a maid leaning over the railings.
‘’LAIKAAAA!’’
Without a thought, Luna jumps into the air through the balcony and dives down hoping that she can save her dear friend, there! She sees Laika falling and she forces her wings to get just close enough so that she can stop him with her magic.
Come on, come on, come on! YES! She barely manages to make him halt in the air just before crashing into the earth if she was only a second late… no! She was not late. Now to get him to safety, pulling him upside she quickly examined his body to see if something happened, and she realizes that he had been knocked out. But thankfully that seems to be the only thing if he was… gone, through her magic she would know, but his life force is still ablaze. Now to get him a doctor, and a soft bed so that he can rest.
‘’We are sorry, please forgive us!’’ She makes a quick apology, she knows that he doesn’t hear it but she has to apologize. Slowly she begins levitating him to her side.
‘’Ahhhh!’’ She hears a shrill cry and something crashes into Luna’s back but she doesn’t break concentration and can hold her magic. Looking up she sees the same maid from before holding onto her back.
‘’Hast thou lost thy mind!?’’
The maid opens her eyes, and she becomes surprised at the sight of one of the princesses.
‘’Wha- Princess Luna?!’’
‘’I ask of thee again, hast thou lost thy mind?!’’
Sputtering the maid becomes speechless she tries to get some words out but fails, but finally, she manages to say something.
‘’Is Laika okay?!’’
Did… did this mare just jump out to save him? Luna can’t believe what she is seeing. She doesn’t even have wings!... yet still she jumped after him. What did she hope to accomplish? Shaking her head she answers the crazy maid.
‘’Yes, he is not hurt but unconscious.’’
‘’Oh thank-thank…’’ The maid is unable to finish her sentence and bursts out crying. Luna doesn’t say anything and slowly makes her way back up to the balcony with one extra passenger.
Getting back in the room she places Laika gently in his bed the maid gets off her back and immediately hugs him while weeping, Luna almost tries to stop her, almost…
‘’I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, please be okay, please be okay, I’m sorry-’’ Luna decides to cut her wailing short and get some answers so she drags her and looks her in the eye.
‘’What. Happened?’’ Her tone makes her anger quite clear if this pony did something to Laika she would really throw her to the dungeons and throw away the key.
‘’I-I-I almost fell and h-he saved me! And- and then he slipped and I couldn’t- I couldn’t catch him!’’ That did answer her questions but still, she had one more.
‘’Then pray tell why would thee jump?’’
‘’I… I wanted to save him, I wasn’t thinking, I just… jumped.’’ The maid turns back to look at him and her eyes tear up again. Shaking her head with a sigh Luna turns her back to herself and talks.
‘’Enough! Go and get a doctor this instant!’’
‘’Wha-yes!’’ She hurriedly scampers off the room.
Luna, now alone moves to the side of the bed. He is breathing… and she feels a few tears make their way up but she wipes them away, she doesn’t have to cry, nothing bad happened he is okay.
‘’You should have been borne a pegasus.’’ She laughs a little and caresses one of his cheeks with her hoof.