I sighed as I cast another glance at the sleeping creature on my sister's bed. what were we thinking? how will we explain this? I wondered. My sister was kind and caring, and that was usually wonderful. But more often than not, my sister would take things too far and end up doing something crazy like...well, taking strange creatures from the Everfree into the palace. We weren't even allowed to go into the Everfree forest, let alone bring wierd creatures home from it. Sighing again, I walked over to the odd creature and timidly prodded it in the side. It moved a little, but didn't wake up.
what an odd little thing ,I thought. But i couldn't help but feel a little sorry for it. When we had found him, he was malnourished, and he had many minor injuries. Based on his condition and a brief search of the area we realized that he was, as my sister suspected, completely alone.
My thoughts were inturrupted by my sister entering the room. "Hey Luna! how's Draco doing?"
Celestia had affectionatley named the creature Draco. It was short for "Draconequis", the best name we had been able to make up for what he was. We had studied for hours in our massive library, and only discovered that nothing like him had ever exhisted.
"He's doing fine, Tia", I replied.
"That's good to hear." She smiled and then continued. "I brought him a little something." She began to reach into her saddlebag and pull out various things. Celery,candies, and to my utter horror a dead fish. She tossed the fish on the bed beside me like it was nothing.
Jumping back from the bed, I let out a shriek. "TIA! WHAT IN EQUESTRIA-!"
She laughed heartily and placed a gentle hoof on my shoulder. "Luna, calm down. It's just a fish."
"BUT WHAT IS IT DOING IN HERE?!"
"Well... Think about it. We just saved Draco and healed his wounds, but we still need to feed him."
I considered this for a moment. Tia had a valid point. Being that he was made up of so many creatures, we could only guess at what his diet consisted of.
"If we can't find out what to feed him, all of our efforts will have been for nothing", My sister said, flawlessly finishing my train of thought. "He's safe for now, but he could still die if we don't hurry up and feed him something. We need to explore every possible option until we figure it out."
I sighed heavily. "I guess I overreacted a little. Sorry, sis."
Tia smiled at me. "No problem, Luna. Now let's feed this thing!"
I carefully prodded Draco on the side a few times to wake him up. He slowly stood up and let out a sleepy little yawn,stretching his jaws wide like a kitten.
Celestia carefully walked towards him, holding up the fish in her magic field. "Here Draco. Come get the yummy fishy" She shook it a little, causing a little bit of fishy-smelling water to splash my face. I nearly shrieked again, but reminded myself to remain calm.
Draco sat and stared at it, waggling his tail as he watched it float. Then,in one startlingly fluid motion, he flew upwards and quickly snapped up the fish in his jaws.
I sat and stared, dumbfounded, as he gobbled up the fish. My sister began to giggle happily. "We did it! He's saved! Oh, this is so great!" I decided to join her in celebrating, and for a moment we acted like foals, dancing around and laughing with joy. However, this only went on for a moment before we noticed that Draco was making an odd, sad growly sound.
We stopped bouncing around and turned back towards the little creature. "What now?" I inquired, carefully examining the thing for any particular signs of new injuries or any other reason to be upset.
"Maybe he's still hungry." Celestia replied, turning back to the pile of random foodstuffs in front of the bed. She offered him the celery, but he smacked it away with his claw. She tried again with carrots, but he shoved them away and looked sadder than before. She stepped back a bit and looked ready to give up.
Just then, I had an odd idea. I didn't know why it occured to me. I guessed it was just some odd intuition, or maybe it was my desperation to solve the problem. I picked up a chocolate bar, unwrapped it, and shoved it right in his mouth.
He sat there for a moment, looking shocked and dazed. Then he removed the chocolate from his mouth and licked it curiously. As he licked the chocolate, an amazing thing happened. He started smiling at me.
I felt an odd warmth rising inside of me and smiled back at him.
"How did you know that was what he wanted?" My sister asked.
"Oh, that? It's simple, Tia. Everypony loves chocolate."