Chapter 26. Leaving for Ponyville
‘They’re having dinner together, gag. This is so sappy that I could pop my eyes out.’ Discord thought as he made a gagging gesture. ‘Let’s see if Tia has anything fun laying in her room.’
The disembodied mind flew over to Celestia’s room and went through the wall. He walked around, pulling open drawers at random. He found nothing of interest, just a couple of old dusty books.
He got bored and walked over to the large walk-in closet at the end of the room. He swung the door open and started digging through her sock drawer. Why she even had one wasn’t something he asked himself.
At last, he found something. It were a couple of loose pages, all of them had a date on top. He teleported them away to one of the few hidey-holes that Celestia hasn’t found yet. He teleported after them and the room was silent once more.
The food in the dinner room kept coming and soon the while table was filled with all sorts of food, ranging from large salads to heavily decorated trees that were filled with fruit.
Everyone was enjoying their meal and having a good time. They chatted with each other. Martin told stories from his past and so did Twilight. She told stories about her foalhood, mostly about her adventures with Cadence and her brother Shining Armor.
“Wait, you have a brother?” Martin asked after he swallowed a rather large piece of bread.
“Yes, haven’t I told you about him?” Twilight said as she grabs another portion of hay fries.
“No, so you can begin telling about him.”
“Well, he is my BBBFF and he was one of my only friend when I was young.”
“BBBFF?”
“Big Brother Best Friend Forever. He always was there for me and we did almost everything together. I actually haven't ’seen him for a while, maybe I should visit him next time.”
“Alright, he sounds like a nice guy, but who is Cadence?” Martin asked Twilight as he grabbed a large apple from one of the trees.
“Cadence was my foalsitter. She took care of me after school. My mother thought that Shining couldn’t do it alone, so she asked princess Cadence to look after me. Now that I think of it; I haven’t seen her too in a while,” She turns to Celestia. “Princess, have you seen Cadence or my brother lately?”
“Your brother and Cadence are on a visit to the Griffon Empire. They are there to discuss the hunting that has been taking place on Equestrian ground. The griffons have been doing this longer, but they usually listened to us and stopped. However it seems that are a bit more pushing this time, not responding to most of our attempts to come to an agreement, but I am sure that Cadence and your brother can work something out.” Celestia said as she gestured to a butler to come. “Are you finished eating?” She asked them as some butler took the empty plates from the table.
A nod came from everyone and the army of butlers began clearing the table.
“That tasted very good, my complements to the cook.” Luna said, close to shouting. She wiped her muzzle with Martin’s shirt, which he then wiped off on her coat. They got a glare from Celestia and they returned to their respective conversations. Luna and Celestia got back to talking about corrupted magic and if they could remember anything important. Martin and Twilight got back to talking about her brother and Martin’s siblings back on Earth.
He had two younger brothers who annoyed him all the time and a sister who annoyed him even more. He liked his peace and calm back on Earth, but they always managed to tick him off in one way or another.
Twilight had some of the same experiences with her brother, but those got less and less as they grew older. She also told about the one time that she, Shining and Cadence went into the woods next to the castle and got lost. They eventually found their way back to the castle and they weren’t hurt. Twilight did have some nightmares for a while after that, but they quickly went away. She did have a fear of forests for a while, but that disappeared a couple of years ago.
They all told their stories as they enjoyed a small desert. After they finished up Celestia stood up. “Twilight, you will receive a letter from me with the details on Martin’s therapy. I has been nice seeing you again and I hope to see you again soon.”
“Thank you princess, and it has been nice seeing you again too.”
“I have other things that I need to attend to, I bid you farewell.” Celestia said as she walked out of the room and towards her own study.
“I was nice seeing you too, princess Luna.” Twilight said as she turned to Luna.
“I was good to see you once more, Twilight Sparkle and I hope to see you once more.” Luna responded.
“The same, princess.” Twilight turned to Martin. “I will go to the carriage and we will leave in 10 minutes, see you there.” Twilight said to him as she walked out of the door, leaving Martin and Luna alone.
“I hope that your next therapy is very soon.” Luna said as she walked towards him.
“I hope so too.” Martin said as he kneeled down. “I’m sure that the corrupted
magic leaves my body soon.” He said quickly.
Luna’s approach halted. “I think that it will, but we won’t have to worry about that. We should enjoy the minutes that we have and wait until the next ones.” She said as she walked towards Martin and leaned a bit on him.
He stroked her mane as much as one can stroke a mane like Luna’s. she closed her eyes and enjoyed the attention.
Martin got a bit more comfortable and pulled Luna a bit on his lap. He gave a small kiss on her nose and said, “Everything is going to be fine.”
He gave her one last hug and stood up. He started walking towards the door and when he got there he turned around. “Goodbye.” He said to Luna.
She watched him walk through the door and out of her sight with watery eyes. She wiped them away with her hoof and walked towards her own chambers.
Martin walked over to the closest servant and asked directions to the place where he would leave. He got the instructions and walked over to the platform where Twilight was already sitting next to some overflowing saddlebags.
She gestured for him and he walked over to the carriage. He sat down next to Twilight and the carriage left with a shock. They started flying back to Ponyville.