-----Eclipse (6:20 PM) ------
Carrying Bulls-eye was quite possibly the most relaxing thing I’ve done in the past two weeks. How messed up is that? When your life is so wierded out in romance, and generally screwed up with the sudden development of children being born from trees, sudden onset super-powerism, and a near death experience. You tend to appreciate things a little more. Now, don’t get me wrong, moon mist is an amazing filly and some of the things she does… But still, there’s just something calming about holding a dear friend while walking through a heavily populated forest full of things that want to eat you. It’s just…Nice.
When I finally broke through the canopy of trees and into the night I was very happy to see I made it near the house. It was only a few minutes’ walk there and Be was on her bed. She ended up falling asleep on me. She snores too, it was adorable. After setting her on her bed and heading back downstairs I saw misty looking at me like I was covered in ash.
“Why are you covered in ash?” Oh… CALLED IT!
“Uh, I may have burned some parts of the forest, and then encased them in ice.” I felt something latch onto my neck from behind.
“That is SO COOL! Did you really!?” I laughed as I pulled light from my back and into a hug.
“You know it little man. Your dads finding some pretty good uses for this spark. Tomorrow I gotta go unthaw it though. I really need to talk to rainbow. I’m gonna need a Pegasus to help keeping the clouds off…” Mist just smiled and walked over to me; I kneeled down and gave her a deep kiss, eliciting an “EW!” from the passenger in my arms. After I broke the kiss she smiled at me.
“Go hit the showers.” Awww.
“Yes mother.” She laughed as I set light down and headed upstairs. I grabbed my black set of clothes, (I was wearing my whites, they weren’t very white now.) and my restriction necklace before heading downstairs again.
“Hey light?” He was sitting on the couch but when I came in he was looking at me.
“Yea dad?” I walked over and draped the limiter over his neck, A few more adjustments, and it looked pretty snazzy on him.
“What’s this?” I laughed.
“It’s a spark inhibitor. From now on, when you’re wearing this, the only way you can use your spark, is if you push that gem in.” He looked at it then back to me.
“You realize any time the spark should be working I’m gonna push the button right?” I just laughed I knew it. The damn thing has no use as an inhibitor anymore.
“Yup, you can hang it on your wall, or throw it at your friends, I don’t care. Just thought you should have it.” He smiled up at me and I gave him a quick kiss on the head. I backed up and started heading for the bathroom.
“Hey mist! I’m gonna shower with little Luna!” I heard her laugh. She thought I was kidding, I forgot to take Luna out of my pocket. Too lazy to go back upstairs now!
------Twilight (6:32) -----
This day was a mess. Eclipse almost killed a pony, showed me that there are worse things than death and then got away completely free. Sure that storm fellow was a bad seed. But that doesn’t mean he needed to DIE! That just seems so… Wrong.
I trotted around my library picking up books and thing I had left scattered around. Spike was currently writing something, I was too busy to find out what. So I just left him to it. But it was bugging me. Everything about this day was just… Wrong! I can’t explain it any other way!
I sat on the ground and put my hooves over my eyes
“Why is he so hard to understand?” Spike laughed in the corner.
“Maybe you like him.” No. That’s not it. I already said I don’t, there’s got to be something else about him… It’s like something doesn’t WANT me to understand him! Maybe that’s it.
“Spike! Take a letter!”
“Aww, but I’m already...”
“Spike…”
“*Sigh* Fine.”
“Dear princess Celestia.” I watched to make sure he wrote it all down. Can’t let him fall behind!
“It has come to my attention that Eclipse if a sort of mystery, he has lived with you a very long time, so I must ask. Has at any time anything he has done seemed to make sense? I cannot think of a single action Eclipse has taken that seems logical. And when he must make a rational decision, it is made for him, like something is guiding him. I eagerly await your response. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.”
“Your. Student... There. Okay, want me to send it?” I nodded and watched as he breathed his dragon flame onto the paper. I watched as it floated through the window. Now just to wait.
“You really are going to sit there until she responds?” I smiled and nodded.
“You know it could be like a week before she does right?” I nodded again.
“So why are you waitURP!” I watched as the scroll materialized in front of spike, he coughed as I grabbed it in my magic.
“She would never leave her student waiting.” Spike mumbled something about care bears and went back to writing. I unrolled the scroll and began to read out loud.
“Dear Twilight Sparkle, my most faithful student.
I understand why you may be confused or perhaps not understand eclipse, and this is not a problem, we do not expect you to understand him. He is a very dear friend, not something to be studied. Perhaps one of the greatest ideals behind friendship is never fully understanding their person, and instead accepting their flaws to enforce your own friendship. I ask you this not only as your tutor, but also as your princess. Do not try and understand eclipse. Some forms of chaos are not meant to be understood, only accepted. Princess Celestia” I sighed and dropped the scroll. That didn’t help at all! Some forms of chaos.
“Me me me mi mi mi.” I found myself muttering as I strolled the library. Not to be understood. No! There HAS to be an explanation! I will NOT have two pinkie sense situations in my town!
“Twilight, your stepping on your copy of notes and note making.” Oh! I’ve been looking for that.
------Eclipse (6:36) ------
I stepped out of the shower and placed Luna into my new clean jacket pocket. She actually really liked the water surprisingly, I had left her in my pocket but she still joined me. I don’t know what it is about this doll. Fucking adorable. I put on my clothes and then placed my luna-fied black jacket on. I pet her head as she settled in. Dumb doll and it’s cute. After placing my clothes in the hamper and opening the door I found thorn staring at me.
“Uh… Hi?” She just smiled and did her little eye-closed head-tilt thing.
“Um… Right… I’m gonna… Go over there.” She just followed me with her head as I moved into the living room. After a moment of watching the hallway I noticed her smiling at me as she carried the hamper out of the bathroom.
“You could have just asked.” Thorn just laughed as she headed to the back of the house.
“Hey dad, you said you needed to visit dash didn’t you?” Ah shit.
“Yea, I do. Thanks for reminding me kiddo. In bed by nine.” He laughed as I left the house again. I focused on my eye as a dark rainbow trail appeared on the ground. I followed it and it lead, surprisingly, to rainbows house.
I walked under it and changed my focus so I was looking at rainbow dash. She was lying on her bed. She wasn’t really doing anything, she was just lying there. Cuddling a pillow. Which was interesting, her whole house was made of clouds, how did she get furniture up there?
“Rainbow!” I saw her shift in bed. She was awake at least.
“Rainbow come down here so we can talk like normal ponies!” I saw her stand and try and see me through the window.
“Yea, that’s me hi!” I waved at her. She backed up really quick. Now she was in the bathroom brushing her mane again… Now she’s lying back down.
“Damnit rainbow! I didn’t say go back to bed!” She shot up and looked around.
“Yes, I can see you! Now please come down here!” She looked around frantically for a few moments before trying to bury herself into the cloud.
“Okay, I admit that’s adorable. But I still want to talk to you, and I would really rather not try getting up there myself, I don’t know how stable whatever this magic is.” She unburied herself and sighed. Standing up she walked to the edge of her house, I fizzled my magic as she approached so I could see out both eyes.
“What eclipse! I don’t want to talk to you!” Surprise!
“Well I want to talk to you, so come down here. You don’t even have to talk back! Just listen!” she seemed to think about that a moment before flying down to ground level.
“Fine. What?” Hm.
“Well hey, good news is if you’re not feeling better after this we can go get some drinks and chisel some ice off your heart.” She just frowned at me.
“Okay, I’m sorry. That was uncalled for. You have every right to be completely pissed at me… I think, honestly I’m really not sure. Either way, I came over here to say… I am sorry. I really am. I’m not sure what came over me, but something about that guy just... It doesn’t matter. What I did to him was wrong to say the least.” I kneeled down in front of her. “And I can understand if you no longer want to be my friend, and you can ignore me forever if you so choose after this. But I just… I have to ask. We cool?” I saw her smile a little when I said we cool. So I’m assuming on some level she still likes me.
“Eclipse… It’s not that you beat up my boss… Or even that he turned out to be seriously horrible. It’s that you took his wing. I just… I can’t see why you would do that.” I nodded. Understandable.
“Well, pegasi live in clouds, yes?” She nodded. “Well, when a Pegasus can’t fly, he can’t reach home, my thinking was, if he can’t reach the homes of pegasi, then they can escape him.” She looked at me with those big eyes and I just… Damnit. Why didn’t I choose dash! Look at her! Gah! I’m jealous of myself!
“Fine… I can accept that. You won’t do that to ponies that don’t deserve it will you?” …
“No dash, I would never hurt an innocent pony… at least, not like that. Listen, I know this is supposed to be a big touching moment and all, but we’ve already worked past the important stuff, Can we hug and talk again tomorrow?” She laughed as I said that and embraced me. I returned the favor of course.
“Thanks eclipse. I’m sorry I was mad at you.” Eh.
“Don’t worry about it. Now go hit the hay, I have a job for you tomorrow.” She scoffed as I said that. I just stood and started walking back to the house. Once I was there, I was pleasantly surprised to find Light had already gone to bed. I checked the clock, sure enough 9:23. I was gone longer than I thought.
I walked upstairs to the room and found misty waiting in the bed. She gave me a dirty smile when I walked in. I just laughed.
“So, I hear your hooves are sensitive.”