//------------------------------// // That's my pocky, Lulu! // Story: Little loony Luna and crazy caffeinated Celestia's life in Canterlot // by Vidhwansak //------------------------------// That's my pocky, Lulu! I hear munching. Must be Moonie. What she's munching on this time, and how much of it, however, is the question that I must find the answer to, because I really need her to stop eating so much junk food. After the noodle incident, Luna was wary of Nightmare Moon and her junk food. While alicorns liked the ease and deliciousness of junk food, even they, like normal ponies, must eat things in moderation. Of course this is a very loose rule for them, and they often go on junk food binges, but the concept is the same. Unfortunately, Nightmare Moon was eating junk food near constantly the past week, ranging from fried snacks, noodles, and other such convenience foods, and had even taken a few bits from the other alicorns to fuel her junk food addiction. Luna was determined to stop Nightmare Moon, and so, she walked towards the sound of the munching. Munch. Munch. Munch. Hopefully, I can stop that repetitive sound, because I don't want you to get fat, or worse, become like Tia. The munching slowly grew louder, eventually leading Luna over to Nightmare Moon's door to her room. My Nightmare Moon tracker senses that Moonie is in her room. I...Why do I even have this thing, anyway? Luna took a moment to stare at the overly complicated gizmo that was given to her by Pinkie Pie (the events of that day confused her to no end, but at least she got free stuff) before shrugging, and pushing open Nightmare Moon's door. "Moonie, I-" Boxes. Boxes. So. Many. Boxes. The words that Luna were about to say died in her throat as her eyes scanned around Nightmare Moon's room, utterly bewildered by the sheer amount of boxes everywhere. Is this what box heaven looks like? I feel sorry for all the boxes that I've accidentally crushed when me and Tia played cardboard box wars together. Her musing was cut short by Nightmare Moon, who, of course, knew why Luna was here. "No, Lulu! Stay away from me! What you're looking at is my domain! That's my pocky, Lulu! I will respect your obsession with marshmallows in hot chocolate if you respect my obsession with pocky!" ...Oh, sure, bringing up that incident in an attempt to make me feel bad to leave you alone. That's not going to work even if it now has me feeling guilty about what I did! "I care not about your domain, I'm concerned about your health, Moonie! Don't you see that what you've been eating recently is unhealthy?!" Hmph! My eating habits concern you?! I do admit I've taken a liking to the food of the unhealthy variety, but that doesn't mean you should foalsit me! Nightmare Moon sighed, and opened up another box of pocky, causing Luna to groan in despair. Ignoring her, Nightmare Moon levitated a pocky stick out from the box, and stuck it in her mouth. "Pocky!" I think I'm out of my league here. Still...Doesn't mean I can't stop trying. After a little bit searching around the room, Luna managed to find a place to sit that was covered in pocky boxes (and normal boxes), so she then sat down there, still unable to comprehend why there were so many boxes of pocky in Nightmare Moon's room. "Erm...Just so I'm on the right page with you, Moonie, all these boxes are of pocky?" Nightmare Moon nodded, taking a moment to eat the stick in her mouth first. "Yes! All five-hundred large cardboard boxes you see used to hold one-hundred boxes of pocky in different flavours, and I'm glad I used my budget to buy them! They were on sale!" ...One-hundred boxes of pocky...? Geez. "...You keep mentioning this 'pocky'. Is it that little stick thing that looks like its been dipped in something?" With a nod, Nightmare Moon passed over a box of the strange candy to Luna, who, after looking at the packaging of 'Almond Crush Pocky', opened the box up. "Fair warning, Lulu, once you try this stuff, you can't stop. The temptations to eat pocky are very, very strong, and even I could not resist." You exaggerate so badly, Moonie, it's not even funny. This is what appears to be a bread-stick dipped in chocolate and almonds, how could this possibly be so addicting that it would cause you to buy a hundred boxes of these things? Luna tore open the plastic packaging that held the sticks, and then levitated one up, taking a long look at the stick, which seemed a little less impressive than what was displayed as the cover-art on the box (it also happened to be in the almond-crush flavour). Shrugging off the appearance, Luna stuck the chocolatey-almond end into her mouth, and began munching on the stick. "Mm...Not really sure what you mean, Moonie..." A smug looking Nightmare Moon brought out another pocky stick, and stuck it inside her mouth. "That's what I said, too; just try to stop eating it after one stick." Confused, Luna continued munching the almond-crush flavoured stick until it was now in her belly. "Erm...Okay. I consumed the stick; it was a decent snack, but nothing worth mentioning. What happens now?" "As I said, try to stop eating, and set the box aside, on that table." Puzzled, Luna looked over at a table near her, and then attempted to do as Moonie asked. She was about to drop the box of pocky onto the table when she had the sudden need to eat another one of the pocky sticks. I suppose another one wouldn't hurt. Luna pulled out another pocky stick, and once again tried to set the box of pocky down. The same need to continue eating pocky came back, and Luna looked up at Nightmare Moon with bewilderment in her eyes. "M-Moonie, I can't stop eating p-pocky! What is this terrible thing I've eaten?!" "I know not what it is, Lulu, but it's sure yummy and makes you want to eat more of them." With a grin, Nightmare Moon took the box of pocky away from Luna, causing her to whine loudly. "Mooooooooonie!" She attempted to reach for the box, though Nightmare Moon kept it well away from her. "Oh, no, Lulu, I bought this box of pocky, and I'm going to enjoy it, right in front of you!" Sighing, Luna sat down on her rump, looking up at Nightmare Moon with watery eyes. "Isn't...There something I can do for it?! I must satisfy this sudden craving for pocky! I kind of want to torture Lulu some more; she looks cute when she's sad. However, there is one thing I've always wanted to try. Nightmare Moon thought about the task that she was about to offer Luna, and then decided that she may as well go with it, if only to see if she would actually follow through. "I'll give you the box of pocky, on one condition..." Excited at the prospect of getting the box back, Luna immediately stood at attention. "What is it, what is it?!" "A pocky kiss. You game?"