//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Devistation // Story: My Little Luna // by Alcatraz //------------------------------// I recoiled in shock and started pacing around my room trying to figure out what was going on. Ok, I still live at home, so something like this, rather, her wasn't going to go unnoticed for long. I needed to keep her hidden and safe. No one was home at the moment, but that was going to change in thirty minutes when people started getting home from work and school. So I needed to figure out a way to keep Luna out of harms way and more importantly quiet. I looked back over at the bed and she was still sleeping. Her flank was void of her cutie mark. Which wasn’t surprising though, she was still rather young. I set her down on my bed so she could sleep properly. I’d need to make her a proper bed in the future, but she needed to sleep now, who knew how long she'd be out for. Turning on my computer, I went about my evening activities while being mindful of the filly, which weren’t all that different from yesterday. The evening itself was uneventful until there was a sudden knock at the door. My gut dropped as I jumped up to cover the sleeping Luna and rushed to the door to keep it from opening all the way. "Dinner is ready," my brother chimed. 'Ugh, you gave me a heart attack you little worm!' I thought to myself. When the day was over with and it was time to get into bed, I carefully slid Luna over onto the other side of the bed so as not to wake her, and I climbed in next to the filly. When the next morning came around, she wasn’t there anymore. At first I thought it was all just a cruel nightmare but then I heard a soft thump and some crying. Nope, it turned out it was real. I quickly got out of bed and found the distraught pony. She was under my desk, holding her head in her hooves. "Shh shh shh, what's the matter sweetie?" I asked. Her crying her crying stopped abruptly and she looked at me with those big teary puppy-dog eyes. She pointed a hoof at the ammo box that housed my knife collection under my desk. "Awww, the the big mean box hurt you?" I let out a chuckle when I picked her up as she wrapped her front hooves around my neck and I cuddled her tightly for a moment. I don't how or why but she must have be able to understand what I was saying, and I wondered why she wasn’t afraid of me? Everyone eventually left for work and school and I was stuck at home during this miserable weather, but at least I had Luna! I didn’t know the last time Luna had a shower or bath, whatever it is they did in Equestria, so I decided to see how she'd take to the shower. I kept my boxers on, grabbed a couple of towels some soap and shampoo and headed upstairs. Luna was pretty well behaved, and she loved the hot water and the bubbles! My next task was finding suitable food for her. I couldn’t say I'd seen Luna eat anything on the show that would hint at a favourite food, so I just went for the simplest and got a few apples from the kitchen. She didn't eat the apples she inhaled them! I was shocked at how something so small could eat so much? A few weeks had passed at this point and I’d managed to keep Luna out of sight of everyone but the effort was beginning to reach a boiling point and I was afraid that people were beginning to suspect something. Copious amount of fruit and vegetables had gone missing without explanation, there was bumping around my room late at night from Luna wanting to use the bathroom, and she was getting major cabin fever from being stuck in my room all the time. I needed to let her out at some point and time. I thought it was time that the both of us take a road trip to my grandparents farm. So I put in some leave from work, packed up a suitcase and began the three hour drive. I just hoped that Luna kept out of sight of the oldies and didn’t do anything that was noticeable by them. Everything had been going well, nobody suspects a thing, and the grandparents had left town for a trip so they left me in charge of the house for the week. Which was perfect for Luna and I, since it meant no hiding for once! There was no computer or television, so there wasn’t any danger of Luna accidentally discovering her origin. The very thought sent a shiver down my spine. What would happen if she did? Would it be like what happened in My Little Dashie? She was going to want answers at some point and I'd have to deliver them, no matter how much it hurt. Everything was going smoothly. I’d help tend to the vegetable gardens my grandparents kept which in turn saved money from me not having to buy loads of groceries all the time. It still bewilders me how she could eat so much but not gain a lot of weight. It had been about a month or so since I'd found her and she'd grown about an inch or two, but she didn’t yet have her astral mane like her Season Two counterpart on the show. Since she was an alicorn, I wondred how fast she was going to age. Would she still be young when I'm old? Would she still mature physically and mentally, but stop growing at some point? Only time would tell. While I was staying on the farm, I couldn’t help but wonder how I was going to explain to my friends and family that I was taking care of a cartoon horse from a kids show. My brother and sister already knew I watch the show, but it had never been mentioned more than just a few jokes in passing. But then… The call came.