The Minds Eye
It has been two days since Twilight had been taken to Canterlot, Luna has kept her company most of her spare time, she would read Twilight books whilst they get comfortable upon the cushions in the Canterlot Library. Time seem to pass by extremely fast when she was with Luna, she eased her sadness, she equaled her feelings so that she did not fall into the pits of regret.
Most of the time now Twilight never left Luna's quarter without her, Princess Celestia hadn't visited since the day she arrived in Canterlot castle, more so wouldn't come in the presence of Twilight for the guilt she had. Twilight was hurt about her mentor not being able to be around her anymore but she could do nothing to ease her relationship with her Celestia, what could she do?
Twilight let out a long breathe, bored from having no company "what time is it? I can't even tell anymore," She laid on her bed in Luna's room, waiting for her to come back from her duties, only Luna would talk to her normally anymore. All of Twilights friends tried there best to act normal around her but those who visited would end up treading on egg shells throughout their visit, she hated that they would act differently due to what happened at her library even though it was something that couldn't be ignored, she couldn't really blame them, hopefully after a while they would be able to talk naturally again.
The latch of the door could be heard at the far end of the room making Twilights ears turn in that direction as she called out, "Luna? is that you?" She asked into the darkness hopeful for someone to talk to.
A young mares voice much lighter than Luna's came though, Twilights ears drooped slightly at this, "I am sorry Miss Twilight, it is Miss Tea Leaf, I am here to take you to the dining room to meet Luna for your meal, I was told to assist you there" the mare could be heard moving closer to Twilight until she was right next to her.
Twilight turned her head to where she thought the mare was, "I.....I'm sorry, well then I guess we better get going then, we can't keep Luna waiting" Twilight stumbled off the bed into the direction of the door, feeling a hoof brush hers she grabbed it and began to walk, "I am sorry to have to make you do this all the time, Tea"
Miss Tea Leaf was one of Luna's personal maids, when Twilight first came a few days earlier she helped with all the things involving Twilight, "Its quite alright, it will take time to adjust and we don't expect you to be able to walk around by yourself, whatever you need just ask of me and I shall assist Twilight," Miss Tea said.
Miss Tea's voice was very calming but very cautious, As Twilight thought she still wouldn't open up to her, the injury just seemed to stop ponies from talking to her normally. There are the eggshells again, will ponies always be like this from now on, guess it can't be helped anymore and I can't blame her either, even my friends had trouble with this....... this disability, "So how come we are meeting in the Dining halls today, for the last two days we have been eating near Luna's room," Twilight asked, making Miss Tea turn and look at her, even though Twilight wouldn't have noticed.
Miss Tea then turned back forward as she began what Princess Luna had told her, "I won't lie Twilight, Princess Luna said it would be best for you to get as much exercise as possible so that you don't feel pent up in your daily routine, I mean no offence but you have been looking a lot more thinner and your coat has become more rugged and dry, that along with you not doing any exercise what so ever in the last month has taken a large effect on your body," Her voice grew more quiet at the end of the sentence, Pity was deep in her voice.
The rest of the walk to the Dining halls was in silence, Twilight was contemplating what could be happening to her, its impossible to become skinny, to at least a degree where I get pity in a month, what could have done it., she thought of many different ways this could have happened but from all the books and references she could remember she had no clue what could be happening.
Fifteen minutes before, Luna waiting in the Dining Hall
When Twilight came to Canterlot her sleeping pattern was very different due to her accident and had nearly completely changed to the night time. The early evening went by quite fast, the usual duty of raising the moon and then listening to the odd snob from the nobles nobles that governed the night life, quite new to Luna really was the whole idea of clubs and other entertainment that her subjects had created but she found that a club called 'vintage' where the DJ Vinyl Scratch hosts was really fun to visit, quite different from a thousand years ago but fun non-the-less.
After the night court Luna would usually do more paper work or something else to pass time, that's the thing about Alicorn's, they actually do not need food to survive, it is just something to be eaten by mortals but she did have to attend meetings and garden parties where she would eat just to keep appearances, she was not like her sister who quite adored sweets such as cake. Since Twilight had come to the castle though she felt the need to eat with her, even if the mare was blind it still felt wrong to just watch her eat, although she did love watching her, for the longest time Luna has had a crush on Twilight but never brought herself to say anything. When the accident happened, Celestia had found Luna crying into her bed sheets at the night, wailing in pain at her loved ones hurting, wishing to take her place, to take her pain away but the best way to help her now is with the magic of the minds eye, a magic that lets you see without the physical, to peer into the minds vastness.
Just because she had the magic though she did not know how to teach it, it was there since birth, only one alive to date could teach Twilight, but how do I say I want to take her hundreds of miles to an abandoned Island that has only one inhabitant, with the ability to see without seeing, all of a sudden the doors to the dining room opened making Luna turn to that direction, a soft smile crossed her face as she saw Twilight.
Miss Tea Leaf lead Twilight around the large dining table to where Luna was sat, "This way miss Twilight," Twilight felt the seat and sat down waiting for Luna, "Well then, Twilight, Princess, I will take my leave," bowing, she turned to leave, Twilight heard hoofsteps leaving the room and then the doors closing.
Twilight turned her head right to left trying to see if she could hear which direction Luna was sat, "L-Luna, which side are you on," Twilight asked.
Replying with a hoof, Luna placed a hoof on Twilights arm, "this way Twilight. How are you feeling," When she answered Twilight she saw her smile widely and calm down.
Accepting the arm, Twilight held it whilst she talked, holding onto Luna's arm was a thing she got use to now, Urm, I feel much better now but I have to ask, Miss Tea mentioned about how I looked and it is worrisome, o you have any Idea what is causing this."
Luna cringed slightly, thankful that Twilight could not see her reaction to what she said, "I am afraid not but for now don't worry we will find out what has happened, your muscles have toned down and you look very ill, I also have tried to give you my magic over the last two days but you keep getting weaker," Luna was shocked when Twilight replied with a 'yes I know', Twilight knew that her magic was depleting and it didn't trouble her, well it didn't sound like it did, "Are you not worried," Luna asked.
Twilight looked saddened but sighed before answering, "I would be lying if I said no but I think it will be fine soon, I can spend my time with you," I knew my magic was depleting but I never knew she was supplementing me with her magic, Twilight shifted a bit as a sound of a door could be heard from the opposite direction that Miss Tea left.
A blond maned Stallion had come up to the right of the two, "Mademoiselle's, might I take your order," His french accent was very strong but he could speak quite clearly so there was no trouble with understanding him.
Luna moved a hoof to her mouth and coughed slightly, "Un beau matin pour vous, to you, Creme' Caramel," Luna said in as best french she could.
The chef let out a hearty laugh as he smiled, "Oh ho ho, your majesty, your french gets better by the day, so then, what do we want today, something sweet, or something filling, anything you wan' miss Twilight?" He asked.
Twilight put a hoof to her chin in deep thought, putting her tongue out slightly, Luna chuckled at how cute she looked, Creme is always great at making pancakes, but I had that yesterday, oh forget it, I'll have them again I cant decide, Twilight turned to the direction of where she heard Creme', "Please could I have pancakes again, creme?" she asked with a smile.
He nodded as he jotted down something on a piece of paper before looking up at them, "Of course my dear, back toot sweet, I will make the greatest pancakes we have to offer," he left for the kitchen, leaving them both alone yet again.
Time passed by, the same conversations they usually had, Twilight conversed on what she thought on subjects that happened throughout Luna's day, she liked to hear about what had happened in her day, making a mental image of Luna, at her desk with a quill in magical blue hue, marking sheets one by one. Only stopping for the sweet smell of syrup coming into the room.
Twilight let her mind drift into the sweetness of the smell, "Oh wow, it smells so good," the only problem now was that, since she could not see, she could not use her magic to eat, so now it usually was Luna who helped her, even though Luna says its a servant who does it but she won't let them since it was her guilty pleasure of feeding Twilight. Twilight recognized Luna's magic though but never said anything about it because it made her feel happy, her friend was doing so much for her, although she didn't know what the true meaning was.
In a hushed voice Luna said, "So cute," as she helped Twilight eat.
Twilights ears flickered from the small whisper, "What was that?" Twilight asked.
Luna nearly dropped the fork in her magic as her face turned bright red, she stumbled the words out, "Oh nothing," the blushing grew furiously worse, "let me get that for you," Luna picked up a cloth and wiped a bit of escaped syrup, the patch where it was left a sticky mess, "I think we might need a shower after this," she said putting the cloth back down and carrying on assisting Twilight.
After swallowing the last bit of pancake, Twilight said, "Thank you Luna," she leaned over to Luna and put her arm around her, making the princess turn a brighter pale of red but she then leaned into the embrace accepting the gesture.
After all the food, and mess, both left the dining halls to go the the bathing area, not far from Luna's quarters but it was good to walk off the breakfast, "well then, we'll get cleaned up and then we can talk about the trip I want to take you on," Twilight looked confused at this.
"Trip?" Twilight asked.
Luna cleared her throat and began speaking, "Yes, I said I had somepony to show you how to see again, she knows a way to get you to see but it won't be the physical kind of seeing" Luna pushed the door open for Twilight to walk in, "First things first though is to get your fur clean, come this way," using her Tail she pulled Twilight over to a huge round bath, placing her in the middle.
Twilight hit the water that began filling the bath, "AHH! that's cold," jumping slightly at the water, it still needed to warm up, "Finally, its getting warmer," Luna then sat next to her in the bath as it started to fill more, "I'm so sorry you have to do this for me everyday Luna"
Luna lent into Twilight to comfort her, "Don't worry, its my pleasure to do it, trust me, I would do anything to please you, ask and I will assist you," earning a blush from Twilight, she began to lather Twilights mane, being careful to not get any near her eyes, "you are one of my dearest friends, you are my best friend Twilight, I have no one who is as close to me, I would give you the world," That sounded a bit flirty, oh no please don't take it that way, she quickly made herself busy by turning the taps off.
Twilight slightly mumbled, "Oh well um, thank you Luna," Her speech came out awkwardly while she blushed.
The rest of the bathing was in silence, quickly over with bathing both mares leave to head to Luna's room, on arrival there is a table set up with tea and snacks that the maids prepared, "Twilight, you sit here and then I will get started, okay," A quick nod was her only answer.
Luna cleared her throat before carrying on, "Okay, when I first came to pick you up in ponyville I had wanted to take you straight away but I could not do that without your consent, so I will ask you, would you trust me to take you to a far off continent where a magical witch doctor will teach you to access your inner spirit." she stated bluntly.
Trying to process the information Twilight blurted out, "M...m-my what? Inner spirit? I am confused," She said.
Luna placed a hoof above Twilights, "I am basically saying to teach you to see again, I have the ability but not the knowledge to teach, so this pony is the only one I have known to have this ability, during my stay on the moon when Nightmare moon had her grip on my sanity, in the deep regresses of my mind I was contacted by this individual and when I finally awoke thanks to your help I had visited her, so will you let me do this, will you let me take you to Caecus Island," she more pleaded, than asked.
Many things ran through Twilights head but one thing struck true, Luna has done so much to help me, I guess trusting her with this would be more than enough, I owe her my sanity. I would go crazy without her at the moment., "I.....I-I trust you, I'll go,"
Twilight replied.
A loud *EEEEEE* was heard from Luna, "we shall help thee Twilight, *cough* I mean, I will help you, we can leave soon but first, tea and cookies," Luna said striking a hoof in the air.