“Please state your name for the record,” I spoke with a rather professional tone. I left my laptop next to her and had a Bluetooth headset on so we could just add our conversation to this document while we went about things.
“Um I am Luna, Princess of the Night and Co-Ruler of Equestria.”
“Very good, you’re learning to keep an inside voice rather well Princess.” I tossed vegetables in my wok and prepared a salad for Luna while she waited for dinner.
Today was different from when I first met Luna. I found it odd to find such a regal being tapping on my apartment window. Nevertheless, I knew who she was at first glance and let her into my apartment. I was, after all, on the fifteenth floor and even she could only hover there for so long.
“Are you adjusting well Princess?”
“Oh yes, after I found out about Friendship is Magic I have adjusted far better.”
“And how long have you been on Earth?”
“Nearly one thousand years. I would also like to say that it has been a very hard time for me.”
“Oh? How hard has it been?”
“As of this session it is June 7th, 2011. If we are correct, I have only two more weeks left on your planet. I arrived here on October 31st, 1011. And it has been a rough millennium for me.”
“I can imagine; you were present for two world wars, Hitler’s rise to power, the sinking of the Titanic-”
“Yes, and that was just in the past century.”
“And what did you do before World War I?”
“For the most of it I was travelling through Europe and Asia. In the most recent century I spent time in America, a stowaway on the Titanic. It was far too distant a travel by my own wings.”
“And how about the decade before your arrival, did anything scientific or artistic stand out before you?”
“Oh yes, I read Einstein’s work. He was a remarkable man. I hope to share such findings with my sister when I return to Equestria.”
I smiled, “do you think you will be forgiven for your transactions?”
“If ‘Tia is anything like she is in the show I think I shall. If not, then I hope she still shows some mercy for me. I truly think I deserve some after so long.”
I got out dishes, the meal finished and ready to serve. We stopped for a while, our conversation saved and waiting for dinner to finish. I will state that Luna has made considerable strides since I first met her. At first, she was shy and freezing. She was malnourished and I felt like I should help her out.
The theory of Luna’s love of socks is true, she wears some rather silly looking pink socks; I had clumsily sewed stars onto them at her request. So too is her adoration of the abacus, having four resting in various places of her room.
Her room is rather sparse; she hasn’t liked many decorations to spruce it up any. In addition to her bed, she has a bookcase filled with scientific journals and art books. With a little teamwork, we made a little pony, akin to a teddy bear, and she sleeps with it every day. She looks rather adorable curled up in bed with it, while she sleeps most of the daylight hours away.
After nearly forty minutes, we watched an episode of Friendship is Magic, something I promised to do with her every night until the solstice. Tonight she watched Call of the Cutie for the second time. We timed it so she would see the season a second time before she had to leave. If we were right then that was the case.
I decided to do this interview with Princess Luna so that we had a record of her time in exile at least for anybrony who wanted to know something about Luna. Suffice to say, the princess was positively giddy for the time I would spend asking her questions about herself.
After the episode, we resumed our interview. “Princess,” I began but I was given pause by her hoof being raised to silence me.
“I would like you to still call me Luna during this interview.”
“Very well, then Luna I would like you to tell me about your thoughts on the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.”
“I think the show is a very interesting take on everyday life for a group of everyday ponies in a quaint town. If it is true and I return to Equestria on the solstice, then I wonder how accurate to the show everything is.”
“If it is accurate will you bother your sister, knowing exactly what shall happen in the coming year?”
“If she dares to question what I learned on the ‘moon,’ then of course I will. If she has this student send her reports I will ‘predict’ the letters for my amusement.”
“Which shall be at your sister’s expense?”
“Naturally, I believe that I must make light of my sister by pulling pranks on her whenever necessary. It will remind her that I am home and willing to torture her just as much as she, what was the word…”
“Trolls?”
“Yes, thank you. As much as she trolls the residents of Ponyville I would think.”
“I have to ask, you've seen the show once already. Is there anypony that you like? Somepony that you think is your favorite.” I was quick to add something so I couldn't let her ego swell too much. “Picking yourself doesn't count.”
She chose to stick her tongue out at me for a second before thinking about it. “Not including myself I would have to say I enjoy Pinkie Pie most of all.”
“Is there any particular reason?”
“Yes, I enjoy her free spirit and constant urge to party. I am under the impression that she would have a party on, say Tuesday, based on the fact that it was Tuesday.”
I tried to come up with some form of counter argument, but it never really developed. I could see Pinkie doing that. It scared me some.
“Would you attend such a party?”
“I'm sure I would attend one sometime, but not immediately. I'm sorry to say that I'm not a very open pony, but I'd like to be sometime.”
I smiled, I knew deep down that she could do it. I chose to continue our interview, and wrapping it up for the night. “I have a personal question. What about the Everfree Forest, is it really dangerous?”
“To my knowledge it isn’t, remember that in my time the palace was there. I theorize that it turned into what we see in the show when my sister used the Elements of Harmony on me.”
“Was that experience painful at all?”
“Not really, I mean to say that ‘Tia could have hurt me considerably, but her intentions were good and I think that saved me from considerable pain.”
“Well, I think that should be enough for tonight Luna. On behalf of the brony community I would like to thank you for sitting down with me and answering some questions for us.”
“Not a problem, could you bring me something to read for tonight?”
“Certainly Luna,” I said happily.
-End of Night One-
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Author's Note: I'm really liking this idea, but while I write this I'd like some questions to ask in the comments, otherwise I'll be asking them off the top of my head. I think I'll be writing these Pony-Human stories for a little while. At least until I'm ready to write some pure Pony fan fiction.