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“I had a hunch you were hungry!” I pronounced, before I had had the time to look at the room, it wasn't as if I had expected to see anything, or anyone, let alone a large horse in the room.
“Yes, I picked up an appetite lately. I'll have to explain all about it. But first I'd like to introduce you to a new friend of mine. You could say I found her the other day, in a long forgotten library, which I'll also show you later. Right now, I'm hungry!” I told her.
“Then I'll start to prepare for the meal. I hope your new friend will enjoy what I swiped for her. Since I was just picking up a meal for us, it isn't easy to explain taking a third plate. A new friend, I hope she is as nice as you make her out to be. Now I'm curious. Who is she?!” I pondered on in curious tones.
“Meet Luna. Luna, this is my sister!” she pointed out, in a traditional presentation, clearly indicate who she was presenting.
“Greetings. Nice to meet you!” Luna spoke, just after she stepped out of the shadows.
“Hi, Luna. How do you do!” I responded in kind, trying my best in responding to my sister's new best friend, from all I could see.
“I think I can see the family resemblance!” Luna mused, looking deep into my eyes, making me feel I was fearing she was to drawn in my eyes, or I was to drawn into hers.
I may be a few years older then my sister, she is nine, while I'm fifteen years of age. I had managed to miss the detail of her changes. It isn't just the way she is around the mare Alicorn she had in her room as I came. There are all the other details, but I never really looked down onto the floor. Why should I have?
“The salad would be yours, I hope you'll enjoy it. It isn't exactly a royal chef at our hospital, but at least it is good, I hope!” I suggested.
“Sure do look delicious. I haven't had a descent meal for a while longer than you may imagine. I'm looking forwards to something to just remind me of what it feels like. To share my meal with friends, it's simply divine!” Luna interjected with a smile on her face, suggesting she actually means it too.
I cast her a sudden side-glance, before I look at the salad I had carried up for me and my sister. I found all sorts of stylish vegetables. Hoping they were not just eatable, but also tasty for a pony, and an Alicorn Princess at that. The two portions of salad was the only thing I could come up with sneaking with me. Now it seems a grand idea, since she was bound to be vegetarian, after all.
I looked at the black mare as she sat down with us, me and my sister, that is. Just to see her sit down, wings on her back, and a fully equine form, it made me feel strange. Something just made it feel as if it had all been a dream, but the one I didn't want to wake up from.
The meal was practically enjoyed in quiet contemplation. I did not mind, just making due with enjoying the meal, observing them before me. Observations of this kind is after all best performed in silence. I didn't need to come up with a reply, or follow a conversation. I'm quite happy as it was. Just looking at Luna, most of the time. Yet, my eyes frequently did wonder off towards my sister, as if there is something I had missed, something important to see. I just couldn't put a finger on what it may have been, hoping she was to explain it later.
Maybe the meal takes me half an hour, if it is a few minutes more or less, but I finished my meal with a happy smile on my face. I had seen the same smile on our new friend. I can't say I regretted it, why?
“What was it you wanted to show me?” I inquired curiously, still with the smile I maintained during the entire meal on my face.
“Yes, this would be the time to let her in on my library!” Luna pointed out.
“The library, yes, this would be the time. If you lead the way, Luna?” she responded.
“Right this way, then. I'll take you there. For this show, we'll take the ordinary way so that you can go there on your own!” Luna pointed out, obviously enjoying herself royally.
“I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. I hope the salad was as good as you expected!” I responded.
“Oh yes, it certainly was. I'll carry this experience and this day with me for time to come. Probably much longer than either of you could imagine!” Luna mused as the door slip open as she walked out into the hall, leading up to the elevator.
As if by a miracle, but rather by magic, the doors had already opened as we arrived. I guess I couldn't quite be surprised. Not once you see a black horse with wings and a horn in her forehead, siting by the table, dining. She had managed her feat pretty well. The fork and knife no challenge for her, the level of her magic staying on top of the situation. I had enjoyed watching her as she ate. I could see she enjoyed to demonstrate her class. Even when she knew we're not the ponies who used to be around her. A human of two didn't really flatten her spirit.
I followed the two into the elevator and noticed the buttons glow as she managed to choose our destination. I could see the magic in action and it is always the same colour, it is her hue, as clearly as my fingerprints, by the looks of it.