Princess Luna
In
The Great Train Chase.
Chapter One
Flying Over Ponyville.
High above Ponyville flew the sky chariot of Princess Luna. Being pulled by her personal bat pony royal guards, Star Dancer and Skin Wings. Luna looked over the side of the chariot and down to the small city below her. Princess Luna could just make out the ponies going about there day to day lives of buying and selling goods and services to each other.
The Princess of the night, smile with pride for her subjects. As she look on, her eyes became very sad, old feeling of being alone started to creep back into soul.
“Hi! Your Highness! How you doing?” The voice shouted into Luna ear. The shout made the two royal guards turn their heads back to see who had said something. Only to bump each others head together as they turn to look. Skin Wings glared at Star Dancer over the simple accident.
Princess Luna also gave a small jump of surprise as she turn to see Rainbow Dash flying along side the chariot. Rainbow Dash, with her blue coat and rainbow mane, was the keeper of the element of loyalty. She made her home in the clouds round Ponyville. Her hobby it seemed was making other ponies jump with surprise.
Regaining her composer, Princess Luna replied. “Hello, Rainbow Dash, we are doing very well today. Thank you. And, how are you?”
“Doing grate! Just keeping the weather clear until after two. Apple Jack needs some rain later for her farm. So, I sent Derpy out with the news to let the other ponies know what going to happen.” Reported Rainbow Dash.
Just the hearing Derpy’s name never failed to bring a smile to Luna’s face. “And how is the Doctor?” Luna asked.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “Time Turner, is still working on the crazy blue box of his.” Wanting to get off the subject of The Doctor as fast as she could. Rainbow Dash asked. “What brings you all the way to Ponyville?”
Princess Luna puffed out her chest and held her had high. “We are heading for Appleloosa. We wish to meet with Chief Thunderhooves about affairs of state. Along with some ponies who are censures about a new wind turbine project. Also the town is opening a new cheery packing plant.”
Rainbow Dash looked confused. “Grand openings and affairs of state? Don’t you have other ponies to do that stuff for you?”
Luna hung her head down. “Yes, but” She look at the back of her two royal guard ponies, then back to Rainbow Dash. “I need to get way from Canterlot for a little bit.”
With the bluntness of a hammer, Rainbow Dash asked. “Why?”
At this point Luna had started to lose her royal décor. “In one word: Stress.” Luna felt safe high above the ground and with only Star Dancer and Skin Wings to hear what she was going to rant about.
“You see, Rainbow Dash, being royalty is not laying about all day and doing nothing. There are ponies that bring you their problems, some that you can help with and others you can not. An example would be the new wind turbine project that is going on between Dodge Junction and Appleloosa. Chief Thunderhooves is worried that the project will cut into more of his tribes home lands. The ponies that run the project want me to help them with the native bison.”
Rainbow Dash nodded.
Princess Luna continued. “Then there are some ponies that want the project stopped because they feel that is going to damage the tortoise population.”
Now things were getting personal. After all Rainbow Dash had a pet tortoise by the name of Tank. And the thought of him, or his kind, being hurt by wind turbines did not set well at all. Then Rainbow thought about it, then asked. “How does a wind turbine hurt the tortoise population?”
Luna explained. “They clam that the tortoises will not know how to go around the base of the wind turbines.”
Rainbow Dash hove planted. True Tank did plow into things, but he always recover and went around. Then again, Tank had a magic propelled helicopter rotor harness to his back that Derpy and Time Turner had given to Rainbow Dash that Tank did not know how to use very well. Also what was a helicopter? Way off topic. Rainbow Dash returned to the conversation.
Princess Luna went on about how she and her sister had to deal with other ponies problems all day long. And, they no mater how crazy some of them sounded, each had to be check into and reports written. After that actions had to be taken. All the time being curdiest and polite. Sometimes, the ponies were so upset and so angry they shouted and said curl things. Even claming that nether Princess Celestia or Luna did not care about other ponies, just themselves.
Even Rainbow Dash saw how much that hurt Luna. Rainbow Dash pick up speed and ask the two bat ponies. “Do you guys ever back her up. You know stand up to the bullies? Say a few words of encouragement? ” The two bat ponies just keep their eyes looking ahead. Thou Star Dancer did have a tear in her eye.
Calling Rainbow Dash back, Luna explained. “They can not. See, they were appointed to me by Celestia. The royal guard are not to be friends with us. That is one of the rules.”
“You know, your highness. We are going to have to talk about this later. Right now I got to get back to Ponyville and start that rain for A.J.. But, we will talk.” With that Rainbow Dash took off. Leaving Princess Luna alone. With only two bat ponies guards pulling a over rated sky wagon, the two ponies that had to be with her.
Thou Princess Luna did not say it. She though it very loud inside her mind. “Life sucks!”
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