Luna’s Friend
Chapter 2: A technological marvel
Continuing on from chapter 1, Luna and Neil have arrived at Neils house, only for Neil to discover his wife is home.
“Mr Neil, Why is it a bad thing that your wife is home? Shouldn't you be glad that shes here to welcome you after your trip?”
“Just call me Neil, thanks. And normally id be glad, but your here Luna and id rather not show the misses that i have a talking princess pony in my van, because id probably get admitted to a mental asylum.”
“A mental asylum, Neil?”
“uh... ill explain later. Anyway, if she saw you shed tell the whole neighborhood. shes a pretty big blabbermouth.”
“why don't we want people to know who i am Neil? i think it would be quite exciting to meet lots of new people!”
“because i know w-” Neil stops to think about what hes saying before continuing
“because i just think its in our best interests if we keep your existence to ourselves.”
“oh ok then. but where do we go now?”
“i think i know a place, its a bit out of the way, but nobody goes that far out of town, we should be safe there.” Neil starts to think for a second and walks out of the van. he comes back after a few seconds with a few bags and something under his arm
“do you like books Luna?” He asks, raising an eyebrow.
“oh yes. i love reading books it’s a very good way to learn many things and to occupy time!”
“Ah. good. then i got a few things you might like” Neil gets in the van and passes Luna books with titles that intrigued Luna
‘Encyclopedia’
‘Dictionary and references’
‘Complete known human history, printed 1960’
“ooh thank you very much Neil, i guess this will stop me asking so many questions, wont it?” Luna thanks Neil with an appreciative laugh, Neil just smiles back.
The drive to their destination was a smooth one, with little to no disruptions, aside from people crossing the road and traffic, they didn't really stop once.
Luna was fascinated by human history, How humans could be so violent, yet curious towards their surroundings, adapting and surviving no matter what nature throws at them.
“You humans make life look so easy! how do you get past without magic helping you?” Luna was perplexed, because almost everything in Equestria was run by magic, save for the Everfree forest.
“Humans don't need magic Luna, we use our own ingenuity to create better technology to make things easier.”
“But it says here that magic used to exist on earth, is that also true?”
“I may be smart Luna, but I'm not a time traveller. But i can say that magic was used in the medieval times to explain something that had no current explanation”
“oh, then how did people survive before technology existed?”
“technology has always existed Luna. no matter how primitive. Heck, a rock attached to a stick is technology.”
“that's very interesting Mr.Neil.” Luna returns to her studying
Minutes pass, after a while Luna tells Neil she has finished the books that he gave her.
“Wow you sure read fast, I didn't even know you understood English. which was one reason why i was so surprised when i first met you!”
“English Neil? i don't speak English. I speak the equestrian language!”
“... what are the chances that two completely different worlds speak the same basic language.”
“The odds are inconclusive Neil, because the universe is infinite which could mean any number of possibilities could happen! in fact we could be having the same conversation right now in a completely different place!”
“that was a rhetorical question Luna.”
“oh. my mistake.”
Even more minutes pass as Luna stares out the window. She was fascinated by all her surroundings. there were species of trees that she had never seen before, there were also cows. but they couldn't speak equestrian and basically had he IQ of a peanut.
What fascinated her even more was how humans keep their driving so neat and organised by painting lines on the road! maybe she could do the same for Equestria? But Equestria doesn't have cars. or oil for that matter.
Whatever the case, She decided it was probably for the best to wait until her banishment was over before thinking any of this through, i mean, her sister would unbanish her right? eventually?
She turned her attention to what lay ahead of them. it was a forest with tyre marks over the grass, revealing a pathway. Neil turned the headlights on and drove in. Boy was it dark in there!
After what seemed only a few minutes, they came across a lit up clearing with a small wooden shack in the centre, with a protruding metal rod with a grill on the top.
“That must be the antennae for the radio and television devices” she thought to herself.
The car stopped in a makeshift garage comprised of a few beams of wood and some trees.
“Alrighty Luna, we’re here. feel free to take a look around, but don't wander off.”
“ooh. is this your version of the Everfree Forest?”
“the what-now?”
“never mind. do wild animals live here?”
“lots of them.”
“ok then. ill stick close Neil”
After looking around the shack for a bit she trots up to Neil who is unlocking the door after unloading his bags from the van.
“alright Luna, when you get inside, try not to knock anything over. i haven't been here in a few months and there’s no telling whats inside all the pots and things.”
“yes Neil, i will be careful”
he unlocks the door and they both walk inside, her mouth gapes open at her surroundings
Some loose boards on some walls, some books are toppled off a cracked bookshelf.
Everything seemed so dilapidated. she HAD to do something.
“excuse me Neil? could you please go outside for a second?”
“uhh. ok, but don't hurt yourself.”
Neil walks out, giving Luna a worried glance as he passes through the doorway.
Luna puts her alicorn magic to work, Fixing broken boards, re-arranging the bookshelf, repairing all the broken cords from the electronics(she learned how they work from the books she read)
She even gives it a fresh coat of lacquer and dries it almost instantly.
Seconds later Neil peeks in and sees Luna hard at work, her horn glowing intensely(it wouldn't have been so hard if she had tried this before, but she is an equestrian on a foreign planet. magic is harder when it has never been used somewhere before)
Luna stops and gives Neil a big grin.
“Holy f-”
“i know isn't it wonderful? it sure saved you a lot of trouble didn't it”
“ill say.”
A while later Luna is munching on a carrot while resting on one of the couches while Neil works from behind a broken television set.
“lets see.. red wire goes to red wire, but green goes to yellow. careful not to touch the diodes....”
“hey Neil, watcha doin?” Luna asks
*bump*”AARGH” Neil hits his head on the roof of the televisions insides.
“oh im sorry did i startle you imsosorrypleaseforgivemeitwonthappenagain”
Luna levitates a gauze roll over to Neil and starts wrapping his head in it
“Luna, I'm fine, its just a small bump on the he-MmMmphh!” cut off by gauze being rolled over his mouth He slowly moves it away. “look, I'm fine. i don't need to be admitted to a hospital just because i hit myself. Humans are built tough like that.”
“oh you mean like earth ponies!”
“yeah. whatever....”
“so what are you doing?”
“well if I'm going to be staying out here, no point in not having some television, right?”
“ooh. i can help! i can help!”
“fine but please don't break anything”
“i wont i pro- oops” Luna started to trot over and tripped on the television cord bringing herself to the floor.
They both immediately start bursting out laughing
Luna’s horn begins to faintly glow as she levitates the book in front of her and starts reading.(The book is titled “Electronics and you”)
In a few minutes she puts the book down and gets to work on the television.
“one second” she walks outside and comes back with a few parts from the scrapheap next to the shack.
Neil lays back on the couch and watches Luna tinker with the television.
Neil takes a sip of beer.
“done! Luna fixes the back panel back onto the television.
“nice work Luna. i might go fix up some sandwiches.”
“no meat please”
“i know”.
“Neil? i think its broken still”
“How? didn't you just fix it?”
“yes but it still isn't working”
Neil walks over with a plate of sandwiches and inspects the scene.
“Luna?”
“yes?”
“its not even plugged in.”
“ooh.. *giggle*” Luna facehoofs when Neils back is turned.
They start watching a recording of the moon landing.
“wow so hundreds of people were watching you?”
“a lot more then that Luna, it gave the mission even more pressure then it already had.”
After a while Luna started to fiddle with a black stick next to her, wondering what it was.
She pressed one of the soft parts with her hoof and the televisions screen suddenly changed!
“ah! this must be controlling the television set”
“hey Luna, i gotta go back to the misses before she gets really angry at me. You should be fine here by yourself, if you get hungry i left some produce in the refrigerator.”
Luna wanders over to the refrigerator while looking around.”Wow i did do a pretty good job of fixing up the place!”
She opens the refrigerator and levitates a few things out, Lettuce, Carrots, Ceaser salad dressing? “ooh that sounds fancy.”
she places the items onto the table next to a bowl and something in the refrigerator catches her eye.
“Beer? i wonder what this is.”
She mixes all the salad things into a bowl and levitates it and the beer over to a coffee table placed in front of the television.
She munches on the salad. “Wow this ceaser dressing is great! *nom nom nom*”
halfway through the salad she remembers the beer, she picks it up and looks at the label.
“barley, water, etc. seems pretty basic, what could happen?”
she prys of the cap using the edge of her hooves and drinks a bit.
“blurgh! this is disgusting! maybe... just a little more....”
Neil comes home to find Luna half passed out lying on the couch making weird noises.
“what the heck happened here?” he shouted
“uurrgggh not so loud...”
Neil notices the 8 empty bottles of beer sitting on the coffee table and couldn't help but laugh.
“Luna your just a child, children arnt meant to drink beer.”
“EXxcuusSEe me MisTur. BUT i aM LikE, 1000 YeArs oLd, i cAN dRinK WhEnevEr I PleAsE!” she rambled on.
“i think you should go to sleep Luna, at least until tomorrow”
“I Don't NeEd SleEp! SLEEP IS FOR THE WEA-” Luna, cut off by herself, passed out onto the couch.
Neil fetched a small blanket and placed it over Luna, Imprinted onto it were stars and the moon.
And the words “Little Neil. My little astronaut”
There was a small tear in Neils eye.
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End of chapter 2! stay tuned for more luna hijynx
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