//------------------------------// // Peanut Butter is missing // Story: The Life and Adventures of Peanut Butter // by FlufferNutters //------------------------------// In Peanut Butter's room Ocean Shine opens her eyes and looks at Peanut Butter's bed to see that he isn't there. She gets up quickly in a panic and looks around the room until she sees the door is open and rushes out as she hyperventilates. She swiftly turns her head left and right down the hallway and notices the open window. Her eyes go wide as she runs searching for a guard. "Guard!, guard!, is anypony here?" Ocean Shine shouts as three guards quickly arrive. "What is the matter miss Ocean Shine?" One of the guards asks. "Peanut Butter isn't in his room and I don't know where he is, please help me." Ocean Shine says before breaking down into tears. The guards leave and gather others to search the castle. After ten minutes of searching the castle guards look towards one another and nod knowing what they need to do. "Get Princess Luna, quickly." One of the guards says before one of them heads to Luna's chambers as fast as they can. A couple minutes later a loud cry can be heard through out the castle. Just then the guard from earlier returns to Ocean Shine and catches his breath. "The princess and your brother request your immediate presence." The guard says. Ocean Shine nods and heads to Luna's throne room as the crying becomes louder as she gets closer. When she reaches the throne room she pushes the door open and enters seeing Luna laying on the floor in tears as Lunar Shine and Moon Dust try to comfort her. Lunar Shine looks over at Ocean Shine with a concerned look on his face confusion in his eyes. "Ocean Shine please tell us what happened." Lunar Shine says as he continues to comfort Luna. The look on her face turns from panic to sadness and guilt as she looks away before she speaks. "I...I.....I fell asleep while he was sleeping by accident and when I woke up he was gone. I'm so sorry." Ocean Shine says before quietly shedding her own tears. Luna looks up after hearing Ocean Shines response. Her face turns from sadness to anger as she gets up with tears still falling from her eyes, Looming over Ocean Shine like a fierce storm cloud above a town ready to unleash it's fury onto it. "Get out of the castle now!, you are not welcome here anymore!" Luna shouts as her voice booms and echos through out the castle before slamming her hooves down. Ocean Shine nods and walk off silently not objecting while being escorted by a guard. As soon as the door closes Luna holds Moon Dust and Lunar Shine close to her as she cries again. She nuzzles them both before looking at Lunar Shine. "Send guards out through Canterlot., check everywhere, if he was foalnapped I want the pony's head on a platter, if he ran away, bring him back here safe, I will see if he's dreaming, wherever he is." Luna mutters before nuzzling Lunar Shine. "Yes your highness." Luna feels something soft brushing against her and looks down to see Moon Dust nuzzling her trying to cheer her up. She smiles at him and nuzzles him back taking him into her hooves and holding him close and nuzzles him back. "Thank you little one for trying to cheer me up." Luna says with a small crackle in her voice from her earlier crying. Moon Dust stays close to Luna, his eyes half shut with a slight yawn as he looks up at Luna. She smiles and wraps him in her fore-hooves to let him sleep. Moon Dust slowly passes out as Luna looks out one of the stained glass windows. At Canterlot Castle, Celestia tends to Star Light who just heard the news of her cousin running away. She looks down, crying as Celestia nuzzles her. She has ordered some of the day guard to continue the search. Luna, Moon Dust, and Lunar Shine are asleep in Luna's chambers after she cried herself to sleep. Celestia looks through papers and signs some of them as diplomats and advisers talk with her about political issues that they feel need to be dealt with and disputes with other ponies through out most of the morning. Just as she was going to eat her lunch, a loud bang is heard from doors opening. She sees one of the guards race towards her. "Princess Celestia, we have news regarding young Prince Peanut Butter." The guard says as he catches his breath. "What news is this?" "Somepony claimed that they saw something flying towards the Everfree forest, should we send a search party?" "Yes, immediately, I'll sent a message to Twilight and her friends to have them help too." "Yes your highness." The guard rushes out as fast as he came in closing the doors behind him. She decides to let Luna sleep and gain back her strength as her food comes. She takes a bite from her sandwich as she looks out the window. Her face shows a mix of concern and hope as she eats. She sighs as she looks out the stained glass towards Canterlot and the Everfree. "Please be safe my young nephew." Celestia says softly. Luna searches the dreamscape for any sign that Peanut Butter is dreaming or asleep ignoring her own rest in the process. She finds nothing as she enters Lunar Shine's dream to have some comfort from his loving embrace while checking every once in a while. Lunar Shine nuzzles her before they curl next to each other. "Please don't leave me my love." Luna says softly with sadness still in her voice. "I would never do that." "Good, I just want to know why." "We don't know what happened to him right now, but if he ran away, I would like to know that too." "I know, but I feel like it is my fault some how." "It's not your fault, we'll continue the search for as long as it takes." "Thank you my love." "Anytime." As the day turns into night in the waking world Luna wakes up and sees Lunar Shine next to her and sees Moon Dust curled up under one of her front forelegs and on top of the other just as she left him. She smiles at the sight of them before turning her head to the setting sun as she gets up to raise the moon. Lunar Shine and Moon Dust stir and wake up as Luna raises the moon. Lunar Shine goes to Luna and stands next to her. "How are you feeling my love?" Lunar Shine asks. "I'm still worried sick and upset, I plan on looking for him tonight, no matter where it takes me, I want my foal back home." "We'll find him." Just as they turn around from the balcony there is a knock on the door. Luna opens it and sees that it is Celestia. "Why hello sister, what brings you here?" Luna asks. "We have a lead on where Peanut Butter might be, but you may not like it." Luna's face brightens and runs towards Celestia hugging her ignoring the last part of what she said. "Where is he?, please tell me, where is my foal?" "He might be in the Everfree forest, I have a search team looking for him now." Luna's bright look on her face turned to horror as her breath starts to go fast. She suddenly collapses as her eyelids flicker looking towards the window. “My, foal, be, safe.” She prays softly before she completely passes out. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~10 Years Later~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The moon is high in the warm summer night in Canterlot as Luna looks out towards the Everfree forest. She looks down and sighs as Luna enters her chambers before heading towards the lunar throne room of the castle. Just then a gust of wind blows and Luna turns around to shut the doors to her balcony and stops and squints towards the balcony and walks to it. She goes onto the balcony and sees a moon lily siting on the railing in front of her. She uses her magic to levitate it and smiles before walking back in and placing it in the vase nearby a picture of Peanut Butter as a foal before leaving her chambers. As she walks the halls of the castle, she runs into Moon Dust, who is now officially part of the Lunar guard. “Hello my little guard.” Luna teases. “Mom, I’m not little anymore.” “So you say, another Moon Lily was on my balcony, seems like tonight will be an eventful one, I suggest you go outside and join in on the action as our mystery pony visits,” Luna walks past him and smirks with a giggle. “Who knows, you might catch them if you’re lucky.” “No one has been able to catch them ever since they started showing up about two years ago.” “Well, luck runs out eventually.” “True, I’ll go outside then.” “Good boy.” Luna goes her own way and Moon Dust goes his way. Moon Dust exits the castle and stands by the royal gardens looking up towards the night sky. A half hour later the sound of yelling is heard by the front of the castle and getting louder as Moon Dust looks at where the direction the noise is coming from. Just then a strong gust of wind blows towards him. He drops his pike and takes off his heavy armor as a cloaked figure quickly flies by. Moon Dust runs and jumps into the air and flaps his wings. “The chase is on I guess, let’s make this fun shall we?” The figure remarks. “Wouldn’t have it any other way.” The figure makes a sharp turn right around a tower and then a left. Moon Dust Does the same, and catches up with the figure. The figure looks back and grins. Just then another gust pushes them further just as the figure goes up high enough for Moon Dust to see bat wings from the figure. “Let’s see if you can catch me after this!” The figure says as they stop mid air against the moon and dives down, closing their wings spinning. Moon Dust stops and dives after the figure before the figure leans up and suddenly vanishes from speed. Moon Dust stops again and perks his ears up and turns around, speeding towards the other side of the castle. “Ouch, that’s new!” A voice shouts. Moon Dust flies to the other side of the castle and sees the figure trapped in a net on the ground and guards surround them. “Caught you now.” Moon Dust says triumphantly. “Clever stallion, did you come up with this?” “I did actually, I was ordered that if you were ever caught to bring you to Princess Luna.” “Oh goodie, aren’t I special?” “Apparently you are, we usually sent trespassers to the dungeons.” “Well, take me away.” The unicorn guards light up their horns and levitate the hooded pony and walk inside the castle. Once inside they walk down the halls of the castle as the throne room is on the other side of the castle. Just then a strong gust knocks down the guards and drop the figure who levitates and flees. “Like I’d make it that easy?” They say before going down the hall and turning left. “Get back here!” Moon Dust shouts before giving chase. Moon Dust chases them down more halls as eventually the figure gets out of the net and throws it to the side and starts to gallop on their own. Just then the figure hits another figure and looks up to see Luna. Moon Dust stands at attention. “We were going to deliver our guest to you, but he slipped out of our grasp, Princess Luna.” Moon Dust informs. “That is quite alright Moon Dust, it reminded me on how you and your brother ran around the halls.” ”Yeah Moon Dust.” The figure remarks. Luna looks down at them with a raised eyebrow. “You have no room to talk, I do believe it is time to find out who you are.” Luna says. “I thought you would have figured it out by now with the moon lilies I leave behind on certain dates.” “Though this isn’t a special date, unless.” “The day your lost foal returns home.” The figure removes their hood to reveal A peanut butter brown bat pony with peanut butter brown main with dark brown streaks and a hazel left eye and an emerald green right eye. He sports a goatee and wears glasses as he looks up to Luna. She gasps with both hooves to her muzzle as her eyes well up. “Is, is that you?, Is it really you?” Luna asks with a crack in her voice. “Yeah, it’s me mom.” Moon Dust’s jaw drops and his eyes go wide. “Buh, buh, but how?” Moon Dust asks. “It’s a long story, get Aunt Celestia too, she’ll probably want to hear it as well over tea.” Luna quickly grabs Peanut Butter and hugs him tight and cries. Peanut Butter smiles and squirms. “I missed you too mom, but, I, can’t, breathe.” Luna quickly lets go as Peanut Butter gasps before all three walk towards the royal gardens.