//------------------------------// // chapter 17: Final Farewell // Story: Good Night Luna // by Scribe Scribbles //------------------------------// It was early in the morning. I just opened my eyes when Luna jumped on me. "Get up!" She said enthusiastically. "Come on! Get up! Get up!" She jumped up and down. "Get up! Get-" I grabbed her head and held it stationary. "What is it?" I moaned half awake. "It's my Birthday!" Luna kissed me on the forehead and jumped off the bed. "GET UP!" She yanked the sheets off the bed. I moaned and then got up. My eyes were still adjusting tot he light. "Come on! There's so much to do in so little time!" I walked over to the window and looked outside to see a tropical storm poring rain. "It's raining." I grunted. "Exactly!" Luna's attitude didn't deflate one bit. "No one's at the beaches.They're all inside!" I looked back outside at the rain. "Well played Mother Nature, well played indeed." I got dressed and met Luna in the living room. She was wearing a rain jacket and the biggest smile ever to be seen. We got in the car and drove off. We went to see the painted church. No one was there so it was perfect. I put a dollar in the donation box and walked in with Luna. Luna walked all over the small church looking at the paintings. "They're so beautiful!" She said looking at Jesus. I looked over to my right and saw a particular painting. "Huh." I shrugged. "What is it?" Luna asked looking back at me. "Hell looks better than I remember." I said pointing to the painting of Hell. Luna rolled her eyes. We walked out and headed for waipi'o beach. I parked the jeep and Luna immediately jumped out. There was nobody on the beach, but I still worried. She threw off her rain jacket and jumped in the water. The people in Hawaii say they hate the rain, but Luna and I love the rain. Luna more than me. Rain meant that Luna could actually go outside without having to worry so much about being seen. It meant she could go to the beaches in broad daylight and be herself. Me, it meant that I got to see Luna at her happiest. Nothing on Earth could make me any happier than seeing Luna smile so hopefully and happy. I sat down on the beach and watched joyously as Luna swam around in the sea, laughing and smiling. Luna yelled at me to join her, but I didn't. I stayed on the beach and made sure that nobody poked their heads out from the plants. After what seamed like a few hours, Luna walked out of the ocean exhausted. She came up and collapsed on the picnic blanket. "Havin fun?" I said putting a towel over her. "Ha!" Luna breathed. "That... was... AWESOME!" She plopped her head down on the sand. After a while we got back in the jeep and drove off. I went into a restaurant and ordered some lunch. I got in the jeep and handed Luna her salad. "So.." She started. "When are we gonna go to Green Sands?" Ever since we came to Hawaii. I always wanted to show Luna Green Sands Beach. We've never been able to together. I've been there three times since we moved here and that was with my family. "Radio said the storm's gonna clear up late tonight." "we can't go now?" Luna was very impatient about seeing the beach for the first time. "Because I want you to see it without it raining. A "perfect" experience." Luna rolled her eyes, but she was patient. I took Luna out on the ocean in the boat. I bought a boat a few years ago so I take Luna to swim with dolphins, turtles, or scuba dive. There was no possible way to make any kind of scuba gear fit Luna. Instead Luna would cast a magical bubble around her head so she could breath under water. I got my scuba gear on and jumped into the water where Luna was waiting for me. Luna couldn't actually go under water all on her own so I had to pull her down under the surface and the she could look around. Luna got to see a pod of dolphins, a bale of leather back sea turtles. I took her down further to see the coral reefs and the fish that lived there. ~~~ It was late in the night as the moon shown onto the island. The rain had just started to let up. I was driving along the main highway. I looked to see Luna staring out the window with her headphones on. Her coat was midnight in the moonlight. her cyan eyes stared longingly at the shoreline. I smiled and looked back at the road as I was coming around a bend in the road. Before I could do anything a black car came drifting around the bend and we came into a head-on collision. After who knows how long, I regained consciousness. My head was resting on top of the steering wheel. I lifted my head up and looked around. The whole car was destroyed. When I looked to my right I saw Luna. Luna was laying over the dash. Her horn was sticking through he shattered windshield. Blood was poring down from the top of her head onto the dash. I should have told her buckle up. I reached out my arm to try and grab her, but just as I started to lean in closer an excruciating pain shot through body. "AAAGH!" I clenched up, grasping my legs. My legs were sandwiched between the dash and my seat. I looked back at Luna who was still bleeding out. I tried my hardest to push through the pain and reach Luna. "Just... a little.. more! AAGH!" I was able to grasp her leg and pull her close into my arms. "Luna?!" I didn't know whether she was dead or not. "LUNA!!" I put my ear against her chest hoping to hear a pulse, something, anything that could tell me if she was still alive. Thump, thump Her heart's still beating! She's still alive! I took her head and cradled it under my chin. her blood poring down the front of me. ~~~~ When we got to the hospital, the doctors were just as shocked as the rescue team was when they saw a full-grown man holding a cartoon alicorn. After the doctors and nurses hooked up Luna to a heart monitor, I finally relaxed. I never left Luna's side. I sat in my wheelchair next to her bead, waiting for her to wake up. My knees were completely shattered. The doctors said I could never walk again. I didn't care if I couldn't walk or if I was dead. The only thing I cared about was Luna. After three days, Luna woke up. "Wha-what happened?" Luna said wearily. "It's OK!" I kissed her and held her close. "You're gonna be OK! Everything's gonna be fine!" I started crying. ~~~~ Guards had to be stationed at the door at all times to keep all the news reporters and curious eyes out. We stayed in the hospital for a total of seven days. I took Luna to Green Sands Beach finally. I took her home. ~~~~ Its been three months since the car crash. I woke up to the sun shining through the curtains. I took a shower and got dressed. Luna was in the back yard as she always was. I clipped one of Luna's feathers into my hair and let it hang down in front. My OC, Scribe always had a lucky phoenix feather quill clipped in his hair that he always carried around. I walked down stairs and began to type my story on the couch. I decided to finally listen to Luna and publish my book again. This time it was a success. I had been typing for probably ten minutes when I heard some one knock on the door. Ever since the car crash people of all kinds came from all over the world. Most were fans and just wanted to see a real-live Princess Luna. Others were tourists asking for a picture. Every once in a while a scientist would come asking if they could take Luna and study her. I got up and grabbed the shotgun off the wall and went to the door. I opened the door until the chains wouldn't allow it. I held out the shotgun. "GO AW-" I was speechless by who was at my door. It wasn't a tourist or some random fan, but in fact Princess Celestia. I lowered the shotgun. "May I come in?" Celestia asked calmly trying to ignore the gun. I closed the door and took off the chains then opened the door again. I moved to the side to allow Celestia to enter. Celestia walked in looking down on me. It was amazing how tall she was. Luna's full height only came up to my nose. I was about to close the door when another pony walked in. It was Scribe. I resisted the erg to ask him why he was here. I closed the door and looked at two of them that stood in my house. I didn't say anything. After a moment of awkward silence I walked over and placed the shotgun back on the wall. I turned around to face them again. "So." Celestia started. "Where is my sister?" She looked at me seeming a bit impatient. "Hm?" I herd her and new exactly what she meant. I just wanted to stall them as much as possible. "Really?" Scribe said. "You have pictures of Luna all over the walls! You have a big picture frame with all kinds of notes in her writing." Scribe pointed to at walls as Celestia steered her gaze to the notes. I never threw away any notes Luna wrote for me, I just kept in a box and since everyone in the world knew about Luna there was no sense in hiding the fact anymore. "And.." Scribe continued as his feather and my feather started floating into the air. I grabbed the feather and clipped it back in my hair. "Daddy?" Celestia said looking from the frame to me. Scribe immediately turned his head towards the frame to take a closer look at the notes. "Exactly how long have had Luna?" Scribe said slowly turning his head back raising an eyebrow. "I raised her for twenty three years since she was a little filly, no more than five years old." I wanted to ask Celestia about Dash, but decided against it. "How did you first find my sister, Luna?" "When I found her she was cold, afraid, and hopeless. If I hadn't found her she would have died." Celestia lightened her gaze on me. "And where is Luna now?" Celestia asked. "Sh-she's out back." I walked over to the back door and walked onto the lawn. Celestia walked out shortly after and took a quick glimpse around the small lawn. "Well?" Celestia looked at me a little agitated. "Where is she?" "Sh-she's over there." I pointed to an arch that was over grown with Bougainvillea that hung down over a quarts crescent moon that stood behind a slab of cut volcanic rock. There was a single white star placed at the top of the slab. It was engraved with the words. Princess Luna Born ~ Died ~ 2051 "I Love You Daddy" May you forever rest in the most joyous of dreams Celestia stood speechless and horrified by what she was looking at. She looked at me. "No! No, please! Tell me it's not true! Tell me it's not!... TELL ME!" Celestia shrieked at the top of her lungs. I lowered my head silently. "No!" Celestia shuddered looking at me then at the grave then back at me. "No! No! Oh, Luna?" Celestia wearily walked over to the slab. She shakedily outstretched her hoof. She was about to touch the crescent moon when she collapsed onto the slab sobbing. Scribe stood speechless and just looked at me. "I was going to take her to the beach." I said through my tears without lifting my head. I collapsed to ground as well and sat there sobbing. Scribe hesitantly walked over and gave me a hug, crying alongside me. We all sat sobbing. After a while, I finally got the strength to stand up and walked to Celestia. I sat down next to her. She noticed and sat up strait trying to regain some of her stature. "You were always her favorite character." I looked up to meet the Flooding pink eyes of Celestia. Celestia gave a teared smile and pulled me into a gentile hug. "How did she die?" Celestia asked trying not to cry. ~~~~ Beep I woke up to the sound of Luna's heart monitor. I lifted my head up and felt Luna's leg around y neck. I looked up to see Luna's loving smile and her glistening cyan eyes staring at me. "You're awake." Luna said sleepily.I leaned in to give her a kiss. Smiling back. "How do you feel?" I said. "I could be better... but not happier." I couldn't help but chuckle. Luna laughed softly. Beep "I have a gift for you dad." Luna pulled away the covers and outstretched her wing to revile one her feathers with a clip and a quill tip attached to it. Luna levitated the feather and clipped it in my hair. "Just like Scribbles." "Thank yo-" "That wasn't the gift!" Luna interrupted. Luna illuminated her horn again and my whole body started to glow faintly blue. Luna closed her eyes and focused all of her strength on me. "Luna. No!" I protested. "No!" Luna continued. Before my eyes shreds of light swirled and circled around me. I felt a wondrous sensation fill my entire body. My knees stopped aching and I felt myself changing. After a minute, Luna stopped. "There." She said exhaustively. "Twenty seven and able to walk once more." Luna smiled. I took a second to realize what just happened then I looked back. I put a hand on her cheek. Beep "Thank you, Luna." I smiled. Luna rested her head back on the pillow. Her sleepily smile melted my heart. "I love you daddy." Luna closed her eyes. "I love you too Luna." Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... I rubbed my thumb against her cheek. My eyes filled with tears. I tried to keep smiling as looked at her. "Luna?" I said hoping for her to answer. "Luna." I shook her shoulder. "Luna, no. No-o." I lifted her head and gave her one last hug. "Sweet dreams..." I sobbed. " Sweet dreams for all eternity!" I kissed her on the cheek. She died smiling! She died happy!