After the nurse came in to tell Midnights visitors that it was time to rest, the ponies returned to their respective homes, while Midnight himself drifted into sleep. Currently, the three princesses were walking away from the hospital.
“I am going to return to Canterlot, and prepare Midnights room at the castle,” said Princess Luna.
“Princess, I mean Luna. Far be it from me to question you, but are you sure this is the best idea? I mean, lying to Midnight?” asked Twilight.
“I agree with Twilight, sister. I truly believe the best option would to be honest with him,” said Celestia.
“Please do not think of me as a heartless Psychopath, who tells lies as easily as she breathes. It was not easy for me to lie to my son, but I truly believe this is the best option. If I had told him the truth, he would merely respond with anger, and mistrust. I hope to provide him with happy memories of the two of us, and hopefully, if he does remember the truth, he will remember the good times we’ve had, and it will be easier for him to put the past behind him, and accept me as his mother.”
“This is your choice Luna, and I will not interfere. I have said my peace.” With that, Celestia spread her wings, and took to the air, her destination; Canterlot. That left just Luna and Twilight, walking towards Ponyville.
“Twilight, I have a favor to ask you.”
“What is it?”
“Well, as you may recall, I told Midnight that you were his magic instructor. Would it be possible for you to teach him magic? I told him that we come to Ponyville for his magic lessons, and schooling, so I have decided to enroll him in school here. If you could instruct him in magic, I would greatly appreciated it.”
“Well, I guess I can. It’s just, well, I’m not sure I feel comfortable lying to him about his life.”
“Please, Twilight, I need your help!”
“Well…alright. I’ll teach him magic, but only twice a week. Does that sound fair?”
“It is perfect! Thank you Twilight!” exclaimed Luna as she hugged Twilight tightly.
“Your welcome… Now, could you do me a favor?”
“Yes, anything!”
“Please stop trying to break me in half!”
“Oh, my apologies!” said Luna, as she released her grip on Twilight, who then took in greedy amounts of air. Once she got her lungs filled, she spoke again.
“That does leave one thing though. What about his schooling? You told him that he goes to school here, but he’ll figure out that isn’t true, when he goes there, and none of his classmates know him.”
“Well…you see, I was kind of hoping you could tutor Midnight as well.”
“Luna,” said Twilight in an exhausted tone.
“I know, I know, and I’m sorry. It’s just, well, I can’t just enroll him in Ponyville Elementary, and tell him he’s gone there for the whole term. He’d figure something is wrong, when he finds that none of the students know him. That is, unless I brainwashed the teacher, and her class of course…”
“Luna…you know you can’t do that…right?”
“Yes, yes of course. That is why I need your help Twilight. Can you please tutor him?”
“Luna, I know it’s still relatively new, but I do in fact have a life.”
“Please Twilight, I really need your help,” begged Luna. Twilight closed her eyes, and sighed.
“Okay, but… only on the same days as his magic lessons, and one more day. I have duties, and things that I need, and want to do.”
“Thank you Twilight, that will be perfect! Thank you so much!”
“Your welcome Luna…your welcome.”
After the group of ponies left Midnight’s room, the young colt found himself still feeling tired. He leaned back on his pillow, and closed his eyes, drifting into sleep. It was a peaceful sleep. After a while, he started to dream.
When his dream started, Midnight found himself in what looked like a playground. Only, instead of other ponies, the park was populated by strange, two legged creatures that the colt had never seen before. He heard them, running and playing, the sounds of children.
Then, one of the creatures approached him, and spoke with the voice of a child.
“You wanna play tag?” asked the creature. Midnights head nodded in conformation, and then he began to chase the creature, only, when he started running, he found that two strange appendages that he wasn’t supposed to have, popped into his vision. They were like legs, except they ended in five digits, just like the other strange children. Then, Midnights vision lowered to show that his own rear hooves where not hooves at all, but instead strange things in shoes.
The scene wiped away, and changed before his eyes. Now, instead he found himself in a room, in what appeared to be a house. This time, he saw a white frosted cake, with lit candles in it, and another candle, shaped like a 6. He also saw a group of creatures similar to the previous ones surrounding the cake. Except, some of them looked larger, and older. A few of them had strange lumps where their chest should be. One in particular, walked over to Tristan was, and crouched next to him.
“Make a wish sweetie,” said the female. Tristan did as he was told, and blew out the candles. He heard the creatures around him clapping, and cheering.
Before his dream could go any further, he was roused from his sleep by the gentle calling of his name, along with a nudging. Tristan awoke to see his mother, Princess Luna nudging him.
“M-mom?” questioned the colt.
“Wake up sweetie. It’s time to go home,” said the princess of the night.
“Oh, ok,” said Midnight as he removed his sheets, and got to his hooves.
“Did you have good dreams?” asked Luna as she levitated him onto the floor.
“I don’t know. I can’t remember.”