//------------------------------// // Long Time Friend part 2 // Story: The Troll who had the Moon. // by softland //------------------------------// Selena levitated the monster away from the village. She needed to get away, but not too far her sister was going to look for her. Suddenly the monster began to shout, she had to land quick, fortunately a clearing was beneath her. After landing she stayed on her guard her horn constantly charged and began to study the creature. She went behind it, turned around it, poked it, but still the same conclusion came to her mind "It's a rock covered in moss" If she hadn't seen what it had done she wouldn't know what it was, outside of being a rock. Selena saw tons of different creatures but none of this kind ,Griffins ,Minotaurs ,Dragons, Chimeras ,Manticores she had seen lots of them but this "Maybe a gargoyle" she thought. She lifted it taking a look under the creature but nothing new, "this is frustrating" the mare thought. She went higher in the sky then simply let it fall. The creature crashed into the ground in a hellish rattle. Selena landed to see only a new crater formed around the monster, she poked again and even tried to open it, but nothing. Her eye twitched "I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED BY A ROCK !!!!!" she shouted. Selena's facial expression changed to a psychotic form of angry. She began to look around her trying to find something that could break open the position of the monster but before she could find anything her sister appeared from the woods. "ooh bless the night you're not hurt" Celestia said "are.. are you alright Lulu ?" she asked seeing the expression on her sister's face. Selena instantly calmed down. "yes Tia I'm alright" she responded. "What is that thing lulu ? " Celestia asked "did it tried to do something ? on the way I've heard a big bang". "It was I" said Selena "I tried to open it by letting it fall from the highest point that my cloud could reach". Celestia looked at the monster like her sister before and came also to the same conclusion. "It's a rock covered in moss" she said. "I KNOW IT'S A ROCK DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW A ROCK WHEN I SEE A ROCK ?" "WE SPEND HOUR LIFE'S SEEING ROCKS" Selena shouted with frustration. Celestia saw the distress of her sister. "Don't worry Lulu" Celestia said while hugging her sister "we are going to face this like we always did, together" Her words cheered her up. "So what do you think it is Tia ?" Selena asked. "Well looking at it I think it's maybe some kind of gargoyle or maybe.." Celestia was interrupted has the voice of the monster raised in the air. "Another monster" Selena heard. "You heard it Tia ? it's another monstrosity we need to end it NOW ! We cannot risk what we have done" Selena firmly said. Celestia tried to analyze the situation "The monster attacked the house but then nothing, it didn't do anything after you landed ?" asked Celestia. "No Tia it didn't move, well except when I tried to open it" she responded. "I'm going to try something, please stay behind me" Selena went behind her sister. Celestia's horn began to glow more and more until a yellow beam burst out of it impacting whit great force the monster. The ground was completely burned but the creature didn't have a scratch it wasn't even hot. "This is indeed problematic" "Listen Lulu I'm going to go back to the village and tell them to prepare, just in case" Celestia said. "Stay here and keep an eye on it please" Celestia asked "I'll be back shortly". Celestia went away but Selena had another idea, open it. After a few minutes Selena lifted it again but instead of letting it drop she began to furiously smash the creature against anything she could see. But the more she tried the more anger began to build off the failed attempts. The clearing looked now like the moon, filled with craters. Selena began to feel tired of this and an idea came through her mind "Maybe I can drown it !" fortunately for her a small lake that she saw when coming in this area was not far, she went there with the monster and throw it in the lake. "This long, TO LONG!" the patience of the mare was again reached. After putting it back on the land, Like her sister she began to charge her horn. But instead of a yellow beam a white and blue beam went on the creatures but again nothing happened. Selena dropped on the ground exhausted and began to cry out. "This is useless" she thought "I can't even beat a rock" she continued. Before she could continue something strange happened the light changed so she lifted her head. Two black eyes with a copper ring was looking straight at her. A kind of fear that instinctively passed through her body paralysing her from running. "If I stay still and do nothing it will go away" she repeated herself again and again. She wished her sister be back soon and by soon she meant now. The monster began to move around looking at the mare he then reached her face whipping one of her teardrops with one of is fingers. He looked at it then back to Selena and began to lift her, laying in its palm Selena decided to play dead. "Are you alright" he asked, but no response . "You still don not talk much" he smiled to her, at that precise moment Selena felt something. Something part of her that have been sleeping for a long time. "Hello" she said unsure of her. "Haaa finally, Hello my friend" Troldemousse said. Selena was lost "My friend ?" she didn't know what to say. Never a creature this massive has ever talked to her, well it was also the first kind of monster that was a rock. The monster sat. She hesitated to continue the conversation but it didn't show any kind of animosity towards her. "My name is Selena" "Pleased to know your name Selena my name is Troldemousse" before Troldemousse could say anything else Selena interrupted her. "Why did you attack our homes ?" she asked "Attack ?" he said with surprise he remembered how he fell on one of the weird cubes. "What is a home" he replied. Selena wasn't that much surprised her kind doesn't have a place to stay normally. But still most creatures have a cave, a den or some kind of territory. "A home is a place where you can live with others". "oh like a family" he said. "That's it" she said with a smile. The troll began to understand. "The cube that I have fallen on, was it a home ?" "Fallen ?" Selena was astounded this creature didn't want to attack them this was a premier "Yes it was" she said . "I am sorry for what happened I just wanted to know what it was" he continued. Again Selena didn't know what to say but an idea came to her mind "what if this creature could guard the village". "It seems pretty frightening and understand our language maybe we can.." But other questions came to her mind. "Wait how do you know me ? you said that I didn't talk much and you called me friend". "We have met a bit of time ago yes I remember" said Troldemousse. "This is not making any sense" Selena said "Can you put me on my cloud it must be around I have to go see my sister". Troldemousse looked around and saw a dark cloud levitating he took the cloud with two of is fingers, he presented it to Selena. "Why is there a hole in it ?" she asked, she looked at the Troll jaded thoughts came in. "Could you take me to the village ?" Selena said she didn't have a lot of choice her sister was taking too much time this wasn't right. "The village ?" he responded. "The village you know the homes that you crashed" Selena was to exhausted to be angry. Troldemousse didn't know where to go so he asked and Selena pointed the direction. A few minutes of silence passed before Selena saw something strange This massive troll is moving in a dense forest and there is no noise. She looked left and right but none of the tree that Troldemousse touched were injured. She talked about it and he said that it was always like that when he moved in a forest that he had to not harm them and he couldn't go any faster because it won't work anymore if he did. While walking Selena asked questions to Troldemousse. "What where you doing in this part of the world ?" she asked. Troldemousse stopped to look at her and said "I'm looking for my family and also a place to put the moss off my back to find a place where it could grow" he said. He also asked "Haven't you seen any of my kind ?" "No you are the first of... what are you ?" she asked "I am a Troll, I sleep the day, I move the night". he responded "A Troll !" Selena remembered the old faerie tails that were told about gigantic rock creatures with an amazing strength who could destroy lands with a simple swift. "No I didn't see anything like you before today" she said, "why do you want to get rid of the moss ?". "We Trolls feed on plants and the plants feeds on us, unfortunately only moss would grow on me but now that I can move I am going to find someone who would like to be with me" the Troll responded. Selena found that strange but she couldn't judge with the position she had. "And with kind of plant would you like on your back ?" Selena asked. Troldemousse waited a bit, thinking. "A willow tree, yes, that is what I would like". "And you Selena what would you want ?" Troldemousse asked. Selena didn't have to think to respond to him "I would like to see my real family again". Troldemousse stopped again. "So you have a lost family too ?" "No there not really lost even if I don't know where they are" "No actually our family is separated, we have to, it's a tradition, like they say" Troldemousse listened and began to walk again. "Each mare and stallion who goes into adulthood have to find a new herd, a new family "So after wandering a long time, trying herd after herd, my sister and I we thought of something" "We cannot go against the tradition but what if we don't have to move constantly" "The tradition would be conserved and everypony could see each other when they want" "We have almost succeeded but we have lots of problems with attacks on the group" "And some ponies think that we shouldn't go against what we have always done" Selena explained, her face full of sadness. "This is complicated" Troldemousse replied. Again minutes passed and when Troldemousse looked at Selena she was sleeping. A bright light was coming towards them. Troldemousse stopped The light stopped near him, a yellow glow enveloped Troldemousse and he began to be lifted from the ground. But instead of being thrown away is head was near the ground. A voice shouted "WHERE IS MY SISTER!" Troldemousse lifted is head and saw a sorrow faced mare he didn't understood what she said but looking at her expression he opened is hand. Celestia canceled her spell. He hit the ground face first. The sound of it waked up Selena, her sister was already hugging her. "oh Lulu I'm so sorry" Celestia said while crying. "What happened ?" Selena asked with anxiousness. "They left us Lulu they left us" at that moment Celestia exploded in tears and sobs. Troldemousse was back on is feet and both Celestia and Selena where in is hand. He looked at the two sisters listening to the cries, not knowing what to do he stood still listening. Something struck him at that moment, something that normally only the same specie can feel between there kind. Empathie that is what he felt, there was no words for him to say it. He spoke to Selena and asked what had happened. And began to move on again. "Where are you going ?" said Selena. "After your family"he responded. To be continued.