//------------------------------// // Re-Chapter Five // Story: Beautiful Rainbows, Unicorns, and Rainbow Unicorns // by GamingWolf //------------------------------// Princess Luna noticed the alien stir in bed and eagerly awaited for him to awaken. She could hear him sniff the air. She saw him turn on his side to face her and he opened his eyes, blinking sleepily. She sat and waited with a big smile on her face. "Good morning!" she finally greeted him after a moment of silence. The creature propped himself up, not taking his goldenrod eyes off of her. "Water," he rasped and coughed. Princess Luna passed him a glass of water with her light blue aura. He snatched the glass out of the air and gulped down the water, choking. After he finished coughing he asked for more water. Which Princess Luna happily served him. After drinking the second glass of water, slower this time, he stretched his arms and back but stayed in bed. "Hello," he said in a soft, deep voice, after examining the royal mare. "I like your mane," he smiled. "Thank you," Princess Luna returned his smile. "I am Princess Luna, Keeper of the Moon and the Stars, and Princess of the Night." A confused look contorted his face. "I... I do not know who I am," he admitted. Princess Luna pouted, "T'is most unfortunate." "Yeah. . ." after a prolonged silence he added, "What if you gave me a name?" "We suppose we can," Princess Luna thought for a moment. "How about Sky Gift?" "That does not sound right," he answered after pondering the name for a minute. "Meteor Strike!" she said enthusiastically. He laughed, "No. Sounds good but no." She thought for a moment, "Doth thou remember nothing?" "Nothing personal, sorry. But I do remember how to talk," he replied. "And I know that blue is my favorite color," he winked at her. She laughed, "Oh, thou art truly a flatterer." The guards shifted nervously outside as they both wondered who the princess was talking to and who that male voice belonged to. They went to attention as Princess Celestia soon was in sight. When she reached them, the left guard spoke up. "Good morning, Princess Celestia," he saluted, "I believe the alien is awake." Laughter caught the three's attention. "So I can hear," Princess Celestia smiled, and opened the door. The sudden door opening and white unicorn filling the doorway caught his attention. "Whoa!" he awed. "Is she your mother?" he asked. Princess Luna couldn't contain her laughter. Princess Celestia felt both humbled and annoyed by his statement, "I am afraid not," she said, standing next to his bed. "I am her sister, Princess Celestia." "Oh, I apologize," he bowed, "I meant no disrespect. You are just... slightly larger than Luna so I just assumed. . ." he trailed off. Princess Luna giggled into a fetlock. "I am glad to see you awake. May I ask you your name?" Princess Luna managed to calm her laughter down to a titter. "I do not know my name, your majesty. To be honest, I know nothing about me." "Only that thy favorite color is blue," Princess Luna added, grinning. "Yes," he smiled then huffed. "We were trying to come up with a name for me. Do you have any suggestions, Princess Celestia?" Princess Celestia contemplated. "You look like an Adam." "Hmm. 'Adam'," he mused. "Adam sounds like a good name. What does it mean?" "It means 'reddish'. Like the color of your skin," Celestia said. "Well, I like it!" he grinned. "As do we," Luna nodded in agreement. An awkward silence filled the room. "Do you really not remember anything?" Celestia asked. "No. I'm sorry," Adam apologized. "How about we tell you what we know about you?" "Sure thing." Princess Luna lifted up her notes with her magic and cleared her voice to begin. "Wow! How are you doing that?" he wondered, pointing to the floating notepad. "Magic," Luna stated. "Can I do that?" "We are uncertain," she admitted. Adam slumped. "To be honest, we found you yesterday," Celestia spoke, "you were encased in a meteorite that fell from the sky. My faithful student and her friends found you in the Everfree Forest, where you basically, hatched from the meteorite." "'Meteor Strike'!" he elated with laughter, "Now I see why you wanted to name me that," he said to Princess Luna. He turned his attention to Princess Celestia, "I will pretend to know what all that means," he nodded, with a deadpan face. "We believe, and art quite certain, thou art not from our world: meaning, thou art an alien," Luna stated. "Is that a bad thing?" he asked, with a concerned face. "Not necessarily," Princess Celestia smiled. "We have never met an extraterrestrial life form before." "We were hoping to learn many things from thee," Luna said flatly. "How about filling my empty head with knowledge of this world? The biggest thing I would like to know first, is. . ." he eyed Princess Celestia and Luna. "We are called alicorns," Princess Luna stated matter-of-factly. Adam chuckled, "That too, but first if you were married or had someone special in your life, Luna?" he grinned widely. Princess Luna hid her scarlet face behind her wing, "And why would thou want to knoweth?" she asked, flustered. "Just curious," he teased. "We have nopony like that in our life. . ." she answered coyly. Celestia cleared her throat and stepped in front of her sister, "I will be more than happy to educate you in our ways, as long as you help us understand you better, in return." Adam smirked, "Anything for you, your Highness." His stomach growled. Luna giggled, regaining her confidence. She floated a platter over to Adam and place it on his lap, "We knew thou would be hungry, so we had the chef prepare thee a meal." He removed the lid and found a bowl filled with green leaves with sliced red, orange, and purple plants. He sniffed his food, "Smells delightful!" He picked up the fork and began to eat. "What is this called?" he asked after swallowing his first bite. "That is a simple salad," Celestia informed him. "The green leaves are lettuce, the red slices are tomatoes, the orange slivers are carrots, and the purple bits are red cabbage; tossed with a light vinaigrette." "Mmm!" he interjected, "Luna, you may have had someone else prepare this for me, but I can still taste all your love in it." he winked at the midnight blue alicorn. Luna giggled sheepishly, "Thou embarrass us." A letter popped in front of Celestia. It was from Twilight. "Sister," she spoke, "We have something to discuss," she made her way to the door, "If you will excuse us, Adam." Luna sighed, "Yes, sister," she slowly walked to the door, peeking behind her, earning a second wink from Adam, which made her happy. "I will be right here," Adam said, still eating.