//------------------------------// // Leaving For Canterlot // Story: Rebirth // by Sugarcube66 //------------------------------// About a hour or two later, Nyx wasn't really worried about time and so didn't check, Twilight returned through the party, falling back onto her hooves and giggling a little, nervously. Sunset walked through after her, luckily, she knew how to land despite having not been in Equestria for ages. Nyx trotted over to them, and helped her mother stand. ''Mommy, you gotta learn how to balance yourself.'' ''That's what I told her.'' said Sunset, nodding in agreement to Nyx. ''By the way, who are you? I'm pretty certain Twilight's a teenager in the Human World......so how can she have a daughter?'' Nyx chuckled nervously, not really getting how somebody's age could change between worlds. ''Wait, how do you have dragon eyes?!'' Twilight chuckled nervously. ''I managed to figure out that the flow of time between the time worlds isn't even, Equestria ages quicker then the human world. I am about 25 here. And this is my young daughter, Nyx. Well, technically born about a year ago now, she is physically around the age of 8/9.'' ''What do you mean by that?'' asked Sunset, curiously. A idea popped in her head, that sounded very weird at first but she decided to ask about it anyway. ''Oh, is she some kinda dragon spawn that you gave birth too?'' ''Well, I'll explain it all to you on the train to Canterlot.'' said Twilight, chuckling. ''And no, she's not a half-dragon.'' ''Okay...'' The train ride was pretty slow, as Twilight explained Nyx's backstory to Sunset, who listened peacefully and eventually asked, wanting to confirm what she had just heard. ''So, basically, your daughter is the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon, who is now Princess Luna, the sister of Princess Celestia. And Nyx almost took over Equestria? Sounds like you been through the roughs.'' ''Well, there was no almost about it.'' said Spike, in a slightly annoyed voice, which caused Nyx to look down at her hooves. ''Ah, I'm sorry about that Nyx, you weren't yourself when that happened.'' ''....I know....b-but...I still....'' mumbled Nyx, as a few tears left her dragon-like eyes. Twilight gently put a hoof on her daughter's head. ''Don't worry, your not at fault and nobody blames you. Nothings to blame.'' She pulled her young daughter into a hug. The black filly tried to struggled out of her mother's hug, but eventually relaxed. ''It's alright, just calm down. No one is going to hate you.'' ''H-how can you be so sure?......'' ''Because most of Ponyville helped me after you were injured in the monster attack. They knew you were good, and they never hated you. Just look at the Cutie Mark Crusaders, have they ever blamed you for any of this? No, in fact, they were brave enough to see you in your scary, old castle without parental supervision, all because they are your friends. And what did you do? You didn't let your 'followers' harm them, you simply placed them in the jail cell, making sure they were feed properly and had shelter. Just like you did with me.'' ''She's right, Nyx. I didn't mean to say it like I did. I was frustrated when you placed Twilight in jail, yet I trusted you to free her. I knew that you weren't evil as I had seen your personality first hoof.'' Nyx didn't answer, just shivered in Twilight's embrace. A couple of tears roll down her eyes. Sunset, who had been keeping quiet, seemed pretty sorry for the troubles that the filly faced. She gently tapped Twilight's shoulder. The mare turned around, wondering why Sunset tapped her back. ''What's wrong, Sunset.'' ''I think, we should keep the surprise till later.'' whispered Sunset, so Nyx couldn't hear her. ''She seems upset and she could possibly take our relationship the wrong way...'' ''Yea, your right. I'll talk to her about it when it's her bedtime.'' said Twilight, quickly nuzzling Sunset so that Nyx didn't it. ''But for now, lets just get to my parents' home and introduce Nyx to her grandparents. If I remember correctly, they were going to show Nyx some of the family's albums. That's a way to get her out of the way for a few minutes, while we tell my parents about our relationship.'' whispered Twilight, sighing a little. She then stopped. ''Let's just calm down and stop talking about it, as Nyx may be getting concerned.'' She glanced at her daughter, who was talking to Spike about Twilight's parents. ''Mommy, what are we going to be doing when we get to Grandma and Grandpa's house?'' asked Nyx, smiling a little. Twilight smiled at her daughter. ''Well, once we get there, it should be lunch time so we'll be eating first thing. I told them to make you some celery soup and daffodil sandwiches, as it's your favorite right. After that, your grandma is planning on showing you some family albums from the past. We will then later have dinner, which will be hay burgers and hot carrots'' ''Oh, sounds fun and delicious.'' said Nyx, nodding in understanding. She loved the sound of celery soup and daffodil sandwiches, it had been her first ever food and so it held a special place in her heart. ''How much longer till we get to Canterlot?'' ''Hmm, considering it's about 10 now. I would say a hour or close enough to 2. So, I would suggest going to sleep for a little while, Nyx. To preserve your energy, after all, you'll be wanting to savor the daffodil sandwiches and soup, won't you?'' Nyx nodded happily, and curl up on her seat in the train. She yawn and fell to sleep, eventually changing positions and laying down on a tired Spike, who gently smiled and ran his claws through the filly's purple mane, allowing the black alicorn to properly settle down. Spike then decided to follow the filly's example and fell to sleep himself. Twilight and Sunset smiled. The orange unicorn then side-glanced at her marefriend, causing Twilight to blush and kiss the unicorn before Sunset did anything embarrassing. Sunset giggled at the alicorn's embarrassment and said, with a happy smile. ''Hey, this is the only time we get for kissing for a little while, might as well make the best of it.'' Twilight shyly nodded, and the two mares continued kissing, very passionately. Twilight even let out a small moan a few times, from the hot passion of the kisses, and the lukewarm saliva that her marefriend was exchanging with her for Twilight's, wasn't helping her embarrassment or the delight of the kisses.