Trus and Luna
Chapter Two
“Err…” Trus stalled. “You’re a princess, so wouldn’t you have things to do that require your presence?”
Luna’s head dropped a little and she let out a sigh. “Yes…but…” Another sigh, “It’s not that important…”
Trus took a mental note of her reaction. “I don’t want to take you away from things that need your attention,” he said, “but I would be glad to tell you plenty of stuff.”
Luna looked back towards the entrance of the dungeon but didn’t respond beyond that.
“I could tell you a little now and then you could perform your duties so you don’t get in trouble and I don’t get in more.” Trus suggested. “Then I could tell you more sometime after that.”
Luna looked back at Trus and then looked away again, seeming to ponder his suggestion. “I think I have a better idea.” She said, standing up. “I’ll be right back.” She trotted off in the direction of the entrance and where Dark had gone.
Trus watched her walk away until the wall of his cell blocked Luna from view. He sat there for a bit and then suddenly feeling rather tired he turned around and flopped backwards onto the bed of hay. He looked at the ceiling for a second, then laid his head back and closed his eyes. He just continued laying there and began trying to think of the possibilities of what was about to happen next.
It wasn’t too long until Trus heard hoof steps again along with the sound of rattling metal. He rolled over so that his head was facing the cell bars. He opened his eyes and looked out of the cell to see Luna coming back into view, past the wall, and carrying keys to the cell with her magic. He wasn’t very surprised though, as letting him out was one of the possibilities Trus had thought up while he had been laying there.
Luna unlocked the cell door and waited for Trus to come out after it had been opened.
“I was just getting comfortable too…” Trus jested, as he closed his eyes again and let out a suppressed yawn. He then got up and began walking towards the door. He stopped though, and looked back at the pile of hay.
“Is something the matter?” Luna asked, in her more serious tone.
“Um…not sure. I’m usually completely full of energy after one of my resurrections…but…I just yawned…” Trus said, turning back to face Luna once he had finished talking.
“Is it that abnormal?”
“For me…very.” Trus shook his head. “Eh, forget it...for now at least.” He continued his walk out of the cell. “So no guards, or are they coming?”
“Dark Sentry is getting a few others to join us at the observatory.”
Trus nodded in reply.
“Let us be off then.” Luna said starting to walk. “You may begin telling me all about the other worlds.”
…
Trus had talked most of the time on their way. He had asked if Luna had any specific questions before he began, but other than that Luna only spoke when she had a question or when Trus asked if she understood what he was talking about.
There were two guards waiting at the observatory when they got there. One was Dark and the other was a blue eyed dark gray stallion with dark purple, gothic style, armor.
“Hello!” Trus said cheerfully to the new guard. “And hello again!” He said to Dark.
“Hello.” Dark replied.
“Why are thou here and not back down in the dungeons?” Luna asked. “And why are there only two of thee?”
“Well um, I found three others,” Dark explained “but one had to stay there and the other offered to take my post.”
“Hmm…very well.” She replied. “ Continue Trus.”
“Alright, but let me ask something first.”
“Very well.” Luna consented.
“What’s your name?” Trus asked the other guard.
The guard seemed somewhat surprised at the question and took his time to respond. “Dar-” he began, “no sorry Night Wings.”
Trus raised an eyebrow and smiled “forget your own name?”
“Only for a split second.” Night answered looking a little embarrassed.
“I forget things all the time.” Said Trus. “Now where were we?” he asked turning back to Luna.
The observatory was hardly what Trus had thought it would be, only because, there were no telescopes at all. The room had plenty of star charts and instruments to measure the stars and such. Trus just had hoped there would have been a telescope or two to use. The observatory was on the top of the highest tower in the castle with a set of stairs leading to the roof through a trap door. The rooftop was wide with the edges reaching out past the walls underneath. It helped to block out the light below so anyone who stood there could see the stars clearly.
…
“The whole place went up in flames. There were enough explosives to take out half the entire army.”
“And you were right in the middle of it?” Dark asked.
“Yeah. A long time later I got to go back years after it had happened there and I learned that the army I had been helping had actually been planning to use those explosives to take out cities of innocent people and force a surrender. So even though I totally messed up it turns out it all worked out anyway.”
“Wow.” Night Wing remarked.
Luna was listening intently while Dark seemed only mildly interested. Night hadn’t believed a word.
The four of them had stayed up there most of the night, the others asking occasional questions and listening to Trus talk about the places he’d been and of some of the adventures he had been on.
Both Dark and Night had started out very skeptically and had even questioned Luna why she was listening to him, but as Trus went on they became more and more convinced due to the details Trus had been putting in. However they became more skeptical when some of the answers Trus gave were “I don’t know” or "I don’t remember.” Those answers increased as the night went on and all of the questions became more and more specific. They only stopped when someone needed to use the restroom and when Dark asked a reoccurring question near the end of the night. Trus responded to it by saying “Enough, alright? I don’t remember and I’m not going to tonight while I’m busy talking.”
“Why don’t we stop for tonight,” Night suggested, “We’ve been at this all night.”
They others looked at him and then up at the moon which was nearing the horizon.
“Oh the time for the sun comes too soon.” said Luna, sounding less than a little disappointed. She had by far been the most intrigued in what Trus knew. She had been the main reason they had continued all night. The other reasons were that Night and Dark had gotten into it as well and Trus never ran out of new things to tell them.
“We could continue this tomorrow night.” Dark suggested. “Well, so long as no pony has anything to do.”
“Yes…” Luna said, letting out a deep breath, “I do not have anything important happening soon, but as Trus has pointed out, I should not neglect my duties.” Luna let out a sigh.
“Well princess,” Night began, “It’s not like Trus is going anywhere until he gets his sentence for sneaking into your room.”
“He did not sneak in, he appeared there.” Luna defended him. “Hast thou not been listening?”
“I have,” Night retorted “and it’s all been wild stories. What proof has he shown you that has gotten you so convinced?”
Luna opened her mouth to respond, but stopped and instead turned her attention to Trus. “Trus thy hoof.” She commanded.
Trus only reacted by raising his eyebrows and then one of his front legs.
“I will show thee instead!” Luna declared. Her horn lit and a small cut appeared on Trus’s leg.
Luna stopped talking and Trus decided to give an explanation. “You know the resurrection stuff I told you about that happens when I die?” The two pegasi nodded, even though they had confused looks on their faces from Luna’s actions.
After a brief explanation and a show, Night was looking rather stunned while Dark seemed to be unfazed. “So how do we know you didn’t get your blood enchanted or something by another pony?” Dark asked, quizzically.
Trus was taken aback a bit by the question but recovered with a smile and saying. “I like you, and I guess you don’t unless you can detect that sort of thing normally. See my magic is really hard to detect and probably very different than the magic you’re used to. So if you can detect anything it should mean I’m a fake, but if nothing then I’m the real thing.”
“And how do we know it’s not an external source?” Luna asked, with a look of concerned on her face.
Luna’s question really took Trus off guard and he just stood there looking rather stunned. He snapped out of it when she raised an eyebrow at him. “Sorry, wasn’t expecting you to ask anything.”
“Do you take me as a fool,” she asked, “To believe everything you say even when there is reasonable doubt?”
Trus gave her a hard, un-amused stare, “I hate to judge others,” he said with a matter of fact tone in his voice, “I do my best to not take anyone as fool or anything else unless they prove, or near prove, that they are that way. No I don’t think you are a fool,” He turned his head away, but gave her one last look to say, “You’re question is all too good of one anyway.” He looked up at the sky, now too bright to show any stars. “My magic works externally,” he said. “If you can detect it while it’s at work then you should be able to tell a difference between it and the magic in your world…”
“Very well, but it will have to wait,” said Luna, her tone calm but stern, “I have to lower the moon for my ponies.”