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// Day 5 
// Story: Luna's Visit 
// by NightDrops 
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Day-5-Tuesday
The next morning Locke's mum came in to ask why he wasn't up. 

He replied "I'm not feeling too well. I told you I was sick last night." 

"Hm. Okay, well you have to stay home and do small chores around the house while I'm at work." 

"Okay. When will you be home?" Locke asked relived. 

"Maybe 3 or 4 o'clock." His mum said.

"Okay, see you later." 

"Bye." And his mum left. 

Locke got out of bed when he heard his mum's car leaving and opened the door to the bathroom. 

Luna walked out looking tired. 

"So it worked?" She asked. 

"Yes, it worked. Wait... are you okay?" Locke had realised that Luna looked a bit under the weather. 

"I think I caught something overnight." She sneezed.

That made Locke worry. "Is it serious?" He asked. 

"I don't think so." Luna sniffed as she got back into bed. "Just a runny nose and a minor headache." 

"Anyway, Mum's gone and won't be back until 3 o'clock. She thinks I'm sick so I can look after you the whole day." 

"Thanks. I know you have to miss school for this." 

"It's okay. School isn't that fun anyway." Locke chuckled. 
"Are you sure you're okay?" 

"It's not too bad. My head feels like it's full of hay." Luna sneezed again. "I might have to spend most of the day resting. Sorry." 

"It's okay. Take all the time you need. I'm going downstairs to get breakfast. Do you want anything?" 

He looked at Luna as she was getting into bed. 

"Can I have some water, please?" 

"Sure. I'll be back in a minute." Locke said as he went downstairs.

As he got downstairs he went to open the fridge when he saw the list of chores his mum had set him. 

He groaned "The things I do to help Luna." 

As he got out the cereal and made some breakfast he thought he heard crying. 

"Nah. I must be going crazy." 

Then he grabbed an apple for Luna. 

Meanwhile upstairs Luna was arguing with herself again. 

"What do I do? I can't tell him. Oh but he just wants to help. He's done nothing but help since I got here. 
But if I do tell him he might kick me out. What will I do then? Oh Celestia help me." She sobbed quietly as not to let Locke hear.

When Locke got back upstairs he sat down on the foot of the bed making Luna jump. 

She had not realised he was in the room. 

"Here." Locke said as he gave her the apple. "I know you're sick but you have to keep your strength up."

Luna took a small bite of the apple and slowly smiled. 

"Better?" Locke asked, seeing the smile. 

"Better." she replied. 

"I'm going to have to do some stuff around the house. Will you be okay on your own?" 

"I think so. Thanks." Luna coughed. 

Suddenly the doorbell rang. Locke looked shocked. 

"Mum said she wouldn't be back till 3. What's she doing home?" 

He ran downstairs and opened the door.

He was surprised to see his shy and timid girlfriend, Emerald Sea, there. 

"What are you doing here Emerald?" 

"Oh... Uh... I hope you don't mind but when I was walking to school your mum drove past. I asked where you were. She said you where at home sick so I came to see if you were okay." 
She looked away blushing. 

"Aw. Thanks. Do you want to come in?" Locke asked. 

"Um... If it's okay." 

Emerald walked in. She went into the living room and sat down. 

"How was your holiday? Would you like some water?" Locke asked. 

"Yes please. Oh, and the holiday was fun but it's good to be back" she replied. 

He got up and went into the kitchen. Emerald came to the door and asked "Um... Locke, if you're sick you should be in bed." 

"I, uh... I was just getting some breakfast when you got here." Locke pretended to cough.

He just hoped it was convincing. 

"Okay. You go and get in bed and I'll make some breakfast for you. You're ill and shouldn't be doing this on your own." pleaded Emerald. 

Locke tried to argue but he just couldn't say no to those big puppy dog eyes. "Okay you got me. I'll go and get into bed. See you in a few minutes." 

He walked upstairs.

As soon as he got to his room he said to Luna "There's good news and bad news." 

She thought for a second and said "Good news please." and she sneezed. 

"It wasn't mum at the door." 

"And the bad news?" Luna looked worried. 

"My girlfriend Emerald Sea was there instead." 

"G...Girlfriend?" She looked shocked and a little teary. 

But then she looked at Locke and asked "How come I didn't see her at school?" 


"She was on holiday for 2 weeks." 

They jumped as they heard a crash from downstairs. 

Locke rushed downstairs and ran into the kitchen. He saw Emerald kneeling on the floor, crying, with kitchen utensils scattered around her. 

The draw that they where in was on the floor. 

He walked over to her and hugged her close. 

"Hey, hey. What happened?" 

"I... I tried to get the draw open but it was stuck. I pulled harder and it burst open, making a loud smash as everything fell to the floor." She sobbed. 

Locke calmed her down. He knew she didn't like loud noises. 

"Come and sit down in the living room." He

walked her to the sofa and she sat down. Once she had calmed down she said "I better pick up the things I dropped." 

"No it's okay. I'll do it." Locke walked into the kitchen and picked everything up. 

"Thanks, but you should be getting back to bed. I'll bring your breakfast up in a minute." 

Emerald suddenly looked concerned and ushered Locke upstairs. 

When Locke opened the door Luna looked up from the bed in surprise but then relaxed as she saw who it was. 

"So, what happened?" 

"Oh, Emerald dropped some stuff. It's all fixed now." 

"E... Emerald is staying?" Luna looked worried. 

"It's okay. She won't be up here for a few minutes. In the meantime what are we going to do? Could you do the invisibility spell again?" 
Luna tried and put all her strength into it but her horn just flickered. 

"I don't have the strength." she said, breathing heavily like she had just run a race. 

Suddenly the door opened and there was Emerald, her eyes wide in shock. 

"Crap." muttered Locke.

Emerald just stood there looking shocked then terrified. 

Then she collapsed. 

"Emerald!" Locke cried and rushed over to her. 

He knelt down and checked her pulse, she was alive but had knocked herself unconscious. Luna got out of bed and walked over to them and she looked concerned. 

"Can you help me get her into bed?" Locke asked. 
He picked Emerald up (with some help from Luna) and put her on the bed.
They spent the next few hours just doing random stuff. Luna went to rest on the sofa and Locke was at Emerald's side, wiping her head with a cool cloth. 

After about 3 hours Emerald woke up and saw Locke looking at her with concern. 

"Are you okay?" he asked. 

"Not really. My head hurts." She winced and rubbed her temple. 

"What time is it?" 

"A little past 1 o'clock." Locke said. "Do you want some water?" he asked, thinking about her hurt head. 

"Yes please." 

"Okay. Be back in a minute." 

Locke walked downstairs and gently shook Luna awake. 

"Huh? What? What time is it?" She asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. 

"About 1 o'clock." Locke knelt down in front of her. "So, what are we going to do?" 

"Do about what?" Luna asked, looking puzzled. 

"About Emerald. Do you want to come and say hello?" 

"I don't know. I mean, you saw how she acted last time. What if she does the same thing again, or tries to attack me?" 

"She wouldn't do that. She's a sweetheart." 

Luna thought for a few seconds. "Okay, I'll go and say hello."

They walked back upstairs and Locke motioned for Luna to wait when he went inside. 

He slowly opened the door and looked in. 

Emerald was in bed reading a book. Locke slowly walked up to her and said "Hey, how are you feeling? I got you some water." 

"Th-thanks, my head still hurts." Locke looked worried. 

"There's someone I want you to meet." He opened the door and Luna walked in, somewhat nervous. 

Emerald squeaked "What is that?" 

"Not what, who. Her name is Luna. She crash landed outside. I have no idea how she survived but she's been staying here for the last 5 days." 

He waited for it to sink in.

Eventually, Emerald asked "Is-is she dangerous?" 

"No, I'm not." Luna mumbled.

Emerald nearly fell out of the bed. 

"Aahhh! She can talk?! How can she talk?!" 

Luna looked offended. "Of course I can talk. I come from a world called Equestria and I'm stuck here." 


Emerald took a few seconds to let it sink in. 

Then she gasped "Oh! You poor thing. Is there anything I can do to help?" 

Locke smiled as Emeralds instinct to help animals kicked in. 

"Not unless you know anything about magical inter-dimensional travel." 

"Oh, uh. Sorry, I don't know anything about that." 

Luna looked disappointed. "Well it was worth a shot." 

"I did find something in a book though." Locke grabbed the book and showed Emerald the section about the "unknown element". 

"We talked about it a few days ago and we think the unknown element might be magic." Locke said as he thought back to that day. 

"B-but that's impossible. Magic doesn't exist." Emerald looked disbelieving. 


"Oh, really?" Luna's horn up and the book was surrounded by a blue aura. 
Then she levitated the book over to Emerald and spun in around a few times. 

"Believe in magic now?" Luna asked. 

"Um, yes. Wh-what else can you do?" Emerald looked curious. 

"Not much at the moment." She coughed. "I'm afraid I'm quite sick and the sickness is draining my strength." 

"Oh! Is there anything I can do to help?. Wait, I know what to do. Locke, can you please go downstairs and get a damp cloth and a hot water bottle. I'll go make her some soup." 

Emerald turned back to Luna. "Would you like some tomato soup?" 

Luna looked like she was about to sneeze. "Y-yes please." 

Locke and Emerald went downstairs and got to work. 

"What do you think is wrong with her?" Locke asked her. 

"Oh! Um...I'm not sure but it looks like the common cold, but I could be wrong. I'd don't know how those ponies work. It could be an illness from her world." 

Locke spent the rest of the day looking up more about the magic element while Emerald was looking after Luna. 

Suddenly Locke heard a car driving up the driveway. 

He ran upstairs and into his room. 

"Mum's home! You have to get out quick!" 

Emerald looked scared. "H-how do I get out?" She asked. 

"Through the back door, go the long way around. Mum won't even know you where here." 

She gulped but nodded. "Okay, wish me luck. Bye." 

"Good luck." And with that she was gone. 

Locke walked downstairs and saw his mum in the kitchen making dinner. 

"Hi mum. Have a good day at work?" 

"You could say that. I got into a little argument with one of my clients, but other than that nothing interesting happened. But I do have a surprise for you." 

"Really? What is it?" questioned Locke. 

"We're going to the city." "When?" 

"This weekend." replied his mother. 

He thought about it, then "That's cool. Will we go to the pool?" 

"Of course." 

Locke needed to tell Luna so he quickly excused himself and ran to his room. 

"Luna, there's a problem." 

Luna looked at him, confused. "What is it?" 

"My mum said we're going into the city on the weekend." She looked surprised, then worried. 

"But I thought your mum thought you where ill?" 

"She does but I'm usually fine in a few days." 

Luna thought for a moment. "Maybe I could stay at Emeralds house." she said. 
Locke looked surprised. 

"How would you even get there?"  

"By the weekend I should be well enough to preform my invisibility spell again."

"Are you sure? I don't want you pushing yourself too hard." Locke said, putting a hand on her shoulder. 

Luna blushed and looked away. "Don't worry, I won't." she mumbled. 

"Anyway, dinner's in an hour. Do you want some?" Locke asked, curious as to why she was acting like this. 

"Only a little bit, thanks." 

Before leaving Locke replaced the towel on Luna's forehead. Then he got a glass of water from downstairs. 

"Here you go." He said putting it on the stand next to the bed. 

"Thanks." replied Luna. 

She looked tired so Locke closed the curtains and left the room to let her sleep.