Chapter Six: Night Watcher's Plight
Chapter Six
Night watcher’s plight
I found it hard to sleep that night. I tossed and turned within the bed, trying to force my weary body to sleep. But it did not come. So I just lay in bed, struggling to get some sleep. My mind kept flashing back to memories of my first time here. I tried to forget everything about it, or at least everything not pertaining to my investigation. But it didn’t happen. Guilt haunted my every thought. For better or worse, a realization seeped in; I had abandoned Celestia and Luna in their hour of need. It didn’t help that I didn’t have any choice in the matter. But still, I had abandoned them.
I turned towards the desk where Gidrah was resting. The old dragon was out like a light. Honestly when that Dragon sleeps, he sleeps. I wanted to wake him, to talk with him. But I know where that conversation was going to go, “You couldn’t have done anything milord.” So I kept my mouth shut. That still didn’t help my insomnia, or the stress I was feeling.
A common occurrence in my investigations is I generally find myself absolutely nowhere. And generally when those happen, my stress level peaks. This time was such an occasion, as I tend to hate it when I’m nowhere, more so when there’s a body count. Thankfully, by this point in both of my investigations there wasn’t a body count. Still my blood pressure and stress level were up over my feelings towards what happened to Luna. After a long while just thinking about Luna, I finally lost it and sat up. Sweat was building at my hairline and I was breathing deeply, two clear signs I was stressed.
Needed to get some fresh air, I made my way to the window and opened it. The night air was especially good to my skin. Reminded me of the night I actually first talked to Luna. I smiled at that memory, as things began to go well for me by then. Surprisingly enough, that actually began long before Luna even woke up. It was also when I was truly introduced to Equestrian cuisine…
…Gidrah and I landed back at the castle around late afternoon. Our search of the town had yielded nothing, though I was now sure of my next move. Luna was still asleep, or so I was told, so talking would have to be put on hold for a while. Quickly transforming back to my Human form, I only had a matter of seconds to collapse onto the bed before a knock came at my door. Gidrah leapt off the desk and joined within me as I rose up from the bed and answered the door.
To my surprise Princess Celestia was on the other side. “Oh Princess Celestia, what a surprise, to what do I owe the pleasure?” I asked.
“Well I am here to escort you to dinner,” Princess Celestia smiled.
“Surely no doubt to ask you about Razgriz,” Gidrah murmured.
“I’d be honored,” I answered, paying Gidrah no mind, “Lead the way if you would.”
Celestia smiled and nodded before backing up to allow me a path to leave. I walked out with the Princess, keeping in step with her trots. All the while I noticed that her personal guard kept a fierce eye on me, and Celestia herself kept me within her peripherals. For a moment, the two of us didn’t say a word as we walked towards the dining hall.
“So what do you think of Canterlot so far Michael?” Celestia asked.
“Mike,” I corrected, “And it is not bad I must say.”
“Cept for the god awful defense design,” Gidrah quibbled.
You know sometimes I love having Gidrah inside my head, because he vocalizes everything I’m thinking and has the hindsight to not do it in public. I however just smiled as Celestia took the complement I said in stride.
“Well you complement is most gratifying, Father put a lot of time into this castle.” She said.
“Oh your father built this place?” I asked.
“Yes, he used to tell us that he built this place with his own bear hooves. Many years ago after the union of the three tribes of Equestria, the ponies looked for a home where they could build a strong and vibrant homeland. My father, Lord Solaris and one of the last Alicorns on the planet, built this luxurious castle for himself and his wife Lady Galaxia or my Mother.” Celestia answered.
“And I’m guessing Luna’s too?” I asked cheekily.
Celestia gave me a smug smile, one that was actually quite cute. After returning to her normal passive face, she continued, “Well after a few years, the ponies of Equestria looked towards this palace as a symbol of strength and asked Lord Solaris and Lady Galaxia to serve as rulers of Equestria.”
“A tough choice,” I said as we turned a corner, “Judging by how things are now I guess they accepted.”
Celestia nodded.
“So I take it after that things settled down accordingly?” I asked.
“At first it seemed so, but recently we have been faced with blow after blow to the harmony of our empire.” Celestia answered grimly.
“How so?” I asked.
“The ruler of the kingdom to the north, King Sombra, recently succumbed to dark urges. He went from a fair and just ruler to a tyrant. Sister and I managed to defeat him, but in defeat Sombra took his kingdom with him.” Celestia explained.
I nodded, “My condolences.”
“Tis not your concern, but they are appreciated.” Celestia answered as we turned a corner.
“You mentioned ‘blow after blow,’ I take it that the fall of Sombra’s kingdom wasn’t the first?” I asked.
“No,” Celestia answered, “More recently we’ve had strife with the Pegasi, who have expressed discomfort over their lifestyle.”
“Interesting turn of phrase,” Gidrah murmured.
“What exactly are they complaining about?” I asked.
Celestia was silent for a moment. That set off several alarm bells off within my head. It almost seemed that the walls of wholesomeness and joy were falling away to reveal the dark leader within. I was hesitant to classify a Tyrant, as the better tag would be ‘Out of Touch leader.’ Still, I became wary of my company. But then something weird happened.
“I’m not sure.” Celestia answered genuine.
That comment made me stop dead in my tracks. I scanned her brain and sensed genuine feelings behind her. There were no signs of deception anywhere.
“How can you not be sure?” I asked, trying to contain my shock.
“I do not deal with this matter usually, my uncle The Archduke deals with this matter directly. If you wish to find out more, thou may ask him yourself when he arrives in the winter.” She told me.
I bit my lower lip and nodded. Content on that subject matter I didn’t continue the conversation until we reached the dining hall. To my surprise Princess Luna wasn’t there. “Shall Princess Luna be joining us?” I asked.
“She usually does not. Right now she is lowering the moon.” Celestia answered as we both sat down at the long dining table.
I noticed that Celestia did not sit at any of the two regal looking seats at either end of the table. But rather she sat in a chair near the middle that looked rather plain and same. I wondered whether that was in commemoration of her fallen Parents. I sat in a chair opposite and one seat to the left of hers. The table had six seats besides the two were in, most empty. In fact aside from the two of us and a pair of butlers, the room was amazingly empty.
I also noticed that both butlers and the eventual servers were all Pegasi. “How does that work anyway?” I asked.
“Forgive me but I missed that question.” Celestia responded looking up from the table towards me.
“How do you raise the sun and Princess Luna the moon?” I asked.
Celestia seemed to smile a bit, “Well its complicated magic indeed. But you see we don’t actually raise or lower them. We just help them along their way. When we cast our spells, we grip the two celestial bodies and move them across. So when, say I want to raise the sun, Luna lowers the moon to the horizon line and raises the sun to the opposite side. Then I take over the sun and rise in the sky.”
“And in turn the rising sun will push the moon down.” I figured.
“Correct. And when Luna wishes to raise the moon, the opposite action occurs.” Celestia answered.
I nodded, “So the day is controlled by a magic trick?”
“Beg pardon?” Celestia asked a bit confused.
“A human statement, don’t worry.” I waved her off.
About that exact moment, dinner was served. One of the two serving Pegasi who clearly had no desire to be there brought my a steaming bowl of soup. “Oh thank you,” I said with a warm smile. The Pegasi looked at me with a mixture of distrust and shock. Obviously she looked like she had never received a compliment for doing her job in a while. I just looked back at her with my warm smile. Instead of calling me on anything, the Pegasi backed up slowly. I took that as my sign to check out my dinner.
“I do have to ask, what is this?” I asked.
“Dandelion soup, a delicacy here in Equestria.” Celestia answered.
“Really,” I murmured with a mixture of disgust and uninterested.
But when I caught a glimpse of the nervous servers, including the one I just complimented, I knew that a bad punishment for them would ensue if I didn’t like the meal. So I picked up the spoon and took a bite. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great. The real problem was substance; it was mostly mush with little taste.
I licked my lips, “Not bad.”
Celestia, and the servers, grinned warmly. “I’m glad you enjoy it.” Celestia said.
“Well I will admit it’s not the trappings of home. But when in Rome.” I admitted.
Celestia seemed puzzled, “Excuse me?”
I chuckled, “An old Earth phrase. Means when you’re in a foreign country or surroundings you enjoy the native’s customs; or something along those lines.”
“Indeed,” Celestia nodded, “You’ve mentioned very little of your planet.”
I paused, looking up at Celestia before I took another sip of my soup.
“She’s baiting you Milord.” Gidrah told me.
I almost wanted to tell him that I already figured that out, but I stopped myself from gratifying that remark. Instead I finished my sip and leaned back in my chair, “Earth’s not really much of a place to talk about.”
It wasn’t that I didn’t want to talk about Earth. Actually strike that, it was because I didn’t want to talk about Earth. First off I knew the Princesses didn’t know of my alter ego, nor should they. Rule number 3 of being a Demon Lord: keep your personal identity secret. That being said, Earth isn’t the wholesome place to talk about anyway especially in this Princesses presence.
“Well you would forgive my curiosity about your planet, especially considering all your questions when you first arrived.” Celestia answered.
I had to give her that, “Well true, so what would you like to know.”
However just before she asked her question, a knight came into the room. A split second later, my danger senses tingled. Something was going on. So I switched on my Angelic hearing. Unfortunately, whatever was going on was outside my hearing range. But my senses were sure that something serious was going on. As I was running through the lists of what it might be, the knight reached Princess Celestia. So I tuned my hearing to them.
“Mileage, it appears one of our patrols has run into a disturbance outside of town.” the knight whispered.
“What sort of disturbance?” Princess Celestia asked.
“We’re not sure your highness; we believe the creatures are from the Everfree Forest. However they have a feature we’ve never seen before from Everfree creatures.” The knight answered, “These creatures appear to be made of silver.”
That caught my attention.
“Well that’s certainly something,” Gidrah said.
“Interesting, gather my guards and inform Princess Luna. I shall be heading over there to investigate.” Celestia answered softly. Then she turned towards me, “If you’ll excuse me, an urgent matter calls forth. Forgive me.”
I shook my head, “It’s no problem I’ll wait here.”
Celestia nodded, and with the knight in tow she left. I waited for about a minute, keeping my ears locked on them until I was sure they were gone. Then I slowly got up. “If the princess returns before I do, mention to her that I had some personal matters to attend to.” I lied to the servers and guards “Excuse me.”
None raised a hoof to stop me so that gave me the sign that I was in the clear. However before I left, I stopped at the Pegasi who served my food. “By the way, not for nothing but please inform the chief, a pinch of spices wouldn’t go amiss.” I whispered.
The Pegasi looked at me with bug eyes, as is she couldn’t believe I was even talking to someone as low as she was. In turn I gave her a warm smile, “If it’s not too much trouble.”
“Yes sir,” she said her voice barely above a whisper.
I nodded and then left. The halls were surprisingly empty as I ran through them, turning my senses back to whatever had alerted them. Soon enough I managed to get an approximate location about five miles east of Canterlot. Around that same time I came upon a long hallway. Its direction ran from east to west, and at the far end of it was a large window plane that looked out from the Castle towards the Everfree Forest. As I looked out onto it, I became aware of several smoke plumes rising up from the location where I figured the disturbance was.
The sun was barely below the horizon line so the twilight still illuminated much of the area. Sadly that didn’t help me see what was going on.
“Guess we’re going to have to go there personally milord.” Gidrah said.
“Guess you’re right.” I answered.
I channeled some of my heat energy into my hands before waving my arms in a pushing motion. This generated a warm gust of wind that blew through the hallway and blew the windows open. Then I began to run, run as fast as I could. With my demonic strength and stamina, I began booking around thirty miles an hour through this hall way. The window was coming up fast, but I had time to transform.
“The fire burns red, the fire burns bright.” I said pulling my coin out of my pocket and placing it to my shoulder, “All of my enemies shall be vanquished tonight!”
In no time I was enveloped in my column of fire. I transformed as I ran through the hallway, the column of fire moving with me. The floor became charred, but the blackness receded seconds later. My transformation was just finishing when I reached the window. With all my might I leapt through it just as the column dispersed. Gidrah popped out of me, grew to full size, and flew under me as I soared out of the window.
I mounted my steed and the two of us tore out towards the battle zone. In no time at all, and way ahead of Celestia’s precession, we reached the area. A thick fog covered the battle zone. But with my thermal vision, I managed to spot five pony guards fighting with three creatures.
“Gidrah you see this,” I asked.
“I do milord, Silver Spheres.” He answered.
“That’s what their called?” I asked.
“To the best of my memory yes, yet I still cannot figure who made them.” Gidrah responded, “Regardless, we have to get in there.”
“Right, let’s go.” I shouted drawing my fire sword hilt.
Gidrah banked left and rolled in towards the battle. Once we were just over it, he went inverted and allowed me to fall off. I righted myself just in time to land on my feet. The impact however did shake the ground, though my body absorbed much of it with little damage. Demon Lord Physiology is a lot tougher than a normal human, which allows me to take harsher punishments than a normal human. The impact caught the attention of the Silver Spheres, who stopped attacking the ponies and turned my way.
Through the fog I could only see the outlines of the ponies and spheres before me, and I imagine that only my silhouette was visible. I struck the flint at the top of my hilt and ignited my fireblade, which instantly began to burn off much of the fog around me. I guess this made for a very imposing if not scary sight as the look on the Guards faces showed me they weren’t sure if I was friend of foe. Coupled with my burning red eyes, black outfit and cape, and tall statue I can’t really blame them.
Still I had a job to do, “Back away from the guards now.”
The Spheres looked at me with their red orb eyes. I only glared back. For a moment nothing happened, then the sphere closest to me struck first. It crumbled into a ball, hence the name, and rushed me. I waved my free arm, which was my left, in a circle and created my flame shield. The moment the Sphere reached me, I swatted it away with my shield.
But these Silvers were nothing if not well prepared. Almost instantly the second, in humanoid form, came out of the fog with its blades aimed right for my chest. I brought my blade up and deflected the attack. The force of the attack was great, which forced me to give some ground. Yet I held firm against the Silver Sphere. At least until the third and first attacked me, both in spherical form.
I threw off my humanoid friend and cut the first sphere, leaving a decent scar. The second sphere opened up to its humanoid figured in midair, trying to dive on me with an attack. Not wanting to kill the creature, I rolled back before getting good footing and slicing off the thing’s right hand. The third hit almost a second later, but I countered with a blast of telekinesis mixed with fire. That blasted the Sphere onto its back, knocking it senseless.
It seemed the battle was over. Gasping for air, as the ferocity of the attacks had left me with little chance to breathe while at the same time mixing a lot of Adrenaline, I smirked at my victory. The last time I faced a silver creature, I was dumped into Equestria. Now in this new land, I had claimed a victory.
“Alright,” I smirked, “Now let’s get to your charges.”
But before I could even think about trying the creatures, the three creatures began to get to their feet. The Sphere that I slashed went to full humanoid and brushed off dirt seamlessly, its scar vanishing. The same could be said of the one I disarmed, whose blade hand returned with little effort. The final sphere seemed completely unfazed after getting the senses knocked out of it.
I gulped, “Okay, that’s not fair.”
“Milord!” I heard Gidrah shout, “Don’t worry about killing them?”
“Gidrah now’s not the time to discuss my morality complex.” I said taking a step back as my foes advanced.
“No milord, they aren’t living creatures. My memory tells me that they are machines, robots made to kill nothing more.” He told me.
“So, no soul, no life.” I realized, “And that means, no restraint.”
Usually, when I fight, I don’t kill. My Christian upbringing taught me that life is sacred and shouldn’t be squandered; hence why I follow the seventh commandment to the letter. But when I fight beings that are robotic or soulless, that rule becomes moot as they have no life to begin with. Argue sentience all you would like and I certainly would if I had the time, but my rule is: No killing anyone with a soul. That forced me to often hold back unleashing my full strength, not like my enemies were aware of that anyway.
So when situations came around where I could cut loose, I cut loose. After switching blades to my left hand, I charged up my energy into my right hand, readied my attack, and then charged the first Sphere. Attacking with a powerful and fire charged Haymaker; I punched through the first Sphere causing it to shatter. As I followed through, I gripped my blade with both hands, swung around, and sliced the second Sphere in half. The third was ready for me, blocking my attack.
I pressed home, but the creature was ready. It matched my strength with force of its own, locking our blades in a heavy duel of weight. This managed to allow the other two Spheres to regenerate.
Gidrah, seeing this, swooped in and blew fire at the two spheres. This allowed me to break off my opponent and again blast him back with a fire attack. The second and first spheres came at me, blades held high. I leapt into the air and rolled over the second Sphere, who came at me first, and came down with my blade on the first. The Sphere wasn’t prepared for this and I split it in half.
But it recovered quickly; knitting itself back together faster than my blade could cut through. Fortunately I managed to recover my blade before it could get stuck. Just as I pulled it out, the third Sphere hit me in the back. That forced me to stumble towards the wounded and now unconscious guard ponies. They’d live, but Celestia’s precession was going to have to reach them very soon. That meant I had to hold out or defeat these Spheres soon. I spun around to face my attackers, with a defensive stance and blade held high.
With Gidrah doing strafing runs with his fire breath and wind kicked up by his wings, I knew I wasn’t entirely outmatched. But the fact that these things could recover fast meant that this was going to be a long fight. Then I remembered something, how I defeated the Silver Razor. I pierced the red orb in the middle of it. If these things were made by the same man, then there was a good guess they’d have red orbs in them.
The trick was getting to them. I charged back into the trio, itching to break something. And that I did, slicing off arms and limbs in a desperate effort to break through. But none of the attacks unveiled the locations of the Sphere’s red orbs. Worse, it helped them recover while I was running out of energy.
Finally, after ferociously fighting the beasts, I found myself in the middle of a triangle. Surrounded on all three sides by the Spheres, I couldn’t escape. And the Silver Spheres knew it. So they decided to taunt me, by launching shuriken like disks at me, one sphere at a time. However, the Spheres had drastically underestimated my reflexes. Either by bending out of the way, or matrix style jumping, I dodged each blade sent my way.
Furthermore, I saw each come out of the hands of the spheres and fly my way in slow motion. This allowed me even more time to figure out how to react. So, none of the silver disks ever touched me. After leaping into the air to dodge the final volley of Disks, the Sphere’s looked at me with what I assumed was hatred. Their eyeballs glowed in preparation for another attack. Quickly I readied myself. But to my surprise, they came at me with torrents of fire.
I saw my chance, stretching out my arms with palms out to absorb the fire attacks. This caused the flames to encircle me in a large wheel of fire. The Spheres only increased their attacks, which gave more fuel for me. Finally the spheres gave way and ended their attacks. I channeled all of the fire into my core, building it up into a blast that would end this fight. With the fire absorbed, I pulled my arms towards my chest clenching my fist. The flames roared within me, begging to be released.
The three spheres looked at me, waiting to see what I would do next. I gave them their answer. With a roar comparable to that of Godzilla’s, I threw my arms open and exploded all the energy. A wall of fire expelled out me in a shockwave that blasted through the battlefield. It came with a deafening noise and forced many of the nearby trees of Everfree forest to sway almost to the breaking point.
But more importantly; it annihilated the three spheres and their orbs while keeping the surviving guards intact and unharmed. I stood there in the epicenter of the blast, panting for a moment as I tried to catch my breath. Stillness came over the field, a perfect ending to what had transpired before. Soon, after letting the stillness calm me down, I figured something out. Gidrah was right; we were brought here for a reason. The Silvers were in fact here. That meant that I now had a sure reason to investigate.
Just as I came to that conclusion, I heard Princess Celestia’s precession approach. I looked to my right and saw the Princess leading a group of Equestrian Knight’s right towards me. The two of us looked at each other, both of us with stoic faces. But before she could even issue a command my way, Gidrah flew right over me with his chain hanging. I gripped it and was propelled into the air. As I climbed up the chain while we flew away, all I heard from Celestia was, “It seems like Luna was right…”
…I roamed around Ponyville remembering that time. As I walked I noticed once again at how quiet the town had become at night. Almost as if a strict curfew was imposed. Still that didn’t stop the odd household from having at least one night reader. That at least brought a smile to my face. I knew that somewhere, Princess Luna at least now was better. Probably also happy too that Ponies were enjoying her night.
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Luna walked around the outside of Canterlot’s tallest tower, sometimes stopping at the telescope to peer down at the land below. However her gaze and attention was more towards the sky and memories. Usually while she’s up here, Luna would be on vigil looking for any threats that might come Canterlot’s way. Not tonight, as has been the case the past few nights. Her mind was elsewhere. The stars shone brightly in the night sky. Almost the way they did the night she first met Mike. Well first truly met Mike…
…Princess Luna rested her hooves on a guard rail in the middle of the Canterlot Gardens. All around her flower buds readied for the suns warm in the morning, a bit of an ironic place for her to rest. None of the flowers enjoyed her night, rightly so, since they needed sun to survive. It reminded Luna so much of the ponies that it strangely brought a sense of comfort to her. Celestia called it “Hope in total darkness.” Luna called it relaxation.
She looked up at the full moon that shown brightly in the night sky. Her heart was very heavy. For another night she would be alone. Or so she thought.
“Waiting for Superman?” a voice asked.
Luna looked to her left and saw Mike walk up towards her, “Whatever do thou want?”
“Just taking a midnight stroll, why am I not allowed?” he asked.
Luna was caught off guard, “Well, nay thou are not.”
“Well thank you,” Mike answered with a warm smile, “Now let me ask you this, what are you doing in the middle of a Garden?”
Luna snorted, “We do not need to answer that question, because tis not thou’s business.”
Mike nodded, “Forgive me your majesty, you seemed lonely.”
That caught Luna even further off guard, “Whatever doth thou mean?”
“Call it a good judge of character,” Mike answered, walking next to the Alicorn and resting on the same guardrail, “Though a guess I honestly wish was wrong.”
“And why is that?” Luna asked.
“Well, because on a beautiful night like this, no one should be lonely.” Mike answered warmly.
Luna was silent for a moment. She did not expect him to even be awake let alone wandering the castle. Moreover she did not expect him to appear in the gardens and be talking to her. She almost expected him to be like everyone else, yet she was wrong. Still she didn’t want to give up her inner thoughts. “Thou are only being modest, we suspect thou is just like all others in shunning my night.” Luna snipped.
“Ooh that’s a little harsh don’t you think, considering we don’t know each other.” Mike rebuffed rather stoically.
Luna didn’t comment, she just huffed.
Mike was unfazed, “Well we could’ve learned a bit more about each other at dinner. Come to think of it why weren’t you there.”
“We do not have dinner with our sister,” Luna answered immediately. Though the minute those words came out she wanted to pull them back in.
“Now that’s not true, she is your sister after all.” Mike sighed.
Luna sighed, “True, and that statement was false. We were lowering the sun and raising the moon.”
Mike nodded.
“Why, what was discussed?” Luna asked with genuine intrigue. She still wasn’t sure what Mike’s motives were for talking with her so late. However she also hadn’t quelled her obsession with finding out where he was from and what he was. And now that he had shown her that maybe he wasn’t like everyone else, she let this curious intrigue out.
“A few things, mostly about where I’m from.” Mike said.
It seemed to Luna like he was baiting her, trying to get her to start talking with him. Almost as if he wanted her to talk. And it was working.
Luna nodded, “Well, where are you from.”
Mike paused for a moment, “It’s called Earth, a planet that’s far away from here.”
“What’s it like?” Luna asked.
“A far cry from what this place is.” Mike sighed, his comment sounding like it was more off the cuff rather than factual.
Luna gave a puzzled look, “Whatever do thou mean?”
Mike snickered, “Okay maybe that was a bit of an unfair statement. I mean homes got its moments but…..it’s complicated.”
“Earth’s complicated?” Luna asked tilting her head.
Mike nodded.
“How so,” she asked.
Mike gave her an unamused look, “I figured you’d ask that question. Well I’ll tell you the same thing I told Celestia: the short story. You see, besides all animal populations, Earth is divided up into three main realms. The first is the Angel world; some call it Heaven, me included. Heaven is a place where…Our creator Jehovah lives, along with his underlings of Angels and pious humans. The second is the Demon World, some call it Hell but I stopped calling it that a while ago. There is where Our Creator’s counter lives, Lucifer, with his army of Demons, hell spawns, sinners, and a few other nasty creatures.
“The final spot is my realm, called Terran world. Many, in fact most, Humans only know of this realm and call it the Human world. However we share the realm with Vampires, Werewolves, Fairies, Pixies, and other creatures. Out of all three, the most dominate is the Demon race, the creatures of Demon World. Humans are the next, and unlike all the others; Human’s do not get along with each other well. We’re very territorial and prone to violent outbursts. We’re also incredibly blind, because we think we are alone on Earth.” Mike explained.
Luna nodded her head with every word Mike said. It was all so fascinating. While he wasn’t exactly going in depth with his details, the ones he was giving were amazing bits of information. But what struck her most of all were the blatant similarities between Earth and Equis.
Yet she did have questions, “Thou mentioned Humans are unaware of their planetary brethren, is it because they don’t know or don’t acknowledge them?”
“Mostly because they don’t know,” Mike answered, “You see most humans clump the other two worlds as Paranormal and themselves as Normal. And those same humans consider the Paranormal to be the stuff of fantasy.” Mike answered.
“Thou also spoke of strife between humanity,” Luna started.
“Yea, do not read too much into that. Humans don’t fight every single person they meet, just those who consider themselves above others for whatever reason. For the sake of your sanity I’d rather not explain it.” mike interrupted.
“Tis not wise to interrupt a Royal Princess,” Luna sneered, “What we were about to ask was, has the strife escalated to global conflicts?”
Mike snorted, “More time than I can count. But Humanity does have one major saving grace. Just when we get within sight of the line of extinction, or find the ways to make ourselves extinct, we always pull ourselves back and end the conflict right there.”
“Fascinating,” Luna said.
Mike’s ears twitched as if someone was speaking into them and he smirked. But Luna didn’t question him on it. There was one major nagging question she wanted to ask.
“Tis but one last question I have to ask,” She mentioned, “What does ‘Waiting for Superman’ mean?”
Mike looked at her a bit perplexed, “Come again?”
“We do not need to repeat our self.” Luna smirked.
Mike looked at her inquisitively for a moment. Luna returned the look with a smug look of her own.
“We are waiting,” she said.
“It’s an old term for people who look like they’re down on their luck, waiting for someone to come in a sweep their troubles away.” Mike answered.
Luna took a step back for a moment, “Did thou think we were like that?”
Now it was Mike’s turn to look at the Princess with an inquisitive look, “You tell me, were you like that?”
“No….no…no we are very happy and proud of our tenure as ruler of this lands.” Luna stammered.
Mike nodded with a disbelieving smile, “Uh huh, and all that fluff of…”
“An inquisition of a startled pony,” Luna cut in.
Mike kept the smile on his face, “Oh now don’t give me that. Something’s eating you.”
“WHAT!” Luna jumped, “Where?”
Mike laughed, “It’s an expression Princess, means there’s something troubling you.”
“Oh,” Luna answered meekly, “Well why thou didn’t just say that.”
“Nasty habit of my culture, forgive me.” Mike answered with a mocking bow.
Luna snickered at the joke before trotting back to the rail. The duo was silent for a moment before Luna spoke, “Well since you gave me the bare bones of your home, we figured we must tell you of our strife.”
Mike nodded, “Just the small stuff.”
“Exactly,” Luna agreed. Then she paused. She had to steel herself, she has never told anypony of her problem before. The thought of telling anyone, let alone this stranger, make her shake. But there was something about him, an air of trustworthiness. Plus he seemed reluctant to even tell Celestia about Earth, so maybe it was only fair. “We…I feel my night is under appreciated.” Luna whispered.
Mike was quiet as he pondered what Luna said, “In what way?”
Luna gulped, “The ponies, our ponies, you see how they dance and relish my sister’s beautiful sun. It pains us that they do not do that for our night.”
Mike nodded. He was silent for a good few minutes, “Well not for nothing but you do provide a rather beautiful night.”
Luna blushed, “Oh most gracious.”
“But I think it’s my turn to ask a question.” Mike said, “Do Ponies need sleep?”
Luna looked at him, “Of course, all ponies do need sleep. I’m sure Humans are the same way.”
Mike nodded, “Okay, now do they sleep during your night?”
“We are afraid that we are lost.” Luna answered.
Mike sighed, “I see, that’s It.” He then paused, “Alright I’ll get back to that later.”
“Excuse me, but why not discuss this now.” Luna asked.
Mike looked at her with a concerned look, “Not now, it’s too personal of a conversation for either of us to have at this point.”
Luna didn’t understand at first. Then it came to her, the direction the conversation might take would be border line personal and deep, a position either she or Mike were at considering their very brief acquaintanceship. It also meant that Mike was willing to talk with her more, on later dates.
Or at least that’s what she figured, “Okay.”
“Good, now to change the topic, may I ask a magic related question?” Mike asked.
“We shall allow,” Luna smirked.
“Is it possible for Unicorns and Alicorns for that matter, to conjure beings out of steel?” Mike asked.
Luna looked at him for a moment, “You do not mean the creatures that were spotted out of the Everfree forest a while ago?”
Mike smiled meekly, “I overheard a conversation between Princess Celestia and one of her guards and it caught my attention.”
Luna looked at him, “Well we shall discuss the consequences of your eavesdropping another time. But if you must know, it is possible for magic users to bend certain metals to their will, especially to make them life like in design. Yet giving them life is a magical impossibility, currently. We aren’t sure if we or our sister could perform the act.”
Mike nodded soberly, “I see.”
“While we are on the topic of that, do you know of another human that came with you? One that is clad in black and has burning red eyes?” Luna asked.
Mike was silent as he looked out towards the full moon. Luna leaned her head over to get a good look at his face. It was almost as if he was conflicted about telling Luna the information about her inquiry. His ears twitched and twitched. Then after rubbing his hands together, he turned to look at the Night Alicorn.
“I’m not sure what he calls himself, but we know him as Razgriz. He’s a protector of sorts. I’m not sure how he came to this planet.” Mike answered.
“Thou are sure?” Luna asked.
Mike nodded honestly. His testimony seemed genuine, almost flawless. Yet there still was the matter of his uncertainty.
“We take it Razgriz is not well liked among the Human race?” Luna asked.
“No he isn’t,” Mike said soberly.
Luna nodded.
A heavy silence fell over the two for a moment before Mike yawned, “Excuse me Princess but I fear it’s getting late and I have to get to bed.”
Luna nodded, “Indeed, have a good night.”
“Yea same to you. Listen, if you’re not busy tomorrow, why not join Celestia and me for dinner tomorrow.” Mike asked.
“Why?” Luna asked.
“So we can talk some more, if that’s not okay we can talk afterward.” Mike asked, “I could tell you more about my home, and maybe you tell me a few things about your night.
“No, no, we get that. What we asked was why you want to talk with us some more. Surely we aren’t that interesting.” Luna asked a little flustered.
Mike shook his head, “I like talking to you Luna.”
Luna’s cheeks blush bright red but said nothing.
Mike seemed not to take notice of her status, “Well anyway, good night.” Then he began to walk away.
Luna was quiet for a moment before stammering out a “Yes, Good night to thee as well.”
With a wave, Mike left the bewildered pony alone in the garden once again. She turned back towards the moon with a look of wonder on her face. She had just made a new friend, maybe something more if she played it right…
…She remembered all of it as she looked up at the moonlit sky. Much like how she was on the night she first met Mike; her hooves were rested upon the railing of the tower. However unlike last time, she was sure that no one would come for a conversation. That was okay with the Night ruler, this time she wanted her memories as company. The good memories, the ones that made her happy. She began to hum a tune, a tune she heard Mike sing twice. Once during the Equinox celebration, and once especially for her.
“She’s just watching the clouds roll by and they spell her name, like Lois Lane. And she smiles, oh the way she smiles.” She sang to herself.
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As always, excellent chapter good sir, happy to have you back. As far as your authors note goes, don't worry about it. This place is meant as a bastion of love and tolerance for all, and if anyone gives you problems i'll grab my shovel and smash in there f
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...any way, yeah. Glad your back, love the story keep it up.
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3281883 This is a good story.