Hearth's Warming of the Moon

by RedStar76

When the snow first falls...

The true meaning of the holidays is not of gifts nor decoration, it is the warmth received from those around you in the graceful cold of winter. Happy Holidays everyone. -RedStar

Silence.

Nothing but silence.

The lack of silence made the breeze echo through the halls like a raging husk of a wind, and it did not help Luna's mood in any way shape or form.

How long had it been again? Two months if the calendar has not changed over the past thousand years she had been imprisoned on the moon. Two whole months since the first Nightmare Night since she had returned. A true blast it indeed was, but she still had that lingering feeling within her. Right now it was the annual change of seasons and the pegasi have already begun the process of creating this year's winter. The snow gently falling with grace always reminded her of the days of the past.

Princess Luna sighed as she continued walking down the hall towards her bed chambers. The sun had risen a mere moments ago with the aid of her sister, and she found herself needing a nap more than ever this day. Perhaps, she should go talk to her sister about the thoughts currently lingering within her mind?

"Do not be ridiculous," Luna told herself. "Such a task would prove to be in vain. I am most merry this season. I have no reason not to be," or did she? She quietly entered her bed chambers, gently closing the door behind her. She approached her personal mirror. As grand as it size was all it shown was a reflection, and that reflection was Luna. But only she could see her true reflection. Was she truly alright? She had made many new friends in the joyous little town of Ponyville, including those whom had saved her from her evil shadow, Twilight Sparkle and her friends. Indeed it did not start out as the most... grand of occasions, as she soon learned that the 'royal Canterlot voice' was quite a bit... quaint in this era. But that night was all truly glorious in the end, as she fully enjoyed her new found friendships.

So what was the true meaning behind this lingering feeling?

Her train of thought had been abruptly interrupted with as sudden knock at the door.

"Your majesty, I have have a letter for you." the stern voice spoke slightly muffled by the thick iron of the door. Luna cleared her throat and gained her composure as she opened the door. Sure enough, it was one of the Equestrian Guard with the usual cold as nails and tough as ice attitude. Luna believed she had that expression correct.

"What was that?" Luna asked.

"A letter for you, your majesty," the guard held it in his hoof. Luna levitated to her and thanked the guard before once again closing the doors to her chambers. It was quite rare that the Equestrian parcel service had come by the castle, and when they did it was usually a letter or package for her sister. However, this letter was specifically addressed to her. The 'envelope' Luna believed it was called gave no hints as to who the sender of the letter of letter was. 'To Princess Luna' was all it said, though the hoof writing seemed slightly scratchy she could clearly make it out. Carefully tearing it open with her magic, she read it to herself.

To my favorite princess ever-

Luna stopped reading at the first line, her mind instantly filling with thoughts. There was indeed a pony that enjoyed her Canterlot voice, who enjoyed her initial scaring of the young children two months ago. Somepony finally made her realize that the children did indeed like her, and that she was liked by the rest of Ponyville.

It was that young colt originating from Trottingham, Pipsqueak.

At that moment she realized what it was that was truly lingering in the back of her mind, loneliness. True she had made many friends, and true she had wonderful big sister that cared deeply for her, but she didn't have a personal close friend. But what that young child said touched her heart and gave her joy making the rest of that very Nightmare night a blast. That is when an idea popped into her head, and that idea was to once again see the young colt in Ponyville. With that Luna dropped the letter and formulated her plan to meet him once again and truly get to know this colt.

A colt that she is his favorite princess ever.

Meanwhile as the children of Ponyville enjoy a wonderful and well deserved holiday break from school upon the frosty covered streets of the town, Pipsqueak sits with his mother drinking a soul warming cup of cocoa. Her swirled his tongue around, enjoying it as if it was a sacred nectar from a divine spring of happiness. He looked down into the cup, noticing that the brightly colored marshmallows gently floating in the cocoa had come together to form a similar crescent like shape. Like the beautiful crescent of the moon graced upon certain nights. Pipsqueak looked upwards at his mother.

"Mum, do you think that Princess Luna got my letter?"

"I'm sure she did hun, and I bet she loved it," his mother said with a warm smile. Pipsqueak's smile grew wide. If the princess had truly gotten his letter that would mean that this Hearth's Warming Eve would be the best day ever! Well, second best. Nothing could top Nightmare night two months ago. Absolutely nothing, not even his own birthday could be as awesome as his favorite night of the year. Especially with Princess Luna! However, Pipsqueak's thoughts were soon halted by a sudden knock to the door of his home.

"Wait right here sweetie," Pip's mother said to him as she got onto her hooves. "Coming!" she opened the door, finding none other than a filly to be standing there with a teal scarf and and boots. She had never seen this filly before. It definitely wasn't one of Pipsqueak's friends, and she hadn't even seen this filly anywhere around town before. Perhaps she was new to Ponyville and just moved close by?

"Salutatio- I mean, hello there miss," the filly said. Strange, her voice sounded a bit deeper there for a second, but it probably wasn't anything. The filly in question had a light blue mane and tail, complimented nicely by her darker blue coat. "Um, would the chi- I mean, Pipsqueak be here?" the filly asked. Pipsqueak's mother couldn't help but crack a wide smile across her face.

"He certainly is. Why don't you come in?" she graciously invited the filly inside. "Pipsqueak, there is somepony here to see you!"

"Coming!" Pip said as he got on his hooves and trotted into the living room. As soon as he entered, he immediately noticed the young filly standing by his mother. Who was she? Pip had never seen her before anywhere. How could she know him? Maybe she has been around Ponyville but Pip never noticed her? Actually, she did look kinda familiar to him... maybe they have met before?

Comments

[SirRage]

This is interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

[doorcf]

Wow will follow this seems good

[Gyro Pony]

Aww come on!!
There's got to be more of this story!!
Only one chapter so far?! (I just did a search for 'Luna')

This is off to a good start. Please keep the Princess in character and don't filly-ize her to OOC and unbelievable lengths.

You sound like a good author from what is written so far.
Faved to follow it and Thumbs Up!

[RedStar76]

3656295 All advice is appreciated my friend. Out of curiousity, what would be said lengths? And thank you so much for enjoying thus far

[CanterlotGuardian]

Looks good so far.

[RedStar76]

3657206 Thank you

[Dapper Guy]

Very sweet, just saw one error.

A colt that she is his favorite princess ever.

that said she is his
Other than that I wanna see more

[Shadow_Wolf]

Cute. Can't wait to see what happens

[Gyro Pony]

3657083
It's done by novice writers who have a good story premise but push it too far and the story is only about that one direction and nothing else makes much sense.

An example would be a Star Trek Voyager fan fiction where the captain of the ship and the ship's only child had a transporter accident. They beamed back on board together but switched bodies (and no one else in the crew realised this).

This seemed like a fun premise & I started reading. But lost interest when characters were seriously OOC. ie- the Captain keeping it a secret and living the girl's life with her mother, while the girl in the Captain's body did her best to command the ship.
......really...??? Like a starship captain would do that. Sounds fun? Perhaps. Sounds realistic / believable? Nope.

A better way to do it would be how an actual episode of Star Trek Next Generation did it. The captain and two others had a transporter accident which turned them back into children / adolescents. After consulting his crew, the captain gave command of the ship to his next in command until the issue was resolved.

A deus ex machina event appears whereby the starship is attacked, boarded and conquered. The captors proceed to take all adults off the ship, using them as slave labour on a nearby planet. Dun dun dunnnn....!!! The all important captain uses his childlike appearance and mannerisms to surprise captors and take his ship back.

Bad way. And good way. The good way keeps everyone in character and the story is believable. Sure, the deus ex machina invasion was convenient, but plausible. An actual episode.

Keep Luna real and you will have a splendid story!!

EDIT:
Of course Luna can have fun!! Just as Celestia "had fun" while disguising herself as a normal pony one day, and allowing herself to be kidnapped by some street thugs, just for kicks. (another fanfic on this site which was good to read and not OOC as far as comedy goes).

I guess it's up to your writing - I'm not actually a good writer so I feel a bit cynical giving feedback to real writers sometimes. But you'll do it!

[LunarMoon]

I really love it!
Gimme MORE!
(xD just kidding~)

[RedStar76]

3678359 Thank you Next chapter should be up soon, the holidays have kept me pretty busy

[KibaWR]

not my fav Pip ship but it seems interesting^^