Change, in more ways than one.
Chapter 6: Change, In More Ways than One.
Everything had turned around since that fateful day and night. They stayed a few extra days in the cave, with the twins occasionally going out to gather some extra food. As Luna had promised, on their fourth day there, Astra’s eyes turned blue again, and nothing else had changed with the twins.
While they stayed in the gorgeous cave, they studied the knowledge there, and found some extra bags in the back with the rest of the scrolls. The scrolls mainly spoke about codes of ancient chivalry, the thoughts about the ever-lasting war between the wiped out species, and the hunting habits of vampires, and the changing patterns of lycans.
While there, they filled one saddle bag with bits and jewels, this one Astra would hold, and the other one that Shimmer would hold, with some scrolls on the habits of their lives and the war. The longer they stayed there, the more convinced everypony became that it was the war, and the angry mobs, that had gotten them in the end. The war had weakened their numbers and made the innocents angry, and the innocents formed mobs to wipe out the rest. That was their theory at least.
They soon had to go though, after stayed a week within the cave, their supplies were exhausted and were dangerously low on water.
“Girls, we must go now.” Eclipse mumbled, stuffing her own bag with the rest of the knowledge and bits she wanted. “If we want to get out of here without too many scratches, than we must leave now, while we have the water to go on.”
“I hate to say it, but you are right about that, Eclipse.” Astra yawned. “Besides, we haven’t bathed in what, a week? Lets not forget ponies might send a search and rescue out after you.”
“Doubt it.” She mumbled, looking down. “Though her influence grows stronger everyday, my beloved Princess still has few followers, and her followers are my only friends, save for you two.”
“D’aw, it’s ok.” Shimmer nuzzled her side. “I am thinking of becoming a follower of her myself, you guys are so interesting!”
Eclipse grinned. “We can talk about it later… I would like to keep in touch with you both. At first I was hesitant to even follow your leads, but now I see that you both are wonderful mares! Even if you are 15, and can act like complete goofballs,” A giggle escaped her, “You are mature, more so than any youngun I have meet.”
“Younguns? Careful, Eclipse, you don’t want to start sounding like an old pony now!” Astra laughed.
“Me, old? I am only 27!” Eclipsed grinned.
The twins returned her grin as they set out.
Shockingly enough, they encountered nothing on the way home, not even a wolf howling in the distance as if to warn them. They had made what was supposed to be two days at most, turn into a week long stay in the Everfree forest, and they had grown accustomed to hearing the uncontrolled wind and animals in it. The fact that they were lacking put them more on edge than with noises coming from the forest.
Finally after five hours of travel and no interruptions besides the occasional rest, they exited it’s woods and emerged near the trail-head.
“I guess this is where we split.” Eclipse said somewhat sorrowfully.
“Yeah.” Nodded Astra.
They exchanged goodbyes and went on their ways. The twins to their run-down home, which would soon be getting a fixer-upper, and Eclipse to her tiny out of the way home in Ponyville. Before she had left, she had given her address to them incase they needed something.
Days passed, the ponies visited each other every now and then. Soon it was a week, than two, and nothing major happened. In those two weeks Astra and Shimmer had bought a new bed, rust cleaner, some books, and new kitchen furnishings. With the rest of the bits, they hid in there old storage cellar so they could last them the rest of the year until they could get jobs.
Everytime Eclipse visited them, she insisted on a short lesson to teach them some knowledge they would have trouble learning from their new books, or about complex math that they struggled to pick apart.
Eclipse soon found out that despite Astra being unusually smart, she still had gaping holes in her learning, and needed a strong hoof to guide her back to course when she got distracted. Shimmer was also eager to learn, but struggled even more than her sister. Whenever Shimmer was meet with a difficult problem for too long, she grew cross and impatient.
Eclipse did not falter though, they needed her if they wanted to not only get jobs in life, but exceed at them!
Three days before the full moon, which she planned on spending with Astra and Shimmer to teach them some about the stars, as they had mention a few times they were interested in taking Luna on as their main princess. She planned on teaching them all about how they could guide your future, or show you where you are. Everything from scientific to mystical.
As she began packing her newest telescope, because she wanted to bring it with her, carefully she heard a knock at her door. She pondered who it was, figuring it was odd considering it was so late at night. Cautiously she approached, ready to flee incase it was a thief, as cruel ponies did have a horrible thing for misusing the beautiful night to commit their law-breaking crimes.
Instead she got something that scared her even more than a thief. A tiny purple and green dragon who seemed out of breath, and the lavender Princess Twilight right behind him. A princess, was she in trouble?
“Pri-princess Twilight!” She gasped and bowed.
Twilight looked at her with a slightly stern face for only a few second before speaking. “Please, rise. I would rather be seen as a friend.” She finally spoke. “After all, I am the princess of friendship, and if I didn’t want to make friends with ponies, then what use would my title be? Say, what is your name?”
“Uh… Eclipse…” The usually well-worded Eclipse was caught slightly off-guard.
“Now, please explain to me why Princess Luna is requesting to send private messages to you through my number one assistant here, Spike.” She patted the dragon on the back.
“Oh, oh!” Eclipse’s eyes widened, as she had forgotten about Luna promising to meet them in the waking world. “Well, see, I am a follower of the night, and Luna is my Patron. She spoke to me in a dream about something that has occurred, however it is night-related, and a fairly small problem.”
Twilight easily became suspicious, being smart as she was. “Interesting, would you mind explaining this problem to me? I love helping out my friends, and I was one of her first friends here when she had returned from being banished.”
Eclipse cursed herself. With what she had said, Twilight would surely know, even if it wasn’t a complete lie. The princess was smart, perhaps even smarter than the famed sun goddess, yet Eclipse felt she could fool her if she played her cards just right.
“I honestly do not know, Princess.” She spoke carefully, “Luna didn’t tell me that she wanted this to be kept secret, but she made it out like she wished it to be secret anyway. Maybe so she would not worry you and her sister?”
“Perhaps.” Twilight relented. “And Luna has a streak of impulsiveness. If it was serious, I think she would have come here herself.”
“Indeed.” Eclipse agreed readily.
“However, I insist that you at least ask if I help when you send her a message back. May I wait here while you read and write it? Being an alicorn, I can stay up longer without feeling so drowsy.”
“I would never mind you staying here, Princess! It is an honor!” Eclipse gasped as she moved aside to to let her in.
“Thankyou.” She said, entering with the tiny dragon. “And I hope you don’t mind Spike entering either.”
“Not at all. Warning though, I don’t get many visitors so my house is a bit… Messy.”
Twilight Sparkle looked around with a neutral expression, neither judging, nor scornful. When her eyes landed upon the scrolls that Eclipse had gotten however, her eyes lit with interest. “Ah! I see I am in the presence of a studious mare, such as myself.” She grinned, putting a hoof on her chest. “Mind if I look at those?”
“Actually, I do mind, Princess. I am very sorry, but that is part of the thing Luna is probably writing me about. I do have some books on stars though, and both their magickal and scientific influence on this world. Would you like to read that as I examine the message?”
“Very much, thank you.” Twilight said excitedly, almost like a filly getting a present. “I love learning about new things, and sadly I lack knowledge in the field of stars!”
Eclipse pointed a hoof towards her star books and reports that she had written, then finally broke the wax royal seal to the letter and began to read.
Dear, Eclipse,
This letter must be short, for I fear that a certain pony may be a bit curious as to what is going on. I do not blame her for that, but we mustn't let her find out about this, I would prefer it to be secret, and for my own reasons. Namely that if Twilight found out she would tell Celestia, and that would ruin the surprise! To make sure the surprise is not ruined, I wish to visit you a day before the full moon, considering the stars are much easier to read on that day.
Sincerely, Princess Luna.
“Hmm.” Eclipse quickly deduced that her princess was speaking in code in case this was found out, but she couldn’t understand it very well, and she didn’t even say where she would visit them.
Dear, Princess Luna,
Oh what a pity it would be if we were found out, though you haven’t even told me what we shall be doing for Princess Celestia. Is it a cake? Where shall we bake it?
Sincerely, Eclipse
“Princess Twilight, I am finished.” She called out softly.
“Ah, good.” Twilight mumbled, semi-distracted and with her nose in a book. “Have Spike send it, if he is asleep, wake him up.”
Eclipse nodded, and found the tiny dragon in her kitchen wearing an adorable pink apron.
“Sorry for not asking permission, but I took it upon myself to make some tea!” He exclaimed, a large grin on his cute little face.
She couldn’t help but let out a tiny laugh. “Oh, it is ok. Why don’t you let me take over though? I have to send this letter to Princess Luna, and I think she will be replying shortly.”
He nodded his chubby face and jumped down from the chair he had been using to see the teapot. As he waddled up to her she handed him the letter and he merely breathed fire on it. In a wosh, is disappeared.
“I’ll be in the living room until she re-” A large belch erupted from his mouth, along with harmless green fire and a scroll. “I will never get used to how fast they reply!” He complained and handed her the letter. “I guess I will be finishing that tea after all.”
She grinned and nodded her thanks, before rushing to the kitchen table. It was a plain yellow table, that could fit four ponies at most, and considering she only had five friends at most, and that was including the twins, it was fine for her. She sat down in a comfy brown chair to read.
With the twins.
It was far from formal, and that suggested why the reply was so swift. She nodded her head in satisfaction and got up to go inform the other princess at her home.
Another princess at her home! How was it that she had suddenly attracted the attention of not only her favored princess, but of the other one too? She looked around her home in fright. Twilight must have had a calming spell or something, because suddenly she was very worried about what the esteemed princess of friendship would think about her messy home!
Walking nervously to the princess, she felt her nerves calmed and her suspicions true. Princess Twilight had put a calming aura around her, but why?
“Princess Twilight, I am done.” She said, bowing her head. “And I regret to inform you that, Princess Luna does not wish for you to be involved.”
“Intriguing. I will have to speak to her about that, but for now, I really should take my leave.” She levitated a cup to her mouth and finished it. “Spike has left some tea for you too.”
She gaped. The Princesses number one assistant had left tea for her! “I mean no disrespect, but why?”
“Because you don’t have any of it in your home, silly!” Twilight grinned.
As she grinned, Eclipse couldn’t help but laugh along. “That is a very good point! Oh one more question before you go, if I may?”
Twilight nodded.
“Why is it that you are casting a calming spell?”
Her face fell, and the spell was cut off, and Eclipse was no longer mellowed out.
“Tha-that, how did you figure that out?” Twilight spluttered.
Eclipse was confused. “Did I speak out of term, Princess?” She whimpered.
Twilight paused, let out a deep breath, than spoke. “No… I just, ever since I have become princess making friends is harder, and since you were smart enough to figure out my little spell, I guess I could reward you.” Relented Twilight. “As I said, making friends is a lot harder, and I find a simple calming spell always helps. After all, if friendship is magick, then surely you could reverse it?”
Eclipse hesitated, this was a bit deeper than she wanted to go. “I guess?”
“Oh, look at me rambling!” Twilight sighed. “Well, I must get going, Spike does need his sleep.” She looked towards the dragon who arrived in the room affectionately.
After Twilight had left, Eclipse had gone to sleep, so she could get up and stay up the next day. Being nocturnal had very few perks, but such was the life when somepony like her was devoted to being a loyal subject to the misunderstood Princess of the Night.
When the night had gone and the morning sun woke her, she set off to the twins home with a quick trot. She had to inform them that a princess would be visiting them!
When she arrived she knocked on the door harshly, hoping to wake them from their slumber. They often mentioned to her that their new bed was so comfortable that they never wanted to get up.
The door opened and revealed a grouchy looking Shimmer. “What is it?” She practically growled.
Eclipse was taken aback by her mean behavior, but brushed it off. “Princess Luna wishes to visit us, tonight.”
Shimmer rolled her eyes to Eclipse’s surprise. “Finally, after two weeks she made that damn statement to come see us!”
Eclipse looked at her worriedly. “Are you ok Shimmer?”
“Yes, why do I look ugly? Well, you’re ugly!” She yelled and ran off.
Eclipse was absolutely stunned, but the door was open, and she still needed to tell Astra.
“Astra!” She called to the upstairs.
“Coming…” Came her light voice softly floated down.
Eclipse felt her ears dropping, Astra sounded sick, Shimmer was acting wildly, and Luna was coming that night!
She waited anxiously as Astra wobbled down stairs, a glazed look over her eyes, and a bruise on one arm.
“Did goodness child, what has happened!” Eclipse rushed to meet her halfway.
“What are you talking about, Eclipse?” She smiled weakly.
“You are obviously sick.” Eclipse felt an argument hovering nearby as she guided the young Unicorn to the kitchen, where an apologetic Shimmer was waiting.
“Hi Eclipse…” Shimmer muttered, looking down. “I am, um, sorry about the little scene at the door.”
Astra’s face dropped. “You yelled at her at the door? I thought you were going to try and actually control yourself near her!” She hissed. “Because the last time you threw a little hissy fit over me bumping your shoulder, you bruised my arm!” She waved the hurt leg.
Eclipse looked at them in dismay, what was happening to her young friends?
“I said, it was a freaking accident!” Shimmer yelled, banging on the table. With that she growled at both and left the room, her grey tail swishing in fury.
“What has been going on here?” Eclipse finally demanded sharply.
Astra looked down, tiny tears of rage and confusion forming in her blue eyes. “I don’t know, it all started about a week ago. She just started to get these horrible mood swings. Even with the better food we have been getting she has also gained this large appetite. I don’t lie this type of Shimmer, she eats nearly all the food and yells at me! Yesterday, she bumped me into the wall so hard I bruised!” She wailed, the tiny trickle of tears becoming a flowing river. “And me? I have been sick all week!”
Eclipse looked at her alarmed. “You never sent Shimmer to tell me?”
“No, we both agreed you have done too much already.” She sniffled.
Eclipse sighed and enveloped her in a hug. “I am going to go after you sister and see what is wrong. No need to worry about her bumping me into any walls either, I am not sick, and she is nearly half my age. Oh, and lets not forget, Earth ponies are fairly strong. You stay here and just sit, maybe get a glass of water.” She forgot that the water pump was outside.
Astra nodded as she left.
Eclipse roamed the house for only three minutes before finding the tiny Pegasus inside her room glowering at the wall.
“Friggen sister, friggen sickness, friggen everything!” Shimmer muttered to herself.
Eclipse cleared her throat. “Shimmer.” She said softly.
Shimmer whirled around, her eyes furious. “What do you want Eclipse? You aren’t my mother, don’t check up on me!” She snarled.
Eclipse was taken aback, and for some reasons her words did hurt. Eclipse had known them for only half a month, yet the bond she had formed with those two was incredibly strong, and she had taken on a guiding role in their lives. She looked at the Pegasus with hurt eyes, and whimpered, “All of your harmful actions are uncalled for. Your sister probably has the flu, and you bruising her on purpose was a horrible thing to do. Now you are snapping at me for zero reason and I will not tolerate it!” By the end of it her voice had grown strong and she had taken a dominate pose.
Something seemed to happen to Shimmer as her ears went back and a slight whimper escaped her mouth. “S-sorry!”
Eclipse relented on her disapproving gaze, but kept her looming pose. “Shimmer, I think you need to apologize to Astra, not me.”
Shimmer nodded, and finally broke eye-contact. “Yes ma’am.” She murmured and walked downstairs.
The late afternoon sun streamed into the empty kitchen. Eclipse had slept in fairly late, and taken a while to get there, and add on all the things with the twins, time was traveling quickly. To their dismay, Astra was not there, but an open door hinted to where she was.
“Oh dear!” Eclipse gasped. “I have forgotten, your only water source is outside, and Astra was struggling to walk earlier today.” She bolted out the door, Shimmer following.
They found Astra collapsed a few feet from the pump, a changeling looking over her.
“Marcus!” Shimmer howled and bowled into him. “How dare you attack my sick sister!” She yelled, pummeling him.
“Ow, ow ow!” The changeling yowled in pain, his hard chitin cracking under her furious hooves. “I didn’t attack her!” He pleaded. “You guys are always attacking me first!”
Eclipse wanted to stand there, wondering how the twins knew a changeling, but she knew she had to intervene, and fast. “Shimmer, get off him, now!” The Earth mare hissed.
The pegasus hesitated, heavy tears slipping from her eyes. “He… He is always stalking us!” She protested.
Eclipse gently pushed her off, but only to replace an iron hoof on his chest. “Marcus is it?” He nodded his head vigorously. “Well, Marcus, you really should explain the whole story to me. I fear my little friends have neglected to mention you much.”
He gulped. “Well, I just follow them and collect love from them, I swear! Thing is, they always seem to find me, first they found me together, than Shimmer found me alone. They also attacked first, and I swear, I have never hit them back!” He wailed the last part. His body ached from the angry blows of Shimmer, and this stranger with the intimidating glare only worsened his fear with his frazzled mind.
She let her hoof up. “I believe you. Why were you out here though, instead of hiding?”
“The Unicorn collapsed.” He whimpered.
Eclipse let out her own growl of anger, but it was directed at herself. “Shimmer, help your sister inside. You, Marcus, best buzz off bug.”
His face grew offended. “You dang ponies and your offensive slang.” He growled and few off.
The changeling taken care of once more, Eclipse walked into the house with a worried face. Upon entering the kitchen she found Shimmer fretting over Astra like nothing had happened that week between the twins.
“Eclipse, what do we do?” She whined. “She won’t wake up!”
Eclipse knew it would be useless trying to get her to the hospital in Ponyville, and getting help would just take longer. She looked at the sky and saw the sun sinking slowly, and guessed the time.
“What shall we do? We shall wait for night, and for the princess to come.” She said, and went to go get a glass of water for Astra.
Time passed, and the two mares kept a silent watch over the ill Unicorn. The sun sank at a snail pace, too slow for the worrying Shimmer. Finally Eclipse found something for her to do instead of sitting there and making herself sick with worry.
“Look, it’s twilight, why don’t you go see if the princess got here early?” Eclipse suggested gently. “Your sister is safe in my hooves.”
Shimmer nodded and zoomed off, her wings fluttering faster than a speeding rabbit running.
The pegasus zoomed around and around the house, refusing to let her thoughts catch up with her speed. Even when her wings began to ache from such over-exerting them, she refused to stop, refused to slow down. Instead, she counted the laps around the house, knowing she would see Luna when she appeared.
Around lap 53, the moon princess made her appearance in a rather odd way, or at least odd to Shimmer. Instead of appearing in a flash of light, or teleporting, she flew so quietly next to Shimmer she didn’t notice her for about three laps.
“Ahem, Shimmer.” Luna finally said to the speeding Pegasus.
Saying that Shimmer was surprised was an understatement. When the Mare looked to the side she saw Luna flying softly next to her. Jumping a few feet in the air, she slowed down.
“Oh, uh, greetings Princess Luna!” She said, try to bow in mid-air.
Luna smiled gently. “Greetings to you, Miss Shimmer, tell me, what troubles you?”
Shimmer tried to play it off. “Nothing bothers me, Princess, and nothing should.” She said.
Luna sighed. “My loyal subject, I am the protector of the night, vanquisher of nightmares, I know when a pony is troubled by something.”
She looked away. “You wouldn’t want to hear it, lets just go greet the others.” She went to land.
Luna knew that she wouldn’t get anything out of Shimmer by asking her questions so suddenly, so she followed her instead. They both landed gently, despite Shimmer beginning to feel a fierce ache in her wings again, and her wanting to simply plummet. She lead the princess to the kitchen and hoped that she wouldn’t be offended by the decor, or lack of it.
“Welcome to my house.” She muttered.
Inside the kitchen, Eclipse saw her princess, and got up to bow. “Greetings, Princess Luna, before you begin anything, I beg you, please heal this filly, she has become dangerously ill and won’t wake up!”
Luna’s eyes widened and rested on the slumped form of Astra. “Why did you not get help?” She demanded.
“This is three miles from town, it would be quicker to wait for you than to run there, and back with all their equipment, because we simply can not carry Astra.” Eclipse explained.
“You are an earth pony, are you not?” Luna demanded. “Strongest of the three pony kinds?”
“I seek out knowledge instead of strength. I do not farm, or do anything. I work night shift at a local bar as the bartender for my bits.”
Luna sighed. “Ok then. Step aside, and I will do what I can for this child.”
The two mortals stepped back as Luna confronted Astra, who still lay on the table. Luna closed her eyes and touched her horn to the sick Unicorn, searching for signs of infection or sickness, but found something that worried her even more. It was alive, the bacteria that was in the gem had been activated by the red liquid, and it now her body was rejecting the Vampire change.
Luna pulled her horn away and shook her head. “I can heal her… But at a cost.” She said. Turning to Eclipse and Shimmer she went on to explain. “I came here to see if the twins were about to change into the lost species, and Astra is about to change, but her body is rejecting it. I can coax her body to accept the change, but that means she will be a vampire, and needs you two to help her.”
They gasped, and Shimmer gently approached her sister. “Sissy?” She whimpered.
Astra did not wake, but her body seemed to jerk weakly at Shimmers touch as horn hoof was held in her hoof.
“In the end, this is your call Shimmer. You are her only blood relative.” Luna said.
Shimmer looked up and nodded, holding back her tears. “Do it, so my sister, my twin, can live.”
“Then step back child, this is going to be a delicate maneuver of magick.” Luna ordered. “I will need my space and concentration.
Shimmer obeyed and Luna walked up, her shoes clinking lightly on the hard tile floor. She touched her horn to Astra once more and let her power explore the sick body.
She easily found the source of what was rejecting the change. It was Astra’s unicorn magick, it did not want to make room and shrink for this foreign magick, and therefore fought the vampire powers. Luna had forgotten about that, in order for a body to make room for the new changes, it had to be rid of some of its original powers, namely magick.
She regretted doing this, but it had to be done. She forcefully extracted Astra’s power, hoping that she did not die from the shock of it, or loss of it. She wouldn’t take it all, if she could help it, but soon a good chunk of it would be missing as she drained it. Luna would also have to carry this guilty burden forever, because the stolen power simply could not run wild.
Minutes passed, her deed was done, the Unicorn mare was left with only her basic abilities, though soon her horn would shrink to nothing and the power would go wherever vampire powers were stored. Maybe in her bat wings.
Luna gasped. “The deed is done. Your sister will survive, but her Unicorn powers are weakened greatly.” She said nothing else, and the look on her face made sure it stayed that way.
Shimmer let a small sob escape her. “Thank you, Princess Luna. Thank you for saving my sister.”
“Think nothing of it child.” Luna frowned, the new power in her easily being tamed. “I should scan you too, though. If your sister is sick and about to turn, then you could be at risk for Lycanthropy too. Oh, and to clear up confusion, Lycanthropy is the name of the bacteria that changes you into a Lycan.”
Shimmer nodded numbly and sat down as the princess began a very thorough scan.
“Princess, you keep mentioning this, bacteria. What is it exactly?”
Luna was able to multitask and engaged in the conversation while her horn glowed blue. “Oh, it is simply a small part of the infection. If you get it in your bloodstream, you have little worry. It is when the magick gets into it that you must worry. The magick activates it. That is really how ponies are turned, to my understanding.”
A minute passed and Luna let out a sigh of relief. “Your bacteria has not been activated, and thanks to my own disabling magick, it never will be. I should take my leave soon, but before I do, you will need these.” She summoned five red bags filled with suspicious liquid. “Vampires do need blood.”
Eclipse gulped and took them. “I uh, I can find a way to store these. They lack a fridge.”
Luna snorted. “You know, I think I can spare some magick for you twins.” Her horn glowed once more, and a working fridge appeared where one was missing. “Those are the perks of knowing a princess.” She let out a tiny giggle. “I should really get going now. Bye, my loyal subjects. Take care of Astra, she will be very weak for a while.”
“Bye, Princess.” They said and bowed as she left.
Princess Luna exited the house, and they were left alone with the now, somewhat cured, Astra.
After Luna had left Eclipse offered to spend the night. She insisted that she be there to help relieve the stress, and that the next night they could use her telescope to view the full moon and all its glory. A little treat to help Shimmer get through it all.
Eclipse had slept near the bed, but let the twins share it, and when she woke up she felt stiff, but didn’t complain.
“Shimmer, you should wake up.” Eclipse shook the pegasus awake, noticing how late it was in the day.
When she gazed out the window, the sun was already half-way up the sky, and climbing higher by the second!
“Leave me alone!” Shimmer groaned. “I don’t wanna move.”
Confused, Eclipse put a hoof to her head and felt it burning hot. Fearing Astra had contracted a sickness in her delicate state and given it to her sister, she check the Unicorn too. It was not burning hot though, it was freezing cold, colder than a pony should be.
“Dear Celestia, how do I deal with this!” She exclaimed. “I know nothing about the sick, or vampires! Shimmer, is there anything I could do for you?”
“Body aches.” She grumbled.
Eclipse nodded and went downstairs. She looked around for anything that could suffice as a tub. The best she found though was an apple create, luckily, it would be big enough to hold the teen. She dragged it outside and filled it with the freezing water from the pump. Carefully, she brought it back into the bathroom, though she didn’t dump it into the tub. That thing was filthy.
She went back up stairs. “Shimmer, I am going to move you, but this is for your own good.” She said, nudging the Pegasus.
“Nooooo.” Shimmer moaned.
“Now Shimmer, you are sick.” Eclipse chidded.
“Nooo!”
“Shimmer, I am going to pick you up. You need a bath to cool down.”
Shimmer cracked open a furious eye. “I said, NO!” With the last word she lashed a hoof out and smacked the Earth mare.
The strength that the teen held stunned not only Eclipse, but Shimmer herself too. Tentatively, she raised a hoof up to the aching area where she had been smacked and winced in pain.
“Shimmer… Why?”
Shimmer looked at her in horror. “No.” She whimpered. “Eclipse… I didn’t mean too, I am sorry! I promise I will never smack you again, I will even take that bath. Just don’t hate me!” She begged.
As much as Eclipse wanted to yell at her, she was an adult. And adult who was dealing with a stressed out, sick teen. She had to keep her cool, everyone slipped up, especially teenagers.
“You are forgiven.” She finally said. “But you best take that bath. I think your fever is getting to your head.”
Shimmer nodded painfully and got from the bed. The stiffness in her movements was obvious, but with the help of Eclipse she made it to the bath. When she settled into it a loud sigh of relief escaped her lips.
“I am sorry for the trouble, this really is helping me. I feel better already, just having this cool water wash over me.” Shimmer said.
Eclipse nodded her head. “Sometimes we just need to wash away the negative energy before we can feel better. Why don’t you finish up here and I try to rouse your sister for the moon-gazing tonight.”
“Moon shouldn’t be up for another couple of hours.” Shimmer said.
“Two at most. We slept in late, and me getting that tube filled with water took a while. I had to find one first, then I had to clean it.” Eclipse grinned. “Now finish up in here, towel is right next to the door.
Shimmer yawned as Eclipse trotted back up stairs again.
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4915685 Yay for updates.
A bat and a puppy.
What is small and cute yet scary and disgusting?
4917515 A pony Lycan?
4918842 Irl bats.
To me they are cute to girls not so much.
4922062 I dunno, I am techniclly a girl and I find them cute :3
But I am also the girl who loves slugs.
4922474 No, I am talking about girly girls who are terrified of dirt, sick people, and a few other things.
I would have to consider you a tomboy.
Is it acceptable?
4924196 Oui
4924207 I haz catz.
Black cats are cute.