How Immortal...is Immortal?

by RickytheGuy

Numeros Dos: La Luna

Author's Note:

With this chapter, google translate might be helpful. If not, it's ok. I'm trying a little experiment with language.

Luna was sleeping peacefully on her bed, a little drool escaping from the edge of her mouth. If one could see inside her brain, they would see her in another people's dreams (on the opposite side of the world, of course, where it was mostly inhabited by monkeys). She had the covers pulled all the way to her chin, and the windows closed. Glow-in-the-dark star stickers hang on the ceiling, where they glowed their soft green color. Fancy Victorian decor was laid about, looking for the most part as it had a thousand years ago - except for the recent band and video game posters stuck to the wall, as well as a Rainbowtronic Alternative Telematic-visual System (RATS) connected to a EcksBocks gaming console (very expensive items in a world where electricity is barely starting up).

As Luna lay adrift in the world of dreams, a sneaky Twilight teleported through the walls to avoid the guards posted at Luna's door. She appeared in a flash of purple lightning in Luna's closet, where she carefully climbed out and levitated from off the ground a baseball bat. She strode over to the EcksBocks, and with her magic she threw open the curtains. Rays of sunlight beamed through, and Luna was instantly affected. She growled, and rolled over restlessly over in her sleep.

Now, everyone but Twilight knew never, EVER to disturb the Princess of the Night, especially when she was slumbering. The reasons there were guards at her door, the reason she slept everywhere she went, and the reason one never wakes her up forcibly is simple: if woken up suddenly enough, Luna could be trapped inside the person's mind she was dreaming with, letting the other person into her mind. And surely enough, that is what happened when Twilight woke up Luna.

"Luna," Twilight said monotonously, "Listen to me." Luna tossed the covers and sat up, blurry eyed.

"Entonces, ¿quién tiene el nervio para despertarme ?!" she said with an accent she shouldn't have. "¿Es usted, Franco?" Twilight stared confusedly for a second before recomposing herself.

"Luna, I need to ask you something your sister couldn't tell me: am I immortal?" Twilight said calmly, but not without an observing edge in her eyes. Luna looked around bewilderingly, before catching her reflection in the mirror. She gaped at it for a long time, eyes wide.

"Espera, espera, ya que cuando era yo un caballo púrpura gigante?" she eventually said, before looking, as if for the first time, at Twilight. "Y lo que es usted, uno alado? Usted es uno de los Los Equestrians, ¿no es así?" Twilight and Luna stared at each other, neither not sure what exactly was going on.

"Uh, Luna, could you just respond in Equestrian, not..." Twilight scrunched her face, "what is that language, German?" Luna looked at her and cocked her head a little, like a dog.

"You...hables...Equestrian?" Luna asked, thinking very hard of what she had to say. "You...understand...me?" Twilight nodded approvingly at Luna's ability to speak Equestrian.

"Great, so, could you tell me," Twilight began again, "about my immortality and such. I know you would never hold anything back from me." But just in case, Twilight thought, I'm not afraid to take your video game console as hostage.

"Me llamo is..." Luna focused, a look of concentration set on her face, "Me llama is Santiago. Si - er, yes, Santiago." She looked down at herself another time at touched her body. "Entonces, ¿cómo y por qué soy una chica?" Twilight shook her head, raising the bat in the air instinctively.

"Concentrate, Luna," Twilight said stiffly, her face one of impatience now. "Tell me, how long will I live!" She had to grit her teeth from shouting too loud, lest the guards outside the door hear her. Luna was content on feeling every part of her body with her hooves.

"Así que puedo llegar a ser una chica ahora?" Luna asked herself, ignoring Twilight completely. "Porque, esto es un poco raro. Quiero decir, ¿cuál sería mi esposa pensar en esto?" Her eyes widened, realizing the meaning of what he had just said. "¡Mi esposa! ¿Cómo funciona esta relación ?! Porque ella quería otro hijo, pero en este estado ..."

"Grrr!" Twilight grrred, fury in her eyes now. "Ok, Luna, I can't understand a flippin' word you're saying." She took a deep breath and whirled the bat with her magic above the EcksBocks. "Listen, you will answer me, or you can say goodbye to your precious video game thingy!" She raised her voice unintentionally at the end, and Luna focused on her, legs crossed together as if Twilight were about to attack Luna.

"Okay, okay!" Luna said, scooting up against the head of her bed. "Me hear now your tongue!" Luna paused, trying to piece together the words in her mind before saying them. She was almost sweating by how much force her face was exerting when it scrunched together. "What...is it...you...w-want? Si?" Twilight breathed slowly out, her expression stony.

"I want you to tell me...how long will I live?" Twilight asked slowly. Luna stared at her for a little bit before shrugging.

"I no know," Luna said, scratching her head. "What is...horse life...time? Si, horse life time es...seis y cero anos. Uhm, 6 and O...years?" Twilight stared at Luna, her face showing her confusion.

"Are you saying that I'll live...only 60 years?" Twilight asked as she let the bat drop to the floor. "That I'm not...immortal?" Twilight stared at Luna for confirmation, and Luna raised her arms up in exasperation.

"See me, horse," Luna said, rubbing her head, "I know not your...span. I am...sencillo...person. I know...nada." Twilight squinted at Luna, trying to make sense of what she had said.

"You're saying..." Twilight contemplated, "that you don't know?" Luna was quite for a moment before nodding her head in confirmation.

"What?" Twilight burst, suddenly and irrationally enraged, "You could've just told me in the beginning!" She picked up the bat and smashed it into the RATS, and its fragile screen shattered. Luna curled up in a ball as Twilight went and attacked the RATS. Generally, with the Princess of Friendship, none survive.

"¡Eso es!" Luna yelled, getting out of the bed and levitating up a bat of her own. "Usted, caballo loco, necesitas calmarte!" She walked slowly to the door while Twilight beat upon the now pile of debris. "Dejar de atacar a esa cosa, o tal vez siga adelante; No me importa!"

At that moment, all the guards burst through the door and quickly filled the room. The Chief Guard yelled loudly, "Halt, Imperial Scum!" It was a saying he loved to, well, say, and it was basically his trademark. Twilight didn't know that, neither would she have cared . Instead, she bolted out of the room, through the balcony, and through the open sky, flapping her wings into the sky.

"Darned it," the Chief Guard muttered, sulking. "Alright, everyone back to your posts. She's out of our hooves now." He turned and bowed quickly at Luna's feet. "I'm sorry, your Majesty, for our slowness-to-act. Have you been hurt at all?" Luna stared at him, taking in his deep bronze armor. Eventually, she sighed.

"Mira, caballo, he sido asaltado por un caballo mágico hoy," Luna sighed, rubbing her eyes. "Se me ha convertido en una niña, y encima de eso estoy ahora un caballo también. No estoy en mi país de origen, y todo el mundo aquí es una locura. Así que vaya y me deje en paz." She finished her tyrant with a not of finality. the Chief Guard stared at her for a moment, before swallowing loudly.

"Well," he said, backing out of the door, "Princess, I have no idea what you said, but I'm sure that, uh, your wisdom will inspire me. Or something." He left the room, easing the door until it closed silently. Luna sat down on the floor, staring vacantly about the room.

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Santiago was confused now. He felt scared, and unnatural in the form he was in. Not long after, however, the armored-horse had left the room he was in, a sudden urge to fart overwhelmed him. Grunting, he let the biggest stinker ever in his life. Out of the almost visible fog that resulted from his gas came a figure.

"Gah!" Santiago gasped, before gagging a little on the stench. Pointing at the green-purple figure, he squeaked, "Dragón!" The dragon waved his way forward to Santiago, plugging his nose and scrunching his face.

"Holy cow, Luna, you stink!" Spike said nasally as he plugged his nose. "That's another reason I never travel this way." Snorting, he looked around. "Wait, where's Twilight?" Spike looked at Santiago, but unfortunately Santiago didn't speak Equestrian.

"Bueno, demonio dragón," Santiago said, pointing his super long forearms at himself. "No soy un caballo, a pesar de que me parezco a una. Está bien; Yo estaba confundido por un poco también. Sólo tienes que ir en su camino y déjame en paz." Santiago and the dragon stared at each other, the dragon seeming to not grasp what he had heard.

"Oh, so, you're not Luna?" Spike eventually asked, eyes wide open like dish saucers. Santiago, not really understanding that much, just shrugged. Spike's brow furrowed, and he stroked his imaginary beard.

"So that means Twilight couldn't have gotten an answer from-" Spike looked up at Santiago, who had just realized that the pony he was had shiny shoes "-you...so that means that there is only one person left in the world who Twilight could go to..." Perking up, he looked at Santiago directly in the eye and said very slowly, "You...fly...with...me...I...lead...way." Santiago pieced the words together in his mind, his eyes, fixed on Spike's nose.

"I...fly...con you?" Santiago repeated, making sure he was right. "I...follow...you?" Spike nodded approvingly, offering a smile an gesturing to the balcony.

"Let's go, shall we?" Spike asked.

Comments

[Fracturedheart]

Really? Peas are good maybe it was the way they was cooked.

[silvadel]

Thankfully, that is not how dreamwalking works.