Memoirs of a brony

by travellingbrony

Chap 3: Princess of the Night

Chapter 3: The Princess of the Night.

Waking to the sound of laughter coming from the main part of the library I shook the sleep from my head and replayed the events from the night before. Spike had come into the side room bringing the Princess and I some tea and being so intent on our discussion we failed to hear the door open. Spike heard everything we talked about, at least the grave situation i found myself in. When he figured out exactly what we were talking about, he had dropped the tea pot and cups onto the floor which caused Twilight to leave her books and come running. I was impressed with how quickly the Princess was able to convince Twilight that Spike had accidently dropped the tray. Of course Spike wasn’t able to get a word in edgewise and i now owe him a favour for both taking the blame and not spilling my secret. After Twilight had gone back to her studies involving the impeding effects certain flowers have on a unicorns magic, we pulled Spike into the room and worked out a deal. When all was said and done i promised to tell everypony before my year was up, I also agreed to teach Spike some of the ways men impress the ladies in my world. If i had known Rarity was the object of his infatuation i probally wouldn’t have told him the things i did but we shall get to that later.
The Princess had left not to long later and with Twilights permission Spike and i started setting up a room for myself. For a tree it had a lot of rooms, most of which were filled with library books but an old storage room ended up working perfectly. Over time that room would be filled with objects and books from all sorts of places but that’s not important right now. What is important is the laughter coming from the main part of the library. Not knowing who was down there i wasn’t able to just walk right out and do as i please. Now when i wake up in the morning the first two things i have to do is use the bathroom and do some early streachs to wake myself up completly. However, one thing i noticed is that useing the bathroom isn’t actually needed in this world. I’m not sure how it works and some part of me tells me that i don’t want to know. So completing my strechs and hoping that whoever was down there would leave realativly soon so i could get something to eat i started my day. I found out it was safe to leave my room in the most peculiar way. I was stretching out my back when i noticed something odd. The door to my room was open but nopony was there. Leaning back up so i could face my doorway without falling over, i noticed a certain pink pony walking across my ceiling. That is not something someone who has just woken up should see; even more so if you are coming out of a streach.
Well after i let out a scream of surprise and fell on my butt, i heard the wounds of laughter from behind me. “That’s for the joke you and the Princess played on me last night,” Said Twilight with a grin on her face. Spike was rolling on the floor he was laughing so hard, the events from the night before kept tucked neatly away. “Morning sleepyhead or should i say afternoon as it is after lunch time? Did you forget to wake up? I guess you need alot more sleep cause you’re so big but the Princess is near the same size as you and i don’t think she sleeps that much. I didn’t think this would actually work as a joke but Twilight said it would and it did but i still prefer something like sneezing powder.” Giving Twilight a puzzled look which she caught onto immediately, she introduced and explained. “This is Pinkie Pie, she stopped by this morning to invite us to a party to welcome you, and well she brought those shoes for some reason and we decided to pay a little joke on you.” “Well im all for a good joke Twilight but you can’t have forgotten the rules already. I can’t go anywhere until the town is deserted. Pinkie Pie, how am i suppose to come to this party?” i asked still confused at this pink pony who was walking on my ceiling. I know i mentioned that before but seriously a pink pony, walking on the ceiling, its not something you come across everyday. If it is you must either be related to Pinkie or spending to much time in the bars.
It seems she hadn’t stopped talking while i was conversing with Twilight but the question i had asked she picked up on in a second. “Oh thats no problem, i already told everypony that we where going to have the party here and Twilight agreed. I told them to be here around seven, so get ready to party.” “Well not to be a downer but who is everypony? The only ones who can know that im here are You, Twilight, Spike and your other close friends. If anypony else discouvers me it won’t end well and the Princesses will have to be involved and i don’t wish to trouble them if i don’t have to.” “Don’t worry about that. It will only be us seven and you here tonight. Twilight informed me of these silly rules before i invited everypony. I mean how can you start living here if you don’t met other ponies? You won’t be able to attend any of the great events or anything. That’s absolutely horrible.” Pinkie Pie puzzles me immensely, with her last statement i watched as her mane seemed to lose some frizz and become slightly straighter. Judging by the look of sadness on her face, i gathered that these events that happened in town where something she thought everpony should enjoy and the fact that somepony might be left out truly made her sad. “Look Pinkie, i don’t know what type of events happen around here throughout the year but im sure within a few years ill not only be attending them but ill be helping you set them up.” Spike shot me a glance that spoke volumes at that comment, and i knew that he wanted me to fess up then and there. “How did you know i set up for the events? I mean i do and its fun but you knew already. Guess my reputation as ponyvilles premier party pony is getting around.” Even Twilight seemed puzzled at this but i played it off as if i had only guessed baised on her personality.
It wasn’t to much later that Pinkie decided to leave, something about making sure everything was ready which i still don’t understand as the party was happening there. I passed the hours learning from Spike the various duties that i would be doing while i was there. Surprisingly he did not mention any word of me telling the others but i could tell it was in his thoughts. Spending the last hour before the party reading a book on the various edible plants, which was surprisingly large and very helpful, i listened for the telltale sound of the other ponies arrival. I had just finished reading a segment on the ever-ice root when i heard a bang followed by Pinkie’s high pitch proclamation that it was time to party. Making sure i was somewhat presentable i peeked out into the library to make sure it was only the ponies we were expecting. Sure enough i could make out Pinkie bouncing around the library like her tail had caught on fire, so i crept along until i could see the entirety of the main room. Most of the ponies i was told to expect where there. Rainbow Dash was seemingly trying to get Pinkie to calm down but by the amused expression on her face she was enjoying the pink ponies randomness to the full extent. Fluttershy was in discussion with Twilight, over what i do not know but she seemed to be very animated, so did Twilight for that matter. Spike was nowhere to be found but from the light in the kitchen i was sure he was hiding from Pinkie in there.
“So why aren’t Applejack and Rarity here yet?” I heard Twilight ask from my hidden corner such as it was. “Oh well, Rarity said she had to finish up something for your guest,” piped up Fluttershy. She was hard to hear over such a short distance, it made me realize just how soft spoken she was most of the time. “And Applejack is just finishing up some last minute chores, she’ll be along shortly.” Inserted Rainbow Dash. “At least she better be” “What do you mean Rainbow?” asked Twilight. “Well come on Twilight, your friend is not exactly normal. Its a little unnerving ya know. And no offence meant to Fluttershy but i’m one hundred percent sure that if he hadn’t been hurt she wouldn’t have come either.” “Then why are you here? If he seems like such a danger to everypony why did you all come?” Twilight countered, her voice growing in volume with every word. “Because im sticking by my friends and if he trys anything i plan to stop it.” Looking out into the room i could see Fluttershy and Pinkie both beginning to look upset and there was no signs of Twilight and Rainbow stopping anytime soon. Sighing softly i stepped out into the room which got me an instant glare from Rainbow and looks of shock from the other three. “We where just um well,” started Twilight, but i quickly cut her off. “Twilight its alright, i can understand Rainbows concern as well as any other ones you all may have. Its true i am a stranger here but i wouldn’t harm anypony, i left my world with Twilights help to escape that type of violence. I’m not asking you to trust me completly Rainbow, im just asking that before you judge me, you take the time to know me.”
Rainbow seemed shocked, then again so did all the others. Spike had come out from the kitchen during the fight and was looking at me with a slight grin. “He has you there Rainbow. When Gilda came to town you told us the same thing over and over again,” Spike said, joining in on the conversation. “Ya but just look how she turned out to be,” Rainbow argued back, but you could see the arguements losing strength on her tounge. “How bout this Rainbow, If i ever hurt you or anyone of your friends, you may do what you wish to me up to and including taking my life. Does that sound like a fair deal to you?” I said to her. It took me a few seconds to realize that nopony was moving, or hardly breathing for that matter. “You really mean that? You can’t mean that. Nopony gives anypony the right to take their life. Ever,” interjected Twilight, snapping from her stupor. “Twilight, in my world someone can lose their life for saying hi to the wrong person. I’m not a pony as Rainbow has pointed out so clearly so i believe i can do this.” Rainbow was just looking at me like i had just started to fly around the room on her wings. “Do we have a deal Rainbow?” i asked as i stuck my hand out in front of me. Reluctantly she placed her hoof in my hand and we shook on it. “Deal,” she agreed although she looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but there at that moment. The major issue being solved i turned towards Fluttershy and Pinkie to say hello. “Hi girls, its good to see you again and right side up this time,” i said with a smile. Pinkie seemed to be back to normal at that comment and started bouncing around the room again, saying hello and talking randomly to both me and Rainbow. Twilight was conversing with Spike over something but Fluttershy just stared at me. I was able to see her small form trembling slightly, but i couldn’t understand why. “Fluttershy? Is everything alright?” i asked her. “No everything is not alright,” She shouted, not a quiet voice like she had been using but an actual shout. “I don’t care what things where like in your world but you will not be throwing your life away like that. I know Rainbow would never do something like that but you should never, never say such a thing.” “Im sorry Fluttershy, you went through all that trouble to help me get better and then i went and made that promise to Rainbow. I won’t be taking back my word to Rainbow but you don’t have to worry as i don’t plan on hurting any of you. Im sorry i hurt your feelings Fluttershy, i’ll do my best to think more before i speak next time.” Calmed down now but still a bit shaky she stopped shouting. “It’s ok, im sorry for yelling at you. I just don’t like it when something i care about does something like that.”
Dismissing her apology with a wave of my hand and a casual, you have nothing to be sorry about, we started talking about other things. I learned that she takes care of many animals, lives near the everfree forest and not to far from Sweet Apple Acres. We where involved in a discussion on the varies animals she takes care of when there was a knock and the door, it opened to reveal both AppleJack and Rarity, who quickly came inside. “Howdy all.” “Good evening,” They said as they walked inside. A course of hellos and the like answered back. Rainbow went and started to talk to Applejack about what i had promised to her and Rarity had started to talk to Fluttershy about some spa. Grabbing some punch from the table i went into the kitchen to see what Spike was up to. “So are you going to tell them since they’re all here tonight?” Spike asked me as i walked in. “No Spike, Rainbow has a great distrust for me and she isn’t the only one. I can sense that the others are wary of me so telling them now would do nothing but upset Twilight. Besides its a party, your suppose to have fun at a party.” “Well, alright, but i heard Rarity out there so if you will excuse me,” He said heading towards the door with a moon struck expression on his face. Draining the punch from my glass i headed back into the main room. For the next couple of hours everything was mostly peaceful, except for a brief moment when Twilight cornered me about my promise to Rainbow Dash. The party was winding down, and Rarity had just given me a dark cloak so i could move around at night easier, how she worked out making it fit i still don’t know, when Pinkie asked a question i was hoping i would never have to answer. “So, Twilight told me she didn’t see any ponies in your world. Were they all out of town, cause that would be silly for all the ponies to go out of town at the same time. Who would control the weather that way?”
“Well, you see, the ponies in my world don’t live in the cities. They live out on farms or ranchs for the most part.” “Oh, so they work on farms like Applejack does? Do they have lots of apple trees? And what about the Weat-“ Her tirade of questions where cut off by Applejacks hoof. “Now I’m sure he’ll get ta that Pinkie. Just let him continue and keep quiet for a moment will ya.” Sighing i started explaining what happened in my world, doing my best not to expose to much. I’ll include what i said then so you can have some idea what i was talking about. “First of all, the weather isn’t controlled by Pegasus, It flows naturally around my world. In fact there are no Pegasus in my world, or unicorns for that matter, at least not anymore. If there was once they seem to have been wiped out.” This revealation caused a few gasps but i continued before i could be interrupted. “We have myths that involve both Pegasus and Unicorns, but those are old and no one has seen either for centuries. As for the ponies that are around, they spend most of their lives on farms or the like. None of them seem to be able to talk like we are at the moment. They are usually ridden around by other members of my race as a mode of transportation or for helping with work around the farm.” I’ve left out a lot of what i told them but needless to say the questions about farming went on for near twenty minutes before Rainbow asked a very difficult question. “If there is no Pegasus ponies, who flies in the sky?” “Well Rainbow, we have most of the same creatures in my world as you do here from what Fluttershy tells me. But my race has come up with devices and machines to fly in the sky as well.” That seemed to make her think, while Pinkie started talking about her balloon and flying machine. The conversation lasted for nearly two hours in itself but was finally ended by a large yawn from all ponies present. Spike had already passed out up in his bedroom, so Twilight and i saw the Guests to the door and wished them goodnight. I thanked Rarity again for the cloak and made plans to use it that night.
Twilight looked like she wished to continue on with our discussion but i could see that she was almost falling asleep on her feet. After giving her a slight hug and thanking her for the party i promised to continue the discussion in the morning. Not feeling tired myself i bundled myself in my new cloak and peeked around outside. Nopony was around that i could see but to play it safe i decided to leave via a window in the rear of the library. Walking through Ponyville was amazing that first time, I saw SugarCube Corner, where, dispite her endless energy Pinkie had already turned out the lights for bed. I spotted Raritys boutique which was dark as well and since i could only see a few homes with lights on i decided that it was safe to continue my wanderings. I never really got to take a good look at my new home from the outside before then and even in the dark it was impressive. I could make out at least three stories which was interesting as Twilights room was only on the second floor and i’d seen no way to access the third so far, but that was for another time. Picking a direction which seemed to have fewer houses i walked towards the edge of town. It took me ten minutes perhaps to reach the edge of town and only another fifteen after that to reach a hill that looked down over the town. Sitting there looking at the town i smiled to myself at where i was, and the fact that even with death being so close, i was never happier. I find it funny that, when faced with death, every creature with some sembalence of intelligence will reach one of two stages. Either they will do their best to make the most of their time left, accepting what will come but still fighting for that every moment of life they can get. Or they seem to resign themselves to being nothing more than a husk of their former selves. They wallow in self pity and before they know it their time is up, and because they have done nothing but mope they end up leaving behind a bunch of regrets. Well i wasn’t going to be like that, even if in a year i would fall over dead, i would still make the most of my time here. Sorry was beginning to ramble there. So i was sitting on that hill, overlooking the town when i heard a sound behind which nearly made me faint. It was the sound of Pegasus wings, if i hadn’t been around Rainbow the last few days i wouldn’t have recognized it but it was still a unnerving sound. As i sat there, hoping that whoever it was would mearly overlook me, which i knew was highly unlikely, the unknown pony spoke.
“So you are the creature my sister has spoke about. What brings you out into the dark of the night?” “Princess Luna. For a few moments i thought some other pony had been out and had seen me. I’m glad it was you who landed behind me.” “How is it you know my name? My sister said you had never spoken about me. Unless you have heard the name from Twilight Sparkle perhaps?” “To be honest Princess, i’m not sure how i knew your name. Ever since i came here my mind seems to be playing tricks on me.” The Princess shot me a genuine interested glance as she sat down on the hilltop beside me. “Would you care to explain what you mean?” “Ok lets start from the beginning, when Twilight first came to my world with Spike i knew both of them on sight. However, whenever i try to remember how i would have known them, i seem to get a massive headache. It was the same with her friends and with your sister and yourself. I’m not sure what exactly is going on but i’m worried what my memory is keeping from me.” The Princess seemed to take this all into deep consideration, but it was only a few moments before she asked me a question. “When you first saw these ponies, did you announce that you knew their names before hand?” “No, i waited until i was introduced, the reason i did not act the same with you was, well i was hoping you could help me.” “Unfortunatly, i have no idea what is going on so i cannot be of much help. Perhaps it is just the magic that is attacking you slipping in extra information.” “That might explain it, however i seem to know a few things about ponies as well, i’ve done my best not to let that information slip out but i almost messed up with Pinkie Pie today.” “Well i suggest you watch your words carefully till you actually learn the information then” The Princess said with a slight smirk. I will always remember that smirk she had, due to the rapid rate it disappeared when i spoke the next bit of information i knew. “Well then Princess, would it be considered bad taste to ask how someone with such a spry sense of humour become Nightmare Moon?” That seemed to knock the wind out of her and she responded in an almost hiss. “How do you know about that? How much do you know?” “Well to be honest not much. I know you where once Nightmare Moon and that you where defeated and changed back into who you are now. What or who defeated you is a complete mystery to me, and as far as i’m concerned that is all in the past. I didn’t mean to upset you so much.”
We sat on the hilltop in an uneasy silence, doing nothing but staring at the starry sky above. I’m not sure how long it was before the silence was broken but during that time i felt that no matter what the darkness could hold, i was safe with Princess Luna there to watch over me. She eventually broke the silence and brought me away from my thoughts. “You never did tell me why you were out here tonight.” “Well Princess, I’m not allowed to be seen by other ponies as your sister may have told you. So the night is the only time in which i can go outside, but i don’t mind that. The night sky is beautiful, and when you sit under the stars and moon, you can think more clearly. It is the time in a day when everything is at peace, and in that it relaxes me.” “There are many creatures that hunt and move around in the dark of the night. Do you not fear them?” I turned towards her with a slight smile, “No, not really, They are only trying to live. Besides i don’t think anything to dangerous would come close to town like this.” The Princess was content with this, and decided to tell me a tale, wether or not it is true i shall never know. “Back before i was corrupted and turned into Nightmare moon, i was happy almost all the time. The night was dark and held many secrets for most ponies but there where always some who worked late hours or enjoyed a vivid nightlife. There was a stallion who worked in the palace during the day, but every night he would spend hours gazing up at the night sky. I saw him many a time, but being royalty i did not speak with him. Till one night as i was flying by i heard him crying. It was the crying of a stallion who had had his heart crushed. Since he was one of my subjects, i believed that was a good enough reason to speak with him, a Princess cannot leave her subjects when they are unhappy and the sobs that broke from his chest where powerful.” The Princesses eyes seemed to glaze over as she recalled this time from so long ago. She was facing towards the stars and i followed her gaze enraptured by her story.
“”When i landed beside him, he did not even glance towards me so powerful was his sadness, that it took me a few moments to speak to him. I was used to my subjects instantly noticing me and saying some form of acknowledgement that when he did not speak to me i was unsure on what to do. I got his attention by lightly coughing and he spun towards me like i was a ghost. ‘Princess Luna’ he said ‘why are you here? I’m sorry if my cries have disturbed you.’ I told him not to worry and that it was his cries that brought me there. I asked him to tell me what had caused him such great sadness that he was crying so loudly under the stars at night. He told me that for the last few months his wife had been very sick, she was stuck in the hospital and the doctors knew she wouldn’t have lasted long. So every night he would sit up and gaze at the stars and write poetry and songs for her. For it was a song that he wrote which brought them together and he wanted her last days to be good ones so he decided that every night he would come up with a new song or a new piece of poetry and after his day in the palace he would take it to her. Over the past few nights he had been writing a song which would describe their life together and promise that even after she passed on, he would still remember her and treasure every moment they had spent together. But that was not to be, for while he was working in the palace that day, his wife took a turn for the worse and slipped away. He was crying not only for his loss but also because he believed that if he had finished his song one day sooner she would have heard it and it would have brought her peace. When he had finished his story i could do nothing but stare, here was a pony who had suffered through such a loss and here i was intruding apoun his grief. I felt ashamed for stopping, not that it was wrong but because i had interrupted his mourning with my presense and questions. When i apologized to him for bothering him, he waved it off and told me that it was nice to know that not only did we Princesses care about our subjects but that we would also take the time to help them in their time of need. I left later then i thought that night as my sister was already raising the sun. I told him to take time off to recuperate and deal with everything he had to get done. I was not usually awake during the day back then so i had never seen this pony before but when i returned i informed my sister and she agreed that what i had done was right and sent a messanger with her condolences as well. Over the next couple nights i saw the same stallion gazing up at the stars and i would always stop by to say hello but nothing more. The night after the funeral i saw him for the last time, if i had paid more attention that night it may not have been the last but i didn’t. He told me that he had sung his song he wrote over her grave and left a book full of his writings, both songs and poetry beside her. The next night i did not see him, nor the night after that. I grew concerned and asked my sister if he had come back to work, which she informed he, he had not. I went to the same place i had always found him and there apoun a stone was a note. Dear Princess Luna, it read, I thank you for all the time and help you have given me during this whole ordeal but im afraid i must say goodbye. I have realized that without my wife this place holds very little for me, i thank you for your friendship as well, and i hope you find this note or that somepony brings it to you. I am going to travel the land and write about what i see and hear. Perhaps someday we will meet again, and i shall have great stories to share. We would never meet again, it was two months later that he was found, some beasts had found him on the open feilds close to a small village and tore him to peices. The only reason anypony could identify him was the mark he carried in his saddlebags that showed he worked for us. When the guards asked why he was out in the fields with no one to help him, the villagers told us that he had left as the sun went down. He had said something along the lines that no matter what the night may hold, it holds the beauty of the stars and the moon as well. So do not believe that the night is always safe, for even near to towns danger can still lurk in the dark.”
Sitting there underneath the night sky Princess Luna had tears in her eyes and her voice had started to crack by the end of her story. Looking towards her i couldn’t help but think about all the ponies that both her and sister had known that had grown old and passed away. It must be hard seeing those that you love and care about grow old and die while you live on, time meaning nothing to you. “Princess, i promise i shall be careful out in the dark and im sorry you lost your friend so long ago.” “It is ok, it has been a long time since then but with all the time i was banished it seems like it was only a few years ago.” With that we fell back into silence once again, me with my thoughts on my now much shorter life and her with her memories. Breaking the silence once again i asked the Princess why everypony made such a big deal about the deal i made with Rainbow. “You made a deal with your life on the line?” she asked me. “Yes, i figured it would be the best way to let Rainbow know that i never plan on harming any of them.” Sighing she turned towards me and explained why they were all so shocked. “When you made that deal, you passed control of your life over to Rainbow. You may not have understood it then, but i shall explain it for you now. The magic in this world swirls around and through everything. When you made that deal you passed on the control you have over your own life force. For most agreements made the magic just flows around it and breaking it will cause minor if any consequences. However, since you have placed your life as something which can be taken in the bargain, if it is broken you shall die as the magic forces it way out of your body and leaves a hollow area around you.” I was shocked to say the least. I had thought that maybe they where shocked because i had made a comment about death but apparently they either knew about this or at least where told at sometime never to do so as the consequences would be horriable.
“Well, at least Rainbow won’t have to worry about it for longer then a year,” i muttered mostly to myself. “You are not planning on hurting one of them are you?” The Princess almost yelled at me. I proceeded to explain the situation i was in and how it came to be that i ended up with a shorter life span. “So that is what my sister is studying late into the night. She stays up late reading tomes that where old back before i turned to the darkness. But how did she become aware of the magic’s effect on you? Just by looking at you i cannot see any evidence of this.” So i explained to Princess Luna the events which had happened when i first made my apperence to her sister and Twilights friends. “Wait, you took a full on blow from a royal guard and only suffered a broken arm?” “Um, ya, is that not suppose to happen?” “When a royal guardsman sees one of us in danger, he is to assess the threat and respond accordingly. The fact that he attacked you means he saw you as a threat to the Princess that had to be removed.” The princess said the last word in a tone that left no room for guessing. “So when he attacked me, he was trying to kill me then. How come it didn’t work?” i asked her, curiousity winning out over shock. “You must be made of sterner stuff then it seems. But please do not inform Twilight and her friends about this, it is not common knowledge that the royal guard has been trained in that matter nor should it be. They have only used it a half dozen times to defend us against threats, usually we deal with it ourselves.” “So i can withstand a blow from a royal guard, which should have killed me, but my body is to weak to last more than a year here. That’s just wonderful, at least i won’t have to worry if Spike drops a ladder on my head then.” The sarcasm in my voice couldn’t be missed by a deaf pony. “Well, if you like, we can always get some royal guards to use you as a practice dummy,” the Princess said in a neutral voice. I looked over at her and i could see she was doing her best not to laugh. Our eyes met and we both broke out laughing, we laughed for a long time imagining me as a practice dummy. The laughter was broken when i let out a large yawn. “You should return to Twilights and go to sleep, there is only a few hours till dawn now anyways.” The Princess said her laughter slowly fading away. “Perhaps your right, i enjoyed talking to you tonight Princess, we should do it again.” “That would be acceptable, i have a lot to catch up on from the past thousand years and with you living in a library im sure we can both learn a lot and share it.” “Sounds like a plan Princess, i’ll do my best to learn what i can and we can exchange what we have learned for the next year.” The Princess nodded but she seemed to be thinking about something else. “Uh Princess, you’re starring off into space there. What’s on your mind?” i asked her. “You may have touched on something earlier but i will have to do some reaserch back at the castle. I may have a solution but i cannot be sure.” “Well, if you do figure one out i’ll be glad to have it but im not getting my hopes up.”
Saying our goodbyes the Princess took off into the night sky and quickly disappeared amoung the darkness. I tried to watch her go for a minute or two waving in the direction i thought she took. I do hope she was flying in that direction, otherwise if anypony else saw me they would have thought i was crazy waving up at the sky. After a few moments i turned and started to make my way back towards the town. I still remembered Luna’s warning about the dangerous things that roam around at night but with her have just been there i was fairly sure i was safe. Entering in nearly the same place i left i started to make my way back to Twilights library for a good long sleep. However it seemed that i wasn’t going to be able to make my way through town as easily as i left. As i was passing by a group of houses i heard the sound of somepony walking down the street. Knowing i could not be seen i quickly looked for an escape which fortunately for me was easy to come by. The house next to me was a simple one story place and with how the windows were placed it was not hard for me to climb up onto the roof. Staying as low as possible i made my way up onto the mostly flat roof and hoped that whoever it was, wasn’t going to take off into the air and see me. As the little pony walked closer i could hear that they were talking to themselves. From the pitch of the voice i was able to determine that the pony walking below me was female and risking a quick glance over the edge i was able to comfirm that she was quite young. She stopped almost directly below me, much to my dismay, and started to complain to the night air. “I don’t understand why they have to sell the house. I mean come on, its not like a lot of ponies are moving into ponyville. It’ll take forever to sell, at least ill be able to spend more time with my friends before i have to leave.” From up on the roof i could hear her voice crack and the sobs that poured forth. Now when i was younger i had moved a few times and i have moved quite a few since then. I knew that leaving all your friends behind and going to some strange place wasn’t the most amusing thing to go through, especially when your younger. So i decided to take a big risk, and moving closer to the edge where i knew i could be heard but not seen i called down to the little filly. “Isn’t it past your bedtime? Why are you out wandering the streets?” The sobs stopped instantly and the filly jumped up and looked around for whoever was talking to her. “Who-Who’s there?” she asked, looking around nervously. “Just somebody who happened to be wandering around at night, now, what seems to be causing you to wander you around so late little one?” “I’m not little,” she said with a defensive tone. “Just where are you anyways? And why should you care about my problems? And why didn’t you say somepony?” “You have a lot of questions it seems. Well first off i said what i did because i’m not a pony and secondly i always believed that if you spend the night looking for answers you should be able to find one. Besides it’s always better to offer somepony help if they need it don’t you think?” She seemed to have calmed down a bit and gathered the general direction i was in but not my precise location. She sat down on the ground and started to talk some more. “I wasn’t expecting to find anything out here tonight. I just couldn’t sleep so i decided a walk was needed to clear my head. The house i live in went up for sale today and i really really don’t wanna move.”
“I can understand that, i moved a few times before and it can be nerve-wracking. But it doesn’t mean you won’t ever see your friends again or that the new place your going will be bad. You’ll still be with your parents and they wouldn’t take you anywhere that would be bad for you.” I explained hoping to cheer up the little filly a bit. Instead she seemed to get even more upset. “You don’t understand, everything i have is here, my friends, my school, and the one pony i look up to more than anything.” I noticed she didn’t say anything about her parents but i dismissed that as a normal for somepony so young. “Well then, why don’t you explain to me what makes you so upset about this and then head off home to bed? It’s only a few hours till morning and you do need some sleep, you’re still growing after all.” She shot a glare in the direction my voice was coming from so i slipped back from the edge a bit more. “This is the first place i’ve lived that felt like home, and now if somepony buys my house i’ll have to leave and i don’t know where i’ll go. I can’t go back to my old place, nopony liked me there and without my friends ill be all alone again. Why did my house have to go up for sale at all?” The little filly was crying by the time she finished her short explaination. I was never the best at dealing with crying young ones, or crying females for that matter and this little filly fell into both catagories. “But there is no guarantee somepony will buy your house right away is there? I lived in a place for five years before it sold.” I told the young filly. It was strange, when i thought about events like that my memory was clear as a bell but when it involved my current situation i was completly lost. Forcing those thoughts to the back of my mind i focused back on the filly below me. “What should i do? I haven’t told my friends yet or anypony else. What if they’re glad i’m leaving?” Letting out a silent sigh i gave her the best advice i could think of. “Your friends won’t be glad your leaving, but if you don’t tell them that it may be happening they will be upset. When your house sells i’m sure you won’t be leaving right away as packing takes time you know. And if your friends care about you as much as you obviously care about them, i’m sure you could convince Pinkie Pie to throw a massive party for you.” Risking a glance over the edge of the roof i could see the little filly lost in thought. Her thoughts where interrupted by a large yawn which betrayed just how tired she was. “I heard that yawn,” i called to her, “why don’t you head on home and get some sleep, think on what i said. I plan on being around for awhile so if you need to talk just let me know.” “And how am i suppose to do that? I don’t know who you are or what you look like.” She had me stumped for a few moments but i quickly came up with a solution. Taking a symbol off my necklace i threw it against the building opposite and watched it land on the ground near the filly. The sound of something landing beside her made her jump a bit and it was hard not to laugh. “Take that and place it on a necklace, when you need to talk just hang it on the door of the big tree near the center of town.” “You mean the library? But Twilight lives there, she might wonder why i’m hanging a necklace on her door.” While i knew it was the library as i lived there i had to come up with a way for her not to suspect such. “Well if it’s something thats bugging you during the day talk to your friends about it. But if its one of those things that is going to cause you to walk around late at night then hang it there before midnight.” The little filly agreed and i told her that it was nearing dawn and to head on home.
After the little filly was gone, which i checked from the roof top, i slowly made my way down to the ground and continued my way towards the library. By the time i climbed back into the window i had left open and made my way to my room i could see the sky turning a pale pink in the horizon as the sun rose and lit up the clouds. It was a sight i learned to enjoy as time went by but that first morning was the best. I sat and watched the sun as it climbed into the sky and pulling the amazing gift from Rarity around myself i laid down intending to get some sleep. Twilight i learned, had other ideas, when i told her i would continue the discussion in the morning she decided that once the sun had risen it was morning. Before my head hit the pillow my door flew open and she rushed in with a quill and notebook floating behind her. Sitting up fully i stared at her with wide eyed astonishment, to which she only replied, “The suns up, it’s morning, and i stayed up for hours coming up with questions to ask.” “How did you stay up for hours thinking up questions when you could barely stand up right last night. I was worried that you would’ve fallen asleep on the stairs but yet you came up with questions.” I was stunned to say the least, but i learned something very important that morning. Never, under any circumstances, tell Twilight that you will continue a discussion in the morning. If she has any opportunity to learn something new she will wake yyou up at the crack of dawn and she will have come up with at least a hundred questions at some point during the night. Thanks to Spike’s tendency to sleep as much as possible i wasn’t saved till nearly two hours later when a knock came from the front door. It was AppleJack dropping off a delievery of apples and the whole process did not last long however it was enough to wake Spike up from his long nights sleep. Twilight returned to my room just before i laid down and floated an apple towards me. As i plucked it out of the air and took a bite Spike wandered into my room looking for Twilight and asking what he should cook for breakfast. Looking over at me i’m sure he was surprised at the sight, wrapped up in my new dark cloak with dark rings under my eyes and swaying slightly, i was not the most energetic at the time. “Uh, did you have a good sleep?” he asked me with a grin on his face. “Not yet Spike, but im sure i will when Twilight runs out of questions.” “So did the cloak from Rarity keep you warm outside last night?” he asked, glancing towards Twilight. It seems that she was so engrossed with the questions she had she didn’t even notice that i was wearing Rarity’s gift much less that i hadn’t been to sleep yet. At first she apologized for keeping me awake and not noticing how tired i was, but then i swear i saw a light turn on over her head and she glared at me. “You went out last night. And didn’t return until this morning. What if somepony saw you?” She wasn’t happy that i could tell but i was tired and figured it would be a funny reaction so i told her something i shouldn’t have, at least not right then. “Well Twilight, somepony did see me last night but i don’t think it will cause any problems.” Twilight looked ready to explode and when she asked me who it was it sounded like she was doing her best not to scream. “We have to tell the Princess who it was that saw you last. What did they look like? Where you able to see their cutie mark? What colour was their mane?” As mean as it was i started to laugh and between chuckles i explained. “The Princess already knows Twilight, after all it was the Princess who saw me.” She seemed confused and asked me why Princess Celestia would be out in the middle of the night. Giving her the biggest grin i could manage and throwing a wink towards Spike i told her. “Now what makes you think it was Celestia? After all there are two Princesses ya know.”
I almost fell to the floor i was laughing so hard, the looks on their faces were priceless. Twilight managed to recover quicker then Spike and with a sigh of relief asked how my meeting with Luna had come about. I told her how Luna and i had met, however i did not inform her of the story she told me or of the memory malfunction. Even with the lack of sleep i was able to determain that telling Twilight about the little filly would cause problems, so i kept that to myself for the time being. “So since you saw a bit of ponyville, did you like the town?” Twilight asked me. “To be honest Twilight, i couldn’t see alot of it since it was dark but from what i could see it looks great. Hopefully i’ll be able to see it in the sun before the year is out.” Spikes attention was on me in a second and his pointed glance made me realize just how close i was to spilling my secret then and there. Twilight seemed to be wondering about my choice of words as well and told me so. “It would be kinda disappointing if i was here for longer then a year and never got to see the town in the light of day,” I explained “But i’ve had a long night so would it be ok if i catch a few hours sleep? I know there is more you want to talk about Twilight but we have all the time in the world.” A faint blush touched her cheeks from her embaresment, she started to apologize for keeping me up when i had been up all night talking to Princess Luna, but i quickly waved it away. “No need to apologize, you didn’t know and i did say i would talk to you in the morning, it’s my fault.” Spike just rolled his eyes and i knew he was expecting me to tell Twilight everything then and there. Trying to deflect the conversation away from that topic and keep it away i asked Twilight if she knew how to cut hair as mine was getting long. The result was exactly what i was hoping for, which was a look of puzzlement from both Spike and Twilight, followed by laughter. She told me she would ask Rarity to stop by later that day or the next and headed towards the door with Spike following close behind. They where both still breaking off into slight giggles and stifled laughter and as the door was closing behind them i heard Spike speak to Twilight. “He sure is random when he is tired, i wonder what would happen if we got him and Pinkie together when he was like this.” “I don’t want to think about it Spike, we both know how random-AH!” “Hi Twilight, Hi Spike, where you looking for me?” the sound of Pinkie’s voice carried through the now closed door and remembering my meeting with her i could only imagine where she had appeared. I drifted off into a deep sleep with a smile on my face at the thought.