My best friend
Hi, my name is Claire Nights. I'm an orphan, living at an orphanage at some out of nowhere town and I planned on working and taking over that orphanage because it was one of the better ones. Like I said, planned. Now I'm not too sure if I would, since I'm kind of in another world.
Let's get the stuff about me down first, 'kay? I'm a 16 year old teenage girl with long originally dyed blue hair (it became my natural hair color for some reason, when I got to Equestria), my eyes are blue too and my skin a little pale. Nothing against a good amount of vitamin D from the sun, but I really lived up to my last name and stayed out at night watching the stars just for the fun of it.
I'm currently wearing the same stuff as what I wore when I first got to Equestria. Don't worry, I'll tell you soon enough. I wore a night blue vest with a hood (open), a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans and white (from Rarity thankfully repaired) sport shoes.
How long have I been here? I didn't count, but if it helps, so far the entire season 1 minus the episode Nightmare Moon attacked, plus some stuff not shown in the original show. I had a little bit of my own adventures.
I got up pretty early, considering I haven't been stargazing due to the slightly colder weather lately. At least during Nightmare Night it would be warmer again.
I was living in an old not so haunted mansion despite the rumors. Nopony, yes I said nopony, wanted to live here because of said rumor. It was a little on the outskirts of Ponyville. How come such a place was here in the first place? Well, you know the castle of the two sisters is near Ponyville and 1000 years ago Ponyville had been the capital, though it had a different name at that time.
I still needed to restore some rooms, but I had water, the main rooms I used were dusted off and I was even making my own money. I had a little help at the beginning from someone you'll meet later. But now that business is running, I could actually start in paying her back. How do I get money? Paintings and drawings.
As the only human in Ponyville, plus living in that 'haunted mansion' got me always a good amount of whispers, but at least the mane six were my friends.
As of now, I was going downstairs into the kitchen, making myself some oatmeal. It was pretty hard at the beginning not being able to have some ham in the morning, but I got used to it. Importing meat from the Griphon Kingdom was expensive as fuck, so that was out of question, except for special occasions. So far, none. My birthday is a little ahead.
After I was finished, I was thinking about what to do today. I had nothing really to do, I had a little money saved up, and so I didn't really need to think of any new pictures. As much fun as I had in making them, I needed a break from it. And I had no idea what to paint either.
Just as I was on my way out, I heard something crashing against the wall on the outside. I rolled my eyes and walked over to the table, where there was a muffing I saved up. I took it and walked to the main hall and then outside.
I found Derpy collecting a few letters she lost. "Morning." I greeted her and helped her collecting the letters. "Oh thank you, thank you." Poor girl, wish I could help her with those eyes and her being mentally not as advanced as she normally should be. I've seen ponies making fun of her and let's just say I made sure they regretted it.
"Here's a letter for you." Derpy handed me over a letter, the right one for once. "Thanks, here I got something for you." I gave her the muffin and she devoured it instantly. "Thanks, I really needed that. See you."
"Laters! Oh be careful! There's-"
Too late. She already got zapped by the storm cloud. Strange enough she continued flying like nothing happened. I let out a sigh. Maybe I should pull some strings with Celestia. You know what, the next time I see her I'll just do that.
I opened the letter and it turned out to be a 'ghost hunting service'. Yeah there's much more to Equestria than meets the eye. Ever since I officially got my own address I kept getting those kind of letters. There're a lot of crazy people out there, I can tell you. I mean ponies. Still not used to the term.
I brought the letter to the chimney and decided to take a stroll to my best friend's home. My house was a good 15 minute walk away from Ponyville. I had my arms crossed behind the back of my head and was whistling a tune, when there was suddenly a flash of pink right on my face. I fell to the ground and groaned. "Morning Pinkie." By now I was used to that kind of stuff.
"Goodie, goodie morning Clariely!" I hate that nickname. I just don't bother saying it, because you know it's Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie.
"Do you know what tomorrow night is?"
"Halloween, I know." I sighed and got her off my face. She giggled. "Of course NOT, silly-willy. It's Nightmare Night!" she shouted almost on top of her lungs. I shook my head clear and got up from the ground. "Pinkie, Halloween is the name of Nightmare Night back at my home. I just mixed up the names. I looked it up, it's basically the same. Costumes, candies and pranks."
"You forgot the best! Even more candy!" She jumped up and down, totally overexcited like always. "Did you sniff sugar again? Forget I asked." I walked on ahead.
"Hey, where ya goinig?" Pinkie jumped next to me. "Just taking a stroll." I can't tell ANYONE where I'm heading. "Got nothing to do today." I told her.
"Oh you should TOTALLY come with me to Sugercube Corner and make cupcakes with me!"
Oh, oh, better change tactics. "Actually, I remember I promised to meet a friend today."
"Really?! Can I come too?"
"Uh, no, sorry. You know...it's a secret." I whispered to her. If you want to communicate with Pinkie Pie, you have to be at least half as random as her. It helps mimicking her sometimes. "Oh, oh, I see. Have fun!"
"Thanks, I gotta jet!" I waved my hand while running towards the Everfree Forest. For anyone else it looked like I was visiting Fluttershy, but in truth I needed to go through the forest. By now there are only a few ponies left who I might be going to visit.
When I entered the forest, making sure Fluttershy didn't see me going in, I slowed down. The forest was dangerous alright, but as long as I remained on the path I didn't need to fear the really big ones. It still was dangerous enough, as proven by the Timberwolves jumping out of the bushes. Two to be precise.
Now, what I didn't tell you so far not only my hair color changed, but I also got the ability to use magic along with it. My hair starts shimmering every time I use it for some reason. Belief me, if it would be anytime earlier, this would be a tough fight. But now, after a bunch of study sessions, I knew the basics and could handle those jerks.
My ability in using levitation was good enough for me to pick up one of the wolves and threw it to the next best tree, resulting in the thing losing consciousness. When the second one attacked, I just did the same. I wished I would have been able to handle those guys with ease sooner.
I caught my breath before continuing on the path. Teleportation would so safe me a lot of time, but it's dangerous using that without proper knowledge in magic. Belief me I've seen pictures of what exactly can go wrong.
As I continued into the forest it at first looked like I would make it without another incident. But I was wrong, when I encountered that hydra. Now you'd expect me to be scared, since I can't really handle that thing. But here's where my friend comes into play who always saves me when I get in trouble. At first she said it was because so she had someone to talk to. But it had been pretty obvious from the start that she considered me as her friend.
A blue mist started surrounding the hydra, which in return started panicking. I knew animals in general were way smarter in this world and by now you'd expect them to know not to screw with me. The hydra ran off before the spell could be finished. The ground was shaking a little by the way.
Suddenly the blue mist was surrounding me and I simply waited for the spell to finish. How should I describe this? Teleportation is something you have to get used to, especially when you're not doing it on your own. It is like having a short blackout and then waking up like you drunk too much whisky last night.
It gets better over time, but it takes a really long time. I was still getting used to it, so when I arrived at the castle of the two sisters I was completely disoriented for 3 to 5 seconds. By now you can probably guess who I considered my best friend.
When I came to it, I noticed I was in the library. "Moon?" I called out to her. Did she teleport me in the wrong place? Happened before, since I was human and we have a natural magic resistance, the reason there is no magic in our world.
I turned around only to find pony armor in front of me. "AH!" I screamed in a high pitched voice. I heard laughter and Nightmare Moon came out from behind her doorframe. "Jeez, what next? Frog rain?" I asked sarcastically. Moon was really easy to impress since she didn't have much laughter in her life.
By the way, she's not Luna, she's Nightmare Moon alright. The Elements of Harmony only separated the two from each other. She's the first pony I met and the first one who really accepted me as to what I was. You know, humans eating meat and all.
"What brings you here?" She asked. "What? Can't I visit my best bud?" I asked and gave her a good hug. Yeah, we hug each other, problem? Afterwards we started walking through the old castle, Moon proclaimed as her home.
"You know, tomorrow is Nightmare Night." I pointed out, while we were walking through the hallways. "Luna is going to come tomorrow night. Thought you should know." Moon is the only pony that knows that I know the future to a certain extend.
Moon's mood dropped immediately. You can easily see that as to how the ears of the ponies lay back down, when their mood dropped. "Nightmare Night, that stupid holiday my sister came up with." Moon almost spat.
"Hey Halloween can be tons of fun."
"Halloween?" Moon echoed.
"That's the name of the holiday at my home. It was supposed to scare bad spirits away or something. Differs from country to country, but basically it is always the same. Sweets and pranks."
We were now in Nightmares study. She restored some of the rooms in the deeper parts of the castle. Her study contained a telescope some books about dark magic (no idea where she got them), a bed, a few pillows, a desk and a chimney with a comfortable fire burning inside. The fire was night blue. Top was white and bottom black. Moon uses normal wood just in case you're wondering. It's the way she's lightening up the fire with her magic.
I placed myself on one of the pillows, while Moon put some papers away. I got the papers, ink and feathers for her, since everything else in this castle wasn't useful anymore, except the books in the library.
"So on Nightmare Night, are you going away?" I asked.
"Most likely." Moon mused. I frowned. "I guess it would be for the better...I got it! Pranks!"
"Pranks?" Moon titled her head.
"As long as you don't actively use magic when one of the two princesses is nearby, no one will notice you, right?"
"Yes, that is correct." Moon nodded.
"And the spell for a disguise is only considered 'active', when someone transforms right?" I asked eagerly. "Yes, say, where are you going with this?" she asked. I smiled evilly. "We're going to prank Luna. See, we'll do it like this: Since you're partially specialized in tricks..."
You're probably wondering how one thing lead to another and how I'm now planning with Nightmare Moon NOT a complot, but a way to have fun with the princess of night. Well take a seat, get some snacks and a drink and enjoy the story.