Chapter 1: What the Future Brings...
The warm sunlight struck in a radiating manner across the entirety of Ponyville. Today couldn't be more perfect, the birds singing in the trees, the small foals playing games on the streets, and more importantly, today was the day Twilight was summoned by her teacher to help with "something excruciatingly important" and she was happy to oblige. She couldn't help but sing a little tune, stepping past the town hall to head towards the Main thouroughfare. Stopping briefly at SugarCube Corner noticing the store was closed today due to renovations. The bouncy pink pony was right there with the burly stallions helping the renovations and conversing with that typical Pinkie habit. She even caught something about "Gummy's Mid-Birthday Half Anniversery".
The thought of another Pinkie crazed depression couldn't put a damper on her mood, thus she went on out towards the solitary lake the letter had told her to go to this morning. Passing the multitude of foothills on the edge of town, she thought about how Spike had informed her that she had recieved it the night before. But considering that she had passed out studying the extended effects of magic on the user without respite, Spike decided to let her read it in the morning. Becoming the near embodiement of her studies due to lack of sleep, she awoke to the strain of sunlight on an almost flawless day. The edge of the lake was still and there were no signs of anypony out here. Which in itself seemed slightly strange, with the weather and all. She didn't even see Rainbow lounging on a cloud on her way down. The water was clear and the hills surrounding it blocked out the buildings in the distance from view.
She took a decided glance into the water and made sure her mane was intact. After she had showered twice and brushed her hair into the smooth silkyness she would expect. The reflection was interuppted by ripples coming from the other side of the lake. She look around and noticed that there were a few birds perched by the tree on the side of the lake. But aside from that...Nothing was happening. There wasn't anypony here at all. The way here had been empty and the surroundings echoed that sentiment. Twilight almost decided to give up and go back home and make sure the letter had meant today. But she shoved herself mentally, knowing she had read correctly.
Then she felt the magic growing on the other edge of the lake, followed by a strong wave of wind as two equines appeared out of thin air in a bright flash. There was some adjusting on her eyes' part, but she was fine. Her face even grew into a smile as she saw the two ponies that she respected most. It was Celestia, and her little sister Luna. The both offered her a warm smile, Celestia waving her over.
She scrambled over to them and started babbling, her nerves getting the better of her. "I got your letter and all and I guess I was a bit earlier than I expected and I almost went back home but I knew that you would show up eventually a-..."
Celestia placed a gentle forehood over her pupils mouth and showed that she understood. The filly blushed and knew she had nothing to worry about. She looked past Celestia and looked at Luna who had taken a riveting interest in the ground, making sure to paw it absent-mindedly with her hoof. "Hey Luna, how've you been since we saw you in Canterlot?"
Luna almost didn't hear her, but was snapped into the realm of the living, thanks to a subtle bump on Celestia's part. "Oh, I have been fine Twilight Sparkle, nothing too stressing or boring I think." She stated with only a slight amount of uncertainty in her voice, still anxious about what was to happen next. Celestia had neglected to tell her the intent of this uncomfortable visit to her sister's student, and Luna herself was not entirely familiar with the small purple filly that seemed as oblivious as she was. Of course there was Nightmare Night, and then when she saw her briefly during her visit before and after saving the Crystal Empire. But not much else. Just the occaisonal progress report that Twilight loved to give in by her own hoof at the castle.
She decided to voice her concern about the reason she was here, followed quickly by Twilight agreeing that she wasn't aware of what would be happening here today. Celestia took a quick breath and stated, "We are here to test you're magical ability today Twilight, along with you Luna."
The reaction couldn't be more explosive, both of them at the same moment exclaimed "What?!"
Twilight was dumbfounded, but not just because of her need to prove herself, but Luna too? The sister of the moon was even more taken aback, not entirely sure what she meant... Considering she was one of the two royal sisters. She stared at her sister who had taken a few steps backwards to seperate herself from the two ponies. Already Celestia had forgone her traditional crown, neckware, and the golden horse-shoes that adorned her feet.
"Alright you two, I want you to try to pin me down with magic. It doesn't matter how I just want to see how strong you are." Celestia intoned holding a ready stance.
Twilight couldn't imagine hurting or even attempting to assault one of the most regal and powerful ponies in Equestria, and Luna thought that this was all foalishness. So Luna waited until Twilight had gotten over her shock at the Princess, then proceeded to shoot into the air, reaching towards the heavens in a speed that would have made the wonderbolts jealous with envy...
Twilight watched as her partner 'ran away' in her eyes, and she knew that without Luna's help that there was no way the element of magic had a chance. Celestia was watching the sky her sister had dissappeared into, watching as she became a speck then vanished among the altitude. The fearful unicorn took this chance to try a gravity spell on the princess, and for a second it seemed as though it would work. The spell shot across her body and began to tug her to her knees, though it became evident that the fact that she was an alicorn came to her advantage. She shot into the air causing the spell to lose power as she moved. Her powerful wing flaps dispelling the tendrils of magic. The alicorn laughed happily and cast a shield over her body, showing that there were no hard feelings. Then Twilight realized that the princess had no intention of attacking back, just being the target dummy at the moment, so to speak.
Just when she was ready to cast a spell that might cause the shield to break, she noticed the sun grow dull. There was the shadow of a cloud in the sky, casting over the two ponies. Twilight ignored the condition shift and shot a bolt of pure energy at the shield, causing the shot to bounce back harmlessly. She barely had time to hit the ground as her own energy shot back at her. Kicking up dust and dirt behind her as it left a depression in the ground. Now Twilight knew what to do when she saw some of the scenery. She began the arduos process of engulfing a large item in magical glow. As she got a fond magical grip of the object she lifted with all of her might, at first it wouldn't budge, so she applied more magic to her horn. Wrapping it in the first layer of overglow. There it began moving subtly behind the Princess, and once it was virtually on top of her, Twilight let go of the massive boulder she had managed to lift.
Celestia looked up just in time to see the fall of an oversized stone was aimed roughly at her. She quickly shot a bolt of energy to the rock and it obliterated into dust. Twilight took the time that Celestia was preoccupied to compare the strength of her bolt to Celestia's. And the comparison was depressing, her's was several times stronger than her student's and Twilight knew that her mentor could do so much better. Thinking back to when she was bested by Chrysalis. Something else that caught her attention was the fact that the once docile day had transformed in record time into what was the definition of bad weather. The storm banks that billowed above like the hunger of an animal had the blackest coloration that she had ever witnessed. Not to mention the sheer magical pressure she could feel as it blanketed the town and sucked the heat away from her body. This was not natural, nor had it come out of Cloudsdale. Just when she was about to ask Celestia what the hay was going on here, a familiar face shot out of the clouds.
It was Luna, the mare hadn't run away, she had simply been casting some form of weather spell. The amount of magic that would take even in a small scale, would be exhausting. Yet she had crafted an entire storm, and didn't appear to have broken a sweat. The smaller alicorn landed lightly beside Twilight, who was still in recoil at the scary storm.
"Luna! What did you DO?!" She attempted to make herself heard over the noisy thunder, luckily for her though it hadn't started raining.
"Helping the both of us out, she isn't nearly as strong as normal when she's cut off from the sunlight." Luna stated in a calm manner, knowing that the unicorn would likely get in the way if this did get out of hoof. Considering she knew her sister's winning drive, and the small unicorn had never witnessed anything less stern than a talking to from her mentor. "Besides, Twilight Sparkle, we need to make sure that we aren't in any danger of being seen fighting like this. It could raise more questions from the media than is even necessary."
Luna knew that nopony would be hard-headed enough to stay out in this weather even if it hadn't started to rain just yet. What she didn't anticipate however was the rainbow colored tom-colt and orange filly companion in the middle of a fierce competition. They were going to see how long that they, somewhat trivially, could stare at each other. It was the longest contest as of yet, and neither had blinked in a couple hours. The looming storm had aided by taking away then sunlight, but it had inadvertently made the contest a time-bomb.
"Y'all gonna give up 'Dash?" The orange mare said with a smirk, noting the bead of sweat that rolled down the pegasuses head.
"Not in your, dreams, AJ." But she knew that this weather was far from normal, and it certainly hadn't been scheduled. She was more worried than she let on. Her loyalty seemed to vibrate in every cell of her body, she wanted to make sure that all the ponies of Ponyville had gotten inside and make sure that this didn't require Pegasi aid to break up...
Meanwhile there was a certain yellow pegasus that was running through the streets of Ponyville, scared to death of the un-natural temperment of the clouds. And even more fearful of what would happen to her most beloved animal friend. Angel had run away again, and at one of the most inoppurtune moments. She had to run past several ponies rushing to get back to the safety of their houses. Fluttershy had lost track of the sweet bunny a few blocks back and was holding a frantic scowl. Then she saw him, the animal had taken refuge near Carousel Boutique in one of the bushes.
Fluttershy sighed in relief, more happy that Angel was safe than mad at his running away. "You really should be careful, Angel Bunny. It's not safe out h-EREEE!" Her words transformed into a shriek due to the flash of lightning up high. Rendering her a trembling mess at Rarity's door. The very same Unicorn was actually returning from the saloon early after her "much needed" attention.
Seeing the defenseless mare curled at on her doorstep, she rushed to her. "Fluttershy, Darling, are you alright?" Putting emphasis on the last word to show concern. The pegasus, however, did little more than mumble some incoherent words to her friend. "Well I simply can't let you stay out here in this dreadful weather." She said and managed to wrap her friend in a levitating field, causing little strain to Rarity as Fluttershy was so light.
She barely managed to set Fluttershy on a red reclining sofa before the heavens drenched the world in a heavy deluge. The rain splattered on the panes of the shop; adding to the effect the wind was giving generously to the trees.
I wonder where all this rain is coming from, were we scheduled for rain today? thought the worrying unicorn.
Back in the field, with Luna, Celestia, and Twilight, the mares were all getting heavily soaked. And this was no summer rain, it stung the coats of the recievers. Chilling them to the bone and offering no comfort. Twilight was having alot of trouble manuevering around the now muddy mockery of ground underneath her. Celestia in the meantime had forgone the joyous mood and was getting down to business with her sister.
Celestia shock arcs of lighting at her sister who barely managed to jump out of the way of the brutal strike. She then threw up a shield at the last second, to stop a bolt of magic that narrowly would have slammed into her chest. She dropped a few feet lower and managed to stop a similar bolt from rendering the small filly unconsious. Twilight answered her savior with a slight yelp, and managed to get out of the way by teleporting behind a nearby tree. Attempting to catch her breath.
I'm only getting in the way...I need something, some way to help...GOT IT! You're a genious Twilight. She let herself get a small satisfactory smile across her lips, before building up the overglow...
Both sisters were still locked in the the same positions; neither one dared to make an advance towards the other, luckily for Luna the purple unicorn had taken cover. This didn't give her counterpart anything to use against her.
"WHY ARE WE FIGHTING LIKE THIS?!" Luna was forced to yell over the cacophonous sound echoing around her, though she didn't need to use the Canterlot voice yet.
"You don't remember? Last month?" Celestia replied with little such manners, using her rare Canterlot voice. Luna couldn't remember the last time her sibling had used it. And thinking back to last month she didn't remember what she meant.
"NO!" Luna screamed back, taking the chance to reverse herself to where she was positioned in front of the lake to make sure her sister couldn't take a premature pass at Twilight who was still doing something back there...
"When I left for Saddle Arabia?"
"YES, WHAT OF IT?"
"There is an invasion being mounted on this land. The emperor of Romaneia is coming to seek revenge. And we have to be ready, that's what me and the delegates had to discuss." That statement was more than enough to catch Luna herself off guard. She had no idea that the peaceful land of Equestria was under attack. This was serious news; there was no telling how the subjects of their kingdom would react to this.
"Why wouldn't you tell me this 'Tia!" Luna yelled at her sister, referring back to her nickname picking up her own strong voice. It made her feel left out, like she was not important enough. She was the co-ruler of Equestria for hay's sake, and Celestia had decided to leave out that critical fact.
"I didn't want you to worry... You know that I only have your best interests in mind! Besides, remember when I told y-..."The sun princess was cut off almost instantly because of a large object slamming into her from the side, the weight of which carried her with it until both skidded to a halt in the mud. The oversized tree that had been hiding the unicorn was now resting in all it's glory on top of a surprised Celestia.
The student was nothing but overjoyed at the outcome of her surprise attack, completely unaware of the conversation that the two alicorns were having when she interuppted. She couldn't help but let a smile caress her lips, while Luna went over to examine the damage. Celestia wasn't but minorly phased, but nonetheless had to admit defeat. Her shield had absorbed most of the physical, the weight of the tree kept her there until Luna removed the heavy brambles then scooting the oversized branch to a safe distance. Thus liberating her sister who realized that she had lost to her student.
The wind and rain had picked up to a fierce pitch now, and the sister didn't attempt to say much. They were both more mentally exhausted than physically. Twilight made sure that all was in order with the two royal sisters. And after a large crackle of thunder, offered to lead them to a safer place. They reluctantly agreed and followed Twilight to her house. Luna and Celestia walked in close proximity to each other, so that they were out of earshot of the lead unicorn.
"We'll talk more on it later when we're alone, ok? Make sure that my student is alright, I need to make a couple errands before returning, I trust you'll be fine?" The eldest stated, prepping her wings without pausing for her sister to answer. Luna stopped and saw the contrail of light zipping behind her sister as she broke supersonic speeds, towards Canterlot.
Luna didn't have to watch long before a voice broke the silence, making her leap in surprise. "What did she need to go do?" An earnest voice spoke, showing no knowledge of the weight of what was to come to pass in the future. Or was it now? Luna had no clue.
"She said she had to run some errands, Twilight Sparkle. But we really should keep moving, this rain is...Irritating." Luna tried to stay civil to the unicorn without getting lost in her thoughts. It was a bad habit she had developed during her stay in the moon.
There wasn't much conversation between the two on the way to the library, all they had to pass were empty streets and closed windows. Luna would have liked to go ahead and fly to the old tree, but thought better of it. And after a few gruelling minutes of solemn walking and bitter rain, they arrived to the safety of the library.
Twilight nudged the door open and was greeted by a comfy aroma and homey temperature, followed quietly by the moon princess. "Twi~light! Is that you?!" Spike yelled from the kitchen, revealing that he had cooked something scrumptious.
"Spike it smells sooo good in here! What did you make tonight?" She said as she stepped into the messy remains of the room. There were pots and pans and an assortment of other things, scattered about in messy piles. And the baby dragon had his little apron wrapped around him with his chef hat resting crookedly atop his head. Lending to the appearance of an amatuer chef. Although Twilight knew quite well that this purple green dragon could cook a meal to match the best Canterlot cuisine.
"Buttered corn, some steamed carrots, vegetable soup, a fresh extra leafy salad, and someting that I haven't made before, a dandelion souflee." He answered without really looking up at all. Only to show her that he had indeed been rather busy.
"Do you have enough for a couple extra guests?"
"Yeah sure, who is it? IS IT RARITY?!" Spike exclaimed dropping a ladle and turning to leave the kitchen only to run straight into Luna who had taken a seat right outside of the door, barely out of sight of the dragon. He bouced off harmlessly but managed to scare the living hay out of a certain blue alicorn.
Mental note to self: Stop letting things surprise you as often, it's not becoming. Luna thought self consciously. Saying out loud "Hello Spike, how are you this evening?" She made sure to give the dragon a little room, and she could tell that he wasn't expecting to cook for royalty. She hated it quite a bit, not Spike himself, just the reaction and special attention that everypony gave her. No matter what she did she could feel the fear and the worry in the eyes of those that didn't know her. Always getting the best from people who expected her to act like a pompous ass. She just wanted to be an equal.
"Oh, uh, L-luna? I didn't...I mean I wasn't...I'll go...kitchen..." The dragon babbled as he left her alone with Twilight. She could also hear the clanging of cookery, ringing around the door frame, followed by a loud crash.
Twilight blushed in embarrasement, and began leading the alicorn to a more peaceful room. Which was the only other room in the tree library, her own bedroom. The filly used magic to pull up a couple pillows for them to lounge on. Then gently closed the door, making sure to make the princess as comfortable as possible.
After all was accounted for Twilight dropped the charade she had been holding. "What was the fight about? Why would Celestia want to test our abilities? Your abilities?" She gushed, knowing that her Mentor had to have some reason.
"You already know why we were fighting, Twilight Sparkle. To test our abilities, as for why...I am as ill-informed as you are." Luna decided to lie to protect her sister. She also noticed the large telescope aimed out of the window, which peaked her interest. "What is that for?" She asked earnestly.
"It's my telescope for star gazing, I love the night sky. It is quite amazing to say the least. I sometimes get lost for hours admiring it..." The student answered getting up to show her the extensive notes she had taken on the astrology of the heavens.
Luna felt herself being taken aback, she had no idea that anyone willingly stayed up at night, for hours, admiring something that she had made thousands of years ago. And after the filly gave her the extensive note collection, she recognized several of the layouts. But then noticed some others that had been missed or mis-marked.
"...That's actually called Minas 5, and there's the Ursa Major, not the minor." She said after she finished her reading. Luna decided to voice her earlier thoughts, about ponies staying up all night for her stars. "I had no idea that my stars were admired so. It makes me glad that somepony enjoys my night, Twilight Sparkle." Luna let out with a genuine smile.
The filly's eyes grew wide as she realized that the stars were indeed crafted by the sister of the moon. She had never heard about Luna having any involvment with the night sky aside from the moon. "You made the stars?"
"Yes. And I also can control the tides, what of it?"
"I've never read anywhere about you doing anything like that..." The unicorn answered skeptically.
"Well, when I became Nightmare Moon many of the books and documents that had anything to do with a second princess were erased..." Luna began answering taking back her seat on the plush pillow. Not minding reciting the story, one she had come to terms with long ago.
"...And many of my duties were taken on by 'Tia when I was gone, and unlike some ponies like to believe, I wasn't actually on the moon. I was in it. I had basically become the moon. My face being carved into it's surface while I was there. It was quite boring and lonely to say the least." She said, stood up, and turned her back to the purple unicorn.
A unicorn that had become rather emotional at the extremely sad tale. She couldn't help but let a shade cross her face, making her seem even worse off. And before Luna could turn around and ask what was wrong, Twilight leapt up and hugged the princess in a tight embrace. She could feel the sobs as the filly wrapped herself around her neck. Luna was caught off guard for the hundreth time tonight and didn't know in the least how to console her. She eventually just wrapped a hoof around the giver's neck until the sobbing subsided.
"I-I had n-no idea...What you went through. Without any real friends...nopony but your sister...I'm so sorry..." She managed to stutter. Finally removing herself from the mare, who smelled strangely of a nice relaxing night. If that could have a smell. The alicorn also detected a hint of lavender in passing as Twilight went back to her seat. Luna had nothing to say back, so she sat in silence.
Both were left staring around the room in awkwardness with nothing to really talk about, until Spike's voice carried in from the kitchen. Supper was ready. Luna's ears perked up and let her stomach rejoice in the knowledge of what was to come. They both rushed more or less into the kitchen to find Celestia seated at a magically conjured long table, with various dishes and foods piled across its surface.
"Hello Twilight, Lullay, Spike seems to have made quite the feast tonight." She said referring back to Luna's nickname, which indeed made her sister take a red tone across her cheeks.
Twilight also noticed the name, and said "You're sister calls you Lullay? That's..." Luna expected several things to leave the unicorns mouth, instead however was surprised when she said "...adorable!" Celestia and Spike shared a laugh and began to load their plates with a myriad of different foods. Little did Twilight and Spike know, Celestia had an appetite to match that of Pinkie Pie with her sweets.
Luna took her seat delibrately across from Celestia and right next to Spike. She took stock of the food that was there and took a hoofull of items and began to slowly eat. The blue alicorn was still stuck on what the unicorn had said. First the hug, now the friendly behavior. Was she actually cared for?
Is this what it feels like to have friends? She thought as she shared in the conversation and revelrie they all shared.
The night went on with more laughter and Luna opening up a bit to her sister's student and her baby dragon. And eventually it had to end, especially when Spike passed out from exhaustion towards one in the morning. Celestia was also quite beat, since she had to sleep at night. While Luna was pretty much wide awake, as she always was at this time. The pony known as Twilight however, wasn't nearly as bad off as the other two sleepy pony and dragon. She had grown accustomed to late nights and strenuous study hours; so this was nothing. Luna left to levitate Spike up the stairs and showed her sister to the only bed in the home. Then tucked the baby dragon in his bed...
Twilight was left with a staggering amount of dishes that needed to be washed, so much so that they weren't able to fit on just one side of the counters. It blended into a mountain of dishes as daunting as anything she been through today.
"Awww, I wish that Spike had settled for less..." Twilight let out with a groan. Levitating the first of the dishes to organize them, and running the steamy water. She let the soap blend into the water and make the viscous bubbles that spewed from the sink. Beginning the arduous process of dishwashing.
Not long after Twilight had started, Luna walked in to tell her that she had to lay her sister down on Twilight's bed. Considering there were no other places to set the slumbering princess.
"That's fine, Luna. I'll find some pillows and things for us to lay on later." Twilight answered without really looking back.
Luna couldn't help but notice the way she hummed while she worked. And decided to do the "friendly" thing and help her out. "Here, let me help you, Twilight Sparkle." Luna said and enveloped several of the dishes in her ethereal grasp.
"Why do you call me 'Twilight Sparkle'?" The unicorn mimicked in an overly exaggerated tone on her name. Scooting over to allow the alicorn room in front of the narrow sink.
"What would you rather me call you? I don't think I follow." She said casting a sideways glance at the mare.
"Well, how about what all my friends call me? Twilight, simple and informal." She said allowing a positive smirk cross her lips.
"We, are friends, then?" Luna dared to ask with a hint of uncertainty in her voice. Not fully aware of the small blush painting her cheeks. Already the two of their combined efforts had conquered one half of the mountainous dish mound.
"Of course, silly filly!" Twilight said using the words her mother had told her when she was younger. She didn't know why she said it, but it felt right. "What did you think we were?"
"Hmm, I'm not sure...Twilight." The princess admitted and smiled as she added the last part. Followed by a giggle by the purple pony next to her. Which the was followed swiftly by the shock of cold water. Luna felt the liquid dripping from her face and from her mane, making her dry it with a towel she conjured. The unicorn had dropped to the floor rolling with laughter at the alicorn's reaction.
Soon, however, she too felt the cold water on her stomach and face. Luna had taken the attack as a challenge, and was now levitating balls of water next to her in little ballon-like magic spheres. Twilight widened her eyes as she saw what she was faced with, and had little time to react as they pelted her in rapid fire. She yelped and shot into the air at the cold tingle, now Luna was laughing uncontrollably. She allowed her guard to be dropped and was then drenched in a continuous jet stream of water emenating from the soaked mare's horn.
This shot Luna into the opposite wall and coated her and it in a thick layer of fluid. Her mane clung to her face and coat as she struggled to think through the stinging cold. She huffed and allowed herself to admire the damage the dining room/kitchen had sustained. The cabinets that had been carved into the inner tree, the wooden floor, and the recently cleaned and dryed dishes were all soaking wet.
The purple filly also noticed the heavy soaking, and blushed at letting herself take it too far. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!" The unicorn begged as she stepped over the water ridden floor with a towel. As she got close she saw the heaving of Luna's chest and mistook it for crying. But as she got close and moved the mane out of the princesses face, she saw the laughter in her eyes, along with the tears of trying not to burst with laughter.
"What's so funny?" Twilight asked in a quizzical manner. Not sure what was so unbelievably hilarious...
"You're FACE!" Luna screamed in joy, falling over in now released laughter.
"Huh?..." The soaked filly went over to the nearest mirror and saw what was so humorous to Luna. The balls of water the sister had used carried a magical blue dye, and now her coat, mane, and face were all the same blue hue of Luna, more or less. She couldn't help but smile herself, but knew that this mess would be hell to clean up.
"Luna...Look at this mess." Twilight exclaimed, dreading the cleanup that was to come.
"Don't worry Twilight. I'll have it cleaned in a second." She stated and wiped a tear from her eye. She then built up magic around her horn and gathered all of the water in the kitchen into a ball, roughly the size of a bench. And then made it dissappear, along with dispelling the blue dye from Twilight's body. "See, all's fine," She said, "but it is a bit cold in here now..."
Twilight felt herself shiver as well, and thus led them into the main room of the library. Both of them were still drenched so she lit a fire in a fireplace that was quickly revealed. Then conjured a spell to dry herself off, allowing Luna to do the same. Luna then summoned forth a soft underlay for them to lay on. Both of them stretched out and relaxed on the floor, Luna still wasn't quite tired but her sister's student was ragged. They sat in a peaceful, cozy, silence for a long while. Until Twilight broke the quiet.
"L-luna..?" She said after a long comfortable yawn.
"Yes?" Came the simple reply.
"I...love..." She said between breaths, making the alicorn go wide eyed. She looked at Twilight who's eyes were comfortably closed. "..."
There was no further conversation from the unicorn, as she had fallen asleep in mid-sentence. Leaving the solitary Princess to wonder what the hay the small unicorn was wanting to say. But it was no wonder that the warm fire and late time had finished her off. It had to be close to four in the morning now.
The fire was also now close to dead, and as the last embers glowed in the containing box, the warmth died out. Not long afterwards, the small filly began to shiver. Not knowing what to do, Luna attempted to wake the filly. She only succeeded in making Twilight scoot close to her mentor's sister to find warmth, and the sheer amount of cute made Luna sigh and wrap a wing around the child-like unicorn. Making her sigh in comfort, and cuddle tight to the soft, furry, side. And happy dreams ensued.
Leaving Luna to contemplate in solitude what was to happen in the next few months...
Well, there goes the first chapter, along with a couple hours of awful boredom. O.O'
Anyways, gimme some feedback for my first attempt at fanfics. I wanted to start out light, and then get a bit more dark later on. Hence the M
I of course will be continuing the story over the next few weeks. Maybe it'll be a slight Christmas-ish gift for you all! :)
(The nickname Lullay came from the song by PonyPhonic, Lullaby for a Princess I believe. Check it out if you haven't already, it pretty badass.)
-SwaggHorse