Hey Guys it's me Sunblast X and welcome to my very first MLP fanfic. Anyways let's get started on the first chapter of: Luna's Foal.
It was a bright and sunny day at Ponyville elementary school. It is here that we meet the main character of our story, Pipsqueak (or Pip, as he prefers), a white and brown spotted pinto pony who was the shortest one in his class. Today his teacher Miss Cheerilee was teaching her students about cutie marks or something. It was then that the school bell rang and dismissed the kids to go home.
"See you tomorrow class, and remember to bring a family member for family appreciation day!" Cheerilee said to her class as they all exited out of the classroom to their respective homes. All except for Pip who was a little upset. "Excuse me, Pip? My I talk to you for a minute" Cheerilee said, stopping Pip. Pip walked up to his teacher with a worried look.
"Yes, Miss Cheerilee?" Pip asked.
"Pip… I know what's troubling you. Are you ok?" Cheerilee asked, placing a hoof on his shoulder.
"I'm fine, just… a little down" Pip said in a sad tone, looking at the floor.
"Is it about—"
"Yes… that" Pip interrupted her. Pip wasn't really in the mood talk about his problem.
"… Why don't you go and hangout with your friends?" Cheerilee suggested.
"Rumble's sick, Dinky is with her mom doing Luna knows what, and the CMC are doing pointless attempts at finding their cutie marks" Pip said quickly.
"Pip… it's been a long day. You're free to go" Cheeilee said shooing her hoof at Pip, excusing him to leave.
"Thank you" Pip said. He then left the classroom, leaving Cheerilee to sigh. As Pip was walking he was thinking to himself. He looked left and right and noticed a ton of fillies and colt hanging out with their families: Moms, Dads, Brothers, Sisters, you name it. This only made him even sadder, until a pink mare with a curly pink mane and tail bounced up to him with a smile.
"Hey Pip! What's with you?" the pink mare said in a cheery tone.
"Oh… hey Pinkie Pie" Pip greeted the pink mare known as Pinkie Pie in a normal tone.
"You look sad. I don't like to see my friends sad. Come on! Let's go to sugarcube corner!" Pinkie Pie said trying to cheer her little foal friend up.
-At Sugarcube corner-
"Here you go Pip" Pinkie said, sliding a chocolate cupcake in front of him.
"Wow, thanks Pinkie!" Pip said, cheering up a little. Pip bit into his chocolaty dessert. His mouth was bursting with flavor, the sweetness of the chocolate, the creaminess of the frosting, and then fudge icing in the center… it was magnificent (No it was not a hostess cupcake!). Pip was amazed.
"Good?" Pinkie asked.
"Yeah, real good!" Pip replied. Pip finished off his cupcake extremely fast (Mostly because he was REALLY hungry), thanked Pinkie Pie for the cupcake, and left in happier mood. Pip was in the middle of Ponyville, wondering where he should go next. Then he got an idea. "I could go to Twilight's house!" Pip said in a happy tone. He then bounced to Twilight's house, (He literally bounced).
-At the front door of Twilight's House-
Pip had reached Twilight's house (Which doubled as the Ponyville library). He gave 3 knocks at the door and it opened, revealing a purple unicorn with a dark blue mane and tail with pink streaks in it. (This story takes place during season 3, before Twilight became an alicorn)
"Hey Twilight, long time no see" Pip said with a salute.
"Oh Pip, it's you. You're just the pony I've been expecting. I have somepony who's been dying to see you again" Twilight said, motioning her left forearm for Pip to come in. Pip gave her a curious look and tilted his head. Who was this guest that Twilight had that was so important that he/she wanted to see him… who was it?
"Who is it? Do I know her?" Pip asked walking in to the house.
"Oh, I think you know her quite well" Twilight said, opening the door even further. Pip's eyes were wide open, shocked to see the pony who Twilight was talking about.
"…N-No way… it can't be…" Pip stuttered, still in disbelief at who he was seeing.
"It is. Hello Pip, it's been a while hasn't it?" The pony said, walking up to him, revealing to be none other than Luna, Princess of the night. Pip didn't know what to say. He didn't think he'd be seeing Princess Luna until next Nightmare Night, but apparently she arrived sooner than expected.
"P-Princess Luna, what you doing back here in Ponyville? More importantly, what are you doing here in the middle of the day? Aren't you the princess of the night?" Pip asked.
"I just wanted to see how Ponyville was doing since the last time I was here. Plus I wanted to drop by to see my favorite subject in all of Equestria" Luna explained.
"I'm your favorite subject? Cool!" Pip said.
"Yes you are. Also, just because I'm the Princess of the Night that doesn't mean I can't come out during the day. If my sister can come out at night then I can come out at day"
"Ok, sorry" Pip said, holding his hooves up to his chest to calm Luna down.
"It's alright, you didn't know any better" Luna said then brought the young foal close to her chest in an embrace. Pip enjoyed the moment until Luna broke the hug. "So, you've got the whole day to spend with me. What do you want to do first?" she asked. Pip was surprised, today of all days he was going to spend the entire day to spend with his favorite princess. (School let out early so it made sense). Pip thought for a moment about all the fun things he and Luna could do together. And he came to a conclusion, but then he remembered something.
"Wait right there! I'll be right back" Pip said, telling the princess to wait. She and Twilight waited for Pip to come back.
-5 minutes later-
Pip came back 5 minutes later wearing a red bandana around his neck cowboy style.
"Pip, looking good" Luna complemented the young Trottingham colt. Pip turned his head to the side with a blush.
"Ready to go?" Pip asked shyly. Luna responded with a nod and the two ponies left the library.
-In the middle of Ponyville-
Pip and Luna were in the middle of ponyville was staring at them; they couldn't believe Luna was with a foal, and Pip of all ponies.
"So Pip, what would you like to do first?" Luna asked her young friend.
"I was thinking we could go to the lake and take a swim or theforest and watch all the animals, or go to sweet apple acres and watch the sunset" Pip said.
"Sounds about the lake?" Luna suggested. Pip nodded in agreement.
"Race you" Pip challenged her. Luna accepted the challenge and ran alongside Pip, with her being the faster of the two of course.
-At the lake-
The two ponies made it to the lake a little worn out of breath. They huffed and huffed to catch their breath. When their breathing was back to normal Pip flipped his mane back to normal and looked up at Luna with a smile.
"So? Wanna take a swim?" Pip asked pointing his hoof to the water.
"Uh, no, that's alright, you go ahead, I think I'll just sit here and watch you" Luna said, sitting on her butt, smiling.
"Ok" Pip said. He ran to the lake and jumped in. "Geronimo!" he yelled as he splashed into the water, which wasn't very big considering his size and body weight. Some water got on Luna, but she didn't mind. Luna enjoyed watching her little colt friend having fun. She smiled, but she wondered something...
"What a joyful little foal. He's so happy, so innocent, but…" Luna thought to herself about what Pip was missing, but shook her head to get it off her mind. Pip was under water doing spins and stuff. He learned how to swim from Pinkie Pie a few weeks ago a few months after realizing he was a terrible swimmer after Luna saved him from drowning to death. Pip then came up for air and got out of the water. He was soaking wet, his mane, tail, and coat dripping with water. He shook himself off to get dry since he didn't have a towel. Luna smiled at this. "Had fun, Pip?" she asked.
"Yeah, but not as fun as hanging out with you Princess" Pip said. Luna smiled and turned away with blush on her cheeks.
"…Want to go get something to eat?" Luna asked.
"Well, I did only have a cupcake. So, I guess I could use some actual food" Pip said. Pip walked ahead with Luna right behind him as they left the lake back to Ponyville.
-Back at Ponyville-
Pip and Luna were walking in Ponyville to Sugarcube corner (They didn't just serve sweets). When Pip and Luna arrived at Sugarcube corner, Mr. and Mrs. Cake were surprised to see one of the princesses in their store. Mrs. Cake walked up to Luna and bowed with a tray of cupcakes on her head.
"Your highness, my I offer you a—"
"Please, don't call me that" Luna interrupted her.
"Sorry, a thousand pardons" Mrs. Cake said bowing several times
"It's alright, just… don't do it again please" Luna said in a normal tone.
"Yes Princess. Cupcake?" Mrs. Cake offered a cupcake.
"N-No thanks. Pip and I would like an actual lunch thank you" Luna said. Mrs. Cake nodded, seated them, and handed them their menus. She came back 5 minutes later and asked them what they wanted.
"I'll have—"
"He'll have they have they hay fries with applesauce on the side. And I'll have… the black rose and tulip sandwich" Luna said, ordering for both her and Pip. Mrs. Cake took their orders, nodded, and got their food. Pip looked at Luna with udder shock.
"How did you know what I wanted?" Pip asked, wondering how Luna knew what he wanted.
"Since I am Princess of the night it is my duty to come into your dreams. So naturally I know what your favorite food was" Luna explained.
"Huh, never noticed you in my dreams before" Pip said
"You were to busy going on adventures to notice" Luna said jokingly. Pip chuckled. Mrs. Cake came back with their food.
"The hay fries for Pip, and the black rose and tulip sandwich for the princess" Mrs. Cake said handing them their food. The two thanked her and she left. Luna smiled. Pip was about to eat his fries when her a familiar voice call his name. He turned around and noticed Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Diamond Tiara motioned a hoof for him to come outside. Pip turned to the Princess and told her he'd be right back. Pip was outside with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
"Hey Pip, what are you doing?" Diamond Tiara said with an evil grin.
"Nothin' much, just hangout with the Princess, swimming, eating lun—"
"How did a squirt like you, get to spend the day with one of the Princesses?!" Diamond Tiara shouted in anger. "If anything she should be spending the day with me!" She pointed out. "I'm the prettiest filly in Ponyville! I'm the one with most class! My dad's the one with the most money! It should be me who spends the day with the Princess! Not a two-bit, half pint, squirt like you!" She shouted then pushed Pip to the ground. Pip tried to get up but Diamond Tiara punched his face with a hoof and knocked him back to the ground. Pip groaned a little.
"You don't deserve to hangout…" Pip mumbled and trailed off.
"What was that, Blank Flank?" Diamond Tiara leaned in with her left ear.
"I SAID you don't deserve to hangout with the PRINCESS!" Pip shouted at the top of his lungs. Diamond Tiara got furious, her cheeks turning as red as Big Mac's fur.
"That's it! Silver Spoon… Let's teach him a lesson he'll never forget" Diamond Tiara told Silver Spoon. They walked up to Pip and grabbed him.
Luna was sitting there at the table. It had been 5-10 minutes, and Pip's food was getting cold. Luna was getting worried, so she checked outside to see if he was alright. When she arrived outside, she noticed Pip was nowhere to be found. "…Pip?" She questioned. "…Pip" she said again. "Pip, where are you?!" Luna asked in a worried tone. She searched and asked everypony where Pip was. One of the ponies named Derpy told her that she saw Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon carry Pip off to the an alleyway. Despite her being cross-eyed Derpy could see pretty well. Luna thanked her and searched every alley in Ponyville.
-A moment later-
After her long search, Luna had managed to find Pip, beaten up, lying on his side behind a dumpster. "Oh my Gosh, Pip!" Luna yelled in a worried tone and ran to his side. "Pip… Pip… Pip, wake up!" She said, shaking the colt, holding him in her arms. Pip managed to wake up and weakly opened his eyes. He had a swollen cheek, a black eye, some missing teeth, and blood was coming out of his mouth, and he also had a few scrapes and bruses over his body.
"Mmm… Princess Luna?" Pip weakly said.
"Pip, thank goodness you're alright!" Luna said, happy to see that Pip was alive. "What happened?" she asked while still hold him.
"D-Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon beat me up" Pip said.
"Oh, you poor thing. Here, let me fix you up" Luna said in a sort of motherly tone. She levitated Pip with her magic and used a healing spell on him. He wasn't completely healed, he had some bruises here and there, and a black eye, but over all he was pretty much healed. Pip fell to the ground and landed on his hooves.
"Thanks" Pip thanked her.
"You're welcome. Now tell me, what happened? Why did they do this?" Luna asked with a raised eyebrow. Pip looked to the ground.
"Diamond Tiara beat me up because she was jealous that you were hanging out with me" Pip told her.
"Well when I get back to Canterlot there will be hell to pay. Nopony treats my favorite subject that way and gets way with it!" Luna said, raising a hoof in righteous anger. Pip smiled at this. Luna calmed down. "But for now, let's get you home. Your parents must be worried sick about you" Luna said in a normal voice. Pip looked away. "So? Shall you lead the way?" Luna asked. Pip silently nodded.
-10 to 20 minutes later-
They arrived at Pip's "home". It was another alleyway except this one had a giant piece of wood between the buildings.
"Well… this is it. This is where I live" Pip said, motioning to the wood.
"This is it? This is where you live? You and your parents?" Luna asked in a curious voice. Pip lowered his head.
"… I… don't have any parents. I'm all alone" Pip said, and then walked through a door in the wood. Luna put a hoof in front of her mouth. "And my home is pretty pathetic to say the least" Pip said, getting to the other side. Luna followed him through
"Oh come on. I'm sure it can't be that…" Luna said, but when she reached the other side and saw what his "home" looked like. "… Bad" she was at a loss for words. She looked around and saw what it looked like. Apple cores everywhere, trashcans on both sides of the walls, and a dumpster behind his bed… which turned out to be a doggy bed. She then looked down at Pip with a worried look. "This would explain why his pirate costume looked all messed up" she thought to herself. "Pip… I… I had no idea" she said, unsure how to explain what she felt.
"It's alright, I'm used to it. You probably want to go back to Canterlot now, huh?" Pip said, feeling like Luna didn't want to spend time with him now. Luna walked up to the young foal and embraced him in a hug, holding him in her arms once more.
"…No. I'm not gonna leave you like this. I'm gonna make sure you get taken care of" Luna said, stroking his mane and kissing his head. Pip felt this and began to cry in her arms. "It's ok, I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you" Luna said rubbing his back and nuzzling him lovingly.
-Nighttime (in Canterlot)-
It was nighttime, and Luna was pacing back and forth in her room, Thinking about little Pipsqueak. She felt bad for him. How could such an innocent child be deprived of a loving home? Without loving parents? She really felt bad for him. Just then Luna's older sister, Celestia came into her room.
"Luna, you're still up. What has you troubled dear sister?" Celestia asked.
"1. I'm the Princess of the night, of course up at this hour. 2. … I have this friend who needs my help" Luna said.
"Then help him. I'm sure he needs you as much as you want to help him" Celestia said. "What's the problem?" she asked
"Celestia… he's an orphan" Luna said. Celestia gasped lightly. "Yeah, and he needs my help" Luna said. Celestia was silent for a moment then spoke up.
"…What does he mean to you? How badly do you want to help him?" Celestia knowingly asked, giving her younger sister advice.
"…I know he needs a home, and that he needs my help, and that he needs…" Luna paused for a moment. "…Me" Luna came to a realization. A spark went of in Luna's head and heart. "I know what I need to do!" Luna said, realizing, knowing what she had to do.
And that's it for Chapter 1 everybody. Be sure to stay tuned for Chapter 2. What's Luna's plan? You'll have to stay tuned and find out. This is Sunblast X signing off!
Disclaimer: I own nothing of MLP. MLP belongs to Hasbro and MLP: FIM belongs to Lauren Faust. Credit goes to both creators.