Taking care of my Night.
I never ask for this, I never wanted this, and I never expected this. This is the first few words I always kept thinking for the first few days since it all started, but I am getting ahead of myself; let me start from the beginning.
It's been over a year since I got myself stuck in Equestria, and boy I have my fair share of adventures with the Six Ponies and her friends, I got myself jailed one too many times for the first few days due to misunderstanding, but now I stand myself as a soldier to the Princesses, Despite being the only Human in the land, I was trusted to guard both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, Celestia trust me with her heart and soul, But Luna is still having a hard time to adjust.
Who can blame her? When I look up my own species in the royal Library they show as an Example of chaos and corruption, and it's almost true, we humans can be corrupted and evil if we wanted to, but not me, a whole year of being friends with shining armor sister and her friends changed me for the better.
I was on duty as usual, the Princess was inside her studies reading on request to make Canterot better, then suddenly Celestia look out the door and played attention to me "hey, aren't you tired" she asked in concern
"No Princess, I am doing perfectly fine" I said Doing My best to keep a straight face, being a perfect example of a human being loyal to his pony superiors is honestly weird, but to the Princess, it's like guarding your own life.
"Brian, You haven't rested since you took an oath of serving me, and though I am grateful , you should rest at least once" said the Majestic ruler of the land "Shining Armor can understand, but I believe he will said the same thing as I did"
"True your exigency, but_"
"And another thing, the names, its great and all but I feel like you should just call me Celestia" said the princess
"Yes Y…I mean, Miss Celestia"
"much better" the princess began using her magic to write a note on the scroll, wrap it up gave it to me "Now Brian, I want you to deliver this note to my Sister Luna, this is to let her know that night mare night is coming and she should visit pony Ville to attend with the festivities, also to take care of my loyal student" she said
"Yes Miss Celestia" I said happily
"oh, and for being such a great subject, I will allow you to have a week off for the holiday" she said, this made me happy, I haven't gotten a break for like a month now, not that she sent giving me any, I just decided not to take any breaks, a week's vacation can only mean that I can Visit my friends back in ponyville, so I bow to the princess, and ran out of the study with my note in hand.
A whole week of spending time in ponyville, I bet fluttershy will be the first one to say how much she missed me, applejack will sure give me her apple family greeting, Rainbow will probably act like she docent give a buck but admittedly miss me a lot, and more. I have been close friends with the six girls, and shining armor always told me about the extra note Twilight always sends every time she gives her friendship report, a trip back to ponyville will be like a trip back home, I was too busy thinking about all of the thing I will plan to do with my friends, but Never was paying attention to what is going to happen.
I Opened the Door without even knocking, and just as soon as I was about to call her name, I was greeted with a crash, a hit on a head got me in a daze and I fell on my back, "ow ow ow, that hurt" said the Human…wait, what!?
Another human here in canterlot? In the castle? I look to who bumped me to the ground and saw a girl on top of me, she wasn't wearing any clothes, witch really got me confused, I had my clothes when I got here, so why isn't she, she was only wearing a lunar Necklace. Silver bracelets and a tiara just like Luna's. I was still confused, however as soon as I look down to her left breast, I notice a tattoo, similar to Luna's Cutie mark, then it hit Me " PRINCESS LUNA!?"
The Human reacted to the name "yes, thou have c…called me...me?" she look down at herself, then back to Me " KYAAAAAAA!" she gave a Hard slap across my face, stood up, ran in and closed the Door " HOW DARE YE ENTER OUR CHAMBER WITHOUT ASKING FOR OUR PERMISSION! FOR THAT WE WILL PUNISH THEE FOR THOU TRECHERY!" she yelled in her 'royal Canterlot voice'
"Princess, uh…is that really you?" I asked out of confusion
"I….uh...Yes…hold on for a moment will ye?" she said, after a moment I hear some magic being done, then came out the Princess in her Pony form, trying to act as if nothing happened " Okay, What is it thou wants?"
"Arhem" I said being a bit flustered for what I saw, I had my train of thoughts back on track and simply shrugged it off as a Hallucination "Princess Luna, Your Sister Celestia ask me to give you this note that that involves Nightmare night" I hold out the scroll to Luna.
Immediately she picked it up and read the note, she seemed happy, but at the same time "WHAT!? ARE THOU SERIOUS!?" she yelled in a booming voice, she began galloping away, but not without dragging me along with her Magic.
"SISTER! WHA TIS THE MEANING OF THIS !?" Luna Yelled in that Loud Thunderous voice, I had to deal with the ringing in my ears every time she does that
"Every time you do that, it rings my ears sister" said Celestia "and what do you mean?"
"You know what I mean" she said "You paired me up with HIM!" she showed me to Celestia while I was hanging upside down like a rag doll, I gestured for a hello but Luna continued "You set him up to be my bodyguard for the whole week"
"WHAT!?" I yelled in surprised, I never ask for this "But Princess what about my weeks' Vacation?"
"Well you are going to have a Vacation from canterlot" said the princess "but in ponyville you still preform your royal duty, besides I believe you wanted to go to Ponyville to meet Twilight and her friends are you?" I was stuttering, is this the princess acting sly and clever? Is not very princess like
"B…But sis I"
"Don't you try to change this chance dear sister" said Celestia "you said you wanted to spend nightmare night there again, didn't you?"
Even Luna began stuttering about how right Celestia Is
"Then it's settled, Both Brian and Luna are going to be in Ponyville and that's Final"
At this point both I and Luna began stuttering at the same time, Celestia simply walks away
This ride was just uneventful. I was Riding with Luna while the dark knight ponies takes us all the way to ponyville for the nightmare night event, we stayed silent for the whole ride. Instead of me wearing my uniform, I wore my casual clothes that have been made by Rarity, jeans white shirt and a jacket made by her, with a few of her charm, Luna on the Other hand is just wearing he royal cloak to cover her royal mane, she wasn't willing to talk to me, and neither can I, but I can't help but think about earlier this morning, was that really Luna in a Human body? I began blushing on just the thought, sure Luna is cute, majestic and dark, but also she is curious and somewhat caring like her sister?
I don't want to admit it ...but is actually the things I like about Luna, but is it okay to have feelings with a Pony? thinking in his head what it would be like if I was a pony (pererably a Pegasus) dating Luna, I coudint help but blushed at the very tough.
I took my glance to look at Luna, And By the snout I can see a little red from her, I may be crazy for thinking about it but maybe that Human really Is Luna In her form, then again, why would Luna be something she'd still despise at the moment?
We Finally Arrived at the ponyville square it's still weeks until the celebration, as we landed I've Noticed few ponies bowing in fear, "Geez, they are more scared of you than you are scary"
"silence" said Luna
I Immediately got off and the first pony walking up to me is the purple unicorn with a baby dragon "Brian" She said running up to me and charged at me for a hug " I'd Miss you so much"
"it's only been a month" I said Hugging back, I even looked to my left ad saw spike "hey little guy, I bet you want a little something" I pulled out a very special Emerald " I got this from Celestia herself, I figured as much I'd give this to you"
"Aw right!" said spike taking the gift "Thanks Brian"
"How's my brother?" said Twilight "is he doing well"
"Well" I began to pretend that It was just passed off as a rumor, just to have fun with twi," I am not very sure, but he and his wife Cadence are planning to visit on heartwarming eve" I said to Twi with a wink on my right eye "but you didn't heard from me"
Twi began to giggle with glee, then she looked at Luna and switched her behavior "Princess Luna, You are here early"
"Well, We-…I just wanted to attend to the preparation of the festivities, and I hope to try to add a bit more scare for the young fillies and colts of the town, my sister said that I can be here for a week as long as I raise the moon for every night"
"So why are you here?" said Twi looking at me
"Well…I am Luna's assigned Body Guard" I said sounding a bit depress "In All honesty I am not so fond of the Princess decision"
"Same as I" said Luna Looking away. "Well we must go find a play to stay for the upcoming week,"
"Oh yes princess" said Twi standing up "We have a room prepared for you at a nearby Inn, I am sure they are willing to let the princess of the night stay over."
"Boy they are not so willing are they?" Said Spike out loud "the second they saw Luna they just change the sign to close"
"Twilight already told me about Luna's last Visit, I would freak out to if she nearly cause the town to panic and be bummed out if she nearly cancel the whole holiday" We are already staying at the Inn, However Luna Insisted that I stay in a separate room, so as of now, Luna is in the room next to mine, I don't see what is the problem, They are all ponies aren't they? Is not like I am not used to ponies not wearing clothes
" Hey, check this out" said Spike " hehehe, there is a hole on the wall" Spike was right, just now he began looking at the room next door and see twi and Luna having a conversation, I Pull spike away from that hole and give him a flick on the head, but since that wasn't enough considering that he is a dragon with hard scales, I gave him a hard slap on the back of his head "uhh…sorry, that was wrong of me"
"exactly, now help me unpack" I said, Spike did as he is told and began unpacking the stuff, normally I will just call room service…But not this time, Luna have been treating me like crap all morning, so soon I will find a way to prank the night, maybe I should buy a toy snake and let it slid in Luna's Bed, that will teach her. I place my ear on the hole to hear the conversation...Its not peeping, its eavesdropping, there is a difference
On the other side of the room Luna and twilight was having a simple conversation, "I am telling you twilight, it works, I manage to perform the spell,"
"I am amazed Luna truly I am, but are you sure you didn't use a Hallucination spell? I mean Even I tried on myself onetime and there was a Misunderstanding"
"It works, Trust me, I just need to get used to it a bit more, thank you for lending me that book twilight, tough I made a copy of the page from it, I hope you wouldn't mind"
"No, not at all…though, I do have one question" said twilight "why are you doing this?"
"You'll see…I can trust you to fix things if something goes wrong, correct?"
"Yes Princess, you'll have my word" He can hear Galloping, Brian got his ear off the wall and saw Spike looking at him
"He who live in a glass house shouldn't throw stones" said Spike
"How the hell do you even know that?" I said looking at spike "promise you won't tell any pony"
"Hey, my Lips are sealed "he said "but why did you do that"
"Uh, it's my duty" I said, being half true.
Twilight then entered my room and said "spike, it's time to go back, And Brian, Welcome back"
"Great to be back" I said as Spike left the room "is sure to tell a few ponies that I am here"
"YAHOOOOOOOOOOO!" suddenly Pinkie burst in and set off the Party Cannon, decorated my whole room into a party room, somehow pinkie pie knew about me coming back "Omigoshbrianyourback, icanttellyouhowmanytimesimis syoudidisaidimissyouIMISSYOU " She took a deep breath and said "so how's Canterlot briny?"
"Uh…Fine" I said in confusion "hey how did you know I was back?"
"Duh, I read the story" said Pinkie pie "Tough I only read like one page and decided to stop and such"
…
Pinkie Pie isn't making any sense, then again, Its Pinkie Pie I am talking about. Despite her random outburst I gave the eccentric Pink Pony a Hug "awe, I miss you two Pinkie, you should go tell everypony, I am sure everypony will stop by to say hello"
"Okie Doki Loki" said Pinkie Bouncing out of the room,
I already clean my whole room out of the party decorations, tough I am fond of the cake she left me from that party cannon, it's amazing how she keeps inventing these crazy contraptions only for entertainment use, give or take ten years and she may end up making comedies for movies.
Looking out the window, the sun had already fallen and the Moon began to rise, and the night looked beautiful, the moon shine brightly, the stars danced together, and the cosmos formed in like art on a canvas. you Never see nights like this back in my world, Is in fact, one of the reasons why I stayed if I ever given the chance to go back home. "Luna," I said To Myself in a low yet passionate tone "I Love your nights and the starry sky, there is nopony to compare, if I have to choose whose love be mine, would you be my only mare?" I sighted out of depression, It's hard to keep these feelings in for so long, ever since I first saw her a week after I Arrived to Equestria, My heart just beats as fast. I wanted To say my feelings, but my fears that she not only regret me and even Disgust her to the point of Ridicule held me back. She is still adjusting, that is what I understand from princess Celestia, but In all honesty I Never told anypony about my feelings toward Luna, and how I wanted to say those three words to show my Compassion of the Mare on the night.
Being a royal guard is just as good as being a Lover I guess, the downside is that being close to Luna makes is hard for me to keep my feelings in. But for now, I am a guard, and I have my Priorities. I decided to Guard Luna make sure she is okay, I got out of my room, and stood next to Luna's Door.
I might have been standing there for about more than two hours, I began feeling a bit sleepy from what is supposedly my first night guard duty, I nearly lost my balanced but I made sure I didn't fall asleep. I heard some noices and from the inside of Luna's room, I began to feel worried at that moment and knocked on the door I heard a screech " Uhh, No pony is here"
"Princess Luna it's me, Brian, I am here to check up on you your Majesty" I said
"I am fine, you saw the Moon Rise, I am perfectly Fin- whoa!" from the inside I hear a few crashing sounds, I tried to Open but its lock
"Luna is you okay in there?"
"Don't worry Human, a Mere spell such as moon rising is just bring Fatigue that's all" she said, as I hear more sounds "Uh, go to your room, you should get some rest"
"Are you sure? I could just go in an-"
"LEAVE OUR PRESCANCE AND GO TO YOUR ROOM!" she said in her loud booming voice "...s…sorry, I am fine, just don't worry"
Luna's personal flaws #1 I had to deal with her screaming all week, I didn't mean to say this out loud but "what was the princess thinking?" I decided to just do what Luna said, however, that does not mean I am not keeping an eye on her. I casually walk to my room, blow out the candles, and began looking through the hole, and what I saw is unexpected.
On the Other side of the room, I see the Human girl again, struggling with her two feet, using the furniture to try to stand "ok….it shouldn't be difficult, just one foot out WOAH!" she stumbled down and landed on her but "owowowwwwww, these…feet are not so easy"
I had to hold my breath in to prevent myself from laughing at something so ridiculous, but I must focus on the girl, she isn't wearing anything like last time, she isn't even wearing her bracelets, necklace or crown, but I can see her hair being as long and majestic as Luna. At this point, without a shadow of a doubt, Luna had actually turned herself into a Human. I couldn't see her face only her back side but I can see Luna's Wings of a Pegasus, after a bright flash of Magic Luna quickly turn back into her pony form, I got myself away from the peephole and just for safe measure, place a painting over it.
"Oh my god "I said to myself "I can't believe it…Luna is…Is… Beautiful" who is to say nopony ever turn into a human other than Luna? But I never thought that Luna's Human body is so thin and curvy like an hourglass figure, all of that Noise is just her learning how to walk? But why is she doing this? Is this another joke? Is she trying to use the Human form for nightmare night? These questions began looming over my head all night, that I haven't gotten any sleep in fact I actually have an Excuse to use my royal duty, I silently walk out my room, and for the whole night I stood next to Luna's room and stay on guard.
"BRIAN!" Said Booming voice and I woke up
"THE AWNSER IS MICHIGAN!" I said still in my sleep state, it took me awhile to get my train of thought running to realize I was asleep on Duty
"How Pitiful, royal guards who can't even stay awake for more than 6 hours, I shall be downstairs waiting for my royal breakfast; I will leave you if you are not prepared" Said Luna as she galloped away.
So what I saw …it's just a dream? I must have been so desperate for an Interaction with a Human, I must have dreamt up Luna somehow turn into one, "heh…its Just Impossible" I shrugged up that very thought, even if Luna have the Ability to transform into another being, why a Human?...I guess My heart wanted me to fall for Luna and hope she fall for me, god dam it it's so hard to keep it all in
I was ready to just flip the bird behind her flank I swear, but as I stood I noticed something Fell off from me, Looking Down I see a blanket that is especially hand stitched, or in this case, hoof stitched, It's not made by the inn, the Material is too expensive and too well made, more noticeably it had Luna's cutie mark on the top right corner of the blanket, was this hers? Did she give it to me?
Looking at the end of the stairs I see Luna, looking back at me smiling and even blushing, but as soon as she realized that I was looking at her, she quickly change expression and walked away acted like she didn't give two bucks of an apple.
"*Sight*" I said to Myself "Oh Luna…I wish I can say it…I really do"
End of Part 1