( Mercury's POV )

11:00 pm

Location: Somewhere in Australia

I look around for a moment, knowing how late it was. An unusual gust of freezing wind brushed against me, giving me a sense of slight worry. I watch as multiple cars pass by at fast speeds, not noticing for the moment that there was a cat walking towards me.

"I hope that Harvest is still home…" I say, now noticing the cat as it was in the middle of the street.

"Wait a moment… Why is that cat-" A loud, dying meow was heard, followed by one large cracking sound.

"!" I quickly run into the middle of the road, knowing it was quite the stupid idea. I didn't realize that I was standing on the side of the road were cars were still driving.

SMASH!

I was in a void of darkness, hearing the faint cries of my friends, along with people that stopped to witness the scene. I sigh softly, remembering how my second brother died the exact same way.

"I guess I won't be able to carry on the Scratch family name any more… " The faint cries slowly come to a stop.

"Daughter…" I realized whose voice it was at an instant.

"C- Celestia…?" I call back with a small stutter.

"Wake up… Daughter…" I didn't know what was going on, or why Princess Celestia was calling me 'Daughter'. I kind of like it though. I don't exactly know why I do but, I just do. I blacked out after that.

I feel someone, or something, jumping on me, causing me to groan softly.

"What happened…?" I thought to myself as I slowly open my eyes. My vision was a bit blurry from the "sleep" I had.

"Mommy! Mommy! I found her!" I hear a feminine voice say.

"H- Huh…?" I groan softly again, noticing that my vision was now clear. I start to look around in panic before looking back at the filly?

"Um… Who are you?" I asked in a slightly dumbfounded tone.

"Well, silly filly~ I'm your sister, Harvest!~" I widen my eyes at the name.

"H- Harvest… She died too…" I look at Harvest, seeing Celestia walk up to me.

"Daughter. You have finally awoken from your slumber," Celestia says with a smile.

"C- Cele- I- I mean… Mother," I say with a small smile.

( Celestia's POV )

4 hours later…

Location: Mercury's Room, Canterlot Castle, Equestria

I looked at my daughter as she explained what happened to her on Earth, feeling a bit bad for sending her on such an adventure.

"Wow… I'm sorry for doing that, Mercury..." I say, noticing that she hasn't changed back to her original form.

"Um… Mercury, you know you are still human right?" I tell her, silently chuckling at what she was wearing at the time.

Mercury blushes deeply, "I- I am?" She looks down for a second, letting out a loud yelp of embarrassment before looking back at me.

"C- Can you please turn me back into my pony form?" Mercury replied.

I nod with a smile before highlighting my daughter in a golden glow. A large flash was created, the magic taking its effect. As the flash soon disappears, Mercury was back in her younger pony form, but without her wings. She walks towards the mirror in her room.

Mercury looks in the mirror, noticing that her wings, along with a few of her features were gone. "Why are my wings…?"

I sigh, "If I returned you to your original state, you might get into a bad situation were flying will not help you. I think you know what I mean, Mercury," I explained to her.

Mercury nods, looking down at the outfit she was wearing, letting out a sigh, "I'm not exactly sure why I had a job at a maid café…"

I giggle softly, "You look cute in that maid outfit, Mercury~ I'm pretty sure when you find that special somepony you'll be wearing this~"

Mercury looks away, her cheeks now a deep crimson, "S- So what if I do wear it? Y- You don't know i- if I am going to find somepony…" She says, magically taking off the maid outfit and putting it in the closet.

I smile at her, "Well I'll be back later, Mercury. You just sit in your room and spruce things up."

I walk out of the room, closing the door behind me before returning to my seat in the throne room. I hum a small tune to myself as I wait for somepony to come in. My ears perk up, hearing the doors open to the throne room. A stallion, about the same size as Mercury, walks in. His navy blue colored mane a bit messy, and a bit of dirt on his light grey coat. His wings closed against the sides of his body. He walks towards me with a smile, not saying anything at the moment.

He looks up at me, asking, "Where's Luna?"

( Mercury's POV )

About 10 minutes later…

I secretly trot towards the throne room, peeking around the corner to scan the scene. I noticed the stallion that my mother was talking to, thinking that he might be a friend of Harvest's or somepony else. I let out a sigh of relief, knowing that he hasn't seen me. Yet. My ears perk up as he walks out of the throne room with Celestia, towards me. I panic, trying to gallop back to my room, accidentally tripping twice before actually getting back to my room.

I frown, feeling stupid for what I did, "Way to go, Merci… Failing to even talk to this mystery stallion to see who he is…" I complain before falling onto my bed.

"I have to think about how I am going to do this…" I say, muffled by my blanket, getting an idea out of nowhere.

"I got it!~" I yell, sitting up on my bed as I magically grab a notepad and a quill dipped in ink.

I start to write down the plan I decided on. My door opened slowly making me panic again, dropping the quill and the notepad. It was Harvest, Celestia, and the stallion that I saw earlier.

"E- Erm!~ W- What do you want?~" I ask quickly, trying to hide the notepad.

The two other mares giggle, not answering my question while me and 'him' stare at each other in silence. I was too focused on the stallion to see them slowly walk out of the room, leaving us two alone in my own room.

"W- Why is he staring at me like that…?" I think to myself, feeling like time has come to a complete stop, and somehow, I know that he is feeling it too.

( Nightfall's POV )

I look at the mare, unable to fully say anything at the moment. She looks away for a short moment in slight embarrassment. I couldn't exactly break the silence, not yet at least. So as I wait for a chance to break the silence, I think about her features. A long maroon-colored mane with some red highlights in a few areas. Her bangs slightly cover her eyes though. A golden-colored eye and a ruby-colored eye, probably formed by an accident of some sort. She was the same size as me so we might be the same age, I hope. She looks like she might have a shy personality so I better make sure not to force her to do anything she might not want to do.

"S- So. What's your name?" she asks to break the long silence that formed. Time starts to flow normally as she speaks.

"Well, my name is Nightfall but, most ponies call me Night. Um… What's your name?" I answer her with a cheerful smile.

She looks back at me, a small smile on her face, "My name is Mercury. You can call me, Merci though."

I become silent for a second, remembering the name from somewhere.

Mercury notices this, "So, want to continue our conversation outside in Luna's Garden? I'm pretty sure that Mother and Harvest are trying to listen in on us."

I nod, "Sure, I don't want to be getting eavesdropped on tonight."

Mercury smiles a bit wider, opening the window with her magic, "Well, shall we get going?"

I widen my eyes a bit in worry, "But you don't have wings, you might get hurt."

Mercury giggles softly, "Don't worry, Nighty. I'll be fine, just trust me."

I nod, walking towards the window, looking back at Mercury for a short moment before jumping out the window and spreading my wings. I hover above the ground, looking up at the window, worried about her getting hurt.

Mercury jumps out the window, coming down at fast speeds.

I quickly move towards the place where she might fall. She was getting closer and closer to the ground.

I call out as feeling her land into my fore-hooves, "M- Merci…"

She looks at me, speechless for the moment, "I- I… T- Thank you for catching me, Nighty."

I smile at her, "Well, shall we continue to Luna's Garden?"

She nods in response as I hover us to the ground.

"We are actually pretty close to Luna's Garden but, we do have a bit of walking to do," Mercury explains to me with a smile, "I also want to thank you again for catching me."

I saw a soft pink blush on her creamy white face as she says this, "No problem, Merci," I put her on the ground, closing my wings with a small smile on my face.

( Mercury's POV )

I didn't want him to put me down to be honest but, it would be rude of me to do that to him because it probably wouldn't feel right to him. I look at him, not knowing that I still had a soft pink blush across my face. I do remember him from somewhere back on Earth but, I don't know exactly where.

"So were you human before you came here?" I ask out to see if I may be right.

Nightfall looks at me with a bit of shock from the question, "Well… Yes, to be honest, I don't know how I got here. What about you?"

I sigh, "Well, when I died on Earth I had awoken here. Like you I don't know how I got here but I do enjoy it."

Nightfall smiles at me, "Well at least we are alive here. Though, I do hate leaving my friends behind."

I smile back at him, "They might come here soon enough. I can't promise you that most of them will come though."

Nightfall looks down for a second, "I understand."

I nod as we start to walk towards the back of the castle, thinking of something funny.

"So, Nighty," I get a bit closer to him.

Nightfall blushes a pink color, "Y- Yes?"

I giggle softly at his blush, playfully tugging on his tail with my magic before galloping ahead of him.

Nightfall lets out a soft yelp, "H- Hay!" He starts to gallop after me.

I laugh, still galloping away.

Nightfall tugs on my tail, pulling me back onto my flank.

"E- Eep!~" I call out in embarrassment.

Nightfall chuckles. "Opps~"

I quickly get off my flank, "T- That's not f- funny~"

Nightfall smiles, "We were playing, remember?~"

I grin, magically tugging on his tail before galloping away again, turning to the back of the castle.

Nightfall swiftly follows after me, laughing. "I'll get you~"

I giggle softly, "Not if you can't find me~" I gallop into Luna's Garden, looking for a place to hide.

Nightfall slowly sneaks up to me.

I climb up a tree that was close by, not noticing him.

Nightfall grabs my tail, pulling me off the tree, and causing me to fall onto him.

"U- Um… Sorry…~" I quickly get off him.

Author's Note: I would like to thank Nightfall for beta reading this, helping me with a few things, and even letting me use his OC for the story. You are an awesome person, Nightfall. ;D Anyways, I do plan on keeping the story updated on both Fanfiction and FiMFiction, so don't worry about when the next chapter will be out and stuff like that. Also, I plan on adding more characters to the story in later chapters. So, if you do want to be added to the story then just PM me on Fanfiction, FiMFiction, or even Skype, if you have it.