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Chapter 9: Princess of the Night
(P.O.V. none, Celestia's Castle)
As the two hedgehogs were gawking at the princess, Soler snapped out of his gaze because he remembered something that was on his mind.
"So you guys are called Alicorns?" He asked her. She simply nodded her head in agreement, "I could've sworn you guys would be called pegacorn or something but alicorn has a better ring to it." Soler said. Celestia giggled at the hedgehog's remark.
"Well I'm glad you like it. Now can I get the names of my new visitors?" She asked them sweetly. Soler was about to respond but then noticed that Sonic was still gawking and nudged him out of it. Sonic realized what he was doing and smiled sheepishly.
"Sorry, my name is Sonic the Hedgehog, your majesty." He said while bowing.
"And I'm Soler the Hedgehog your grace." Soler said while also bowing to her. Celestia bowed her head to them as a sign of respect.
"Well it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Now where are the others? I know when I sent that letter to Spike, I asked for all of you." She asked the two. Soler looked at Sonic with an annoyed face to which he just scratched the back of his head.
"Well princess, we were with the others a while ago when we went to Appleloosa to get our friends, but someone here was going stir crazy about riding the train again, so he decided to run off back to Ponyville, which I had to follow." Soler replied. Sonic shrunk down a bit.
"Well, when you put it like that, you make it seem like I could've taken the train again." He added.
"You could have taken the train again!" Soler shouted at him.
"Well it would've been torture to ride it again." Sonic said as he tried to defend himself. Soler sighed.
"We apologize princess, but the others won't catch up to us, probably not till tomorrow or so." Soler finished. She simply smiled.
"That's quite alright. We can wait for the rest to get here tomorrow. You two are welcome to stay here in the castle until then. And please, just call me Celestia." She finished with a soft laugh. The way that Celestia presented herself and spoke to them had a calming effect that set them at ease.
"Thank you prince… I mean, Celestia." Soler said. She smiled.
"Now you two are welcome to roam the castle and I'll have a maid show you to your rooms." She said. Before the two could walk off another question popped into Soler's head.
"Wait Celestia, I have another question." He asked running back to her.
"Yes?"
"Well when we first entered your world, we went into an old castle in a weird forest and it had some tapestries there that had someone that resembled you on them. But it couldn't be you because they looked like they have been there for a very long time and you don't look older than maybe your early to mid thirties." He finished. This made her giggle some more.
"Well I appreciate the compliment, but yes, that is me on those tapestries you saw. I'm a lot older than I appear." She said. Soler was in slight disbelief that she could be that old but still looked so young. Then one last question popped in his head.
"Well okay then, but one last question. Another thing I saw there was another alicorn with you but from the damage of the castle it looked like you two had a falling out, so what happened to her?" He asked. Celestia's smile waivered for a moment, which gave Soler the idea that this was a touchy subject, "Hey Celestia, you don't have to tell me if it's too personal." She smiled a bit from his concern.
"It's quite alright Soler, but the other alicorn you saw was my sister, Luna, and yes, we did have a falling out if that is what you would call it. I ended up having to banish her to the moon for a long time." She started. Even this caught Sonic's attention as they both wondered how something like that could happen in a peaceful place like this.
"What happened to her?" Sonic asked. Celestia brightened up.
"Well thankfully, Twilight and her friends brought her back to me." She said. The two hedgehogs looked at each other thinking that this place is a little more complex than they thought.
"Well thank you Celestia for answering my questions, we'll be going to our rooms." Soler said. Celestia smiled.
"It's a pleasure. I'll be happy to answer more questions anytime you have them. And please, enjoy your stay at the castle." She said as she walked off. Then Sonic had a very important question himself.
"Oh Celestia, do you have anything to eat?" He asked.
Later that evening, the two hedgehogs were walking the castle, viewing at all it had. The two had already been in the massive library, they've seen the gardens, and they've also been near the top of the castle out on the balcony.
"Man. This castle is way bigger than I thought." Sonic said with his arms behind his head.
"Yeah, agreed. Like, it looked big on the outside but on the inside it's way bigger than it looks. These guys really know how to make buildings." Soler pointed out. The two made it to another balcony as the sun was starting to set. They got a beautiful view of all of Canterlot and they could see what looked like Ponyville in the distance. The feel of the wind blowing through their quills was calming.
"You know, even though I love going fast and action, it's nice to be able to take some time to just slow down and enjoy the scenery, ya know?" Sonic said. Soler gave him the most admonishing look he could give. Sonic looked confused.
"What, did I say something wrong?" He asked. Soler only sighed and shook is head. "Nothing man let's just get to sleep. I'm sure we'll have to do a lot of explaining in the morning." Soler said and the two made their way to their rooms as night began to fall.
(P.O.V. Soler)
It was the middle of the night and Soler had woken up from a strange dream.
"Man dreams are weird." Soler said to himself. He looked out his window to see the moon shining bright. He stretched and put his shoes on as he got up.
"Welp, might as well go meditate for a while." He said and walked out of his room into the empty halls. He roamed the halls a bit looking for a place to meditate. He then saw that there was a mini garden inside an area of the castle. He walked out onto the grass and was amazed that this place seems like it's in the center of the castle. The place also had a perfect view of the moon from here too. There was nothing covering the area from the top, so he got a full view of the moon. He took in a deep breath and exhaled out.
"This place is perfect." He said and sat down. He crossed his legs and closed his eyes as he was trying to focus on any energy around him. His body became completely still in his concentration. He could feel the Chaos Emerald that he carried pulse with energy, yet he could also vaguely feel the energies of the other Emeralds, very far away. As he was meditating he also started to feel another type of energy that wasn't from the Chaos Emeralds. It felt kinda familiar, then he remembered the feeling. It was the same one he felt right before he and the others got teleported into this world but the energy felt like it was coming from everywhere around him. The weird thing about the energy was that he couldn't feel anything malicious about it, just peace and tranquility. He opened his eyes and looked up to the moon.
"Man Luna, I wish you could be here to experience this." He said aloud.
"Well I am here." He heard a voice say. He jumped and turned around to see who said it. He turned to see an alicorn, smaller than Celestia, her coat colored a dark midnight. Her mane and tail flowed continuously like Celestia's does but hers looked like the night sky covered with stars. And her eyes were a teal color that seemed to shine in the moonlight. She also had a crescent moon on her flank. She caught Soler off guard, and he blushed slightly. She looked at him in curiosity.
"Well, I know I haven't seen anything like you before and you seem to know my name while don't know yours. So would thee prattle thy name?" She asked. Soler was still a little stricken by her and his blush hadn't gone away. Luna noticed his blush and smiled.
"I take it you are enjoying the view." She asked slyly. That comment seemed to break him of his trance.
"Hey, I'm the one who makes flirty jokes around here." Soler said. That's seemed to make Luna smile.
"Well now, I'm not the one blushing, aren't I?" She asked. Soler noticed that now he was blushing and sighed.
"Well you got me there. My name which is Soler the Hedgehog." He said as he bowed to her. Luna bowed back.
"Well it appears you already know my name, which, if I may ask, how it is you know my name?" She asked. He thought about his Luna and decided that it wasn't time to start revealing his past.
"Well I heard it from Celestia when she was talking with you." He responded. This seemed to satisfy Luna and she smiled. Soler seeing this made him blush again to which he noticed and looked away.
What is wrong with me tonight? He thought with himself.
"So what brings a princess like you out on a night like this?" He asked. She giggled a bit.
"Well, why don't I let you guess why?" She replied. Soler had a questioning look on his face but played along.
"Hmm… Okay, you like the night air." She nodded.
"Yes I do, but that's not why I'm out. Try again." Soler thought.
"Hmm… You like the way the moon shines at night." Soler said. She nodded again.
"Right again, but also wrong again. I'll give thee one more try." She said. Soler thought on it once more before answering.
"You like to sneak up on unsuspecting hedgehogs and scaring the life out of them?" Soler said. This made her laugh which made him laugh too.
"Well no, but it was funny to see you startled." She admitted.
"Well then, why are you out here Luna?" He asked.
"Well I'm the princess of the night, so I tend to be up around this time. I raise and lower the moon every night and tend to things that happen during the night." She said. Hearing this blew Soler's mind a bit.
So here, someone raises and lowers the moon? He wondered. All the science in his head seemed to have been blown away at the statement. Luna saw his face, which made her laugh.
"What, is it that surprising that I raise and lower the moon?" She asked. He snapped out of it.
"Well I mean, in my world the way the moon rises is by our planet rotating on its axis. And the brightness of the moon in my world is caused by the sun's rays reflecting off of it, which allows a full moon only once or twice a month. But here, the moon seems to be full and bright every night." He finished. Luna was intrigued by the way the moon worked in Soler's world.
"Well I'm sorry to disappoint, but I raise the moon and Celestia raises the sun, and we do this with our magic." She said. When he heard the word magic, it didn't catch him by as much surprise as Luna thought it was going to.
"Well that didn't seem to catch you by surprise as much as I thought it would. Do you have magic in your world?" She asked. He thought on how to answer.
"Well we do have some people that can use magic, but none of it is strong enough to raise the moon or the sun." He answered. The two were in silence for a little while.
"Well do you mind if I sit next to you and enjoy the night?" She asked him. This caught him by surprise but he nodded and scooted over for her to lie down next to him. The two were looking up at the moon, enjoying the night in silence. Soler caught a look at her as she looked at the moon and was stunned. "
Wow, the way that the moon's light just reflects off her eyes makes them shine bright in the night. And her flowing mane that looks like the night only adds to her beau… He stopped his thoughts and shook his head, What are you doing hedgehog? You shouldn't be having those thoughts. What he didn't notice was that while he was debating in his head, Luna had been looking at him. She could see the blush on his face as he was thinking. This made her smile for some reason that she couldn't think of.
"Well Soler, as much as I enjoyed our time together, I must get going. Celestia will be getting up to raise the sun in a while and it will be time for me to get to bed, which I advise you to do too." She said as she stood. Soler snapped out of his thoughts and stood up too.
"Well, it was nice meeting you Princess Luna. Hopefully we will meet again. And maybe enjoy another peaceful night together." He finished immediately realizing what he said and face palmed himself. Luna giggled.
"Well I would love to enjoy another night with you Soler the Hedgehog."
"Please Princess, you can just call me Soler." He said, to which she nodded.
"Then you may just call me Luna." She said as she unfolded her wings and took off into the night. Soler stood there watching her leave just thinking.
Man what's gotten into me? That's the first time I've acted like that since… He shook his head, No, keep your head straight hedgehog. No repeats. He thought to himself before walking back to his room for some sleep.
Chapter 9 in the bag! To be honest, even I didn't think this chapter would turn out like this but it felt so natural to write compared to what I was going to write. I had to keep going ya know. Thanks to all those who read, new and old comers alike, whelp this is Solerwolf OUT!
