F3: Well that could've gone way better than I've hoped. *Looking around for Pinkie* and where is Pinkie?
Pinkie: *In space with the green dragon* WEEE!
F3: Oh well I'm sure we'll see her at the end of the chapter. Fireuser3 Blazing Out!
Episode 19: Shy Moon.
Everything was quiet in Canterlot; Celestia already lowered the sun and Luna's moon was already high in the sky illuminating the sky with the white light of the moon. But something felt off with Celestia, she tossed and turned in her bed but to no avail could she sleep soundly through the night as if something was troubling her. And yet, she knew was it was.
It has been months since her sister Luna has returned to Canterlot from her banishment as Nightmare Moon and yet her sister has yet to interact with other ponies that were not Celestia.
She tried many times to coax her sister to join her for other duties but Luna always had a convenient excuses or would tell her that the ponies would be afraid to even talk to her.
Celestia got up from her bed and made her way toward a window that showed a view of a tower across from her that would be Luna's tower where her sister stayed locked up, the only time she ever comes out was to raise and lower the moon.
Celestia sighed "What would it take to get her to open up to ponies again?" She asked herself
"She was so happy when she was young." Celestia thought looking down.
"Especially on her birthday…" Then just as that thought came to mind an idea sparked in her mind as she went toward her calendar and skimmed through for a specific date. Then she found what she was looking for August 12 and circled around it and written in blue it said 'LUNA'S BIRTHDAY'.
"This might just work, but who could I trust to take care of her?" She said aloud as she pondered her own question pacing her room.
She then stopped as an idea of who struck her mind"Of course Coco Pommel, she works and lives at the Carousel Boutique in Ponyville." She said to herself.
"I'll send her a message before morning." She starts floats and scroll over and writes, but then stops shaking her head and using her magic to crumble up the paper.
"No if I sent it Spike would receive it and Trixie would assume it would be for her." she tells herself and sighs before she continues to write.
"Appears I will have to use the postal service this time. Hopefully it ends up in the right place this time." She said as she finished writing and then headed for her bed.
"I just hope that this idea of mine works out." She whispered and she nodded off to sleep.
Morning soon came to the tiny town as its residence began to move about and get along with their day. It was middle of the week as fillies and colts ran toward the school house, and while that Coco has just woke up from her sleep. She rose from her bed and looked to her right at a small desk with a big mirror in the back of it as she saw herself in the mirror.
Bed head is common when you wake up from a goodnight sleep. On the desk were not only the mirror but also Coco's white sailors collar and a red follow mane pin along with other fashion drawings of her previous works she'd done since working with Rarity.
She trotted over to her desk and grabbed the brush that laid there and began to brush the bed hair out and straighten it. Then she placed her collar on her to look okay for the day ahead of her, and then the mane pin went behind her left ear to hold some of her mane back.
She then proceeded downstairs toward the homey part of the house. It was small but it worked for her; a small living room with furniture and a set of reading materials she bought from Sunset since she had extras of them in her house, and a small radio to listen to while she was home. Some windows were throughout the home to get a view of the outside.
Also some pictures hanged about the small home. Some were her days in Manehatten, and the rest was her stay in Ponyville.
She was about to head toward her kitchen when she heard a loud crash hit her door surprisingly not busted through.
"This had better not be a prank by Pinkie Pie or she'll get a stern talking to." She thought as she approached her door and opened it. She thought she would be expecting a prank but only to find a familiar grey pegasi mare on the ground in her mail uniform.
"Are you okay Ditzy?" She asked the downed mail mare as she got up shaking her head from the sudden crash before nodding.
"Yeah I'm good happens all the time." She assured then she reached into the saddle bag which carried the mail around.
"Oh and you got mail for you." She said grabbing a red envelope from the bag.
"A letter? Does say from whom?" Coco asked.
"Wish I knew." Ditzy stated then she pulled something else out as well along with it.
"Muffin?" She asked offering her favorite baked treat to Coco.
Coco took the letter and the muffin the mail pony offered "Have a nice day, got lots more of deliveries to make." Ditzy said and shot into the sky… before bumping into a nearby lamppost.
"I'm good!" she called out.
Coco giggled at the mail pony but then turned her attention to the letter. She went back inside and toward the kitchen where she sat at the table. She ripped the top of the envelope open and began to read what it had inside, and the letter was from… Princess Celestia!
"Dear Coco Pommel, I know that I normally send letters through Spike to give to Trixie however this is not the case where I did so. As you know my sister has returned after you and the others have returned her back to her old self from when she was Nightmare Moon. Even though I am most grateful for what you mares have done these past months my dear sister Luna has been rather distant from me and the rest of the fellow ponies and refuses to interact with others. I wondered if maybe you could help me in this dilemma to help my sister interact with other ponies again. From Trixie's letters she has sent me that you are a generous soul and a good pony. I'm not ordering you as a princess but I'm asking to help me to help my sister if you're up to the task. Please reply if you are only willing to do so. Signed, Celestia."
Coco finished reading the letter with both surprise and confusion. Celestia was asking her to help her sister Luna to interact with other ponies again. She didn't bother getting her morning coffee as she rushed out of the house and ran straight for the Golden Oaks library.
"WHAT!?" Trixie shouted after receiving the news from Coco making Trixie drop her breakfast on the floor
"Yes. Princess Celestia wants me to help her sister." Coco said calmly readjusting her collar.
"You've got to send a reply back to her immediately Coco." Trixie said in a sort of panic.
"She wrote that to send her a reply if only I'm willing to help her but I don't know what I should do." Coco said frowning a bit.
"I mean I don't know where to even begin to help Princess Luna." She starts a hoof to her chin.
"Well you could maybe make her feel welcome to Ponyville by greeting her when she comes here." Trixie suggested a small bit of panic evident in her voice.
"Are you sure Trixie? I don't want to upset Celestia or anything." Coco said shyly.
"Well we don't know much about her other than being Celestia younger sister and that she raises the moon." Trixie said doing her best to calm herself.
"So I think when she comes to Ponyville you could ask her about some of her favorite past times if that'll help." Trixie added.
"I guess that could work." Coco said sheepishly.
"Spike paper and quill please." Trixie called out as Spike grabbed what was requested. Coco grabbed the quill and began to write.
"Dear Princess Celestia; I was thinking over the offer you gave me to help your sister and with some thought I gladly accept the task. But I do ask and please don't take it the wrong way but is there a reason from why you requested this of me? Signed; Coco Pommel." She wrote. Trixie gave the letter to Spike and have him send off to Celestia with a breath of his flame.
"Well we should hear something back from her anytime now." Trixie stated, but not a minute later Spike burped out a green smoke and appeared yet another letter from Celestia.
"Dear Coco; I'm happy that you are able to take on this task and as for your question I was hoping to my sisters birthday in a matter of two days so I do hope it's not an inconvenient for you. I will try to send Luna there to Ponyville within the hour to meet you in the square. Again I'm thankful for you to help me. Signed; Princess Celestia. P.S. I must warn you Luna can be quiet a hoof-full and hasn't caught up on the times yet so do try and bear it for now."
Coco read the letter and since she hopefully and hour to kill she headed toward the boutique after thanking Trixie for the advice and left the library. She arrived at the boutique minutes later and Rarity was already waiting for her to arrive.
"Sorry I'm late Rarity other matters came up that needed to be handled." Coco said quickly a bit out of breath.
"Oh that is quiet alright darling." Rarity assured
"But may I ask what kind of matters?" Rarity questioned while levitated some other fabrics for other clients.
"Well um... it was about… Princess Luna." She said sheepishly. Rarity dropped her fabric when she heard what Coco said then looked toward the smaller mare
"Did you say Princess Luna darling?" She asked in a completely calm tone.
Coco only nodded to her question.
Then before she knew it Rarity had stars in her eyes "Princess Luna coming here to Ponyville! Why that is just absolutely splendid darling. I mean to think thee Princess Luna coming here why I can't wait to meet her." Rarity said excitingly.
"When is she supposed to be here exactly?" Rarity asked.
"Um that's the thing. She's supposed to be here within the hour as soon as Celestia can get her out, and she also wants me to help her interact with Ponyvilles residence and try to get her to feel welcome in Ponyville." Coco said
"Miss Trixie suggested that I ask Luna about her past times but I'm not entirely sure." Coco added.
"Well darling it shouldn't be that hard to talk to a Princess." Rarity added as she returned to her work.
"That's the thing. We know that Luna was Nightmare Moon before. So I really don't know how to talk to her, I was scared half way to Tartarus when she was Nightmare Moon." Coco added.
Rarity began to ponder her friend's dilemma "Coco's right I heard that facing Nightmare Moon wasn't easy and she's probably scared that seeing Luna will remind her of it… IDEA!" Rarity thought.
"Then don't think of Luna as Luna herself darling." Rarity said but Coco only looked at her in confusion
"What do you mean by that Rarity?" She asked.
"Well let's see how I would put this…" Rarity began stopping her work yet again turning to face the younger mare.
"Whenever I had a hard time talking to a client that needs a design ready I normally picture myself talking to somepony else like… Rainbow Dash for example." Rarity said.
"Rainbow Dash?" Coco raised an eyebrow
"Why her?" She added
"Oh um… no reason." Rarity added quickly turning her head away to hide a light blush then she coughed it away.
"Just follow me on this. What I mean is whenever it becomes difficult to talk to a pony picture yourself talking to somepony else like you talking to me right now." Rarity added.
"I guess that makes sense." Coco said taking in Rarity's advice.
"How about you go meet Luna and I'll continue some work here." Rarity suggested
"Are you sure Rarity?" It seems you have a lot to work on here already." She said gesturing to all the fabrics all around the boutique.
"Oh this is nothing darling." She stated then proceeded to push Coco toward and out the door
"Everything will be fine and remember darling be yourself and nothing can go wrong, and be sure to tell me how everything went when it's over. Ta-Ta." Rarity added closing the door slowly till hearing the click. With Rarity's advice in mind Coco trotted toward the center of town to wait till Princess Luna would arrive.
Once Coco arrived at the square she waited patiently for Luna to arrive "Okay Coco once Princess Luna is here you'll have to greet her, but how do you greet a princess anyway." Coco pondered before clearing her throat.
"Welcome to Ponyville Luna!" She rehearsed with a smile
"No that won't work, it'll creep her out." She said to herself.
She tried again to come up with a greeting "Welcome Luna to our little town." She rehearsed again only to find herself fidgeting around with her hoofs.
"No that won't do either. Rarity said to picture yourself talking to somepony else but this is Princess Luna were talking about. How am I suppose to give her a proper greeting?" She said.
"Give who what now?" An elegant voice chimed in.
The sudden voice scared Coco as she jumped and turned around to face the sudden voice. Now that she could see in front of her she was staring at dark blue hooves with light blue hoof clips on them.
"Our voice is up here little one." The voice said again as Coco looked up only to come eye to eye with light sapphire blue eyes.
She was looking at Princess Luna herself. At first Coco couldn't mutter a word because of actually seeing her up close was still intimidating to her not to mention the fact that Luna is about twice Coco's size.
Then after a minute has passed Coco's words found her "P-Princess L-Luna." Coco said stuttering a bit.
"Yes that is us." Luna responded.
Coco immediately stood straight up then finding something to talk about "Um… welcome to Ponyville Princess." She greeted with a bow
"There is no need to bow to us. We do not deserve it anyway." Luna stated as she looked away a bit.
"Right sorry." Coco said quickly raising her head from the ground.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm…" Coco began.
"Coco Pommel if we're assumed correctly." Luna answered
"Um… yes… that's me." She said
"The Element of Generosity always did suit our sister best." Luna stated again.
"Well your sister asked me to show you about, and maybe help with your...uhh..." Coco started unsure what to say.
"Social awkwardness." Luna says to which Coco nods.
"While thee is correct, I have no privilege to interact after all the troubles that thy have done." Luna said solemnly.
Coco was taken aback of Princess Luna's tone "But everypony, even a princess needs to interact once in awhile so that you don't feel alone." Coco began then an idea struck.
"How about I show you around Ponyville and introduce you to some of its residence?" Coco said. Luna wasn't sure how to take this approach from the little pony.
"Thou doesn't know if that a great idea." Luna said nervously while Coco took a nervous breath before she spoke again
"I'm sure it wouldn't be too bad for you to check out the town." Coco said as Luna gave her a look that was between a glare and a utter seriousness.
"Are thee sure about that?" She questioned as she gestured their surroundings that most of the ponies were staring right at Luna with mixed feeling of horror or discomfort.
Coco saw this and began to worry "Um… don't worry about them. You just have to give them a chance to know you." Coco suggested but when Luna tried to wave at them they all turned away from her.
Luna only sighed at his development"You see… even the ponies here don't acknowledge us." Luna said sadden.
"Oh think Coco think what could help cheer her up." Coco thought frantically then she saw Sugarcube Corner
"That might work." Coco said then turned back to Luna
"Miss Luna I may have something that might lift your spirits." Coco responded gesturing toward the local bakery.
Luna turned her head and saw what Coco was gesturing to "A bakery?" She questioned
"C'mon Luna this'll be great for you and it'll help you interact with ponies in there too." Coco replied with glee as both her and the princess trotted toward the bakery.
When they got inside the pink blur was already going from the kitchen to the register and back again filling out other ponies orders.
"Wow it looks like Pinkie Pie is busy today." Coco said as Luna looked in wonderment at all the baked goods
Luna's attention snapped back to Coco "Pinkie Pie?" she questioned.
"Oh she's that pony by the register." Coco added pointing her hoof toward the pink pony by the register.
Luna looked at the pony in question and saw what Coco meant as said mare's appearance seemed to match her name.
"C'mon I'll introduce you to her." Coco smiled gesturing Luna to follow
"Thou sure this is a good idea?" Luna asked not sure how to approach the pink pony
"Sure I'm sure. Besides Pinkie wouldn't mind meeting someone new." Coco assured her as they waited for the line to thin out.
Once the line thin out a little bit more they were able to reach the front of the line without any trouble but Luna getting some strange looks from the other customers.
"Hey Coco what can I get yah." Pinkie said still holding that bright smile
"Actually I want you to meet somepony." Coco said
"Oh somepony new to Ponyville. Where?! Where?!" Pinkie said by bringing out a scope.
"She's right here." Coco said gesturing to Luna
"Pinkie let me introduce you to Princess Luna. Luna this is Pinkie Pie." She introduced. Luna observed the pink pony as did Pinkie but with more than a wide eyed shock then observing.
"Afternoon." Luna simply said. But as for Pinkie her entire coat and mane lost its color, and the last thing she did was wave to the princess before she fainted.
Coco and Luna were surprised by Pinkie's action "Oh ponyfeathers." Coco said then looked back to Luna with a nervous smile
"Uh… she's probably just taking a break." She said nervously
"Uh… one second." Coco added as she went behind the register and tries to wake the now pink turned gray pony up.
"Get a hold of yourself Pinkie." She stated as she slapped her on the face a few times waking Pinkie who regained her color.
"Sorry about that I thought you said that was Princess Luna out there." Pinkie whispered
"Yes I did and Celestia asked me to help Luna." Coco answered back
"Okie Doki Loki." Pinkie stated and got back up to the register.
"So… anything I can get you two." Pinkie said trying to strike up a conversation. Coco nudged at Luna for her to answer Pinkie but Luna couldn't find the proper words to say.
"Um… well… maybe something simple would do for the time being." Luna finally said.
"Simple coming right up!" She smiled and bounced toward the kitchen.
Coco looked at the alicorn "Good job so far Luna. I'm sure you'll get the hang of talking to other ponies in no time." Coco said.
"Thy hopes so soon." Luna stated. Pinkie then returned with two vanilla frosted cupcakes
"Here yah go, simple as it can get." Pinkie smiled. Coco paid and thanked Pinkie and the two left Sugarcube Corner without another thought.
Coco proceeded in giving Luna the full tour of Ponyville. They next stopped at Sweet Apple Acres but didn't go as far into it only meeting Applejack in the orchard. Next they stopped by where Coco works: Carousal Boutique which ended with Rarity almost talking Luna's ears off.
There last stop was the Golden Oaks Library "I'm terribly sorry about what happened with Rarity. She doesn't normally get like that." Coco said nervously.
"Thou are okay… even thy was surprised by her reaction." Luna admitted having expected Rarity to be scared of her like how all the rest were.
"So where shall we be headed toward next?" Luna asked. Coco pointed her hoof toward a tree with a balcony and some windows.
"That Golden Oaks, my friend Trixie lives there and takes great care of it." Coco replied as they approached the front door of the literal tree house. Coco gave it a few knocks till somepony answered the door.
Surprisingly enough it was Rainbow Dash that answered it "Rainbow? Where's Trixie?" Coco asked.
"She's in…" Rainbow began but paused when she caught a glimpse of Princess Luna beside Coco
"Here." She finished then gave a nervous gulp and let the two inside.
"Who was that if thy may ask?" Luna said
"Oh that's just Rainbow Dash she's the fastest pony in Ponyville." Coco began
"Ah yes and I would presume the Element of Loyalty if I'm correct." Luna added a bit of pride in her voice.
"Yes that too." Coco replied. It wasn't just Rainbow that was there, there were Lightning Dust, Cheerliee, and Sunset Shimmer as well. The library looked like tornado hit it since all the books were scattered throughout the place including some of other important object were misplaced within.
"Uh Rainbow what happened here?" Coco asked getting a good look at the library
"Well me and Lightning Dust were going around pulling pranks around town when one of them kinda…" Rainbow said rubbing her hoof nervously
"Went out of control." Sunset added with a hint of frustration
"Can't you and Lighting go a day without doing your silly pranks there just so… wild." Sunset added picking up some of the object from the floor with her magic.
"That I would agree; it'll be much safer if you've planned out your pranks before hoof." Cheerliee added. What caught her eye was that Princess Luna was standing in the room.
"Hey we do plan things out." Rainbow retorted. Hearing enough Coco cleared her throat to get every other pony's attention.
"Everypony I would like to introduce you to Princess Luna." She greeted and gestured to Princess Luna behind her. At first glance not everypony was thrilled about actually seeing her face to face, but only Sunset and Trixie was glad to see her even after getting Luna back to normal.
Luna was nervous about seeing the very same six ponies that had freed her from herself. Her eyes darted left and right a little bit.
"Um… afternoon everypony." Luna said hesitantly. There was a pregnant pause for a minute until somepony spoke up.
"… Coco could I ask you one question?" Rainbow asked
"Um… sure." Coco said.
"WHAT IS 'SHE' DOING HERE?!" She shouted angrily making Coco and surprisingly Luna cringe.
"Rainbow please lower your tone. It's not nice to yell." Cheerliee reminded her
"No I want an answer why she's here." Rainbow repeated
"Did she trick you Coco into bringing her here to Ponyville because if she did I'm gonna…" Rainbow said angrily but got a smack on the head from Sunset.
"Ow… what was that for huh?" Rainbow asked rubbing the spot on her head.
"Rainbow you're scaring the princess. I think you owe her an apology." Sunset replied pointing her hoof toward Luna who was on the ground shaking like a leaf with her front hoofs over her eyes apparently muttering something.
"Um Luna are you okay?" Coco asked leaning down to Luna's eye level.
She could here Luna muttering "Too many… Too many." Luna repeated over and over again
"Um… girls I'm going to take Luna back to my place… if that's okay." Coco said
"Go ahead Coco and I'll stay here and tell the girls what's going on." Trixie added, and with that Coco got Luna on her hoofs and walked out of the library.
Once out of the library Luna calmed down quite a bit and was walking along side Coco with ease. They didn't talk until they reached the steps of Coco's home.
"Please Luna take a seat." She gestured over to the couch she had and Luna gladly took it.
"Um if it's okay what happened back there at the library." Coco asked.
Luna let out a sigh "I is unfortunate that thy doesn't feel… comfortable with too many ponies around." Luna said regrettably
"It was something I wasn't accustomed to when ponies slept during my night." Luna added.
"Especially during my night courts." Luna added with a sigh.
"I can relate with that, I was shy when it came to showing off my fashion to the public and I shied it away till I had the courage to do show my fashion again." Coco told
"But it doesn't mean you should give up before you even tried." Coco added
"But what is I to do?" Luna asked frowning a bit
"Every time thy has tried I froze before my mouth could create words." Luna said.
Coco pondered Luna's predicament in order to come up with a solution.
"Well… you're okay with talking to me." Coco said to her.
"That may be true, but you are only one pony that could be willing to talk to me." Luna said solemnly
"But me talking with more than five ponies is little much even for me to handle." Luna added.
"So then we have to get you used to crowds. But that might be difficult." Coco said.
"Could we discuss it tomorrow? Thy is quite after today." Luna said as she headed toward Coco's couch but Coco quickly got in the way.
"Oh no you don't." Coco said sternly
"You can sleep in my room for the night." She stated.
"But thy is your guest. Shouldn't we be sleeping on the couch?" She asked
"Yes you may be my guest but since you are my guest I'll allow you to use my bed for tonight." Coco said but Luna was about to object
"I insist you do plus the couch is too small for you Luna." Coco pointed out.
"Very well if thou insists." Luna said. They heard a slight gurgle sound from Coco's stomach.
Coco blushed a little bit "Right after dinner." She added.
"Agreed." Then Luna's stomach did the same thing.
"Dinner would be most appropriate right about now." Luna added and Coco went to the kitchen to start an early dinner.
Dinner went by within the next hour and it was about that same time Celestia would lower the sun so that Luna would raise the moon.
With the sun beginning to descend behind the horizon Luna was outside in the backyard of Coco's home and once the sun was fully out of sight Luna's horn lit up with its blue aura preparing to cast her spell. Luna concentrated and the white boundary of the moon slow rose up to the position it was suppose to be.
Coco watched from behind Luna in awe of how amazed her magic was even if Coco was an earth pony herself. After the spell was cast and the moon was now in place Luna stopped her magic and proceeded to just stare at the sky as if she was looking for answers.
Coco took a step toward Luna and let out a soft cough getting Luna's attention.
The alicorn looked behind her to notice her "Coco shouldn't thou be sleeping?" She asked
"I was getting ready to when I saw you were out here and I wanted to give you some company." She replied.
"Thou did not need to accompany us." Luna stated but Coco ignored and sat right by Luna as the stars twinkle in the moonlit sky.
"The stars sure do look lovely tonight." Coco said staring at them with admiration
"We are surprised that anypony enjoys the night better then the day. Ponies hide themselves away during our great night while they play in our sisters' daylight." Luna began.
"Maybe it was out of jealousy or maybe that I felt threatened by it that I gave in to it and began that… thing." Luna said remembering her time as Nightmare Moon.
"That's why I shunned myself away from other ponies even after you brave six returned me to my normal state of mind." Luna added bowing her head low with a sadden look on her face.
Coco wanted to say something but couldn't find her words at first but she had to try and say something to the sadden alicorn.
"Well… I may not know what events caused you to become 'her' and the scars run deep maybe not physically but mentally and emotionally but I'm certain that you can move past it and become stronger from you past mistakes. Even if it takes you many years I know you can be wise in the future." Coco began.
"A friend once told me this: Yesterday is in the past, tomorrow is untold, but today is a miracle." She quoted
"At least that what it sounds like to me." Coco added seconds later yawing.
"Do you mind if I rest here?" Coco asked her eyes drooping a little. Luna slowly nodded and Coco laid her head on the grass and dozed off to sleep.
Luna then stared at the sleeping pony with slowly rise and fall of the pony's chest with curiosity. Such a small pony compared to herself she would be able to crush in an instant but this shy yet brave pony wasn't scared of Luna's presences in the slightest. Luna then stared back to the stars above to ponder Coco's little quote she made.
Then seeing that enough time was spent she lit her horn around the pony and proceeded to carry her back inside and placed her on the couch gently and put a blanket to cover her so she wouldn't get cold. She preceded upstairs and found Coco's bedroom which was rather neat other than a small podium with Coco's latest drawing along with a small dresser with a lamp on top along with some small picture frames behind it. Also a small bookshelf with some random books.
On the side of the drawing was what looked like a color key with only three colors: Dark blue, sapphire and charcoal black. Other accessories included a forehoof band on the front left hoof and a necklace that looked like a small golden circle with an arrow going straight through it.
The drawing of said dress was marked with each color. The dress itself was going to be a bright sapphire so that it will look appealing to the eye. The hoof shoes were a charcoal black to add definition to the dress, and finally the saddle would be a dark blue color. There aren't any other designs on the picture at this time.
Luna stared at the drawing design for another minute before she wondered to the bed and laid down for the night till morning.
"Hopefully tomorrow will be a different outcome." She thought and drifted off to sleep.
The morning quickly came however with Celestia's sun piercing through the drapes in the room that Luna was in and pierced her eyes like spears. Her eyes shot open her pupils dilating to small black dots.
"AH IT BURNS! IT BURNS!" Luna hollered covering her eyes. She heard an audible crash downstairs meaning she woke up her hostess by mistake.
She shook away the sun in her eyes and teleported herself downstairs to the living quarter of the home. When she got there she only spotted Coco on the floor her head and front hooves on the floor and her back hooves in the air with her eyes only half opened.
"I see you're awake." Coco said monotone as Luna blushed in embarrassment and chuckling at her actions.
"We apologize for our sudden… wake up call." Luna stated. Coco groaned getting off the floor and into a more comfortable position and dusted herself off
"That okay; why don't you go and wash up while I prepare some breakfast for us." She said heading toward the kitchen while Luna found the bathroom to wash up.
It didn't take long for Luna to wash up just to her mane brushed out and coat washed was all that was needed which was all done in a matter of six and half minutes. She entered the kitchen and was watching Coco preparing their breakfast. Coco was flipping some egg yolks in a frying pan with her mouth while also working on some wheat haybacon and toast.
Coco also prepared some orange juice before hoof. Luckily Coco's couldn't see Luna was drooling a little bit.
"You can come in you know." Coco spoke which caught her off guard.
"How did thou know we were here?" Luna asked.
"Ocean Blue shampoo has a very sharp smell to it." Coco said turning her head to meet Luna's gaze.
"Come and sit down I've just about got it done." Coco smiled and gestured her to a cushion on the floor. Luna sat on the cushion and waited patiently for it to be done.
After another three minutes Coco placed the eggs, haybacon with wheat on two separate plates and carried one over and placed it in front of Luna, and she did the same with hers placing it opposite of Luna's.
"Well dig in you don't want it to get cold do you." Coco said taking a bite of the eggs she made. Luna lifted the haybacon to her mouth with her magic and took a bite out of it. She actually never tasted something like this so her taste buds were new to it.
"This is quite good and simply refreshing." Luna complimented.
"Thank you." Coco smiled. Luna tried to think of something else to talk about but nothing came to mind but she spoke anyway
"So what are thou planning for today?" She asked
"I'm glad you brought that up Luna." Coco began
"Because after learning you're not used to crowds I've decided to for you to get used to some familiar faces around Ponyville." Coco said.
"Your friends I would presume." Luna finished and Coco nodded
"If you saw some familiar faces you might not be scared of crowds and I might also introduce you to some other ponies in town." Coco said. Luna was unsure if her idea was going to work, but she had to get over this fear and her sister did say she needed to interact more with ponies so this would had to work.
"Very well." Luna agreed. After breakfast was finished and Coco washed and cleaned in a matter of twenty minutes and everything was set along with Coco carrying a smaller saddle bag.
"Now how about we go meet some new ponies so they could get to know you." Coco smiled.
Luna only thought was that this day could only go one direction and that was down.
They arrived in at the square in no time but most of the ponies around them were whispering to other or something of another nature or some didn't pay them any mind. "May I ask why they are all staring at us?" Luna asked getting somewhat worried.
"Well… maybe they haven't seen you out in the daylight before." Coco answered
"Go on wave them hello." Coco suggested and Luna gave the ponies a slight wave which only a few waved back others gave her a happy grin.
Then Luna spotted a pony by the boutique Coco worked at. The pony was an earth pony mare with a black mane and tail with a hint of dark gray going through it. She had dark purple eyes that could pierce through somepony like a spear. To wrap it mare's cutiemark was that of a pink Treble Clef like the beginning of a musical chart.
The mare was having trouble carrying what looked like a large violin case on her back but with no such luck. Luna looked at the pony struggling but she had never seen this pony before.
"Well go on." Coco spoke up seeing Luna staring at the pony.
"I would but what if that pony has heard of who I once was and is scared of us." Luna said with a worried tone
"C'mon Luna if you want ponies to like you you've got to interact with them instead of hiding from them." Coco said wisely and Luna knew she was right and she would have to get over her concerns and make the best of it.
And so with her goal set she walked over to the pony in need hopefully to get a positive reaction. Once she was two feet away from the pony she opened her mouth to speak.
"Do thou need some assistance?" She asked. This caught the pony off guard from the sudden voice making said pony to jump and launching the large violin case into the air; very high surprisingly.
"My cello!" the mare called out and gave chase after it trying to catch it.
"Thy will get it!" Luna called out and took the air before you can say Rainbow Dash. The case now described as a cello case was high enough to reach above some of the clouds. She had the case in her sights and prepared to catch it when she was in range. But as the saying goes; what goes up must come down.
And that's exactly what the case did as it began to descend toward the ground. Luna saw this and instead of catching it with her magic she did it the old fashion way. As it made its descent toward her she spread her front hooves so it would be much easier to catch.
The case came at her quickly and made contact with her body with heavy force. Then Luna closes her hooves around the cello case, spread her wings and began to flap them so she could slow down even with the heavy object in hooves, but it was proofing a bit difficult and the ground was approaching fast. Instead she folded in her wings and wrapped her back hooves on the cello case so it would be more secure.
"Oh this is going to hurt… a lot." She thought and braced for the impact… but in never came as she felt like she wasn't falling anymore but instead she felt like she was standing still.
She looked under and noticed a bright white colored net along with many unicorns powering it which also included Trixie and Sunset Shimmer. She then looked down and noticed she was only a few feet from the ground.
The unicorns released the net and let her drop to the ground with a thud. Trixie, Sunset and Coco went to check on her a worried expression on there faces.
"You okay nothing broken?" Sunset asked
"Thy is quite okay Miss. Shimmer." Luna assured her as she set the cello case down and quickly got up and brushed off the dirt from her coat.
The mare that owned the cello case approached it and quickly opened it to check on any damage that was done.
The mare gave a relieving sigh "Good, no damage done." The mare said in a more regal almost Canterlot tone.
Then she looked toward Luna "Thank you. I wouldn't know what would happen if this got damaged." The mare said honestly not noticing that Luna is an alicorn.
Coco then spoke up "Oh Luna I want you to meet local cellist Octavia Melody." Coco said
"Octavia meet Princess Luna." She greeted them.
The mare now known as Octavia was confused "Um… sorry but I'm afraid I have never knew there were two princesses in Canterlot." She said.
Trixie, Coco, and Sunset were surprised at her reaction "Well… the whole town already knows who she." Sunset stated
"Didn't you come to welcome her back?" Trixie asked
"There was a whole celebration about it." She added
"Evidently, no I was at the theater in Manehatten performing." Octavia paused for a moment before speaking again.
"So that's why Vinyl wanted me to go to Manehatten those months ago. Oh when I get back there I'm going to give her a piece of my mind and use her horn as a drill to dig her grave to put her in!" She shouted.
"You know Octavia I can recommend a good anger management class for you." Sunset suggested knowing all too well what anger can get you in.
Octavia grabbed her cello case and put it on her back… well at least try to put it on her back but with some difficulty. Luna smiled and shook her head at Octavia the lit her horn so that it surrounds the cello case in a dark blue aura.
"Allow thy to assist you." Luna said. Octavia agreed and Luna followed just behind the mare along with Coco.
It was about a twenty minute walk before they arrived at their destination which what looked like Octavia's house. The house was two stories. Once they got inside it still had some your basic furniture but also one side was a more rustic brown and had classical pieces while the other side was a wild blue with some music tech and a DJ station of some sorts.
Luna placed the cello case on the furniture where it stayed "You have a great home but why…" Luna began
"The assortment of the color." Octavia added
"It was a...relatives idea." She said placing a hoof on her head
"To be honest I won't be surprised if she's…" They heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen.
"In the kitchen making a snack." She added.
After a while Luna met the mare's relative Vinyl who is better known as DJ-Pon3 to some and is DJ of all things. Vinyl was glad to teach Luna a little bit about what she does since Luna was still new to some of these other things. While that was going on Coco and Octavia talked and actually got to know Luna a little better as well in the process.
Two hours later Coco stared at the clock and almost choked on her tea "Oh dear, time flies when you get to talking." Coco said
"I'm afraid we overstayed our welcome." She said looking over toward Luna
"Come along Luna we have to get going." She said.
"Okay I do believe we must make our leave." Luna agreed
"It has been nice um… 'rocking out' with you but we must be on our way." Luna added.
"Hey no prob. Just come back anytime." Vinyl stated with a grin on her face. And with that Coco and Luna exited Octavia's home
"Now Vinyl we do need to discuss you playing your machines in the house." Octavia said
"At least it didn't break anything." Vinyl replied
"Yes and that we have something else to work on." Octavia said tilting her head toward Coco and Luna.
"Oh… gotcha." Vinyl winked charging up her horn and teleported herself and Octavia to who knows where.
Luna and Coco where now making their way toward Golden Oaks library. "Why are we coming here?" Luna asked
"Oh just wait and see." Coco said with a wink.
Once they got to the door step Coco opened the door and allowed Luna to enter first since Luna had to duck under the door to get in. Once inside the room was pitch black.
"Did Trixie forgot to pay an electric bill?" Luna asked
"I don't think so." Coco replied chuckling a bit.
Then suddenly the lights immediately came on along with a loud "SURPRISE!"
Luna almost jumped out of her skin when she heard the loud scream. But then she got a good look around the room and found Trixie, Sunset, and the rest of the girls there along with almost all of Ponyville, and Octavia and Vinyl. They all seemed to be giving her space so they wouldn't crowd her. But what caught her eye was a large cake in center, along with balloons and streamers around the room.
"W-What is going on here?" Luna asked surprised.
"It's your birthday silly." Pinkie cheered bouncing all over the library.
"But why would thou do this?" She asked again
"Well Coco here thought about giving you a proper welcome back from being on the moon for a thousand years or so." Lightning Dust said cheerfully.
"So she thought throwing you a birthday party might work." Rainbow added.
Luna looked toward Coco who was blushing from the obvious embarrassment "So you planned this." Luna said and Coco nodded
"I thought it could help for all of Ponyville to see you in a different light." Coco smiled. Luna on the other hoof didn't know what to say but seeing every other pony smiling right at her and not being afraid by her appearance was definitely a step up.
Luna cleared her throat before she spoke "I am amazed by this display you have shown me. Not only to bring cheer to my heart but also to one other; pull from my shadows of depression that I'd sunk to." Luna began
"You recognize me as not a princess of the night, not as an alicorn, but as a pony looking for a friend. And for that… I thank you all." She then looked toward Coco
"And you too Coco Pommel." She said.
"Oh it was nothing really." Coco said but before she could react she received a bone crushing hug from Luna.
"It wasn't simply nothing!" Luna says smiling.
"Uh Luna. Can't. Breath." Coco spoke out between breathes.
Luna realized that and let go of her embrace from Coco "Sorry I don't know my own strength sometimes." She apologized.
"Hey aren't we supposed to be having a party!" Pinkie cheered firing her party cannon for confetti and streamers.
As the party moved on Coco watched as Luna was enjoying herself and ponies began to interact with her and she would actually talk back to them to strike up a conversation. Coco couldn't help but smile.
"I think this deserves a letter don't you think." Trixie said bringing up a quill and paper. Coco nodded
"Yes indeed."
"Dear Princess Celestia; I'm writing you from one of Pinkie Pie's parties, and I'm glad to tell you that Luna's troubles are no more. In fact I actually learned something myself from this experience. Sometimes staying alone would benefit yourself, but also it can damage somepony else in the process, but it also takes just one pony to lead them in the right direction to make new friends and memories to come. Sincerely, Coco Pommel. P.S. I'll be sure to have Luna save a slice of cake for you when she returns." Coco wrote.
Hours past, night has fallen and the party now finished with Luna getting ready to leave she looked back with a smile planted on her face "I must bid you goodnight." Luna said bowing her head
"Hey come back anytime when you're free from being a princess." Rainbow said with a smirk.
Luna smiled "I'm sure to make note of that." Luna replied then with a flap of her mighty wings she took to the skies and flew off straight toward Canterlot.
Everypony began to return home. Rainbow and Dust to their respective cloud houses, Trixie, Sunset, and Cheerliee back to their homes, but Coco didn't move from her spot.
Cheerliee looked back "Coco dear, you'll catch your death of cold if you stay out here much longer." Cheerliee said.
"I'll be going in a minute Cheers." Coco called back as Cheerliee was a bit surprised of Coco calling her by Dash and Dust's nickname and simply shook her head heading for home to take care of her filly.
Coco gazed up into the moonlit sky watching the stars and the crescent moon that is out illuminating the sky above.
"Come back soon, Princess Luna." She thought. She got up from her spot and walked on home in the cold night.
?: WARNING! SHIPPING DETECTED!
F3: Oh that's great and to be honest I didn't expect this to happen, but I rolled with the punches as they say.
Pinkie: *Crash through ceiling* WEE! Let's do that again!
F3: And I thought I finally got rid of you.
Pinkie: You'll never be rid of me that easily.
F3: *Groan* Well only two episodes remaining. I'm Fireuser3 Blazing… *Feels raindrop* *Looks up at hole in ceiling* Huh forecast didn't call for rain. *An image of a drawn lightning bolt appears before both are zapped and an explosion occurs*
F3&Pinkie: LOOKS LIKE WERE BLASTING OFF AGAIN! *Stars Twinkle*