An Electrifying Journey

Chapter 42 - Back home

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I ran past the various houses along the street as i make my way to Twilight's. I looked up to the sky and i appears that rainbow and flashy are already gone. They must have already reached the library... I continued to sprint down the path and in a minute, the library was in sight. I slowed down and walked over to the library, trying to catch my breath. I opened the door and heard twilight say "Wow. Who is this new guy?" i then heard flashy screech. I went in and i saw flashy perched on Twilight's right hoof. "oh, hey Davis, this belongs to you?" Twilight said and flashy flew over to me and perched on my right shoulder. I put out my right arm and the hawk jumped to it. I grunted as its sharp claws scratched my skin. "yeah... I got him from fluttershy" Twilight nodded her head "i see. He is quite a sigh." I smiled and looked around for Rainbow Dash but she was nowhere in sight... She must have gome somewhere else. "what's his name?" the purple pony asked and took a closer look at the hawk. "flashy the hawk." Twilight giggled "what a cute name. Is there a reason why you called him that?" i looked at flashy and stroked its fine and smooth brown feathers. "he quite fast. You should have seen him race with rainbow just now."

"rainbow was with you?"

"yeah. I met her on the way to fluttershy's cottage."

"have any plans today?" Twilight asked as she walked to her desk and packed her notes into a file and placed it on the shelf with other files. "well maybe-" i was cut off as spike opened the door and shouted "Twilight! Princess celestia had just sent a letter!" spike ran to twilight and gave her the rolled parchment. She scanned through it. "its for you. Something about a package?" i took the letter from her and began reading.

Dear Prince Davis,

I am happy to annouce that the equipment i helped you ordered a few days ago is now ready to be collected. Either i send the equipment to you or you come here and collect them youself. I suggest you come back to collect and visit the castle. My sister is starting to get very worried and really misses you a lot. Even though sam tried to give her company, she still misses your presence here. Send me back a letter when you decided on how you are going to collect the package. I hope to see you soon,

Princess Celestia.

I rolled the parchment. I think i should go home... I miss luna myself and i need that craftsmen to help carve this magic stone to a much smaller size and in a certain shape... I looked at the necklace of luna that thomas bought on earth. It was hidden under my shirt, hmm i wondered where that has been... I am coming back Luna, dont worry "spike, help me send a letter to Celestia that i am going back to collect the package myself." Spike nodded his head and did a salute for some reason before setting off to write the reply letter i was about to go upstairs to pack my bag until twilight asked, "Package? What package? Are you going back?" i looked at twilight. "yeah i am. Luna is starting to get worried and i am going there to collect the equipment i ordered for me and Thomas's costume for nightmare night. Suddenly, i heard the door upstairs open and out came Thomas "canterlot? Your going back?" he noticed Flashy "hey. Whose that?" Flashy cawked and then it peck at an itch under its wing "My new pet, Flashy the hawk. And yeah, i am going back. Wanna come?" Thomas scratched the back of his head "um. Yeah i guess... I will go pack my stuff. i looked at the wall clock and it read 11am. Whoa its still that early?

I entered my room and packed my saddlebag. I brought my clothes and magic stones and that is pretty much it. I took my wallet from the sidetable, checking to see if the 500 bits i brought for no reason was still there. I put my wallet into my pocket and walked out of the room and down the stairs. Twilight and Thomas were already down there i heard thomas greet twilight goodbye and then they did a short kiss. I did not mind since luna and I also do it. I approached twilight and hugged her "thanks for the time here, twi, i promise i will be back." we broke the hug and twilight reassured "of course you will be back" she smiled and thomas and i were about to set out until i remembered something "oh yeah, twi, what time is the nearest train and how long will it take?" Twilight thought for while and answere. "the nearest one should 12 noon. And it takes only three hours, two hours faster than by carriage. Why? Your not going there by air?" i shook my head and said my final goodbye to Twilight before going outside and we started our walk to the train station.

"so how did you get that awesome hawk anyway?" i looked at the watch and saw that there was still fifteen minutes till our ride. I decided to buy some snacks at sugarcube corner before boarding. "well... I adopted it from fluttershy"

"for free?" thomas said as he looked at the majestic bird perched on my shoulder. "yeah." i looked at flashy who was just taking a look around quietly. I must say, i enjoy his silence. Better than those noises and impulsive ones that cause a lot of disturbance... We went into the bakery shop and saw pinkie at the counter applying frosting on the cupcakes in a box. She saw me and greeted me with a smile. I stood infront of the counter and looked at the wide variety of cupcakes displayed. "here for a cupcake?" she asked. I looked for the one i liked and said "i will take three chocolate and four butter cupcakes please." and pinkie immediately took the right amount for the respective cupcakes and placed it on the counter "anything else?" i looked at thomas and nodded my head to say that he can also choose his own "five chocolate chip cookies and i will have some of those cupcakes with strawberry frosting." wow. He sure is hungry... Pinkie, again, took the ordered items, placed them in a bag and placed the bag on the counter. She took one butter cookie and handed it to me "maybe one more for your buddy there. Why are you ordering so much? Are you guys going off somewhere?" she asked in her hyper and high pitched tone. "oh yeah. I forgot about flashy. Thanks. Yeah. We are going back to canterlot." i placed the amount of bits that were flashed on the cashier onto the counter. "okie dokie. Have a nice davis and thomas!" she greeted as thomas and i walked out of the shop.

Now it was 11 50. Ten minutes till the train goes off. We were on the platform and walked to the ticket office and purchased two tickets to canterlot. It was a bit expensive. Each ticket cost 50 bits. All the cupcakes we purchased just now was only 3 bits. We went into one of the train cars and took our seat at the middle where there was seats for at least four ponies and a table was stationed in the middle. I sat next to the window and Thomas sat on the opposite side. We placed our saddlebags under the table and i placed our baked goods on the table. Flashy perched on the top of the cushion seat next to me. I took out his cookie and positioned it right outside his beak "want some?" flashy screeched and took a bite on the cookie. I felt ashamed when he screeched but i realised that there was no one else on this car. Maybe they were at the other car so it will be okay for flashy to make noise... Flashy cawed in delight and started taking quick bites from the cookie on my hand. I broke it into small pieces and gave one piece to him and placed the rest into the paperbag.

I took one piece of my chocolate cupcake out and began eating it. I passed thomas the paperbag containing his cupcakes and cookies and he began digging for a cookie and started munching on it. The attendant shouted "train is departing for canterlot! All aboard who is coming aboard!" and i heard train bell ring and after a few seconds, the train screeched as the wheels started moving. After ten seconds, the train was out of the station at a fast speed. It chugged past the houses and exited the town. Thomas and davis poked their head out of the window as they took a last glimpse of ponyville behind them. Flashy screeched, asking for more food and i took one more piece and passed it to him. I heard the car door open and in came the attendant. "Prince! May i have your tickets please." i nodded my head and passed the stallion thomas's and my tickets to him. He punched a hole that was shaped like a a tick. He passed it back to me "thank you. Your majesty." i really adored his respect and decided to tip him some bits. "here." i pulled my hand out to him and it contained 4 bits "... For your good service" he was surprised and accepted the kind offering and thanked me again before leaving the car.

An hour later, we were traveling upwards to the mountains and thomas was already asleep. I finished my third cupcake and placed the paperbag on the table. Flashy hopped over to my lap and it sat there, leaning its head in my stomach, trying to fall asleep. I stroked its feathers, leaned my head on the window frame and closed my eyes to sleep. I thought of some stuff before i was fast asleep.

After about an hour and a half, i was woken up by Thomas.

"what?" i yawned and thomas pointed out of the window to the beautiful city of Canterlot in the distance. I rubbed my eyes to ward off the sleepiness. "we are almost there." he said as he picked up his saddlebag and placed it on his lap. I was in a daze as i was not fully awake yet. I picked my saddlebag clumsily and placed it on the seat beside me. I then realised something different. I looked at my lap and back to Thomas. "hey, where is flashy?" I looked around the car to see nothing but empty seats and table. Thomas fished for his final cupcake from the paperbag and took a bite from it. "he flew off. He should be right on top" a rush of worry and anger got to me "WHAT? Why did you let him fly off?" i said and poked my head out and looked at the sky. "relax..." thomas looked out and pointed at the flying spot of brown feathers flying beside the train. "...he is just there. It was hard to keep him still. He kept on making noises, demanding to be let out. So i did." i calmed down and heaved a sigh of relief.

Five minutes later, we were in the Canterlot train station we departed and saw a lot of guards stationed there, on both sides of the station, two beside each door and at least four in the middle. All of them saluted to me and Thomas and we stood in the middle of all the guards. Another guard appeared through the doors and walked over to me. He has a different mane than the rest and his armour was different. His mane has two different shades of blue, one seemes to be cyan and the other, dark blue. his mane stayed up straight as he was wearing the roman-like helmet. His armour is purple with gold along the edges and the back. On his chest was a shield-shaped badge with some sort of like the spark that Twilight has on her cutie mark and like most of the other guards, his coat was white. And it seems he is in charge.

He stood in front of me. "welcome back to canterlot, prince Davis and Thomas. Her highness is waiting for you at the castle. She wants me to bring you there." i stood there for a while until i realised he was waiting for an anwer. "oh... Umm... Sure. Lead the way." he turned around and began walking out of the train station. Thomas and i followed and as we exit the station, all the other guards cut their salute together sharply. The guard led us through a park of some sort and through a gate leading to the castle and as we climbed the stairs that leads to one of the many doors into the castle, i heard a scream of a bird and looked up to see flashy making circles as he slowly descended and eventually landed on my right shoulder. The guard noticed this and asked "he is with you?" i nodded my head and the guard continued to lead the way.

He lead us into the castle and we made twist and turns and finally we were infront of the towering doors of the royal chamber. The two royal guards stationed on either side of the doors used their magic to open them. We walked in until we were a few steps away from the stairs leading to the thrones. I saw only celestia in her throne. "Your highness, i brought Prince Davis and Thomas." he kneeled followed by us. "rise." celestia said and Thomas, the guard and i stood up. "leave us please." she said politely to the guard. "yes. Your highness." he kneeled again and left us. Once we were now alone, Celestia broke her seriousness and smiled. This made me feel more welcomed. "welcome back, prince Davis and Thomas.i am glad you chose to come back. It is different without you..." she looked at flashy who was staring at her as well "i see you have a new friend." i smiled at her. "yeah, his name is flashy. Fluttershy was kind enough to let me adopt him."

She nodded her head and smiled "well… no surprise that fluttershy would do that, she is one of the kindest ponies i have ever met. Anyway, the equipments are already in your room. You can go check on them now if you like." i nodded my head "ok, i am tired anyway... So i might have a nap after this. Anyway, where is everyone?" i looked around the empty throne room and so did thomas. "Your parents are in town for lunch and some shopping. Luna and Sam is upstairs in the bedrooms, i am not sure which one, and bryan is in the barracks with the other guards."

"i see… can we go up now or is there anything else you want from us, Princess?" Thomas asked, getting a bit excited to see the equipment. "wait. I want to ask one last thing..." Celestia said with a confused face. "... Why did you choose to order for such items anyway?" i chuckled "its for a costume for nightmare night." celestia leaned back "i see... Well, that is all. If your hungry for lunch, ask the chefs or the servants. They will be more happy to serve you. Other than that, have a good afternoon you two." Thomas and i turned around. "alright, thanks princess!" thomas said as we walked past the giant doors that were opened again.

We went upstairs and walked down the familiar hallway where my bedroom was located at. I resisted the urge to knock on Luna's door as i am afraid that i might disturb her sleep or something. I turned the knob on my door and entered. I saw Luna and Sam on my bed talking among one another. Both of them turned around and Luna suddenly felt angry looking at me. "oh. Davis, Thomas, your back. The equipment is in that box there." Sam pointed at a big cardboard box stored at the corner of my room and thomas ran to it and shuffled through the items contained in it. "oh, ok thanks." i smiled and sat on the bed beside luna and hugged her. She did not seem to hug me back and pushed me away. I felt that something must have happened to her. "whats wrong Luna?" i asked. Luna looked at me with angry eyes. "I know you are lying!"

"what?" i asked, confused. Luna sat up and faced me and poked my chest painfully with her hoof. "i know you were in Ponyville! I saw it myself!" she shouted in anger, making me feel scared. This made thomas stop digging in the container and looked at us. I felt shocked "h-how?" she again shouted in anger, "i saw you and Twilight sparkle on hill this morning! Why did you lie to me, saying you went to another town for some 'royal' duty?" i felt very scared and nervous as Luna shouted at me "Luna, i cant tell you that, i am sorry, and me and twi were just-"

"why cant you tell me? I am your mare friend for pony sake!" this time, i felt a trace of worry in her voice. This made me feel better but still, i felt bad. "because it is about you, Luna! I was doing something for you!" i said, trying to make my partner calm down. "w-what? Y-you were? W-why? What for?" she asked in guilt and regret. I smiled at the her "dont you remember? Your birthday is two days away... I went to ponyville to look for your present. And twilight was just helping me after a spell that went wrong and caused me to be on the hills." i smiled. Suddenly, the world around me began to swirl except luna. My surroundings changed into somewhere familiar. After more spinning, it came to a stop and we were in her room.

She smiled at me and i smiled back, staring into her blue eyes. She then looked sad and she confessed "i am sorry Davis... I-i thought you lied to me to-to spend more time away from me a-and-" i cut her off "dont be silly Luna, i cherish every second with you and longed to be with you whenever i am not." she smiled and we hugged each other. I felt very happy that i managed to calm her down. She let go and asked "so... What is your present for me?" i chuckled and combed her mane "secret... Wait until its your birthday." luna leaned her head against my chest as we lay on her bed. "i dont like to wait..." she whined. I chuckled and kept quiet. After a while, i noticed that luna fell asleep. Feeling drowsy, i wrapped my arms around her and slept with her.

Outside the room, flashy flew on the window frame and watched his owner and his partner sleep. He chirped and turned around to look at its new home and it slept there, perched on the window frame...