The sun shined through the tree tops, casting shadows on the
ground.
Luna walked next to her father still thinking about what the
Summer Wing ponies said. Luna looked up at her horn, it was pearly
white. Little Flitter was still on her head, she was laying down
and looking around. All the Summer wings ponies was still with
the group following them to the Mushrump with Rosy Peach leading
the way.
Stardust looked down at his daughter and saw that she was still
worried about her horn.
"Luna, are you still worried?" Stardust asked.
"Is it really hard to notice?" Luna asked.
"Yes, Luna it is. Just how many ponies are going to get
a close look?" Stardust asked, "Relax Luna, don't worry
about it."
"But..."
"Luna are you worried everyone is going to stare at you?"
Stardust asked.
Luna didn't answered.
"You are a Princess, ponies are going to stare whether they
notice your pearly horn or not. It's something you'll have to
get used to," Stardust told her.
Luna lowered her head causing Little flitter to almost fall off.
Luna looked up at Stardust worriedly, "Why do I have a pearly
horn?"
"I don't know. There's a lot of...things about you that
I have recently noticed that...just doesn't seem normal to the
average pony. Maybe it's because you're a winged Unicorn, I don't
know," Stardust lowered his head and rubbed on her head,
"Don't worry to much, I'll always be here for you if your
in any trouble."
Luna smiled up at him.
"Queen Rosy Peach, how far is it?" King Sunrise asked.
"Just pass the meadow," she answered.
They walked quietly through enjoying the peaceful sound. ahead
they could see the edge of the forest.
"There's the meadow. The Summer Wing ponies took off towards
the meadow and flew around. Stardust and the others walked into
the meadow with the sun shining brightly on them. They continued
walking in the tall grass. Luna looked up at the Summer wing
ponies watching them as they flew around. Their long hair blew
in as they flew. Their wings came in many different colors.
One of them flew down to her and laughed, "Want to play?"
"Play?" Luna asked not sure if she was aloud to.
"Yeah, play tag," The blue pony touched her on the
nose, "your it!" Then she flew away.
"Luna, stay on the ground where I can watch you," Stardust
quickly said.
Luna smiled and ran after them. The Summer Wing ponies scattered
as Luna chased them. She and the Summer Wing ponies laughed as
they played.
"She almost blinding in the sunlight," Starfire muttered
to Stardust.
Stardust smiled, "She's my pretty little girl."
They had walked across the meadow and into the forest but
it didn't last long. They quickly left the forest again and onto
a trail. On each side of them were giant Mushrooms, in the distance
was a house. As they walked close to the house, they noticed
the door half open. Stardust opened the door and walked in. The
windows were dusty, the books were scattered on the floor, one
of the bookcases was flat on the floor. The tables had fallen
over. The walls had burn spots. The chair was half burnt.
"It's quite messy, isn't it?" Queen Rosy Peach asked.
"Why are there burn marks?" Starfire asked.
"That was when Star Cluster was shooting lighting bolts
at us," Queen Rosy Peach answered.
King Sunrise picked up a book blowing the dust off of it. He
opened the book and looked through the pages, "Maybe we
can find the answers ourselves?"
"That's a good idea but we'll have to clean this place first.
It's impossible to find anything in here," Stardust exclaimed.
"Yes, cleaning would be a big help," King Sunrise agreed.
The soldiers can start by setting that bookcase up where is belongs
then help put the book back."
"I'll take care of those burn mark," Starfire added.
"We can clean the windows," Queen Rosy Peach added.
"Me and Luna will help you guys with the books," Stardust
added.
The Summer wing ponies went to the kitchen in another hall and
got a small piece of cloth white Starfire filled a bucket with
water and carried it to the other room. He took the scrub brush
and flew to the wall and began cleaning. The others picked up
the books and carried them to the bookshelves. They spent all
day till sundown cleaning. When they were done, the room was
clean, The wooden floor shined, the windows were clean and clear.
Every book on the floor was gone and put back in their bookcases.
The burn spots wasn't completely gone but not as visible as it
was. The table was on all four legs.
"It's getting to late to look through the books. We'll have
to do it tomorrow," King Sunrise remarked.
"We can sleep in this room for tonight," Stardust proposed.
"It'll be a change from sleeping outside," Starfire
added.
They picked their spots on the floor and laid down. Starfire
slept under the windows. Stardust and Luna slept across from
him. King Sunrise and the soldiers were scattered on the other
side of room. The Summer Wing ponies slept on bookcases, tables,
chairs and even on the ponies.
It was late that night Little Flitter was sound asleep on
Stardust's side, she rolled over to her other side and slid off
of Stardust, down his back and onto Luna's face.
Little Flitter woke up and flew back onto Stardust, then she
quickly went back to sleep. Luna yawned and was about close her
eyes and sleep when she saw a shadow on the wall. Luna sat up
and looked behind her at the window but there was nothing there.
She stood up and walked over to the window. She stood on her
hind legs and reached over Starfire to look out the window but
she saw nothing. She stood for a few minutes looking wondering
who or what it was but there was nothing, it was pitch black
outside. There wasn't a sound to be heard except for the sleeping
ponies in the house.
Just then Starfire moved his legs and knocked Luna off her feet.
She fell on Starfire, waking him up. Starfire opened his eyes
and saw Luna laying on his side with her head against the wall.
"Luna?" Starfire asked tiredly.
Just then a few other ponies woke up.
Luna quickly got off of Starfire and blushed as her face began
to turn red.
"Sorry," She whispered.
"Luna," Stardust called as he yawned, "What are
you doing?"
"I...uh...saw something at the window," Luna answered.
"I guess I knocked you off your feet then?" Starfire
guessed.
"I'm sorry," Luna blushed.
Starfire smiled, "It's ok. Just don't stand over me when
I'm sleeping,"
Luna smiled.
"What did you see?" Stardust asked.
"I...saw a shadow on the wall. I don't know what it was,"
Luna answered.
"It could have been a tree or something," King Sunrise
guess as he yawned.
"There's no trees around this house," Starfire pointed
out.
"Lets talk about it in the morning. Luna, come here and
get some sleep," Stardust told her.
"Ok." Luna walked behind him and curled in a ball.
It wasn't long till everyone was fast asleep. |