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The sky was dark and the stars twinkled brightly through the
drifting clouds. Luna laid awake in her bed thinking about her
locket. Her friends had tried looking for it but couldn't find
it, even Blueberry, Blizzard and Skyview looked but her locket
was no where to be found. Luna closed her eyes trying to sleep
but she couldn't stop thinking about her locket. She climbed
out of bed making sure she didn't wake up Little Flitter who
was sleeping on a pillow on her dresser.
"I got to find it. I'll be back before anyone knew I was
gone," Luna thought knowing what she was about to do would
get her in trouble.
Luna winked out and appeared in front of the school. She walked
around the grass with her horn glowing as she searched for her
locket. She wondered into the school playground and looked around
but it wasn't there. She winked into the school and searched
the halls. She went to her desk to look but it wasn't there.
"Where could it be?" Luna thought, "The park?
but it was searched...wait a minute. I go to the lake a lot with
Blueberry, it could be there." Luna deeply hoped she would
find it.
She winked out and appeared at the lake in the park. With
her glowing horn she began search the grass around the lake.
She had walked around the lake and was heading towards the docks
when a pony suddenly stepped in front of her. Luna stopped and
looked up, to her great surprise it was the ice blue pony, the
one she had heard so much about. She had always wanted to see
him and now she got her chance.
"Umm...Hi," Luna muttered nervously. She couldn't see
his face or his mane but he was defiantly ice blue with hairy
feet. Then she realized the pony was about her age. She couldn't
stop staring at him. She couldn't get over how close he was and
the fact she was really seeing him.
Blizzard was just a surprised as she was. He had never been
so close to her. As he stared at her, he felt something was familiar
about her but she didn't know what it was.
"Are...are you after me?" Luna asked, "If so...why?"
"I'm ordered to kill you," his whispering voice answered
suddenly he blew icy freezing air on her.
Little Flitter was sound asleep as she rolled to her other
side, suddenly she slipped off and fell on the dresser. Little
Flitter yawned and flew up to her pillow when she suddenly noticed
Luna was gone. She flew to the bed to be sure she wasn't seeing
things. She then flew to the kitchen and around the other rooms
but Luna wasn't there, then she flew to Skyview's room but his
door was closed. She knocked on the door knowing he would hear
her. A few minutes later the door opened and there stood a very
tired Skyview with his eyes half closed.
"This had better be important," Skyview muttered.
"It is. Luna isn't in bed," Little Flitter replied.
Skyview's eyes suddenly looked wide awake. He didn't have to
look around the house, he could sense that she had left.
"Go back to sleep. I'm going out to find her," Skyview
replied.
Skyview winked to the forest thinking she was out exploring
but his sense told him she wasn't there. He winked to the park
hoping she was there walking around, suddenly his senses became
strong, she was very close. Skyview followed his sense to the
lake and gasped when he saw Luna turning to ice. Skyview winked
next to her, then he grabbed her and winked out.
"Him again!" Blizzard exclaimed, "I just can't
get her when he's around!"
Skyview winked to the bathroom at home. He turned on the lights
and saw Luna's coat hanging with icicles. Her hooves were ice.
Luna stood shaking as tears flowed from her eyes. She couldn't
believe the pony that was her age had just tried turn her to
an ice cub and was even going to kill her. Skyview quickly filled
the tub with hot water, close to warm. He picked up Luna and
put her in the tub. Luna could feel the ice on her feet loosening
and melting. The steam from the hot water was meting the icicles
on her fur. Luna looked up at Skyview and saw is angry face staring
at her. She had seen his angry face when he got mad at Starfire
but he had never gotten mad at her.
"Just what were you thinking?" Skyview exclaimed, "You
know better than to go out at night. Weren't you told not to
leave the house at night?" When Skyview didn't get an answer
he continued, "Answer me."
"Yes," Luna replied as tears dripped from her cheek.
"Luna, I don't know if I can trust you again. You were told
not to go out and you did anyways. That ice blue pony almost
got you and if it wasn't for Little Flitter he would have. If
anything had happened to you under my care, Stardust would be
forever mad at me and you know it's best not to get him mad."
Luna's legs felt warm and she was able to move them again. She
laid in the water feeling her body quickly warming up as she
cried, "I'm sorry." She looked up at him and saw he
was still mad.
When she felt she had completely thawed out she stood and walked
out of the tub. Skyview took two towels from the rack on the
wall and handed it to her. Luna quickly dried her coat then her
wings and hair.
"Now, get to bed," Skyview told her.
Luna turned and left the bathroom with Skyview behind her. He
followed her to her room and waited till she climbed in bed.
"I'm sorry," Luna whispered.
"I know but we could have lost you for good because you
didn't listen," Skyview replied walking towards the door.
Luna began to cry, she rubbed her eyes with her hoofs, "I
was looking for my locket."
Skyview turned and looked at her, "You were out looking
for you locket?" He walked to her bedside, "Luna, your
locket is not worth losing you. I could have gone out and looked
for you but tonight I was so very tired."
Luna sobbed trying to keep quiet.
"Mom and dad gave me the locket....I...I never take it off.
I look at it when I miss them," Luna thought about her parents
and the times she looked at her locket when she missed them.
She began to feel lonely and miss them, she felt bad for losing
something she had promised never to take it off.
Skyview sat on her bed. Luna leaned on him and cried, "It's
special...to me."
"I want your promise, your word as a Princess that you will
never sneak out again."
"I promise," Luna replied crying.
"I hope I can trust you to keep your word," Skyview
told her.
"I won't do it again," Luna muttered.
She covered her face and continued to cry.
Skyview sat on the bed till she had cried herself to sleep. He
lied her in the center of the bed and covered her.
"Luna, that was just to close," Skyview whispered at
the thought of when he saw her and the ice blue pony in the park.
He turned from her bed and quietly left her room.
The next morning Luna laid in bed with a painful headache
and sore nose. She didn't dare move her head or body. Skyview
had woken up and just past her room when he noticed her in bed.
He walked in the room and wasn't surprised to see she had a cold.
Just then Rosebud walked in the room, "She's got a bad cold."
Skyview noticed a book on the dresser or floating over the dresser,
"I noticed."
"She told me she went out last night. Perhaps this will
teach her to listen next time," Rosebud hopped.
Luna let a tear fall from her eye, she was still thinking about
how mad Skyview was last night and how she had sneaked out of
the house. Rosebud sat on the bed and stroked her head and dried
her tear.
"Don't cry. It'll make your headache feel worse," Rosebud
told her.
Skyview stood and looked around at the floating books and objects,
"Maybe I'll take some things out of this room till she's
better."
"Please do Skyview."
"Skyview," Luna whispered.
Skyview walked to her bedside, "Yes?"
"I saw him...the ice blue pony. He was my age."
"I know, Luna. I've seen him too."
"Why him? He's a little pony like me."
Skyview stood and pondered on her question. Why would a little
pony go after Luna?
"I don't know, Luna," Skyview answered.
Luna let a few more tears drip from her cheek, "He said
he was ordered to kill me."
Skyview looked at her surprisingly. That was something he didn't
know. The little pony was ordered to? Who would order a little
pony to kill another pony? When he had seen and fought the pony
there was no hint or sign or rejection.
"Are you sure he said that?" Skyview asked.
"Yes," Luna answered.
Skyview continued to think about what Luna said as he walked
around her room grabbing floating items.
"In the past when she had a cold, her powers weakened but
within the last year or two they just seem to go out of control
when she's sick," Rosebud observed.
"Well, it could be because she is Kesia a white dragon and
as a little pony she can use the dragon's power and enhance her
own unicorn powers," Skyview guessed.
Rosebud looked at Luna and felt her forehead again, she felt
very warm, "Let me make you some soup then you should get
some rest."
Rosebud left the room and hurried to the kitchen to make soup.
Little Flitter hovered nearby as she watched curiously. After
she had made the soup and put it in a bowel, she carried it upstairs
with Little Flitter behind her. The soup was hot as steam rose
from the bowel. When Luna saw her mother with the soup, she carefully
sat up in bed. Rosebud handed her the soup. Luna took the spoon
and blew on the soup till it was cool enough to eat. When she
finished Rosebud took the bowel and left the room. Skyview closed
the curtains while Luna laid back on the bed. He carried her
stuff out of her room and placed it in his room on the floor.
After the morning had past and Skyview was the next room reading
when there was a sudden knock at the door. Little Flitter went
in the next room with Skyview, she knew better than to follow
Rosebud to the door. She was told never to be seen at the door.
Rosebud walked to the front door and opened it. There stood Luna's
friends with Blueberry.
"Lunarstar didn't come to school today. Is she alright?"
Starlight asked worriedly.
"She's sick but I'll let her know you all came by,"
Rosebud answered.
"Would you tell her I said to get well soon?" Blueberry
asked.
"Yes...umm what's your name?" Rosebud asked.
"Blueberry."
Skyview lifted his head the book when he heard the name. That
was the pony Luna loved, the one Luna was not suppose to get
so attached to.
"I will," Rosebud replied.
The girls turned and left with Blueberry. Rosebud shut the door
while Skyview stood up and left the room.
"I'll see how Luna is. She's been asleep all day,"
Rosebud told him.
"I'll go with you," Skyview added.
They walked upstairs and saw Luna still asleep. Rosebud touched
her forehead, it was warm but not as hot as this morning.
"She's getting better," Rosebud whispered. She lightly
shook Luna awake, "How are you feeling?"
Luna smiled, "Better at lest..."Luna suddenly felt
like a sneeze was coming. Her nose began to tingle, "...I
don't have a headache." Suddenly she sneezed and the door
slammed shut.
"Great, Now the sneezing. At lest you took everything out
of her room," Rosebud told him.
"Yes, except for the dresser, it's to big to carry out,"
Skyview replied.
Just then there was a knock at the door. Rosebud left Luna's
room and hurried downstairs. She opened the door and found Blizzard
standing there with a blank look on his face.
"Is Lunarstar here?" Blizzard ask.
"Yes but she sick."
"Oh, well could you give this to her?" Blizzard asked
as he took out a while envelope form his bag.
"Sure," Rosebud answered and took the envelope.
"It's from Miss Hackney," Blizzard told her.
"What's your name?" Rosebud asked, "So I can tell
Lunarstar who brought this to her."
"My name is Blizzard," Then he turned and left.
Rosebud closed the door and went upstairs to find Luna still
sneezing.
"Blizzard came to give this to you," Rosebud told her
as she handed Luna the sealed envelope.
"Blizzard?" Skyview asked thinking about the winter
wind and the blizzard that was in her room at Dream Castle.
"Yes, it's just another boy pony from her school,"
Rosebud answered.
Luna quickly opened the envelope and gasped shockingly, "It's
my locket!" Then she took out a note and read it, "Dear
Lunarstar. I missed you today in school, hope to see you back
soon. I found your locket on the seat of your desk. I think it
broke off from the constant rubbing on your desk. It happened
quite often at school. Next time I suggest you take it off in
class or be very carful."
Rosebud and Skyview smiled, they were glad to see Luna happy
again.
"You see Lunarstar, It eventually showed up," Rosebud
remarked.
Luna smiled greatly, "Yes it did," then her smile faded,
"I went out last night for nothing."
"Apparently so," Skyview replied, "I hope you
learned a great lesson about sneaking out again."
Luna smiled at him, "next time I'll wait till morning."
"Lunarstar, I'll put the locket away, you just get some
rest," Rosebud told her.
Luna gave her the locket and laid back down while sneezing.
Rosebud and Skyview quietly left her room. |