Gilda, The Sky's The Limit

Gilda woke up in the soft bed and stretched her arms and wings. After days of sleeping on clouds and on the ground, it was nice to feel so relaxed and rested. She headed over to the bathroom and looked at a mirror. Her feathers were a mess but Gilda didn't care. Looks weren’t important anyway.
She headed out of her room but bumped into somepony by accident.

"Watch were you’re going you..." Gilda saw that the person she bumped in is princess Luna.
"Oh crud I’m sorry about that. You’re not going to send me to the dungeon or something, are you?" asked Gilda nervously.
"It’s my fault, Gilda, don't worry. Actually I was looking for you." Luna smiled at Gilda.
"The captain sent me to get you. So, now that I’ve found you, I guess I have to take you to captain Raisin." Gilda laughed.
"Captain Raisin?! That’s the stupidest name I’ve ever heard ." Luna joined in the laughter. "Well it is rather funny. Shall we get going? The captain say's you don't have to be there until noon so “Maybe we could talk for a bit." Luna giggled.
"Sure, why not?" Gilda said. She was trying to not have her usual style of speaking.

They walked through the halls and talked about things.
"Luna, why did you kiss me on the cheek last night?" asked Gilda. This plagued Gilda’s mind ever since it happened.
"What’s wrong with a friend giving a kiss on the cheek to their friend?" asked Luna, puzzled by Gildas reaction.
"Well nothing it's just friends don't normaly do that. friends in my case ether hi five or i guess in your case hi hoof. " Gilda smiled.
"sorry about that. Being on the moon for a 1000 years can make one disconnected from the way on how everything works you see." Luna sighed. "But I can see that there's one thing we both have in common." said Luna.
"And what's that?" asked Gilda. "Well thou and I don't want to be lonely." said Luna. "That’s true but I don't need any serious relationships." Gilda sighed.
"That’s completely understandable. It’s almost noon so I’ll escort you raisin now." Luna giggled at the name and so did Gilda as they headed of for the training area.

They arrived and were greeted by the masked captain. "Afternoon, Raisin. Trying to be threatening again, I see." said Luna.
"Yeah but what are ya going to do. Custom built armor cost's a horn and a wing these days. Where are my manners, name is Raisin Beam, though everyone calls me Raisin. Yours is Gilda right?" Gilda nodded.
"Okay I’ll teach you how to defend yourself. Luna, you could you sit over there if you want to watch." Luna went over to the area and watched.
"Now Gilda, try to score a hit at the royal guard, but first, can you fight?" asked Raisin.
"Heck yeah I can! What do you think these claws are for, scratching my back?" said Gilda jokingly.
"Sometime attack does not always bring wictory. Try to attack me, for example." Gilda shrugged her shoulder and attacked with claw. Raisin grabbed Gilda’s claw with his mouth and flipped her onto her back. "Sometimes the best offense is the best defence."

"Okay now to see your defensive. I’ll attack you and you block, okay?" Gilda nodded and got ready for the attack.
The captain charged and uppercutted Gilda’s block but Gilda countered by blocking the next punch then head butting the captain, making him go unchournchus. "Crud, I’m screwed." Gilda thought.

A lot of time later...

The captain awoke and saw Gilda and Luna standing over him. "He’s awake." said Luna. She levitated Raisin on to his feet.
"Look, I’m really sorry for knocking you out like that. Guess I don't know my own strength." said Gilda.
"Actually I’m fairly impressed. Not many pony can leave a dent in metal armor... with their head."Raisin rubbed his head and smiled at Gilda.
"I think that will be enough for today. Good day to you two. Now if you excuse me, I’m going to fix the dent in this helmet. You have fun Gilda." and with that Raisin flew off to fix his mask.

"So Luna, what's there to do around here?" asked Gilda. "Hmm, let me think... I have no clue." said Luna.
"But you live here. What do you do all day anyway if you don't do anything?" asked Gilda. There was a slight anger in her voice but she kept it low in front of the princess.
"I usually talk with the guards and with my sister during the day and at night I have to keep the moon and stars up by staying awake all night long." said Luna, smiling the whole time.
"That sounds boring." Gilda made Luna angry somehow. "Well excuse me but I’ve been on the moon for a 1000 years, so my knowledge of what ponies do now is a bit out of date!" exclaimed Luna.
"Okay, look I’m sorry. Look how about I teach you how to fly?" said Gilda. Luna smiled.
"I would be eternally grateful for that." and with that Gilda and Luna went off to find a suitable flying area.

They searched around the castle for a decent area to practice. The problem was they had to find a place that had a soft landing and decent enough space for movement. After a while Luna had an idea.
"Let’s use my private garden! There’s plenty of room in there for flying." exclaimed Luna.
"Wait you have private garden? Huh. That’s unexpected." said Gilda. This caused Luna to be puzzled.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Luna. "Nothing. Look let's just go to the garden." and with that they went off.

Luna led Gilda to her room. She opened a portal. "Follow me Gilda." they jumped through the portal.
They ended up outside of Canterlot and in a part of an open patch of land in a forest.
"So where’s the garden? All I see are tree's, tree's and more tree's." said Gilda.
"Well, it's called a private garden for a reason." Luna horn created a quick flash that made the plants appear.
"Cool. You like growing roses I see." said Gilda. "I love roses. They always reminded me sun and the moon, hence why I grow black and red roses." Luna smiled. "What about you Gilda, have you grown anything before?"
"Not really. Unless you count green stuff that grew on my wings once." said Gilda.
"I guess that counts. Anyway what about this flying lesson?" said Luna.
"Right okay. See that hill over there? You get to the top and jump and start flying. And if you fall, I’ll catch ya." Luna nodded.

Luna got to the top of the hill while Gilda waited at the bottom of the hill.
"Okay Luna are you ready?" shouted Gilda. "Yes I’m ready." and with that Luna started to fly.
She was a bit off in terms of her flying, kind of like a young flier, same amount of skill so in other words very little.
"You’re doing great Luna, just a little bit further." shouted Gilda again.
Luna was doing well until a strong wind threw her off and then started to fall. "Help me Gilda!" Luna screamed as she fell to the ground. Gilda grabbed the falling alicorn, but crashed as well, causing both of them got knocked out.

Luna was the first to wake up and to see what had happened. She saw white feathers over her and also saw that Gilda was holding her tightly. She also that Gilda had hit her head into something across her face, causing some bleeding.
"Gilda please wake up." Luna said to Gilda. Gilda’s eyes opened up to see Luna right next to her.
"What happened?" Gilda got up and looked around. There was no damage though she felt a pain in her head.
"You caught me as I was falling and crashed. I’m sorry." said Luna, lowing her head.
"What for? You’re just a beginner and you can mess up here and there." said Gilda smiling.
"But me crashing gave you that cut on your head." Gilda wiped her head and saw some blood on her claw.
"That’s nothing Luna." Gilda smiled as the blood ran down her face. Luna smiled.
"Let me fix that up for you Gilda." Luna’s horn started to shine and the wound on Gildas head started to fix up.
"Thanks Luna. So... what should we do now?" asked Gilda. "I think we should go back now." Luna opened a portal and they went back to Luna’s room.

After a while Gilda started to get tired. "Well Luna" Gilda yawned "I’m off to bed. What about you?" asked Gilda?
"I’ve got to stay up and keep the stars out so I’ll see you tomorrow." said Luna.
"well okay and look i'm sorry for saying your star thing was boring." said gilda.
"it's okay. i over reacted that's all. i thought you meant the stars them selves were boring." said luna.
"they look nice. i'm guessing you have to make them all?" luna nodded and gilda yawned.
luna went off to look after the stars and Gilda went off to her room and went to sleep... after she wiped the blood out of her feathers of course.

(double thanks to stalin again for helping with again everything.)