Luna's visions
It was a warm day in Canterlot. Luna stood at the edge of the balcony, and stared out at the sun, which was slowly setting on the beautiful twilight. Celestia saw Luna simply sitting there, not moving. She was not moving because she was comtemplating. She didn't know why, but she had the feeling something was going to happen. When she felt her big sister's hoof on her shoulder, she snapped out of it.
"Pardon me, sister. I was pondering."
Celestia took her hoof off of her shoulder and used her magic aura to levitate some delicious moon cake to where she was.
"What's on your mind, Luni Mooni?"
Luna's eyebrows immediately dropped on top of her angry eyes.She was breathing heavily, but soon, she calmed herself down.
"Sister, thou knows I don't like said name. I would would greatly be more partial to you simply addressing me as 'Luna'. I shan't have this behaviour on my side of the castle."
"Please, forgive me. I only meant it to be funny." she giggled. "Luna, what is on your mind?"
"Well," she began, "I sense something important will happen soon. I don't know when or why this will happen, but I can feel it."
Celestia finished swallowing a piece of cake, and after a moment of pleasure from the taste, she made eye contact with the medium-sized pony she still calls 'Woona'. She cleared her throat and began to speak:
"Very well, I understand how you feel. This has happened to me once or twice, though usually it's just gas." That was it. She couldn't hold it in anymore. She broke out laughing on the floor.
Luna got mad again and talked in an irritated tone of voice:
"Tia, this is serious! What I sense is not related to the bodily odor."
"Okay, okay," she said in an apologetic voice. "Seriously, sister, everypony knows you have a sixth sense none of us can quite grasp. Perhaps you can sense the future. I can't do that!" Celestia scooched closer and gave her a comforting smile. Luna pressed close against her sister's chest and almost cried.
"You truly think so? I'm honored."
"I fully believe what I just said. Never forget that, Luna. I think you're more special than Twilight and all her friends, combined. Sometimes you hide your talents, though. Nopony knows you can walk through dreams. That's a gift you should share!"
"Honestly Tia, I think everypony would be a bit frightened I was seeing their personal dreams."
"I understand and respect your decision. Come now, sister. The moon is... 12 seconds late."
"Of course."
Luna's lovely blue magic aura began to shine as she took the moon and flew with all her might upwards. The moon came up with her. She remebered she struggled when she was a little filly. It would take all her power to raise the moon, but not anymore. It was a skill she effortlessly performed now.
Upon reaching the ground again, she hugged her sister.
"Woah," gasped Celestia with a slight blush, "what's this hug for?"
"Princess Celestia, goddess of the sun, you are the only pony who has ever believed me. Thank you for that."
Celestia slightly hesitated, but soon took the full embrace of her younger siblings' hug. She loved her alot, and she loves to see her happy more than anything else.
"Good luck patrolling the night... Luni." Luna clearly showed her anger, but Celestia ran off before the pony could lecture her.
Luna soon shrugged it off and began to enter the dreams of the ponies in ponyville. Every night it was a different town, that way, she could see as many dreams as possible, in order. She first entered Twilight Sparkle's dream. This meant she was the closest to Canterlot physically, not mentally. She paid close attention.
It was another dream about Shining Armor. Luna knew Twilight had a lot of those. She only needed to check if it was happy or sad. Once she knows that, she can make the dream more memorable, if it's happy, and less memorable, if it's sad. Since it was a happy dream, she enhanced Twilight's memory in that area and continued.
She saw many, many, dreams. She saw Rainbow's dream, Rarity's dream, Derpy's dream, Blossomforth's dream, Mrs. Cake's dream, all of which were happy.
She entered one dream she wasn't familiar with. It was Scootaloo's dream. It wasn't in ponyville, like most of the other dreams. This one took place in a home with far more different architectural details than the homes of ponyville. It was a family. There was a father sitting on a big, velvety seat next to the fire. He seemed very robust and comfortable in his seat. On the rug there was a mare with her fillies and her colt. The mare had a light orange coat and blue hair that had a red streak down the middle. The princess couldn't quite see her cutie mark. There was also a young mare that had a aqua-colored coat and beautiful blue and red curly mane. Next to her was a very small filly, with an orange coat and velvet hair. She seemed so familiar. Then, Luna realized.
It was Scootaloo.
The princess was slightly caught off-guard by this, and exited the dream. She quickly returned, though. Luna could see how happy Scootaloo was with those ponies. She was laughing and playing. Suddenly, everything went tragic. The young mare jumped on top of her father and bumped over the seat. The seat caught fire and the stallion's leg, too. The mare, which seemed to be his wife, cried out to him. Her cries were faint, but hearable. She said:
"No, please, don't go. Come on! You have to get out! Hurry, Simmer, please!"
She started to cry,
"Celestia, please, help! What are you waiting for?!"
He simply stared up as if to say: "Go. I'll only hold you back."
A piece of wood was about to fall off the roof. After that, nopony would ever see him again. Just as the chunk fell off, she jumped in and cradled her dying husband, and perished in the flames along with him. Scootaloo was left looking up at her big sister for guidance. Out of nowhere, she grabbed a baby carrier Luna hadn't seen and placed it on her back. She told Scootaloo to run as fast as she could.
They both ran and crawled through the fire. Almost near the front exit, a flaming nightstand fell on top of her big sister. She moaned in pain. Scootaloo ran up to her sister so she could comfort her.
"I-it's gonna be a-alright, Leanie. Come one, I'll help you!"
The young pegasus attempted to lift the table, but got burned a little.
"Ooouch." She sat next to her, but Leanie pushed her away.
"Go." she said at her dying breath, "leave and get Ollie, get... o---"
She was gone, and the little filly began to cry. She soon realized she had a foal she was supposed to rescue. She took the basket in her mouth and ran out the door. Almost as soon as she got out, the foundation of the house fell apart, and the whole thing crumbled.
When she looked to the side, she saw fireponies coming. Scootaloo panicked, and began to cry. She decided to leave her baby brother there, and ran off. Her dream ended there.
Luna stepped out of her dream and realized hours had gone by. Not only that, but she realized something else...
Scootaloo was an orphan.
Author's Note
I intend to make this more informative for the next chapter. Thank you for reading!
Stay cool,
Enthereta Buzzpone.
*RIIIIIIIIIIIIING RIIIIIIIIIIIIG*
The school bells announced the end of the week. All the happy fillies and colts were running out of the ponyville schoolhouse, anticipating how they were going to spend their weekend. Of all these young ponies, three stood out. Sweetie Belle, AppleBloom, and Scootaloo. Scootaloo watched as Sweetie Belle and AppleBloom joked around and told how they were gonna spend their weekends. She remained silent, though. Sweetie, concerned, nudged her friend and asked what was wrong.
"Scoots, come on! You should be happy! We just got out of school! Three days of freedom!"
She tried to give a comforting smile, but Scootaloo simply looked down and stopped trotting. SB and AB stopped and waited for their friend, but she didn't continue.
"Come, Scootaloo! Don't cha' wanna go to the clubhouse? We can plan more ways to get our cutie marks!", said AppleBloom.
Scootaloo just raised her head a little and said:
"No, you can go. I'll meet you in Ponyville plaza in half an hour, okay?" she gave a fake smile, and her friends nodded and ran off. As soon as they disappeared, a frown appeared on her face as she calmly walked down the dirt path.
When she passed by the train station, a lot of commotion was coming from there. Just before she shrugged it off as nothing, she could have sworn she heard the name 'Luna' in the crowd. She didn't bother to go into the big mess, but she sat down and waited to see what all the fuzz was about.
A blue figure jumped out from the middle and landed firmly on it's feet. The little orange filly recognized her right away. It was unmistakeable. That dark blue coat, those wings and horn, that distinctive shape, that wavy celestial flowing mane, It was Luna. Princess Luna.
"Scootaloo! I bless your small village with my arrival!", announced the princess in a firm, not loud, tone of voice.
"Oh my gosh! The princess knows my name!", yelled the young filly, exited.
"But of course! I know all my subject's names!" she turned around and pointed to a gray-coated, yellow-haired pegasus mare.
"Thou is... is... oh, derp."
"That's right!" yelled the mare as she flew into the sky.
"Okay," said the princess, "that matter is of little importance! Right now, I talk of you, Scootaloo. May I speak to you in private?"
"Of course!" said the filly happily.
They stepped aside and Scootaloo trotted over to a bench in the park. She patted next to her for the princess to sit there. She hesitated for a moment, never having sat on such a dingy little rotted bench. With a bit of a sigh, she sat down and a chill went up her spine. She sat there for a moment, blank. Scootaloo waved her hoof in her face and asked her what was wrong.
"Nothing. I just 'spaced out', as you fillies say these days. Now, what I wanted to talk to you about."
"Oh my, yes! I can't believe the princess came all the way from Canterlot, just to visit me! Diamond Tiara's gonna be so jealous!"
"Scootaloo, I came here because... I know what happened... to your parents."
Scoots' bright and happy face suddenly turned dark and sad. She winced a little, then bit her lip.
"Y-you know. H-how?" she stuttered.
"I can walk through dreams, remember?"
She did remember. A while ago, when Scootaloo went on that camping trip and got scared, she saw Luna in her dream.
"Did you see the whole thing?" she began to cry.
Luna simply nodded in response.
A few tears came down her face, and Luna did not know how to react. She looked from side to side and stood there watching the little filly cry. She gave her a slight pat on the back and awaited response. Finally, she spoke up.
"Scootaloo, I came here to help you, remember? Why don't we go see what your friends are doing?"
"Friends, I almost forgot!" she quickly ran in the opposite direction, towards ponyville plaza. Luna silently followed from behind, observing.
Scootaloo ran up to the park and saw her friends sitting on the swings. When AppleBloom saw Scootaloo she waved and said:
"Scoots! Over here!"
Luna was keeping a much slower pace than Scootaloo, but she was still in sight. The little filly sat down on swing and her friends started talking to her. The princess did not know how to react, she was standing in the middle of a public park, in a small village, miles from home, just because of a little filly? She just didn't understand.
"Um, Scootaloo?" she interrupted.
"Yes, Luna?"
"Can you and your friends please go somewhere less… crowded?"
"Why princess?" she asked with a raised brow.
"I feel awkward, and everypony is observing me."
"Okay, whatever you say princess!"
All the cutie mark crusaders got up and started walking. Luna was a few feet away, and she could hear their conversation.
"Do ya' really think so?" said AppleBloom.
"Totally! There's no doubt!" answered Sweetie.
"Who else could it be?" remarked Scoots.
Luna wasn't gonna lie to herself, she was dying to know what, or who, there were talking about.
"Pardon, what it is thou speak of?"
"Um, can I tell her AppleBloom?" said the pegasus filly.
"Sure! But not yet!" she answered. "We have to get to the clubhouse first!"
She picked up the pace and Luna was having a rather difficult time keeping up with them. Pretty soon, she saw the entrance to a big apple farm, and there were only three other ponies there. A pony which Luna recognized as the element of honesty, Applejack, a big red male pony, and a thin green elderly pony which sat in a rocking chair near the barn.
The princess of the night came up to the orange mare and said hi.
"Applejack, element of honesty, it is I princess Luna of the night! Applejack was startled and dropped the apple bucket she was carrying.
"Luna! Yeah! It's me, Applejack! What can I do fer ya'?"
It is a um… pleasure to come to your little farm! You produce apples here, yes?"
"That's correct, ma'am! If I can call ya' that."
"That is fine! I must leave now and follow the little children." she flew off.
"That's mighty fine! Just follow the child--- wait, what?" there was a concerned expression on her face.
Luna lost sight of the three little fillies, and she'd been flying over the orchard for quite a while. She finally spotted a small house in the middle of nowhere. She stopped and knocked on the door. Scootaloo opened the door and let her in
