Fly Me to the Moon

Fly Me To the Moon

Chapter 1

It was late afternoon, Applejack was out of the house, Apple Bloom was out with the other Crusaders, Granny Smith was taking a nap, Big Macintosh was laying in his bed listening to his inermost thoughts. As shy as Mac was he hated the silence of an empty house, the scilence truly was his one great fear. Leave somepony to their self and they realise how pitiful their life can really be. Big Macintosh wasn't much of a socialite but he was quite the talker when he was alone. He began to roll a cigar to the best of his hooves ability, "Ah really need to git out there more." he said, of course being left to nopony but himself and Miz Smartypants he felt more alone than ever. It was about four nights until Nightmare night. He heaved a heavy sigh, "Ah wonder if that Fluttershy filly Applejack hangs around is availible.". As the sun began to set and Luna's night began he saw the beauty that nopony else could. The darkness of night was beautiful to him. Being that he was so simmilar to it. Misunderstood, quiet, peaceful, he gazed out of his window and rested his head upon his hooves. Then he pulled out his matchbox and struck a match to light his cigar, after which he proceeded to pull out his journal.

'If only there was a mare as beautiful and calm as the night sky, maybe I could court her in a more gentlcoltly way than most other stallions. More and more chivalry seems to be leaving us. Nopony really cares about romance anymore, or for that matter respect.'

He looked down from the window to see Rainbow Dash stealing apples again. He could really care less about somepony taking a few apples though. He puffed on his cigar some more. Unlike most ponies thought the workhorse was quite cultured in comparison to most of the folk from town. As the stars shone through the sky he wondered if maybe there was somepony for him, out there, not in space, but somewhere in Equestria. When his Cigar was close to finished he put it in his ashtray and flopped back on his bed. Looking up at the ceiling made him wonder even more about love. What it is, why he hadn't felt it, with the exception of family love, Big Mac wanted romance in his life.

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Luna was out in the Canterlot gardens waiting for Celestia to return home from raising the moon. However as she strode amongst the flowers she thought to herself about the love she once had, long, long ago. She used her magic to pick a rose from a bush, she looked at it for a while and cast it away, as she began to cry over her loss she found herself wanting more than was in the castle walls for her. "I know what to do, I shall return to the town where the elements reside and find more friends there. " she pictured a large handsome stallion with a heart bigger than his muscles, he wouldn't have to be handsome, just somepony to talk to, perhaps somepony to-.

"Luna , I see we've been wandering the garden again. Have anything you want to share?" Celestia asked with a grin.

"No, sister" Luna said with a sigh, in truth she wanted to tell her everything. But she reluctantly held back the well of emotion. She continued her stroll through the garden, silent and uninterupted,  with the exception of the animals at play and the thoughts screaming in her head at the realization that she really had no friends other than her sister left. 'Why must I continue to be alone?' she thought

Another voice entered her head,

"You don't dear, you choose to stay here by yourself" it was the ghost of Nightmare Moon, however evil she seemed upon her return, this was a new maiden with a heart of gold.

"Well then why do I stay here?" she continued.

"I think you mean we dear, I go wherever you go, as to why you stay here. Is it perhaps becasue you fear the world has changed too much?" the intuitive Mare in the moon asked.

"Perhaps...but even so why do I fear thechange so much?"

"Becasue you think that our subjects will still fear us after the incedent?"

"If they fear us then what could I do to change that?"

"Be kind and considerate, as well as giving them time"

"Well if you only know as much as I do, then why haven't I thought of this before?"

"Because it took that rose to remind you of what true compassion is."

It was quite sad that the Princess in all of her wisdom needed the simple reminder that was offered by an inanimate object. But what Nightmare Moon said was true,

"And what if I could find a true gentlecolt? Like the ones we had during our time?" she "said"

"Then he would be one worth keeping, no?". The deeper the conversation went the more Luna thought she was going insane. However there was no manifestation of said Mare in the Moon.

"Why am i only hearing you now?" Luna continued

"Because you are only needing me  now. I think I can help you if you find the right stallion."

Luna chuckled a little, 'And when I do he will be mine forever'.

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For those of you wondering, yes Luna is skytsophrenic, not cazy though.