Night Dust: The Child Prodigy (prototype story)

Chapter 1

Days as a Colt

The young foal slept peacefully in his quite room, dreams filled his head with other fillies and foals, playing and laughing together, many of them were type's of ponies he never saw before,he spotted a young violet unicorn with a medium cut purple and pink mane and tail, she was holding a book in the air using her magical horn, which emitted a dazzling purple glow, she turned toward him and waved at him with a smile, he waved back as a whoosh of air dashed right past him. He followed where the sight of the blue blur came from, he gazed at the cyan Pegasus pony with rainbow mane and tail, she was flying super fast, spinning around in circles, executing Aerial rolls, and landing gracefully as she strutted toward him.

"Pretty cool, huh" she boasted, "I knew I could impress somepony with my awesome techniques!" NightDust was completely speechless, he felt like a fool with his mouth gaping open at her.

"Heh heh, you're a pretty funny guy for a filly, hey, do you have a name?" she asked, Nightdust tried to form word's, but couldn't do it, he stood there feeling embarassed in front of a filly he just met, in a dream no less.

"Guess you don't know how to talk, huh," she stated, while observing him with curiosity. "Well, I sure hope we meet up again, you could be my first friend!" she exclaimed happily.

He stared at her as she trotted away, suddenly, she and the world around them started to disappear, he tried galloping toward her, hopelessly growing slower, while she just stood there, unaware of the world that was evaporating around her.

He tried to call out, he tripped as he fell into a black void of darkness, he then began to sob quietly, his tear's floated like bubbles as the soared toward the once fruitful dream world.

His eye's slowly opened, as he squinted at the sunray's that burst through his window, he began to let out a small cry, he felt confused about what happened in the dream, he never met those two fillies in his life, but he didn't want them gone either.

His mother rushed in at the sound of his weeping, she cradled him and stroked his small spiky hair, "My Night Dust, do not cry, I am here for you, as I always have been, and shall always be with you," she whispered.

He stopped crying and looked up at his mother, she smiled sweetly at him and kissed his forehead "I love you."

Standing in the doorway, Bullet looked on with happiness, he sighed as he trotted down the hallway.

"We'll always be there, even when we're far apart." he thought to himself as he entered his office, the room had a moss green wallpaper, dim light, a working bench with several junk and weapon pieces, and a small desk in the corner.

On the desk, a parchment lay untouched, he picked it up via Levitation, unwrapped the scroll and read it.

"Dearest Bullet

My son, it is without a doubt that me and your father give our blessing's to your newborn child, we know that the road of raising a child will be difficult work, but you will come to understand how precious a gift a child can bring to a colt and mare when they truly need it. I remember the time's me and your father had some time with you as a filly, but you've grown so much in the years, that it only seem's like yesterday you were under our care, but now, your a father, and we hope that you will do your best to raise your child.

Deepest Love

Gale Gem and Chisel"

He put the scroll down as he smiled to himself, thinking of the time's he was a young colt, his parent's use to tell him that he would always get into some fit of mischief and earn some recognition, however, when he first met Sunny Sweet in High School Academy, long before King Sombra's reign of terror, he was determined to become disciplined and strong to prove his worth to her. "ah, I'll never forget those day's with her," he said to himself.

"I could never forget that day we met," Sunny giggled as she walked past his open office carrying Night Dust with her, he was gazing up at his mother at awe, her beautiful soft red eye's, her long smooth golden hair and her freckled cheeks, he touched his mother's chin who squeaked at the sudden reaction and giggled to herself. "C'mon you, its time we had something to eat."

"Its my turn to make breakfast this time!" Bullet called out, he made his way to the Kitchen bench and pulled out any available breakfast products they had.

"Alright, Sweetie, just be sure to grab the Filly's Breakfast Bottle for the young rascal," she called back, she stroked Night Dust's mane as she sat him in the foal's chair.

Bullet brought in two bowl's of Porridge with some honey on top, and gave the bottle to Sunny who took it from him and began feeding Night Dust, he gulped down slowly while his mother made sure to wipe his mouth.

Bullet went to the front door and picked up the newspaper that was wrapped up on his doorstep, he brought it in and began reading while he ate, he skimmed most of the new's which was more or less the same everyday, the Crystal Heart nowhere to be found, no word of the Princess's in a while, and the outer walls were still forbidden to anypony except the military or royalty, he almost closed the entire paper when he noticed something out of the corner of his eye, a small advertisement for a Colt and Filly Daycare Center's had increased, and they were willing to take anypony aged two year's to five.

"This is interesting," he commented.

"Hmm, what is it?" Sunny asked him as she picked up the cooing filly.

"The both of us will eventually have to leave Night Dust in the care of some foal sitter's at one of the new Day Care Center's," he explained while showing her the advertisement, she examined the paper and turned toward him.

"We won't have to leave him for another 2 year's, but we should definitely consider this in future," she said, she stroked Bullet's hair and kissed his cheek, "Come on, let's go and show him the world," she called out.

He smiled at her as she left the kitchen and went down the hallway, he grabbed his hat, and quickly glanced at the add, he shook his head, and hurried after her as she opened the door.