A True Home

Nine hundred ninety-nine years and three hundred sixty-four days spent on the moon. And it was finally time to go home.

When I first got here, I was in such a rush that I didn’t even look in a mirror. I was a black pegasus that had a blue and black striped mane. My cutie mark was a rain drop, and my wings were awesome. My body was black like the night sky, but my eyes were a blood red color. I was my OC, Midnight Rain.

Now to anypony wondering how I’m still alive. The best answer I can give is magic. That should sum everything up. How did I pass the time? I slept. A lot. Speaking of sleep, I’m a little bit tired.

When I woke up I was on a nice comfy bed. I was under heavy warm blankets. As much as I wanted to stay right there, under the covers, I had to discover where I was. I rolled over onto the floor with a loud thump.

“Oh! Hey, gravity! I forgot about you.” My face hurt.

There was a knocking noise at my door. “Come in!” I called to it. The door opened and in walks captain of the royal guard, Shining Armor. When he tried to introduce himself I cut him off. “Hey Shinny, how is Cadence?” I asked him.

He seemed scared after I said that to him. “I need you to come with me.” He told me.

He started to walk out the door, as I got up grumbling. Trotting after him, I triped and fell on my face. God I hate gravity. We were walking in a hallway towards a large set of doors. In said hallway, were many glass paintings of everything.  But one was missing. The one were Twilight and the other elements kick Luna’s butt. I couldn’t help but feel like I messed up the time line. I wonder if she will get the elements another way.

As we neared and open set of large double doors, I saw the two royal sisters sitting side by side, talking about how Luna could move the sun if she had too, it is technically a star. They stopped when they saw me come into the room. They kindly asked for Shiny to leave, despite his insistence otherwise. There we sat in silence for what seemed like forever, but was really only five minutes. Celestia took a deep sigh before she began to speak.

“I would like to thank you for what you have done. If you had not intervened, I would have spent the last one-thousand years without my dear sister. For this I am in your debt, shall you wish for anything and I shall grant it.” She said. She didn’t seem mad at all. Take that Stan.

With her offer in the air, I took her up on it.  I had spent a great deal of time thinking about what I would want when I came back. “Well in that case. I would like to have royal guard status of a captain and a house in Pony vile.” I told her poker faced.

The look of shock on her face was almost too much to keep my laughter in. she leaned over to her sister and they launched into a series of hushed whispers over the topic. It took them another minute to come to a conclusion.

“Granted. So long as you swear not to abuse this power in any way to harm one of my little ponies. The house deed will be given at your departure of the castle. We shall also inform Shining Armor of your captainship.”

“Thank you Tia.” I used a nick name because her full name just seemed ungrateful.

Without missing a beat she smiled at the name and giggled. “Now if you will excuse me …. I don’t recall getting your name.”

“My name is Midnight Rain. Pleased to meet you princess.”

“Well as I was saying, I have agreed to give Luna a moment alone with you. So if you will excuse me Midnight.” She said as she walked to the large doors that I had entered from. I watched her as she went wait to say she was lying call for her guards. She did neither of those things. When the door closed behind her I looked back at Luna who had been waiting for me to give her my attention.

She got off her thrown and walked over to me. As she got closer I saw that she had tears in her eyes and when she got about five feet away, she fell to the floor crying. “I’m so sorry. You have been on the moon for so long and I thought that you were even dead.” She cried.

I was by no means nice back on earth, but I never liked to see anyone cry, especially not girls. So I trotted over to her and laid down letting her cry into my shoulder. Without even thinking about it, I began to sing a song that I felt fit this situation perfectly.

Here is the song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JmL7MVEwns

When the song was over I looked down at Luna who had stopped crying, but was now hugging me very tightly. She looked up at me when I stopped, a small smile on her tear stricken face. I hadn’t been much of a singer but that didn’t mean that I wasn’t good at it. A lot of people really liked my voice.

“Thank you. I feel much better now.” She stood up. “If there is anything else you need, let me know.” She then walked out the same doors as her sister.

Ithink she likes us

Well we did make her feel better.

No no no. I mean like, like us.

I don’t know. She’s a bit old for me don’t you think?

After that I was greeted with silence. I sat there for a minute contemplating what I should do next. Before I could think of something my thoughts were interrupted by the doors swinging open and a guard walking in. I turned to him and looked him over. He was ….. a green zebra with black strips in golden armor, he also had red eyes. This was new.

He stopped in front of me. Looking unsure about what to do, but then as if a light bulb light up over his head, his eyes seemed to brighten. “Do you like bananas?” he asked. How did he now about that!? Unless….

“I know where you can go bananas.” I said

Then, together we both shouted out. “ON THE MOON BBBIIIIIITTCCCHHHHH!!!!!”

“I finally found you after all those years of searching.” He said.

“Well you didn’t look on the moon because you didn’t find me.” I told him.

“What do you mean?” he asked.

“I’ll tell you later. But now we should head to my new home in Pony vile. My name is Midnight Rain. What is yours?”

“My name is Green Sparks. Friends call me, Sparky.”

Later in Pony vile.

“So where is this house of yours?” he asked. We had been in Pony vile for around half an hour.

“The guard said that my house was on the outskirts of town. We should be nearby.” I told him. The guard had called me captain which meant that the guards had already been informed of my new status. He had given me a slip of paper with the home address on it. He had also informed me that my guard armor and commission would be waiting for me. He said the key were under the mat.

We had been walking for nearly an hour after we got to Pony vile. He had me carry him the hole way here; I was extremely tired from that much exertion. Did I say that gravity sucks yet? If not, it really sucks. As soon as I got home I was planning on taking a nap before I started to catch up with Sparky.

“Hey, is that it over there?” Sparky asked, pointing to an empty looking house. I looked dow at the slip of paper in my hoof to check the address, they did indeed match.

“Yep, that’s the one.” It was a rather large house. I knew I saved a princess, but  I didn’t know it was that big of a deal. We walked up to the door I felt rather proud I could call this my home. I lifted up the mat and found a silver key lying under it.  I picked up the key and unlocked the door and pushed it open. The size of the house looked bigger on the inside. The house was fully furnished with kitchen appliances, chairs, and beds. The grey couch in the living room looked very appealing to me at this time, so without further exploration of the house, I hopped on and relaxed.

“So why don’t you tell me where you have been this hole one-thousand years?”  A voice said beside me on the couch. I sighed and figered that I didn’t really need this sleep.

“I’ve been on the moon. I saved Princess Luna and ended up on the moon.” I told him. “I was stuck up there for one-thousand years. I just got back today. As my reward for saving her I got to become a captain of the guard, a house, and a voice in my head that is supposedly me with no restraint. Anything else you want to know?”

He just sat there looking dumbfounded, a stupid look on his face. As if to clear his mind of the cob webs that had filled it, he shook his head and went back to normal. “Well you sure did mess up the time line didn’t you? Did you know that AJ got married in this time line?” he asked.

“I was worried about that. Who did she marrie?”

He got this weird smirk on his face that just shouted prid. “She married me.”  He said.

If I had water in my mouth I would have made an impressive spit take. “Good job. But why here, why not Twilight or Rainbow Dash?” I asked

His face looked as if I had struck him with a hot iron. “Apple Jack is best pony!” He shouted.

Well that officially makes him a brony. I guess it makes sense that Discord would send two bronies her instead of regular humans. He had also been here longer than me, he had a head start. No fair! But then something hit me, the thing about the time line. “So you have been here a while, I don’t suppose you know what happened to the elements, do you?” I asked.

He smiled like he saw this coming. “Don’t worry; the main six still have them. They got them when a hydra started attacking the town.” He explained to me. I let out a sigh of relief. “Now that we are all caught up, I need to get back to the farm. You should see about getting to know the town’s ponies.” He said. He got off the couch and went to the door. Before he left he turned back to me. “Don’t be scared to stop by the farm. It’s always good to see one of my best friends.”

I raised an eyebrow at that. “Best friends?” I asked.

“You’re the closest thing I have to home, so yeah, you’re my best friend.” He said with a wink. Leaving the house and closing the door behind him.

I still had the rest of my house to explore before I wanted to leave the house anyways. I got off my rump and found that my house had five bedrooms, three full bathrooms, and two storage closets. The kitchen fridge was full stocked with food, as well as the cabinets with glasses and dishes. In the main room there was a set of armor that resembled Shinning Armor’s, but this one had my cutie mark on the front and it was black with silver accents.

Along with the armor, there was a bag filled with bits next to a pair of saddle bags, sitting on top of a note. The note said it was from Tia so I figured that I should read it.

As a thank you, I would like to give you this bag of bits worth five-thousand bits. Thank you for stopping me from sending my sister away, I could not have made it this long without her.

As a member of my royal guard, I have put you on our payrole. I do hope you feel welcomed in Pony vile. I also hope that you find the house large enough for your taste.

All of these things, I know, cannot give you back all the time you have lost while on the moon, so should you need anything else, please come and see so that I can come closer to repaying my debt.

Well I guess that means that I won’t be struggling for bits anytime soon.

A lot of time had passed since I started to explore my house because when I looked out my window it was dark. I had been planning on going out to meet ponies, but I guess I could do that tomorrow. So today I guess I could go out to the bar that I saw when I first got to the town.

I grabbed my armor and figured that I should start to break it in. I began putting the armor on with little hassle considering that this was my first time putting it on. I walked into one of the bathrooms to look into the mirror. Looking back at me was a pair of red eyes. They looked like Sparky’s. Maybe it had something to do with humans. I was a black pegasus with a blue mane with black strips, I thought I looked good in my armor.

When I left the bathroom, I grabbed the saddle bags a put five-hundred bits into them. That should be enough to buy me some drinks. With bits, armor, and my good looks, I left my house, locking the door behind me. Now, where was that bar?

Walking back into the center of the town I found the bar. The bar’s name was Berry’s Punch. I guess the fandom got her pegged right. I walked into the bar and saw an unexpected sight. Sitting at the bar, was the main six. But what really caught my eye was Fluttershy holding a mug of foaming cider in her hoof. There was a slight pink tint to her cheeks. They seemed to be the only other ones her at this time of night.

I walked up to the bar and was greeted by a familiar looking pony. “Hi! My name is Berry Punch. You can call me Berry. What can I get you tonight?” she asked.

“Surprise me.” I said.

She got a mischievous look on her face, and walked away. I began wondering what the alcohol would be like compared to the stuff back home. Before I could answer myself, the six girls next to me burst out laughing. Rainbow had a deep blush on her face.

While I was looking, Twilight looked me over and seemed to be thinking about something. I was about to ask what it was when she asked me first. “Are you a Captain of the royal guard? Because last time I checked, my brother was the only pony with that armor.” Figures she would notice something like that.

“Yea, I’m a captain of the royal guard. I was promoted today.” I replied.

This only seemed to peek her interest. “Oh, could you tell us why you were promoted?”

I thought about it for a second. I figured that it couldn’t hurt to tell them. “Well, you know how a thousand years ago that pony saved princess Luna from going to the moon?” I asked. She nodded. “That was me.” I said. I laughed as her jaw dropped.

“That’s not possible. You would have died from old age.” She said.

I smiled. “I don’t know. AJ, do you think I’m lying?” I asked her.

“Twi, I think this here fellers tell the truth.” She told her friend. Berry at this time came back with my drink; to pay her I put ten bits on the counter. She took them but stayed to watch me take a drink of it. I lifted the mug to my muzzle and took a long drink, downing half of it in one go. It tasted like lemon aid. When I put the glass down I looked at berry whose jaw was agape.

“what, did I do something wrong?” I asked her.

“How did you drink all of that and still be sitting up right?! That had some of the strongest drinks known to pony mixed together. But you just drank half of it.” To be honest I thought it was kind of weak. So she was trying to play a prank on me? Well, two can play at this game.

“Hey, Berry. How about a little wager?” I asked her

“What kind of wager?” she asked back.

“Simple. me in a drinking contest, I’ll give you four-hundred and ninty bits. If I win, I get free drinks here, for life. Are you in, or out?”

A confident smile crossed her lips. “You’re on.” She said. She left to go and get the drinks for the competition. This should be fun.

Rarity spoke up from behind Twilight. “Darling, maybe you should reconsider this.” I just turned to her and gave her a wink.

Berry came back with the drinks. “This is the strongest drink I own. If you can drink more than me, you can have free drinks.” She said.

“Hoof me the bottle. I want to see what is in it.” I saw AJ narrow her eyes at me, seeing through my lie. Berry hoofed it to me and I took it. Pretended to look at the label then smiled. I pulled the top off then began chugging the whole bottle. The flavor reminded me of whisky back home. Once the bottle was gone, I slammed it down to look at Berry. She looked at me with awe, much like one would look at a god if they meet one.

“That’s impossible. You just drank a full bottle of the strongest drink known to ponies. You are a GOD to me. You can have all your drinks for free here.” She said. Well that worked better than I thought. I looked over to the other girls; they all had their mouths open.

Rainbow was the first to recover. “That was totally awesome! How did you do that? No pony has ever beaten Berry in a drinking contest. You just got twenty percent cooler!” she reached out and put her hoof in front of me. I bumped mine to her’s and she made a very girly eppp. She then fell to the floor. I paniced at first but then I saw that she was still breathing which meant that she was just passed out.

Twilight took this as a signal for them to leave. “Alright girls, I think its time for us to go home. Fluttershy, can you carry Rainbow Dash to her house?” she asked but frowned when she started to wobble when she stood up.

I cut in before she could think of something to do. “I can take her home if you want me to. I can still fly.” I told her. She sighed in defeat.

“I guess that’s fine. Do you know where she lives?” she asked. I nodded. “Well make sure you don’t drop her.” I nodded again. With that Twilight lead the rest of the girls out of the bar. When they were gone I said good bye to Berry and she said that I was welcome back anytime.

As I pulled Rainbow on my back, I began searching for her cloud home. It was above the center of the town, near Sugar Cube Corner. With Rainbow laid out on my back, I took flight toward her home. It was a short flight, and when I got there the door was unlocked, so I walked inside and up a flight of stairs to Rainbow Dash’s room. She had a cloud bed that look super soft to me right now. I walked over to the bed and deposited Rainbow onto her bed. I pulled her cloud blanket over her, causing her to stir.

When I went to pull my hoof away she grabbed it. I looked at her, her eyes were cracked open and a blush was on her face. “Please, don’t go. Stay with me tonight. I looked into her bright, adorable eyes. I just couldent say no even if I wanted to.

“Okay. I’ll stay.” I told her. I crawled into bed next to her. She scooted back, pushing her body up against mine. She let out a content sigh, causing me to smile. I wrapped my hooves around her making her snuggle into me even more. Before I let sleep over come me I heard her mumble something.

“Thank you.” She whispered.

The last thing I thought was, I’m finally sleeping with a girl!