Walking through the labyrinth, Moonlit Night tried to gather his bearings. He has been separated from the mane six, and he has been walking through the labyrinth non-stop, and has been search for Fluttershy for support.
"Ok, don't fret, Moonlit...You've been through worse than this..." Moonlit said as he walked through the hedge maze that he was in. "It's just a maze...Nothing more..."
"Oh, really?"
"Gaaaah!!" Moonlit yelled as he jumped into the air. He then looked towards the source of the voice. What he saw was just a reflection pool, of which he cautiously walked up to. He peered over the water and then saw something other than his face. An grotesque looking goat like head with a goat and deer horn protruding from the top of his head, an snaggletooth protruding from his mouth stared back at him from the reflecting surface of the water.
"Discord?!" Moonlit said as he backed up from the pool as Discord snaked his way out of it. "Wh-what's the meaning of this?!"
"Oh, I was just taking a dip in my very relaxing pool..." Discord said as he shook his body like a dog, shaking off the water from his coat. Standing up, he pointed to the pool. "I just made this pool for an very special reason as well." Discord said with a wide grin
"...Well...What is the true purpose of this pool?" Moonlit said, hesitantly troting to the pool.
"Well, this little creation I made is called the Reflection Pool of Honesty. What it does is show you the honest truth about anything or anyone. Such as your little friends, even your 'apple of your eye', Fluttershy..." Grinning, he urged Moonlit further to look into the pool.
Still hesitant, Moonlit walked towards the pool, looking into it. What he saw surprised him, even more than when he walked into the pool area. Looking into the pool, he saw the mane six in a group. The only pony he saw that wasn't part of the group was Fluttershy. He then saw Fluttershy trot to the group, as everypony else greeted her.
"Hey there, Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash said as she greeted her long-time friend.
"How's your animal friends?" Asked Applejack.
"Oh, they're doing fine, thank you..." Said Fluttershy, as she embraced her friends.
"Say...Where's Moonlit?" Twilight asked, looking around.
"Yes, isn't he always with you, Fluttershy?" Rarity asked, looking rather confused.
"It's like he's always at your beck and call. Could it be possible that he actually likes you??" Pinkie asked with big googly eyes.
Moolit looked from the pool and to Discord with an skeptical look on his face. Discord smiled and gestured for him to continue watching. Stealing a glance to Discord again, he turned back to the pool.
"Oh...Him...You really want to know how I actually feel about him...?" Fluttershy said, as she looked around. The others nodded and scooted in closer to hear what she had to say.
"...I think...That he's an total annoyance...Always following me around as if he had an old school colt crush on me...Well, i'm glad that he's not around, because i'm getting sick and tired of him following me around. And i don't even like him..."
"You testify, girl!" Rainbow Dash said to Fluttershy.
"Y'all are right!" Said Applejack.
"Yes, you are quite right!" Rarity agreed.
"Yeah! Absolutely!" Pinkie chimed in.
"You're correct about that, Fluttershy, and I believe I speak for everyone when I say that we don't approve of Moonlit." Twilight surmised, while the others agree with her.
"He's an disgrace!"
"He's no fun!"
"He's nothin' but ah waste of space!"
"He isn't cool enough!"
"He's absolutely annoying..."
"Then it's settled..." Twilight said as she looked to everypony. "We will not let Moonlit in our group, no matter how much he begs!"
The others cheered in agreement as the image faded. Moonlit felt frozen, staring into his reflection with an shocked look.
"N...No, I...Fluttershy would never say that, not...Not my Fluttershy..." Moonlit stuttered as tears fell from his widened eyes.
"Poor, poor Moonlit...So oblivious to the truth..." Discord said, coiling around Moonlit. "She might say that she likes you, but in reality, she doesn't...Such a shame..."
"D-don't be rediculous!" Moonlit said, his eyes following Discord's face. "Fluttershy is my friend, as well as the other five! They would never say any of those things to anypony! Not even Fluttershy would say any of those things!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk...You really are brainwashed...Here, let me open your eyes to the truth..." Discord then stopped coiling around Moonlit, his face apart from Moonlit's.
"She may have you fooled that she's your friend, but truth is it's all for pretend...She might show you that she's kind as a dove, but deep inside she'll never show you love..." Discord said while looking into Moonlit's eyes with an hypnotic stare.
Moonlit looked into Discord's eyes, his eyes turning to swirls, feeling despair and letting what he heard from the pool sink in.
No fun!
Waste of space!
Isn't cool enough!
A disgrace!
Won't let him in, no matter how much he begs!
Absolutely annoying!
"I don't even like him!"
"...No..." Whispered Moonlit as his coat took to an even greyer hue than usual, the color on his cutie mark turning grey. When his eyes returned to normal, his eyes now had an grey color to them, instead of their bright red color.
Chuckling, Discord and the pool disappeared as Twilight suddenly rounded the corner with an grey Pinkie, Applejack, and Fluttershy.
"Moonlit! Thank goodness, you're here! Can you help me talk some sense into Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie?" Twilight said as she saw Moonlit.
"Oh...So you want me to be a part of your little group, huh? Is that it? What am I to you, huh? An annoyance? An waste of space?? An disgrace?!" Moonlt said as his ears bent back, venting anger out at Twilight.
"W-what do you mean??" Twilight said, confused by this new way of thinking from her friend.
"Well, i'll come along, but only as an aquaintance, since you don't see me as a friend!" Moonlit said, bumbing against Twilight as he passed her. as he reached Applejack, Pinkie, and Fluttershy, he first stuck his tongue out at Pinkie, who returned the gesture, then turned to Applejack.
"What're you staring at?!" He stated at her, to which she only replied, "Nothing..." Looking the other way and scrunching up her snout. He then turned to Fluttershy.
"You better stay out of my sight, if you know what's good for you!" He said flatly, giving her an cold look.
"Stay out of mine, and we won't have a problem!" Fluttershy retorted, spinning round as she flicked her tail at Moonlit, raising her head high, closing her eyes. As she walked away, he stared at her with an look that could only be described as lust.
"Oh, you bet I will..." Grinning with an bedroom smile, He followed her, his cheeks starting to glow red, chuckling to himself, as he's followed by Applejack and Pinkie.
Twilight looked out to her four friends, with an worried look.
"Not only Applejack, Pinkie, and Fluttershy, but also Moonlit...What's going on??" She put her hoof to her chin, thinking of what could have made her four friends act like this...
I'll have to figure it out soon, or our friendship will fall apart...She surmised as she trotted after her friends.
Author's Note
my first story of many to come that includes moonlit...enjoy^^
