W.I.P but life always is

Nox flies around the town before landing to talk to Betty and some builders.After speaking with them he flies off to his home.Nox pulls out a key and opens the door to his building, once inside he locks the door and in a bright red flash he appears in his room and gives himself a quick look over.He looks at his feet and sees they are firmly planted on the ground.

"*Yup all good, this one's a winner*" Nox smiles as he lays the swords against a wall and grabs 7 blank scrolls from a cubby. He goes over to his table and sits down, grabbing a charcoal pencil and carefully jots down the spell.

"*Really need to get a typewriter*" He thinks as he finishes writing out the 7th spell copy and grabs another scroll then snaps his finger turning it into a piece of ordinary paper.

"*To do List*"

1.Buy spell scribe typewriter and regular typewriter
2.Buy those new "lead pencils" heard they can erase
3.Change cubbies
4.Oh and by some clocks
5.Buy foods and supplies

He finishes jotting down the list and goes over to one of his cubbies, he reaches behind the scrolls and pulls out a large piece of leather which causes several of the scrolls to fall out of the cubby and on to the floor.He picks them off the ground and places them on his table. Nox grabs more from the other cubbies until his table is stacked with a massive heap of scrolls and he carefully pulls out their handles and places the handles into one of the now empty cubbies

"*Putting this off for long enough*" Nox said and snaps his fingers ,the scrolls & piece of leather swirl around forming a whirlwind on the table. The whirlwind continues to grow on the table till it is half of Nox's height. Nox then spits into the whirlwind, in a bright flash several books are now stacked on the table and places the books in the cubbies and grabs the swords from against the wall.

Nox teleports to the lowest level of the building into a small room and meets a polished metal door and a paper on the door catching his eye.

"*Dear Nox,

As this is the 1st day of our trip to Lant, Set and I wish for you not to contact us today. I recommend that you message us on the 3rd day of the trip, preferably in the middle or late afternoon. This would not only show that you care about us but also show that you respect our independence....
*About 15 minutes later*

P.S: "*Nox this is Set. I'm sorry you had to read all that, Dawn just wants you to not worry. We will see you next week

Love Dawn and Set*"

P.S.S: Mom wants you to call her.

Nox grabs the door handle and enters the room. In the massive rooms, a large bookshelf in a corner near the door, and several books stacked next to it. 3 large tables are in the room, each with several chairs and scattering covered with metal bits, gems, odd devices, and tools of all kinds. A couple of black boards adorning the room, Several large machines and odd devices against the walls.Several shelves across the place and on the walls. The room itself is bright as the crystal orbs above illuminate the room.

"*Good to be back in the lab*" Nox said as he places the swords against the wall and walks over and touches a weird device. The device holds several small gems and a large rune etched metal disk in the center and below it a large metal stand with a crystal shards entwined in the metal holding the odd array. Nox touches a glowing red gem and the etches in the metal glow red and a small version of his mother appears.

"*Hi mom*" he said with a smile as he sits in front of the device.

"*Hello sweetie, how did your 1st day of training go?*" she asks with a pleasant smile.

"*Well I suggested we fight, we fought and I passed out for a couple of minutes*" Redmoon's smile replaced with a worried look .

"*Why did you pass out?*" she asks

"*I think it was cause she punched me in the balls*" he answers, the worried look disappearing from his mother's face.

"* Oh so it was just like that time when you and Screwball-*" she begins but Nox stops her.

"*Please don't remind me*" he said embarrassed.

"* Actually If i had to gauge it I would says Screwball is stronger*"

"*Hmmm*" goes Redmoon at the response.

"* Where did you get those swords?*" she asks pointing to the blades.

"*Oh they were next to me when i woke up, they were shiny so i took them.*" he answers.

"*Huh, alright then. I just got word that Dawn and Set have arrived in Lant, they seem to be enjoying themselves.*" she said, her smile returning.

"* Well they were pretty excited. You should have seen them *" said Nox.

"* Oh and all the new buildings have been completed, and are ready to be moved into. Every piece of furniture moved into it, the places fitted properly, and all the paper work has been completed.*" Said with a flourish of his hand and a smile.

"*Your sisters told me as much, the new arrivals should all be within the next few days*" his mother's smile becoming a concerned look.

"* On the topic, I would like to remind you that she is one of the new arrivals*" Redmoon said with distastes, Nox smile still present on his face.

"*I'll be fine, theirs a good chance she'll avoid me anyhow*" He dismisses it with a wave of his hand, by the look on her face Redmoon wasn't so sure.

"*Just make sure Edge is watching you*" she answers.

"*Will do Mam!*" Edge shouts from somewhere in the lab.

"*That is still creepy Edge!*" Nox shouts back.

"*Part of the Job!*" she shouts back.

"* Why are we shouting? we can hear here just fine*" Redmoon shouts .

"I don't know!*" he shouts to her.

"*Ok that enough, I don't wanna go deaf*" she said .

"*Speaking of difficult girls, care to tell me why the alicorn blasted you?*" she asks concernedly, Nox scratches his neck and answers.

"* I think it may be tied to the events 6 years ago or my dream diving. As I have gathered Princess Luna is the Co-ruler of equestria along with her sister Princess Celestia and "Princess of the night" to the equestrians . She may have done it due to me impeding their attempt to capture Eris, or believing me to simply be encroaching on her territory. From what I have gathered their is ncurrently no one else in equestria with this ability besides the Princess Luna herself, though it is possible Princess Celestia may have this ability.Also it maybe because when ever we meet in the dream world, I usually annoyed her with chaotic antics.*" Nox leaving out the kiss thing, doubting that would be a probable reason.

"*Be careful Nox, I don't you took get hurt cause some uppity little bitch decides she owns the whole astral plane*" Nox smile remaining on his face, even as his mother seems slightly angered by the attack

"*Eh she isn't that bad actually*" His mother not surprised at his response.

"*Just swear you'll be alright*" Said Redmoon.

"*I swea-*" he begins.

"*Swear by Dirosha*" she adds, Nox places his claw over his heart.

"*I swear by Dirosha, The goddess and the witness. To uphold my promise*" Ending the pledge by making a slashing claw motion over his chest.

"*I will be fine. Hell I might even find dad, May even work the power of bond with Luna*" at this his mother's smile returns

"*Good then & If you do find your father we will work to free him, and then I will break his arms.*" She said with a smile

"*Right O Mom*" he replies

"* Seriously though I will break is arms. Teach him to do something as stupid as this without telling me*" she pouts

"*Bye sweetie, tell your friends I said hi*" Nox touches the crystal and she disappears, the crystal and metal returning to their original empty appearance.

The door opens and in walks Barb, a pair of black goggles ordaining her eyes. Her clothing is a overalls and a white undershirt and a bag over her shoulder.

"* Sup sis?*" he asks

"*Nothing much, I bought you something*" she throws the bag to Nox. A smile on her face

"* Aww you shouldn't have*" he said as he opens the bag and pulls out 2 brand new typewriters.

"*How did you know?*" He said with a huge grin putting the typewriters down and hugs his sister

"*Me and Screwball thought you might like them*" Barb as she returning the hug.

"*Thank you" He said as he hugged her .

"* So what should we work on ?*" he asks as they break up the hug.

"*Well thinking we should just see where the day takes us, probably focus on our big projects*" Barb said, and goes over to a shelf taking out a tool box.

"* Oh hang on*" He said and vanishes in a bright flash of red.

"* Hmm nothing left behind this time*" she comments.

"*Yeah seems like he finally got the spell*" Answers Edge appearing behind her as if out of nowhere.

"*Were you invisble or-*" before she could finish Nox appeared in front of them.

"*Just went and hugged Screwball*" He said as he stretches.

"*She gave me a bear hug*" Nox rolls up his sleeves and goes over to the shelf ,grabbing a pair of goggles.

"* Alright lets get to work he said as he grabs two sets of tools from the shelf.

*1 hour later*

"* Ok test number 23*" Barb said as Nox drives them. They approach a cliff and Nox quickly turns the wheel to avoid it and steps on the brake to stop the car.

"*Ok that works, Now we know not to put sugar directly into the engine.*" said Barb.

"*Sorry mentioned fuel from cane, didn't know it meant a liquid fuel.*" answers Nox, Edge sleeping in the back of the car.

"*Ok lets test its durability*" Said Barb, Edge opens her eyes.Nox exits the car and teleports.

"*Lets get this started*" Nox reappears with a two crossbow and a pair of two knives. Nox runs around the car, firing off into it and finishes by throwing the two knives at the car.Barb then pulls out a scroll and begins to write.

"*Ok the car held all against all the shots*"said Barb checking off . Barb points at the car and the car returns to normal. Edge flickers black for a moment and there were now two of her, the newer Edge gets into the car and drives off fast.

"*Ok durability, strength, and*" The 3 watch as the car drives around, speeding around and drifting. Nox snaps his fingers and a ramp forms out of the ground. The car lifts off, flying through the air and manages to lands roughly. The car continues to drive then all of a sudden flips as it drives, it spins through the air and it crashes to the ground.The Edge exits the car through the windshield. Nox already next to her, as he checks for visible injuries.

"*Couple of small rips in her cloths, but that's about it*" He then looks away as Barb checks the Edge for any injuries on her body. Edge moves next to him.

"*You know its ok to look*" she whispers sultry.

"*Its also ok for you to look, when i strip then too.*" he rebuttals, Edge goes quiet and her face turns red at the thought, to which brings a smile to Nox.

"*Gross, Oh and she has no injuries or glass in normal or odd places*" answers Barb at hearing their banter.Nox turns back around, the other Edge already gone.

"*Ok it passes the tests,we got the plans and resources, we can get the line ready and Now all we need is to get it legal and show off a bit.*"

"*Yeah, but we can do that later,probably after winter*" said Edge as she stretches.

"* Oh yeah, when does the snow start to fall- Oh shit, I just remembered its our turn Nox*" A look of alarm appearing on Nox's face, she snaps her fingers and the car was back to normal and both look at Edge, she simply waves them off and both of them smile. Nox removes the extra gear he had put on and grabs Barb,they disappear in a flash of red light. Edge begins to pack up the belongings into the car.

*Elsewhere*

Nox and Barb appear on the mountain range near the town, both seeing their sister Screwball, and the other dancers.She looks at both of them as she taps her hoof on the ground.The moon already rising.

"*We know were a bit late*" answers both in unison.

"*Yes, yes you are late....So did it work? We good?*" she asked.

"*Oh yeah, we just gotta get everything else out the way*" said Barb happily, Screwball then points at there clothing and to which Nox snaps their fingers and both were respectively clad in white robes. Everyone moving into position.

"*Ok people lets do this now so we don't have to do it later!*" yells a aging cowgirl, signaling the music players to begin, as the dancers begin to twirl.

*The dance goes on for about 20 minutes*

"*Ok that should do-*" starts the aging cow but is stopped when 6 inches of snow lands on all their heads.

"*As i was saying, that should do it people*" she said as the snow comes down slowly from the clouds above. The town is covered in the fresh snow.

"*Well that was fun*" Nox teleports leaving the others.

"*So you think he is gonna do what i think he is gonna do?*" asks Eris to Barb.

"*Oh yeah*" she said as they join they leave with the other dancers.

"Luna does thou really think it was called for to hit the young drake there" asks Celestia as her sister finishes describing the 1st day, omitting the ending.

"Well it was necessary to get the "anger out" as the dragon called it, he challenged us to a duel and it would do us both a dishonor if we hadn't fought with all my fury" she answers her sister honestly.

"But was it necessary to cause him to pass out or strike him in the wind-" she begins but stops and listens.

"Do thou hear that?"

*Flomp* both exit the castle and notice what had occurred. As they notice the entire castle and surrounding area had been made white with snow and a single statue of ice in front of the castle,the snow now lazily falls from the slowly moving clouds above.

"Well this is unexpected" answers Celestia. Luna looking around the castle ground and sky and sees Nox floating high in the air,a sign in his hands.

"Thats for my family jewels" she read out on the sign, As she flies up to approach him he has already disappeared.Luna flies down to meet her sister.

"A joke from the dragon" Said Luna dryly.

" Not much of a joke, why the statue of him though" Celestia trails off as she sees the statue move. The statue gets up and pulls out two pies, hitting them both square in the face with them and laughing. Celestia and Luna looking not as entertained, Luna walked over to the laughing statue.

*Later with Nox in his lab*

"*Gonna have to find some timber wolves tomorrow to finishes this up*" he said as he shapes a piece of metal.

Looking at the clock in the lab he decides its time to sleep and teleports to his room.Noticing the crossbows and knives are on the table.He snaps his fingers and he is now in a set of red pajamas.He goes over to his table and rereads the spell.

"*I gotta hand this off to Storm tomorrow.*" he said, as he rereads the spell and drifts to sleep.

He walks past the memories of his life and walks forward, 3 keys present at his side. Nox briefly looks at the keys before running past the door and jumping. Passing dreams as he runs.

*In a dream*

"*See Rex, traveling jesters aren't all scary.Oh sure they can be very very creepy but they can also be very fun and kind.*" said 10 year old Nox as he juggles balls and pies, dressed as a jester. An entire circus going on behind him and a little grey diamond dog on the high rope with a smile on his face. He waves up at the acrobatic little diamond dog and the Rex waves back and Nox leaves the dream.

"*Hmm...nothing*" he said as he flies around.

"*Hmm now wher-*" stopping as he sees Luna fly into one.

"Not there" Nox now speaking equnish flies away. He pulls out a pocket watch and looks at the time.

"Early...." Nox suddenly gets a feeling.

"Never mind" he said flying around and dives right into the dream. He ends up landing in a dark forest, he silently tracks through the forest.

"Hello?" Nox whispers as he looks around and sees a twinge of bright hair, rainbow hair.

"Rainb-" Nox looks down, his expression one of horror.

Her small wings were bent at odd angles. Her body thin and covered in black unknown grime, bruises and cuts dotting her exposed body, and her dress filthy and ragged.Her eyes teary and a red line across her throat, her blood leaking unto the forest soil.

"Please help." her voice barely audible and Nox eyes snap open. He looks over at the table and grabs a knife and he teleports appearing right in front of the fallen filly, her eyes closed. Nox presses two fingers to the young girls throat, feeling a weakling pulse. The hand across her throat begins to glow green, the light healing the wound but the filly's pulse only gets weaker.

"Come on" Nox said through his clenched teeth, as he concentrates and places his other hand on the filly, and it chimes in healing magic. The light glows even brighter and passes through the filly's body.A loud pop echoes from her as her wings straighten and are healed.The cuts and bruises across her body vanishing, and the large slash across her throat disappearing.As her pulse strengthens, Nox lets out a breath he hadn't even known he was holding.The young filly weakly opens her eyes and looks at Nox before closing them again as she falls unconsciousness.

Nox turns around and hears a shuffling approaching them.Nox then closes his eyes as he takes out the knife and aims for the furthest of the could be attackers and throws the knife.

"AGH!" a figure scream out and rustling moves away from them and toward the scream, Nox then grabs the filly and teleports.

*Several minutes later*

"That was alot of gunk in your coat" said Nox as he attempts to talk to the filly, her real coat now visible.The cyan filly remains unresponsive and simply lets him wash her.He leads her to a stool and empties the tub, grabbing a small bucket and dumps the warm water on the filly. He grabs a towel and wraps it around the filly's head and body. He teleports and returns nearly instantly with a small dress and underwear. She wordlessly puts them on.Nox grabbing her hand and leads her down to the kitchen.

"Sit" he said, the filly obediently does ad Nox begins to cook.

"Why are you helping me?" Rainbow Storm quietly asks, Prompting Nox to stop what he was doing.

"You needed help." he said simply as he he stirs the pot, and grabs water from the fridge.He grabs 2 cups and fills them and places a bowl of soup and water in front of the filly, a bit of drool coming from her mouth.

"Eat up." he said with a smile, she looked at Nox and then back at the food, the young filly truly was ravenous as begins to quickly eats the soup. Nox simply teleports and reappears. He begins to fiddle with something in his hands as the young filly continues to eat and Nox refills each time she empties her bowl.After she had her fill he simply cleaned up and teleported them both to his room. He leads her to his bed and sits her down. Nox simply lies down on the bear skin.

"Goodnight" he said. Nox sees the filly's green eyes slowly close and hearing her breathing become rhythmic he simply closes his eyes and sleeps.

"* Several hours later*"

"*So thats what happened asks?*" Redmoon her hand covering her face.

"*Yup*" he said.

"*You had entered a dream and saw the filly in the condition you had described*" said Redmoon.

"*Uh huh*" he said.

"*Teleported to her and healed her*" she continues.

"*Correct*" he states.

"*Then distracted the possible attackers, by throwing a knife and stabbing one of them in the leg*" she finishes.

"*All accordingly*" Nox said as his mother sighs.

"*What's her name*" she asks pointing to the filly quietly seated in Nox's lap.

"*Rainbow Storm, should we switch to equnish so she understands?*" he asks.

"*Not yet, I want you to explain what you plan to do with her?*" asks his mother.

"*Well she has nowhere to go and well.... I figured.....and since Screwball and Barb talked to you already-*" his mother stopping him, a smile on her face.

"*Say no more sweetie, she can stay. You have to keep her safe and take care of her you realize.*" she said to her son, Nox simply smiles and Nods.

"Bye" Nox said as the etchings go dim as the device shuts off.

"You can stay" he said to the filly with a smile and she hugs Nox with a teary smile on her face.

"*That went well*" said Pearl from behind Nox, setting down a wet bag on one of the tables.

"*Yup.....I'll be back in a bit i gotta do some stuff, come on Rain" Nox leaves the lab and the filly following along behind him.

* A quick walk later and a medical examination later*

"*Besides being malnourished she is fine, so just keep feeding her.*" said Angel finishing up inspecting Rainbow Storm, the filly then put on the starry winter coat, and Nox's puts on his scarf.

"Thank you Angel. See ya later then" he said Holding out his fist and Angel pounds it. Nox and Rainbow Storm leaving the hall. They get some glances from some towns folk but, all just go about their business. Others waving at them as they pass, the filly timidly waves back. He spots a vendor and goes over to him.

"1 hay sandwich and an order of pork buns please." the diamond dog vendor hands them to Nox and he pays the vendor.The duo then find a bench to sit on and eat their food.

"Lets begin the tour shall we?" he said as he looks at the filly, Rainbow Storm smiles and nods.

"Alright then" he puts the filly on his back and flies into the sky and begins around the town.

"Ok this is the school, this is where someone your age spends most of your time and this is so you can get an education" Nox then takes off.

"This is where the farmer's market usually is but, we just started the winter. It is pretty much now where street vending happens."

"This is a park" he said as a snow ball hits him in the face.

"*Can't play right now*" he yells to those below and flies off.

"*This is so boring.*" think Edge as she follows Nox and the filly form the ground.

"This is healer's hall as you now know, over there is the firehouse, and over there is the guard station."

* 1 hour later*

"Ok this is one of the local taverns, don't go inside or stand outside of it" he said as he sets her down

"Why?" she asks and as a diamond dog flies through the window and lands next to them

"* I'mma have your hide you son of a b-*" is all she hears the diamond dog utter before Nox covers her ears.

"That's why" Nox picks her up and they fly up again.

"Oh and you see that place over there" he said point to an hotel looking place, to which the filly nods.

"Never ever and I mean ever go over there" he said sternly.

"Why?" she asks confused.

"You'll learn when your older" he said to her look of confusion.

"That's a junkyard, Don't go there"

"What's a junkyard?" asks the filly.

"A place where people throw their unwanted junk, sometimes theirs good stuff there though" Nox tells her as they fly away from it.

"That's a steel mill, don't go there." Storm flying in front of Nox.

"*What's up?*" he asks her as a smile goes across her face.

"*Delivered the spell, and the papers. Should have seen the look on their faces, those snobs' jaws dropped to the ground.*" Nox starts to grin and then high fives Storm before they go their separate ways.

"*See you two at home!*" said Storm as she rockets away.

"What's a steel mill?" asks Rainbow Storm.

*Meanwhile*

"*Ok now to test if this works*" said Pearl as she tightens a bolt. The turbine begins to spin faster and faster till smoke begins to bellow out from it.

"* shit*" she said as she runs behind a blast wall as the smoke increases.

*BOOM* and as the smoke dissipates she sighs.

"Back to the drawing board on that one." she moves from the wall to clean up the mess.

*Meanwhile*

"*Ok thats about it*" said Nox as he pays for the supplies, and clothing. Rainbow Storm right next to him as they leave to go back home.

"Yeah it seems like Church hasn't gotten to him yet, gotta wait till then to approach him" said the oddity looking through a telescope, as she presses something in her ear. Hiding amongst the clouds in the everfree.

"Maybe someone shouldn't have beaten the shit out of him and he could've remembered" goes the deep voice.

"Shut it Sombra" is all she said as she drops herself from the clouds.

"Did any of them recently approach him?" asks Sombra.

"No but he did leave the south" answers the oddity

"Hope Church is having better luck then us"

*Meanwhile*

"Ok this was a nice place a few moments ago" A loud scraping begins to come from behind him from begin him, prompting Church to turn around.

"Nice Doggie" he said to the dog as it snarls at him, the dog then slips through the wall and smiles a twisted smile.

"Oh my Gods!" said Church as he runs from the twisted freakish dog.

* Meanwhile*

"*Yeah so that about it*" said Nox as he talks.

"Yup, your rooms are all set up, so i'll see two Monday. Goodbye to you too.*"Nox waves off the device turns.Nox teleports to his room, Rainbow Storm already asleep in his bed. Before he goes to sleep he grabs one of the books on the table: the cover marked with a sun and moon and a dragons eye, diamond and milk bottle.

"* Luna's spell, very similar to shadow ball. Further investigation is needed" he mummers as he jots down in the book.

*The next day, outside the castle. The snow lazily falling over them *

"So do you still wish for me to demonstrate my magic?" Nox asks as he yawns. He is dressed in a starry scarf and baggy gray pants and shirt with a bag on his back and floats in front of the Alicorn, Luna dressed again in light armor.

"Discontinue thine floating dragon, we will be testing thou through written examination" Nox giving Luna an odd look

"What?" she said slightly annoyed. Nox simply shrugs and plants himself on his feet. He follows Luna inside the castle till they are in the castle's library.

"Sit" she orders. Nox simply obeys

"I'm guessing you all still don't trust me?" he said as he notices guards which line the library.

"Hmph" is all the Alicorn utters, as she uses magic to retrieve a book. Nox looking a bit excited as he sees the display of magic.

"Just as exciting as in the dream world" he thinks as he reaches into his bag. The guards at attention, like statues but their gaze all upon him. He draws out a pencil, and a blank booklet.

* 2 hours later*

"Oh my goddess this is so boring" he thinks as he jots down the lecture. Nox opens his bag once again and draws out a small metal ball. A spear tip appearing near his face and Nox looks up to see who it was. A male Pegasus guard glaring at him, Nox simply sighs and the squeezes the ball in his hand and opens them to reveal it is gone.

"I believe it time for evaluation, dragon" she said as she watches the display. Nox shrugs and simply clinches his hand, a ball of light now in his hand.

"Good....." Luna surprised as he preforms the spell with ease. Nox then touches his face a beard and mustache appearing on his face.The facial hair combo then burns away.

"Facial hair magic, and Nox snaps his fingers. The guards weapons turn into cheese replicas.

"Transmogrification, I already know those spells. May we please move to more advanced magic? he asks politely to Luna

"Learn your place foul wretch!" shouts one of the guard, Nox simply rolls his eyes at the guard and turns his attention back to the alicorn. Luna looking angry and the guard immediately apologizing to Luna as he returns to his position, Luna turns her attention back to Nox.

"Oh damn" he mumbles

"Dragon, it would be best for you to pay attention. This is for the benefits of our two kingdoms." she reminds him

"My apologies Master Luna, it is just that the material is something I have already learned" he replies and Luna places down the book

"Follow" Luna said to Nox, he obliges and follows the alicorns out of the room. The guards present in the room keeping the two apart as they walk outside, back to the outside of the castle. Luna pointing to where Nox to stand. The guards standing behind her, there cheese spears still in their hands.

"Ok I got to fix this" Nox thinks as he looks at the guards and Luna

"Show me some magic" Luna said

"Alright" Nox said, as he takes a deep breath

"Fair warning dragon, do not even think of using that attack" she warns

"Wouldn't dream of it" he said as he clears his throat, and closes his eyes

(Parody of Lullaby for a Solider)

May your dreams bring you peace in the night
May you always rise over the clouds
May the light from the sun always lead you to love
May you stay in the arms of the Alicorns

May you always be brave in the night
Till the sun shines upon you again
Hear this prayer in my heart and we'll ne'er be apart
May you stay in the arms of the Alicorns

May you hear every song in the forest
And if you ever lose your own way
Hear my voice like a breezie whisper soft through the trees
May you stay in the arms of the Alicorns

May you grow up to stand as a stallion, love
With the pride of your family and mark
When you lay down your head or rest in your bed
May you stay in the arms of the Alicorns

He finishes and opens his eyes and sees Luna yawning

"Was that it?" she asks , Nox points to the guards and Luna is shocked to sees that all of them are asleep on the ground

"That spell is called Sing, its a spell that puts you to sleep but I guess it doesn't work on you." Nox said now in front of Luna, floating over a sleeping guard. Nox hearing Luna's breathing over the guard's snoring. Nox cautiously reaches his hand toward the tired princess. He stops his hand and keeps it at a short distance, Luna makes no move on him as his hand begins to glow green.

"I was kinda worried if I had left some damage when I kinda lost it during our duel." he said as he heals Luna, the princess seeming to relax a bit. Nox finishes up and floats away a bit.

"My apologies if I caused you any discomfort" said Nox embarrassed and bows slightly, Luna taken aback by the behavior

"Well thou seems truly genuinely penitent. We will forgive thou, dragon." Luna said Nox straightening up ,a small smile on his face.

"Thou are dismissed" at hearing this Nox flies away back to town, but stops as he sees what is coming

"Ah what the hell" he said as he teleports to the a mayor's office

"They aren't here, their managing the new arrivals" said the white drake as she sorts papers into files

"Thanks " he said as he opens the window and flies out

* A few minutes later*

"*Ok people, Lets get all of you to your new homes" shouts Eris through the bullhorn as she addresses the large crowd of people.

"*Yeah seems like they got here earlier then expected*" answers Barb

"*Well the building are ready, but this is gonna be a pain*" he said yawning as he scans the crowd.

"*Didn't get much sleep?" asks Eris as she finishes addressing the crowd

"*Yeah bad dreams*" he said

"* Here to help out*" said Minor and Storm in unison

"*Is Edge around?*" asks Eris

"*She is watching Rainbow Storm for me while I'm out*" answers Nox

"*The little filly?*" asks Barb to which Nox nods

"Alright lets get to work directing this flow, everyone remember what their jobs are?"

"Yup!" reply back Minor, Storm, and Nox

"Then get to it!" she shouts

"Alright" they said as they head to the crowds

*An few hours later*

"Ok this is your house Wiona, Bell, Rover, Chip, and Shelia" He said to the pack of diamond dogs as he reads their names off the list

"Does it have the kitchen we asked for?" Rover

"Yup,the house has the cheese pantry, the 3 bedrooms, is close to the local bathouse, etc" he said as he opens the door

"Hmm...it is very good, thank you." Nox hands the keys to Rover, and leaves the pack to their new home. As he heads into the town square, the congestion from the new arrivals is dense and surrounding.

*Meanwhile*

"It's nice to meet you" said Rainbow Storm timidly , addressing the young drake across from her

"It very nice to meet you too!" the black drake nervously stammers out, the female drake next to him simply eating her lunch

"*Awkward*" thinks Edge as she watches the conversation, Nox then appears in the kitchen

"*Hey*" he greets her, a smile spreads across Edge's face and she pulls him in close.

"*Woah, what up?*" he asks Edge

"*Can you try and break the ice a bit over their, looks like they need it.*" she whispers into his earand Nox turning his attention to the table.

"Dawn & Set! What are you two doing here?" exclaims Nox

Dawn is a green dragon, she appears to be 11 years old and has a slender frame.Her spines are rounded like Nox's own but instead of pale white are as black as his scales. She has a normal dragon tail and she is 4 ft 11 inch .Her eyes are bespectacled and are pale blue and draconic. She is of the clan Loki. A blue satchel on her back . She is clad in a simple blue dress. She is reading a little black book in her left hand as she eats a sandwich.

Set is a black dragon the same color as Nox, he appears to be 9 years old and has a slender frame.His spines are purple and round like Set's. He has a normal dragon tail and is 4 ft 8 inches .His eyes are crimson red and draconic. He is of the clan Loki.He is clad in blue leggings and green shirt.A white bag at his side. He currently nervously looking at Rainbow Storm, ignoring his lunch.

" The trip had to end early, some of the arks started to act up again" she said , not looking up from her book

"What do you mean acting up?" asks Nox

"The usual: the screens were flashing, they tried to fly, and 3 of the smaller ark items flew through the ceiling." she said

Nox goes quiet as he processes the information but stops when Edge cleared her throat

"Oh, this is Rainbow Storm. She'll be living with us from now on" he said

"Ok" said Dawn not looking up from her book

"A-Alright" said Set occasionally glancing at the cyan filly, Rainbow Storm fidgeting in her seat

"Hmm" is all that exits Nox mouth before he teleports

"*Son of a bitch*" thinks Edge as she begins chopping up apples

* In the lab*

"*It blew up again huh?*" Nox looking down at the pieces of melted metal on the floor, Pearl face calm and neutral as she nods. Nox simply sighs and goes over to a black board in the room.

"* We need to change something*" Nox drawing on the board.

"*It all comes down to these , if we could just know what were doing wrong" he trails off as he draws on the board.

"*Just gotta keep trying*" is all Pearl said as she gathers the scraps.

"This time it exploded from the turbine portion... I think problem lies their, but I can't tell what was wrong with it" she said as she pours over the design. Nox snaps his fingers and the blown up machinery reforms to their original state. Nox yawning.

"Go to bed" said Pearl, Nox was about to object but pearl looks at him giving her usual blank expression.

"Alright alright" he said and teleports to his room, changing into pajamas and gets into the bed.

*My arm..... why can't i feel anything?" wonders Nox.

"My legs............." Nox conciseness fading.

"My head.......whats is that noise?.....Is someone eating?" wonders Nox as he hears crunching.

"Why can't I see?" He said as he tries to open his eyes.

"Wake up" a voice said and Nox begins .

"I think something is eating.......Is it....... hahahahahhahahaha!" Nox begins to Laugh.

"Wake up!" shouts the voice.

"He really has done it..... he really has the gall.....HAHHAHAHAHAHA!" Nox laughter turning hysterical.

"Very well child, lets see if you can handle what you're taking. " He shouts in his blind laughter.

"Wake up!" shouts the voice now screaming at him, sobbing evident in the voice and Nox's eyes snap open. Rainbow sleeping peacefully, clutching close to him.

"*Bad dream?*" whispers Edge from the bedroom door.

"*Just a weird dream" he said and closes his eyes to sleep.

"*Night*" she whispers.

"*Yes?*" he said a small smile on his face.

"*You know what I meant*" a smile on her voice.

"*Goodnight*" he said as he falls asleep.

* The next day*

"I'll be back in a bit. Rainbow I want you to listen to Dawn today" Nox said as he carries an hatchet, a red satchel and a sack and exits through the building. As soon as he leaves, Dawn grabs Rainbow's wrist and leads her back upstairs, Set following the two young ladies.Dawn leads them to Nox's room.

"Lets get started shall we?" said Edge sitting on the bed, a book in hand.

*Meanwhile with Princess Luna*

"Why did we left him so close?" wonders Luna as she touches where he healed her

"Why did he heal us? " She wonders as she grabs a book from the library

*Meanwhile..... elsewhere*

"*Sad that no one wanted to help us move our stuff*" said black sheep hauling a large wagon

"*Our works is pretty heavy, We should have asked our other friends to help us*"

"*You know they have work to do as well*" said her cloaked companion, hauling a large wagon

"*You know since we didn't arrive when the others did they are going to worry, right?*" said the sheep

"*Yeah we were pretty worried.You know we would have helped you move*" said Storm from atop the the cloaked
individual's wagon load, startling the travelers. She then flies down to the his side and helps him haul the wagon.

"*You did pack the crystal communicator right?*" she asks as they push, to which the cloaked fellow nods.

"*Good*" she said a soft smile on her face.

*A couple of hours later*

"Ok now sound this out" Nox instructs as he shows her the sentence ,Rainbow Storm nod. Both sitting on the floor of the room.

"* H-hello, m-my nam-me is Rain-nbow Storm*" she manages to say.

"Pretty good, gotta work on your pronunciation though" he said as he affectionately rubs the filly's head, someone knocks on the door to his room.

"*Enter*" he said as a diamond dog and sheep enter the room.

"*Short time no see: Ore and Wilma*" Said Nox with a smiling at the two, both returning the smile.

Ore is a an hybrid mix of diamond dog and Dragon , appearing to be of the husky diamond dog. His coat is white and he is 6ft 9 inches and muscular, his eyes are draconic and gold. His tail would be consider a bit short if he were a drake but it is about 2 ft long and has a tuff of black hair sticking out. He only has a single arm, his right and it is striped with black bands of scales that seem to go around his arm, the rest of his arm hidden by a large leather glove and where his other arm would be juts out some metal joint. He is currently dressed in a sleeveless red shirt, and a pair of black leggings.A large metal hammer across his back. He is of the Titan clan.

Wilma is a black sheep. Her skin is pale but the wool located on her body is all black and her eyes dark blue. She is about 5 ft 2 inches, and her she appears a bit chubby, with small breasts and a metal piercing in one of her ears. Her clothing is a a white shirt and blue overalls. Her tail is a normal stubby sheep tail.

Nox noticing the joint, points to the Ore's left side.

"* Oh it broke*" answers Ore, his voice deep.

"*What with the filly?*" asks Wilma pointing to Rainbow Storm, who is now hiding behind Nox.

"*When did she even?*" Nox wonders as before returning to the topic at hand.

"*Oh......its complicated. Long story short she leaves here now.*" Nox using his tail and lifts up Rainbow Storm and moves the filly in front of him. The filly shaking a bit and looks up at Ore, cowering under his gaze and Nox pulls her to him.

"Its alright there friends, Ore may look a bit scary but he is a big softy" whispers Nox in her ear, she looks up at Ore.

"*H-hello, m-my nam-me is Rain-nbow Storm*" she said to them, still appearing visibly frightened

"*Nice to meet you Rainbow Storm, my name's Ore and this is Wilma.*" he said with a smile pointing to the sheep, who leans down to the filly.

"*Nice to meet you*" she said a kind smile on her face, and Nox translates the line to Rainbow Storm. A look of confusion on Wilma's face.

"* We just started teaching her how to speak and write *" he said to her confused look.

"*Ah, so how old is she?*" asks Wilma.

"* About 9 years old" answers Dawn from the door way, a small box in her hands.

"* Hello Dawn*" said the Ore and Wilma, Dawn returning the greeting, before handing the Box off to Nox. The Box is then floats is taken out of his grasp, Edge appearing on the bed. She looks at the box, and sniffs it before a shield appears around her. She opens the box and looks generally perplexed at the contents.

"*What is it?*" Nox asks, before Edge hands the box back to him and simply shrugs at the contents.

"*They don't seem to be explosive, poisonous, or a magical base explosive. I just don't know what they are*" answers Edge, as Nox simply removes one of the strange items.

"*I think its called a gun, I read about them about a couple of months ago*" answers Ore, Nox turning the gun in his hand

"*What do they do?*" he asks as he pulls the trigger

"*Yeah I wouldn't do that Nox*" said Ore as Nox repeatably pulls the trigger

"*Why not?*" he said as he looks at the empty bottom of the gun, and looks over the gun.

"*Their like mini-launchers*" answers Ore and Nox immediately stops pulling the trigger. Edge taking the guns from him.

"* Who sent these?*" asks Nox, Dawn points to the parcels side, and Nox looks at the paper attached to it.

"*Oh...... I'll look at these later then*" he as he wraps the box in his tail and puts it on the table, Edge taking the box in her grasp.

"*Anyone wish to eat?*" asks Nox as he stands, everyone leaving the room.

"* Good work on teaching her guys*" he said addressing Dawn and Edge, both smile.

"*Still a work in progress on that*" said Dawn.

"Almost everything in life is*" he answers, and pets Dawn and Rainbow Storm on the head, a smile on theirs faces.

"*A bit later*

"Goodnight Rain" he said as pulls the blanket over the sleeping filly before closing the door to the room and teleports to the lab's door.

"A few hours later*

"*Ok this part is done, now all i need to do is install the ball*" Nox takes out the metal ball he had been working on and places it at the end of the metal joint.

"*Test*" he said as he places his tail to the metal, the tail begins to glow crimson and the ball and joint begin to move. Nox the sticks a piece of wood to the other end of the metal joint, a smile spreading across his face as the joint moves.

"* Soon enough*" he said sits down the work and in his peripheral vision he sees the two swords.

"* Almost forgot about you two*" Nox picks up the swords.

"*Time to do some research*" Nox said as he grabs a pair of goggles

"Oh wait not yet" He puts down the sword and lies down on the ground.

* In a dream*

" Hmm, no body here?" he wonders as he looks around the cloud building. Jumping from building to building. He simply decides to float till he hears something. He decides to turn to his regular self as he relaxes.

The gears are turning,
The world is working,
Creativity is flowing,
In the day we all play,
But in the night I slay,
I am a seeker at night

"The time-"he stops when something blocks out the light over him, upon seeing him Luna clears her throat

"Dragon, I mean No-" Luna said from above him.

"Oh hey Lulu, still wearing restrictive clothing I see....and that kind of underwear" Nox said and sticks out his tongue at the alicorn. Luna's face turns red and something large appears over Nox.

"This is much better" Nox thinks as he moves to avoid the ice and rushes at Luna.

Author's Note

A little dark I know. Had to be done to advance the story. Gonna work hard to head towards comedy, so far its either been borderline dark, Luna acting emotional, character introductions, developments and etc. I hope you stick around for this ride, where even the driver doesn't know where to go sometimes

I can say it will be fun
Lullaby for a solider is a nice so I just thought it would fit.