The Library Bat Pony

It's only been about a month since I found the little bat pony, I have notice that this creature was really full of energy at a young age. I wanted Nidra to take a nap or at least sleep at night like all children do, but for a little girl she was a bit stubborn at first.

She finally manage to speak to me in full sentences, well not completely but she is learning like a child should. Now I'd tried to put her sleep by either rocking her to sleep, or singing a lullaby, or let her run around until she ran out of steam, but that didn't work at all either.

I kept wondering how come she could stay awake much longer then a normal child? That's when I decided to read some books about Ponies and bats, I found no clue in the pony book but I did manage to find something useful in the bat book. Now...I wasn't really okay with the idea but..It said that bats only sleep during the day when they hung upside down.

I remember I found Nidra hanging upside down in the bookstore while she was asleep, I'm still surprise that this little bat pony wasn't spotted when everyone else was too busy to notice her.

So....I gave it a try...I picked up the little bat pony by pulling her tail, I was sure that she wouldn't like that but she didn't try to fight back. I held her up right before my face so her eyes were looking at my mine, as I watch her I then notice that she started to yawn a bit and closed her eyes and fell soundly asleep.

I was studded when I saw that just now, not only was I amazed, but I was like.... "NOW I've seen Everything!" I said talking to no one in particular.

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I still work at the bookstore but I did wonder what would happen if I left Nidra home alone, she could get hurt somehow so I figured since she didn't cost too much trouble over at the store, so I take her to work with me everyday. Of course I didn't want her to get spotted by any of the costumers so I hid her in the back of the store and have her hung upside down in one of the empty bookshelves, which became her sleeping place whenever I work in the day time.

As I continue working I do check up on Nidra from time to time, just making sure she was alright, and at the end of the day I close up the store and grab Nidra to take back home with me.

In the pass couple of days, Nidra finally opens up to me for she knew that I was trying to help her. But since she is at a young age she thinks of me as her father whenever she calls me Daddy, I didn't like the idea of pretending to be her father cause right now..I'm more of an local guardian to her, but since it's obvious she must have lost her memory somehow...So I let her call me that until I could find out who her real mother and father were.

I'm still trying to teach her about where she was and what I am, for she has no clue as to what's going on in this world she's on, I also teach her how to at least read so she could have something to do when I'm busy with work. I've had thought about helping her to fly since she has been trying so many times as she jumps off of high places which became a real problem for me since she only gonna get herself hurt all the time.

I did a lot of research on my computer about the My Little Pony TV show and Bat Ponies, it took me almost forever to find what I was looking for, but then I came across something about Princess Luna. I read an article about she married a male bat pony and they hand a daughter by the name of "Nidra"

I finally found the answer I was looking for, Nidra was actually half bat, half alicorn, a strange but very amazing way how a pony could be born as. I wanted to tell her but then I realized that she was too young and barely knew a lot about who she really was and where she really belongs, I figured the best thing to do was to help her learn a little more about life and wait until she was old enough to learn the truth.

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Now the back to the sleeping problem, at times I've tried reasoning with Nidra that it's important for her to sleep, but she keeps telling me that she's not tired. I figured the only way how I could get her to sleep is unless she hangs upside down, I thought the blood might rush to her head but since that doesn't happen to bats..It must not work on bat ponies.

The real question was....How am I going to keep her upside down to sleep? If Nidra could hang upside down on a bookshelf ceiling, then it's obvious that I have to help her hang to the ceiling....Wait..Hanging a child upside down on the ceiling? Now that...Was both a challenge...And a really bad idea.

So I started things off with a test. A grabbed a ladder and tried placing Nidra upside down with her feet holding onto the ceiling, I thought this was never gonna work but this was a test....And don't worry, if she falls and I can't catch her in time..I placed a lot of pillows on the floor so she could land on something safe.

Test 1: I climbed the ladder with Nidra on my shoulder until I made my way to the top, I grab Nidra and turn her upside down as I carefully place her feet on the ceiling. Before I let go of her I made sure she secure and slowly moved my hands away from her, she stares at me until she falls to sleep. I stood on the ladder watching her with both eyes, her feet manage to keep their grip on the ceiling but I still had a bad feeling about this. After 2 minutes have passed it looked as if she was okay for now....So I thought.

I slowly climb back down not leaving my eyes off of Nidra until my feet was now touching the floor. I stare up at the little bat pony as she sits there fast asleep, of course I did had my doubts but she seemed peaceful up there. I started to make my way into the kitchen for just a minute, I turn around fast to see Nidra still hanging on the ceiling....I turn back towards the kitchen and grab myself a bottle of water. As I walk back into the living room I look up to see Nidra still hanging from the ceiling, Wow...For a half bat she can really hang there for pretty long.

Since now she's asleep, I could at least try to work a little more on Nidra's history.

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A few hours have pass and I haven't heard a pep from Nidra, I went back into the living room to see if she was still on the ceiling, I look up and saw that she had not fallen off the ceiling yet...Not even once. For a bat pony she could stay there forever, the test was a complete success, and with only one try. I then realize that she hasn't eaten anything yet.

I climb the ladder and grab a hold of Nidra as I climb back down, I turned her right side up and place her on the floor. I waited until she finally woke up from her nap, "Hey, had a good sleep?" I ask Nidra who rubbed her eyes and nodded to me. "Come on, lets get something to eat,"

I lift her up in my arms and carried her into the kitchen. I placed her in a chair next to the dinner table as I grab some vegetables from the frig and started making her a salad, it took almost an hour but I get everything done and place the salad on the table for her to eat. I only took out some pack of noodles to eat, since I don't think eating any meat in front of her is a good idea, nor did I want to frighten her.

A little after we eat I headed towards the bedroom with Nidra in my arms, I have read in the bat book that bats usually fly around doing their regular night time things, but I can't just let her run around the house since I won't be able to keep an eye on her if I'm asleep.

So I ask Nidra if she was sleepy, but she told me that she's still wide awake. So I brought the ladder in my room and climb up to the ceiling with Nidra on my shoulder and tried to hang her upside on the ceiling, I figured it wouldn't work at night but hey...Don't knock it until you try it.

As I place Nidra on the ceiling and climb down from the ladder and walked over to my bed as I lay down and stare up at the ceiling looking at Nidra who kept her eyes on me. I waited at least a minute to see if she would fall asleep right before me....but of course, she doesn't close her eyes but just...Stare at me with her glowing yellow eyes.

To be honest...It does look a bit strange and almost scary to have a bat like creature staring at me with big eyes, but...I guess it doesn't bother me since she is a small bat pony, that...And because I'm grateful that she isn't a blood eater like the other bats I read about.

But then I begin to think for a bit...Maybe instead of just letting her hang from there for the rest of the night, why not just let her read a book while she's still awake?

I get up from bed, climb the ladder and bring her back down as I set her on my bed. I then pulled a book from a shelf and placed it right on the bed beside her. "If you can't sleep at all, why not read a book for while?" I ask her as she looked at the book with curious eyes. I thought since she's been living in the bookstore reading the books at night, I thought maybe she won't cost any trouble at home.

I climb into bed getting under the covers and lay my head on the pillow, I also place a pillow next to Nidra in case she needed to lay her head on something soft. The only thing I could do was try to get some sleep so I could go to work in the morning while Nidra tries to read quietly.

As I close my eyes to sleep, I notice a bright light coming from somewhere. I look at Nidra and I was surprise at what I saw, Nidra's horn was glowing...Like a nightlight. I guess she needed some light to read her book, I didn't bother it and just went to sleep.

"Well," I said, "At least she'll stay out of trouble. As long until it's time for to go home," After I said those words..I begin to think, just how can I take care of her, and....Can I really be her father until then?

It's already late, so...There's nothing I can do about that....