Chapters As the sun begins to rise up to the sky I lay in bed hoping that nothing could bother me.
But I did had this feeling that something wasn't right, I raise my head up and looked at the clock, '7:08' I thought. I looked at the calendar which I had some of the days marked for when I have to go to work, and of course the day that was waking up on happens to be Monday March 1st and so...The day I Have to go to work, "Of Course," I said to myself as I got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom.
*****
I get to the work, On Time Of course! I work at the bookstore, it's kind of like a library but not completely like one, the inside is almost like the library's own but the outside is not that huge like the library itself, so there's not much to tell. I just keep the place in order as I help the costumers with the books their either looking for or returning, believe me the bookstore is as quiet like the library but not on the inside sometimes.
I'm the only working in there cause this bookstore only needs one person responsible enough to run it, that and...I kinda own it, cool huh? Now as I work at the bookstore I sometimes notice that some books have been moved when I open the store in the morning, it started a month ago but I know I made sure that no one was left behind in the store or checked if there were any break ins, wait....Who would rob a bookstore?
I didn't really bothered with it for I was too busy with keeping the store in order, I just thought that someone left those on the table while I wasn't looking. A little later as I helped the last costumers for the day I turn the sign on the door to close, I do my check up on the shelves to make sure everything was in order and saw the books that were on the table earlier when I got in dis-morning. That was the last straw, I picked up the books and put them back to their rightful place, I then looked around the bookstore trying to find any trapdoors or any open windows to see how anyone could get in without me around.
The books that were always found on the table were some comic books, the Japanese manga books, some children books, and the My Little Pony books. It seemed to me that a little child has been breaking in this store somehow, I'd be surprised that they didn't take the books with them, that's what bothered be the most. It's as almost if someone is living in this bookstore.
If there was a child living in this store I should have at least found a pillow and a blanket lying on the floor, or at least a pair of shoes the size of a little child's feet. But there weren't any around, not even foot prints, what am I even thinking? If I really own this store I should know if there were any trapdoors, or a backdoor.
I finally give up looking as I turned my head to look at the window but I stopped for I thought I saw something. I turned my head back slowly to something dangling upside down on one of the shelves ceiling , it looked liked a stuffed toy, now the question is how come I didn't notice that until now, and how did a child hung that there?
I walk over to the bookshelf and moved the ladder across the shelf, I climbed up carefully and as I got close to the toy I got a good look at it. It'd looked like one of those little ponies from that My Little Pony cartoon show, I also noticed that it had a a horn on it's head so I figured that it was a unicorn. But as I got a closer look at it I saw it had wings....Bat Wings! "A bat...Unicorn..?" NOW I seen everything.
I looked at the toy wondering how it was hanging upside down, there weren't any rope tied to it, nor was there a hook on it. I thought maybe this toy had a magnate on the bottom.
I reach my hand out to grab the little stuff toy, just before I could touch it..The toy's eyes open quickly which in return caused me to shriek as I backed away and my feet slip on the steps and almost caused me to fall on the ground, but luckily my hand manage to grab hold on the ladder's footsteps while I hung there dangling on the ladder looking down at the floor with my heart beating like a drum.
I sigh in relief and tried to turn my body around to grab hold of the ladder. I then began to climb back up and saw that the toy was actually looking right at me. I then begin to think that this wasn't a toy at all, I reach my hand out again to at least touch the little thing as it kept it's eyes on me. I finally touch nice and gently on it's head, it notice my touch but didn't move away from me, I then placed my hand on the back of it's ears and began scratching it. The bat pony started to make a moaning sound as if it was enjoying my scratching.
Now I was amazed, surprised, and shocked to see the little bat pony tilt it's head a little. But now what's bothering my head right now is, how did this little creature get inside this store....Where did it come from...and more importantly....Was this the one who's been reading those books while I wasn't here?
I then wondered if this creature could actually talk.
"Um....Hi."
The bat pony didn't say anything, I figured it must be too scared to talk to me but then I realize that this creature was almost just like a new born child who couldn't speak yet. But if it couldn't speak, then how come it could read the books? I then notice that the sun was almost set as I realized that I wasted a lot of time here.
So I tried to grab a hold of the bat pony as to remove it from where it was, the bat pony saw my hands moving towards it's body until it's wings sprung in fear. I kept my hold on the ladder as the creature jumped from the shelf ceiling and spin around to fly straight, but as it did that the bat pony drop down on the floor like a rock falling from the sky. I climbed down to check if the creature was okay for it laid on the floor with stars circling around it's head.
It'd looked silly at first but then I thought it looked hurt, so I carefully but slowly moved my hand down to grab hold of it. As I picked the little bat pony up and placed it in my arms the little creature shook it's head and looked at me with big eyes. I thought it would try and fly away from me again but it laid silently in my arms staring at me with it's eyes, I'd bet it was wondering what I was.
"Hey hey," I said quietly to it, "It's alright. you don't have to worry," as I said those words the little creature just laid there in my arms just looking at me as I made my way out of the bookstore.
*****
I get back home with the little bat pony laying in my arms as I entered inside the house and carried it over to the couch and set it there as the bat pony kept on sleeping nice and peacefully. I scratch my head as I look at the clock on the wall and saw that it was now 6:50, that mean't that the sun was down and the moon is about to rise up.
I walk over to the screen door and look up at the night sky and saw that the full moon had finally risen up to the sky, as it shown it's light over the dark town.
I then turned my attention to the little creature who had woken up as it yawned. Now that I get a good look at the bat pony and saw that the creature had grey skin, light blue hair, but it's wings were just as black as a normal bat has, I wondered if it was a boy or girl but then realized that this creature had to be a girl since it made that girly moan earlier. I wasn't sure if this she was a character of the My Little Pony show, of course I don't watch it but I did see some of the characters and I'm certain that she was no where to be seen on the show. But I didn't really bother with that since I finally found the little burglar who's been bothering the books at night.
The creature then began looking around the place as she sprung it's wings out again to fly but as she jumped off the couch she drop on the floor like a rock again. I walk over to the bat pony to see if it was hurt but she'd looked dizzy like it was back at the bookstore, it was obvious that this little bat just couldn't fly yet for it was too small and maybe a bit weak.
She stood up on it's own and just walked around for a bit, I thought she was trying to find a way out of the house and back to the bookstore but...Then again I begin to wonder how this creature got into this world and why it'd slept at the bookstore. I guess'd that bat ponies must like nice quiet places, and books.
I thought she might be hungry, so I made my way into the kitchen with the little bat pony walking behind me as she wondered where was I going. I open the frig and found some vegetables thinking that maybe this bat pony must eat fruit and vegetables like the ponies from the show. So I chop some cabbage, put it on a plant and set it right before the bat pony on the floor. she looked at the cabbage and smelled it a little until she realized what it was and began eating it.
"Boy, you must be really hungry?" I said out loud as the bat pony continued to eat. I thought about what to do since I got this little creature with me for a while, so I shrug it off and went into my room to lay on my bed for a bit.
*****
I open my eyes to realize that I had fallen asleep, I got up and went into the living room to check on the little bat pony but she was no where to be seen. I walk into the kitchen to find her on the counter eating the rest of the cabbage I had left there, I wondered how'd she got up there when she couldn't fly just yet.
I then saw the that draws had been pulled out, it looked like the creature must have climbed up using the draws as stairs, I guess this creature must be smart. I walk over to the counter as she turned it's head to see me approach her, she didn't move away from me but just stood still as she look at me. I just grabbed the little bat pony and carried her with me into the living room as I laid down on the couch and placed the little bat pony on my stomach.
As I lay there just staring at the creature who was staring back at me, to be honest the little bat pony did looked cute up close. I wonder what my next plan should be when I begin to notice that my eyes were...closing themselves for I was still sleepy, so I figured that the bat pony might fall asleep too so I just let my eyes close on themselves and went back to sleep with the little creature laying on my stomach.
As I fall asleep I then begin to wonder what her name was. Since she is going to be living with me, she must have a name at least.
I open my eyes to look at the bat pony who laid on my belly just laying there staring at me. "Hey," I said to the little creature, "I know you can't talk to me right now, but do at least have a name...?" What was I thinking? Talking to a little pony when she can't even speak yet, boy was I really dumb. I just lay my head back on the couch and just scratch my eyes.
"N...Ni..Nidra..."
I then looked at the bat pony with both eyes wide open as I was shocked to hear her say something! "Did you just speak?" she looked at me and didn't say anything but just nod her head at me.
I guess she was still learning how to speak. She said Nidra...Was that her name? Was she really trying to tell me her name? I'll admit that the name does sound a bit different then all the names I've heard over the years, but I was somehow proud that she had spoke to me with all her might.
I placed my hand on her head and stroke her hair as I smiled a little, "Well...Nice to meet you..Nidra.."
Chapter 2: Sleeping Upside Down
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.
*****
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.
*****
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.
*****
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....
Chapter 3: The Flying Lessons
A few months pass as the little bat pony has grown a bit, she's even grown attach to me as well. Ever since I found her and been taking care of her she really thinks of me as her Daddy, I've gotten use to it by now as I sometimes refer her as "My Little Princess," Only because she is a Princess, and even fathers would end up calling their daughters that.
Nidra is starting to learn a lot as help with many things and question she has about this world, one problem she has been having trouble is...She still couldn't fly yet.
Each time I place her on a high place, she would spring her wings out and jump off hoping to fly in the air, but only to drop on the floor like a rock. It really has become a problem and a habit, Nidra keeps trying almost every time she gets the chance and when she thinks that today is the day. If I place her on the kitchen counter, she'll jump off and fall. If I place her on the table, she'll jump off and fall. But this time when we were eating dinner, after she had finished she jump out of her chair but this time landed on some pillows I had placed on the floor in case she ever thought of trying again.
Of Course...I had a feeling she would do that.
*****
The other day, I gave Nidra some flying books and books about flying animals to help her with her problem, I couldn't teach her to fly since I had to run the bookstore and more importantly...She needs to practice somewhere with a lot of space instead of in the house.
Of course when I start thinking about letting her go outside it does scare me that if someone saw her, they would probably freak out and call the police or the government. Losing her would make me sad, but if she'd died.....I would never forgive myself, nor will her real parents. So I haven't really let Nidra go outside to play at all, I was just..Afraid that something bad would happen to her.
After a few days later I went out in town searching for somewhere that Nidra could practice, it took some time for me look all over every spot I could find....But none were any good since there'll be too much people around.
As soon as I got home I was tired for I've spent almost the whole day searching.
"Hi Daddy!"
I hear Nidra calling me, voice seemed very close to me, I open my eyes and what I saw right in front of me was My Little Princess hovering right before me!
"Nidra! You..." I was completely surprised by what I saw, her wings were flapping as hard as they could while holding her up in the air.
"Look Daddy Look, I'm flying!" Nidra saids as she flow around me in a circle.
Just as she did that her wings stopped for a moment and before Nidra could drop like a rock again I quickly caught her before that. I was a little scared right there but still I was So Proud of her for flying for the first time, it was only for a minute but she really did it! I put the little bat pony down on the floor and she begins to hop around the room in joy saying, "I did it, I did it!" I agreed with her as I walk into the living room with her.
I took a seat on the couch as she, by surprise....Starts flying over to me! Nidra flapped her wings so hard to fly into my lap as she hovers towards me as nice and careful as she could. Then her wings stop flapping and she drops onto my lap safe and sound "whew" I sigh as I look at her who sits up on my lap and looks up at me.
"Guess..I still need more...Practice...Huh Daddy?" Nidra said to me as she shows me her wings. I study her bat wings and begin to wonder if bats have a lot of trouble flying at a young age? Well that wasn't important right now, was really important was that My Little Princess actually flew all by herself today. I just help but smile at Nidra as I give her a hug and she hugs me back.
It's been about like....Six months since I found her...And not only does she learn to speak and read, but she also learned how to fly, well she's still learning. But I can't help but be proud at my little girl.
*****
A month later, Nidra can now fly like a bird! It happen a week ago, I found a spot for her to practice her flying. It took her about like...15 NO, 40 times to get the flying down.
On her last try she starts off flying up high into the air, believe me she flew up so high....I almost thought she was flying up into outer space, ha ha...I guess that doesn't sound true. Any who....I got a good view of Nidra in the air and as I saw her up there I notice something.....She stop flying for a minute and it looked like she got shot.....I say that because she started to fall and I reaction was like...."OH MY GOD MY LITTLE GIRL IS FALLING!!!!!"
And yes...I screamed like a mother right there.
I rush to the spot where I thought she might fall on, as I kept my eye on her as she drops down to earth I ran like there a bomb going off and I wasn't gonna stop running until My Little Princess lands right into my hands safe and sound! I then notice that Nidra wasn't screaming nor was she awake, Now I began running like a crazy man right there, my eyes began running tears down my face as I kept running, was like....
"GOD IF YOU MAKE ME NOT CATCH HER AND SHE DIES....I'M REALLY GONNA BE REAL UPSET WITH YOU!!!"
I get closer and closer to the spot and I jump as high as my feet could, I reach my hands towards Nidra with everything I had! I closed my eyes for I was afraid of what might happen if I didn't catch her in time. My eyes were still closed as I fell to the ground with a big "Bam! Crash!" I rolled on the ground for a moment until I finally stop next to a tree.
I was really beaten up for my body was now began to bleed with a few cuts and scraps, I open my eyes and look at my hands to see if I had caught Nidra in time.......Unfortunately..my hands were...Empty....I stare at my hands as tears begin to fall, I didn't make it.....I laid there thinking to myself why I wasn't quick enough to catch her....My Little Princess....THAT RIGHTS! I got up feeling the pain as I look around the field for her.....But she was no where to be seen....Why...I stood there thinking....I didn't know what to do or what to think right there.....I just...Stood there..As I begun to cry.....
"Daddy!"
I heard a shout coming from above, I turn my head around in all directions and wonder where my little girl was. I turn around behind me and....There she was...My Little Princess was flying in the air! I began to smile with joy for I saw my little girl wasn't hurt at all.
Nidra flies over to me without having any trouble at all, as she flew closer and closer to me I place my arms out grab a hold of her as we both hugged each other, "You did it!" I said to her, "You really did it!" I pull her out of the hug and look at with a few tears running down my face. "Nidra, what you did up there really scared Daddy! Don't ever scare me like that again, do you hear me?!"
I look at her with a stern look for she knew I was serious about that stunt she pulled on me earlier, "I'm sorry Daddy. I didn't mean to make you scared," Nidra says to me as she nuzzle herself onto me....But I couldn't stay mad at her, for she had accomplish her goal! I lay my forehead on hers and smiled at her, she replied with a smile and a hug.
I couldn't believe it, for the first not only did I see my daughter flying in the air, but I was there to see it all happen. As we head back home Nidra just slept on my lap as I drove us back to the house, it was a long day for the both of us. I walk inside the house with My Little Princess sleeping in my arms, now I know that bats only sleep during the day but it's seemed that all the flying she did had really put her to sleep.
I placed her on the bed with the pillow under her head as I climbed into bed myself, I thought she might walk up and start reading again, but..Maybe she'll skip the reading for now... My Little Princess..Can fly now!
*****
My Little Princess is now growing up, I'm able to leave her alone in the house sometimes, but she would always come to work with me everyday. Although I figured she must get real lonely whenever I'm not around, since I'm the only human she could talk to, I guess she might someone to keep her company as I work the store.
Man...What kind of father am I, working while your daughter sits quietly alone, I've got to be the worst. Each time I check up on her I then began to notice something, most of the time she reads book, of course I have notice from the beginning but....All she does is read when I'm not around, then it hit me! Nidra doesn't have any toys to play with!
After work as both me and Nidra come home I ask her wait here for I was going somewhere real quick, she replies with a nod and a "OK Daddy" I got back into the car and drove to Toy 'R' Us, of course this would be the best place to look for toys. It took me about a while until I start searching through the stuffed animals toy section, I begin to search through as I reach the end and looked up at a high shelf....There it was the perfect toy for My Little Princess.
I finally come home after buying the toy, as I closed the door behind me I start calling her, "Nidra,I'm home!" Nidra comes flying towards me but stop right before my face, I wasn't sure if I like the idea of her flying in the house but that wasn't important right now.
Nidra looks at me with a smile and then her face face turned into a puzzled look, she notice I was holding something behind my back. I just smile at her as I stare into those big yellow eyes, "I've got a present for you," I told her, she starts jumping up and down wondering what I got.
"What is it Daddy What is it Daddy?!"
As she ask those words I pull the toy from behind me and presented to her with a "TA-DA!" Nidra's mouth began opening wide for what I was holding in my hand was Stuffed Rabbit toy. She eyes the toy with amazement as her eyes grew, before I could ask if she liked it her horn begins to grow, so did the toy as well.
The toy pulls out of my hand and floats over to her with ease, Nidra reach her hooves out and grabs a hold of the toy as she stare at it for a moment. The bunny was brown with with buttons for eyes sow to it, it even had a red bow around it's neck, she studied the toy and then a huge smile grew on her face as she brought it closer to her and hugged it as tight as she could! that was a sigh saying she loves it.
Nidra starts flying over to me as i reach my hands out and hold her in my arms, "Oh Daddy I love it!" she says as she looked up at me with bright eyes. I hug her as she hugged me back and gives me a kiss on the cheek, as I place her down on the floor she ran into the living room to play with her new friend.
Seeing that happy face on her really made me believed that I was her father, it may take longer for her to go back home but...I don't really mind....I just want to spend as much time as I can with her.
