My Little Pony: A Strange Visitor To Ponyville

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - A Strange Visitor To Ponyville
Chapter 3

-A New Home And A Surprise Meeting-

-nine hours later, 12:00 noon-

I woke up very slowly, the sun shining through a small crack in the curtains getting perfect aim right at my left eye, I rolled over slightly to get out of the way of the sun beam, but luck was not in my favour as the wind blown through the window and opened the curtains wider and the sun shined on my entire face, forcing me to get up, I sighed as I sat upright,
“Celestia, for not even being able to see me you have a perfect aim” I groaned slightly.

I shimmied out to the side of the bed and looked at my form just in case, I was in pony form again, ‘seems like my form is gonna keep changing at random, hopefully I’ll gain some control over my shifts’ I thought to myself as I placed my hooves on the floor, I walked to the bathroom and washed my face, I dried myself with a nearby towel, I looked around and saw that there was a bright red toothbrush next to a midnight blue one. I was about to reach for it with my hoof when I had a thought, ‘hmm, why don’t I try out my magic, I haven’t tried it yet so, it’d be a first, and it’d be a whole lot easier’ I then focused really hard on the red toothbrush, imagining in my mind that it was wrapped in a red veil and floating over to me, my eyes were closed as to focus more, when I opened them slightly the red toothbrush was floating in front of my face.

I smiled at this,
“Success!” I half shouted to myself, I looked around for toothpaste and found it, I focused on it lightly imagining the same thing, and again it happened, I popped the top open and spread a tiny blob of toothpaste on the toothbrush, putting the toothpaste back I began brushing my teeth, only one word repeating in my head ‘brushie brushie brushie’ after a few minutes I stopped an spit the excess foam in the sink, I licked my teeth, wiping any unwanted remains of foam away, I washed the toothbrush under the hot water and put it back turning the water off in the process.

I walked out of the bathroom and looked to the bed, Luna wasn’t in it,
“I wonder why I didn’t notice that when I got up?” I said to myself, I walked to the door opening it slowly and looking around, there were two guard standing, one that I recognised as Dark-Wing,
“So, I see you still have that smile plastered on your face Dark-Wing” I said chuckling softly.

He turned to face me and bowed his head lightly,
“Yes, I still have to thank you for that, so thank you Prince Ross” he said bowing his head lower,
“Please, just call me Shade when I’m in this form, it feels more natural to me” I said placing a hoof on his shoulder. He raised his head and smiled, he then saluted with a hoof,
“Yes sir” he said smiling,
“So, could you tell me where Luna has went to?” I asked him, he placed a hoof to his chin,
“I think she said she’d be in the great hall, having breakfast with the elements along with Princess Celestia” he replied,
“Very well, could you please escort me Dark-Wing?” I asked, he nodded,
“Of course, follow me sir” he said and began walking, I followed closely beside him.

After ten minutes we arrived at the dining hall doors, I turned to Dark-Wing,
“Thank you Dark-Wing, I appreciate it” I said calmly, I shook his head lightly and gave a heart filled chuckle,
“If anything I should be thanking you, Shade” he said a slight nervousness in his voice when he said my name, I nodded him off and he went about his business elsewhere, I then opened the door slightly looking around for the table Luna and the others were at, I saw them all sitting at the largest table the hall had, I stepped in and closed the door slowly.

I then tip-hoofed across the hall making sure to stay out of their sight, using anything I could from waiters to waiters pushing carts to get closer, once I was close enough I was just a little behind Luna, I crept over to her and put my hooves over her eyes,
“Guess who?” I said in a chuckle,
“Hmmm, can you just tell me?” she replied giggling lightly,
“Well, I can give you a hint” I said as I leaned over and gave her a kiss on her cheek, she then gasped,
“AH-HA! SHADE!” she nearly screamed out in a young filly like manner.

I took my hooves away from her eyes as she turned around with an excited look, she got down from her chair and went to hug me but before she could I was attacked by a pink fuzzy blob.
“OH-OH-OH, ARE YOU NEWCAUSE IFSO THENI’VEGOTTOTHROWYOU A PARTY!” Pinkie said in her hyper self as per usual, I looked at her,
“No, I’m not new Pinkie, and besides, you still haven’t thrown me my first party” I said chuckling, she then looked at me in concentration, then her eyes widened in shock as she gasped loudly,
“OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!!!!!!” she screamed, the other elements looked at her in shock, except for Twilight of course, Applejack came over and looked at her,
“What’s the matter Pinkie? I’ve never seen you act like this before” she said as she looked at her, Pinkie only raised a hoof and pointed it at me,
“It….it’s t…it’s the human” Pinkie half screamed in excitement and half in shock.

All the elements then gathered around me, all bar Twilight.
“Pinkie, this isn’t him, it’s a Pony, and a very Dashing one at that, I’m sorry sir, but she gets confused sometimes” Rarity said looking at me with apologetic eyes,
“Oh, on the contrary Rarity, Pinkie’s right, I am Ross, but I’ve just somehow turned into a Pony through magic and also, when I’m in this form please do call me Shade” I said to her, Fluttershy then came over to me looking me in the eye with her gentle and compassionate eyes,
“If you’re really Ross then show me the scar that you have on your right fore hoof from the thorn” she said “Th-that is….um…if y-you don’t mind” she added, I nodded in response,
“I’d be delighted to” I said, I then held my right fore hoof out and used my magic to pull down the fabric band that I had which was covering the scar, as soon as the band was half-way down my fore hoof the scar was visible as the sun on a cloudless day.

Fluttershy then looked at me and then back at the scar, a smile gracing her face, she then turned to the others,
“It’s definitely him girls, I’d know that scar anywhere and that is indeed the scar that he had” she said, then Twilight looked over to them,
“I could’ve told you that it was him, I saw him change along with Luna at the hospital, that’s why I had left so late last night, because Luna called me to send a message to Celestia about it” the elements then looked at the princesses for approval, they both nodded, Rainbow Dash then came up to me and gave me a once over look,
“Well, I can say with extreme confidence you look twenty percent cooler” she said laughing lightly.

“Well, enough about me, lets just have some breakfast, or lunch rather considering the time” I said, the other laughing at my comment, everyone sat down but I noticed there wasn’t an extra chair for me, “Um, Luna?” I said in a lightly worried tone to get her attention, she looked at me,
“Yes, what is it Shade?” she asked,
“Well, um, I just cant help but notice the lack of a chair for me” I said scratching the back of my neck with a hoof. Luna then looked at the table and gasped,
“What is it Luna?” Celestia asked,
“There isn’t a chair for Shade, we didn’t prepare one” she replied, Celestia looked at the table and was slightly saddened,
“Oh dear, you’re right, let me get on for him, waiter!” she said, waving over a waiter,
“Yes, your highness?” the unicorn stallion asked,
“Could you please get an extra chair for Prince Shade please?” she said,
“Of course” he nodded and went to find an extra chair.

“WAIT A MINUTE! Ross, is a Prince?!” Rainbow Dash yelled, she looked at Twilight,
“Sorry, guess I forgot to tell you guys that” she said nervously laughing.
“Oh my, now I absolutely have to make you some clothes now that you’re a Prince, and a Prince deserves the finest clothing in all of Equestria, I’ll have you come to the boutique in a few days, it’ll be fabulous” Rarity said,
“Yes, knowing you Rarity they’ll be amazing, but I do have some, odd tastes in clothing as you can see, but I’ll have to give you my ideas for a tux and some casual clothing too” I said in reply.

“Well, Shade, I’m sure that I can have a little home arranged for you in Ponyville for whenever you want to go there” Celestia said in her regular motherly voice, I looked at her with excitement,
“Really Celly?” I said in a childish manner, which earned a giggle from Luna and Twilight,
“But of course, you’re a Prince, and a better one than my nephew, so you deserve a little treat” she said but in a tone that showed she wanted to say more about Prince Blueblood.

I was about to say something in reply but was cut off by an angry Rarity,
“Oh, don’t even get me started on him, he has no respect for mares like myself and thinks he’s better than everypony” Rarity said in a tone that would make even a dragon cringe at how it sounded. Luckily, Celestia, Luna and myself kept our poker faces, I guess Alicorns have great poker faces since I’m able to keep a straight face this well.

“Rarity, trust me when I say, as long as I’m around, that…” I looked to Celestia for approval to continue, she nodded, “That twat, will not be anymore than fifteen feet close to you” I said, my Scottish accent coming out.
“Well, I see you’re a very protective gentlecolt” Rarity replied,
“Well, I consider you all family, and no-one hurts my family, especially when I know who they are, they even try to hurt you again, they will get a serious beating, and if they do when I‘m not around, you tell me, and I‘ll deal with them personally” I said, my voice slightly riddled with venom.

“Well, if anything happens I’ll be sure to get word to you as soon as possible, and with the Princess giving you a house in Ponyville then that wouldn’t take very long” she replied, “Well, anyways, lets get off of such a drab subject and have some lunch” she added, everyone nodding in agreement.

We were all brought menus and we each ordered our meals, me ordering two main dishes as I missed breakfast, I had ordered a daffodil sandwich and a flower and apple salad, which Applejack smiled at.

We all ate out food in peace, talking about how things were in Ponyville, Twilight’s library had gotten more popular and quite a few ponies were checking out books and handing them in on time, or paying for extra days. Applejack had got more business at the orchard. Rarity had got a few orders from famous show ponies. Rainbow Dash had gotten a raise in her pay as a weather pony, Fluttershy had gotten a few adoptions for some of her animals, a few bunnies, a mouse and a parrot. Pinkie, as always, had been throwing parties for everypony, it being either an anniversary or a birthday, or even just for fun.

“Oh, that reminds me, Pinkie Pie, could you do me a favour?” Celestia asked her,
“Well of course Princess, anything for you” she replied,
“Good, well, it’s just that I’d like for you to throw a party” she said,
“Well, that’s not a problem, but could you tell me why? Or who for? Or even where or when?” Pinkie replied,
“Of course dear, but I’ll have to give you that information in private” Celestia said in a soft tone.
“Okie-dokie-loki” Pinkie said.

“So, Shade, when do ya plan on moving on down to Ponyville?” Applejack asked,
“Well, it all depends on how quickly a house can be prepared for me, if it takes a few days, then I‘ll be about a week, if only just a day then about three days” I replied. Which gave Applejack a look of confusion,
“Why would ya take so darn long to move in?” she asked,
“Well, like any form of royalty we have duties, and also there’s the fact that I want to spend as much time as possible with Lulu” I said looking at Luna and making her blush, she averted her eyes and turned away so as not to let me see her blush but I could tell she was.

Applejack then looked at us closely, and gasped lightly,
“Oh mah stars, Twi, why didn’t you tell us ‘bout them being together” she said still looking at me and Luna.
“Why am I so forgetful today? Yeah, they’re together but only just, they got together yesterday, and are even closer and more comfortable than when he was in his human form, well, so Princess Luna says” Twilight replied.

“I do agree Twilight, in this form it feels much more, well normal, but in my human form it felt rather odd” I said chuckling nervously. I looked over to Celestia who had a look of calm and peacefulness but her eyes showed she was holding back laughter. I looked back at Luna who was now a scarlet red. I looked back to Celestia and mouthed ‘Now I know why you’re having trouble holding back your laughter’ she nodded. I then got up from my chair, and walked over to Luna and turned her head to face me, she had her eyes closed tight and was still a crimson red, I then smiled and kissed her lightly on the lips. After I did her eyes shot wide open and she blushed significantly less.

“Th-thank you Shade, you always know what to do” Luna said looking at me with half closed eyes.

I rolled my eyes,
“C’mon Lulu, I hardly know what to do at all, I was just acting on instinct and also the fact that I wanted to and I was just being as sweet as sugar” I said giving a soft laugh, although I wish I hadn’t said sugar,
“OH-OH-OH, I LOVE SUGAR, ESPECIALLYY IN CANDYANDCHOCOLATEANDICINGANDCAKESANDCANDIEDAPPLESANDMOSTIMPORTANTLY…COTTON CANDY!!!” Pinkie screamed, as she was doing so I got glares from the other elements along with mouthing’s of ‘You had to say sugar didn’t you?’ I replied with my own,
‘What? it’s a figure of speech I use all the time, and I’ve been told I was multiple times that I was, besides I didn’t know she’d react by screaming, I thought she’d just jump in joy and say it normally’ after I did they looked at Pinkie and then back at me with a look of apology. I waved them off with a hoof letting them know it was ok.

“Pinkie, could you please calm down, just a smidge, please?” I said in a soft tone, she looked at me,
“Well~ ok, I’m sorry, I normally keep myself under control when someone says sugar, but I don’t know why I just let loose, oh well, I’ll try to keep myself under control” Pinkie said, just after she said that Twilight looked at me with a look of curiosity and shock,
“H-h-how did you do that? None of us can even get Pinkie to calm down, so how can you get her to calm down?” she said, obviously shocked,
“To be absolutely honest Twilight, I don’t know, it could be the fact that I’m a prince, or it was that I just asked nicely, but I’d never know, and you’d never know unless you asked her, so go ahead” I replied, waving a hoof in a sweeping motion towards Pinkie Pie.

Twilight looked over to Pinkie,
“Well, how did you calm down for him Pinkie?” she asked in a soft voice,
“Well, there is the two reasons that he said, but it’s also because I think he’s…woops, almost let that secret slip” she said as she shook her head at the pause. I was confused by this and would be annoyed by it, maybe, for the next few days.

“By the way, Celly, when would my home be ready considering it’d take a while to get on prepared?” I asked her, she nodded,
“Well, it’ll take just about a few hours, I’ll be sending a scroll to Mayor Mare in a few moments so that a vacant one can be prepared” she replied, pulling a scroll, quill and ink well from nowhere and began writing.

A few seconds later she rolled up the scroll with her magic and it then poofed away to the mayors office.
“There we are, now we just have to wait until they send the mail mare up with the letter telling us that its ready” she said, but there was one thing that went through my head, as would all bronies, when she said mail mare, ‘DERPY!’ if it was her then I’d be extremely excited, heck I was cause as all bronies know she’s the long distance mail mare for Ponyville.

In my head I was prancing around, but outside I was keeping my cool, although, I was wearing a wide smile on my face, the elements couldn’t tell what from, but the princesses could, I got a look from Celestia saying ‘keep your cool when she gets here’ and one from Luna saying ‘don’t go ballistic’ I nodded at them.

“Well, anyways what does everyone want to do?” Celestia asked us,
“Well, I was thinking of going through the fabric shops in town to get some spare spools for my boutique” Rarity said,
“I was going to the library to see how its doing” Twilight said,
“I’m gonna go practice to impress the wonderbolts” Rainbow dash said with extreme confidence,
“Well, ‘ah was ‘gonna check out the local apples and see how they were” Applejack said, somewhat wanting to rub it in their faces that hers were better, which naturally they were,
“U-um, I-I was j-j-just going to have a w-w-wander in the g-gardens” Fluttershy said, ‘eeping’ at the end,
“Well, nothing really, besides, you still have to give me details” Pinkie said as energetic as normal,
“If I’m going to move into my new house in Ponyville today then, I guess I better get packing, I mean, I still cant control the shifts of my form yet, and I’ll have to work on that a lot” I said getting out of my seat, Luna then did the same,
“I’ll help you pack Shade” she said, we both then walked back up to her/our room.

I opened the door and stepped in, I heard some rustling and the pitter patter of tiny feet on the ceramic floor,
“Luna, there’s something else in the room, something very small, and I think it went behind your bed” I said in the most possibly quiet voice but still loud enough for her to hear me, she nodded, and lit up her horn with a spell, which one, I wouldn’t know, but somehow whatever was hiding was no longer hiding.

I heard slow small steps come from behind the bed, it stepped into the light and what I saw made my legs collapse from the cuteness, what was in the room was an arctic fox cub, it was still tiny but was very fluffy, and oh so adorable. But Luna stepped back slightly, I looked to her and her eyes were in fear,
“Luna, don’t scream, you’ll scare it, for me this is very wonderful, I’ve always loved foxes since I was little, as you know, and again as you know I’ve always wanted a pet fox, so please, don’t scream” I said in a calm voice looking at her with eyes of compassion. Her fear stricken eyes looked at me, she gulped and nodded lightly, her horn stopped glowing and the fox looked at us in fear, and idea struck me like a brick to the head.

I concentrated on my horn and made it glow a dull glow, the fox then looked over to me, its paws taking hesitant steps towards me,
“C’mon little guy, I’m not gonna hurt you” I said in a quiet voice, I slowly stretched out my right hoof, once it was extended the fox was wary of it, it got closer and sniffed my hoof nervously. It the slowly and shakily put its head to my hoof, and with the invisible fingers I had I slowly and gently started to pet it. It then got closer to me and started to rub its head against my hoof.

“Well, looks like I have a new friend now, well Luna? What were you so afraid of?” I asked giggling lightly and still petting the fox,
“I-it’s just, I…I had a bad experience with foxes when I was a little filly and I’ve been afraid ever since” she said lowering her head lightly,
“Well, c’mon over here a pet the little guy, he’s only a cub, so I doubt he’d be able to hurt you, besides how can you be afraid of this cute wittle guy?” I said in a childish manner petting it more.

She nodded and slowly and nervously walked over to us, she sat down on her haunches beside me and looked at the fox cub, it then looked up at her with curiosity, it then slowly and nervously walked closer to her, it got to her front hoof, Luna was slightly shaking in fear. The fox cub then did something that I deemed as extremely cute, it licked her left fore hoof, Luna eeped lightly and looked at it lick her fore hoof and then rub itself against her.

“I…I guess he is pretty cute, in fact almost too cute, he’s just so fwuffy I want to snuggle him” she said giggling,
“I know, why do you think I love foxes so much?” I said giving a soft laugh, as I did I saw that the foxes tail started to wag, I very lightly sqwee’d. Luna saw the tail wagging and d’awwwed.
“I guess this little guy really like us huh?” I said looking at Luna,
“I guess so, I think you’re going to want to keep aren’t you?” Luna said giggling lightly, I looked at her with wide eyes and put on a pout,
“Pweaase?~” I said in a very childish manner, she giggled loudly at this,
“I’ll see what I can do with Celly” she said, I sqwee’d and she whimpered, “I’ll talk to her now then” she said,
“Yay” I said in a Fluttershy like quietness.

Luna then stood up and was about to leave but the fox cub whimpered and stopped her in her tracks,
“Aw~, he wants me to stay” she said looking at it,
“Either that or wants to go with you” I said standing up myself, I looked at it, “Is that it? You want to go with Woona?” I said the cub stood up and barked as it’s tail wagged, I nodded and then placed him on my back, he placed his paws on my head and pushed himself up on top of my head looking around the room from the new height,
“Well, lets go and talk to Celly” I said walking out the door with Luna walking beside me.

We took our time walking so as to not let the cub fall off and also to get used to the palace. After ten minutes of walking we arrived at Celestia’s door. I then raised my hoof and knocked on the door. The door opened slightly and Celestia’s head popped out,
“What is it you two?” she asked,
“Well, its just that Luna and I found a little animal in her room and well…I was wondering if I could keep it” I said, nervously shifting my hooves around,
“What kind of animal? Is it cute? Adorable even?” she asked her eyes looking at me and giving off a small giggle,
“We both think so, but take a look for yourself” I said lying down and plucking the fox cub attached to my mane, holding the cub in front of my face, “Well? Can I keep him Celly? Please?” I said holding him close and nuzzling him gently, he did the same back licking my face as he did so.

Celestia, then -surprisingly- squealed,
“Awww, could I hold him?” she asked, I then held him out, Celestia the stepped out from the door and picked him up with her own fore hooves. She brought him close to her face, and gave him a small kiss on top of his head, his tail then started to wag and he leaned out and licked Celestia’s cheek. She then put him down, and he walked over to me and nuzzled my left fore hoof, ‘now that I think about it, what gender is it?’ I thought to myself.

I then picked it up facing me and saw that it was a female,
“Well, that explains the friendliness” I said aloud, Luna and Celestia looked at me in confusion,
“What do you mean Shade?” Luna asked, I faced the fox cub to her,
“It’s female, so that explains why she’s so friendly with me” I said putting the cub down.

They both nodded and Celestia looked at me,
“If she gets her shots and you pinkie pie swear to take care of her, you can keep her” she said, I looked at her in adoration, I quickly got up and hugged her,
“Thankyouthankyouthankyou, THANK YOU~, and I Pinkie Pie promise, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye” I said releasing her from the hug and doing the actions to said Pinkie Pie promise.

“I will Provide you with enough bits every week for you to get groceries, and pay for all the necessities that you’d want, as well as to paint the interior and exterior” Celestia said,
“Just curious, but how much would that really be?” I said genuinely curious since I know nothing about the worth of bits, she then tapped a hoof to her chin and thought for a second,
“Roughly about five hundred bits per week, and whenever you need you can always send a letter to me in case you need more funds for a day” she said, then her face lit up, like anyone’s would when they had a great idea. She retreated back into the room and came back out a few second later with a stack of papers,
“And with these you’ll be able to do just that, I put a small enchantment on these so that when you burn it like spike it will evaporate and fly straight up here, and it will go to whichever one of us depending on the name you write on the letter” she says, I then try and successfully spread my wings, she then set the papers on my back, she then put a small paper weight on top of it.

“Well, I guess we better get back to your room Luna, start packing my things, we only have the rest of today together so we‘ll want to get that out of the way as soon as possible” I said turning towards the direction her room was in, she nodded and started to head towards her room,
“Well, are you coming little one?” I said looking to the fox cub, it barked and started to walk beside me.

Minutes later we were back at Luna’s room,
“Hey, Luna? I think I may have thought of a name for the fox” I said,
“Oh, really? Let’s hear it” she replied,
“Well, it’s only a thought, but, how about Yuna?” I said scratching my neck with a hoof,
“Well, it does sound nice, well how about you little one, do you like the name Yuna?” Luna said lying down in front of her, she then barked and licked her cheek.
“Seems like she likes the name, and you Luna” I said giggling softly.

I then used my magic to take the papers off of my back and placed them on the floor. I went over to the cabinets and pulled out my bag, where all my clothes were still inside, I picked up my clothes that were strewn around the room from previous days and folded them, then placing them in the bag. I carried the bag over to the papers then placed the papers in the bag clipping the bag shut.

“Well, what else am I gonna need for down in Ponyville?” I asked aloud,
“Well, you’d need, no…you can buy those down there…hmmm….OOH!” she said, shouting like she remembered something, she then disappeared for a few seconds before reappearing standing on her hind legs, holding something behind her back.
“What are you hiding?” I said trying to peak behind her, she moved so that I couldn’t,
“Only a gift from me and something you might want from your home” she replied, I then started hopping up and down.

“If you’re wanting them sit nicely” she said, I did as told, “now~…beg like a puppy” she said, I then sat up on my haunches my fore hooves in front of my face pouting and giving her the eyes, “Now give me a kiss” she said, I then walked over to her, standing up, I gave her a soft, long kiss on the lips. She then giggled, her horn aglow, then two items came from behind her back, one being a large oddly shaped case and the other being a small box.

I looked at the small box first grabbing it in my own magic I opened it, and took out a pendant, it was in the shape of a crescent moon, and was made of a deep blue gem,
“W-what is this made from?” I asked,
“Oh, it is made from moon sapphires” she replied, “I got them a few days after I returned from Nightmare Moons curse” she added.
“I…I don’t know what to say Luna…it’s…its beautiful” I said putting it on, once I did there was a small blue glow emitting from me for a few seconds before it faded, “What was that all about?” I asked confused,
“Well, I put a small telepath enchantment on it, now you can talk with me whenever you want as long as you’re in range of the gem or are touching it” she replied a smile on her face, I then looked towards the large object now,
‘Okay, if this was the gift then that’s something from home’ I thought to myself,
‘Ooh, you’re a smart one aren’t you?’ Luna said in my mind, which half scared the crap out of me, I walked over to it, grabbing it in my magic I opened it and what came out made me very joyful,
“MY GUITAR!” I shouted in joy, I placed it down gently and walked over to Luna,
“What?” she said confused, I just smiled and kissed her very passionately yet softly.

After a few minutes of that I broke the kiss grabbing my guitar with my magic I put it back in the case which looked brand new,
“D-did you get me a new case?” I said looking at Luna,
“Yes, I did, I got some royal seamstress’ to whip it up for you, I also kind of enchanted your guitar as well, so that no matter where you are when you need it, it will appear in front of you, and it also cannot be broken and it will tune itself for whatever song you need to play it in” she said shifting her hooves, “I hope that’s alright?” she said looking at me with sad eyes,
“Luna, it’s more than alright, its great, this s the best thing ever, thank you” I said kissing her again, but this time twice on each cheek and a long kiss on the lips.

By the time I was done she was blushing, again.

“W-well, I guess that, that’s us finished packing?” Luna said slightly dazed,
“Yup, now all that’s left is to wait for the thuds, crashes and maybe even a little thunder” I said giggling, but funnily enough just after I said that, all of the mentioned happened.
“That, was quick, and perfectly timed too” I said looking towards the door,
“Yes, it was rather odd, but I guess we better get everything and head to wherever that happened” she replied, sighing lightly, I pulled up her head to face mine,
“Hey, with your gem I’ll always be send you wishes of sweet dreams, wonderful days and also I’ll be sending you kisses along with those” I said giggling with a smile on my face. She then cheered up a little, she then helped me put on my bag and put Yuna on my back, I grabbed my guitar with magic and kept it floating beside me, we then headed down to where we though the crashes were which was right in the grand hall lobby. Sitting in a pile of rubble, rubbing her head was none other that Derpy whooves, saddlebag with the muffin clips on either side. We then walked down to her.

“You okay?” I asked, knowing she would be fine,
“Yeah, I’m okay…I just don’t know what went wrong” she replied shaking her head slightly getting the dust out of her mane.
“Well, I’m glad to hear you’re gonna be fine” I said giggling,
‘I’m surprised you’re holding up this well without bursting into sqwees’ Luna said in my head,
‘You and me both, in my head I’m hopping around like mad but I’m surprised my body hasn’t reacted’ I replied to her.

Derpy then opened her eyes and looked at us, or rather one eye was on me and the other on Luna, she then gasped,
“Y-you’re majesty” she said, bowing to Luna,
“Please, do stand up, I’m not one for formalities with ponies from Ponyville” Luna said bringing her up with a hoof,
“R-right, sorry, anyways, I have a letter for you from Mayor Mare” she said as she rummaged through her bag and brought out a single letter and hoofed it to Luna.

Luna grabbed it with her magic and opened it, she read it and looked at me,
“They have your house ready Shade, you can move in today, and the elements and I with help you decorate” Luna said.

I then chuckled nervously,
“I, don’t think that’d be a good idea, I mean, I have a distinct style as you well know and I think it’d be better to fix up the place by myself” I said shifting my hooves under me, Luna looked at me and nodded,
“Well, that’s true…Rarity would always try to make it look perfect, Rainbow dash would be trying to improve everything, Fluttershy would do no harm, Pinkie pie, well, Celestia knows what she would do, Applejack would only make it more homey, and Twilight, hmm I don’t know, I think all she would do is supervise” Luna said giggling lightly.

“Well, anyways I guess we better, oh, I was just about to say that we go and get you Celly” I said looking towards the stairs, Derpy then looked over to her and bowed again. Celestia walked down the stairs to us and nodded at each of us,
“You can rise now Derpy” she said in her motherly tone as per usual, Derpy then rose from her bow with a smile on her face,
“Th-this is an honour, meeting both princesses in one day, and being graced with their kindness” Derpy said barely audibly but we all heard it,
“Oh, Didn’t you know Derpy? Shade here is a new Prince, one almost closely related to us, even though we aren’t blood related, we are still connected by being Alicorns” Celestia said pointing a hoof at me, Derpy looked at me and bowed quickly,
“P-please, Derpy, you don’t have to do that, I don’t like formalities, and from now on please, treat me as an equal, I will accept no more and no less than an equal, as I will be doing that same, I mean if I’m moving to Ponyville then well, I’m going to have to repeat that in front of everypony in front of town hall” I said the second half more to myself, “I have a lot of work to get done when I arrive in Ponyville” I said with a sigh.

Celestia and Luna giggled, Derpy then rose from her bow,
“Okay, now this is amazing, two princesses and a new prince, I’m so happy I could faint” she said wobbling lightly,
“Please don’t, if you did I’d be worried sick, not to mention I wouldn’t leave until you’re better and you know that’s true Luna, Celly” I said gesturing towards them, Derpy looked at them they both nodded knowing it was true,
“W-wow…y-you’d really be worried about me?” Derpy asked, hey eyes watering lightly, I nodded,
“Well, yeah, of course I would, I’m just that kind of pony, I just care for everypony, big or little, mean or kind, if someone needs help, me being there is what you’ll find” I said booping her snout lightly, once I did that she giggled lightly, wiping her eyes.

“Thanks, I needed to hear that” she said sniffling,
“Well Derpy, if you ever need someone to talk to, come find me in Ponyville, cause I’ll be moving there in a few hours, or minutes, and Luna’s coming with to help me paint the house, and Celly too if she wants to tag along” I said looking at them,
“Well, I suppose it would be much more fun that being in court for hours on end, besides, it’s been a long time from my last visit to Ponyville, I think the town would enjoy an informal visit” Celestia said.

I nodded, “Then its decided, all ten of us will go down to Ponyville” I said, but I then saw Derpy adorn a look of sadness, “Wh-what’s wrong? D-d-did I say something?” I asked franticly, worried that I had hurt her in a way,
“N-no, it’s just that, well, this was the only letter I had to deliver today and, well, I don’t really think, well, I don’t think I’d get paid for delivering just one letter, especially even when its long distance” Derpy said lowering her head slowly, after she had said that I was confused, confused as to why somepony wouldn’t pay her, after all the trouble she’s had to go through and since her eye’s are normally in a constant derp then it makes it harder to deliver letters.

“Well, if your boss doesn’t pay you then I certainly will” I said looking at her with a smile, her ears perked up and her head rose up from the ground, with tears in her eyes,
“Y-y-y-you would?” she asked lightly sniffling, I smiled,
“Of course, with all the hassle you had to go through in getting here and with your eyes, they make it harder to fly, but you do it anyways, that sheer determination has to be rewarded” I said waving a single hoof around. Just as I finished talking there was a light bark coming from my back, I looked laid down and pulled the fox out from my mane, I looked at the small vixen, “What’s wrong Yuna?” I asked, my answer was given when a small growl came from her stomach, “Ah, well, sounds like we better get you some food Yuna, so, do you like apples?” I asked, I was answered with the wag of her tail, “Well, lets go to Ponyville then, it should only take about a half hour to get there, maybe ten minutes, I don’t know, how long does it normally take Celly?” I asked her, she scratched her chin with a hoof,
“Roughly about five minutes if there are no rough winds, ten if we’re flying against the wind” she replied, I nodded back,
“Well, we just have to get the elements and then all ten of eleven of us will set out to Ponyville” I said.

“Wait, eleven?” Derpy said, confused,
“Well, yeah, eleven, the six element bearers, us three royals, Yuna here and you” I said as if it was obvious, her eyes the straightened out and stared at me as if she thought I was joking, “I’m not joking, you’re riding with us, well, probably just with me, Luna and Celestia, maybe Twilight too if she clings to Celly” I said laughing lightly at the end, “Well, anyways, lets get to the carriages” I said picking up Yuna and placing her on my back again in front of my bag on the back of my neck..

We all went out to the courtyard where two large carriages sat, Pegasus guards hooked up to them. Celestia, Luna, Derpy and myself walked down the steps to meet the elements which had just arrived back, all of them had various things with them, Rarity with three bags full of fabrics, Twilight with a few books and a smile plastered on her face, not an extremely wide one, just a joyful smile, Fluttershy with various flowers from the gardens as well as a rose in her mane, Rainbow dash was slightly sweating, due to her practicing, Applejack just had a smug look on her face, Pinkie, was not here, nowhere to be found. Oh well, it is Pinkie, she’ll turn up somewhere sooner or later.

“So, I see you all enjoyed yourselves” I said looking at them,
“Yer darn tootin‘” Applejack said giving off a small laugh, the others only nodded, then again there was a small bark coming from Yuna, when the bark sounded Fluttershy looked around franticly, then when I pulled Yuna from my mane, she looked over,
“We have to get you some food quickly, Fluttershy, you carrying any food? Is anyone? Little Yuna here needs it” I said, Yuna giving off a whimper, causing all but Rainbow Dash to ‘d’awww’
“Y-y-yes I h-have some f-f-f-food, b-but its o-only th-this apple from s-sweet apple a-acres” Fluttershy said, then pulled out an apple that once Yuna heard the word apple and her ears perked up, she then saw the apple and her tail started wagging.

Fluttershy put the apple next to Yuna and laid down beside her, Yuna then began to gnaw at the apple, which made me giggle, I then picked up the apple in my magic, biting off a piece I gave the piece to Yuna who chewed and swallowed it easier, I done this until the apple was gone and only the core remained. I threw the apple core in a bin that was nearby. I looked to Yuna and she seemed to be a happy fox now that she was fed.

Yuna then walked over the Fluttershy and rubbed herself on her left fore hoof.. Along with the others -except Rainbow Dash- Luna and myself ‘d’awwwed’ at this.
“So, where did that adorable fox come from Ro-hehe I mean Shade?” Rarity asked correcting herself mid sentence,
“Well, ironically enough, we found her in Luna’s room, its pretty ironic cause foxes are nocturnal creatures” I said chuckling a little,
“An’ ahl’be, it’s a vixen too” Applejack said looking at it from behind,
“Yeah, I was surprised at that too” I said scratching an itch on my head
“W-well I think she’s adorable, a-are you going to keep her” Fluttershy asked, I nodded back,
“Yeah, but the first things first when we get to Ponyville and that’s Yuna getter her shots” I said picking her up and placing her on my back again.

“So, shall we all get on the carriages and head down?” I said receiving a nod from everyone. We all got into the carriages except Dash, who flew by herself, in one carriage were Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie, and in the other was Derpy, Celestia, Twilight, Luna, Yuna and myself. While Twilight and Celestia talked, Luna was leaning her head on my shoulder and resting her eyes, although while Derpy was quiet it seemed she was nervous about being in here with us.
“There’s no need to be nervous Derpy, really, I’m just like any other pony” I said, she laughed nervously,
“S-sorry, it’s just this is the longest I’ve ever been around royalty, so forgive me if I’m too quiet, I’m just really nervous, not to mention you said I‘ve to treat you like any other pony, I don’t really know how to do that when I know you‘re royalty” she replied nervously, I smiled
“Well, what do you normally do when you meet somepony new and you want to make friends?” I asked.

She scratched her chin with a hoof,
“Well, I normally give them one of my home baked muffins and talk with them” she replied,
“Well, why don’t you start there?” I said laughing a little, she giggled and reached into one of her saddlebags and brought out a chocolate-chip muffin, she hoofed it to me and I grabbed it in my magic, I raised it to my mouth and took a single bite, and honestly, all my taste buds dies and went to heaven.
“Dear Celestia, this is the best muffin I have ever had in my life” I said with a mouthful of muffin, after I said that I then stuffed my face with the rest of the muffin, as I did I heard her giggle. After I finished off the muffin I wiped my face and licked my hoof.

“Now, that is something I never expected royalty to do” she said giggling away,
“Well, I never used to be royalty, I was only just recently declared the new prince, I was just a regular pony, ‘cept for the fact I was an alicorn, just one day my mum just upped and left during the night, she left me a note saying to go to Canterlot, that’s what I did, and as I got there I was immediately brought to the princesses, they signed a form and had me sign it too and then bada-bing-bada-boom, I’m a prince, then just a few days, spending it really close to Luna, we got together” I said covering up the patches that would cover up my sudden appearance.

“Shade, there’s no need to bother her with our relationship, besides, its still embarrassing to talk about” Luna said hiding her blush in my shoulder, I laughed lightly at this. I used a hoof to raise her head, I then gave her a quick kiss on the lips. She ‘eeped’ lightly and I giggled at it,
“You’re so cute when you’re embarrassed, you know that” I said, she blushed even more and hid behind her hooves,
“Shade, I would appreciate it, if you didn’t tease my sister” Celestia said looking over to us,
“I wasn’t teasing, I was being honest, she genuinely does look cute when she’s embarrassed” I said nuzzling the side of her face.

Derpy and I then Talked for the rest of the ride, when we arrived in Ponyville Trumpets announced our arrival. ‘either they saw us coming or somepony tipped them off, oh well, I might as well get to saying to them that I don’t want to be treated like royalty’ I thought to myself, as we landed on the ground a number of ponies surrounded the carriages, the elements in the first carriage got out and trotted over to ours which was swamped with ponies.

As we opened the door to the carriage the ponies backed up a lot, first out stepped Derpy and Twilight, then Celestia, then Luna, then me. When all the Ponies saw me they all gasped.
“Don’t worry, my little ponies, go on, introduce yourself” Celestia said waving a hoof to send me forward, I nodded and stepped forward, I looked at the crowd and gulped lightly,
“H-hello everypony, m-my name is Shade, Shade Darkstar” I said looking at them all,
‘So you decided just to go with it then?’ Luna asked me telepathically
‘Yeah, it was annoying me to no end and I liked that one so, to hay with it’ I replied with a chuckle.

“Don’t forget your title” Celestia said, making me sigh deeply,
“Correction, Prince Shade Darkstar” I said, when they all heard Prince they gasped, the colts and stallions looked at me with curiousness, whereas the fillies and mares looked me with interest.

Luna then walked over to me and planted a kiss on my cheek, and then I heard a voice from the crown,
“AW C’MON! HE’S WITH LUNA!!? HOW CAN WE COMPETE WITH THAT?!” it said, obviously female, then that reminded me of a question that I had not yet asked, I walked over to Celestia,
“Hey, Celly?” I said beckoning her down, she leaned down to my height which wasn’t very far,
“Yes, what is it?” she asked,
“Well, its just about the society, is it monogamous or polygamous?” I asked, genuinely curious,
“Well, it can be both, but all that depends on if you marry, if not, males are allowed to have harems, the minimum is only two, but I can tell you the most any pony has gotten was eight, but we never know, somepony might break that record, but we‘ll just have to see” she replied.

For a few seconds I thought she was talking about me by the way she looked at me but I brushed it off, thinking I could never do that. I nodded taking in the new information. I looked back to the crowd all of them, males looking at me with jealousy, some with smug grins, and some sad, in fact I saw a unicorn stallion run away crying, that had actually made me feel a little bad for him, although I saw a number of mares run after him, which made me feel better knowing he’s getting a bit more attention now.

“Well, shall we go town hall and speak with Mayor Mare?” I asked Celestia, she nodded and we all walked to town hall. When we arrived Mayor Mare was at the doors to greet us.

“Good day Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and to you Prince Shade” she said with a smile on her face,
“And the same to you Mayor Mare” Celestia replied,
“Well, come inside and we’ll sign the paperwork, after that I’ll show Prince Shade to his new house” she said.

We all walked into the town hall and talked for a few minutes, we then dealt with the paperwork, not forgetting to sign anything. Once we were done we stepped outside again, most of the ponies getting on with their day, but there were a countable number of mares were still following me. We walked to my new house. It was on the outskirts of town, not to far from Fluttershy’s cabin, seriously I could see it from the garden easily, I mean really our houses were about fifty feet at most away from each other.

Well, I’d go over when I’m done decorating and painting. The Mayor opens the door to the cabin and we walk in, I look around and see that its fairly decorated just having a two couches on both sides of the living room, with a coffee table between them. On the right side of the room beside the couch on both sides were small cabinets with lamps on top of them. Beside the couch on the other side of the room was just a small reading lamp on top of a small cabinet.

I walked into the kitchen and saw that there were brand new metal pots and pans up on a hanger, as well as brand new plates, each one with a different pattern to it. There was also crystal clean glasses, cups and mugs, but the most surprising thing was that the fridge and shelves we’re fully stocked.

“Well, looks like I’m gonna need to learn how to cook, desperately and it seems like I’m not buying food for the next few weeks, or days, depending on how my apatite is” I said looking around. Luna walked up beside me coming from the living room,
“Well, when Tia asked them to prepare a house I didn’t think they’d go and refurbish everything, I especially didn’t think they’d fully stock the fridge and shelves” she said, I turned to her,
“Yeah, you and me both Luna” I replied, “Well, I’m gonna go check the upstairs now, care to join me?” I said walking to the stairs, Luna followed a few paces behind.

I walked into the master bedroom first and gawked at what I saw,
“J-j-jeeze, this bed is fit for even Celly to sleep on” I said, my jaw hanging down, Luna came in as I said that and saw what I saw, it was a wonderful double bed, with white sheets, and a red velvet quilt with golden lining, it had a white canopy that drapes over the sides and end, the bed frame was a wonderful light brown shade, almost like mahogany but lighter.

Then Celestia came in,
“What is fit for me to sleep on?” she said as she entered, she saw the bed, “Oh, well, it is a beautiful bed, I’ll give it that, but I wouldn’t sleep on it, because this bed now belongs to you Shade, although, knowing you, you’d insist I sleep on it, if I ever come to stay for a night or two that is” she adds, “Well, since everything has been fully prepared for you I guess all that’s left to do now is re-paint and re-decorate” she said walking down the stairs.

Luna and I soon followed,
“Wait, you mean the house isn’t for you your majesty?” Mayor Mare asked her,
“I never said it was, it is for the new Prince though, he’ll be the one staying in Ponyville, I have far to many duties in Canterlot to move here, and as much as I would love to stay in Ponyville I would be treated to nicely, you would give me or Luna mostly anything for free, whereas the Prince, he refuses to be treated like royalty, he doesn’t like being treated like some form of ruler or even anything more than a regular pony” Celestia replied to her, “Can’t you see the look on his face, he’s actually nervous about accepting all this” she added.

“Th-that’s true, I…I really don’t know if I can accept this much generosity” I said nervously. Mayor Mare looked a little upset, “B-but, if you wont take no for an answer then I can’t do anything” I added, her face filling with cheer,
“Thank you, the ponies that helped will be happy to hear that you actually felt nervous to accept their work” she said trotting in place.

I chuckled lightly,
“Well, make sure you tell them how shocked I was at how gorgeous the bed is, I mean really, that is some really amazing work” I said giving a nervous laugh, “A-although, I will be changing the colours of things in here, I mean I have a really odd colour pallet, I mean, my top three favourite colours are red, black and white, so most of this will be changed colour to match my tastes, although there will be other colours that match it” I said looking around the room, paying attention to colours, the couches were a dark green, the walls were a sunset orange and the ceiling a creamish yellow.

Mayor Mare nodded,
“I understand, everyone has their tastes and you just want the place to suit yours” she said understandingly. I nodded in reply, Celestia then turned to me,
“Well, I’ll be off back to the castle, I’m using a teleportation spell, once I’m back at the castle I’ll send your first five-hundred bits right away” she said backing up a bit,
“Thanks Celly, not only are you a great princess, but you’re an amazing….I want to say sister but we aren’t even related, so yeah, you’re an amazing pony in your own ways” I said, Celestia giggled at me and smiled, her horn then lit up and we were blinded by a while flash for a few moments.

After I regained my sight and balance there was a small poof that came from the fire place followed by a loud thud. I turned to face it and I then saw a large sack with a note pinned to the top. I walked over to it and took the note in my magic, I floated the note over to me and read it.

Dear Prince Shade,

It’s Celestia, I just wanted to let you know that this is your first five-hundred, and the next will come next week at this time on this day, any leftover bits will be added to the next fund and will be taken away from the original. Also, just to let you know Luna is allowed to stay with you whenever she pleases, so long as you both write to me in Canterlot. Hope to hear from you soon,

Princess Celestia of Equestria.

I giggled lightly at it,
“What is it Shade?” Luna asked, I turned to face her and gave her the note through magic. I saw her eyes scan the page and after it all she giggled too. “Well, it seems I’ll be staying the night Shade, I’ll write back to Tia, you go out and buy some paints, and do be careful around the mares as well as the stallions” she said, her horn then glowed and she took my bag off me, she then took everything out of it put about thirty bits inside and put it back on me, “Oh, and do take Yuna to the vets to get her shots, if you forget then you wont be able to keep her” she reminded me.

I nodded and turned to face the door, I then checked if Yuna was still nestled in my mane, which she was,
“I’ll go and do that first, don’t want to leave it till last and end up forgetting” I said as I opened the door, Mayor Mare walked out first and I followed, closing the door behind me.
“Prince Shade if you don’t mind me asking, who’s Yuna?” Mayor Mare asked, I chuckled, I then pulled Yuna out of my mane with magic and held her in front of me,
“This is Yuna, my pet fox cub, Celly said I could keep her if I have her get shots and take care of her by myself” I replied, I then put Yuna back in my mane.

She nodded and resumed walking, “Oh and before I forget, don’t call me prince, its kinda weird, and I’m pretty uncomfortable hearing it in my name” I said, she then looked at me shocked,
“W-why? Y-you are member of the royal family so we h-” she was saying before I cut her off,
“No, you don’t have to, and I’m not ordering you as a member of royalty but I’m asking you as a new resident of Ponyville” I said, in a stern yet soft voice. She nodded and sighed in defeat.

As we walked to town, I looked around and observed the nice scenery. When we reached the edge of town we went out separate ways, ‘Ok, now to find the vet’ I thought to myself. I then began to walk in random directions until a certain teacher in Ponyville caught my eye, I then quickly ran over to her,
“Ex-excuse me, miss? Could you please tell me where the Ponyville veterinary hospital is?” I asked her politely,
“Sorry, but I wouldn’t know, I think if anypony you should ask Fluttershy or maybe even just find Applejack, they could help you more” Cheerilee replied. I nodded and opted to look for Fluttershy.

I walked around town for about ten to twenty minutes, and I hadn’t spotted Fluttershy anywhere, so I decided to do the next best thing, go to her cabin, I worked my way back home, which took an extra twenty minutes, I walked across the field and knocked on Fluttershy’s door.

After a few minutes the door opened, revealing Fluttershy.

“Hey Fluttershy, I kinda need your help” I said, she looked at me curiously,
“R-really? Wh-what do you n-need my h-help with?” she asked, hiding behind her mane slightly,
“Well, I need to get Yuna her shots and I can find the local vet, and well, you’re the next best thing, so I thought you could help with that” I said shifting my hooves under me nervously,
“Well, of course I’ll help, if its to help an animal then I’d be glad to help” she replied.

I trotted in place out of joy, I then took Yuna from my mane and set her down. Fluttershy then opened the door wider and allowed us to walk in, as we did Yuna was literally sticking to my side, as in she would not let contact from my left fore hoof be broken.

We followed Fluttershy to the back room which looked like a kitchen but the shelves were filled with bandages, various medicines and some veterinary equipment.
“How in Equestria do you even handle all of the equipment? I mean you don’t have magic to grab it” I said, my mind wandering around as I look around at the shelves.
“W-well, I either grab it with my teeth or I g-grab it w-with my hooves” she replied, hiding behind her mane.

I nodded and looked down to Yuna, then back at Fluttershy,
“So, should I leave Yuna in your care till you’re done?” I asked,
“Y-yes, i-it’ll be a couple of hours b-before I’m finished and she’s all healed” she replied, I nodded lightly, I looked back down to Yuna again,
“Ok, you stay here while I go get some things, ok Yuna?” I said to her, hoping she understood me, she then nodded and barked, “Well, I’ll be back in a few hours then” I said walking to the door. I opened the front door and walked out.

After I closed the door behind me, I headed for Ponyville. After a few minutes of walking I again arrived at the exit of Ponyville. I walked straight to the centre of town, quite a few ponies bowing to me on the way. I sighed ‘I’ll have to get this dealt with really soon, if I don’t then I’ll just end up being bowed to wherever I go here’ I thought to myself as I continued to walk down the streets, my eyes wandering from building to building looking for either a hardware store or a paint shop, cause either would do paint that I needed.

Eventually after fifteen minutes of aimless walking I found a paint shop, I quickly hopped over to it and entered, pushing the front door open with the ring of a bell, I trotted inside.

After I was in I was greeted by a friendly face, Applejack,
“Well howdy there Shade, never expected yall to come in here, so you in here for paint, well no duh, it is a paint store, sorry bout that, ‘watcha looking for? Maybe ah could help ya?” She said,
“Yeah, you could help me, well, I’m lookin for red, black and white paint, that’s all I’ll be needing, but I’ll be needing quite a lot of it, and I’ve only got thirty bits on me, so how much could I get for that?” I asked, but when I said thirty she had a shocked expression.
“Th-thirty? Ah never carry more than ten from day to day” she replied and started walking down the aisles, I still have to get used to the value change here, I remember its normally no more than two or three bits for most things from the show,
“Well, Luna just gave me thirty, so I would’ve figured that would be appropriate, I mean her being a princess and all” I said in a nervous tone and began to follow.

We then arrived at a large selection of reds, I looked down them all, and began looking for one that matched the red in my mane and tail,
“Well, ah guess ya couldn’t go wrong in ‘trustin her judgement with money, what are you ‘doin by the way?” she asked me, a curious look on her face,
“What I’m doing is looking for a red that matches the tone in my mane and tail” I replied looking at the various tubs and buckets with focus.

After a few minutes I found one that matched my mane almost on par, I picked it up with my magic and nodded to Applejack, she nodded back and lead me down another aisle and it was filled with tones from black to white, I picked up a large tub of pure midnight black. I nodded to Applejack saying that I was done, she nodded back and walked me towards the counter.

Once there I put the tubs of paint on top of the counter and the pony behind it looked at them, he then turned to me, his eyes widened and he smiled meekly,
“Th-that’ll be s-seven bits please” he said, in a nervous shaky voice, I nodded and retrieved seven bits from my saddle-pack and laid them on the counter, I then picked up the paint with my magic and walked out the door.

I started walking towards my house, giving a gentle trot as I go down the street with a smile on my face, Pinkie Pie’s “smile smile smile” playing in my head.

After a good few minutes, I was nit to far from my house and since I was gonna pick up Yuna later so why not check up now? I walked over to Fluttershy’s door and gave three knocks, there was a scurrying noise and a few scratches at the door,
“Wait Yuna, back up a little, I need to see who it is first” said a gentle voiced Fluttershy, the scratching stopped so Fluttershy must be looking through the peep hole, “Well Yuna, its Shade I guess you’re gonna go back now” she said again, there were happy barks coming from inside, had to be Yuna.

There was a few sliding noises and a few clicks and clacks, she must’ve had a ridiculous amount of locks. The door opened and Yuna ran out and started running circles around my hooves.
“Well, I’m happy to see you too Yuna” I said to her as she nuzzled my left fore-hoof, I looked up to Fluttershy, “And thanks a bundle Fluttershy, you’re the best vet I could ever know, and a little something for your troubles” said to her as I pulled out seven bits from my saddle bag and placed them in front of her.“O-oh, n-no, you d-don’t have to pay me, its j-just what friends a-are for” she said,
“Don’t you remember what I said when I got here? I’m going to repay you, like it or not, and since I’m a prince now, then I can repay you, and I will be doing so” I said in a soft voice, making sure to never raise it around her.

She nodded gently, “I’m sorry if I’m hurting your feelings by doing this, but, not a lot of people have shown me the kindness you and everypony here has, and I feel indebted to you since you saved my life and you’ve helped me with Yuna, and I cant let that kindness go unpaid” I said to her again in a soft voice, she nodded again,
“W-well…th-there’s always another way you could r-repay me” she said, I lightly raised an eyebrow,
“Huh? How?” I asked rather confused, and extremely oblivious to the look in her eyes and one her face.

“W-well, I-I need y-you to close your eyes first” she said, and I did so,
“Ok, so what no-” I was saying before I was cute off by a pair of lips pressing themselves against mine. I was shocked and my eyes opened as wind as possible, after a few seconds of her lips on mine there was an audible “whoosh” noise, and I felt my wings standing on end, ‘damn it…I have a wing boner’ I thought to myself.

After a few more seconds Fluttershy broke the kiss, the then picked up the bits and put them back in my saddle bag. She looks at me, still in shock, mouth hanging agape, she then quickly pecked my lips and pushed my jaw up, closing my mouth, she quickly retreated into her house an immense blush on her face, I turned to face my home and walked across the field towards it, as I reached the door it opened to reveal Luna.

“Well, you’re back sooner than I thought, how come you were so quick?” she asked, I was still in my shocked “wing boner” state. I moved my mouth and lips bit the words weren’t coming out, she looked at me and started to worry,
“Shade, what’s wrong?” she asked me, I started to mumble and get louder,
“F….Flu….Fluttershy……j-j-j-just……k-k-k-kiseed me” I eventually said, it was loud enough for her to hear as she dawned a look of relief,
“Thank heavens, I thought there was something seriously wrong, at least now I can tell why your wings are standing on end” she said with a giggle.

I shook my head and gave a heavy sigh,
“Its gonna take a while before I’m used to this polygamy, I thought I was gonna be in serious trouble” I said gently dropping the paint tubs and forcing my wings down with my magic and hooves, but no matter how many times I tried, they kept poofing back up, I looked to Luna, “Little help here?” I said, she giggled and lifted the tubs of paint inside,
“Come inside and we’ll see what I can do” she said, I nodded and trotted inside with Yuna behind me, after Yuna was inside I closed the door behind me.As I turned around I was greeted with a passionate kiss, then there was a soft stroking at my wings by Luna’s fore-hooves, I leaned into the kiss, my eyes closing slowly. After a few minutes of the kissing Luna broke off and I felt my wings were now back down and smoothed out on my back, I looked into Luna’s eyes, slightly dazed due to the kiss, but also a little giddy,
“Th-thanks Luna, you’re a HUGE help” I said, my eyes slightly spinning, ‘HAHA I can derp now, Yay~’ I though to myself giggling in my head.

“Not a problem, its one of the reasons I’m here, to help you” she said turning around and flicking her tail in my face and walking off into the kitchen with the tubs of paint, while she was doing so I was practically starring at her flank, watching her tail swish from side to side. I realised what I was doing and slapped my face to snap me out of it.

“What was that slapping noise?” she asked as her heap popped around the corner of the door frame in the kitchen,
“N-nothing” I said as I scratched my now -most likely- bruised jaw, which was searing with pain, as I realised I had much greater strength than my human body and I was glad that I was tougher as if I was human and had this strength my jaw would probably be broken.

“Ok then, well, I’ll get dinner ready ok?” she said from the kitchen,
“S-sure, what are we gonna have?” I asked her back in reply, I heard a few clicks and the lighting of a flame,
“Well, I was thinking we’d have some hay bacon strips, some rice, some roses, lilies, and a few steamed vegetables” she said, as I walking into the kitchen, hearing her say all the foods even the vegg despite how I despise them, I was slightly drooling, I wiped my mouth with my left fore-hoof,
“That…that sounds delicious” I said standing beside her.

“I know” she giggled “I can tell, cause I could hear the drool leave your mouth in a river” she added giggling more, I blushed and looked away, giving a nervous chuckle,
“Sorry bout that” I said scratching my face with my right fore-hoof, she leaned over to me and kissed my cheek,
“Don’t worry about it, I find it amusing” she said, nuzzling my face softly.

“So, do you want any help cooking?” I asked kindly, she shook her head softly,
“No, its alright, I’ll be fine, just go wait in the living room, I’ll cook this and be there in a few minutes” she said, giving me a soft peck on the lips, “Well? Go on” she added pushing me softly for a few seconds before I softly walked into the living room.

I plopped myself down on the couch and oddly sat like my regular human self, I chuckled to myself, ‘seems like I’d make great friends with Lyra’ I thought to myself. I looked around the room and saw that there was a vinyl record player, with three boxes full of them beside it.I walked over to them and started sifting through them, seeing the names of them, strangely it was every song I had on my I-pod nano, plus a few of my favourite fan made pony themed songs.

I picked up a vinyl labelled “Discord - Eurobeat Brony” I placed it on the vinyl player, wound it up a few times and placed the needle on the edge of the disk and it began playing.

After it finished and the static began playing I took the needle off using my magic, then I took the vinyl off the player and put it back in its case. I picked out another disk which on the case showed a picture of Nightmare Moon. I had guessed it was “The Moon Rises” by “PonyPhonic” even though it was a song that showed the transition from Princess Luna to Nightmare Moon, I still believed it was a beautiful song in its own way, with all the emotional turmoil laced in the lyrics throughout the song.

But due to it possibly bringing back bad memories for Luna I put it back, I pulled out another, the title showing on the case “Crepuscularity by Acoustic Brony” I decided this was a nice enough one and put it on the player, I wound it up again and it began playing.

About halfway though the song Luna came in carrying two plates full of food with her magic. I looked over to her and smiled shyly. It looked like she giggled and she then sat down beside me like her normal pony self, and then sat one plate on my lap.

I looked at the barely almost full plate of food that had been made in the space of ten minutes, I was on the verge of drooling but stopped myself, I then used my magic to get a steamed carrot and wrapped some noodles around it I then shoved it in my mouth and chewed on it.

Honestly, I have always despised vegetables but since my pony body is more suited to eat vegetables and the flavour of them was significantly better than when I was human. One thing I was glad about was that it didn’t even taste like carrots at all. It actually tasted a lot like smoked sausage, absolutely delicious with noodles.

I then started to munch on every other vegetable, each tasting like a meat, and all delicious, and as for a little comical effect one actually tasted like chicken.

After about five minutes we both finished off our dinner and turned off the vinyl player. I looked out the window to see that the sun was setting,
“Looks like its time to raise the moon Luna” I said to her, she looked out the window and saw the sun setting,
“Looks like it, well, I guess I better get to it” she said getting up and walking to the door, I followed her outside to watch her.

As we stepped out the sun had finally set over the horizon and coloured the sky a deep hue of purple. Luna’s horn then began to glow, she spread her wings and gave a few flaps of them and raised herself into the air, bringing the moon up with her.

Her horn then glowed brighter and the night sky was lit up with stars, but as she was doing so a star caught my eye, it was not to far from where Luna had placed her moon, it was unlike any star I’ve seen, it resembled the shape of the large star on Twilight’s cutie mark, and was a hue of red and purple.

I looked at it finding it odd yet, strangely pretty. The more I stared at it the more it seemed to grow,
“Luna? What’s that?” I asked her pointing my right fore-hoof to it. I saw her look to where I was pointing to and she seemed confused,
“I…I don’t know, but…I’m getting a strange magical aura from it, it seems almost the same as yours, nay…its slowly changing into yours” she said as I continued to stare at the strange glow.

A few seconds later it felt like the star or whatever it was, was covering my left eye, not my right as I couldn’t see it in that one strangely. As I continued to stare at it I then got a sudden pain in my left eye.

It was so excruciating that I fell to the ground and placed my fore-hooves over it, I was screaming in pain but it wouldn’t be enough to make me pass out.

After a few minutes it slowly died down and faded away, I took my fore-hooves away and found them glistening, glistening with the shine of my blood, my eye had bled, a small amount but still enough to leave a small trail down my face and a considerable amount on my fore-hooves.

It was strange but for a few minutes of my lying there I couldn’t hear a sing peep, when I did Luna was using the royal Canterlot voice, I sprang to life and stood up quickly, grabbing my ears while doing so, I looked around and everything seemed fine, I looked to where I saw the odd star and it was gone,
“W-what just happened?” I asked her, very confused, she looked at me afraid and yet relived,
“Y-you, j-just dropped to the ground and started screaming while holding your left eye…” she said with a gasp “Y-your eye…its…its changed…its not the same steel grey as they were…its…got a double star pattern….its like the main star in Twilight Sparkles cutie mark is imprinted on your eye…d-does anything feel strange?” she said, I looked around with my left eye closing my right eye for a few seconds, after that I opened my right eye again,
“No, everything feels just the same, nothings wrong” I replied, “Well, except for the light bleeding from my eye, that’s weird” I added on nonchalantly.

Luna gave out a stressed sigh,
“Well, lets get you inside and get the blood off of your coat, I don’t want you attracting wild animals” she said using her magic to lift me up as she walked over to the house, me floating behind her.

As we reached the house she pushed the door open and floated me inside, there was a scurrying sound and a light barking, from right around the corner came Yuna, she scurried across the floor and sat down in front of us. I laid both eyes on her and I felt a pulse through my body, Yuna began to bark, but it was muffled lightly, and the barking changed to words.

“Yay! Masters home!” she said, it sounded like a very young girl, somewhere from six to seven years old. I was very confused at this,
“D-did you hear that?” I asked Luna, she looked at me confused,
“Hear what? The only thing I heard was little Yuna’s barking” she replied.

I was extremely confused at this and continued to look at Yuna, I then heard a giggle come from her,
“Masters eye looks like the pretty lights in the sky, its pretty” she said, Luna continued to move me until we were at the bathroom, with Yuna following behind her.

Luna set me down on the floor and I sat on my flank, Yuna came in and sat down beside me, nuzzling my side,
“I like you master, you’re very kind, caring, and when you gave me to that yellow pony I had a great time, she was always treating me with very delicate care, you’re very nice to me” Yuna said giving off a quiet sigh, “If only you could hear my voice” she added.

that’s it I cant take it,
“I can hear you perfectly fine Yuna, there’s no need to be sad” I said quietly, in an almost whispering tone, I was looking down to her and she looked back up at me, almost a shocked look in her eyes,
“Really? You can hear my true voice?” she asked, I looked at her with a smile,
“Loud and clear Yuna, that is you’re name right? Or did you already have one?” I asked again, in a quiet tone.

Luna had been running the bath for a few minutes now waiting for the water to heat up, and adding the cold water in also. Yuna had looked at me with a somewhat smile on her muzzle,
“Actually, I was abandoned as a cub, so I was never given a name, so when you called me Yuna and I agreed that became my name, so yes, Yuna is my name” she replied looking a little sad when she said abandoned, I gave her a small scratch behind her ears and pet her softly and watched her tail start wagging,
“I like it when you do that master, it feels nice” she said in a giggling tone.
“Ok, get in the bath, I’ll scrub you and wash your mane and tail, so all you have to do is sit still and relax” Luna said snapping me out of my light daze, I got up and nodded to her softly, I climbed in the tub but as I sat down I was greeting with burning, but I pushed on and sat down, after a few seconds the burning stopped and I was now relaxed.

I hen felt a scrubbing on my back and relaxed even more. After a few minutes of scrubbing it switched to rubbing shampoo into my mane and coat. after a few minutes of that I looked like a humongous bubbly marshmallow.

I giggled at this lightly,
“What is it?” Luna asked, I giggled again,
“Just the fact that I look like a giant bubbly marshmallow” I said giggling more, Luna looked over me for a few seconds, before giggling herself for a few seconds before the giggling turned into a full laugh.

“I guess you’re right, you do look like a big marshmallow” she said still giggling at me, I heard a softer giggling, I looked down and saw it was coming from Yuna,
“What’s a marshmallow?” Yuna asked, I mouthed to her ‘I’ll show you later’ she nodded lightly.

Just then a large amount of water was poured over my head, washing all soap off and also burning the skin under my coat, I let out a loud groan of pain, just barely managing to hold back a scream.

“Well, get out and you can dry off, just let me get a towel for you” Luna said and then left the room, I got out of the bath and shook myself dry, but realised that was a bad idea, as just after I did it there was a poof noise and my coat, mane and tail all puffed up to “maximum” fluffiness.

There was a light giggling coming from Yuna, but I then saw Luna by the door, a huge smile on her face, she then burst out laughing, wait, correction, she was laughing while rolling on the floor. I was blushing right now, although because my coat had went poofy I doubt it would be easily seen. I saw that she had a towel beside her, I quickly grabbed it in my magic and rubbed myself down, my coat being patted down by it. All the while Luna was still laughing.

“Alright you had you laughs, now help me brush my mane and tail please?” I asked, she tried to control her laughter, but failed for a few seconds before standing up,
“Alright, alright, I’ll help, now just go into the bedroom my fluffy pony” she said giggling, I nodded and walked to the bedroom Yuna following me all the while.

As I walked into the bedroom it seemed like the shadows had cowered from the light in the hallway, I walked in and sat on the bed, lying on my stomach with my eyes closed, I heard a few hoof steps and opened them but was shocked at what I saw and backed up to the head of the bed.“N-n-nightmare M-moon? W-what are you doing h-here?” I asked her, seeing her look me up and down,
“So you’re the pony that my former host has chosen?…nice body, very polite, very protective, rather emotional, and a very sweet nature, not bad for her tastes, if you had a pinch of n…wait….wow…I never saw that before….there’s a lot of hidden naughtiness in that mind of yours isn’t there, oh now that’s overwhelmingly naughty, even for me, I wouldn’t want on your bad side when you’re desperate” she said walking over to me “Don’t be afraid, I’m not going to hurt you or anypony else, the elements gave me something I lacked before, and that was compassion, though I still retain my…nasty and evil personality, I can be caring when I want to be” she added as she sat down on her haunches beside the bed.

“B-but, why are y-you here?” I asked again,
“Oh, that, well, I wanted to see how well of a suitor you were for little Luna, and it seems like you’re actually better than anypony here in Equestria, most likely because, you’re not from Equestria, anyways, I’ll be dropping in every now and then just giving you small visits, even an evil moon empress needs somepony to talk to, ta-ta” she said leaning over and giving me a kiss on my cheek before turning into her mist form and retreating out the window and flying off somewhere unknown.

“Well……that was…interesting” I said to myself,
“Yes…it…it was” a voice only recognised as Luna’s said from the door. I looked over to her and she had a brush in her magical grip and her eyes seemed that they could not grow any wider,
“Well…could you tell me how she still exists?” I asked her, she shook her head,
“Even I don’t know why she’s still alive, and in her own body no less, I’m just as confused as you are” she replied.

I looked out the window to the moon,
‘Well, I guess things are gonna get interesting and mysterious’ I thought to myself, I gave a sigh, “Well, what now?” I asked her,
“Well, I’m going to brush your mane and tail of course” she said while walking closer and using her magic to brush my mane slowly.