Stranded

The night was beautiful, the sky was bathed in stars that shone on its blue background and the full moon lit the kingdom of Equestria with her silvery light, all was peace and tranquility. The door to the Lookout Tower of Canterlot Castle was surrounded with a magical blue aura that slowly opened it, through its frame appeared the figure of the Princess of the Night. Luna stood on the balcony admiring her creation, she breathe deeply and let the nocturnal air caress her body.

It had been some years since her return, she had earned the affection of the ponies of the kingdom and in return, they had learned to love her dedication to always give them beautiful night scenes and often she received letters of admiration for it. She was always glad for that, however, her heart always asked for something else, indeed, she was loved, but not as she wished.

She felt lonely, she wanted to meet somepony who not only loved her creations, in fact, she wanted somepony that loved her. She sat in the little nest of pillows and let her melancholy run down her cheeks. Luna sobbed quietly when she looked up and saw a shooting star; it was something that always caused her joy because it was one of the most beautiful sights of the cosmos, and something out of her control.

The trajectory of the star took her eyes towards the mysterious Everfree Forest; a strange mist appeared to be coming out of it. For a few seconds, the mist lit up with a blue glow, as if a lightning had traveled through it

Luna got up and approached to the telescope to look more closely at what was going on in the forest. For a few minutes she saw nothing unusual, she was ready to accept that it had just been her imagination when the fog lit up again with another flash of light.

Luna had never seen anything like that, full of curiosity and with some trepidation she decided to look more closely at the strange phenomenon. She spread her wings and flew until she reached the edge of the forest.

Landing softly on the wet grass, she took a moment to look around. In the distance she could see the castle with its large towers and illuminated domes, Canterlot City glowed with the dim light of the street lights and, at the foot of the mountain, the town of Ponyville showed yellow lights dim, it was a gorgeous sight.

Luna’s tranquility was interrupted by what seemed like hoof steps coming from the woods, the steps were slow and the fallen leaves of the trees rustled in time with them.

She felt fear, but her curiosity was greater, hiding behind some bushes she awaited. The steps were getting closer and closer. Luna saw that within the fog a figure was beginning to take form, at first blurred, but gradually, it became more solid.

Several minutes went by until finally she saw emerge from the fog a creature, it was tall and thin, but wasn’t a pony of any kind. From the distance, one could say it was a minotaur, but it didn’t have horns nor fur, still, this strange creature walked upright on two legs, and his skin was covered with fabrics.

Luna couldn’t believe what she was watching; she was so amazed that her mouth was wide open. The being took one of his arms to his head and pulled off a bit of fabric that covered it. It stood there watching the amazing postcard of the Kingdom of Equestria

"What I would give to know what is this place."

Said the strange being while taking an apple from its clothes to give it a bite, the night princess marveled at such image but didn't know how to proceed, she thought about it until she decided to come out from her hiding.

“What am I doing? What if it's dangerous? It could be a demon from the depths of the forest.” Luna thought, but she was already walking towards the creature.

"Could it be a dream? It looks so real."

He said and Luna stood still as a rock for a moment, then she continued forward. Her hooves trod some small branches and the noise alerted the being who was only a few meters away from her. She froze with fear as the being turned quickly to know what had caused the sound, when he saw her, his face was filled with surprise.

"Wow, this really has to be the weirdest dream I have ever had, legends speak of pegasus and unicorns, but I had never heard of something like you."

He smiled. Luna was stunned at such description, this thing; whatever it was, knew about the other kinds of ponies.

"Truly, you are a majestic creature, even though this is just a dream... come on Jack, it's time to wake up."

He said and shook his head. Luna didn't understand what he meant by that this was a dream; she wanted to tell him that he was not dreaming at all, but her thoughts were cut when he took another apple and offered it to her.

"Come on, don’t fear me, I will not hurt you, it is for you."

Luna's ears perked up and she could almost taste the flavor of the fruit, but she was still afraid so she began to recede. The creature approached her slowly and Luna tried to get away but a stone collided with one of her legs and made her fall on her hind legs in a comical way causing him to burst into laughter, of course, this annoyed her.

"Don't mock me creature! Don't you know who I am?! I’m Princess Luna! Show more respect!"

Luna’s royal voice almost sent him to the ground; he let the apple fall and stood cold as ice.

"D-did you… did y-you j-just talk?!"

"Of course I can talk."

Luna stood up and started walking towards the creature; he backed away and fell to the ground unable to believe what was happening.

"But… but you're a horse!" He said, Luna felt indignant at such a description.

"A horse? How dare you call me like that, the horses belong to the Kingdom of Saddle Arabia. I am an alicorn and for your knowledge I’m the Princess of the Night and Princess of Equestria, you pathetic fool."

She said firmly hitting the ground with her hoof. He just looked at her with his mouth wide open.

"Okay, now I’m sure that this is definitely a dream. Well dear brain, enough jokes for one night, I want to wake up now."

Just as he finished of saying that, Jack groaned in pain, Luna had hit him with a stone.

"This is not a dream, creature; I demand to know what you are and where did you come from? Answer to your ruler."

He rubbed the place where the stone had hit him; Jack stood up and walked straight towards Luna who didn't move from her place.

"You know? That wasn't very nice of you, your highness."

Jack said angrily and once he was in front of her, Luna realized that he was taller than her by a head.

"And for your information, I don’t like you calling me creature, I'm a human and my name is Jack. Now, if you were so kind of telling me how the hell did I got here and how I can get out, it would be helpful."

Luna looked at him.

"You said you’re a human? In all my life I have never heard of something like you. Listen, you are in the Kingdom of Equestria, and about how you got here? I don’t know. I just know that you came out of the fog that covered the forest and that you are not dreaming, and I know that because I have power over the realm of dreams."

Jack turned around and saw the fog she was talking about.

"So the fog brought me here? Well, I guess that it will be able to take me back where I belong."

He said nothing else and walked right into the woods. She could not believe it and without thinking ran after him.

"Human! Wait! The forest is a dangerous place!"

She entered the mist, there was a flash of white light and the fog lifted in an instant. Luna and Jack disappeared without trace.