Moonlight Lullaby

Thunder and Red pushed the last of their boxes off of the moving cariot and into their new home, Princess Luna had insisted that they move to Ponyville to be with the other element bearers and given the welcoming air of the two were quite happy with the change. Rainbow Dash was happy about the new arrangement cause she'd be able to have a new flying buddy though Thunder hadn't improved much in her flying lessons, just when she'd think she was getting it the itching would distract her so badly that she'd end up crashing into something but Rainbow didn't seem to mind, she seemed to enjoy teaching her, and would eagerly tell answer any question Thunder had about flying. Thunder fluttered her wings hoping to ease the itch that dug itself between them, but it did nothing.

The sound of hooves drew Thunder from her thoughts turning to see her new friends coming in helping Red a little to get the box she was carrying into the house, after Thunder confessed to the Princess that her true talent was the stars Princess Luna had arranged their new house be outfitted with a few telescopes and even gave her free access to the castle's obsevitory whenever she ever visited Canterlot which was rather exciting.

"Hey guys" the once worrisome and anxious pony that they had met seemed to melt away a little the moment they arrived at Ponyville, now that the pressure of being an outcast was off her shoulders Thunder seemed to thrive, much to her friends and Red's delight, though she still had her moments of shyness as any pony would. "Can you believe this place? It's perfect! I bet the night sky is beautiful here" Thunder continued with a mile wide grin, her hat hanging up near the door of their new home. They had moved into a nice three story house near Sugarcube Corner the first story had the kitchen and the living room with everything else they needed to fuction it was decorated with a forest theme giving the rooms an air of contement and beauty that only nature could give. The second story had the bedrooms, Thunder's with a night theme, stars and moons decorating it in homage to her Cutie Mark no doubt while Red's had a sky theme complete with white puffy clouds and blue walls and a couple of guest rooms each part of the house was fully furnished thanks to Princess Luna, who Thunder vowed to repay when she had the funds, and the final floor was actually just an old attic that had a few telescopes set up so Thunder could view the stars.

"Pretty nice place huh?" Thunder said as she finished giving her friends a tour, Red had run out to hang out with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, she was hoping to join the club herself cause she thought it sounded neat. Thunder grinned a bit and asked the other ponies what they wanted to do today, they decided to show Thunder around Ponyville then Rainbow Dash wanted to try another flying lesson much to Thunder's displeasure the itch making itself known from her wings again.

Canterlot, Luna's POV

Luna laid in her bed an odd mix of contentment and sadness knowing that her child was happy about her new home, Luna has worked extra hard in making sure it was perfect she wanted her to feel comfortable and knew that Thunder liked the stars, a fact that Luna took a great deal of pride in, so she had her room made to look like the night sky she thought Thunder would like that she watched the setting sun and sighed wondering when Thunder would come back to visit. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to enter the dream world, looking to see if she was asleep yet her brow furrowing in confusion when she didn't find Thunder's dream world. Luna opened her eyes worry tingling down her spine she's probably just not sleeping yet she tried to reason with herself but couldn't resist the urge to trot out to her balcony and taking flight Just to be safe...

Ponyville, Thunder's POV

Thunder rolled over again groaning in annoyance as the itching got worse her glared at her wings and got up, giving herself a shake before she walked downstairs and left the house to go outside, hoping that the cool night air might help her sleep. She sat down looking up at the stars, ever since she was a filly she loved looking at them something about them just seemed so...eternal and it just fascinated her endlessly. She blinked a moment in confusion, sure she was just seeing things but no, there was Princess Luna flying down from the sky "What are you doing here Princess?" Thunder asked curiously as the princess landed, leading her inside the house to offer her some refreshment after her journey.

"I was merely coming to check on you, I was looking through the dreamscape and I noticed you hadn't gone to sleep so I just wanted to make sure you were settling in alright" she said softly in case Red was already sleeping, she wanted to have a little alone time with her child, even if it was only for a few moments.

"Yeah, the house is wonderful we really love it" Thunder said with a smile "it's just hard to sleep cause...well during my flight lessons my wings start to itch and it gets hard to focus, it'll go away soon I hope, I'm sorry that I worried you Princess" Thunder apologized quickly bowing her head.

Luna seemed to think about what Thunder said and after a few minutes the answer seemed to come to her "Lay down" she said softly waiting a moment for Thunder to do as she asked before she stretched out one wing, moving her hoof gently over the feathers and then leaning down and pulling out the loose ones that she found moving slowly so as not to frighten Thunder. Thunder groaned feeling the itch ease as Luna pulled out some of the feathers in her wings nearly missing what the princess said next.

"This is called preening, it's when you pick out the loose feathers from a Pegisi's wings, the loose feathers were what caused the itching you were feeling, you should check them yourself every once and a while to make sure the loose feathers are pulled out" Luna explained in between tugging out feathers. She knew about Thunder's past a little thanks to Twilight and the other element bearers so she knew that Thunder didn't know much about her kind.

Thunder mumbled a little already beginning to feel sleepy thanks to Luna's pruning it felt so nice feeling those feathers get pulled out, finally she could feel her body relaxing missing Princess Luna's gentle smile or the loving motherly look in her eyes as Luna nudged her up and helped her to bed, tucking her in as the mare was sleeping even before her head hit the pillow. Luna sat watching her sleep a moment her smile turning to one of sadness and out of her sadness a song found it's way to her lips.

"Hush, little star, darkness is here,
But sleep easy, for we are now home
Dream easy now my star.

Softly swaying in the breeze,
let my song drift like leaves,
To the skies where stars dance
I'll show you the way, take a chance
Wander free, only with me

Alone, No more
Alone, No more
Alone, No more, I'm here little star

Softly swaying in the breeze,
let my song drift like leaves,
To the skies where stars dance
I'll show you the way, take a chance
Wander free, only with me

Alone, No more
Alone, No more
Alone, No more, I'm here little star

Hush, little star, darkness is here,
But sleep easy, for we are now home
Dream easy now my star.

Alone, No more
Alone, No more
Alone, No more, I'm here little star

Softly swaying in the breeze,
let my song drift like leaves,
To the skies where stars dance
I'll show you the way, take a chance
Wander free, only with me"

Luna sighed with a smile leaning down to nuzzle her foal gently "good night little star" she whispered "sweet dreams" and then, only looking back a few times, she left pleased that she could help, even if Thunder knew nothing of their relation, but the one thing Luna missed before she left her daughter's side... her daughter's alarm clock had a pair of eyes on it, eyes that were filled with a great deal of mischief.

Author's Note

fourth chapter up and hopefully no one hates me yet haha hope you enjoy it :D