Now what am I suposed to do?

        “We have healed her to the best of our abilities. Her ribs have been repaired along with all of the lacerations along her body. Her fever is gone and she is expected to wake up anytime now. She is extremely lucky that you were there, and got her to us when you did. One more day and she wouldn’t have survived.” The doctor told Luna when she came for a report. It had been two long days since she was discovered. Luna hasn’t eaten or slept then entire time. She doesn’t know why she is like this. They have helped others for so long.  Its just something about her seemed to have a connection to Luna. Like she was her daughter.

“Thank you doctor. Is there anything you require from me?"

“As a matter of fact Princess there is. Just sit here and I’ll be right back” Pulling out a chair next to Cosmics bed and walking out of the room. Curiosity peaked Lunas interest so she did as she was told and sat down. Waiting patiently for his return she heard a low, groan as the filly started shifting slightly.

“Ouch, bright lights” Cosmic said starting to open her eyes. Laughing a little Luna dimmed the lights. It was just like she has fallen asleep. Not in a coma for the past three days.

“Well hello there. I’m am very happy to see you awake.” Luna said with a warm smile

“Oh, ummm hi again princess” Cosmic whispered. “How long have I been asleep?

Luna saw her starting to try and sit up “Woah there, just lay down until the doctor comes back. You have been asleep for three days that we know of. How are you feeling?”

“Three days? Really? I’m feeling good. I’m surprised I was expecting to be hurting a lot after being thrown into a tree by a hydra” She said laughing a little. Never thinking she would ever have to say that.

“The doctors have been using magic to heal you. I doubt there is even a scratch, although I wouldn’t be surprised if you are feeling slightly dizzy.

” “I am a little dizzy, but It should pass.” Closing her eyes to take in everything that happened she started thinking about what she was going to do from this point on. Luna couldn’t help but smile at the sight, relieved.

“Ok Princess” The sound of the doctor's voice made Luna jump.”

“Doctor the filly” the princess started

“She is alright I assure you, but you need to eat something.” He explained setting a large tray of food down on the table. “I was alerted by the Kitchens that you have not eaten since this whole thing started. Even for a Alicorn that is not healthy” He said interrupting Luna.

“Doctor the filly is awake” Luna said almost shouting

“What? Why didn’t you say so sooner?” The doctor ran up to Cosmic and sure enough she was awake

“I tried, then you got on me about how I need to eat.” She explained slightly amused..

“Well hello there. You had a lot of people worried. Do you know where you are?”

“The infirmary at Canterlot Castle.” Cosmic Light told him with a smile.

“Yes, how are you feeling? Does anything hurt?” The doctor started asking a bunch of questions. Luckily the filly was healthy again. “It is amazing how much you have recovered. Just lay there and I will get some lunch for you. You must be starving. Care to join me princess? I need to talk with you.”

“Yes it is a relief that you are ok. Of course doctor. Just stay here and rest until we return. Ok?” Giving the filly a hug

“Yes Princess” Cosmic said returning the hug. She watched as they walked out of the room. “What am I going to do now?” She asked herself trying not to cry.

 “What did you need to talk to me about?”

“It’s just, she is well enough to be discharged from the hospital this afternoon, but I’m concerned. Where would she go? We don’t even know her name and we mainly just assume that she is from Canterlot, but since she was found in everfree then there is a strong possibility she could be from somewhere else.” He explained.

It was then that it hit Luna that she never thought about that. She was only focused on making sure she was ok, safe, and healthy. “I understand your concerns. I will admit that I hadn’t thought of that. Please don’t tell anyone. Also I will have a room ready for her here at the castle. I don’t think she is is of school age yet so we don’t have to worry about that yet. She is very smart though. I want to find out more about her, where she is from, family, why she ran away, and a few other things. If she is staying at the castle though then I will have to report to my sister everything that has happened. It is a conflict i’ve been deciding but I don’t really have a choice now. I am not letting her go outside by herself, or return who to a bad situation in which she did run away.

Woah“

Princess! Are you alright?”

“Yes doctor, I just got a little light headed. I will be ok though”

“Are you sure princess? Why don’t you go back and stay with the filly while I get her some lunch.”

“I’ll be alright for a little longer Doctor. The Kitchens aren’t far.”

“As you wish”. As they were coming back from the kitchens they noticed Celestia trying to spy on them from around the corner. Giggling to each other the doctor looked over to see her getting a idea. “Don’t even think about it. You are in no condition for one of your games right now”

“Yes doctor, I know. Just one little thing” Smirking her horn started glowing casting a unknown spell at the time. Looking at the doctor giving a ‘you better not have overdone’ look that she had become accustomed to seeing .

“What did you do to her anyways?”

“You’ll see in three, two, one,”

“LUNA!” Coming around the corner they saw Celestia had turned rainbow and her hair was black.

“I think you look better like that Tia” Luna said laughing and teleporting away.

“I’m sure it will wash out princess” the doctor attempted trying not to laugh. “Please get her back tomorrow though. She hasn’t eaten or slept in a few days and isn’t in the condition for a prank war. Also this gives you time to do one of your big pranks on her again. It’s been what? A month?”

"Very well. Is Luna alright? Why hasn’t she been taking care of herself? Do I need to talk with her?” The princess started asking obviously concerned.

“There is a project she has been working on. I’m confident she will talk to you about it very soon. Right now, I need to get her to eat something. I’m not at liberty to say anymore for your sister's personal reasons.” “I understand doctor, thank you and if you need anything from me i’m here.” The doctor sighed as he watched her walk away mentally slapping himself for saying something like that “Well that could have ended worse” he thought.

“Luna? Are you in here?”

“I’m right here doctor, I hid in case Celestia followed you.”

“Understandable, now sit down and eat before you fall over.” He said seriously and chuckling a little.

“Yes doctor” She sighed finally giving in. Sitting down she ate a salad, apple, piece of bread, a banana, and granola. She also downed a glass of water and apple cider. Laying down on one of the hospital beds she finally relaxed. Happy to see her finally eat and also almost asleep he just let her lay there. About five minutes later she was sound asleep. He didn’t complain. During that time Cosmic ate a salad and granola. Since she was so little it didn’t take much to fill her up. Not feeling tired yet she chose to read. A nurse brought her a few Daring Do books.

“Are you in school yet”

“No doctor, not yet. I am supposed to start next year.”

“How do you know how to read then? Most do not start reading books like that until they are in their third year of school.” He asked as he started cleaning up the room a little.

“My father taught me when I was very young. I kept up with it.”

“Where is your father now?”

“He’s gone. He is a soldier in the Royal Guard. I haven’t seen him in a few years. I’m sorry doctor but I don’t really want to talk about this.”

“That is perfectly fine. I understand completely. Can you tell me your name?” “I’m sorry I can’t.”

“Ok. I have to go tend to a few other patients. Let me know if you need anything.”

“Yes doctor, thank you.” She acted like she started reading again until he left the room. When the door closed she got out of bed and headed to the bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror and let a tear roll down her cheek. She thought to herself “I can’t tell anyone my name. It’s too dangerous and they will find me. What if I come up with a fake name? That might work. But what would I call myself? A name represents the person, but I don’t know who I am. I remember the day I got my cutie mark, but I’m so different. Everyone keeps trying to change me also, do I really need to change? Wait change like new life. A lotus flower resembles new life, and my cutie mark represents the night sky. What about Night Lotus? That could work.” Finishing her rant to herself, she washed her face and headed back before anyone noticed she was missing. She laid down again and decided to take a nap. She was used to sleeping all day and it was only the afternoon. There was still a few more hours before sunset even began. The doctor came back in to find both of them fast asleep. Turning off the lights in the room so only a small emergency light was left on, he shut the door. “Who ever she is, I have a feeling this won’t be the last time I see her.

 Cosmic light woke up to find Luna was gone.

“Well hello there, did you have a nice nap?” She turned around to see the doctor smiling.

“Yes I did, thank you.” Stretching her stiff muscles and starting to climb out of the bed. It was then he could tell she was hungry again but didn’t want to say anything.

“Give me a second and I’ll get you something to eat” Smiling “Thank you doctor. How did you know?”.

"It's my job" He replied walking out

Going down to the dining room he noticed the princesses eating. “Princess Luna?”

“Hmm oh hello doctor. Is everything well?”

“Yes, I wanted you to know she woke up from her nap. Should I bring her here or should I just take her something?"

“Lulu who is he talking about?” Celestia asked completely out of the loop

“Bring her here. I have a room ready afterwards. I haven’t talked to Tia yet, but I will explain everything tomorrow. Right now I think it would be best to get her out of that room and into a different environment.”

“Yes princess I agree entirely. I will escort her here for you. It isn’t far.” They watched him leave.

“Lulu, who is he talking about?”

“He is talking about a filly. I will explain everything tomorrow.”

“What is her name?”

“I don’t know.”

“Did you ask her” Celestia starting to peak curiosity. First Luna starts acting weird, and now a filly appears? Its almost like the time she…..no it can’t be the same.

“Yes, she won’t tell me. I can tell she is shy around most people. I’ll work on it though. She is very unique. She hasn’t even started school yet, but she is very smart, knows how to read, and has her cutie mark.”

“Already? That is different” Hearing the door open again they decided to continue the conversation later. The doctor walked in with Cosmic light. Celestia was amazed at the appearance. She looked a lot like Luna did when she was a filly. She was very short and skinny for someone of her age, and sure enough she had a cutie mark. “Come sit with us my little pony” Celestia said in a warm smile. Not even being able to talk she just smiled and wordlessly spoke thank you.

“Are you hungry?” Luna asked knowing the answer already. She nodded her head yes and within a minute a plate full of food and a juice appeared in front of her. Silently eating Celestia and Luna continued talking among themselves about different things that were far beyond her understanding. It was because of this she didn’t realize that they were still talking about her. Celestia looked at her and smiled “How is your food?”

“Good” she whispered."

“Can you tell me a little about yourself?” The sun princess asked knowing that a lot of shy fillies started warming up after talking and also this could help piece together a little bit of the situation.

“Ummm well, my favorite color is blue, my favorite animal is a dragon, and I love reading.” She was careful with the what she chose to tell them. That shouldn’t give away anything of importance.

“What is your name?”

Thinking carefully she sighed “My name is………” after a brief moment she made up her mind. “Night Lotus”

“That is a beautiful name." Luna commented finishing her dinner. Seeing the look of guilt in her eyes both princesses knew that most likely was a fake name. After all why would she give up her name all of a sudden? It gave them something to go on, and to call he. “Night Lotus, I have had a room prepared for you. It is getting late. The moon is about to rise.”

"Ok. Thank you princess.”. After they were done eating, Luna showed Cosmic the room that she will be staying in.

“If you need anything at all, I will be in the big room at the bottom of those stairs.” She gestured to a flight of stairs leading down. “Good night Night Lotus”

“Good night Princess”. After about an hour, she couldn’t sleep, and had finished her book. She noticed that Luna was arranging the stars and wanted a better view. She snuck outside and decided to lay in the gardens and watch.

“Night Lotus? Why are you out here?” Jumping at the sound of Celestias voice she looked up again at the sky,

“I love this time of the night when your sister does the stars. I wanted a better view then out my window.” she explained.

“Come with me please. I can take you to a even better area” Getting up she followed Celestia to Luna's room. Hearing someone knocking at the door sparked Lunas curiosity. No one bothered her this time of the night.

“Hello you two. Shouldn’t you be in bed dreaming?”

“I was just about to and noticed her in the gardens. She wanted to have a good view of the sky to see all the stars. I hoped she could watch here?”

“Of course, then it is off to bed. Ok night?”

“Yes princess” She smiled like it was her birthday. While the princess was working she was giving a small lesson talking about the constellation and different celestial bodies. What stars really were, and why they shine in the night. Luna was amazed that Cosmic light had been able to follow everything. She thought to herself “mental note, introduce her to Twilight Sparkle”. After a moment of silence, Luna was a little over halfway done. “So what does your cutie mark mean? I’ve never seen one like that before.”

“Its hard to explain, but I can show you. That is of course if you want help.”

“Of course, I love demonstrations! What would you help me with though?”

“Please don’t tell anyone yet. I’m still trying to learn myself.” With that her horn flashed and she arranged a group of stars into the Ursa Minor constellation. Finishing moving the last star she fell to the ground out of breath. She loved moving the stars but it took a lot out of her. Looking at Luna standing there in shock. “Princess? Are you ok?”

“Yeah, I really need to introduce you to Twilight.” Luna said looking lost.

“Huh?” A confused Cosmic Light just had to look up at what she had done and smile. “It’s been too long.”

“Princess? Princess? PRINCESS LUNA!” Cosmic found herself shouting trying to get Luna back in reality. “Maybe I should have given her a little more of a warning first?” She asked herself. Looking up to luna, she started to get worried. “Was it too much of a shock?”

Finally snapping back to reality, Luna just allowed her mind to race. Confused and feeling like she just had 10 cups of espresso her mind was having trouble fighting back all the questions racing in her hurting brain. “How? How did you do that? A filly of your age should barely be able to do anything above levitation. I’m the only one who has ever been able to move stars. Can you also move the moon? Do you have control of other celestial bodies? Can you move the sun? How long have you been able to do this? How did you discover you can do this? What did you……..”

“Princess, I’ll try and explain everything I know. As I mentioned before though; i’m still learning about my talent” Cosmic Light interrupted and trying not to laugh at how she had managed to break the princess. “It’s kind of a long story though.” she looked rather shy and adorable at the prospect of even being able to talk to someone about it.

Seeing how the filly reacted, she decided to give her some time to figure out what to say. Smiling she put her wings around her and brought her in for a hug. “We don’t have to talk about it now. How about tomorrow night? I was hoping we you can show my sister, and also this way you only have to explain once. It will also give you more time to think” She smiled warmly

“How did you know?” Looking rather shocked like Luna had just read her mind; which was racing trying to figure out how to explain her special talent. Luna was the only pony she had ever showed; not even her family had seen it.

“I can see through your soul” She replied with a evil smile before tickling Cosmic Light. Cosmic burst up laughing. “Oh, you’re ticklish I see. Good to know.” Smirking a little she continued her ‘assault’ on the poor filly. Finally stopping after a minute; she gave her a neither hug.

“What was that for?” Cosmic asked trying to catch her breath

“That was for playing with my stars”. All of a sudden it something in her mind clicked. “Are you the one who rearranges some of the smaller constellations? Celestia keeps telling me that I was the one doing it when I nap.”

Looking rather guilty she nodded her head and started backing away. “I’m sorry, I forget to put them back sometimes” she whispered knowing what was about to happen.

Smirking’ Luna started walking towards Cosmic with a “I’m going to tickle you again” look. “Eeeepppppp” She squealed before dashing out of the room. Running to her room, it felt like a game of tag to her, and her room was the safe place.

        “Night Lotus, get back here!” Luna laughed as she chased the filly down the hall. Thinking it was unfair to use her magic to pick her up, she settled with just running, completely forgetting about her wings. It was then she saw Cosmic turn into her room and shut the door. “So thats how you’re going to play it; huh?” smiling she opened the door to try and catch her.

Before Luna had entered the room, Cosmic decided to levitate herself up and hide in the corner of the ceiling. “She never will see me up here” she told herself. After all, why would you look for a unicorn in the air?

        Catching a glimpse of her out of the corner of the eye, she did her best to not show a “got you” smile, and pretended to look all around the room, purposely not looking up. “Well I guess shes not in here. I could have sworn I saw her run in here though.” Putting on her best act, she walked out of the room, cast a invisibility spell, and teleported back into the room.

Laughing Cosmic lowered herself back down. “It worked! It worked! How did that actually work? I was sure she would see me eventually.”

“GOT YOU” The invisible luna said in a playing manner, but sharp and fast so it sounded like one word. The sudden voice caused Cosmic to lose her balance and fall backwards. Laughing the invisible Luna started a tickle attack again. It wasn’t until she was done that she finally dropped her disguise.

Trying to recover from the attack Cosmic just laid there and giggled. “Awww, how did you do that?” She asked in as straight of a face as she could manage

“It’s a secret” she told Cosmic with a big smile. Feeling like a little kid herself. Sitting down next to her, they both looked at each other and started laughing again. “Ok Night Lotus, it is late, and you need to get some sleep.” She said in a soft motherly tone

“But it’s still dark outside!” Cosmic tried to argue with a sad face like she was in trouble.

“Exactly, it’s dark outside. Little ones sleep when it is dark outside” Luna explained chuckling a little at actually having this conversation.

Cosmic looked at the ground and her ears went back. “I’m not even tired. I usually sleep during the day, and stay awake at night. I always have.” She explained. Looking up to a shocked and confused princess, she thought fast. “I can try and sleep at night, but I only can when i’m really tired, and it usually isn’t very long. Few hours at the most.”

“That is very unusual. Most sleep during the night, and are awake in my sisters day. How do you stay awake at night? Even for the older ponies who work at this time, have trouble staying awake.” The princess asked curiously using her hoof to lift the filly's chin up so she can see her eyes.

Thinking for a moment Cosmic looked up and smiled. “I’m not sure how I stay awake at night time. I have ever since I received my cutie mark.  It feels more natural then staying awake in the day time. I try once in a while to stay up all day, but I usually fall asleep.” She admitted. “I know i’m different, but it has to mean something. Maybe it has something to do with my talent?” She asked, partly for Luna but mainly for herself as she started getting lost in thought again.

“Honestly, at this point, I don’t think anything can shock me anymore then you moving stars. Are you hungry?”  Finally getting her to start opening up a little bit more, she thought that she should keep it up. A snack seemed like a good place to start next.

“A little, but I’ll be ok until morning.” Cosmics’ ears went back involuntarily as she remembered all of the nights she had gotten in trouble for sneaking a snack.

Laughing a little at her sudden change, she lifted Cosmic up in her magic and put her on her back. “Non sense. Lets get a snack. Don’t tell anyone but the kitchens always have little things set aside for me to eat. I like to snack rather then eat a meal.” Thinking for a moment, she needs simple questions to help the her keep warming up. “What’s your favorite food?”

“It has to be a tie between strawberries and mangos” she finally said after a moment of thinking. “What’s yours?”

“Hmmm, thats a tricky one. I suppose mine has to be hayburgers.”

“Really? I would think a princess ate nicer meals then hayburgers” Cosmic said giggling at the thought.

“They usually do, but I would take a hayburger or salad any time.” Giggling like a school filly, she remembered all those times when the kitchens would get annoyed at her for things like that. How they would say ‘it’s not princess like’, or her favorite, ‘how would Princess Celestia feel about you eating junk like this, rather then a nice balanced meal?’ Finally getting to the kitchens she tried to sneak in the back. “No need to bother them, if we’re just getting something small” she had thought to herself.

“Can I help you Princess?” One of the Chiefs said causing Luna to freeze like she had been caught doing something she wasn’t supposed to. “Didn’t we talk about this? If you need anything we would be more then happy to get it for you.” He said with a ‘don’t try that again’ smile and tone.

“Yes yes, I know. We were just looking for something to snack on.” She explained looking around to see what looked good. Of course everything caught the eye of the princess. Luna has a incredibly fast metabolism, so she was always hungry.

“We?” It was just then that he noticed Cosmic Light. “Well, who have we here?” He said with a warm smile. Cosmic couldn’t help herself but blush as her ears went back, and she tried to make herself look small, causing Luna to let out a little laugh.

“This is Night Lotus. I apologize for her behavior. She’s rather shy, if you can’t tell.” Looking over her shoulder at Cosmic only made the filly blush deeper.

“Thats perfectly ok. She actually reminds me a lot of one of Solar Guards kids. He is always talking about her on his break, I can tell that he misses her. It’s been almost 3 years now, if I remember right since he saw her last. His ex wife kicked him out, so he has been living here in the barracks with a few others and  I don’t think they talked since he left. Thats enough of that though, it’s not my place to tell others about someone's personal life” The chief said rather quickly remembering that Cosmic was there.

“Is the Guards name Shimmer Steel?” Cosmic asked without thinking it through

“Yes. How did you?” The chief asked looking at Luna who was equally shocked.

“I’ve heard about him before from a few others in my hometown” She said quickly but also thinking carefully not to give anything away.

“Ok then” Sounding like he didn’t really believe the story, but wanting to drop it Cosmic sighed in relief.

“If they knew, then I’ll be in huge trouble. He can’t know i’m here, although I didn’t look like me last time he saw me, so I should be safe” Cosmic told herself not even paying attention to the others.

“Night?” Shocking the filly out of her mental debate, she jumped and almost fell off Lunas back.

“Umm, yes?” She said trying to find her equilibrium again.

“I asked you what you wanted to snack on?” he explained looking concerned at her change of behavior.

“Surprise me?” She asked in a suggestive tone. He just nodded and walked away, knowing exactly what to bring her. Walking over to the table, Luna bent down to allow Cosmic to get off. “Princess, whats going to happen to me?” She asked out of no where. Her mind was racing since hearing about the soldier.

Just as surprised, Luna thought for a moment. “To be honest, most likely we are going to try and find your family. If there is any reason why we shouldn’t then you should tell me, and I will figure something out. It is too dangerous for you to be living by yourself. Until then, you can stay here with me and my sister.” She did her best to have a comforting smile, but some concern managed to sneak out as she started mentally hitting herself for being so straight with her. Any progress she made might have been lost.

“Thank you princess, and I’ll be ok by myself. As long as I stay away from the forest that is” She said chuckling. After a moment Luna noticed she looked really sad again, this time like she was about to cry. Cosmic started thinking about the past, and why she ran away in the first place. “I can’t go back! I just can’t!” She told herself in a whisper. “I’ll be ok by myself. I’ll be ok by myself. I’ll be ok by myself.” She started repeating it over and over again without even noticing a tear come down her face. Luna put her wing around her and gave her a warm hug.

“I don’t know what happened, but you can stay here as long as you like. Nothing can hurt you while I’m here. I promise. I won’t push you, but I hope you will talk with me, when you are ready?” Luna asked loosing her grip a little so they could look at each other.

Sniffling a little and trying to dry her eyes Cosmic nodded. “I know, thank you princess. I don’t know if I can talk about it though. I’m so sorry.”

“There is no reason to be sorry Night Lotus.” Giving a neither tight hug, she let go just as the chief brought out food. A bowl of cut up fruit and berries, two cups of ice cream, and two non-alcoholic apple ciders. “Thank you Chief, this looks delicious”. Luna complimented as she started going for the ice cream.

“Yes, thank you chief. It looks yummy” Cosmic whispered trying her best to try and talk.

“Oh Princess Luna?”

“Yes?”

“You better eat some fruit too, not just the Ice cream. If you don’t i’m giving Celestia your cake” The chief said with a laugh. Sighing Luna took the bowl of fruit and put some over her ice cream. The chief walked away with a smile. Knowing her weakness and her diet, he could get her to eat just about anything.

Using her magic, she took out everything but the berries and ate them. She then used her magic to stir the berries into the ice cream and gave it to Cosmic. “Here, try a bite of this”. As told she took her spoon in her magic and took a bite. Luna saw a big smile and she went for a second. Laughing she handed Cosmic the bowl, took hers, and did the same thing. After they finished and talked a little bit longer, Luna and Cosmic finished eating and started leaving. Noticing Cosmic getting tired, she let her ride on her back again. “How about we go to my room? I have game we can play. Noticing the filly brighten up and the mention of games, she already knew the answer. She was running late, and the moon should be around five o’clock, instead it was still at eleven o’clock. “Ooops. Tia is going to kill me if she finds out” she told herself laughing a little Setting the Cosmic down on her bed, she walked over to the window and lowered the moon where it was supposed to be. “Do you like checkers?”

“I love playing checkers.” Cosmic said trying to sound energetic. She wasn’t fooling the princess though. Over the next hour, they played checkers, and a few other games. It was then she heard a knock on the door.

“Enter” she called, having a gut feeling she knew exactly who was on the other side.

“Good morning Lulu, I was wondering if you would finish lowering the moon.” Celestia said mildly amused and annoyed. Jumping up Luna noticed the moon was where she put it a hour ago.

“Sorry Tia, got distracted” She said with a ‘busted’ smile. “I’m going to get her to bed, and then I will join you in the dining hall.”

“Night Lotus has been up all night? Luna, what were you thinking! Shes just a filly.” Getting on her like she was Cosmics mother.

“I’ll explain everything I know over breakfast.” Luna said defensively. It was then she looked over and noticed that Cosmic had fallen asleep on her bed next to the game pile. “Should I take her to her room, or should I just let her sleep here?” She meant to ask that to herself but accidentally said it out loud.

“Let her sleep here. It is obvious you two have bonded, which will be very good for her in the long run. She is still trying to get used to things around here.” Celestia said with a smile.

“Your right. Lets go to the dining hall.” Using her magic, Luna moved the games, and covered up the filly with a small but very soft blanket so she wouldn’t get cold. “Have wonderful dreams, little one”