Inheritance of the moon

Sunshine left a while after introducing herself, all and all she seemed really nice. Though Midnight himself didn't have much to go on, since growing up with a never stopping family made it extremely hard to make 'friends'. But his experiences so far left him much to think about, it seemed every pony had his or her own personality, not that he didn't expect it, but some were so explosively different. Well it left him feeling a bit odd.

The rest of the day, so little left as it were, was spent trying to get used to being indoors. To his surprise it was hard for him to get comfortable in any fashion, really he'd never even had a table to set things on. So from here to there he went within the small cottage, looking out the window every so often to laying on the bed, which was comfortable but it was a comfort he wasn't used to. And as night started to fall he found himself going outside, walking around the cottage till he found a small patch of grass. It was tended with a few flowers here and there scattered through out, the perfect place to rest. As he settled down he would pull out a small book from his bag, the book on magic his mother had given him. By now he'd read it forward and backwards, now he was in the process of rereading it again to see if maybe he'd missed something, the chances however were little.

Over time the stars would start to sparkle and the moon would raise, it was almost full which made him smile. Other than his mother and father, the moon was one of the few things that remained the same in his travels, almost like a long lost friend. As always it managed to draw his attention, but he'd managed to not let it over whelm him, but the full moon was always hard to resist. "Summer Sun Celebration starts tomorrow night, I wonder what it'll be like..." As a young pony his family had passed by towns during the Summer Sun Celebration, but they had never actually participated. The importance of the event wasn't lost on him or his family, but to his parents it was simply another event to get bogged down with. "Well...I'll see soon won't I?" Indeed, tomorrow night would be one no pony could forget.

Deep down though, he felt something bad was going to happen...

After a few hours of sitting out in the wonderous moon light he would eventually go back inside. The moon itself was slowly approaching the horizon, soon it would be day time. He would set his pack next to the table, which had a vase with a lovely red flower in it, then make his way towards the small sink. His mother had taught him to wash his hooves before going to sleep, or he'd get mud and dirt all of his sleeping bag. "Time for bed or I'll never get to sleep." Staying up late tomorrow wasn't really an issue though, after all the moon seemed to have an energizing effect on him, almost like refilling a canteen. Being able to stay awake during the day however was a completely different situation. While many pony frolliced and played during the day and slept at night he was almost the opposite, except that depending on the moon phase he too could frollic and play during the day and night.

So off to bed he went, but not before rolling out his sleeping pouch and curling up on it. He'd get used to sleeping on a bed but tonight wouldn't be that night, after all why not be comfortable?

Morning came all to soon, at least that's how Midnight felt when he woke up. He'd also like to assume he'd have slept longer had somepony not come by to knock on his door. Even with the constant knocking it took him a few good minutes to get up from the sleeping bag, who'd have known sleeping on a wooden floor wasn't as soft as sleeping on the ground. That would explain however why every pony slept in beds and not sleeping bags or pouches.

Stumbling about he would try to get presentable, mane and tail fixed up, teeth brushed, hooves cleaned and so on. Within the course of a few minutes he'd managed to get to the door and open it to find Sunshine, who was looking over the small garden in front of the cabin. "Good morning...Sunshine." Midnight was quite clearly not a morning pony, which was aparent enough to get a giggle from Sunshine.

"Some pony didn't get a good night sleep, I hope you're able to stay up for celestia raising the sun." Sunshine would pace backwards and flex her wings, she smelled lightly of flowers and morning dew indicating that she might have been up bright and early. "Come on, I'm going to see if we can track down some furniture to give the cottage a more homely feel for you." Now that thought was almost enough to make Midnight laugh, what exactly did a home feel like he wanted to ask but felt it smart not to. "And we'd better hurry, you're not the only new pony in town, we wouldn't want to be late to the surprise party."

Party for a new pony in town? Being glad he'd managed to come in under the scope, he would close the door. "Alright then, lead the way." With that he would follow the pegasus, who took off rather fast.