Inheritance of the moon

Well the shopping lasted a few hours, who'd have thought there were so many colors and variations of tables, beds, and such. Even more surprisingly they didn't seem to ask him about any of the furniture, only side ward glances at him as they moved from piece to piece. Not that he would have known any better anyway, something about traveling his whole life left his knowledge on furniture lacking. So while they talked he just stared out the window, watching ponies trot around getting ready for the night ahead.

"Well now that the furniture shopping is done why don't we head over to the library, there's another new pony in town and Pinkie Pie is throwing her a party. I'm sure I could talk her into adding you to the celebration, after all you're new too." Sunshine didn't even look tired after all the shopping! Midnight had at least been able to nap on his new bed while they went here and there so he too wasn't tired. "Besides it's a Pinkie party so there's more than enough party to go around." It sounded as if Sunshine had been to her fair share of them and it some what worried Midnight. "It'll be so much fun and after we get to see the Princess, I heard she's beautiful and elegant."

It was Midnight's turn to speak up. "Um...It's fine I don't really need a party..." It wasn't that he was shy exactly but he certainly wasn't used to being around a lot of ponies. Worse what if they found that he didn't know much about magic, that he'd only been taught a brief little by his mother. That would be embarressing and humiliating because from what he understood all foals went to school and a lot of unicorn foals learned magic there, he'd not been to school. "But I'll go if you want to." He wouldn't deny Sunshine her fun, after all she deserved it for being so nice to him.

The sun was already setting when the two arrived, they'd spent the time talking about Pinkie Pie's parties and such. Sunshine had been more than understanding about his want to keep quiet and ou of the spot light, she too had been ambushed by the pink mare and thoroughly embarressed. Music could be heard blarring from a good distance away from the tree library and it was even louder at the door. "It seems Pinkie's out done her self!" Sunshine had to shout to be heard clearly over the music as she opened the door, streamers and balloons shot out from the opening. "Come on, can't let them have all the fun!" With that Sunshine grabbed him by the hoof and pulled him in.

First thing he noticed inside was all the ponies, not surprising, the second thing however was a purple pony running away as if she was on fire. Alright that wasn't normal, at least he didn't think it was though he didn't know much better. Every pony other than that one looked like they were having lots and lots of fun, partying and bouncing about while enjoying the snacks and drinks. There was even a little purple lizard dancing about with a lamp shade sitting on his head. So it seemed Ponyville was at least not as boring as his parents had told him it would be, how could they know about Pinkie Pie or the lizard?

After a little dancing, granted Midnight watched rather than participating, the ponies were beginning to calm down a bit though there was almost an electric excitement in the air. Sunshine had in fact spent the entire time dancing and t alking to other ponies, introducing them to Midnight ever so often which he had to be admit was nice. The dancing and partying had actually taken hours even if he hadn't exactly noticed. But not that night was about he felt more awake and aware of his surrounding, though he couldn't explain why he always felt better at night.

Then one by one, or at least at first, ponies began to leave, soon they were leaving as a whole nearly sweeping him away. Sunshine on the other hoof hadn't been so lucky, in fact she was one of the very first ponies swept away by the crowd. Alone in the library he would take a look around at the bookselves briefly, not really looking for anything in particular. What he found however was a shelf dedicated to magic, there was even something called The Elements of Harmony: A reference Guide, and it was under E. This was all amazing, considering this was all on magic and he knew almost nothing about magic what so ever. He could have spent time looking at all the books and reading some but being alone here and not knowing if it was alright made him feel odd, so he would leave.

Stepping outside however sent a sensation through his body causing him to jerk his head upward towards the moon. There was something wrong with it, he could tell just by looking at it. The feeling was almost like something was going even though he still felt the moon as a whole. That would of course be when he heard screams from what must have been the town hall. "Figures..." Muttering to himself as he took off at a full gallop towards the screams. "Come on..." The closer he got though the odder he felt, it was almost the same way he felt during the full moon, which it was, but it was tainted some how. That would be when he heard a voice, some how it was familiar but not at the same time.

"Remember this day little ponies for it was your last. From this moment forward The Night Will Last Forever!" This was followed by an evil laugher.

The door was flung open once he arrived and he only caught a glance of a dark pony who had both a horn and wings, this was also the source of the tainted feel. Somehow he knew who and what she was upon seeing her, as if she'd somehow been in the back of his head this entire time. It was...Nightmare Moon...no she was more she was Princess Luna, one of the princesses of Equestria. Taking steps back the dark pony would jump into the air and turn into a cloud of purple smoke, the smoke would sweep by him, engulfing him for only a moment. He wouldn't even notice the rainbow colored pony rush by as he lost consciousness, it had been too much for him to handle.