A Strange But Familiar Place

Now that Twilight just finished with setting up another Q&A session with me for next week, I suppose I should head home and pack up.

I take one last sip of the cider in my hand and look around the library, More than a few ponies are toppled over various chairs completely unconscious. Rarity is speaking with Sweetie Drops and Lyra Heartstrings at a small table away from the mess. Pinkie Pie is dancing still along with who seems to be Berry Punch and Rainbow Dash. The rest are either mingling around aimlessly, apparently smashed out of their minds.

Yup, looks like this party is done.

I place my empty cup down and exist the library and close the door behind me. I instantly notice that the area is lit up even though there are no street lights. I continue walking towards my soon to be ex-home while putting my hands in my pockets.

First time it's been a cold night here since I was sent. Must be almost time for that winter wrap-up. I'd say it's probably around Autumn.

I continue towards my destination and see a couple lights on around in various parts of town. Only when I reach that overgrown house I took shelter in do I notice the first pony outside of a home. Trixie is sitting away from the house and looking up at the moon and stars. Their light is shining down on the world, lighting it without any need for artificial light of any kind. Trixie's hat is missing as well as her body apparel.

Well, there's a sight. Lulamoon looking at the moon huh?

I walk next to her and sit beside her and look up at the moon with her.

"Is Trixie a bad pony for trying to show everypony up?" Trixie says suddenly.

I sigh and nudge her gently with my shoulder.

"Thinking about what you did is never good for your mind. If you truly believe that doing such was a mistake and 'bad' then learn from that and move forward. The past can never change, but your future is ever-changing. To answer your question, no. You aren't a bad pony for showing other beings up. Rainbow Dash does that all the time, but everyone seems to love her for some reason." I say while laying backwards onto the ground.

Trixie lights up her horn and touches me with it suddenly. I feel my body tense up in a slight panic and then feel warm all over, eventually moving up to my head and dying down there. I look up at her with a worried look in my eyes and she begins to snicker.

"Trixie is amused by the face you just made to my unique spell." she says while trying to cover her laughter with her hoof across her mouth.

"What did you do to me?" I say while running my hand through my now long hair, feeling a slight tingle.

"Trixi... I applied my special talent onto you. Look at the moon." Trixie says in reply while she points at the moon with her hoof.

I look up at the moon and gasp gently as a message is now scrawled on it in a light blue glow. The message is a simple 'Hi Devan'.

Wow, that's actually.. Really beautiful.

"That's amazing Trixie. Won't Luna or Celestia get angry with you using the moon as your messaging system?" I say while thinking about what horrible things the two princesses can do.

"Oh no, they can't see my special talent. It's something that has been passed down through the Lulamoon family line. We are all able to see and make messages appear on the moon. We can even do it at the same time, though... Not anymore." Trixie says while looking up at the moon as some tears fall down her face.

I reach out to wipe her tears away but she uses her magic to pick each of them up, swirling them in the air around us.

"So, how come I can see the message then? Did you just put a permanent spell on me or something?" I say while staring at what she's doing with wonder.

"Essentially yes, I applied my special talent to you." she replies in a calm and cool voice.

"But why? I'm just some random being you met a day ago. What could I possibly mean to you already?" I say with a bit of confusion in my voice.

"Because Devan, you made me see that life isn't all bumps and holes. I've traveled around Equestria most of my life ever since my parents passed away and my expulsion from Celestia's oh so gifted school for unicorns. Hah, gifted in not noticing and real talent." she says while turning the water in her magic into vapor and then swirling that around.

"Well, I just said the truth that's all. You don't seem inherently evil and bad, so why would I judge you like you are? Everyone has bad moments in their life, it just takes a couple good things to help you through." I say with a genuine smile.

I use my magic to try and take a small hold onto a part of the vapor she is maneuvering. I catch a small amount and move it around with ease to my surprise, and hers. She pushes some more towards me and I catch it in my magic, and we make shapes in the air with it to each others happiness and laughter. After a short while she stops and stands up, dispersing the vapor. I do the same and face her with a smile.

"I will see you again. Next time I will teach you how to leave a message on the moon, now that I know you can use magic." Trixie says while holding a hoof out.

I bump her hoof with my fist and smile. "Just promise you won't tell others about this? A random new being in this land that can use magic might cause trouble or something like that." I say in reply.

She nods with a smile and starts heading away from the house, a small firework shoots off towards the moon and explodes into light blue sparkles that form a pony that proceeds to do a bowing motion. The moon has a new message: "Thank you"

You're welcome, my new friend.