Author's Note

Welp, I'm 2 weeks late with this one but I blame my new job and some other personal issues involving sickness in the family. Still! Here I am with another chapter, hope you enjoy it! Next one I'll be sure to get out this weekend.

Moonlit Window

I wake up to a noise in my room in the middle of the night. Scrambling to make sure I wasn’t being attacked I get up immediately and see Luna standing in my room. My window is open and moonlight is shining through it onto her. She seems to be glowing with a black and silver light that dances across the gold and ivory room around me.

“Hello Devan. I came here tonight to apologize about my sister. We have been through a lot in the past and your alignment brought up bad memories for her that cannot be forgotten. It’s a curse she bears for the betterment of all of Equus.” Luna says quite sadly while dipping her head down low in a bow.

Wow, she’s bowing? Must be really sorry about what happened then huh. Well this is no good, she’s the princess isn’t she?

I sigh and get up in front of her and tap her shoulder gently.

“It’s alright Luna. I understand she needs to protect her ‘Little Ponies’ as she calls them. They mean so much to her as well as the balance of harmony in this world. I don’t hold it against her in the slightest. But what do you mean curse?” I ask after making sure she wasn’t bowing anymore.

Luna looks at me, tears forming in her eyes.

Jeez! I didn’t mean to make her cry!

I wipe her tears away and look into her eyes waiting for an answer. She looks back and nods.

“Thank you Devan. Remember when I told you that the minds and all of the written history of Adriohan?” Luna says firmly.

“That gryphon you were talking about that shares my Alignment?” I ask questioningly.

She nods again and continues. “My sister had to bear the burden of all the memories that were erased from those that knew of him. You see, he is still alive.”

“How long ago did that happen? You made it seem like it was a long time ago. And if so, how is he still around? I thought you both would have destroyed him by now.” I ask with slight panic.

“Calm down Devan. He is locked away and is weak. He is still around due to a dark magic he placed upon himself. As long as he is remembered, he can remain alive. However he cannot maintain his form or even any power at all if he isn’t remembered by many. Being remembered includes thinking about him or anything written about him. He was a horribly strong opponent that even experienced Alicorns like us couldn’t defeat him at all. So we only had one choice, remove him from the world. The written parts were easy to get rid of but the memories and thoughts? That came at a heavy cost for my sister. She absorbed each and every memory of him from each creature that saw or knew of him. It took us years to do this with me looking for dreams with him inside of them, and her enduring the pain and misery that came from hurting the minds of the innocent creatures in the world as well as bearing their sadness, panic and anger from their thoughts of Adriohan. She sacrificed so much to save this world from an evil presence and is scared that you might become something like him.” Luna says while tears begin to fall from her face again.

I can’t help but stand there in awe of what Celestia will do for this world.

She has done so much just to make the world peaceful as much as it can be. No wonder I scared her back then, it’s just like if I was that gryphon but reborn. I definitely will have to talk to her about that some other time but for now… There’s an upset Luna in front of me.

I take Luna’s head into my chest and hold it close to me while patting her back gently and sigh gently.

“I’m sorry that Celestia had to go through so much. I hope one day that she finds a way free from her curse. Is there truly no way to completely get rid of Adriohan? Wasn’t telling me about him a way for him to come back?” I say as I comfort her as much as I can.

She shakes her head and moves away from me gently. “No, he cannot survive on so few minds. He requires at least 50 creatures to know of him to give him the power to influence others. Only 6 beings know of him right now. You, my sister and I are 3 of them and the other 3 are either locked away themselves or very trusted to keep such a thing hidden. As far as my sister and I have tried, there is no possible way to remove him from this world. We have tried many a spell on him and nothing has worked unfortunately. If you find out anything or any way to do so, please inform us. I want her to be rid of her curse as well. As soon as it can possibly be done.”

She looks at me weirdly and turns her head to the side a bit.

“Your species has a strange body Devan. It resembles a minotaur but without the horns, bulging muscles and fur. You are essentially a hairless monkey that can talk. Very strange indeed.” Luna says while staring directly at my crotch.

I immediately blush and cover myself even though I am wearing boxers.

“Well uh, thank you Luna. But I have to get to sleep. I need to wake up early and clean my clothes as well as pack. Even though I have almost nothing to pack…” I say quickly to change the subject but realize I own nothing in this world besides what I had in my pockets and my clothes themselves.

Luna seems to notice my slightly down mood and smiles at me brightly with the moon still shining off of her fur and mane. “I will provide you with some useful objects from this world and I’m sure Celestia will as well. The servants here will clean your clothes don’t worry. Magic is used so there is no way they will be ruined. But you should still be up pretty early. My sister and I have one more round of questioning for you and some rules to lay down for your stay in Ponyville.”

I can’t help but groan audibly.

More questions? I expected the rules but I suppose I have no choice huh?

“Alright Luna, I’ll be sure to be up” I reply with a bit of annoyance in my voice.

She seems to not care and nods right before she disappears into a silvery-black mist and flies out the window.

Man, I really hope I can learn how to do that! Maybe someday Devan, maybe someday. For now, it’s time to get some sleep for round 2 of Q&A.