Luna Lessons

Hi, my name is Midnight Gleaming, at least, that's what they call me.
I don't remember much of my past, the first thing that I can remember is waking up in the middle of the everfree forest, I was alone, confused, and a bit disoriented. I felt odd, and strange. Almost like I didn't belong. But most of all, i remember how cold it was. So cold, and so dark... It was aweful!
I walked through the forest for days, weeks perhaps, eating what I could find, and looking, I was looking for...
Anyway, it was so long, and the more I walked, the more confused I became.
Where was I? Why was I here? How did I get here? Who was I? What was I? A long time later I fell face down into a patch of blue flowers and curled up to sleep. I dreamed, I dreamed of a voice, it was dark, and everything was falling apart, he was yelling to me, telling me to hold on! But I couldn't hold on, I fell! Screaming for help, please, oh please help... Sorry, sometimes I go off like that.
When I woke again I was in a strange sort of room, a hut, decorated with very tribal looking decor. I was surprised when a zebra walked in, and even more surprised when she spoke to me.
"I found you in the forest last night, and I thought it was a pitiful sight. To see a mare all alone out there, I'll admit it gave me quite a scare."
I was able to blink slowly and nod once, before I slipped back into unconsciousness.
Then I dreamed. I don't know how to describe it, but it felt more like a memory then a dream. I can't hold onto the details very well, all I remember is there is someone, someone was there, his name, it's on the tip of my tongue, but even now it eludes me. But I know one thing, whoever it was, he will be looking for me.
I woke up a while later, the zebra was holding a bowl of stew, I ate hungrily, although I was soon full.
She then told me how she had found me, in a patch of flowers she called "poison joke", apparently it would cause strange side effects that the flower viewed as humorous.
I asked what happened to me, worried how bad it would be, but her response surprised me.
"What's wrong with you, I cannot tell, perhaps it can be told with a spell. What has changed, I fear, may be permanent my dear, for so long you slept in the flowers, it's effects grow stronger with the hours. I believe a spell could do the trick, if we knew what makes you sick."
She sat down, and talked with me, although I couldn't remember anything, at all, except my dreams. My dreams...
I stayed there with her for months, she helping me get my strength back. And I keeping her hut nice and neat. I would always hide when other ponies came, I felt shy around them, only one pony ever talked to me besides Zecora, that's the zebra's name, Princess Luna. I met her in my dream, I was alone, and scared, trying to remember my friend, and find him.
I was in the depths of the most darkest thoughts. Running, running, why was I running? But thats what I was doing, i was running. From what, I don't know, but that's when she came. She was so magestic, and beautiful, I thought she she was part of the dream, but she was kind, and comforted me, I didn't feel afraid any more, she talked to me every night, and helped me try to remember.
We would travel through my dreams, and she was there, helping to keep the nightmares away. She always knew what to do.
It's funny, but in all the time I lived with Zecora I had no clue what I looked like, until one day, in my dreams, I discovered a mirror, that was the first time I ever saw myself. A yellow unicorn with green eyes, and a dark blue and black mane. It was why Zecora had given me my name, Midnight.
It was also the first time I really looked at my cutie mark, a large seven point star, surrounded by seven smaller four point stars. They seamed to gleam in the light, I think I stared at it for hours.
Zecora explained cutie marks to me, how the told you about your destiny! But, I have no clue what my destiny could be. Zecora said that it is possible that I could be gifted with some type of magic, but I have no clue how to even use magic.
Zecora promised me that she would help me, but in the end I had to find out for myself.
In the mean time, I was going to study, and learn, then i would try my best to use magic!
That's when everything went completely and utterly wrong.

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It happened when Zecora was out in town, and I had decided to try the simplest spell ever, levitating. I was alone, but I didn't want to do it in her house, so I went outside and chose a small stone to start with, and concentrated hard.
Come on! I thought. I can do this... I can do this! Lift!
I felt something strange happen next, an energy flowed through me! QMore powerful then anything I had ever expirienced! To be perfectly honest, the rock did lift into the air, but it also lifted literally everything else too! I may have panicked after that, which made it worse.
The trees, the rocks, Zecora's house, everything! And once it go going I couldn't stop it, it just spread, lifting more and more until almost the whole forest was uprooted by my magic! It kept have been spreading more and more, I think it was for only a few minutes, but it felt like hours. And then, they came.
Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, and Princess Twilight came to see what was happening, all of ponyville behind then, including Zecora, I could only see them through a haze, everything looked so blindingly bright, things kept being blasted by the silver rays of magic now coming from my horn, everything was being affected by my crazy magic! I couldn't stop!
Trees started turning into flowers, flowers turned into trees, and rocks turned into dust! Things were appearing, disappearing and appearing, everything was chaos!
Celestial and Twilight looked as though they were discussing a plan to stop me with Zecora, who was probably telling them about me, she looked so worried.
But as they were talking, princess Luna just walked up to me, looked at me and our eyes met. She reached her hoof out to me and I took it, and used the other to wipe away the tears.
Slowly everything just stopped, and I sank down to the ground, so ashamed of what had happened.
I felt drained, empty, weak even, especially compared to how powerful I had just felt.
"I'm so sorry." Was all I could say.
Princess Luna turned to the others, who were either gazing at me in awe, or looking at me as though i was a monster. "This is over, you may all go!" And they did, except for Celestia, Twilight, and Zecora. Luna went over to them, and they started discussing something, probably me, by the way they kept looking over at me. I felt aweful.
I looked around at the damage I had caused, Zecora's house had been flipped upside down, the forest was more tangled and messy then it had ever been. It was aweful to look at.
I felt worse then aweful, I felt wretchedly horridly inconceivably terrible. What in Equestria had I done?

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"Midnight, would you come over here please?"
I nodded and walked slowly over there, I felt ready to accept any punishment. Perhaps they would take away my magic. Yes, that had to be it! It made perfect sense. And i would accept it. It was right.
I looked them in the eye, trying to feel brave, but I was worried too, would it hurt? Would it change me? What would happen to me without my magic?
I took a deep breath and spoke. "I know it's for the best, but please get it over with quickly."
Then I closed my eyes, and prepared for the worst.
"Midnight dear, whatever are you talking about?" Celestia said kindly.
I opened one eye cautiously. "Aren't you going to remove my magic?"
Then they all started laughing.
I, however, was confused. "What's so funny?"
Twilight came up to me, admiration shone in her intelligent purple eyes. "We would never do that, in fact, we are all so impressed with your level of power, it was incredible!"
Celestia stepped forward. "Yes, but you need to learn how to control this power, now usually I would have you join my school in Canterlot, but my sister has made a request."
Luna came up to me and I looked into those familiar nighttime eyes.
"If you would allow me to be your teacher, I would be please to make you my personal student, I would teach you to control your abilities, and help you in your other task."
I smiled, and bowed. "I would be honored, your highness."

And that is how I became Midnight, the personal student of Princess Luna. But my story is just begining.