The story of Midnight Moon book #1: A little bat-pony

by HoneyFeather

Rating: teen
Tags: Adventure, Drama, Dark, Thriller
Length: 1128

Midnight Moon is far from normal. She has been an orphan for five years. When she finally gets adopted, all Tarturus breaks loose. Can she fix this? READ TO FIND OUT!

Midnight Moon is far from normal. She is a half bat-pony, so she can change into a bat-pony. She finally gets adopted by a kind-hearted pony named Cream. All Tartarus breaks loose when Midnight gets sucked into an adventure. Can she save Equestria? Will she find out the secrets Cream has been keeping? READ TO FIND OUT!

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2016-11-29 23:30:01 UTC

Chapter 1: I am Midnight Moon (Midnight Moon)

When I was 3, I woke up one day to a gray morning. I looked around for my parents, but I couldn't find them. I got cold so I started a fire in the fireplace. Too bad I didn't know exactly what I was doing. I ended up burning the house down. Oops. I'll always miss my old home and it's beautiful green floors, turquoise colored walls, and almost golden colored roof. I sat there, crying for a while. My wing had been injured, and my heart broken. I sat there until my mom's friend, Golden Laughter, found me. She was an orange unicorn with bright green eyes and a golden mane and tail, and her Cutiemark was a smile. She had an orphanage, so she took me there. Well, the orphanage had two foals who weren't exactly orphans, their parents were just out of town for a few months in Germaney (Ger-mane-e) and the foals were jerks. Seriously. But I guess I do have to thank them, cause without them I wouldn't have made friends with Ivory Keys. It happened like this.

I walked through the hallway to my room that I share with somepony named Ivory Keys, when I heard crying from one of the school rooms. I ran in to help, and when I got there I saw two foals beating up an ivory colored unicorn colt with piercing blue eyes and a mane and tail the color of ebony. "Come on, Ivory! Scream for help! Nopony cares enough about you anyways! Blank-flank!" yelled a golden filly. Her friend laughed. I felt anger boil inside me.

"Hey! You got a problem with Blank-flanks?!" I screamed in rage. They turned and laughed.

"Look! Another worthless Blank-flank!" they smiled at me and started beating me up until I was bleeding. I swear my leg was broken. I growled an inequine growl. I looked to them, baring my teeth which grew into fangs, extending my wings that changed into bat wings, my pupils dilated. They looked to me, eyes wide. "Go... away." I snarled. They beat me up more, claiming I was a monster. I cried helplessly. Miss Laughter found me and kicked out the foals. At least they got what they deserved. Miss Laughter looked at me and sighed.

"You're a half bat-pony. Should've guessed. But, you probably shouldn't change in public and scare ponies." Miss Laughter said. I nodded. The colt walked up to me.

"I'm Ivory Keys. I wanted to thank you for helping me, or I might not've been able to walk right now." He said happily. "I don't even care you're a half bat-pony!"

"I'm Midnight Moon. And you're really nice!" I said happily. We laughed, and we were happy.

I smiled at Ivory. It was another day that ponies came in and adopted foals. We had gone through many of these with no luck, but this time I was going to talk to ponies and get to know them. Maybe we didn't get adopted 'cause we were blank-flanks, but it's not like I control that. I saw a cream colored Pegasus with a chocolate mane and tail. Something seemed to click inside of me, but I don't understand what. I decided to talk to her. "Hi, I'm Midnight Moon!" I smiled at her. She smiled back.

"I'm Cream. Nice to meet you. Do you like music?" She asked. I nodded happily.

"I also like art!" I piped excitedly. She giggled.

"I like your energy. Where's Miss Laughter?" Cream asked. I pointed to Miss Laughter, Cream smiled. I watched as they talked and laughed. Suddenly Cream picked me up and put me on her back. "C'mon, kiddo. Let's go to my house! I adopted you." I smiled brighter than I have ever smiled before.

"Hold on, I need to talk to my friend!" I said, getting of her back. I found Ivory looking around. "Ivory! I got adopted!" I said excitedly.

"So did I! He's awesome!" Ivory said in excitement. He was so excited, he looked like he was gonna explode.

"Bye, Ivory!" I waved back before following Cream to her house.

Her house was pretty big and awesome, but the inside was crazy. "It looks just like my old home! Where I used to live before I accidently burned it down!" I said in surprise. Cream gasped.

"It does?!" Cream asked in surprise. I nodded in confusion. Cream giggled. "What a coincidence." Cream said in awe. I walked around and found everything exactly where it was in my old home. I was excited, but I felt slightly a twinge of sadness and guilt. It was a reminder that I couldn't see my parents. It started getting dark when I had seen all of the house. I gasped. I could change whenever I wanted to, but I couldn't stop the change at night. I looked around and found a bedroom that used to be mine in my old house. I locked myself in and sat on the bed. I've realized I never sleep. I can't sleep at night, and I can't sleep during the day. I changed into bat-pony form and snuck out the window. I flew around feeling the wind in my mane. I loved my nightly flights, the beautiful moonlight, the night-time creatures, and the moon lily I saw around. I decided to give my wings a rest, so I sat down on a house's roof. I stared at Luna's moon, loving the coolness of tonight. I heard something land next to me, but I couldn't see what it was because a cloud covered the moon. I sat there completely still, worried that somepony else was out for a nightly fly. I was worried that if they saw me, they would be afraid of me. I realized I was holding my breath, but I wasn't gonna make my presence known. I stood up and was about to take off, when the cloud moved from in front of the moon. It was like a spotlight illuminating everything and making me stand out like a sore thumb. I turned and saw a familiar looking pony, but she was a bat-pony like me. I realized quickly that it was Cream. I stared at her, and she stared back.

"You're a bat-pony too?! Why didn't you tell me?!" I asked. She shrugged.

"I honestly don't know why I didn't tell you. How're you doing?" Cream asked. My initial shock had dissipated, and now I felt relaxed. I sat back down next to her.

"I'm doing good. So many things have happened today. I can't believe you're a bat-pony, though!" I said. She giggled. We sat in silence, enjoying the sounds of the night.