In the Light of the Moon

Night Light was overwhelmed when he got into the armory, swords and and clunky armor everywhere. And in the middle of it all, was an old stallion with a ton a scars.

"Hello there, Mr. uhh, I'm terribly sorry, but I forgot your name." Luna said to the elderly stallion.

"Oh! Your majesty! My name is Mr. um, well, I seem to have forgotten my own name! Well, you can just call me Mr. Um." he said.

"O-okay Mr. Um, I need you to fit this young colt right here." she said, pointing to Night Light.

"Hey! I'm not a colt! I'm 27 for crying out loud!" Night Light pouted.

"Could've had me fooled. Anyway, I don't believe that I have or can make any armor that small." Mr. Um said.

Just then, the doors burst open and a group of six colorful ponies, including an alicorn, walked in.

"Hello there, Bartholomew, I'm going to need six sets of armor, mare's size 6 for each of them." the alicorn said.

"Ah yes, that's my name! Bartholomew! Why do you need armor, Princess Twilight?" Bartholomew asked.

"Well, my friends and I all want to have easy-to-put-on armor so we won't get hurt if we ever have to battle another villain." Twilight explained.

"But make mine fashionable, darling!" a white unicorn with an elegantly curled, purple mane said.

"But not too fashionable! I don't want our battle to be ruined by Rarity's ignorance!" a raspy-voiced blue pegasus with a rainbow colored mane said.

"Oh please Rainbow Dash! I would never choose style over substance!" Rarity countered.

"Uh, remember Rainbow Falls?" Rainbow shot back.

"Oh please darling, I was just experimenting with a new fabric and that was the best kind of style to use!" Rarity explained.

"Yeah, but you could have at least used it for something other than one of the most important relays in my life!"

"But, without it, you might not have learned to be loyal and get your friendship key!"

"If not, I would have gotten the key another way!"

The two continued to bicker while Twilight placed the order and left with the others. Rarity and Rainbow Dash followed them out, but were still bickering.

"Well, um, if you can't make any armor that small, why don't you just give us the smallest possible size." Luna suggested.

"Okay. Just to let ya know, the smallest piece of armor that I have is pretty big." Bartholomew warned.

"It'll have to do until you can make armor small enough." Luna said.

"Okay, it's way in the back so, I'll be back in ten minutes." Bartholomew said who;e disappearing into the many racks of armor, leaving Luna and Night Light alone.

"So."

"So."

"You um, wanna tour around the castle after this?" Luna asked.

"Sure." Night Light answered.

"Okay. So, um... what did you do for a living?" Luna asked.

"Fixed houses." he replied.

"I see. So, um your sister, how old is she?" Luna asked.

"Seven, my parents adopted her when she was a baby." he replied.

"I see."

"How old are you?" he asked.

"1,027, you sure are a colt compared to me!" Luna chuckled.

"Hey! Only by a thousand years!" Night Light pouted.

"It's still a lot!" Luna reminded

"Yeah, yeah." he pouted.

"I'm back!" Bartholomew chimed as he appeared from the great racks of armor holding a rather large set of armor.

"That's the smallest set of armor you have?!" Night Light asked.

"Well, yeah! I can make armor smaller, but I can't make it fit your scrawny standards!" Bartholomew said.

"Well, we'll have to take it for now." Luna sighed. "After all, we only have two weeks, but we would appreciate it if you could make smaller armor."

"Yes! Anything for the princess!"

"Thank you. Now, where is the stallion's fitting room?" Luna asked.

"I will show you." Bartholomew said.

"Thank you."

The first three days of Night Light's training weren't the greatest. First, he almost speared Princess Luna, instead of the dummy. Second, he could barely dent the metal armor dummy. Third, he could barely even stand up during the harsh conditions test. But, slowly, he started getting better and stronger, not to mention wiser with the lessons that Luna was teaching him. By the time the two weeks were over, Night Light was one of Luna's most promising guards.

"Alright, I would like to welcome you all back! And I am pleased to welcome your new captain, Night Light!" Luna said, motioning to the door.

The doors opened, and Night Light walked through. But he was not the scrawny, nervous, and jumpy stallion that he was two weeks ago. Oh no. He was much more muscular, he looked much more confident, and he seemed to be standing sightly taller. Most of the guards were surprised that this was the same captain that they had seen two weeks ago.

"That's the same stallion that we saw two weeks ago?!" one of them asked, jaw wide open.

"Heh, I can assure you, I am the same stallion that you saw two weeks ago." Night Light chuckled, his still the same as it was.

"You are?!" almost all of the guards asked.

"Yes, he is. Now, he will give you your daily orders as usual." Luna said.

Night Light gave out the guards daily orders as normal. Luna gave him his usual schedule and they went their separate ways. Luna decided that she would go visit Dream Catcher in the hospital before her surgery. When Luna got to Dream Catcher's room, she found her sleeping peacefully, wired to a machine.

"Dream Catcher?" Luna asked quietly, waking up the little filly.

"Yes?" the small filly yawned.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing."

"Oh. Well, the doctors say that there is little chance of me surviving after my surgery tonight." Dream Catcher said.

"Oh. I see. But, how are you feeling?" Luna asked.

"I'm feeling alright. How's my big brother?"

"He, is doing perfectly fine. Today is his first day you know!" Luna said.

"Cool! To bad I won't get to see him." the filly said grimly.

"Don't worry, you'll get to see him. Hey! Would you like me to teach you how to dream walk?" an excited Luna asked.

"Would I? Of course I would!"

"Great." Luna said happily.