Living Under the Equestrian Sun

Living Under the Equestrian Sun

Chapter 3:

“Welcome Back.”

Show Time Frame: Night of Season 1 Episode 2 [End]

Shawn placed his hand on the edge of his sunglasses, pulling them off. His eyes were closed as he reached up with his other hand to rub them.

“Your name is Celestia right? I remember your voice from my dream. I must have heard you speaking when I was asleep.” He kept his hand over his eyes; slowly he moved his hand down to his mouth as he produced a yawn.

“Yes, my name is Celestia, and my sister’s name is Luna.”

“Huh, I’ll be honest, I never heard of anyone with something even close to a name like that.”

Celestia opened her mouth but was cut off by Shawn.

“Wait a minute...” He opened his eyes to see Celestia and Luna. His eyes widening in shock. “What the hell?”

“Tis the matter Shawn?” Asked Luna.

Shawn sat there, his mouth agape trying to process what he just saw. “Di- Did you just speak?”

“What is the problem with me speaking?” Luna began to sound irritated.

Shawns breathing began to grow faster. “That... That’s not possible! Where am I?! What do you want with me?!”

“Shawn! Shut UP! I am enjoying my nap.” Andrew spoke up as he curled into a ball on the floor. “Did your floor get even more comfy?”

“Uhhh, Andrew... I need to know if I am going psychotic or not, tell me I am not just seeing this.”

Andrew sat upright looking at Shawn. “I swear if you have been freaking out over-”

He followed Shawn’s hand to see the princesses.

Luna smiled slightly. “Uhh, Greetings?”

Andrew turned once more towards Shawn. “...”

“WHAT THE FUCK!” Andrew turned back to the princesses once more.

“Who... What... How... Just, please.” Andrew sighed and placed a hand on his forehead.

“Are you two ready to know what is going on?” Celestia asked the two.

Shawn turned towards her. “No, but I don’t know how long it would take for me to be ready for this, so just say it.”

“You’re kinda, stuck here...”

Both of them stopped what they were doing and now stared back at the princess.

“What do you mean stuck?”

Celestia couldn’t look them in the eyes. “The Nightmare pulled you from your home dimension.”

Shawn was standing now. “You can’t just send us back?”

Celestia frowned. “Even if I tried to send you back, there is a problem.”

He raised a brow. “And that would be?”

“Your home dimension is corrupted. If you were to go back, it would most likely just send you back here.”

Luna looked confused. “Sister, how would thou know this?”

“Well, I’ve had assistance in the subject...”

“What kind of assistance?”

Andrew was standing now. “I am sorry to break up the family reunion but, you’re basically saying we’re stuck here...”

Celestia nodded. Shawn and Andrew walked up to the window, being night they could see the stars in the sky so bright. Shawn pulled off his fedora, covering his mouth with his other hand. “Oh my god...”

Andrew was just silent, staring out into the dark night.

“I have things I have to attend very soon, can I trust you both to stay here in this house until the Elements of Harmony come by to talk to you? I will get the paperwork done that shows this is your house tomorrow.”

Shawn nodded slowly. “Yeah... Yeah, not like we got anywhere else to go, right Andrew?” Shawn bumped Andrew with his elbow.

“Yeah... Go ahead and do whatever.”

With a flash of light Celestia and Luna were gone from the room.

With another flash of light, the second time in one day for this dark tunnel of a room. The dark grey stone bricks lit up once more. Celestia took the lead and began to light the torches once more.

“Before we head back to Canterlot I would like to introduce you to a friend.”

“Who is your friend?”

“Lets just say they helped me out for the past thousand years, they helped me try and cope through with missing you.  I was told the day of your return, and that we would be reunited once more.”

“Did they see the future?”

“I guess you could call it that...”

Celestia stopped and lit her horn revealing the statues at the end of the hall. Her horn grew brighter until the cracks one of the statues began to form and break out.

A crack was heard from the shadow. “Back so soon?”

Luna was in shock. “But... But, what?!”

The shadow laughed a bit. “What? Didn’t expect to see me?”

“How?!”

“I can’t tell you, but you will learn over time. I take it you both dealt with the little problem the two had?”

Celestia nodded. “Yes we helped them out.”

The shadow nodded. “Good, this should make them trust you both more.”

“Tia, what is going on? How is he-” She pointed towards the shadow. “Here?”

“He isn’t the only one.” Celestia lit her horn up to reveal what was also in the shadows.

“Gah, Celestia, warn me next time. A dark tunnel tends to leave my eyes adjusted to the darkness.”

“Sorry.”

“Now on to the next question. Luna, how do you feel?”

Luna smiled. “I feel just fine. But what about you? Those bandages are a bit bloody.”

The shadow shifted to look at the bandages that were wrapped around it. “I... I have had some encounters helping Celestia. I think I still have a burn from one of the situations in which Celestia and I had a... I guess a fight. Though it was one sided.”

“One sided?”

“I would not fight back.”

“Why not? I am positive that you could do no harm to her.”

The shadow chuckled its dark laugh. “I am stronger than you think. I also have some items that make things like that easy.”

Luna was a bit intimidated by the shadow, its dark tone sent a chill down her spine.

“Now onto more important matters. They don’t trust you fully yet. You both will have to earn their full trust in order to have them to help out and not try to run away.”

Luna was a bit worried. “But what will they say when they figure out that I may have been the cause of them showing up here? What if I, or dare I say, both of us can not earn their trust?”

The shadows laughter echoed through the hallway. “Trust me, it won’t be as hard as you think it will be.”

“But what if we do fail?”

The shadow looked towards Celestia. “Just like you... The same question, and I hold the same answer I said to your sister.” It turned towards Luna. “Trust me, you won’t.”

“Now, I am sure you both have things to do, ponies to meet, or sleep to catch up on. I bid you both a good night, and also...” The shadow turned towards Luna.

“Welcome back.”