Out of the moon

  So it was evening and Celestia told me to explore Canterlot. I checked out the clothes shop, the wedding shop, the book shop, etc. It was a nice evening with only a few clouds in the sky. The crickets were starting to come out, but some birds still sang in the trees. Yes, it was just your regular Sunday evening with your regular everyday alicorn. It was getting darker by the minute and there was no ponies on the street. I was skipping along. A bird was singing somewhere.

  Wait.

  Can a bird sing 'Mare's wind leaves'? It was a sweet tune sure, but I was sure that no birds could sing that! It sounded like a bird, but yet, it didn't. It had a little pony tune. It was a pony and a bird combined. Let's just say, that whoever was whistling this was a pro whistler.

  I kept on following it till I stopped at a sky blue pegasus on a roof. She had a pink and yellow mane and a pink tail. Her cutie mark was three flowers that were being circled by a bee. She was whistling away until she saw me. She smiled and flew down.

  "Hiya!" she said cheerfully. "You an alicorn? Hey, I recognize you! Your Princess Luna, from the Summer Sun Celebration! I was there, but I live here in Canterlot! Name's Thistle Whistle, your Majesty!"

  "...Hi," I said. "Nice to meet you...Thistle Whistle?"

  She made a high pitch whistle before saying, "You giving yourself a tour of Canterlot? Come on! I can show you my favorite place to go!!!"

  She flew up and I followed. Thistle Whistle started whistling again, except this time she was singing just like a bird. Then she changed the tune to something I never heard of before. We got to a place, but it was only just a patch of clouds. The whistling pony flew up on one and motioned me to come.

  "Well, this is the place!" Thistle Whistle said happily. "Great view, huh?"

  It certainly was. I could see Ponyville and other huge cities that I've never seen before. I could even see the ruin of my old home.

  "You like to whistle, Thistle Whistle?" I suddenly asked. I must've sounded stupid. Thistle WHISTLE! Duh!

  The sunny pegasus whistled like a bird and said, "Sure I do! Why, I would even say that I'm the best whistler in Equestria!" She whistled again.

  I chuckled. "Even better than the birds?" I tested her.

  She scowled and started whistling exactly like a Meadow Lark.

  "Okay, okay!" I said after 3 minutes of bird imitations.

  "So you admit , Princess, that I'm better than the birds?" Thistle Whistle asked with the most innocent smile.

  "As good as the birds, but not better," I said.

  The pegasus pouted while I grinned, amused by her disappointment. Then it was her turn to laugh when she gently but quickly hit me saying, "Tag! Your it!" and flying off. I just laughed again and followed.  I flew and flew. I always beat Celestia at races. Mostly the flying ones. We played for hours and hours, until it occurred  to me that I should be heading back to the castle. Just when I was about to say something, my new friend said, "Oh my gosh! I should have been home hours ago! Sorry Princess! Gotta fly! Same time tomorrow?"

  I nodded. "Same time tomorrow."

                                                                                              ***

  Ugh. Make the banging stop! Ug. There was banging at the door. Then somepony barged in.

  "Luna! You sleep in to much! Celestia had to raise the moon herself!"

  "Ugh."

  There was a high pitch whistle that sounded like the tornado alarm. I sat up in bed.

  "TORNADO!" I screamed. I got out of bed and galloped into the hall. The guards were staring at me, and the alarm stopped, replaced by laughing.

  I groaned. "Thistle Whistle!"

  "C-Come on!" A laughing Thistle Whistle said. "Let's go get you breakfast!"

  I got dressed and followed my friend to the dinning hall. She stopped laughing and started whistling 'March of the alicorns'. I've been hanging out with Thistle Whistle ever since I've met her. We would play in the clouds or have races or just hang out at one of our homes. She'd always sneak out her window at night and meet me at the castle.

  "So, what's for breakfast, Lulu?" Thistle Whistle asked.

  "I think I just want some toast," I half told her half told the waitress.

  "Yes, your majesty." the waitress said. "Would you like jam on that?"

   "Yes please," I said hungrily. "You want anything Thistle?

   "Nah. I already had supper," my sunny friend said. The waitress left.

She whistled for no apparent reason and said, "So, Celestia told me to tell you that she would like you to lower the moon tomorrow night."

  "No, really?" I said. "Wow! That's so nice since she let's me do it EVERY SINGLE DAY ANYWAY!"

  She laughed and said, "No no, tomorrow’s the Summer Sun Celebration!"

  I spit out my milk. "W-What? I thought she was kidding about having another one!"

  "Nope."

  "Here's your toast, your majesty!"

  "Thanks."

  I finished my breakfast and Thistle Whistle and I wandered around the castle.

  "Hey, can I go with you to the Summer Sun Celebration?" Thistle asked.

  "Sure."

  "It's going to be so cool!"

  "Yeah."

  "I've never seen somepony raise the sun before!"

  "It's not that much, really. Though, Tia always adds unnecessary dramaticness," I giggled.

  "Yeah, you must be sooo lucky."

  "Nah. Not that lucky."

  "What's that soposed to mean?"

  "I have no idea."

  Pause. Then laughing fit. Neither of us noticed that we were right in front of a boggled Celestia.

  "Sooo...." she said. Thistle and I yelled. My pegasus friend jumped up in my arms and we stood shivering, looking for a ghost in the dark corridor. Now it was Tia's turn to laugh. Thistle gave me a nervous smile before I dropped her on the ground to scowl at my sister.

                                                                                              ***

  "Luna, relax! All you have to do is lower the moon! That's all!"

  We were on Celestia's carriage to Ponyville and Thistle Whistle was trying to calm my nerves. And, well, let's just say that my nerves weren't really feeling like my whistling friend was doing a good job.

  "Yeah," I said. "Your right, Thistle! I have nothing to fear. Pause. "EXEPT THAT IT'S IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PONIES!"

  My sister and friend burst out laughing and I just pouted. I knew it was a foalish thing to do, but hey! Have you ever lowered the moon in front of hundreds upon thousands of ponies? No! It's a stressful thing to do! So, I pouted. I turned away and looked out the window. Oh yeah, it was an outdoor carriage. Not really any windows there. Hmph. I wasn't in a good mood.  Thistle Whistle whistled to get my attention.

  "Hey, Lulu, don't you think your over reacting just a tiny bit?" she asked.

  "No Thistle," I answered. "No I don't."

  "Aw, come on Luna!" my sunny pegasus friend said.

  "Girls, we're here," Celestia said.

  "Wonderful," I muttered.

  We walked through Ponyville with ponies on our tail. Guards were on either side of us as we walked. It was day at the moment. We were going to stay in Ponyville for a few days so Celestia could catch up with Twilight Sparkle.

  "We're going to stay up so long!" I groaned.

  Thistle Whistled made a bird imitation for no reason before saying, "Why? Wait, don't answer that! Um... Aha! So, we're staying up today, and tonight, and tomorrow, and tomorrow night! So about two days we're going to stay up!"

  "That's about the size of it," I said, nodding. "Tia, where are we staying?" I asked.

   "At the same place where the Summer Sun Celebration's held," was the answer.

   "Which is where?" I inquired.

   Celestia pointed a hoof at the biggest building. The cheering ponies stayed outside as we walked in. Our hooves echoed through the huge building as we trotted in. There were sparkly decorations and ribbons and tables with food and everything you could hope for. Thistle Whistle let out a low whistle.

  Nerves forgotten, I giggled, "Yeah. We're going to have fun."

  Celestia moved on and we followed. She went upstairs ("What's next? An indoor swimming pool?" Thistle Whistle cried.) and we went down two doors in the big-no HUGE- hallway. Celestia went in one and said, "You two can have the one next door."

  It was a good sized room. The wallpaper was dark purple that went well with the hard wood floor. There were two beds with comfy matresses. There was a wood dresser and two wood night stands per bed. The bathroom was a pearly white with a big jet tub. Also there was a walk-in shower with a seat coming out of the wall. There were two huge sinks so big that you could fit a fully grown stallion in there. Then we got to the walk-in closet. It. Was. HUGE! It was as big our bedroom and even a family of ten couldn't fill all the space there was! The balcony had it's own hot tube ("Oh yeah!" we both said together) and a table. A big table. Like, as big as our huge jet tub. Well hey, it was a big balcony!

  "Yeah, we're going to have alot of fun," I said smiling.

  Thistle Whistle whistled like a bird and flew into the closet. "Well, better get unpacking!"

  "Okay," I responded.

   After we unpacked our saddlebags, Thistle said, "Hey! Luna! Wanna see Clouds Dale?"

  "Clouds what now?"

  "Clouds Dale! It's awesome!" she said grinning. "It's the place where all the weather comes from!"

  "Nice. But I can't be seen at day."

  "Aw, come on! I hang out with you all night! At least repay me by hanging out at day!

  "Fine, but only-"

  But I was already being swept out the door.