The Last Mage

The Last Mage

Chapter 10: Eternity's Lullaby

It had been two hours since we had all gone to bed. Well, all but myself of course. I just couldn't sleep, so I was laying on the bed and staring at the ceiling. Rootclaw was snoring on the left side of the bed, on a type of pallet made up of extra blankets and what not. Trixie had decided to move her wagon near the library and resume living in it, though close enough to visit her new friends whenever. I was about to get up and find a book to read to pass the time, when a scream rang through the library. Twilight! I thought. I was at the threshold of the door that linked our rooms in moments, Spike was out of his basket, looking concernedly at Twilight's bed. She was sitting up and sobbing.

“Twilight, whats wrong?” I asked as I went over to her. I sat next to her and, unexpectedly, she hugged me tightly, like I was the only thing that could keep her alive.

“I-I had a d-dream. It was terrible! All of my friends were getting hurt and I c-couldn't help them!” she sobbed into me again for a bit before finding her voice. “A-and the worst part was that you were there, and I couldn't help you either!” she wailed this part.

“Twilight. It was just a nightmare, a bad dream. And why would not being able to help me be the worst part?” I asked her. She blushed and buried her head in my chest again. At least she had stopped crying. I sighed. “You're not going to be able to go back to sleep are you?” she shook her head.

“When I had bad dreams as a filly my mom would sing to me.” she offered. I sighed again.

“Then there's nothing for it. I'll just have to sing to you.” at my declaration she blushed again, even though it was pretty much her idea. I tucked her back in and continued to sit at the edge of the bed. I remembered the perfect song.

“I come in sleep, bringing dreams,

I'm old as mountains, New as dawn,

Not all you know is as it seems,

Before you wake I'll have gone,

I sing my song while you sleep,

As you fly through sky, and swim in deep,

Before you wake I'll have gone,

But not before I sing my song,

Not all you know is as it seems,

I leave you with these pleasant dreams.

While you sleep I'll go away,

But this is surely not the end,

I'll come back some other day,

I'll be waiting round the bend,

While you dream of mountains high,

While you dream of oceans deep,

While you dream of endless sky,

I leave you with this song to keep,

Though I'll be gone, one thing I'll say,

I will come back to you some day.”

As I concluded my song, I heard a slight whump come from the balcony. Twilight and Spike where both sleeping again, this time with smiles on their faces. Or muzzles. Or snouts. Or... Snuzzles? I'll just call them faces.  I turned and walked out onto the balcony. Just as I had suspected Princess Luna was sitting there, waiting for me.

“Hello Luna.” I said.

“Hello Istar.” she replied with a smile. “'Twas a beautiful song you sang. Is it a piece from thy world?” she asked. I also noticed she was starting to drop the Old Canterlot Speech.

“In a way.” I answered her. “I made it myself. It's called Eternity's Lullaby.” she looked surprised that I was the one that had created the song.

“What was thy inspiration my friends?” she asked me.

“There wasn't any. It just started to come to me and I wrote it down. Simple.” I told her. We spent the rest of the night just talking. I helped her a bit with her speech and by the end, she could speak mostly normally. She still had to pause and think for the proper word at times, but she w as improving. Unlike last time, we scheduled a visit for the future, so that I would know to expect her. She would be ready by Nightmare Night.

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Author's Note: I did write the Eternity's Lullaby myself. And it really did just come to me. Anyway Next chapter will include a list of episodes I'll be writing about. Also: here's a planned part from 'A Canterlot Wedding'.

"We need cupcakes!" Shrieked Pinkie.

"Pinkie, is now really the time!?" yelled Twilight.

"Twilight! Do not question the physics defying pink pony!" I said.

"I think we need some bananas!" interjected --- ------.

"What? No! We need cupcakes!" Pinkie yelled.

"Pinkie! Do not question the ---- ------- year old ---- ----!" I said. "Now we need some waffles."

"I thought we were getting bananas." asked --- ------.

"------! Do not question the wizard!" I said. "Now we'll get banana-waffle flavored cupcakes, after we stop the changelings!"

I purposely hid the name and anything that might give it away. :Trollestia: