3 days later...

Luna silently watched over Canterlot from her tower. It was especially beautiful at night, with the moonlight reflecting off of the many roofs with ponies beneath them. She let out a lonely sigh as she looked down at the now empty streets.

There never was anyone she could talk to about how beautiful it was.

Sure there were her bat pony guards, but they were extremely serious and super nervous about annoying her. Deciding to not to dwell on the thought she began the trek to the stairs, not wanting another Nightmare Moon incident. Ponies were already afraid of her.

She stopped in her tracks.

Her ears perked up at a faint noise in the distance.

Slowly she turned around and went back to the rim of the tower. Barely breathing she searched for the source of the noise.

There it is! She thought excitedly

A faint chirping noise was being made in the distance, from the way it was being made she deduced it was more of a hum, as if someone was simply minding their own business. A normal pony would not even be able to hear the noise, but being an alicorn had its advantages. Unfortunately whoever was humming was pretty far from where she was.

It's just to see who is up at night. She told herself. Although secretly she was hoping to get to know the humming pony.

She set off from her tower at a glide so as not to mess up her hearing with the flapping of wings. She scanned the streets, for the hummer, her hearing attempting to pick up the faint chirping sound again. The chirping noise was slowly getting closer and closer. After a while she ran out of room to glide, and set off at a light trot, careful to not make any noise.

The noise was slowly getting closer, the chirping growing louder. After a while silently searching the streets, without finding the source of the noise, soon becoming confused as to the location of the noise. It wouldn't have come from a house as it would have been muffled.

I'm so close. She thought, desperate for another pony to talk to. Where could it be?

Suddenly a thought occurred to her.

Slowly and almost silently she lifted herself off the ground, and landed on a nearby roof, that was flat enough she could stand on it while remaining straight. Her hearing, with this newfound vantage point, was now keenly searching for the noise. Soon it started chirping again, revealing its location to be in the second layer of the city. slowly she approached the wall that separated the third and second layers. Scanning the rooftops she immediately noted a cloaked figure lying on a rooftop, with its face hidden.

For a while she simply gazed at the cloaked figure and marveled at the unique noise she'd never heard before. Moving around the wall to get a better vantage point, the moon suddenly cast her shadow over the figure.

The noise immediately stopped as it turned to gaze upon Luna who was making the shadow, while she couldn't see the figures face, she could tell it had noticed her. She froze, hoping it would make her out to be a statue. It didn't work as it quickly took flight, revealing it to be a pegasus. Luna also took flight and began the chase.

Luna was sure about one thing. This pony was fast. It always stood ahead of Luna and almost lost her several times. After about 3 minutes of chasing, it was clear that this was a pretty fast pegasus. As much as Luna tried to keep the pegasus in front of her, it was constantly turning corners and flying low, and keeping in the tight spaces. This was a challenge for Luna as her big alicorn figure made it almost impossible to follow. Almost.

Try as he might it'll take a while to lose me Luna thought smugly as she continued the chase.

It was quite challenging however to keep up, as she was soon beginning to flag behind from exhaustion. The pegasus however showed no signs of exhaustion. Suddenly Luna questioned why she was chasing this harmless pegasus who clearly did not want to be chased. She let out a sigh as she slowed down until she was simply hovering in the air.

Why am I doing this. She thought to herself.

I just wanted to know who could hum like that. She thought back

Why? Let that pony be, and listen to the humming if you like it so much. She snapped

Your right, but I will still try to find out who hums like that. She admitted

She let out another long sigh, she would probably never meet the pegasus.

Noticing how far away she had chased the pegasus (into the first layer), she blushed at the thought that she was so obsessed with meeting the pegasus. So she began the fly back to her tower at the top of Canterlot.

The pegasus watched cautiously from around a corner as Princess Luna slowly flew back to her tower, having given up the chase. He had forgotten that Princess Luna was nocturnal, like him. He would have to be very cautious from now on, especially with his tendency to hum when he wasn't doing anything.

He cautiously checked to see if the street was clear. Now that Princess Luna knew of his existence, and with the vigor in which she chased him, then her bat pony guards would probably start searching for him. Thankfully she didn't get a good look at him, and probably only knew that he was a pegasus.

Sighing and deciding nothing serious was going to happen he flew to the small house he owned on the second layer, while constantly checking to see if anyone was watching he entered his house and changed his form, green fire enveloped him burning away the pegasus form he had donned.

He took a quick glance in the mirror, observing his features.

His carapace was colored a deep black, with his ribs showing. His legs littered with holes, giving the impression of weak legs, causing enemies to target them. It would then surprise enemies by stopping an attempts of breaking the changelings legs. Many battles are won by changelings because of this, unless the attacker is particularly strong and aimed at the right position.

Regular changeling wings looked insect like except that they were almost transparent. His wings however were incredibly different. His wings however were not insect like, but instead were pure shadow, and could allow him to fly faster than any pegasus. The fin at the top of his head resembled that of a fish, going down to the back of his neck. The two fangs at the front of his mouth were mainly used for transferring poison while in direct combat.

Changeling horns are mostly curved with a sharp point at the top, unlike with his wings his horn was the regular size and shape of a changeling. The final thing he observed was his blood red eyes with no pupils, which stared right back at him. Red eyes at night were especially useful for terrifying people, or make them freeze with fear. Red eyes were extremely rare especially among changelings, whose eyes were mainly blue.

At least she isn't here to see that. He thought

He walked through his home to the kitchen, opening the small trap door built into the floor and descending the stairs. Reaching the bottom he walked up to a small cabinet opening it up and observing the cocoon that held a curled up rabbit. Soon he began absorbing the love that the rabbit was giving off, just enough for a midnight lunch. Then after returning to the upstairs he began contemplating his options.

Now that Princess Luna knows about me there's a chance she'll try to find more about me. He thought to himself

I can't stop being a nocturnal as there'll be a more powerful princess waiting for me. He just couldn't find out how he could stay under the Princess' radar. A sudden thought came to him, and he hatched a plan to go back to being your normal everyday 'pony'. While he didn't have emotions, he couldn't help but think this was one of the best plans to blend in he had ever made.

Princess Luna watched from her tower once again, deep in thought. She just couldn't get that pegasus out of her head. After scanning her memories and comparing them she had figured out that the pegasus was in fact male, which comforted her greatly as it would be much better than calling him 'it'.

"Well almost time to lower the moon." She said to herself.

While sad that she wouldn't be able to meet the mystery pegasus tonight, there was always tomorrow. As she used her magic to lower the moon she could feel the tiredness of the chase setting in as she yawned while stretching. She walked down the stairs to her bed settling into it, she was glad to sleep as she had spent most of last racking her thoughts for clues as to the mystery pegasus. She let out one final yawn as she soon went into a deep sleep.

Luna awoke from her slumber around midday. This was unusual as she normally slept until the night. She lay back down to try to sleep once again,

Use this moment to look for information from the ponies that are up and about. Luna's subconscious whispered

She frowned in thought for a moment contemplating the effects on her sleep schedule, until deciding to listen to her subconscious and look for information regarding the pegasus. She decided to wear a cloak to disguise herself as someponies were still mad about Nightmare Moon.

After getting ready for her little excursion she sneaked out via tower again, until landing in an alleyway. Already she could hear the bustle of ponies chatting and gossiping about the latest news. A while after staying in the alleyway, she picked up on a conversation being held by two mares at the market.

"You've got a strange neighbor Black Wing" said one pony

"I know right Precious Lily. I mean, I never see him other than when he leaves the house at night" said Black Wing

"Why do you think he does that?" said Precious Lily lowering her voice to a whisper "You don't think he does illegal stuff?"

Black Wing face took on a look of concern "I'm not sure, I don't talk to him much"

"Do you even know his name?" Precious Lily asked

Black Wing was in thought for a while as if trying to scrounge up the memory. " Void Runner I believe."

Precious Lily thought for a moment before admitting "Well he doesn't match the name of any wanted criminals."

Black Wing nodded agreeing with Precious Lily's assessment.

So this 'Void Runner' is nocturnal? Than it is likely that he is also a pegasus. Luna thought to herself

And this Black Wing knows where he is.

She than noticed that the conversation had stopped so they had probably parted ways. She would have to find Black Wing however to discover the home of this 'Void Runner'. After trailing Black Wing for a while she finally arrived at her house where she opened and closed the door most likely going to drop the groceries she had picked up from the market.

So on either side of that house is Void Runner. She thought smugly

Try as you might I'll still catch you.

She let out a yawn, and decided to catch up on all the sleep she had been missing out on for awhile this time simply flying back to her tower. As her bed came into sight she sprinted and then collapsed on the soft sheets and pillow, vowing to never take advantage of them again. Dreaming of the look on Void Runner's face when she dropped in, she thought up her own victory dance, until she passed into a deep slumber.

Black Wing watched from the window as Princess Luna flew off to her tower, no doubt to get some rest. Black Wing then exited the house, and walked up to and entered the house of 'Void Runner'. Upon entering Black Wing was enveloped in green flames burning away the dark grey coat of the pegasus Black Wing, and showing the insect like body of a changeling.

The bait has been laid, now the deer must take the bite. He thought

Slowly but surely he prepared for a nighttime incursion by Princess Luna.

Oh this was going to be good.

Luna silently prepared herself, not wanting to alert her guards, for the confrontation that was going to happen. She still didn't know what to say, and it was almost midnight. One thing was for sure though. He was going to be VERY surprised.
She took her now well used tower route and glided down to the house of this Void Runner. She was very excited to meet another nocturnal being that wasn't a bat pony.

She peeked inside using a nearby window, tuning her ears in to see if he was home. Sure enough there was the chirping from last night, only muffled, and a bit closer than before. Readying herself she knocked on the front door three times causing the chirping to immediately stop, her mouth, dry because she didn't know what to say when she met the pegasus.

Hi I'm Luna and I'm your friendly neighborhood princess, I couldn't help but notice that your a nocturnal pegasus, care to elaborate?

She placed her hoof on her face at the stupidity of that line.

The door suddenly opened revealing a dark purple pegasus, with a black mane with streaks of dark blue in it. His eyes were colored a blood red color. Those eyes were so enchanting, she had never seen any like them before.

Suddenly she realized she had been staring at his eyes without talking for a while, she immediately blushed at her stupidity. Observing his reaction to this, he very clearly wanted to know why she was here. Gulping she remembered that she didn't have anything to say. He was clearly growing impatient. She racked her brain but nothing came up. His eyes were now drilling into her trying to get her to speak.

"Hi I'm Luna and I'm your friendly neighborhood princess, I couldn't help but notice that your a nocturnal pegasus, care to elaborate" She said in a frenzy, before covering her mouth with her hooves, suddenly wishing she didn't say that.

She was blushing as if there was no tomorrow now.

IDIOT! She screamed at her brain

He raised an eyebrow at that, clearly surprised at the sudden expulsion of words, and what the words were. Incredibly embarrassed now Luna, was giving herself a mental beating for that.

This was not how this was supposed to go! He was supposed to be the one blushing like mad! She yelled at herself

His next reaction was not what she expected. She had expected ridicule, disgust, maybe even some pity. What she got however was extremely strange.

"If you wish for me to elaborate I suggest that instead of standing out here telling you my life story we go in, sit down and have a nice cup of tea." He said

Luna stared for a while getting lost in those eyes once again. Not an ounce of ridicule or disgust had gone into that sentence! It was a genuine invitation to come in and chat. She was happy that he chose to chat instead of ridicule.

Accepting his invitation inside she walked into the house. It was just a regular old pony home, but without any of the posters or mini statues of Celestia, you might find. She half expected him to have posters and maybe even statues of her. But after searching the room for a while, she concluded that Void Runner didn't worship her or Celestia.

She silently followed him through the house until the reached a small table, with two chairs on either side. He clearly had not been expecting Luna, due to the small pile of dishes one pony might make in a week. As he sat down she sat down on the other side. They stared at each other a while, not talking. Once again she had got caught in staring into those eyes that she didn't notice the expression on his face, telling her to ask a question.

He closed his eyes and Luna immediately snapped back to life, now blushing so hard you thought she might have been an apple. She cleared her throat and he opened his eyes once again.

"Why are you nocturnal?" She asked needing something to do before she got lost in those eyes again.

"Why is everypony else diurnal?" He asked back

This took Luna by surprise as she had never questioned it before, now however she began to think about why everypony else stayed awake at day.

"Lifestyle choice" she answered

Void Runner nodded revealing that as the answer, to her question.

Before she could ask another question however Void Runner quickly cut in. "Want a drink?"

She silently nodded, lost in thought about her next question.

He got up and immediately started making two cups of tea.

The chirping.

"What was that chirping noise you were making before?" She asked

This clearly caught him off guard as he froze and stopped moving for a while. Curious as to this reaction she silently observed him, as he did night move a muscle. Finally he moved his forelegs, finishing the tea, he brought them over to the table without a sound, not making eye contact with Luna.

Interesting. She had struck a nerve

"What was your question again?" He suddenly asked

She opened her mouth to say it, but closed it as she realized he didn't want to talk about that, and she shouldn't be snooping in his personal business. She took a sip of the tea he had made and looked down at it in surprise. This was the best tea she had ever tasted, better than the tea served in the Royal Palace, by a large margin. And the tea in the Royal Palace was pretty good.

"How do you make tea this good?" She asked her face shocked.

Visibly relaxing he began explaining the step by step of making the tea. It was hard to pay attention to him though when she kept staring at his eyes. His, exotic, strange, eyes.

Suddenly she realized that it was almost time to lower the moon when Void Runner started to yawn, and say his goodbyes. Snapping out of her trance she blushed at how long she had been staring at his eyes. He had noticed the blush and gave a knowing smile, as to why she was blushing. Suddenly in a very big hurry to leave she quickly said her goodbyes and took to the sky's.

He's pretty handsome Luna admitted

Void Runner watched as Princess Luna flew back to her tower, green flame surrounding him burning away his disguise. Despite most of his emotion being almost non-existent, he had to admit... she was cute. His plan had changed a bit but that didn't change the outcome.

Then they will pay...

Author's Note

Diurnal is the name of a creature that is awake mainly at day

Diurnal = Day

Nocturnal = Night