Star-Strider

Night had fallen again across the land. Luna stood in her tower overlooking the now empty roads of Canterlot. She was thinking deeply about what could be done for Star Strider. She paced around the balcony talking to herself; “If we go into the dimension… we could be lost forever if we lose the scrolls. We could go mad ourselves. We could just waste our time entirely!” She paused as another hoofstep passed outside her room. Again. She laughed to herself, but then became exceedingly frustrated. “I’m not just something that all the new guards can use to boost their confidence. I don’t even know why Celestia bothers putting them with us anyway!” She huffed out a stream of hot air. The hoofstep moved again, this one slower than the last. Luna was getting angrier and angrier thinking about whatever sex-driven stallion was placed at her bedside tonight. She stormed across her room, frustrated by being interrupted in her thoughts. She hurled the door open with magic and was about to let the guard have a piece of her mind when she caught the eyes of the stallion. They were hazy gray and completely clouded. The pupils were unseeable beneath the thick cover of the grayness. She took a step back as she realized he must be a blind pony. But we would never put a blind on guard duty, much less the royal guard duty. He was dressed in the armor of the night battalions, but she was still so confused by his presence. Finally, she realized she was just staring at him for the past two minutes after having slammed the door open violently. “May I… help you?” Luna asked, careful of her tone so as not to give off the wrong impression. The stallion turned away from her and walked towards the end of the hall slowly, stopping just before the corner.

“I know what you are trying to do princess, but I encourage you to remain safely in Equestria. Do not follow through on your plans.” The stallion said with a surprisingly enforcing voice. Luna was now even more confused.

“I beg your pardon. What do you know of me and my plans? You are but a guard in this castle, albeit unnecessarily posted outside my door.” She thought for a moment and considered that she may have spoken her entire plan aloud at some point. The stallion was turning its head back to her as he spoke again.

“I just needed a vessel for my message. This body will be returned to its sad and depraved state in a moment, but I must again say. Do not go there. It will not end well.” The stallion turned his head again away from her. His whole body shook, and he sank a little on his knees. Luna was both scared and intrigued by what had just occurred, so much so that she failed to notice the guard turn to her and leap up in excitement.

“Princess Luna!” The guard said in a higher voice than was spoken before. He saluted quickly and trotted towards her. “I apologize for bringing you out of your bed chambers, is there anything bothering you?” Luna was pulled back to the reality of the guard in front of her who was not doing well hiding how eager he was to speak with her.

“No… no nothing at all. Thank you, uh”

“Shimmer skies, ma’am”

“Yes… that. Tell you what, how about you get some rest for the night. You’re clearly new and to be honest I don’t need a guard anyway. Goodnight” She turned quickly back to her room, catching the disappointed look on his face. She knew why he looked so but did not care in the slightest. I am done. No more sleeping with stallions until I find the stallion. Before he had time to respond, Luna slammed the door shut with her magic and rushed over to her desk. What the Tartarus just happened? She could not push the words out of her head. Her Head! She realized quickly as she conjured the dream realm spell and fell into the inky abyss. The space around her glowed with the orbs of the dreams of the ponies around her and she quickly began looking through them. “Come on, anything anypony please have something for me!” She rushed through nightmares, sweet dreams, blank canvases, but found nopony dreaming of what had just occurred. She sighed in frustration as she began returning to consciousness. She opened her eyes to find Discord sprawled on her bed and reading a book. My book Luna realized as she recognized the cover of her journal. “Discord! What are you doing here?” She snapped quickly at the draconiquis. He closed the book and looked over to her with a smug expression.

“Well, I just figured I would catch up on some light reading!” He snapped and the book disappeared, and his face became a bit more serious than she was used to seeing on him. “But in reality, princess, I felt some magic appear here that was sent from the chaos realm. You haven’t been trying that again, have you?” Luna shook her head, then paused as she considered the event.

“There was…a stallion who seemed as not himself earlier. I don’t know what happened really.” Discord pulled a fork through his beard.

“Yes, well someone from the chaos realm was here without my knowledge. Possession really isn’t our thing in that realm, so I want to know who is messing up our style.” Luna contemplated telling Discord what happened in full, and decided he deserved to know.

“He told me not to go through with my plan, which I don’t even have figured out yet. Whoever it is knows what Celestia and I are trying to do and doesn’t want us to succeed.” Discord stood and stretched with a dramatic yawn.

“Ah yes back to the old pony you want to get some brownie points with your old teacher. Well, maybe he is onto something. The chaos dimension isn’t something you should tamper with. You of all ponies should know that Luna.” He smiled devilishly. “Unless of course, you want to tamper again?” One of his arms snaked around her mane. She pushed him off with a disgusted look on her face.

“NO Discord, never again. I’m done having sex with random ponies. Especially with the likes of you.” She huffed indignantly. Discord scowled and retracted his arm.

“You? Done with sex? Has the moon suddenly become the sun and ponies all grew another pair of legs or did I miss some major changes to the desires of the royal pony herself?” Luna’s horn began to glow as she gritted her teeth at him.

“Leave, Discord.” She spat at him with hatred. He shrugged.

“Your loss but do give me a ring if you ever need another romp in the hay. I hear Applejack has some lovely new bales in her barn again.” He winked and poofed away. Luna relaxed for a moment and sat back down on the floor. Disgusting cretin. She turned to the sky and noticed the sun starting the peek up, signifying her to lower the moon. She began doing so and thought about how to tell Celestia about the warning she received tonight.