Morning Dew

“This is stupid,” I said to my mom as we walked through the halls of Canterlot Castle. The whole capital city itself was a boring place. The tall white buildings were like the claws of a monster that grabbed what fun could be seen in the city and hid it from the sky; the castle was just the tip of the claw. The night sky could hardly be seen, even from the castle. Rarity said it was from something called ‘light pollution,’ whatever that is.

“It’s not stupid, my little goblin; it is dinner with royalty. That should be exciting.” Mom said this, rolling her eyes. She was wearing a nice fancy suit; I would only wear the bowtie for mine. She only told me that we were having dinner with Twilight, and that is not a new thing.

“Mom, dinner with Twilight is not that special; the bowtie is the stupid part anyway.” I groaned as she chuckled. “Don’t laugh! I could be painting right now, but instead I have to wear this uncomfortable thing just to visit someone who is a friend.”

“Well, Dew, I never told you about the special guest at the dinner,” Mom said, giving me her joking, mean smile. I think the word is smug. Wait, a special guest? I hate when mom has surprises.

“Wait, special guest? Who is it? Sapphire Shores? Vylet? Any musical creatures I love? Oh my stars, is it discord?” I asked, practically jumping around Mom, who stopped in place to let me.

“No, it is not, and don’t even think about him. He will show up if you do.” She said that her hatred for the coolest, most chaotic creature was on her face. “No, Dew, you have a special task for this evening. You are to help a princess make friends.”

“What? I knew Twilight Sprinkler was a bit nerdy, but I did not know she needed my help making friends. Wait, isn’t she like the princess of friendship?” I asked, stopping my jumping in front of Mom.

“No, you are just going to have to wait and see.” Mom said she was grinning, making me groan. “That’s for not doing dishes last night.”

“What are you just not going to tell me about that?” I whinned. Mom always did this; she knew I hated not having a plan, so when she disagreed with my actions, she just didn’t let me plan. It’s very rude of her, in my opinion.

“Yep, now let’s not keep the three alicorns waiting.” Mom said calmly, making me shout,

“THREE ALICORNS?”

She did not answer and walked ahead. I rushed to follow, nervous beyond all belief. We carried on down the hall in silence. As we approached the door to the dining room, mom turned to me.

“Dew, we got here early so you could make friends with who you need to before dinner, okay? Just please be nice.” She said, sounding a little tried but giving her a fanged smile. I thought her single fang was super cool. She lost to the other one fighting a bad guy; at least thats what she told me.

“Mom, when am I not nice? I am the queen of being nice. I am the polite princess.” I joked; I knew I was mean sometimes, but mom said it was okay to be mean if you are a good pony.

“I know that is not true, mea parva vespertilio; you are my daughter after all.” She said, I knew she was very proud of me. I smiled up at her, and she kissed my forehead before opening the large door with a hoof. Inside was just Twilight, standing near the end of a large table set with fancy plates and too many forks and spoons. Twilight turned to us and smiled, trotting over to me.

“Dew!” She said loudly as I ran up to her and hugged her, As meanly as I talk about her, I do love Twilight. She was my first babysitter, which I remember even a little of. She was also the one to buy me my first paints. It was weird because she tried to lie and say Mom bought them, but she is a terrible liar.

“Twilight! I missed you!” I said, hugging her leg as she hugged me with her hoof and wing.

“I missed you too; I only hope you are staying out of trouble.” She was joking, but little did she know I was not staying out of trouble.

“When have I ever been in trouble, Twinkle Sprinkles?” I said, giggling. Twilight loved my creative nicknames, and before she could respond, my mom chimed in.

“For the record, I am withholding details of the night because you are in trouble, Gremlin.”

“Aww rats, mom, you’ll embarrass me in front of the coolest babysitter ever.” I groaned, making Twilight laugh.

“That is one thing I do miss a lot about you no longer living in Canterlot Night. You and Dew made this place so much less boring.” Twilight said asmily in her voice as well as on her face, “I remember when Dew would be my secretary during important meetings.”

Mom looked embarrassed when Twilight said, “Still sorry you had to bring a toddler to a peace summit.”

“Don’t be silent; I still think a child being in the room is the only reason the diplomats are amicable.” Twilight said, half joking.

“See, mom, I am not all trouble,” I said, making my mom roll her eyes. Due to it being evening, she did not have her sunglasses on. She looked like she had a comment to make, but she looked at a different door, and her face became upset. I looked to see three ponies. The first one was someone I knew as Twilight’s brother, Shining Armor. He was a tall white unicorn with a short blue mane. He had a warm smile that faded to embarrassment when he saw my mom.

The second pony was a bright pink alicorn. Her mane was a gradient of purple, pink, and yellow that had a crystal shine to it. I knew that was Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, the princess of love. Her face was a smile that turned confused at the embarrassment of her husband.

The last pony caught my attention the most. She was an off-white alicorn with a pink and blue mane and a singular line of purple on the right side. She was an alicorn, like Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, but smaller, around my height. Her face was what caught me. She just looked, well, frankly, pathetic. She looked scared of everything aside from her parents.

“Oh, speaking of trouble, hello, Shining Armor.” My mom said it with disdain as I studied the smaller alicorn I assumed was Princess Flurry Heart.

“Hello, Captain Night,” Shining said with sadness in his voice. He tried to hide the sadness, but it was still there.

“I am not going to bully you tonight; I get three jabs at you according to Twilight, so that’s one down.” Mom said she was showing her devious side and smiling. Shining just sighed and smiled slightly as I found my voice.

“Holy bongos, we are having dinner with Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, Prince Shining Armor, and Princess Flurry Heart.” I turned to my mom, deadpanning. “Yeah, thanks for the warning on that, mom. I wish I wore more than just this dang bowtie now.”

My comment made the adults laugh, which was my intent, and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza spoke up, “You don’t need to be so formal, little one. Just Cadance is fine; what about you?”

My name is Morning Dew, your highness, but just Dew is fine.” I said, not knowing what to do in the presence of the Crystal Family.

“Well, Dew, it seems you already know who we are,” Cadance said, smiling. “Flurry, why don’t you say hi?” Cadence gestured for her daughter to come and say hi. What ended up happening was that the aicorn walked up, mumbled a syllable, and whimpered. I saw a chance to be devious in this, and I took it.

“Hey Slurry? Wanna come see something cool? It will be fun; come on, bestie!” I said I was getting excited. That made the adults smile and say that Flurry should come along. I grinned as my plan came into action, and the princess followed me. If I were forced to be her friend, I would make sure this would be a night to remember.

Author's Note

Hello gamers, new chapter, i hope the grammar is better this time. Not much to say here aside from expect a blog post with the designs for some characters soon.