January 12, 2013

We woke together early that morning. I brought my head up to see her come in, levitating two small trays of fish, hay, and lettuce. "Good morning, sleepy head." She playfully said, giggling as she did so. "Are you hungry?" I nodded and gratefully took a tray. She sat beside me and we ate together. I noticed that this was a different kind of fish. It's scales were dark on the top of it's body, light on the bottom. The colors alternated from ebony-blue to ruby-red.

"What kind of fish is this?" I asked as I took a bite of it. It tasted sweet and savory instead of tangy and spicy.
"Moonscale Minnow Grouper." She replied, taking a bite of her own. I chuckled at the silly name and took another bite of the delicious creature. "Ridiciulous names for so many things in this world..." I mumbled through a bite of lettuce. Luna nodded as we continued to eat together.

I enjoyed the various flavors I tasted. The hay had been cooked, so it tasted a bit sweeter than usual. Even the lettuce tasted better, though I couldn't tell why. As I crunched another bite, I noticed Luna sneeze. "Bless you." I said, pulling my hoof across my mouth to wipe off the juices of the food. "Thank you, love." She replied. Then, she sneezed again. I repeated the gesture. She repeated her thanks. She sneezed a few more times, and I noticed that her eyes were drooping a bit.

"Luna... Are, you okay?" She nodded, though she sneezed yet again.
"I am fine, love." She replied with a stuffy voice. I noticed that she was sniffing a bit as she ate. I grew concerned for her welfare. "Luna, are you sure you're not, sick maybe?" She looked down for a moment.
"I suppose I could have a bit of a headcold, perhaps." She replied. "But don't you worry. I will be fine." She sneezed again and coughed a few times. I shook my head. I couldn't just let her go on sick. "Luna, you're sick! I can't just leave you like that." I put my food down. "I need to take care of you, love. I am going to take care of you."

She thought for a few moments. Finally, she surrendered. "Very well." She said. I took her tray and set it to the side. I helped her into the bed and tucked the blanket in beneath her. I smiled at her. "Ok, do you need anything?" I asked her, grinning. "No, love." She replied. I nodded and sat down by the bed.

I knew she needed steam, but I wasn't sure if there was anything to help with that in the castle. So, what I did was fill a bowl with water and put heat into it using the magic I had learned. I slowly let the steam come into her. When I decided the temperature of the water was optimum to keep it steaming for a while, I left for a moment to get her some warm tea.

Upon entering the kitchen, I came upon everypony's favorite royal douche-hat: Blueblood. I bumped into him as I heated some tea for Luna. "Oh, you." He said arrogantly, a frown of discontent upon his face. I simply chortled at his conceited actions and said, "Eh! It's Blueblood! Wassup?!" He spat at my feet and walked away. "See ya latah, mothah fuckah!" I humorously said as I finished heating the tea. I poured a bit of it into a small cup and carried it to Luna's chambers, keeping it warm with my magic.

A few moments later, I entered Luna's room. "Here you are, Moon Pie." I whispered, placing the tea on her nightstand. "Oh, thank you my love." She said. She levitated the tea over to her mouth and gently tilted the cup over, allowing some of the liquid to fall into her mouth. Her magic didn't appear weakened by her sickness, but I stayed nearby in case something happened, so as to make sure the cup didn't fall.

"Mm..." She mumbled. "Thank you love. That feels wonderful going down." I nodded and sat down. Before long, she fell asleep. I kept the steam from the bowl of water going, occaisonally refilling it, and I heard her talking in her sleep again. "Uh..." She murmured. "General... So kind... Take care... Me... Take care... Foal..." I chuckled. I knew I ran the risk of catching her cold by doing so, but I kissed her upon the brow after hearing her mumble that.

She simply stayed asleep the rest of the day. I sat there and watched her resting form, her chest slowly rising and falling as she breathed. As she slept, I thought of what I could do. "Hmm..." I mumbled. I thought of all sorts of things. Finally, I decided to draw Luna. I found some paper and a pencil, and, using my magic to levitate the pencil, I drew.

I drew every curve of her. I drew her beautiful face, her angelic wings, her divine body. I erased and redrew areas time and again, assuring it was as perfect as possible. Finally, I finished hours later. I stood back and looked at my work. "Marvelous." I said. I had drawn her form perfectly. I had her eye placement just right, her horn placement perfect, and the way her wings slightly poked out from under the blanket covering her was perfect.

I looked at the sketch. "Beautiful, just... Beautiful." I was glad I was able to draw her so well. Normally, I was a terrible artist. But, when I looked at it... The drawing looked exactly like her. She was so beautiful, and the illustration... I don't know, I guess that just knowing it was of her made me want to make it perfect, and... It worked out.

"My beautiful Queen of the Moon, my delicious little Moon Pie." I smiled towards her. I saw her slowly opening her eyes. "Mmm..." She mumbled.
"Feeling better, Moon Pie?" I asked her, smiling softly.
"Mm hm." She whispered, sitting up a bit. "Much better. Thank you for caring for me, love. You've done so many things for me, and this is just another kindness." I giggled a bit and sat beside her. I kissed her upon the brow and looked into her sparkling eyes. "I didn't do you a kindness. I just repaid you for your love. You would do the exact same thing if I were sick, if not more." She blushed and looked down.

"Oh Luna," I whispered, coming closer to her. "What am I going to do with you?" I giggled as she looked at me with a puzzled expression. "Excuse me?" She said.
"You can't take a compliment, Luna. Anytime I compliment you, or love on you, or anything, you blush or you look down or both. You get so embarrassed if I even try to compliment you. I just... I don't know what I'll do with you." She giggled and blushed again. I rolled my eyes comedically at that.

But then, she changed it a bit. She brought her lips against mine in a loving gesture, cocking her head slightly. I leaned into her, penetrating her lips to meet her tongue with my own. She moaned as we made out, pleasured and overjoyed. Slowly, I pulled her closer and closer towards me during the kiss. I broke the kiss once, saying, "I love you so much, my beautiful Queen of the Moon..." Her eyes sparkled in joy and I noticed a few joy-filled tears escaping her orbs.
"I love you, my handsome King of the Seas..." She replied, smiling lovingly.

We continued the kiss, pushing back & forth and moaning as we did so. "Luna..." I moaned.
"General..." She moaned back at me. Finally, we broke the kiss once more. I looked outside and saw that Celestia's Sun had set. "Mmm." I said, grinning. "Let's get to bed, why don't we." She nodded and laid down upon the bed. She pulled the covers up around her neck as I laid down beside to her. I kissed her cheek once. "Good night, my delicious Moon Pie." I said as I brought her against me.

.....

The next morning, I woke up to see she was still sleeping. I smiled at her sleeping body and kissed her upon the brow. "Beautiful," I whispered. "Just beautiful." I looked at the calendar and realized that I had work that day. I only had a 5 hour shift from morning to noon, but I had to do this. I quickly wrote her a note saying that I had work, then left for Sweet Apple Acres.

I arrived a few minutes early. "Mornin' sugarcube." Applejack said as I landed myself next to the barn. "How're you doin'?"
"Oh, good morning Applejack." I replied. "I'm doing fine. And you?"
"Ah'm doin' good. Lost a couple a' piglets to some coyotes last night, but Ah reckon we can make up for the loss." That made my blood start to run cold. "P-pigs? Which ones?"
"Uh, Ah think it was Leroy an' his sister, Daisy Mae." I was mad. I had gotten to start liking some of the animals at the acres, and those two piglets were my favorites of the animals.

I began to look around the pigpen. Before long, I found some relatively fresh coyote tracks leading off to the west. I flew down the trail, slowly picking up speed as I did so. Finally, I came to the end of the trail. I saw two canine forms growling and barking at two lumps, one limp and silent, the other running and squealing.

I actually don't remember quite what happened next. All I know is that five minutes later, I was looking at two dead coyotes and cradling a baby pig in my hooves. "Well," I started, tears in my eyes. "At least I was able to save you, Leroy." I looked over at the mangled corpse of Daisy Mae. I saw every gash, every tear. But, other than a few bites out of her back, the body was intact.

I quickly dug a shallow pit and placed the poor creature's body in. I placed some dry gras over top of it, and set the creature ablaze, burning the corpse in a ceremonial fashion. Finally, after an hour or so, the flame had died down. I gathered up the ashes of the creature and, using my magic to carry them, returned to the main part of the farm.

As I came up to the barn, I saw a worried Applejack. "Ah, good." She said, breathing a sigh of relief. "Ya got Leroy. But whe-" She saw the ashes. "That's Daisy Mae?" She said, looking at the ashes. I nodded. "Oh, gosh. Ah can't believe this! She was one of our best 'lil piglets! Well, at least ya got Leroy back." She fondled Leroy's ears, making him squeal slightly in joy. "Cute 'lil feller." I nodded and sighed, as I was glad we still had him, though I was still upset about the recent loss of Daisy Mae.

I handed Leroy to her and went over to the apple groves. I flew high overhead, then released the ashes and allowed the wind to spread them. Though the piglet was dead, she would still help the acres. The ashes would work as fertilizer for the plants on the farm, enriching the soil. "Good bye, little pig." I flew back down and continued the work day. Nothing else happened, and it remained relatively plain for the rest of the day. Finally, at 12:00 that afternoon, I left.

I flew to the castle as quickly as I could, images of Luna in my mind. As I flew, I didn't mind where I was going. The next thing I knew, I'd flown into the side of a cliff.

We all fear Death and the Embrace of Death. We know not what shall truly happen when it comes, but we pray to live a long time. Even so, we also pray for something greater. But, we must always remember this: We do not fear death. We fear uncertainty. If we do not know what will happen in response to something being done, we fear it. We all fear uncertainty, but there are those of us who look uncertainty into the eye and say, "I am afraid of you. But I shall not cower. I hold fear for you, but I shall face you." We must simply ask ourselves: Who am I? Shall I cower in the face of Death? Or shall I look into the face of uncertainty and march on hopefully?

.....

I felt absolutely nothing at all. There was darkness all around me. I was floating, that much I could tell, but where, I wasn't sure. Suddenly, there was a pounding pain in my head. Slowly, it weakened, but it never went away. 'Where am I?' I thought. 'What happened to me?' Finally, I opened my eyes. I looked around, and I saw that I was in the water. I was too deep down to see any light, but I could see all manner of things around me. Seaweed, rocks, seashells...

Suddenly, it hit me: I could breathe. I looked around, and sure enough, I was in water, and I was, in fact, breathing. I turned onto my belly and put my hooves down upon a solid stone. I looked around a few times more. Crustaceans surrounded me and squid stared at me. Finally, I looked up, and swam upwards towards the surface of the water. "Dammit!" I said, somehow able to talk beneath the water. "I need to get to the castle! I... I need to get to Luna!" Even as I thought this, the water seemed to carry me forward, as I felt myself becoming swifter than what should be possible.

I stopped. I looked at the currents surrounding my body, slowing down as I did. I moved to the left slightly, and sure enough, a jet of water burst through there. I chuckled with slight glee at the exciting happening. I started playing with water, making all sorts of shapes. I shaped water into tridents and threw the liquid weapons into rocks. Everytime that happened, the rocks would shatter. I would mess with schools of fish by scattering them with jets of water. I even messed with some passing squid.

'Could you stop that please?' I heard a voice whisper into my head.
'Huh?' I responded. 'Wh-what? Who was that?' I couldn't tell who, or what, said it, but then I turned to look into the eye of a large squid. 'Oh, dear me,' It said in my mind. 'Pardon me, milord. Didn't know it was you, didn't know it was you.' I thought about what it said, then it occured to me.

'What did you just call me? Did you say... Milord?'
'Why yes, sire. I should have been able to tell. What, with that tail, and that mark upon your flank, you are OBVIOUSLY a member of the Royal Family, the Line of Oceanus.' I was shocked by that. I just... I couldn't believe what he said to me, and to this day, I still think back to it and hold some surprise. 'So... I'm like, the, Lord of the Ocean, or something?'

'Lord of the Ocean, the Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Gulfs, Sewers... Basically, your the Lord of Water! You have command over all things water, and all things that live in water! You can cause typhoons, waterspouts, tsunamis, all sorts of things, all sorts of things!' As I looked in shock at the squid, it did some kind of motion that appeared to be a distorted bow, then it swam off.

"I need to find land." I said. I swam further towards the surface and I burst out of the water, flying 15 feet into the air. I looked around from where I was, and my eyes landed upon a small island. I shurgged and flew towards the landmass, hope and desperation in every flap of my wings.

Hope. Faith. Ambition. No matter what word you use, it means dreaming. Longing. You see a better future coming, and you fight for it, you strive for it. You know bad things will happen, but you continue to move forward, working to make things better then they are. Hope. Faith. Ambition.

.....

I had been flying for hours on end. I flew long and hard, not minding what happened. Just minutes in, it began to storm. It never stopped raining for the entire time I flew. Finally, I came upon the landmass. My wings, they gave out. I fell to the sand, and the world began darkening. As I faded from the world of the waking, I saw a blue blur walking towards me. Finally, I passed out.

.....

"Wake up..." I heard a beautiful, honeyed voice say. "Wake up, you." My eyes fluttered open, and I was looking at a blue coated mare. "Oh!" I heard her exclaim. "You are awake! Good!" An enormous smile burst across her face as she sat back on her haunches. I sat up a bit from beneath a blanket and surveyed her.

Now I could tell what she was supposed to be. She was a light-blue earth pony. She had a slightly darker mane and tail, and upon her flank was the alchemist's symbol for silver, a small crescent. I was surprised by this. "Oh, Lord," I said as a splitting headache took me. "Argh! What happened?!" I pushed my hooves against my temples, but the attractive mare drew them away. "Wh-what are you-"
"Shh..." She whispered, taking my face in her hooves.

"It's alright, don't panic." Her mellifluous voice whispered to me, and I couldn't help but let myself become like putty in her hands. I nodded and let her do as she would. She set my head down upon a soft pillow that appeared to be made of nothing more than leaves, then heated up some kind of liquid overtop a small fire. I looked around my environments, and realized I was in some sort of hut, made of bamboo and leaves of some kind.

A few minutes later, she came to me with a bowl, and sat down by me. "Lift your head." I obeyed her happily. "Open your mouth." I obeyed, and she put the bowl to my mouth. Slowly, she tipped the bowl over and allowed some of the liquid to trickle into my mouth. "Swallow." I nodded and took my lips away from the bowl just a moment to obey her orders. As the liquid dribbled down my throat, I noticed it had a sweet flavor, some slight tang, and a bit of a pungent aftertaste. It wasn't all that bad, and I was happy I obeyed her.

The blue mare giggled and gave me a slight smile. Oh, how her laugh sounded, so sweet and beautiful. I couldn't help but let my jaw lie slack, leaving me with a dumb expression. As she continued to aid me in consuming the liquid, I started to regain some of my strength. Finally, the bowl was drained, and I felt stronger than ever. I rose up out of the blankets, but the mare stopped me.

"No." She said, making me sit back down. "Can't go yet. Don't have your strength. Must rest..." I needed to get to Luna, needed to get home, but... God, she looked good, and I couldn't help but obey her. I got beneath the blankets, and she stepped away for a moment. "Good... Let me tell you who I am." She gave me a light smile, and I nodded.

"I am a cursed woman. I have been here since I was very young, condemned by the cruel Gods to live here, just because I am the child of an enemy of theirs..." I shook my head at that, not able to believe such a thing
"Curse you? How could any punish such a beautiful mare..." I knew my cheeks were flushing a bit, but, like I was under a spell or on a drug, I didn't think a thing about it.

She giggled and blushed at the compliment. "How kind of you, but, yes... Punished by the chief of Gods, I was, because I am the daughter of the Sky-Holder... My name... My name is Calypso." This made me sober quite a bit. I realized something: She was the child of a Greek Titan. In a world filled with magical talking cartoon ponies, there were Greek Gods.

"What is your name, stranger?" I wasn't sure what to do. I needed to leave, and in the Greek myths, I learned that Calypso was a nymph, a spellcaster. A woman who could do MANY things with a person's name. "M-my name?" I stuttered, unsure how to answer. "My name is... Oudeis." I hoped I had tricked her, using the Greek word for "Nobody."

"Nobody?" She replied. "Your name is Nobody? Odd name... But, it is a nice name. A pretty name..." The way she swooned as she felt it upon her tongue, I couldn't stifle a grin. "Well, Nobody, let me take care of you, at least until you are healed. I am so alone on this island, by myself always, so at least I will have some companionship... For a time." I nodded, and she pushed me down gently, making sure I laid down all the way. "Now, sleep, Nobody, sleep..." Her voice was like a lullaby, a nursery rhyme that one's parents would sing to them when they were young and couldn't sleep. Before long, I fell asleep.

Author's Note

The meaning of the name of this chapter, "Love Interrupted" in Latin, won't become apparent until later on in the chapter. When you get to the turning point of the chapter, you'll understand.