Unto A New World

A/N:

So, here's what happened:
My laptop received its first mega virus and deleted everything on it. I had this chapter nearly finished and then had to restart, and it's never as good once you write it the second time around.
I need a new laptop, but I can't afford it ($2000). I'm going to have to sell my body on the street corner and sell vital organs to get one. If I do that I'll die because I won't have any organs left, therefore the story won't be updated.

Now, I know you think I got Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara mixed up... But I didn't. I don't know why but I've always hated Silver Spoon. I think.

Feel free to draw fan art for this… It makes me feel special.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Work in Progress

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

"Diamond?" I asked through the door leading to her new room "May I come in?"

"You sure can! Come look!" She called out excitedly.

I opened the door slowly and entered into a room that had been changed dramatically from what it used to be.

The room was pink for God's sake.

"Diamond" I started, darting my eyes around the room "How did you do this?"

"Well when you left me here some time ago, I took it on myself to get some paint and paint my room!" She said happily as she trotted over and nuzzled my hand "Do you like it?"

"It's uh… VERY you" I replied, examining the room once again I found something out of place.

The bed had been moved from its spot and was up against a door.

"Diamond, what's in here?" I asked as I poured some magic from my hand and into the bed and started to move it away.

"Jackson, don't!" was the last thing I heard before I was struck by an avalanche of assorted items, flowing freely from the cupboard.

Dolls, chests, teddy bears, tiaras, suitcases and the sort were scattered everywhere.

"I said don't" Diamond said sarcastically as she picked up items and started to move them off from on top of me.

***

"So now that's all cleaned up, are you ready to meet your new housemates?" I asked as I placed the last bear into a chest against the wall.

"Not really" Diamond said nervously "What if they don't like me?"

"I'm sure they will" I reassured the filly as I walked to the door and opened it for her.

"But what if they don't?"

"Then… I don't know, but I'm sure they will!"

"I hope you're right" Diamond said as she slid off the bed and passed through the door.

We made our way down the stairs towards the dining room.

"Here we are" I said as I halted just before the door, looking through the porthole and seeing my friends gathered around the rectangular table.

I looked down to Diamond Tiara who was sitting on her haunches; head cocked downwards like a swan.

"It's just going to be the same as always" She sighed.

"You know that's not true" I replied, kneeling down in front of her.

"You might think that!" She whispered in a snappy tone "But it's not the truth! There's a reason that I was-"

"Diamond Tiara" I cut her off "If they don't like you then they aren't the ponies I know. I wouldn't put you or any pony in that sort of situation"

"But"

"No buts, and besides we're going to be family" I said while ruffling her mane with my right hand.

"You're going to be my dad?" Diamond Tiara squealed.

"I uh…"

"YES! It would be so much better to have a dad like you. I HARDLY saw my old father at all"

"Whoa there, slow down speed racer" I said with a chuckle "He's still your father, and I said 'Family' not father"

Diamond instantly pouted.

"Then when will we be a family?"

"When Redheart and Vinyl give me an answer and… Well you know… When I… Propose to Luna" I said slowly.

"Awww! Do it now!" She squealed in delight.

"No not now! I don't even have a ring or whatever you ponies use yet" I replied, cheeks going a light shade of red "Plus it has to be perfect"

"At a restaurant with flowers and musi-"

"Alright alright let's meet the others"

I pushed open the door as soon as I stood up, startling the small filly, causing her to yelp and freeze in place.
All eyes fell upon me, which then moved down to the young foal who was half hidden behind my legs.

"Jackson? Who's this?" Luna asked curiously, furrowing her eyebrows.

"This" I said while stepping aside to reveal the filly better, who was bright red and couldn't keep eye contact with any of the ponies in the room "Is Diamond Tiara"

"She's so cute!" Redheart said which was backed by a vigorous nod from Vinyl sitting beside her, who had a mouth full of carrots and celery.

"Hi new friend!" Tumbleweed said in a happy tone.

"H-hi" Diamond managed, starting to calm down. She then noticed Luna's gaze and quickly fell onto one knee.

"There is no need for that" Luna smiled politely "That's only for when things are formal and this" She raised her hoof and moved it in a circular motion "This isn't formal"

"Come! Sit!" Vinyl said as she patted the seat next to her "I don't bite… unless you're made out of chocolate!"

Diamond giggled slightly and slowly moved around the room to the other side of the table whilst I took a seat by Tumbleweed.
Luna and Redheart were at either end.

"Is she one of your students Jackson?" Redheart asked me as I plated up food for myself; a healthy dose of carrots, mashed potato and bread.

"Yeah, and I invited her to live here with us" I replied, shovelling a helping of food into my mouth.

Vinyl was dishing up Diamond's food when she replied.

"This IS my house you know" she said in an unimpressed tone.

"Well from now on I'll run things by you before I do anything" I said, gaining a smile from the electric blue maned unicorn.

"Thanks Jackie, either way I would have let her stay! She's just so cute!" Vinyl gushed, making Diamond's cheeks turn beet red in her seat as she awkwardly ate some of the food that Vinyl had given her.

Redheart glanced at Vinyl and raised her eyebrow, then quickly flicked her head to the side. The white unicorn then rose from her seat and promptly left the room.

I was the only one to catch this. Something was going on and I was going to get to the bottom of it.

"So Diamond, how do you like Jackson as a teacher so far?" Luna asked, finishing the food on her plate and serving herself some seconds.

"He's just as good as Cheerilee! He's so nice and he likes to help us when we are stuck with questions" Diamond said with a half full mouth of food.

Luna looked to me with a content smile on her face "Did you know he also plays instruments? He's awfully good at the guitar"

Diamond looked to me with a grin on her face "I've seen him play once at school, but I'd sure like to hear it again"

"Well I don't have my guitar here" I rubbed the back of my head with my left hand.

"I do" Tumbleweed replied as she pulled my guitar out from under the table.

"What? How?" I asked in utter bafflement.

All I got for a reply was Tumbleweed tapping her nose with her hoof, along with a wink.

I sighed and placed the guitar strap over my head and pushed the chair out away from the table to give myself more room.
Vinyl walked in as I strummed each string in a downwards motion.

"What to play? There are so many good songs!" I stalled as I played random notes on the guitar.

"Just play anything" the DJ said as she took a seat across from me.

"Well I don't know if I've played this before but I'll do it again even if I have! It's called Heron Blue" I stated as I began to play the song.

"Don't cry my love don't cry no more
A crashing sky a rolling screen
A city drowning Gods black tears
I cannot bear to see

She lay under the midnight moon
Her restless body stirring
Until the magic morning hour
Like poison it succumbs her

Her baby skin her old black dress
Her hair it twists round her necklace
Constricts and chokes like ruthless vines
To sleep she overtakes her?"

I then started to play a melody interlude, which sounded like an Angel's song.

"Her room is painted Heron Blue
Lit by candlelight and chandelier
And from her headboard perched so high
A million dreams have passed her

Don't cry my love don't cry no more
It overwhelms my breaking heart
A minor swell of violins
I cannot bear to hear them"

I then used my magic to duplicate my voice and play it over my singing, as well as add a rhythmic bass beat. I could see every mare in the room start to tear up.

"A mother shepherds her young birds
She fills their mouths and warms their souls
Till they are strong and good to fly
Away from her alone she'll die

Cradle on quiet old oak limbs
As heaven blue her light fails
A breath of soot into her lungs
A life, a journeys end in one"

After another small melodic interlude, I put as much emotion into the song as I could.

"Don't sing that old sad hymn no more
It resonates inside my soul
It haunts me in my waking dream
I cannot bear to hear it

Don't play those violins no more
Their melancholic overtones
They echo off the floor and walls
I cannot bear to hear them"

I finished the song and raised my head to see every pony weeping and sobbing.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" I said as levitated the guitar over to the corner of the room and brought back a box of tissues for the emotional mares.

"That was the saddest thing I've ever heard" Tumbleweed cried as she embraced me in a tight hug and let her tears stain my shirt.

I placed my hand on her back and cooed in her ear as I felt my eye twinge. Not that I was going to tell anypony, that song was actually for my mother.

I miss her so much.

"Please" Vinyl started as she cradled Diamond Tiara in her forelegs "Don't ever sing something like that again. You have a talent for making ponies feel things through your music and I hate crying"

Luna just sat and sobbed.

'I miss my mother too. I didn't even know her that well' Luna told me telepathically.

'I'm sorry Luna' I replied as I mentally hugged her.

***

Luna said nothing as we walked down the hallway, coming to a halt at the entrance to our room. We looked to the door and noticed a picture hung on the front. It was a picture drawn by Diamond, as depicted from her name on the bottom right corner.
The picture was drawn in coloured pencil and was of both Luna and I standing side by side with the words "Jackson' and Luna's room" in an arch on top.

Luna aww'd whereas I thought it was awesome.

I held the door open for the princess and followed her through, taking a seat on the bed.

"Jackson" Luna said lightly as she looked at herself in the mirror, which hid the dungeon that Vinyl had used a few nights ago.

"Yes Luna?" I asked her, unbuttoning my shirt.

"I want children"

My hands froze halfway down my shirt.

"Luna…" I sighed.

"Jackson" She said lighter than before, turning around to face me "From seeing Diamond Tiara today, I haven't felt this way for a very long time"

"You've thought about it before?"

"Yes" She rasped as she walked over and sat onto the bed "Before I was Nightmare Moon".

"Can we even have children?" I asked as I took my shirt off, levitating it over to the laundry pile.

"We can" She said, grabbing my right hand in her hooves and looking straight into my eyes "I've been studying cross species fertilization spells and potions"

"That's where you've been?"

"Yes" She replied "I can get Zecora to make the potion and I can enchant it"

"But wouldn't the children be deformed? Like half human half pony?" I asked, trying to shake the images from my head.

"No, that's the cool thing! The enchantment works for the male in the relationship"

"So I'd be a pony then"

"No-"

"Oh thank god!" I fist pumped.

"Oh thanks…" Luna said, letting go of my hand and looking away.

"No you don't understand, I like being a human"

"Well" she looked back to me "It doesn't change you one bit, which is good because I like you the way you are. All it does is makes it so you can make pony babies for a day"

"Are you really sure about this Lulu?" I asked as she wrapped a wing around me "I mean children are a big responsibility, even for a princess like you"

"I can handle it" Luna said sternly "And I know you can too"

"Well what about marriage?" I asked.

Luna blushed hotly "That would be nice".

"R-really?"

Luna nodded and blushed brighter, looking away.

"It would be amazing" She said.

"Would you like to go to dinner tomorrow night?" I asked.

"I would love to" Luna said with a cheesy smile.

"Then it's a date!" I replied, giving her cheek a sloppy kiss.

A/N:

I feel bad about taking so long to update so I'll end this here. Next chapter should be around 10k words for what I have planned.