"Princess Luna!" I exclaimed in utter disbelief.
She gave me a confused look. I knew she was probably wondering how I knew her name.
"How long have you been out here?" I asked her softly.
Before she could answer me, I took off my jacket and quickly covered her with it. It wasn't the warmest jacket in the world, but it would do for the time being.
"We c-c-c-can not remember." Luna replied, still shivering from the cold.
I couldn't leave her like this. If I did she would surely not last too much longer out here.
"We need to get you someplace warm." I said as I began hoisting her up from the ground.
She was heavy to carry, but I had lifted heavier things before.
"P-p-please hurry" Luna said in a whisper. "We c-c-can not feel our hooves."
I ran as fast as I could towards my apartment building. It wasn't easy with an almost full sized alicorn in my arms, but I kept pressing forward. I wasn't about to give up on the Princess.
We reached my apatment building a few moments later. I sat Luna down on the porch as I grabbed the handle to the front door and opened it. I made sure that she was well covered under the jacket before taking her inside.
"What's that you got there?" my landlord, Mr. Gluck, asked me when I ran into him on my way to my room upstairs.
"Christmas present for my Mom" I lied. "She likes stuffed animals."
Mr. Gluck laughed. "Your gonna need quite a big box to wrap that thing up."
As he walked away, I sat Luna down again on the hallway floor so I could unlock the door to my room. Once we were safe inside, I quickly locked the door, and sat Luna down on the near by couch. I then sprinted to my bedroom to gather up as many blankets I could find.
I returned about a minute later, with several different kinds of blankets in my hands. I began wrapping them around the shivering blue mare. No sooner than I had placed the blankets upon her, Luna closed her tired eyes and drifted off to sleep, her head resting on the arm of the couch.
I let out a sigh of relief as I reclined on the arm chair next to the couch. I didn't want to leave the room just in case Luna needed me.
I didn't sleep all too well that night. There were so many questions I had circling around in my head that I needed answered. It would just have to wait until the morning. Hopefully Luna would be well enough to answer my questions for me.
The snow crunched beneath my feet as I headed home from work late that night.
It was three days before Christmas, and I had been working like a dog all day. It was one of the busiest times of the year at our grocery store, and it certainly was crazy busy today. Gotta love those people who wait until the last minute to get their holiday meal goods.
"I should have brought a warmer jacket." I said aloud to myself with a shiver.
I was about two blocks from my apartment building. As I walked along the empty streets and passed a few deserted warehouse buildings, a near by alley way caught my eye. I decided to take a short cut through it.
As I walked down the dark and eerie looking alley, I suddenly got this strange feeling that I was being watched by someone or something close by. The thought of somebody jumping out from the shadows and attacking me sent a chill down my spine.
"Get a hold of yourself" I whispered to myself. "There's no one here except you. Your mind is just playing tricks on you."
I began to pick up the pace of my walking. I wanted to get out of this creepy alley way as fast as possible.
"Help me."
I stopped dead in my tracks. Did I just hear a voice, and did it ask for my help?
"Whose there?" I called out bravely. I looked all around me, but I didn't see anyone.
"Please help me" the voice said again. "We are s-s-so c-c-cold."
"Where are you at?" I called out to the voice again. "I don't see you."
There was a moment of silence before the voice spoke again.
"Behind the d-d-dumpster."
I looked at the big rusty green dumpster a few feet away from me. I took a deep breath and began walking over.
As I peered around the corner to see who was hiding behind it, my mouth nearly dropped to the ground as I gazed upon who it was.
There curled up in a little ball was the dark blue alicorn, Princess Luna.
