A Friend of the Moon

A Friend of the Moon

Chapter 4

Meeting the Strange Creature

Thank you to Chromium for proofreading and editing this chapter

The busy day in Ponyville bustled with excitement and daily life, with ponies causally trotting to their destinations for their completion of the day. Six certain ponies met at the Golden Oak Library to answer the letter from their Princess. They filed into the library to discuss why they were needed for the day, and for a certain unicorn to message the Princess that they are together.

”Spike!” Twilight called for her assistant so she could send a letter to Princess Celestia.

“Darling, it is unmare-like (not lady like) for a mare to yell in a building.” A marshmallow unicorn said.

“Oh please Rarity, this is one of the rare moments that Twilight isn’t being a bookworm. Let her be.” The athletic Pegasus said.

“It’s called common courtesy for others around her, dear.”

“I think ya’ll are forgetting why we are here, and Rainbow Dash, come down here before I lasso you down.” Applejack said.

“Ugh, fine. Let’s talk about why Princess Celestia needs us. I wonder if we need to stop another foe again, I hope it’s a dragon like before!” Rainbow said while shadow boxing.

“Eep!” A certain yellow Pegasus let out in surprise.

“Rainbow Dash, you know how Fluttershy is about scary dragons!” Rarity said, trying to scold Rainbow.

“Oh please, she doesn’t have to worry about anything as long she has the STARE.” At the word of stare, Rainbow waved her hooves in the air.

“Umm, I don’t like to use the stare though, it’s too scary.” Fluttershy said in an almost whispering tone.

“I know why Princess Celestia needs us!” A certain pink earth pony said. Cause she needs a

part-tay!”

“Yawww-n. What do you need Twilight?” Spike said rubbing his eyes.

“I need you to write a letter to Princess Celestia and send it to her please.” Twilight said to her assistant.

“Give me a second, I need to get the quill and scroll first. . . Ah, here they are. Okay Twilight, speak away.” Spike said with quill in claw.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I am sending this letter in response that I have gathered my friends and we are ready to be teleported to the Canterlot Castle. Just to let you know, Spike wishes to stay home here at the library. He doesn’t mean any disrespect but wishes to get his chores completed, here at the Golden Oak Library/house.

From, your student,

Twilight Sparkle

Spike wrapped up the scroll, breathed in and let out a small green flame, sending the letter..

After a few moments of waiting, the girls were teleported to the Royal Throne room (which also has Luna’s throne, which was added after her return), where Celestia was standing with her guards at her side.

“Hello my little ponies, I apologize for bringing you all here at a short notice.”

“W-we don’t mind Princess! We are here for whatever you need.” Twilight said in a quick response with her friends nodding in confirmation.

“I thank you ponies. I bet you all are curious as to why I asked you all to be here.”

“I know why Princess! It’s because it’s somepony’s birthday and you want us to throw a party!” Pinkie shouted in the throne room.

Celestia chuckled and calmed Pinkie Pie down by waving her hoof. Pinkie Pie stood in place from jumping up and down.

“I wish it was that simple, but it is because an unknown creature has appeared in Equestria, and is in the castle.” Celestia told the ponies.

Twilight and her friends gasped in surprise, Pinkie Pie slurped her cup of water and spit it out in surprise.

“Where is this creature now Princess? What is this creature? What do you want us to do with it?” Twilight shot out questions faster than Celestia could answer them.

“Twilight please calm down. I know that you all are worried for the citizens here. As for why I brought you all here, it’s because I remembered that Fluttershy is able to talk to creatures in Ponyville, and if she is up to it, I want her to talk to this new creature and find out where it has appeared from.” Celestia said.

Everypony turned their heads to Fluttershy, who was hiding behind her pink mane. “M-me Princess? I-I don’t think I’m brave enough to do something like this…” Fluttershy whispered.

“If it helps, the creature is hurt for an unknown reason and is in the infirmary right now. I also have guards posted in the room so it can’t hurt you even if it wanted to.”

Fluttershy shot out from her hiding place behind her mane and said in a little louder tone,

“It’s hurt? Oh dear, I must help it.” Fluttershy’s motherly instinct kicked into overdrive as she heard the word ‘hurt’.

“Splendid. I shall show you to the way to the infirmary, I want to be there when it wakes up and make sure that you all are safe.”

The ponies nodded and trotted to the infirmary.

After a few minutes of trotting to the infirmary, the ponies arrived at the room where the creature was staying, with two unicorn guards posted at the door. One of the guards opened the door for the group with his magic, and after they were all in, he closed the door behind them.

The six ponies gasped as they saw a black cat-like creature in the bed with bandages all over it. Fluttershy rushed to the creature, as she thought it was a cat, but she then noticed bright blue marks on it, shaped like the moon. She slowly shook the creature to wake it up so that she could talk to it. As the pokemon was slowly waking up from the sudden shaking, slowly opening his eyes, the first thing it saw was Fluttershy over it.

The creature shot up from being surprised, creating a small stir with all the ponies in the room. Fluttershy slowly moved closer to the creature saying,

“Shhhh… Don’t worry, we’re not here to hurt you, we’re here to help you,” Fluttershy said in her best motherly voice. She waited till the creature opened its mouth, hoping to hear the creature being happy with them as it said,

“Umbreeeeoooonnn”

Fluttershy mouth was hanging from the sudden loss of words. She, for the first time, could not understand what an animal was saying to her.

Celestia noticed the expression on Fluttershy and wanted to know what was wrong.

“Fluttershy, what’s wrong? What did the creature say?”

Fluttershy slowly turned her head in shame and said meekly

“I-I um…Couldn’t understand what it said…”

Twilight and the others were shocked of what Fluttershy had said. From all of the animals she’d treated, they wouldn’t think there was an animal that was unable to talk with Fluttershy.

Rarity was the first one to shake out of her shock.

“That is just impossible darling. You can speak with all of the animals from your house just fine, what is different with this animal?”

“W-well… I thought it was a cat, because it has the same characteristics as one, but... It’s not a cat.”

“What?! How is it not a cat? It looks completely like a cat, just with blue things.” Rainbow argued.

“Well, Rainbow Dash, many animals can come from a certain line of animals which, over time, will gain other things that will make them slowly change from the normal animal. This creature you see here does have features that seem like a cat, but is not a cat.” Pinkie Pie said with a white beard.

“Th-that’s fairly accurate Pinkie, how did you know that?!” Twilight said in astonishment.

“The green flying pigs told me silly!” Pinkie Pie said.

Twilight just ignored her friend’s response and continued with Rainbow Dash,

“As…Pinkie Pie has said, there are some similarities, but we are getting off topic, the matter at hoof is that we can’t understand this creature here, but… I wonder if it can understand us.”

Twilight turned to Princess Celestia to ask her a question.

“Princess, with your permission, we understand that we cannot understand the creature, but what if the creature can understand us? I think it would be better if I do this by myself so it won’t be afraid by everypony looking at it, like right now.” Twilight said looking at the creature in front of her.

“That might be possible Twilight, and I will let you try this. But if it attacks you, I will do whatever I must to defend my ponies. We shall be outside if you need us.”

Celestia told her ponies what was happening, and they understood and trotted out of the room, leaving the creature, Twilight, and the two guards stationed in the room.

Twilight trotted next to the bed that the creature was laying down upon.

She cleared her throat and said,

“Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle. Can you understand me?”

The creature stared at her for a few minutes until it nodded. Twilight felt accomplished, but she knew she was not done.

“Do you know where you are?”

The creature shook its head to answer as ‘No.’ .

‘Okay, we’re starting somewhere.’ Twilight thought.

“Are you male or female?”

The creature looked at her with a deadpanned look, as if Twilight understood what it said.

“Oh, I’m sorry, how about this, are you male?”

The creature then nodded in recognition.

“Do you have a name that we can call you?” Twilight said, but realized that it can’t talk back to her.

“Umbreeeeooonnn” The creature said in response.

“Is your name ‘Umbreon’?”

Umbreon nodded his head.

“Okay, just to summarize: your name is Umbreon and you are a male, correct?”

Umbreon nodded in acknowledgement.

“Would you mind if you met my friends and my teacher, Umbreon? They would like to meet you.”

Umbreon took a second to think, and then nodded approval.

“Great!” Twilight turned to the guards and said “Can you please get Princess Celestia and my friends to return here? Umbreon wishes to see them.”

The left guard nodded and left the room to return moments later with the ponies in tow.

“How have you been with the creature so far? Have you made any new progress?” Celestia asked.

“Well, with working with yes or no questions, I was able to find out that the creature, known as Umbreon, can understand us ponies, but we cannot understand him. I have asked the basics of his gender and his name, which is Umbreon. I was able to let everypony in to meet him, and hopefully progress further.”

“You have outdone yourself again Twilight, now I wonder if I can get him to meet Luna.” Celestia said the last part in a lower voice.

“Do you have a question to ask him Princess, or could my friends ask him some before it gets too late?” Twilight asked.

“I just have a few questions to ask him if that’s alright with everypony.” Celestia said out loud for the other girls to answer.

Everypony nodded and waited for their turns to ask Umbreon their questions.

After everypony had had their own turns for asking, it was time for Celestia to lower the sun and for Luna to raise the moon. Everypony seem to show that they were a bit tired, so they decided to leave with the Princess and head to their guest rooms, courtesy of Princess Celestia. The ponies said their goodbyes to Umbreon and filed out of the room. Before the Princess left the room she turned around and said to the guards,

“You may leave now. We have understood that Umbreon is in fact a friendly creature who does not need to be watched.”

The guards saluted and trotted out of the room, after the guards left, the Princess used her magic to close the door and turned to Umbreon.

“Umbreon, is it alright if my sister and I visit you in a little bit? We would need to discuss some things with you about your origins of being brought here.”

Umbreon looked at Celestia with his bright yellow cat-like eyes and nodded in agreement.

Celestia nodded and trotted out of the room, leaving Umbreon to himself.

‘So to summarize, I am in a world full of ponies of different kinds, and that their leaders are two mystical beings that can move the sun and moon. This day is getting better and better. I guess when the moon is out I can use Moonlight to heal myself of the wounds of the Pokemon battle from the other day… What is going to happen to me?’ Umbreon thought to himself in the room alone.