Last Day On Earth, First Day In Equestria
It was just another day in Jamestown. I was doing my daily work at the movie theater, handing out tickets to people of all kinds. Some who were extremely nice, some stuck up, some shy, some overly hyper, some mellow and some who seemed a bit jumpy. It was like any normal day, and I dealt with it like usual. My boss had made me stay extra hours of the day for the summer enthusiasts who were getting out of school, for he knew I could handle it. Some of the people who came in were people I knew, and of course some tried to pull the 'we're friends card' on me to get in for cheap or even free, and me being the good employee that I am, told them they had to pay full charge or no movie, and of course they would either pay or walk away, saying things like, "Whatever, friend."
Half the day has passed and I am going on lunch break and I let my boss know. I step outside and I was heading to my car, when all of the sudden I hear the screech of tires from my left. A male driver has lost control of his SUV and I am right in his path. With no time to react, I brace for impact, hoping I would somehow survive this. As soon as I was hit, it was almost instantaneous blackout, as my head hit the hood of the vehicle. I had felt the pain for a split second and heard people screaming, telling me to hang in there once I was on the ground, and then nothing. If I had survived the impact, there would be no doubt I would be in the hos....... 'What the, what was I thinking about? Now every thing has gone blank. I don't know what's happening. I know I'm here, but where am I? Who am I? What am I? It feels so.... warm, and safe. I can't see anything though, what is going on?' I think to myself.
'Wait, I feel like I'm moving, I don't know how, but I feel it. What is that noise I hear?' I ask myself again.
"It's a colt your majesty," I hear someone say.
'Your majesty? What does that mean? It feels so cold all of the sudden.' I think to myself once again.
I do not like feeling cold and I don't know what else to do, with my eye's still shut, I begin to cry, wanting the warmth back. I could feel myself being moved once again, then I was laid down on something hard. It was colder then everywhere else I was feeling at the moment. As I was crying, I felt something being put in my mouth and it felt as if they were poking me, making me cough, soon after I was moving again, and this time I was laying on top of something soft, then it felt as If it was wrapping itself around me.
I was feeling warm again, but I was still crying, for I felt uncomfortable, laying where I was right now. I feel myself being picked up and then I feel something or someone else grab me. I calmed down while whoever grabbed me made me feel comfortable again and added extra warmth. When I finally feel myself calm down enough, I decide to open my eyes, slowly to adjust to the light. "Oh, look he's opening his little eyes big sister," I hear someone say.
As my eyes clear up I see two figures looking down at me. One of them was a cream white and seemed kind but looked like they were powerful as well. The other one, the one holding me, was dark blue, and looked much like the one next to her. But there was something about her that made me feel safe, and content. I couldn't explain it, but she was definitely someone I knew would not harm me. She seemed to have tears dripping from her face as she says, "So you're the little one that's been kicking me?"
I wasn't sure what she meant by that, but I didn't think about it for long once she brought me close to her face and started nuzzling me. It made me feel even more secure and I smiled as I nuzzled her back with my little head. I did not know who she was, but I did not want to be pulled away from her. "What will you name him, little sister?" the white colored figure asks.
"I'll name this little pony Night Shimmer. He looks so much like his father," The dark colored figure says as she lifted her head away.
"But he has your eyes Luna," the white figure says.
'A pony? That's what I am? Well, that must be what they are because looking at myself, I seem to look like them.' I think to myself as I look at my body which was a black color.
"What's that you got there honey? A hoof, did you find a hoof?" The dark blue colored pony asks me in a soothing voice.
I don't know why, but her talking to me like that made me smile even more. She then places one of her own, 'hooves' as she called it in front of me, and I was really curious so I grabbed onto it with my two free hooves and pulled it down, to my face and began suckling on it. "Aww, now that's just too cute," I hear somepony from behind me say.
I stop suckling and look behind me, to see another pony, a little smaller then the other two, and had a color lighter then than the one holding me, but darker the the white colored pony. I really don't know what to think about all of this and was a little frightened, for this is my first time seeing anything that I can seem to remember, so I look at the new stranger with curiosity. "Looks like you startled him a bit dear. He was just born, and everything around him is new to him, so don't scare him too much," the white pony says.
I look at the white pony once more. "Hello there little one, I'm your Aunt Celestia, and this is your Aunt Twilight," Celestia said as she points at the lavender colored pony.
I look at her and then at Twilight identifying who they are. My attention is turned back to the pony holding me as she says, "And I'm your mommy, Night Shimmer."
'So the one holding me that they call Luna is my mommy and my name is Night Shimmer?' I think once more. Well I didn't want mommy to let me go, but then I felt something in my belly. I couldn't tell what this feeling was, and then I heard my belly make a sound. "Oh my, sounds like a certain little pony is hungry. Twilight, Celestia, doctors, would you mind giving us some privacy for a little while," my mom says.
"Of course not little sister," my Aunt Celestia says.
Soon everypony left except for my mother and she places me down on a soft surface on my belly as she positioned herself in front of me. I then hear her say as she places her body close to mine, "Go on son, drink up. You will need this if you want to grow big and strong dear."
Her words were reassuring and as I looked in front of me, I see something on her body, nearly poking me in the face. I was once again curious and began to suckle on it as I did with her hoof and she places one of her wings over me, making it look darker, which I didn't mind, and it was helping me stay warm. As I suckled from my mother, I was surprised to feel something warm and wet enter my mouth. It tasted sweet though and I began to swallow it and soon more of the sweet tasting treat entered my mouth as I as I suckled and swallowed it. As I was drinking, The strange feeling in my belly was starting to disappear. I guess drinking whatever my mom was giving me as I suckled from her, was taking away what she called 'hunger', so I continued to drink until my belly said the hunger was gone.
Once I was finished my mother picks me back up and places me next to her head. She then pats my back gently with what I think is her hoof. What happened next surprised me. My mouth made a noise, after I felt like something was pushing up from inside of my belly. "Buurp" is what I lightly hear and then my mom says, "There we go, all fed and burped. Let's have your aunts come back in. There's a few more aunts and an uncle who want to see you."
'I have more aunts, and an uncle? Who are they? What do they look like? I want to see them,' I think in my head, because right now, I could not talk like everypony else, all I could make were noises even I couldn't understand.
As my Mother holds me in a comfortable position again I see Aunt Celestia and aunt Twilight walk in along with seven other ponies. One of them looked exactly like Aunt Twilight and Aunt Celestia, but had a pink color. Two of them had wings like my Aunt Twilight and Aunt Celestia, but no horn, two had a horn and no wings and two of them had no wings and no horns. I wondered who they all were and then my Aunt Twilight says as she points to the other ponies, "Night Shimmer, these are your aunts, Cadence, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. And this is your Uncle Shining Armor. They all came here to see you today."
'Wow, I have a lot of aunts, and a powerful looking uncle' I think to myself.
"Hi hi hi Prince Night Shimmer. You look so cute," my Aunt Pinkie Pie says.
"Howdy there little one, a pleasure to finally meet ya little prince," Aunt Applejack says, making me giggle at the way her voice sounded, which made her smile in return.
"Oh my, for one so small, you are one dashingly cute colt little Prince Night Shimmer," Aunt Rarity says, making me tilt my head to one side, wondering what dashingly meant.
"Just wait until your old enough kid, you're gonna be all over the place with those wings of yours, uh, Prince Night Shimmer," Aunt Rainbow Dash says, looking like she almost said something she wasn't meaning to.
"Hello there little prince, you're the cutest foal I've ever seen," Aunt Fluttershy says quietly making me tilt my head to the other side, wondering why she seemed like she was afraid to talk to me or anypony else.
"Aw, looks like I have to take up foalsitting again for my little nephew here," Aunt Cadence says.
I then felt as if my nose were being tickled and I feel like I have to blow out my nose and mouth at the same time. I hear myself make a sound which was, "Ah-choo."
Something escapes my horn and goes bouncing around the room until it hits my uncle Shining Armor in the head. He makes a funny face and says after shaking his head, "Wow, his magic is strong, like his mom and dad's, hmm."
This makes everypony giggle as I was giggling at my uncle's face he had made. "Well, bless you my son. Don't be hurting your Uncle Shining Armor though," my mom says.
I was feeling content getting all this attention, but soon my eyes were feeling heavy as I laid in my mom's arms. I took a large breath of air and my mom says, "Oh, looks like somepony needs some rest, he's had a big day and the little prince is tired. I think it's about time all his aunts and his uncle left for now, I'm going to put him down for a nap."
"Oo, can we," Aunt Pinkie Pie says loudly waking me up again before mom cuts her off and says quietly, "Shh, my son is trying to sleep dear Pinkie, and yes we can have a party for him tomorrow once we have brought him back to the castle, and have him settled in. For now, let him sleep."
"Okeie dokie loki Princess Luna," Aunt Pinkie says as quietly as she can so she wouldn't startle me and leaves with the rest of my aunts and my uncle.
The way my mom spoke, the soothing humming and the way she was swinging her arms with me in her embrace made my eyes feel heavier, until I could no longer keep them open and I buried my face in her dark coat. I soon was asleep from the combination of her humming and the swaying from side to side, and I did not have a care in the world as I fell asleep.
(Luna's P.O.V.)
I watch my son as he sleeps. He is so tiny, but yet he is strong like his father. For now, he needs me more then ever, and I will do my very best to take care of him. I can't help but smile with pride every time I look at him. He had the same black coat as his father and the same white mane as well, but his eyes were the only difference that set them apart, aside from the fact he had both wings and a horn, and of course immortality. Word would soon be sent throughout Equestria of his birth, and I knew everypony would want to catch a glimpse of the little prince. I didn't want my son to be frightened on his first day of life here, but I knew my big sister would have that covered. Aside from the crowd control, the only thing that was getting on my nerves was the politics.
They were trying their best to get my sister and I to transfer political power to themselves when they were coming up with the best way of how to shift the balance of power between the royal alicorn bloodline, but every time we saw right through it. Prince Blue Blood especially annoyed me at first. When the news that I was with foal came, he had what I like to call a 'snobby royal' melt down, wanting nothing more then to strip me of my crown and birthright to ensure my foal would not out rank him in the political area. My sister soon set him straight though, for he realized how foolish he had been to question the Alicorns and their choices in relationships. It hadn't been the first time he had this kind of melt down though.
When news came of Twilight's ascension to an alicorn princess, he was all over it trying to prove she did not have what it takes. Twilight herself had put a stop to that nonsense when at her first political meeting, she showed she did have what it takes, for my sister had taught her well, and no pony had realized it until that day. I would have stepped in if she had been in trouble, but it seems all that time in Ponyville had prepared her in ways she didn't even realize.
Getting back to the present, I know Blue Blood will have a sore spot for my son whenever they meet, but I feel my son will more than likely get on his better side in the foreseeable future. Right now, Night Shimmer looks so cute as he sleeps, sucking on his little hoof, without a worry in the world, long after the doctors had placed him in his first diaper and wrapped him up again. I gently stroke his cheek with my hoof as he sleeps and he reacts with a slight shudder as he feels it. I know motherhood will be a challenge for me, but I will face it with a smile. Night Shimmer is now the world to me and I will do everything I can to make sure he is loved and protected. I soon see him stir in the hospital crib they had set next to my hospital bed, and I knew nap time was coming to an end for my little child of the night.
(Night Shimmer's P.O.V.)
I finally awake and open my eyes slowly to see myself laying on a soft surface with my mom laying next to me on the soft surface I was on earlier. My mother looks at me with that smile that made me feel warm inside and says, "Hello there my little one, did you sleep well?"
I finally extend my hooves out to her, wanting her to hold me again. She reaches out her hooves and gently picks me up bringing me close to her again. I nuzzle her body and she smiles down at me and says, "Mommy loves you too honey. It's almost time for us to go dear."
'Go? Go where? We don't live in this place? Looks like I have a lot to learn. I wonder where mommy is going to take me? What will it look like?' I ask myself in my little mind.
I hear the door open where I had seen my aunts and uncle come through before and saw a pony walk in, a doctor or a nurse, I think is what my mom called them. "Princess Luna, we have checked you and the baby over, and you both show that you are ready to go. Princess Celestia has already finished most of the paperwork and we just need you to sign one last thing and the two of you are free to go your majesty. Now, if you would just follow me this way with the young prince your highness," the nurse says.
All of the sudden I felt as if I was weightless as I hovered next to my mom and then landed softly on her back. For some reason, it felt as if I could not move an inch once she set me on her back and mommy says as she turns her head back and nuzzles me, "Don't worry honey, mommy's got you."
I feel safe, knowing mommy wouldn't let me fall and I gently lay my head down on her back as we walk out of the room we were in. Where ever we were going I feel amazed at how long the next room is, it seems to never end. I soon felt my mom stop moving forward and focus my attention on some ponies who look like the doctors and nurses I had seen earlier. They all had different colored fur, but wore something of the same color. Soon my mom was off again an I was greeted by a blinding brightness that makes me close my eyes immediately. I did not want to open them for a little while and wish my mommy had put her wing over me to make it darker. As my eyes adjust, I see a whole lot more and everything around me seems to really never end and was a whole lot bigger. I also see Aunt Celestia and Aunt Twilight along with some ponies who looked powerful like Uncle Shining Armor, and were wearing something shiny.
Where there wasn't brightness I could see blue above me and around me I saw green mixed in with other colors from things standing firmly above the ground. "Looks like you're amazed my little one. Those things above the ground are called buildings, and some are called houses and that blue stuff above us is called the sky. And you see that building over there honey?" Mommy asks me.
I look to where she is pointing and see a big building, or house, or what ever mommy calls it and it amazed me even more at how huge it was. "That is our home. It's a castle and that's where we're going. Now it's time to put you in the stroller honey," my mom says as she lifts me again somehow without even touching me, and sets me in what she called a stroller.
The stroller feels a lot more comfy then the soft surface I felt earlier and I lay there not wanting to move in it as the stroller is moving itself. My mom looks at me with the smile that she always does and I smile back. I was content for a while until I see Aunt Twilight come into my view. She says as she walks alongside my stroller, "Hello there Night Shimmer, looks like you had a good nap. Your Aunt Pinkie Pie is already getting started on your party for tomorrow, and your other aunts are helping her. You are going to have a great time tomorrow little one."
I make some noises as I try to communicate, but can not get out a single word like she can. She then says out of nowhere as she moves away from my view, "Where's Night Shimmer?"
I look around for her and can't see her until she pops her head back into my view and says, "There he is."
I couldn't help it and giggled uncontrollably and clap my hooves as she continues to do this and even Aunt Celestia started doing it too and both my aunt's even made funny faces as they continue to say the same thing again and again, making me giggle more and more. I can't tell how far we are from our house, but all of the sudden I feel as if everything below my belly, except my legs was wet, even my back side. I feel uncomfortable from this and begin to cry, hoping my mommy or my aunts would do something to make it go away, like my mommy did with my hunger. "Oh, what's wrong little one? Are the covers too tight?" Mommy asks.
She feels around and knows that wasn't it. She then pulls away the covers and notices my diaper, I think is what the nurses called it, has become wet. "Oh, My goodness, somepony needs a diaper change," Mommy says.
Soon, I feel the stroller moving faster as we soon move through our home. From what I could see, the castle was huge and we we going to live here, but my main focus was getting the uncomfortable wetness to go away as I continue to cry. "It's alright honey, we're almost there, calm down, calm down," my mommy says.
I calmed down a bit, but continued to whimper and soon I hear a door open like back in the hospital. Soon after I see my mom lift me out of the stroller and trot with me upwards. Soon we move forward more without going up, as my mom has me securely on her back now galloping. Not too long after, I see mom open another door and soon she lays me down on something hard, but not too uncomfortable. I then feel my mom remove my diaper and wipe my bottom with something wet as I stop crying, making me squeal in surprise at the cold touch.
My mother giggles a bit as she places another diaper on me. I feel comfortable after that and Mom picks me up and nuzzles me, giving me a kiss on the cheek before carrying me out again down the way we had come up. "Sorry about that sister, but I couldn't let my little one stay uncomfortable like that," My mom says.
"No worries little sister. My nephew is your top priority right now, and I know you'll be a terrific mother for him. I sometimes feel envious, you found a special somepony, settled down and had a foal before I did. Guess you had enough time of being alone after the moon I suppose. Still, you beat me at this one little sister," Aunt Celestia said.
"Well you can't always be first at everything big sister, I'm sure you will find a special somepony as well as Twilight Sparkle. I heard Cadence and Shining Armor are actually thinking about having their own foal," mom says.
"Our youngest sister is thinking about it too? Looks like I need to look into getting into a relationship more. I've had my head buried in politics for too long," Aunt Celestia replies.
"That you have sister, but don't worry he's out there. Now why don't we enjoy the rest of the day before I have to take my little prince back to our room for his dinner," Mommy says.
Soon, mommy sets me back in the stroller and we walk outside again. Mommy, Aunt Celestia and Aunt Twilight show me everything with mommy feeding me whenever I got the hungry feeling again and changing my diapers. The royal gardens, the labyrinth, and the overview of what all the ponies call the city of Canterlot was some of the many things they showed me outside. Many ponies pass by us and say how cute I look. I was then shown what was inside the castle, from what my mom and aunt call the kitchen to what they call their private studies. there were some doors that were not opened though, making me wonder what would be behind them. My mom and aunt's head down to what they called the dining hall and my mother sat beside me as she started eating what the other ponies set in front of her. After my mother finishes eating, she says to my aunts, "I am going to head back up to my room so my little one can have his dinner, then it's off to bed for him, and then time for me to take on my duties of the night once I raise the moon. Goodnight sister, Goodnight Twilight."
"Good night Luna, we'll see you in the morning," my aunts say in unison.
Soon mommy takes me back up to our room and sets me down next to her, and like all the other times, I began suckling and drinking as my mother spread her wing over me, in case any pony unexpectedly came in while I was fed. After I was full, my mom burped me again and soon was rocking me gently in her arms. As my eyes shut to sleep, I could feel my mom lay me down on something almost as soft and comfortable as her embrace and I finally let sleep come over me. Little did I know what would await me tomorrow.
