Quest's Analyzed Ch. 4

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Friendship is Optimal - Lover's Code

written by SpedaHooves

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Quest's Analyzed Ch. 4

I apologized for Twilight's outburst, even as Twilight stuttered out her own apology, while telling Fluttershy, as I learned her name, that the music was beautiful.

She was still a little quiet towards Twilight, that is until she saw Spike, and she practically zoomed towards him, with excitement clear in her eyes, and I had to suppress the girly giggle that's made thanks to this body.

I followed them after Twilight decided she was heading home, and Fluttershy followed as well asking questions about Spike, and looking back at me here and there. Finally after an hour, we arrived at a tree house library, which was apparently Twilight's new home.

"Well, it was certainly nice meeting you, but my poor young baby dragon needs his sleep! So I'm afraid that we will have to-", Twilight was interrupted from her small lie as Fluttershy gasped, and picked Spike up, ready to bring him inside. But Twilight used her magic to take him from her grasp, making it apparent that she was gonna put him to bed.

"Oh no, I am so thankful for your hospitality, but we must go. Thank you, and good bye!", Twilight instantly closed the door, leaving me and Fluttershy outside. She gained a small upset look.

"Oh I didn't say anything wrong, did I?", Fluttershy asked, her lips quivering, adding to her adorable look, making my heart tighten at her display, and I quickly gave her a gentle hug, shocking her.

"No, I'm sure she's just not so used to being around ponies so interested in conversation. She might just be exhausted herself, I know it couldn't be you, you are just too precious to be annoying.", I said, smiling down at her, and Fluttershy's face went crimson red in color as she stuttered a response to me, making it hard to understand her.

It was a few moments before a bursting loud 'SURPRISE' was heard throughout the town. Fluttershy jumped high in fright, like a cat, as she landed in my 'arms', which caused me to blush this time, but I didn't mind it, as I stepped up to the now open door, which had a pink pony peaking through, with a large grin plastered on her face.

"Hey! I was wondering where you went, you missed your surprise along side Twilight! Get on in here! Oh hi, Fluttershy, it's good to see you!", Pinkie Pie exclaimed, smiling wider than any person, or pony I had ever seen, as Fluttershy smiled back at Pinkie, as I felt her relax into my arms, which her appearance also looked relaxed as she started a conversation with Pinkie, which I am not even sure if she knew she was still in my arms.

Pinkie apparently didn't miss this as she grinned mischievously at me from under her bangs, like she was planning something. I felt a shiver run down my spine.

We walked in, as I finally, after hours of walking as a bipedal, set my front hooves down and I relaxed as I felt the earthy floor of the Library and it's wood press up against the bottom of my hooves, but not before I set Fluttershy down of course.

Speda floated herself over, and shrunk herself down to fairy size, as we walked to the food table. We were quickly stopped in place however as we witnessed Applebloom from the farm walking unsteadily towards us, while as a bipedal, giggling as she kept tripping, but still managing to get here until she finally stumbled at the last second.

I stood back up on two legs, and caught her in my arms. On a side note, I noticed that we seemed to be pretty close in height, maybe even age. She looked up into my eyes for a few solid seconds, which made me blush, and in turn caused her to heat up a bit, before I sat her down gently, and she giggled.

"Sorry abou' that, I jus'wanted ta see iffin' it would help any walking like you did, and it was extremely helpful in spotting things I couldn't spot before! Though it's still difficult, how'd you learn to do it so easily? It was extremely hard to keep mah balance. Nearly fell twenty times before this, before fallin' like Ah did jus' now.", Applebloom said with a faint embarrassed blush adorning her face.

"Well I've just sorta kept walking like that as soon as I could without falling myself, and got used to it. I had some experience before about it, so it was relatively easy to implement as soon as I got the hang of it.", I said, not bothering with wasting time answering more than that, as I stood back up, towering over everypony, then I offered my hoof to her.

"Should Ah be worried?", Applebloom asked, blushing a bit at my offer, and turning her head to look at everypony around us who were gaping a bit in amazement at the display of two ponies who can stand just like-

I suddenly heard conversation going on between two ponies, Pinkie and Twilight to be exact, though after a moment, the latter's mane and tail bursted into literal flames somehow, and her coat changed white, then after turning back, she ran upstairs. That was a bit weird.

I turned back to Applebloom, smiled brightly at her, keeping my hoof extended towards her. She grabbed hold, and when I pulled her up to me, she turned a brighter shade of red than her mane, as our muzzles briefly touched. Technically a kiss. That caused me to blush as well, but I shook my head, then concentrated on helping my new companion.

I grabbed her hind legs, making her yelp a little in shock, spreading them out, and then I fixed her posture. After that was done, I transfigured some new clothes with one of my banners around her frame, and body in general, into a dress that reached half way down her hind hooves, so she wasn't showing everything off to anypony.

Shortly after that, Applebloom was walking with little to no trouble at all, causing her to smile, and test her limits, as she started running, but instantly tripped, and fell, on top of me, making me groan in a bit of pain.

"O...oh, Ahm sorry, Ah didn't mean to hurt you! Uhm, Ah can fix this, gimme a moment. Applejack, can you help me!", Applebloom exclaimed as she ran to get another pony, the Orange one from earlier, who winced a bit as she looked at me, then turned to Applebloom who was back on all four hooves, expecting an explanation.

"Don't be too hard on her- Ow!- Ugh, I'm fine, I just need to cast a healing spell on myself-", I said slowly, until Applejack suddenly had my face in her hooves, staring me directly in my eyes.

"You be telling me that you're able to use magic, as a pegasus such as yourself? Can you prove it?", She asks me, with a weird glint in her eye, so I shrug, then focus on my bruises that were showing up, and on the one bone that broke when I collided with a table. After a moment, there wasn't any pain, and it was healed.

I opened my eyes, and saw her mouth agape as she stared at my now wound-less body, and as I cracked a small smile at her, she shook her head, then sat up and out of my face, letting me breathe.

I leaned up, and then chuckled at her still shocked expression, then I opened my own mouth to speak, but I heard that it was nearly time for Celestia to raise the sun, and that we needed to head over to a different building, the Mayor's specifically.

"Okay, so what is this for exactly? I need to head to my home soon anyways.", I asked them, and Applebloom asked me if I was living under a rock, or was I really not from around here. I decided not to answer that, as I walked with them towards the door, but then remembered Twilight was still upstairs. Applebloom volunteered to go with me, which made me smile in appreciation.

On our way up, I helped her walk up the stairs properly, until finally we arrived at a door. I knocked on it, hearing a groan of annoyance.

"Twilight, you okay? I just came by to grab you so we can go to where this supposed Summer Sun Celebration is supposed to take place. You coming?", I asked, and soon after I heard covers moving, and then the clop of hooves against the wood as she walked to the door. Said door opened as a bleary eyed Twilight stepped out, her mane a mess. I used my magic to fix her mane, patted it to make sure it stayed, then smiled at her, causing her expression to lighten a little. Progress is progress, I've always said! ..... I think.

We started walking back, with Twilight looking at both Applebloom and Me in curiosity, before trying to stand up on two hooves herself. I instantly brought a wing over my eyes, and focused, making her her own under garments, and a dress, quickly covering those places before she could even see what I did.

She wobbled, about to fall, but with me and Bloom by her sides, she stayed up. With that, we helped her along down the stairs and out of the library, Spike running our way gaining a confused expression as he slowed down.

After a few questions, he walked happily along with us as we kept Twilight up on her hooves till she could do it herself, and when she could, she smiled and was about to go a bit faster, but we stopped her in time before she suffered the same thing that happened with Bloom.

Finally we made it to the Town Hall, or the Mayor's place, and when we walked in, I could see several familiar faces. One of which was standing and walking like us, but seemed just fine. Pinkie Pie, who seemed to be almost everywhere at once.

Second was Applejack, who I waved at, and she smiled at me, then looked back at the back of the building, the stage.

Third was Rarity, who was right by the stage, seemed appalled at the appearance of two other mares with the same material I traded with her, which she just admired the clothes, but still seemed amazed at the craftsponyship.

Fourth was Fluttershy, who I didn't notice floating slowly, though ever nearer towards me, from the direction of Rainbow Dash. I smiled at her, and received one back.

Finally, Speaking of her, Rainbow Dash, who was snoring atop a cloud on the inside of the building, which seemed like something she would do.

I conjured up some chairs that I could remember from my past life, and an extra one that left my two companions confused. Speda sat right next to me, and smiled in appreciation, and when I tried explaining why Twilight couldn't sit there, she looked at me as if I were crazy.

When she did sit down, all fell quiet as the mayor walked up on the stage, then spoke into the megaphone, letting everypony around her, hear her voice, as she praised the 'Celestia' pony princess about her 'one thousand year anniversary of the Summer Sun Celebration'.

I found that weird, since I found books that said she and her sister Luna were rulers for several centuries, if not a couple millennia back, wasn't she supposed to have been living longer than that? If so, why didn't it date back more than a thousand years? Questions for later I suppose.

It was when she seemed to try to introduce said Princess, that things seemed to go wrong for the ponies around us. The sky darkened considerably, so it was plenty dark, there was a howl in the air, even though we were inside, then of course the Princess was no where to be found. I prepared my weapons, my swords at the ready, which caused several ponies to be spooked into silence, as the wind seemed to solidify into a pony.

Another Alicorn, who was dark and scary in appearance, yet beautiful, as she seemed to carry a powerful presence as she glanced around the crowd, stopping at me, no, at my Nightblade sword, and gained an angered face, which broke into a grin as her magic activated, but seemed as if it did nothing.

She lost her grin, staring at me, as I stared at her, and everypony kept silent at our tense bodies, before she finally spoke.

"What hast ye done to our beautiful weapon of Darkness?! Why won't it return to us?! Who are you Pegasus. No, a better question, do you know who I am?! Has anypony here a clue?!", She said hostilely, whipping her head to and fro at every direction. When I saw the moon on her... Backside, I realized who she was relatively quickly.

"I believe I do, though you look a lot darker in color compared to your beautiful blue counterpart. Don't get me wrong, you are gorgeous in your own right, but I think the other you was prettier. That is you though, right, Princess Luna? Er.. you go by Nightmare Moon now, right?", I asked, which seemed to have calmed her appearance some, but not completely as she still seemed peeved at me for some reason.

"Well, at least there's that. How about anypony else? Does no pony here sans this one know about our selves?", She asked as she gazed around before Twilight hesitantly raised her hoof, then Spike did after a moment, but Twilight decided to speak.

"Y...yes. I know who you are too! I don't know how my friend knows about you, or why she owns a blade that you claim was yours, but I know that you, Nightmare Moon, almost brought eternal night after you nearly killed your sister, Princess Celestia so long ago if it weren't for her using the elements of harmony, something that was called a fillies tale in an old book I found several days ago in Canterlot's royal library!", Twilight said, confidant in her knowledge, but backed down as Nightmare Moon seemed to sneer.

"Well, lest the past failures of ours, there are no ponies left to wield the elements against us. But what of this speak of this 'Canterlot'? That isn't a name that we knowest of!", Nightmare Moon spoke, and that's where I stepped in.

"I don't know where that is either, but I've been living in a castle not too far from here for the past..... week and a half. It was in ruins, but I've been fixing it up, and that's also where I got this beauty of mine. It changed when I gained access to it, I think to fit me, but if that's all you need to know, there you go. Now may I ask where Celestia is? You didn't do anything to harm her did you?", I asked as I cautiously took a slow step towards her, getting ready for the next as I tried to keep her talking.

"Where no pony shall ever find her! Since you can't get to the sun, even if you tried, you may know that much about your precious Sun Princess. She is not harmed, except from her being prisoned there. Now tell me, Pegasus, how is it you gained access to our Sionis Nocte, our Magic Blade of the Night, when not even the most skilled of unicorns could use it?!", She asked, as I was a few feet away from her.

"Like I said before, it just... Changed when I grabbed hold of it in my magic. Yes, magic, I'm able to use it with my eyes, I don't need a horn to do it, but I did feel a presence around me when I meditated on how to use it. A caring presence, but that of which I felt was aligned with the night sky. I believed it was you. Or at least your past you. We don't have to fight, but I must ask if you can restore your sister, and try to at least... Talk to her. Can you do that, princess of the night?", I asked her, and she scoffed but seemed to take on a troubled expression.

"Even if we did, which the likes of us would not under any circumstances, she wouldn't listen to us. Not especially after what we've become, little pegasus, for our Sister is not so trustworthy to others who have taken something from her. Luna..... That's a name we haven't spoken in a long time. Luna and I, we have been the only ones to be there for one another ever since We manifested within her. Things changed. I- no, we spoke too much. Just wanted to let you ponies know that yesterday was your last day. Our beautiful night will last forever from this moment forth!", She said, her expression changing back to slight anger, as she disappeared from view, lightning struck around her form, further frightening others, but making my resolve, and in turn my transparent companion's resolve, to help both Princesses of the Night, and the Princess of the Sun, and to help with their past.

No matter what it takes, even if our lives were at stake, we would risk it. That's something we both knew we decided on.

Speda and I went to step towards the door, sheathing our weapons, and putting them away, when Rainbow Dash suddenly zoomed up to me, and Twilight, in a fit of uncontrolled rage, but I understood why since their princess was suddenly gone, and the only two who knew of the pony who did it, they seemed suspicious. Very understandable, but I decided to end it there.

"Rainbow Dash, while I understand why you're upset, you need to get your head together. Don't you understand? Those two Mares are suffering because they are afraid of confronting their sibling. I think that's because it might not have gone too well in the past when this all started. I finally know the situation, even though the book explained things, it was pretty one sided, not showing any of the Lunar Princess's side, and I want to find out the rest. Let's go to the library to regroup, and see what we need to do in case things get out of hoof. I'll explain what I do know, although it's not very much aside from just what I found.", I said, and that caused two ponies to nod, and Rainbow Dash to contemplate about it, before sighing, and following us to the library.

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(Need I say it again?)

Chapter 4 is the final chapter for the contest, I'll be writing the rest soon after!

I hope you all enjoyed it so far, and would like to see where our protagonists go from here.

Quests have been activated, see if you can count all three instances! Even if it doesn't actually say it did or not, they are there.

See you all next time, Speda Hooves, and Author-san out!>

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