Man of War
Chapter 152: Chapter 150 Happy Birthday
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"BUUUUUUUUUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUUUUUUUCK BUCKING BUCK!" Celestia screams as she paces around her gaping guards.
"Uh... everything OK?" I venture, only to get her to scream louder.
"BUUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK I'M A HORRIBLE BUCKING SISTER! BUCK MY BUCKING..."
SLAP
Everything falls silent as I put my hand back down. Celestia just stands there in a daze; probably due to this being the first time ever slapping her like this.
"Sorry about that, but I had to do it. Anyway, I'm guessing you either forgot her birthday or..."
"No... I did something worse then forgetting." She mumble as she looks back to me, eyes wide. "I forgot for four years in a row."
"..."
"..."
"You are a terrible sister..."
"I know!" She exclaims as she falls to the ground, covering her face with her hooves. "How could I forget all these years! I'm a terrible pony!" I point to her guards and motion for them to leave. They look to each other before nodding to me before walking away. With them gone I take a seat beside Celestia and rub her back as she cries into her hooves.
"Soror, I'm going to save you on this one. But after everything is said and done, I want you to talk to Luna and ask for her forgiveness, got it?"
"What do you have planned?" She asks as she looks up to me, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"There are two parts, well now there are. I need you to go to my place and get a party ready. I'd also suggest going to Pinkie Pie for help on that. Lets try to keep this small also, while we're gone try to get her something..."
"Where are you taking her?" She asks with a slight tilt of the head.
"Hehe, don't worry about that. All you need to know is that I'm taking her somewhere she will absolutely love. Now get going, we don't have much time." I say as I stand up and offer her a hand. She wipes her eyes one last time before taking my hand and standing.
"Thank you Miles, I'll get on it right away."
"Good." I before turning away from her. I pull out the Spartan necklace and hold it tightly in my hand. Soon it begins to shake, letting me know that its ready. "Calling all Spartans, calling all Spartans. I need all of you to head over to my place for something..."
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Perspective: Celestia
After cancelling all of my appointments for the day I make my way to Ponyville, Miles' home to be exact. I walk in and try to think of what to do... I guess getting Pinkie Pie would make the most sense. I walk out the door and begin to trot off when I hear somepony flying above me. I look up to find Rainbow Dash, Soarin and Scootaloo all in the air. Rainbow Dash and Soarin are teaching Scootaloo how to fly by passing her to each other, giving pointers on what to do. The sight warms my heart, reminding me of... better times...
January 14th 1139
Mine sister and I stand upon a great cloud looking down upon the earth with eager eyes, well, for my part at least.
"Sister, I fear the earths pull will be too great. Perhaps another day..."
"Luna." I coo and I nuzzle top her temple. "In the seven years of life you've held you've yet taken to the skies..."
"I have too!" She pouts, only making me chuckle.
"Flying from bed to supper doeth not count." I say as she peers over the edge, her small frame trembling. "Fear not little sister, I will guide you."
"And... if the fall is too great?" She asks as she looks back to me.
"Then I will catch you and we shall try again. Now take your stance." I order, getting her to harden her face as she takes her stance. "Wings out." She takes a tentative glance to her small wings before stretching them to their limits. "And let the earth take you." She takes a deep breath and shuts her eyes....
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*sigh*
KICK
With a light push I send her over the edge. I wince a bit from her screams, but push the discomfort aside as I leap after her. The couldn't help but snicker from the site before me. Luna is kicking and screaming her little head off as she plummets to the ground.
"Perhaps opening your wings could help?" I yell to her. She attempts to open them, but tucks them closely when the wind is too great.
"I CAN'T!" She yells.
"Hurry! It's almost too late!"
"I.. I NEED HELP!"
"You can do it! Make Mother proud!" She looks back to me with teary eyes before looking back down. Tentatively, she slowly begins to spread her wings, only hesitating as the wind catches beneath them. "That's it! Keep going!" She gives me a nod before completely unfurling her wigs.
"AAH!" She screams as I drop past her, so I pull back and loop around. I even and smile as I see my little sister hovering in the air; legs tucked in and eyes shut as tightly as possible.
"Luna, open your eyes." I say to her as I hover beside her.
"Ha... hath I died?"
"I think not." She peeps back to herself and drops a bit as she screams out in joy.
"I DID IT!" She cheers as she begins to fly around me. "Big sister look! I'm finally flying!" I just smile proudly as she continues to circle me. Mother would be so proud... "Sister! Can we go to the summit tonight!?"
"I think tonight is a worthier night then any. Think you can fly there?"
"Well...."
"It's OK." I say as I take her into my hooves. "I'll fly us tonight."
"Thank you Tia... Tia? TIIIIIAAAA......"
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"Celesta? Princess Celeeeesstiiiiia? Is everything alright?" Rainbow Dash asks as she waves a hoof in front of my face.
"Huh? Oh my. Sorry about that. I was... lost in thought." I say as I try to hide my blush. "Soarin? Is that you?" I ask as I look behind Rainbow Dash.
"Ma'am!" He yells as he stands at attention.
"Why are you here with Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo?" I ask, getting them both to rub the back of their necks.
"Uh... well..." Rainbow stutters as Soarin walks up beside her and wraps a wing around her. They look to each other before nodding and facing me. "Well, its like this. Soarin and I are together Princess."
"... OH! I thought you were with Spitfire, when did this happen?" I ask Soarin.
"About the time Dash made it into the Wonderbolts officer academy. We met up from there and... well, one thing lead to another." He says, making Rainbow Dash blush.
"Well I guess I shouldn't get my information from the tabloids then." I say as I offer them a warm smile. "Though now your letter from back then makes a little more sense now that I think about it."
"Hey, would you happen to know why Miles is calling us back to his place for?" Rainbow asks as she pulls Scootaloo off of her back.
"Oh.... yeah. It's Lunas birthday... well technically it was a few days ago, but we're celebrating it today..."
"You forgot your sisters birthday? That's harsh." Scootaloo says, getting scorned from Rainbow and Soarin.
"Yes... well, I hope you can make it. I need to get Pinkie Pie in order to get things ready for everything..."
"I'll go ahead and get everypony there. Any suggestions on what we could get her?" Rainbow asks as she takes to the air.
"Well... if its night affiliated I know she'll love it. She also tends to enjoy anything astronomical.... and fudge. She loves fudge, but not with nuts."
"Fudge, stars, got it." She says before taking off through the air, carrying Scootaloo along with her. Soarin offers me a salute before flying after them. I don't know what I find odder. How one of the ponies responsible for her public humiliation is now dating her or a buff, short maned Rainbow Dash. I guess that's love for you.
I make my way to Sugar Cube Corner as quickly as possible, finding it easy to do as all of the ponies of the town scramble out of my way and bow. I had to explain to a few guards that I'm taking a personal day and that their following me wasn't required. It definitely does feel weird being on my own, but I'll ignore it for now.
"Hello?" I ask aloud as I step inside. "Is..."
SLAM
Pinkie Pie kicks a door open and walks inside, absolutely covered in dirt. She looks over to me, or rather behind me, and begins to approach; huffing in anger.
"Uh... Pinkie Pie dear, what happened..."
"TB YOU ASSHOLE!" She yells as she points... behind me.
"Uh... Pinkie..."
"Sorry Princess but I need to talk to somepony else right now. TB! What the buck! I nearly got crushed by that gigantic slab of earth! Then Twilight goes missing for a day and you still haven't told me about fifth arc!"
"..."
"Uh... Pinkie Pie..." I try, only to get a hoof over my lips.
"TB! ANSWER ME!"
Its part of the story Pinkie...
"OH don't you story me mister! You made me forget Lunas birthday, that's low."
OK, I call forth wall abuse...
"It's about to be TB abuse if you don't start explaining stuff."
OK, no one knew Lunas birthday, you know why. The giant slab thing was pivotal, you know why. And Twilight wasn't really missing, but you knew that.
"Wait, Twilight went missing?" I ask... who ever is talking.
'Different Twilight.' Another voice says. 'Dude you gotta...'
"CHEESUS! HE MADE ME FORGET LUNAS BIRTHDAY, MADE TWILIGHT GO MISSING AND STILL WONT TELL ME ABOUT FIFTH ARC!" Pinkie yells with a pout.
'Dude! Shame on you! Plus, spoilers, I haven't read that yet.'
'Can I be a part of this!?'
NO SQUISHY! This is our thing! Anyway, yes shame. Can we get back to the story now? The amount of fourth wall breaching is... disturbing.
"Can I do it!?" Pinkie asks with a hop.
Sure.
'Wait wait wait, hold on a sec. When did Twilight go missing?'
Uh.. well... you see, the thing is...
'Are you starting ANOTHER story?!'
What!? Pfft, no. That is, like, my least favorite thing to do!
'Dude! Three is enough!
"But I have six and they're awesome!
*beep beep*
Skype?
-My fifth arc sense is tingling, are you talking about fifth arc?-
Don't worry about it A.T. Not get back to being British
'GET BACK TO WORK!'
UHG, fine. Go ahead Pinkie.
Pinkie puts on some sunglasses and pulls out a little metal cigar that has a blue light. She hold it up to me and says, "Catch phrase."
FLASH
"Huh?" I look around Sugar Cube Corner in slight confusion.
"Hiya Princess!" Pinkie cheers as she walks in from the kitchen.
"Whoa... deja blue... anyway I am in need of your assistance Pinkie Pie. You see... Luna's birthday past recently and we're throwing her a party at..."
"*gasp* A PARTY! WHERE? WHERE?" She asks as she hops about the room.
"... Miles' home."
"I'll get my party canon!" She yells a she runs back inside the kitchen. This... feels oddly familiar. "OK let's go!" She says as she pushes a blue canon out.
"Is that really necessary Pinkie?" I ask as I follow her out.
"YUP! Now I'll get the decorations set up, you go get her a birthday present."
"A... present. Right, I can do that. How hard could it be?" I say as I stop and try to think of something.... oh my.
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Perspective: Luna
I sigh contently as I exit the dream-scape and look back to my empty bedroom. Almost time to go raise the moon. I go about my usual business until go to my balcony.
"Good eve... Celestia?" I ask aloud as I look over to her empty tower. Curious, I fly over and take a look inside to see if she's there, but find it vacant. Odd, but not entirely unheard of. She's probably in some on going meeting. I take control of the moon and wait for her to begin to drop the sun. It takes her a few minutes, but she eventually rushes through it.
I make my way to the court room and take my seat upon the throne. Here comes another night of idly sitting here with my thoughts, yaaay.
"..."
"..."
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"Guard, is there anything my sister left for me?"
"No your highness." He informs me. I slump into my seat and sigh as I think back to Bluebloods coronation. I still can't believe they made him an officer...
"What the?" I ask aloud as all of the lights suddenly go out, making the room fall completely dark. I hear my guards draw their weapons as I stand, looking for what ever could be in here...
"Do you like them?" I turn around to find Miles standing behind me, shutting off his magic.
"Miles! You're back!" I yell before tackling him in a hug. He lifts me up and holds me tightly... a bit too tightly... "Miles... crushing..."
“Oh, sorry.” He says with a chuckle as he sets me down. "So, what do you think?"
"I... I love it. What are they?" I ask as I go to one and look it over. It would seem like any other moon lily if it weren't for the glow it has. I lean in to sniff, but find it to be scentless.
"Bio-Luminescent after dark lamps, or that's what we called them. In certain areas we made these enchantments to... well, they don't really do anything other than glow at dark. In the light they disappear completely."
"Thank you Miles, they're lovely..."
"Now come with me." He says as he starts to walk down the path.
"Huh? I have night court..."
"Nope. I have your birthday present at my place, so are you coming or not?" He says as he turns and waits by the door.
"Miles..." I start but stop when the guards jump in front of me.
"Permission to speak freely?" The one on the left asks.
"Of course..."
"We're tired of hearing you cry at night..."
"Not that it annoys us!" The other one adds quickly.
"No, but your happiness is important to us, all of the guard..."
"And forgetting your birthday four years in a row is unacceptable!"
"So, please go with your husband so we may throw something together for you, your highness." I look between the two of them before chuckling to myself.
"You really don't need to..."
"Of course not, but we want to. Please, go spend some time with your husband."
"Very well. Thank you both, this means more to me then you could imagine." I say as I bow my head to them. They return the gesture by bowing completely before running off through the doors.
"My lady." Miles says as he gestures for the door. I giggle a bit as I walk out with him.
"So what did you get me?" I ask as we walk through the empty halls of the castle.
"I actually didn't get you anything." He says with a smug smile. I nudge him a bit as we make our way out to the gardens. We walk for a bit, enjoying each others company in silence, until we come up to a Mico platform in an opening. "After you."
"Where does this go?" I ask as I walk to the edge of it.
"Take it and find out." I smirk back to him before stepping onto the platform.
FLASH
Well... I can honestly say that I wasn't expecting Miles' shed. I walk out and look around for... anything that looks out of the ordinary.
FLASH
"Ok, I don't get it. What is it?" I ask as he walks past me and heads straight for the jet. "Miles?"
"Come on, we're going on a little trip." He says as he starts to climb into the seat. I fly up to and look back to see a seat behind his, so I wedge myself inside. "Oh, this may sting a bit."
"What may OW!" I yell as several straps shoot all around me and snap down on me. I feel little pricks all over myself as the dome comes down and seals us inside. "Miles! What are we..."
"HOLD ON!" He yells as he turns the machine on.
"Hold onto to wh-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Suddenly the machine lurches forward as the walls before us drop. I latch onto the seat and hold my eyes shut as it propels faster and faster. I don't think anythings ever moved this fast before.
"HERE WE GO!" Miles yells as we suddenly point straight up and launch out of the ground. I feel something within the machine explode as we soar even higher into the night sky.
"MILES! WHERE ARE WE GOING!"
"TO THE MOOOOOOON!" He yells as the exploding feeling kicks in again.
"WHAT!?" I yell in disbelief. Did he say what I think he said! Before I could ask anything else everything around me suddenly becomes weightless. My wings twitch as I try to stay level, but with the sudden loss of gravity...
"Luna, take a look." Miles says quietly. I peer out of the dome and gasp from the sight.
"Woow.... I've never seen so many stars before." I whisper as I look out at the millions upon millions of white specks.
"Welcome to the final frontier." Miles says as he pitches to the side and heads for the moon. "We can do a few laps around the moon, but we'll have to head straight home afterwards." He says as the straps suddenly release from me. I float into the air a bit before latching myself back to the seat.
"Miles... this... I don't even know what to say." I say as I crawl along the seat and peer over to be face to face with Miles.
"Just relax and enjoy the ride." He says before leaning over and kissing my cheek. "We should be there shortly."
I sit... or rather float, back and enjoy the view. I'm not entirely sure if I'm going to enjoy this visit to the moon, but I'll try my best for Miles. I don't want to ruin this for him, but at the same time I fear horrible memories coming back. I didn't really spend time on the moon, rather within it, but... I can't help but be apprehensive.
"Okay, we're here now. Take a look." I snap back to reality and look out the window. I lose my breath as I look out at the white landscape.
"Miles... its beautiful." I say in awe as we glide as closely to the surface as possible.
"Happy birthday Luna."
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