A Very Special Somepony
Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Soulstice
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“Oh my stars!” Twilight happily squeals. “Soulstice?” Is that really you?
The dark unicorn from her youth gave her a friendly smile. He hasn’t changed in much in the years that she last saw him from her youth. He was still that dark shade of blue with the same short and messy mane of cyan blue. She looked deep into his golden autumn eyes and his deep red, jagged scar on his eye…..Wait a scar?
She gave a whelp of horror. “Soulstice! What happened to your eye?”
He gave her a confused look, and then remembered that she hadn’t seen him for a while. “Oh right, this old thing. Relax, it was just a scratch, and I got it a while ago doing some research. Just a spell that went wrong.”
Twilight seemed very worried about her friend. “Are you okay? Does it hurt? Can you still see through that eye?” she had so many question for him. It had been so long since she’d seen him.
“Yes, no, and yes” Soulstice replied, still keeping his smile. “It was a long time ago, about a few years after my family and l left for Manehatten.”
She felt terrible, had it really been years since he left? “I’m so sorry”. It was the only thing to come to mind.
“Don’t be sorry. Besides…. “He half closed his eyes and smirked. “All the mares love it.”
He began to laugh to himself, only he knew the pain that it really caused him. But he was right, mares do love scars.
“My god, you haven’t changed a bit” Twilight sighed, giving him a nudge with her hoof. “So do you still have your head stuck in the sky?”
“That depends” he said. “That all depends, do you still have your nose stuck in a book?”
She blushed and let out a little giggle.
“Yeah, that what I thought” Soulstice said, rolling his eyes.
Twilight still had more question for him. “So, Soulstice, how have things been? I haven’t seen you since you left the academy?”
“Well…” he began. “After we left Canterlot for Manehatten, I was enlisted in the Star Seekers School for Starology, it was no ‘Celestia School for Gifted Unicorn’ but it was still nice.”
“Well that’s not a surprise” she said. “You always did have a thing for stars. So anyways, go on.”
Soulstice continued. “Well after Graduation, I got a job back at Canterlot, as…” he paused for a moment, readying a big announcement. “A Stargazer.”
“That’s quite impressive” she said.
“I’m not finished” he smirked. “A Stargazer…. For Princess Celestia”
“Really!” Twilight said excitedly. “That’s incredible!”
“Thank you. You know, the first thing that I wanted to do when I got back was see you” he said his smile started to fade, “But then I heard that you moved somewhere, I wasn’t told where you moved, didn’t know where to write, if was as if you just….disappeared.”
Twilight was starting to tear up a little. She had completely forgotten to tell him where she was. She had just been so busy with her work, and then there was the incident with Nightmare Moon, and then again with Discord. “I’m so sorry” was all that she could think to say.
“Hey, hey there…” he began. “Don’t be like that, we both got caught up in our own lives….. And we unfortunately forgot.”
Twilight began to feel a little better; the blue unicorn put his hoof to raise her chin, making her look into his endless, mysterious eyes. They seemed to flicker like a calm fire, warming her very soul as she lost himself in those big eyes.
“Besides” Soulstice said, breaking the silence. “I never would have gotten this if I’d stayed in Canterlot” he put her chin down as he turned sideways showing her his flank. “Got this when I while stargazing one night.” It was his cutie mark, a silver shooting star, surrounded by dozens of little stars. “I was looking through my Telescope and I saw it, the most beautiful shooting star in my life” he looked through the window, the sun was beginning to set. “It reminded me of everything that was good in my life; it made me feel….Happy.”
“Wow” gasped Twilight Sparkles.
“Yeah well that’s all interesting” the Purple dragon finally perked up. “But it doesn’t explain exactly what you’re doing here?”
“Right, right, the reason I’m here.” chuckled Soulstice. “I almost had forgotten to tell you two. I came to Ponyville to do research on a mysterious happening in Equestria. The mysterious ‘Red Heart Moon’.”
“The what?” asked Spike.
“The Red Heart Moon’” repeated Soulstice. “Here take a seat you two, and I’ll explain everything.”
The Three of them went down to the study, where twilight had cushions and chairs for them to sit on, as soon as they were all settled in, Soulstice began his explanation.
“A thousand years ago” he began. “Back when Equestria was still young and new, every year on hearts and hooves day, there was an event that created the holiday as we know it today. It was the Red Heart Moon.”
The purple unicorn’s eyes begin to widen with anticipation.
“For a unknown reason, a magical pony, neither uni or alicorn, had the power to create a magical aura that engulfed the moon, and rained down love and intimacy too all ponies that were with their special somepony.
“Incredible” gasped Twilight.
“And this would happen every year for the next eight hundred years” he said, getting more intense as he continued. “But then, about two hundred years ago, the magical pony disappeared, and with him, so did the Red Heart Moon.”
“Wait” began Spike. “I’m a little confused, if the moon stopped turning red, then why are you here?”
“I’m glad you brought that up” said Soulstice. “Three days ago, I was doing some sky searching when I noticed that the moon was different. A small crescent of it was bright red. And, after studying it every night since, I have noticed that the moon has been filling up little by little every night since.”
“Are you saying that-“Twilight began.
“Correct” he interrupted. “For some unknown reason, the moon is slowly turning red. I have already ran the numbers and if they are correct, the moon will be completely red by the night of Hearts and Hooves Day.”
“Is that bad?” asked Spike scratching his head.
“Not sure” Soulstice said. “All the princess wanted me to do was go down to Ponyville and investigate. She said I could find help there” he looked at Twilight, giving her a heartwarming grin. “I never expected it to be you.”
Twilight began to blush again. “Well, it’s a great surprise all around, and be of course I will help you out! What are friends for?!”
“Thanks Twilight” he smiled. “I knew I could count on you.”
“Don’t mention it” she told him.
Soulstice started to kick the ground a little as he started heading to the door. “Well I should probably find a hotel or something” Soulstice began.
“What?” stuttered Twilight. “No friends of mine will stay in some hotel, as long as you’re in Ponyville, you can stay with me.”
“Really, I wouldn’t want to impose” explained Soulstice.
“It’s not imposing” beamed twilight, “I would love for you to stay with us.”
“Well then, okay!” he said excitedly. “I just got to grab a few things and then maybe we can go find a clear spot and I can show you the moon.”
“Sounds Great” Twilight said, as she watched the blue unicorn head out of the library.