Chapter 9

"How much longer Luna...?"Danny asked Luna as they were traveling down the hallway to reach the royal library.

"Not long now Danny, we just need to make it down these steps and make it through a small hall way and we will be there soon,"Luna said in a very soft tone.

They continued on as they made it to the main hall of the castle and began to descend down the stairs, the ride was easy and not as rough as Danny thought it would be, he held onto Luna as they reached the bottom step and walked through the main hall. It was massive and felt like a whole house to Danny, He raised his head as far as he could make it go as he looked to the decorative and immense ceiling with his jaw hanging wide open. Luna could tell that he was admiring the place and put on a small smile as she turned off into a small hall way.

The hall way felt a lot smaller than the one he was in before, but it still provided some sort of comfort to him as they calmy went through, the lights of the hall were dim and had very little light, it almost felt like night time to him. He felt his body feeling calm and even a bit tired, but he was soon reawaken by the sudden throb of his cheek as he felt it burn from Blue Blood hitting him earlier.

"Danny...? Are you alright?"Luna asked as she quickly levitated Danny off her back.

"I'm fine... I just laid down on my cheek, I'll be okay,"Danny said as he released his hand from his cheek.

"Oh... Believe me I'm sorry about Blue Blood, he's been... Spoiled since we took him from his mother, we do our best to try and ween him from his mothers selfish ways, but there is only so much we can do for him,"Luna said as she lowered her horn to Danny's cheek.

"You and Celestia took him away from his mother...? Why...?"Danny asked as Luna placed her horn on his cheek and lit up her horn with magic.

"His mother was spoiling him rotten, but... She always neglected Blue Blood and gave him meaningless things rather than at the very least say that she loved him, we know he doesn't mean to act spoiled, but it's just his way of acting out,"Luna explained as she plced a small patch of magic on Danny's cheek.

"Oh... So he's kind of like me..."Danny said in a low voice as he felt his cheek healing and the pain fading once more.

"Well... Not exactly, we took Blue Blood away from his parent to save him from his bad habits, we took you away from yours because you were being abused and neglected without reason, you did nothing to deserve such treatment,"Luna explained as she finally released her horn from Danny's cheek.

"Oh... Okay,"Danny simply replied.

"Come along, we can both walk to the library,"Luna said as she guided the boy to the library.

Danny made sure to stay close to Luna as they traveled down the dim hall way and passed a guard as they came to an even bigger hallway, they began to pass a few doors and a few guards on patrol as they came to a large door. The guards that were positioned on each side of the door bowed to them before rising and magically opening the door for them, Luna smiled as she lead Danny inside and allowed him to take in the massive room before them.

It was probably the biggest library Danny had ever seen, It definitely beat the schools library he had at home by a mile as he spun around in the middle of the room, gazing upon thousands of rows filled with millions of books. He felt himself getting dizzy as he spun numerous times to see all of the immense library before feeling a gentle hoof stop his spinning, he looked up to see Luna giggling at him before pointing towards a section of the library.

"So... This is the library... It's huge,"Danny said as he walked with Luna through the library.

"Yes... It holds many magical spell books, and it even holds books like the one I was reading to you before,"Luna said as she looked around the library.

"Magic spell books...? Don't you get worried that maybe some...pony will break in here and take them? there's no telling what a pony could do with this much magic,"Danny asked out of concern.

"Oh not at all, there was only one pony that ever broke in here, and she did no harm here, there were no thefts of any kind, Twilight was just learning yet another lesson about patience and friendship,"Luna explained as they then came to a section of the library.

They both looked to see Twilight and Rarity skimming through a massive selection of different books while sitting at a small reading table, hundreds of books were floating above their heads completely surrounded by both blue and purple magic as they traded different books to look at. Danny stood there in amazement as Luna walked up to the two mares and cleared her throat to get their attention.

"Twilight... Rarity... We are here,"Luna said as the mares turned around and met her face to face.

"Oh...! Hello princess Luna, sorry about that, we were a bit caught up with some reading,"Twilight said with a nervous chuckle.

"Oh my gosh...! I completely forgot about today, oh where is the little darling?"Rarity chirped as Luna moved out of the way to reveal Danny approaching them."Oh hello Danny, did you sleep well last night?"

"Yeah, I slept well... There were no nightmares,"Danny pointed out as he sat in a seat with Twilight and Rarity.

"There was a small issue with Blue Blood this morning, but Tia is going to be handling that stallion,"Luna said as she stood by his side.

"Hmph... Well whatever that stallion gets is too good for him, I can't believe any pony would ever want to be mean to a child,"Rarity said with her nose held high.

"Any way... How about we get started, tell me Danny... Have you ever had a friend before?"Twilight asked.

"No... I was always told that If I ever tried to have any friends they would get hurt... Then I would get hurt,"Danny said as he looked down at the table.

"Oh... Well...how would like to have friends, in Equestria you can have lots of friends, It's real easy, you just have to be real nice to them and not be afraid to talk to them,"Twilight explained as Danny rose his head a bit.

"But... What if they get hurt?"Danny asked as he looked away from the mares.

"Your father isn't here to hurt you or any friends you make here, you have nothing to worry about,"Luna reassured as Danny then turned to her.

"It's not my dad I'm worried about... I'm worried about me hurting someone,"Danny said in a guilty and shameful voice.

"Now Danny... Why would think that you would ever hurt some pony?"Luna asked with concern.

"Because my dad says that when I'm older I'm going to be like him because I'm his son,"Danny answered making the mares stomachs churn with disgust and shock.

"Danny... You may be his son, but you are not your father, you are your own person, and you have the choice to be what you want,"Luna said as she placed a hoof under his chin and lifted up his head.

"Besides... Anything as dorable as you couldn't possibly become anything as terrible as your father, you have the heart of an angel in you I just know it,"Rarity said as she put a hoof on his shoulder.

"Thank you... I... Like what you do with your mane Rarity, It looks pretty,"Danny said as Rarity awwed at his compliment.

"Aww... thank you darling, such a kind soul,"Rarity chirped as she couldn't help but hug Danny.

"You see Danny, It's that easy, as long as you remain kind and gentle to others, you will grow to have many friends here in Equestria,"Twilight chimed in as she clapped her hooves together at the progress they were making.

"Okay... So... Can we be friends?"Danny asked Rarity.

"Of course we can Danny, you are such a sweet heart, I would love to be your friend,"Rarity said as she nuzzled his cheek before parting from the hug.

"Now then... The learning of friendship can begin, to start off, since Rarity is with us today we will start with generosity, do you know what generosity is Danny?"Twilight asked while Danny listened.

"No... What is it Twilight?"Danny asked with a bit of interest.

"Generosity is the act of what you can possibly give to a friend or just any pony you feel is deserving of it, but don't get too carried away with generosity or some may try to take advantage of your generosity,"Twilight explained as Rarity gave him a nod.

"I have had some ponies that have taken advantage of my generous givings and use them to try and stab me in the back, and... I will admit it had me almost throwing my desire for generosity away, but I learned that you shouldn't give up being generous because some will take advantage of it,"Rarity explained with a dignified look.

"Did that pony ever get what was coming to them?"Danny asked with interest.

"Why yes she did, she lost the competition and even lost her own assistant in the process,"Rarity answered with a sly smile.

"Cool, so... I should be generous, but not allow others to take advantage of it,"Danny said as Twilight suddenly made an apple appear right in front of him.

"That's correct, for example... What would you do with this apple that would be generous, but also be in a way that no pony could take advantage of your generosity?"Twilight asked as she slid the apple towards Danny.

He sat there for a moment to think, he had no idea what to do in this situation because he never had any friends to practice these things with, he picked up the apple and looked it over before placing it back down. He then began thinking again before an idea finally hit him and he immediately turned to Luna.

"Luna...? Could you help me slice this apple into for pieces?"Danny asked as he presented the apple to her.

"Of course Danny,"Luna said as she levitated the apple with her magic.

Luna levitated the apple in front of her and suddenly blasted a very small beam of magic through the apple, she quickly sliced it directly down the middle until it was now in two pieces. She still kept the pieces together as she gave the apple a small turn before repeating the trick on the other side, she sliced the apple again and separated it into four pieces before levitating it back to Danny who was giving her a small smile at her actions.

"Thanks... Would you...all like a slice of an apple?"Danny asked as he presented the slices of apple to the mares.

"Why I would love to have an apple slice Danny, such a dear,"Rarity said as she levitated her slice from his hand.

"Why thank you Danny, and you did it with nice manners as well ,"Luna said as she levitated her slice from his hands.

"Thank you Danny, congratulations... You just learned your first lesson about friendship, in time you will all sorts of friends with manners like that,"Twilight said as she also took up her apple slice."Well... That's all we can teach for now... Me and Rarity soon need to get back to Ponyville."

"Oh... Of course Twilight, we hope to see you soon again,"Luna said as she ate her apple slice.

"Ponyville...? Where's Ponyville?"Danny asked as he slowly ate his apple slice.

"Ponyville is a fun little town where princess Twilight rules over with a gentle hoof along side with yours truly and our four other friends, we help spread friendship and hope across Equestria with our power of the rainbow,"Rarity explained in a dignified smile.

"Power of the rainbow...? That sounds... Really cool,"Danny said as he finished his apple.

"Well... I guess you could say that it is pretty cool,"Twilight admitted with a bit of blush.

"Do you think maybe I could visit Ponyville some day?"Danny asked as he turned to Luna.

"Of course we could Danny, Nightmare Night is actually only a few weeks away, that would be perfect for a visit,"Luna answered.

"Oh that would be perfect princess Luna! The little darling could experience his first Nightmare Night,"Rarity said with excitement.

"Is...Nightmare Night some kind of holiday?"Danny asked with interest.

"Why yes Danny, It is a celebration where young trick or treaters come out at night in costumes and celebrate with games and plenty of candy from homes and competitions,"Luna explained.

"So... It's a lot like Halloween, only it's called Nightmare Night,"Danny guessed as something finally struck him with curiosity."Why is it called Nightmare Night?"

"Well... It was named after an evil and wicked mare known as Nightmare Moon, she had risen against princess Celestia and threatened to throw Equestria into an eternal night from which the day would never come again,"Rarity fore told as Danny listened with interest while Luna immediately became irritated."Luckily she was sealed away for a thousand years by Celestia herself, but when she returned, she was then defeated by Twilight, me, and our other friends, and was gradually changed back..."

"Ahem... Uh Rarity..."Twilight warned while tapping Rarity's shoulder and pointing to Luna.

Rarity turned to see Luna starting to glare at her and then realized what she was saying in the progress, she began laughing nervously as she backed away from Luna and Danny. Twilight gave Luna an apologetic smile as she too began backing away slowly while Danny just raised an eye brow at them.

"Maybe it would be best for you to tell him about Nightmare Moon princess Luna, we have a train to catch,"Rarity said nervously before running out of the library in fear.

"I will tell him... Tonight, but for now you should probably get going,"Luna said as Twilight nodded and left with her friend.

"Luna...? Who is Nightmare Moon, do you know her?"Danny asked.

"I... I will tell you about it tonight Danny, how about we go upstairs and get some lunch for now, I'm certain Tia is waiting for us,"Luna suggested nervously.

"Well... Okay, will you promise to tell me the Nightmare Moon story tonight?"Danny asked as him and Luna got out of their seat.

"Yes... I promise,"Luna said in defeat as they began to leave the library. Next Chapter: Ch: 10 Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 26 Minutes