Chapter 11

Luna and Danny were once again making their way through the castle halls with a fun plan for today, Luna had promised to take him on a flight around the castle to see the entire city of Canterlot, and Danny could barely contain his excitement. He stayed by Luna's side as they walked happily through the hall way to find a balcony to use, but little did Danny know, Luna had a big secret to tell him when the time was just right, and it was still eating her up inside.

She managed to maintain her smile as she looked at the happy boy and she felt her heart lift knowing that Danny was feeling safe and happy after only one and a half days of being with her. They passed by a few guards as they looked for an open balcony, when suddenly a group of guards along with the one known as prince Shining Armor came about and couldn't help but notice the princess and Danny.

"Good afternoon princess Luna, and how are you doing on this fine day?"Shining Armor politely asked as Luna and Danny came to a complete stop.

"I'm doing just fine Shining Armor, me and Danny were just going out for a small flight around the city,"Luna said while keeping Danny close to her side.

"Of course princess, just so you know, a guard may have leaked a bit of news about you and your little friend here, so just watch out for curious foals on the streets,"Shining warned before noticing Danny looking at him."Well hey there little guy, you seem to be enjoying yourself here quite a bit."

"Yeah... Thanks... But please don't call me little,"Danny said as he gave Shining an annoyed look at being called little again.

"Oh yeah...! Sorry about that... uh... Danny Right?"Shining asked out of embarrassment.

"Yeah... My names Danny, and... Your Shining Armor, you're a prince right?"Danny asked out of curiosity.

"Why yes I am, around here I'm the captain of the royal guard, when I'm with my wife, I'm the prince of the Crystal Empire,"Shining informed the boy who suddenly found himself interested in this empire.

"The Crystal Empire? What's the Crystal Empire?"Danny asked.

"The Crystal Empire is an immense city made entirely out of the most beautiful of crystals, the ponies that live in the empire are also made from crystal, they are what's known as the crystal ponies,"Luna informed Danny who looked to her.

"Yep, I work with my wife Cadence to help maintain love in the empire,"Shining added as Danny looked back to him.

"And princess Cadence is one of the most sweetest members of royalty we have ever known in our life, she would absolutely adore you,"Luna chimed in seeing Danny's interest peak."Perhaps we may take a small trip there one of the days, trust me Danny, there will be so many things to love about Equestria."

"Wow...! That all does sound pretty amazing,"Danny said while both Luna and Shining chuckled at his enthusiasm.

"Ha ha! You're alright their kid, I can tell you and I are going to be good friends, I just know it,"Shining said as he stopped his laughing and regained his composure."Well... That's enough of that, excuse us while we get back to work princess, and I hope you both enjoy your little trip."

"Thank you prince Shining Armor, please do enjoy the rest of your day,"Luna said as Shining and the guards passed by them and continued on down the hall.

"I will, I actually need to get going, Cadence needs me back at the empire any way, see you around though princess... And Danny," Shining said from right behind them.

With that all said and done, Danny and Luna continued down the hall way, his mind was now full of so much wonder and so many things he now wanted to see, he was now making friends and he was finding this world very much to his liking. Luna could see the smile returning to the boys face and felt a smile of her own growing as they finally found a perfect balcony to use for take off.

"Ah...! This balcony will do nicely,"Luna said as her and Danny quickly walked over to the balcony.

As they stepped out onto the balcony, Danny suddenly felt the breezy wind blowing through his hair, he looked over the side of the balcony, and was now seeing the entire castle with his own eyes, and he couldn't have asked for a better view. The castle looked even bigger on the outside than it looked on the inside, the wind blow through his hair as he looked over the massive building, It's white stone walls were clean and shiny along with multicolored architecture. It's golden roofs glimmered in the warm and shining afternoon sun as he watched it moving across the bright blue sky.

"Wow... Everything looks so... Amazing, and you live here all the time?"Danny asked as he turned to Luna.

"Why yes I do Danny, and from now on... You live here too,"Luna replied as she knelt right next to him and lowered her wings."Are you ready? Climb aboard."

Danny complied and began climbing up Luna's side and quickly made it onto her back, he wrapped his arms around her neck while he rested his head on her warm midnight blue fur. Danny and Luna then took one more good look around the castle before Luna then suddenly sprouted her wings out and narrowed her sights to the sky, she looked to Danny as he quickly tighten his grip around her and held on as she gave her wings one flap to warm up.

He felt himself getting excited as he watched Luna flap her wings feeling the wind from them blow over his face as, and finally at that moment, Luna immediately sprang into the air and began descending down from the building. Danny shut his eyes and held on for dear life, Luna looked back and saw that he was scared, she then stopped messing around and sprouted her wings nice and wide as she then began flying around the castle. She waited until she had ascended a bit into the sky before looking back at Danny and saw that he was still holding on for dear life, she then let out a chuckle before finally giving him a little nudge with her hoof.

"Danny...! You can open your eyes now... And see your whole new world,"Luna said in a gentle tone.

Danny slowly squinted his eyes before opening them, the first thing he sees is sunlight, it shined in his eyes and made it complicated to see as he squeezed into Luna's neck with his hands, he then felt the wind blowing all around him as his vision began to return. When his visioned returned, he was given the sight that very few people ever get to see, he was soaring through the air on Luna's back, and seeing a colorful and beautiful world that stretched out as far as Danny could see.

He was seeing beautiful green fields as far as the eye could see, lushes and colorful was their surroundings as they went higher into the skies and felt themselves pass through the fluffy white clouds. Danny raised his arms and could feel the soft plushy clouds hitting his hands before poofing away into smaller clouds, he then looked up at the clear blue and partly orange and purple sky and watched them glow with the sun.

Luna saw him enjoying himself, he was laughing and smiling with joy as they flew all around the sky before descending slowly back under the clouds, she could then hear Danny's laughter and couldn't help but to laugh with him as they went back towards the castle. It appeared they she was taking him back to the castle, but he was then surprised once more as she then turned away from the castle and was now flying him towards what appeared to be an immense city that rested right next to the castle.

The city looked a bit like the castle itself, the buildings looked neatly sculpted with many stone buildings appearing to have a very fancy outward appearance about them, the streets of the city didn't even look dirty or rough at all. He could even see hundreds of ponies walking around and going about their day, Danny gave off a wow face as Luna made for the city and began flying over it to give Danny a better look.

"So is this Canterlot?!"Danny asked as the wind of the sky threatened to muffle their voices.

"Yes...! This is the home city of me and my sister, you'll find that in the future we tend to have a lot of pride for our city!"Luna called out before suddenly noticing a small park right near the center of the city."Hey Danny...! Do you see that little park down there?!"

"Yeah...! Yeah I see it...!"Danny said as he noticed a sly smile growing on Luna's face.

Suddenly Danny got the scare of his life as Luna suddenly dropped from the sky and was quickly descending towards the city, Danny couldn't help but let out a small and short scream as he gripped Luna's fur tightly. She looked to Danny and saw him holding on for dear life, she then quickly sprouted her wings once more as their descent slowed down and they began flying through the immense and beautiful city.

Danny could feel the wind around him suddenly become lighter and less of a gust, it now felt like a small breeze as he finally opened his eyes only to see buildings passing them on all sides, he never thought he could be so happy to see the ground more in his life. He then noticed as they were coming up on the the bright looking park in front of them, Luna quickly sped up as the buildings quickly passed by them. They then immediately came to a complete stop and began looking around as they floated just above the park.

Danny managed to look up and take a good long look at the park, the lushes clean cut grass was the most greenest and amazing thing he could ever hope to see, he saw a few bundles of colorful flowers growing in small patches around a few trees. He even noticed a small but very clean and blue pond right by a small tree as they both began slowly descending towards the ground.

They finally came to a soft landing as Danny heard the grass crunch a bit under Luna's hooves, she then knelt down and lowered her wings as Danny slowly slipped off her back and landed on the soft yet crunchy grass. He began to spin around the entire place as he took in the sight of the grass and flowers glistening with left over morning dew as they shined in the afternoon sunlight. Luna couldn't help but giggled at him as he spun around and giggled to himself at this wondrous sight.

"So... Did you enjoy the flight Danny?"Luna asked already knowing the answer.

"Yeah... It was awesome! And this park... It's... Very beautiful,"Danny said as he let out a nostalgic sigh.

Suddenly he then felt something soft in both of his hands, he looked out the corner of his eyes and noticed a few strands of midnight blue fur in his hands and gasped as he turned back to see Luna. He then noticed parts of Luna's necks had ruffled up fur, and looked back to his hands before letting the fur fall from his hands, Luna then immediately became worried as she noticed something falling from his hands.

"Danny...? Is everything alright?"Luna asked.

"Luna... Your... Your fur, I... I didn't mean to,"Danny said as him and Luna both looked at the ground to see the bit of fur.

Luna then looked back to herself and noticed the fur around her neck was ruffled up and even stung a bit as she magically combed her fur down and ignored the stinging pain, she then presented Danny with a small reassuring smile.

"It's alright Danny, It was of my doing really, I shouldn't have flown so recklessly with precious cargo on my back,"Luna said in reassurance.

"Are you sure, I didn't hurt you did I?"Danny said as he did notice the signs of slight pain in Luna's eyes.

"Of course not Danny, I know you would never hurt any pony,"Luna said as she walked to his side and gesture to the pond."Well... I could tell you wanted to go to the pond, follow me and I'll show you the fish."

Danny quietly followed Luna to the pond, but he did not take his eyes away from Luna's neck, it still looked a bit messy and disorganized, he felt a bit hurt on the inside knowing that he accidentally harmed Luna as he looked to the ground in shame. Finally as they made it to the pond, Danny looked up just in time to see Luna pointing to the pond and pointing out a few fish that were swimming around in the pond. Danny managed to force a smile as he got to his knees and looked into the slightly deep pond and could see different kinds of fish swimming around.

He leaned forward to get a good look and suddenly began loosing his balance, he swung his arms wildly as he was about to take a dip in the pond, but he was then stopped an inch from the water as he felt a gripping pressure on the back of his shirt. He looked behind him and saw Luna gripping him by the shirt with her mouth before she then gently pulled him away and sat him right in front of the pond.

"Be careful now Danny, you were almost swimming with the fishes,"Luna joked as her and Danny shared a small laugh together.

"Right... Sorry about that,"Danny said as he looked down.

"Danny... I need you to know something, I do not know what all your father has done to you in the past, but I want you know that all of that is in the past now, you never need to worry about being hurt or hurting any pony,"Luna tried to explain while Danny kept his head down.

"Yeah but... What if I do end up like my dad? What if I start hurting others because I get angry, I hate it when people are mean or looking down on me like i'm weak, what if I lose it one day and I just... Can't stop?"Danny asked out of despair.

"Danny... You are not your father, I can tell that a big heart and a gentle spirit beats within your chest, you are not going to become your father, I just know it, because I will be there for you, and I won't let anything bad happen to you,"Luna said as she pulled him in for a hug.

Danny looked down for a moment, but then he felt himself begin smiling as he slowly began to hug Luna back, he almost felt as if he was in his own mothers arms, he felt his problems start to fade away and be replaced by happy memories of his mother and this new one he was now sharing with Luna.

"You know Luna... You remind me of my mother, she always would tell me things like that, and... It always made me feel better, why are you so nice me?"Danny asked as he looked up to her with a smile.

"Like I said... You are a precious child, and... You're very precious... To me,"Luna said as she nuzzled him.

Suddenly just as the question was reaching the tip of Luna's tongue, the moment was then suddenly interrupted by the sudden ringing of a bell, they quickly and partially broke from their hug and quickly looked around for the source of the bell. They then smiled as they saw what appeared to be a small cart with a small sign that said "ice cream" on it, and that's when an idea suddenly popped into Luna's head.

"Danny...? How about you enjoy the park while I go get us some ice cream?"Luna suggested before getting a quick nod from Danny."Then enjoy yourself, and I will be back with some ice cream."

"Okay Luna,"Danny said as Luna rose to her hooves and walked over to the small cart for some ice cream.

Danny turned back and sat at the pond to stare at the fish as he waited patiently for Luna to return, he then decided to pull his socks off and dipped his feet in the pond and started swishing them around the pond before laying back, and beginning to relax. But just as he was about to enjoy the peace and tranquility of the park, he was then interrupted by a group of impulsive laughter of a few boys, and the frustrated sounds of a little girls. He quickly rose and pulled his feet out of the pond to look around until he finally heard it all again.

"Give me back my necklace you bullies...!"The girl voice demanded.

"Ha ha! Come and take it from us already you stupid girl,"One boy voice demanded while laughing.

"You said it bro...! This filly is pathetic!"Another boy voice said.

"I said give it back!"The girl cried out.

Finally Danny spun around and could see at the edge of the park, three black and grey colts with scarves around their necks who appear to be picking on a little filly with a light brown coat and a dark blue mane and tail with eyes to match. Danny had turned just in time to see the colts laughing at her and dangling a golden necklace in front of her and watching her try to take it back from them, but she could not reach it.

Just as she was about to get her necklace, the lead colt that had the necklace suddenly shoved her right into the other two's arms and suddenly hit her in the muzzle before the two other colts shoved her to the ground. Danny gasp at the colts bullying the filly and suddenly felt himself getting angry as he gritted his teeth and began walking over to the group, he felt his blood boiling, he could even hear himself growling as he walked right behind the colt just as they got the filly to her hooves.

"Sorry little girl, I think we'll keep this little necklace of yours, who knows how much it's worth,"The colt said as he placed it in his scarf and then suddenly rose a hoof to her.

"Oh no you don't!"Danny suddenly said as he quickly grabbed the colts hoof.

The colt got the scare of his life as he quickly turned around only to be met with the sight of an angry Danny before suddenly feeling Danny's grip tighten up around his hoof, he tried pulling out of Danny's grip, but he was going nowhere.

"Let me go you freak! Guys...! Get this thing off me,"The colt demanded as he struggled against Danny.

"Then give the filly her necklace back, don't make me hurt you,"Danny warned as he noticed the colts friends closing in before backing away from the angry human."Give the filly... Her necklace back... NOW!"

The colt shook a little bit as the boy looked deep in his eyes with great anger, the colt then slowly reached into his scarf and pulled out the golden necklace, he then slowly gave it back to the filly who gladly took it back and placed it around her neck. Danny gave her a small smile before turning back to the colt with a frown.

"Now get out of here and don't you ever bully any pony around here again...!"Danny said as he finally released the colts hoof.

The colt frantically pulled away from Danny and fell into his friends arms as he gripped his hoof in pain, bruising had started to form around his hoof as he took one last look at Danny before he and his friends immediately took off leaving the filly with Danny. He watched the colts run off back into the city before turning to the filly who was looking at him curiously before suddenly approaching him.

"Um... Thank you for saving me from those bullies, they wanted my necklace because it was made of gold and wanted to sell it,"The filly said while Danny just smiled.

"No problem, I never did like bullies, my name is Danny if you're wondering,"Danny said as he extended a hand to the filly who just giggled in response.

"hehe...! You're a funny one, my name is Hershey Sprinkle,"The filly introduced before suddenly skipping the handshake and suddenly pecking Danny on the cheek."Look... I really need to get home, but... Maybe we can see each other again, here in the park?"

"Uh...uh... I... Uh... Maybe... We would... Have to see..."Danny said as he covered the cheek that was kissed and was blushing furiously.

"Okay then... See ya later,"Hershey said before running back to the city while still giggling.

Danny was now in complete confusion and disbelief that a girl just actually kissed him on the cheek, it was the most amazing feeling he had ever felt, but then he came to his senses and suddenly wiped away the kiss.

"Oh...yuck! A girl just kissed me!"Danny ranted as he began walking back to the park while still trying to rub away the kiss. Next Chapter: Ch: 12 Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 56 Minutes