Chapter 10

I watch MoonFlare concentrating hard making the constellations align perfectly i saw beads of perspiration on her head. when she finally made the little dipper storm ran through doors the star travelled about six  kilometers from its position. moon flare groaned as mum said “you nearly did it just don’t get distracted next time” before luna fixed the star back in place.  Moon turns to storm slightly annoyed “what is it” she said gruffly “celestia requires you and your sister in the the throne room”. immediately a look of fear flashed onto moons face it had been two weeks since celestia had talked to moon. as we entered the throne room moon sped towards celestia before begging “trust me it wasn't me i didn’t do anything” before pointing me at me, and saying “if anything nightingale did it I’ve been followed by guards for the past week they would have let you know by now if i've done anything”. celestia smiled “don't worry you haven't done anything moon”. “then why do you want us” i said a little curiously “i need to talk about your lunar powers” celestia seemed a bit cautious. “there are five jobs needed to be done, dreamwalking, the bringing of the constellations, controlling the stages of the moon, controlling how hot and cold the nights are, and bringing the eclipse.” celestia took a small pause looking at the both of us. “these jobs represent your personality so its very important that you take great responsibility in each of these tasks” she paused again. i looked at celestia and thought to myself.. dreamwalking..celestia quickly continued. “Moonflare from my understanding your learning how to summon and control the constellations, this task represents your personality since you are stronger than your sister, the small constellations require little concentration, but the larger constellations such as hydra require more concentration, and can make you weak easily, but i believe you can be up to the task.” i heard moon give out a large “yes!” before quieting down. i give a small chuckle to myself before being interrupted. “now nightingale, your job is a easier job but it can get you into trouble, your job is dreamwalking, you will enter the equestrian ponies dreams and aid them with their nightmares, you need to be asleep for this to work, this represents your personality because you have more patients than your sister, you also have a nicer face than your sister.” celestia giggled to mock moon for her previous mistakes, but quickly continued on. “ but you end up in a lot of trouble when you dreamwalk, you can become trapped, if a dream is strong enough you will not be able to escape easily, you cannot use your alicorn magic in a dream as it will upset the balance. your luna powers will give you magic but you will be limited to what you can do, if you ever need help then moonflare can help you, but she can only enter if you need help.” i felt nerveous “b-but how will i tell if any pony needs me?” “from my own experiences you are immediately transported to the dream needing help the most and then you can walk through other ponies dreams checking the balance”. i felt a slight shiver run over my body thinking of what horrible things i may encounter. “going on you both will control the temperature of the night moonflare will control the heat, obviously because of how she channelled her anger magic when she got angry with me becoming a fire pony like twilight did when she was my student” i look at my sister and aw. had she really became a fire pony when she thought with celestia. “and Nightingale will control the coolness coming from what luna said about past fight how she shuts every pony out and becomes cold hearted”. i couldn't help but blush when i was a filly i had a massive outburst and fight with moon dancer when she took my scarf for a costume. i became rigid and i felt like i had no feelings or sympathy for her my brothers and sister told me my mane went white and pale blue and that my eyes whent ice cold and hard. “now the stages of the moon will be done by both of you once again, for so you both need each other to raise the moon” we both nodded agreeing. “eclipses will be shared because they both take a huge amount of energy and you two are only just learning”. i felt a slight buzz of excitement in side of me yes these thing take a lot of responsibility but it would be a fun thing to do. “yeah this is going to be so awesome! i can control the heat, the constellations and also go help kick some tail when my sisters in trouble” moon seemed happy, well its only normal she has been grounded for the last 2 weeks.  “now you will need to spend a lot of time with your practise, you have to keep your social time to a minimum” celestia said firmly. “so i can't go out with my friends at night?” i felt upset, i’ve only just met my friends a while ago in canterlot but it feels like we've known each other for years.“unfortunately no, you can't as much as you get older your duties as princess will take over a lot more of your time” she looked a little upset before continuing, “you two aren't little fillies anymore, and when luna and i can't control the sun and the moon anymore then the duties of Equestria will rest squarely on your and bright flashes shoulders” i took a sigh before looking at moon, she seemed unsettled about the whole thing, moonflare hated hearing hints about death, she was always emotional around the topic ever since she was adopted by luna. i put a wing over her and gave her a hug. “it’s ok moon..” celestia must of noticed moon and started talking again. “well its getting rather late, you two should get some rest try and sleep in as much as you can as well, you will be spending most of your nights for the next few nights awake.”.                        

“Ok Nightingale were going to dream walk tonight you will first enter your dreaming plain which is where all of your dreams are, i will meet you there”, i nod to mum, looking at moonflare who is resting for tonight, i then go to my bed before resting my head on the pillow and closing my eyes. when i open my eyes i find myself in a meadow at night, the the sky was stary with comets flying by and the moon is full, I see a pony shes an alicorn her mane billowed in the wind its a mixture of lavender,sky blue, midnight blue and magenta. her coat is periwinkle blue. her eyes are bright gold suddenly i find myself looking up on her she had a watery smile “I’m sorry” she whispered suddenly i hear a voice “nightingale” i look up to find mum. i feel really confused who is that mare “what just happened” “don’t worry it was probably a figment of your dream” mum said before walking towards a tree, she paused and looked up at it, it was glowing bright, she took a few steps back to see bubble caught in the tree tops. “well nightingale heres your training, see that bubble stuck in the tree? well this signifies a nightmare, to enter you need to think of something that makes you happy” i look down, but what if i can't think of something?” i felt worried, i wanted to help anyone i could, but i’m worried, what if i mess up the dream? what if I’m afraid of the same thing as the other pony. mum must have seen my expression of distress “don't you will be fine” “ok now think of a memory of happiness” i straightway think of the time when i first met luna i looked at the globe and see a sleeping colt, i take a breath and walk into the  bubble. the sensation of  walking into the felt really weird it felt like i was walking in water yet when i entered i was completely dry. mum came right behind me i saw a small brown and white colt staring at a timber wolf that howled into the night luna and i looked down from the sky “help anyone please” he called. Mum looked at me “ok Nightingale you need to make the nightmare leave for at least a hour so you can talk to the col”t i nodded. come on nightingale you can do this wait a sec he doesn't even know I'm real i look at mum she seemed to read my mind “don’’t worry”. i started to decent flashing a bright light a the timber wolf scaring it of the foal looked up at me. “who are you” his voice was quiet and shaky “don’t worry little one i wont hurt you” i notice he was white but with black and white patches. he started to calm down i smiled gently “ my name is nightingale and what is yours little one” “I’m choc ripple but you can call me ripple”, “well nice to meet you ripple”. “i see you are having a few troubles with timber wolves” “yeah they're really scary” “are they now” i magiced a timber wolf it growled. the colt shrieked and jumped back “don’t worry ripple he won't hurt you” the foal took a step closer. “ripple if you want to control your fears you have to face them, here just pat him”. ripple looked at me worried “trust me i nothing bad will happen” he extended a shaky hoof and patted the wolf, the wolf instantly turned into a happy sandy gold puppy. the foal laughed “sandy” i smiled “see i told you nothing bad would happen” i noticed the dream started to seem brighter. the foal hugged me “thanks nightingale you're awesome” i smile “i must go now but if you have any nightmares i'll be sure to come back and if i have time i might even drop in” ‘wait Nightingale are you real” i smile “you will find out soon my little on”. before spotting mum enter through a bubble that appeared i flew up to it before enter.

“ok girls tonight is a crescent moon so think of a crescent and then ignite you magic to raise the moon”. moon and i looked at each other before she started to sing

the night has come and the day has gone

and now its time to rest

i began to sing to

lay your head upon your pillow and close your eyes to

this lullaby

i closed my eyes and as we sang thought of a crescent moon and ignited my magic.

tonight the moon rises over the hill and plains

and over your homes and cities as it claims

the sky

finally i opened my eyes and saw the moon was up wait it wasn't a crescent it was a full dang it i stopped and dropped to the ground. “geez how do you do this every day mum” i panted moonflare was also panting from the effort. “you two will get use to raising the moon and changing its stages it just take a lot of practice” she said before fixing it to a cresent . i look out onto the other balcony where celestia and flash stood “now lets work on the temperature” i closed my eyes and thought of a nice pleasant night where its not too cold or hot i find a ice blue star  twinkling in my mind across was a red one i ignite my magic and began to change the temperature so its a few degrees cooler. suddenly the red star blazed bright it felt really hot i opened my eyes and realized that it was really hot i saw heat waves being created i looked over at moon who looked frazzled. i started to concentrate on making it cooler suddenly it felt freezing i stepped of the coolness before the tempter turned hot again. “Nightingale the coolness is perfect you can stop now” i heard a voice say i opened my eyes and looked to find celestia, luna and flash. moonflare was still trying to lower the heat mum sigh i felt embarrassed at my attempt. celestia must have noticed because she leaned in and said to mum and i “don’t worry when i was teaching flash how to control the heat of the sun he caused a seven year drought”. “wait” mum said “he caused that drought” celestia giggled “yeah, i thought he was never going to get it right, but sure enough he did.” she stopped and put a put a wing on lunas shoulder. “don't worry sister, they will be fine when they get older, they can control their abilities together” celestia said hugging luna. luna sent moon and i off to bed.

Luna sighed noticing her two fillies were out of hearing range, she felt sad. “sister, i'm worried,  nightingale saw her mother when she was learning to dream walk, but didn't recognise her, what if..what if nightingale and moonflare realise their true selves and leave me?” lunas voice went high is shaky, a tear flying down her cheek. celestia realised and gave her sister another hug. “don’t worry lulu, you took them in and raised them to your full abilities, they will always love you” celestia said reassuring her. “now i think you should get some rest, there are plenty of more nights of work ahead of you” celestia said chuckling before walking off. luna stared at the sky reflecting on her sister's words. “yeah your right, and i will  always love them in return.” luna gave a short smile as she turned around and headed off to bed.