Unforeseen Consequences - A new friend, an old enemy(pt.37)

>You follow Moonlight across the hallways of the castle, you had your head down… defeat was not something that suited you, is something that never will.
>You were the top of your class since kinder garden all the way to the PhD, you got the highest honors from the MIT, and you were the researcher that published the most in your work place. Fucking shit, with a couple more years you would’ve gotten a fucking Nobel.
>But now magic was proving to be something beyond you ... for the first time in your life you felt overwhelmed, and this is a feeling that you need to put to an end.
>”Hey little dude, don’t feel bad” Moonlight breaks your miserable thoughts and brings you back to reality “You did your best and I’m sure that with a little more practice you will be able to master that spell!”
>You sigh and shake your head
“Is not that, I thought that I had understood this thing about magic pretty well, but now it turns out that I use too much of it, and that causes me to not be able to perform more complicated spells… Is just… That’s new to me you know? Not knowing what to do… how to do it… losing… I hate this”
>Moonlight stops and starts snickering “Heh heh heh that’s pretty funny!”
>You stop and raise your head, looking at Moonlight with annoyance
“I fail to see what’s so funny”
>Moonlight giggles and rolls her eyes “Oh, just the fact that a little colt is speaking like a frustrated stallion…” She flies towards you and fakes a grumpy face “Oh I hate my life, my job sucks and my wife is always working” she makes a raspy, deep voice and continues giggling
>You stay silent at this and continue glaring at Moonlight
>”You almost talk like my ex, always complaining that life is unfair and he deserves something better pfffft” She takes off her helmet and gives you a warm, motherly smile “You are just a colt, Anon and colts do have problems controlling their magic.
>“Is your case special?...” She points to you with her hoof “Yes, but in my opinion you shouldn’t feel bad. I mean, I’ve seen Cherrywood’s classmates, they struggle with mustering enough magic to cast a simple levitation spell.”
>Moonlight looks at the ceiling and rubs her chin “HECK, most of the guard can’t freeze ponies with their magic like you did! Just… give it a little time, ok? I’m sure that you will be able to control that immense amount of magic that your little body holds one day”
>You close your eyes and sigh… she was righ… you know she was right… still
“I’m not used to defeat…”
>Moonlight raises your head with her hoof ”Then is a good thing that you “lost” this time, wanna know why?”
>You slowly nod
>”You will learn much more from this than if you had actually succeeded. And I know this sound crazy but hear me out little dude… If you had performed that spell perfectly on your first try then we would’ve never know for sure that you had this… adversity”
“I… suppose you are right”
>”You suppose?” She raises an eyebrow and lets out a small chuckle “Of course I’m right, now you know that you have a problem, and with that you can actually work to fix said problem”
>Well… yeah… this is a matter of knowing how to stop using so much magic when casting a spell, and if you think about this what if you moved onto more complex stuff? What would happen then? What if you overcharge something and blew yourself up?
>Fuck… you really were acting like a child over this instead of working to eradicate your probem… goddamn what was wrong with you? Why were you making such a pitiful tantrum… oh that’s right… Discord’s fuckery with your head… you need to fix that too
>Moonlight gives you a little tug “Feeling better little dude?”
>You nod and slowly smile, confident that you now know what you must do
“Yeah… thanks Moonlight… I… think that it got a little over my head, as I said before, I’m not really used to losing… and well… you know”
>Moonlight giggles and waves her hoof in a dismissive manner “Meh don’t worry, it happens to everypony, even the best of us” She gives you a cocky smile and fixes her mane using her hoof
>Hnnnng… was she always this pretty? Nonnonono! Bad thoughts! She’s off limits! For fuck sakes she’s the mother of your best friend! What would Cherrywood say?
>The bat mare seems to notice something odd with you as she raises an eyebrow in confusion “Is there something wrong, little dude?”
>You quickly shake your head and every lewd thought you were having about her
“N-No… I-I’m fine!”
>Moonlight shrugs and resumes the trip to your room “Whatever you say”
>A few moments passes in silence, just you and Moonlight walking towards your room, until a question arises in your mind
“Err… Moonlight, I don’t know how much I’m screwing it up by asking this but, earlier you mentioned your ex…. So, uhhh… what’s up with that?”
>Moonlight’s expression changes first to an annoyed one and then to an angered one “Listen little dude, I don’t want to be rude, but you better not kill the mood, and by that I mean MY mood. So please don’t mention that jerk”
>Yikes! Must have been a rough falling
“O-ok… BUT I have to say just this one thing… if for some reason you need to… you know, “amend fences” with him, I could shoot a magical blast and no one would be the wise… just saying”
>Moonlight lets out a whole heartedly laugh at this “HAH I like that attitude, but I have to decline that offer, if I wanted to do that… I’ll do it myself” The bat guard snickers for a moment before she suddenly starts to panic when she realizes something “Oh no! I have to pick up Cherrywood!”
>Moonlight dashed towards you and grabs you but instead of grabbing your soft coat, she grabs your checks and pulls you very close to her “Can I ask you a favor?”
>You frantically nod
>”If the princesses come and I’m not guarding you. Would you tell them that you told me that it was ok if I left?” She asks with desperation in her voice
>You frantically nod again
>”Good! Oh and you don’t mind if I bring Cherrywood, right?” She releases you from her grip and prepares to dash off
>You shake your head and snicker
“Of course not! She’s my best friend”
>”Awesome!” and with that Moonlight takes off, leaving some dust behind.
>And with that you are left alone… which might be for the best. You continue your trip to your room, thinking mostly about how you could improve your magic
>When you arrive at your door room you stretch yourself and let out a sigh of relief
“Well, now I that have time for me and only, maybe I’ll read one of the books that eyebrows gave me, or think about how to improve that retarded glyph system, or maybe...”
>Speaking of the devil…
>”Hi Anon!” It was Moon Dancer lying on your bed and reading one of your books, she happily waves at you
>You raise an eyebrow and close the door
“Moon Dancer? What are you doing in my room? No wait… What are you doing in the castle? My mom told me that you weren’t going to give me any lessons today”
>”Oh you see…” Moon Dancer is taken aback by your answer, she readjusts her glasses and gives you a nervous and awkward smile “I’m hiding”
“Can’t you do it somewhere else? I’m actually quite tired and I just want to-“
>”Noooooo! Nononono! Can’t do that!” Moondancer was frantically waving her hooves as if this was truly her last hope
>You growl in annoyance and pinch your nose with your hoof
“Why not? Listen Canterlot is a big, BIG place to hide… So maybe you can keep your little game out of my room!”
>”I could do that” Moon Dancer rubs the back of her neck “But that would mean that Twilight could find me more easily… and that is something I can’t simply afford because, by Celestia I just can’t stand that mare!”
>What
“What”
>Moon Dancer scoffs and again readjusted her glasses ”She has been harassing me all day! I just want to study in piece but nooooooooo! Here comes the Princess of Friendship wanting to make amends with me at all costs!”
>You groan and sit your cute little ass on the ground
“Then just make friends with her and be done with it! Geez you are acting like she killed your dog or something!”
>”IS NOT THAT SIMPLE!” Moon Dancer explodes for a moment before calming down and burying her face on the book “Is not that simple…” she whimpers
>Before you can tell her to definitely fuck off you notice something… she was sobbing
>You get up and walk towards the poor mare
“Why not? What happened between you two?”
>You stop at the edge of the bed to get a better look… oh man… she was crying hard
>”Back in Celestia’s school we were already friends… the best friends… and then…”
>Hmmm, you think that you know where this is going
“She forgot about you because she became a Princess?”
>Moon Dancer slowly shakes her head “No… it was before that… waay before that… I thought that Twilight was my friend…. But she… just forgot about me one day… when I needed her the most and… and…”she chokes on those last words and breaks intro crying once more
>Awww fucking shit, now you felt bad about eyebrows… Man, maybe you got the wrong impression about Twilight, looks can be deceitful and if she did this… well, she was probably kind of a dick once you get to know her
>You get on the bed and pat Moon Dancer on the back
“Hey…”
>You softly whisper
“Listen… I’m sorry, you can stay here as long as you want but if you don’t mind getting advice from a colt, I think that I have one for you…”
>Moondancer raises her head… oh man her eyes were completely red and her fur was stained with her tears “I-I don’t mind…. What is it?”
“You need to man up and face your problem, as I said you can stay for as long as you want but is obvious that won’t be forever, and that sooner or later you will have to face Twilight again, and with that happen, you should do this thing…
>”Give up and accept her friendship despite what she did to me?” The mare asks with bod sadness and sarcasm
“Oh please! Who do you think I am? Just a dumb kid? No, you tell Twilight that just like her, you’ve moved on with your life, that you are not the same Moon Dancer that she once knew and that you are sorry but you can’t accept her friendship.”
>Immediately after you said those words you realize that you weren’t being faithful to your scientific nature. That was just one possibility, there’s also the chance that Twilight was a dick at a younger age and then changed, or that this is just the cause of a misunderstanding.
>Moon Dancer looks away and thinks deep about what you just said “And what if that doesn’t work?”
“It depends really, people… err ponies, whatever…. Do change some times and based on that, I’m not wrong when saying that you are a different Moon Dancer that the one that Twilight knew, you have to wait and see what Twilight does and how she does it. If you notice that she’s only acting because she’s supposed to be the Princess of Friends or whatever is her title, then tell her to go hug a cactus, but if she’s honest…”
>”Then, what?” Moon Dancer asks with some desperation
“Then you have to let her know that she hurt you… that she hurt you bad and well, the next thing depends on you, because if by the point when Twilight exposes her true motivations for wanting to befriend you again you are not convinced you or you still feel insecure… then you will have to put down her friendship, maybe not for good, but for the time being, and until you feel like you can give her a second chance she should probably stay away from you, but if by that point you feel comfortable around her, then my advice would be that you start from zero”
>”Start from zero? I’m afraid I didn’t understand that last part”
>You nod and give her a reassuring smile
“Yes, if you give Twilight a second chance then you two must put the past behind and start this as a whole new friendship… I know this sounds super cheesy, but is honestly the best advice I can think of…”
>”I don’t think that was cheesy…” She gives you a gentle pat on your mane and gets down the bed “Thank you, Anon… you are a good friend”
>Friends with eyebrows? Ehhh…. Meh why not, the mare has grown a little on you
“Don’t worry… and if anything happens, you can always come to me, I’ll listen to what you have to say and try to give you my best advice”
>Moon Dancer lets out a small giggle and readjusts her glasses “I will, thank you Doctor”
>This makes you cringe and cringe hard, fucking shit why did she have to call you like that
“D-don’t’ call me by my title! I hate being called a “doctor”!”
>She gives you a cocky grin and makes a small bow “Whatever you say my prince”
“I HATE THAT EVEN MORE! JUST CALL ME ANON!”
*knock knock*
>Moon Dancer and you turn your attention to the door “Were you expecting somepony?”
>You nod
“Yeah, my Mom was supposed to come here any minute”
>”The P-Princess?” Moon Dancer starts to panick, running in circles, she looked kind of adorable actually “A-Anon what if she gets mad that I’m here?!”
>You let out a chuckle
“Then I’ll tell her that there’s no problem and in fact you were helping with something related to my magic, how does that sound to you?”
*Knock knock knock*
>Jesus, Celestia must be getting fucking impatient since the knockings were getting harder and louder
>Moon Dancer giggles and nods “Alright Doctor! Then I’ll open that door!” she walks towards the door and slowly opens it
>You groan and bury your head on the bed sheets
“Just… open that door… please”
>”Good evening Prince-“
*SLAM*
>The door open violently sending Moon Dancer into a nearby wall taking her out of commission, but the pony standing at the other side wasn’t Celestia…
>”I must say, it is awfully rude to keep somepony such as myself waiting, you need to stop acting like a commoner, my dear cousin”
>You look at the pompous stallion then at the unconscious mare and hiss a single word…
“Blueblood…”