The Hearts of Man: Chapter 5 -Void-

Chapter 5: Void

 

>The first day on the moon was the worst.

>Mainly just because of the initial shock that you were in space.

>There was also the panicking, that definitely didn't help.

>But mostly, it was the quiet. The utter silence of it all seemed to surround you. Envelop you.

>You remember screaming for a while.

>It was on the third day that you even started to ask yourself important questions, like how it was possible you were breathing.

>It was funny now that you look back on it. You were sitting down on a rock looking up at Equestria when you suddenly noticed each breath you took felt funny.

>Kind of tingly; had a warmth to it.

>Magic?

>You didn't know. Maybe Celestia made it so you could breathe in a vacuum. It seemed the only plausible explanation.

>That, and you didn't feel all too hungry.

>Ever.

>Once the first week ended, you grew curious about your surroundings and decided to look around.

>So you began to walk.

>And you didn't stop walking until you arrived at the edge of the dark side of the moon.

>It was uncanny how it looked. A vast, dusty valley shrouded in shadow lay before you.

>So you kept walking.

 

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>It's been a week since you traveled to the dark side of the moon.

>At first you were worried about this place, but now you've come to welcome it.

>It seems quieter here, even though you know that it's the same amount of noise as any part of the moon.

>Namely, none.

>The darkness calms you, and you feel more at ease in the moon's sanguine half.

>The best part about it all is when you go to sleep.

>Shadowed by the dark veil, you lay on your back and gaze up at the void above you.

>The black of space is speckled with distant stars, and the hints of far off nebulae.

>You may not remember anything about who you were before you came to Equestria, but you remember that the night sky never looked something this.

>One night you decide to try to retrieve as much as you can from your mind in reference to who you are.

>At first you are met by the same familiar blank slate that is your memory.

>But slowly something starts to surface.

>You hear a noise. Soft at first, but drawing nearer, as if it were traveling along a great distance.

>It was music.

>You were able to remember an old song from your past life. One you listened to as you looked up at the night sky from wherever you came from.

>As you whisper the lyrics to yourself, you can't help but laugh at the sheer irony of it all.

>You've been stuck on this desolate, lonely orb flying through the ebony void of space.

>And the one song you remember is "Fly Me to the Moon".

>You lay there and just laugh to yourself for a full minute before slowly and quietly singing to yourself.

 

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"Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars."

>The stars above you shine among the darkness.

"Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars."

>...Water?

>You're cheeks are wet.

"In other words, hold my hand. In other words, baby kiss me."

>You let out a chuckle, as you let small silent tears roll down your face and set upon the dusty lunar floor.

>You lay there, singing the only thing you could remember about yourself before waking up in the Everfree.

>Before you met Pinkie Pie and Twilight, and Fluttershy.

>Before you were banished.

>You close your eyes and a grin grows on your face as you finish your song.

"In other words, please be true."

 

"In other words... I love you."

 

>The silence is nice, as you begin to drift off to sleep.

>Bet then a voice wakes you up.

 

>"That is a love song, is it not?"

 

>You open your eyes and see the night sky, but it's not the same.

>It's flowing softly too and fro.

>Almost like...

>Hair.

>A mane.

>And at the center of this starry mane was the face of a deep, dark blue pony, eyes shining like the stars in the distance down at yours.

 

"Luna?"