“I’m fine now, really.” said Midnight, sitting on the bed in princess Cadence’s old rooms.

“Nonsense,” said Octavia, massaging his shoulders. “After that breakdown, I’m surprised that you are even talking coherently. Just take it easy, and let me look after you.”

“I’m serious, there’s no need.” Midnight said, then moaned suddenly at the pleasure. Octavia smiled, rubbing the area a little bit more firmly. Midnight moaned again, a bit more loudly as Octavia’s hooves dug in over his shoulder blades.

“Just relax. I will make you feel better.”

Midnight groaned again. Suddenly, he rolled over, reaching out and pulling Octavia close to him, they rolled around on the bed, kissing furiously. They bumped into the headboard and switched directions. Their kiss was interrupted by the end of the bed. Midnight was the first to go over, his weight dragging Octavia down on top of him. They hit the floor laughing. Midnight crawled out from under Octavia and turned, still laughing. For her part Octavia was lying on the floor still, her body also shaking with mirth.

“So, what are we going to do today?” asked Midnight. Octavia looked up at him, before getting to her hooves.

“We could go for a walk,” suggested Octavia.

Midnight looked at her. “We could…” he suggested, a devious note in his voice. “We could walk to a bar. They should be open until midnight now.”

“I could go for a drink. We should get Vinyl.”

“Sure, Shining Armour is in the Crystal Empire. He wouldn’t want me too.” He paused for a minute. “But he’s in the Crystal Empire so he won’t know, come on.”

He strode out of the door, Octavia following behind.

“We do still need to contact Vinyl,” she reminded him.

“All in hand my dear,” he said, putting on a fake high class Canterlot accent. He conjured a paper plane out of thin air. Octavia could see writing on it and recognized it as the same method of communication that he had once used to contact her. He walked forwards, sending the plane out into the afternoon air. It was only 4:00, but the sun was already starting to tint towards the horizon. The paper returned as they arrived. Midnight opened it and read the very shaky writing.

Hye Midnite. M’at tha’ bar on maen strit. Seeeeee you their.

Midnight turned to Octavia after phonetically reading the letter out loud. He cocked an eyebrow. Octavia giggled as he showed her the note.

“So, we have a destination then,” she said.

‘I suppose we do. By the looks of it, she’s already drunk off her arse and onto the floor.”

“Don’t count her out so soon. She will probably still be able to walk, albeit wobbly.”

“You’re right, I forgot about the absinthe drinking.”

Midnight began walking, Octavia following behind. They followed a similar path as that Octavia took with Luna earlier that day. Midnight lead, and Octavia was surprised that he knew his way to each of the bars so well.

“How do you know your way around Midnight?” she asked, voicing her thoughts.

“I was a young recruit once remember. Not only that, but as the only night guard, I have had to break up a fair few disturbances at each of the bars. Admittedly, I usually teleport from the balcony, but sometimes if we catch them early enough, Luna and I would stroll through the city. I don’t even need to look at the street signs anymore. When you spend a lot of time looking at the city from above, you learn to make a map in your head. I know where everything is.” He explained.

Octavia looked at him. Her expression showed, admiration, wonder, scepticism and the usual adoration. She walked over to him and nuzzled his cheek. He blushed and gave her a quick kiss, and she blushed as well. They turned onto Mane Street to see Lyra, Bon Bon and Vinyl standing near a bar. Vinyl was clearly drunk, but Lyra and Bon Bon were still only tipsy. Midnight and Octavia trotted over to them to say hi. When they were about halfway there, Vinyl looked up and yelled at them over the non-existent noise of a non-existent crowd.

“Heeeeeeeeeeeeey! Howr ya doin? Youuuu gonna come ‘ere and gimmie a kiss lil Octy or d’wi have to force wun out o ya?”

Midnight and Octavia stopped for a minute as they worked out what Vinyl had just said.

“So, I got the ‘hey’. Then she said ‘how are you doing’. Next was ‘you going to come here and give me a kiss little Octy od do I have to force one out of you’. Is that about right, Octy?” said Midnight, grinning at Octavia. She was blushing a bright shade of scarlet to counterpoint her usually grey fur. In fact, she looked like a totally different pony as the blush appeared to spread over her body. Midnight ogled her a little, also noting a dull glow coming off of her.

“Ummm…yes. That seems to be accurate.” Replied Octavia, whose blush was beginning to affect her hair.

They were interrupted by a high-speed Vinyl cannoning into Octavia and knocking her over. Midnight put his two front hooves between the two mares and tried to pry them apart. Meanwhile Lyra and Bon Bon walked over.

“So, hi,” said Lyra, stepping onto the other side of the two entwined mares and applying her own hooves. “Who are you?”

“Midnight…Midnight Guardian…at…your…service. It’s a pleasure to meet you officially,” Midnight replied, grunting as they finally managed to pry Vinyl off of Octavia. His last sentence earned a blush from Lyra as he plainly referenced her temporary insanity from when she had been turned into a human. Midnight looked down at Octavia, who was gasping at being deprived air for so long. She was still bright red, but her blush seemed to be receding. That was a good sign at least. He looked back up a Lyra.

“So, what’s your name?”

“I’m Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings,” she replied, walking around Octavia and offering Midnight her hoof. They shook.

“If it’s all the same to you, I would very much like to forget that that incident ever happened. It is kind of an embarrassment, but that was the best sex I have ever had with Bon Bon,” Lyra confided, whispering so that nopony else could hear.

“I have no objections to that. And you are?” Midnight asked, directing the question to Bon Bon.

“I’m Bon Bon. I’m Lyra’s umm… partner.”

“Glad to meet you Bon Bon, so what happened. We got a message from Vinyl saying that we were going to meet here. Did you guys get kicked out?” Midnight asked.

“Yes, we did,” confirmed Lyra.

“Where to next then?” asked Midnight.

“Have you heard of the Rose street challenge?” asked Lyra, a huge grin spreading across her face.

Author's Note

Well, this is the longest chapter I have written. By that, I mean that it took me longest to write. I started it yesterday. Writers block struck for a bit, but I muscled through.
The Rose street challenge is a real thing though. Search it. Anyway I am in the middle of a game of league of legends so as always, it has been a pleasure entertaining you and happy reading.