“You called?” I slowly push the door open, the Guards nodding curtly. I walk in, shutting it behind me. I see her pacing about the room slowly, eyes not focusing on anything. “Princess, is everything alright? I've never seen you like this.”
“My...my sister has asked me to entertain you tonight.” She looks at me for a brief second before flicking her gaze away.
“I shall see about that...” I slowly walk up, touching my horn to hers. I shoot a spell into her and her memories start to burn themselves into my mind. I grab the unneeded ones and erase them, but I find the ones of her conversation with her sister and keep them.
“My sister, I have come to a decision.” She smiled sweetly at her sister. “I think it would be a good idea if you take care of our guest. He has worked very hard the past few months and he deserves a reward.”
“What do you mean, Sister? Am I to take escort him about Canterlot? Take him to another city, perhaps?” Luna asked.
“Oh, no, not that. I was thinking something more...intimate.” She stepped closer to the younger Alicorn, grinning. “I would do it myself, but you and I both know why I can't. But nopony really cares about you after what you did, so you can go and do this no problem.”
Luna was stunned, unable to believe what she just heard. “You...you think I...that I'm going to give him the one thing I can never take back because...because I was taken over by an evil beast? I will do no such thing!”
Celestia growled and slapped her sister across the face. “You will do it! Do you honestly think that you could ever find a mate? There's not a stallion in his right mind that would sleep with you. From where I stand, you have two options: give it to him or go find somepony at an asylum.”
A quivering lip came from the Princess of the Night. She took a step back, rage boiling inside, but she knew she would not win a fight, not in her current state. She was too weak. Only Nightmare Moon could do that, but she was sure that being was long gone.
I let it fade from my mind and I pull away, touching the struck cheek gingerly. “I'm not going to do it, Luna. There's something I want to say to you, if you'll let me.”
A single tear runs down her cheek. “That you love me. You're just trying to make me want it, but I never will. I barely know you. And...I...I'm in the middle of my cycle...do you know what she's trying to do to me?”
She looks into my eyes with a burning intensity. “She's breeding me. When we turned you into an Alicorn, she said you had genetic traits that could help create the strongest ponies ever. Magically, physically and mentally. She's breeding me so she can turn the foals into her slaves.”
“Well, guess what, you're wrong Luna. She's not breeding you. I'm not saying that I love you so that you'll sleep with me. Your sister, although very powerful, she's an idiot. And selfish. And I was going to say I love you because I think it's true.” I sigh and put my hoof to the floor.
“Here, come with me onto the balcony. I have something I want to show you.” I smile slyly and stretch my black wing out, draping it over her side. “I'm sure it's something you'll love.” I lean my head on her, walking toward the balcony slowly.
She breathes slowly, not saying anything, only obeying me. “Luna, if you think I'm going to have sex with you, you're blind. As blind as you were last month.” Once under the full moon, I bring my horn to hers again, spitting another spell into her mind.
I grab out a certain memory and put us in it. “I really hope you remember this one.”
I flap my wings, getting a good feel for them. I rarely have time to glide about on thermals, especially with my job. Who would have thought just a few little girls showing up in Equestria could cause so much hell so fast?
On top of the castle, I see Luna, moon in her magic as she lifts the moon over the horizon. I slowly spiral down, landing about five hundred feet behind her. I walk up slowly, not wanting to disturb her. I see she's not really moving the moon and I sit next to her.
“Is everything alright?” She shakes her head and I stop talking. Instead, I tilt my head down and put my horn to hers, pushing a small amount of my magic into hers. “Come on Luna, you need to raise the moon so the ponies can sleep.”
I feel her beam strengthen and I smile. I keep my little extra in there, smiling as the moon pops over the line, its full beauty visible to late night star gazers. My main hope is that they're inside tonight. I'm going to do something potentially disastrous.
“Why are you here, Andrew? You are not a nocturnal pony and you have a very important job. You need to be in bed like most of Equestria.” She looks over at me, our faces nearly touching, my horn now hovering beside hers.
“Because you seemed depressed. You always do, actually.” I gulp. “Promise not to hurt me. With magic or otherwise.”
“Fine, but I don't understand why.” She looks at my blue eyes, the turquoise of her own making my heart sink a little.
Without hesitating, I bring my face to hers and kiss the corner of her mouth. “You have-” I fly back, an invisible force throwing me. I land with a thud, back aching. “Oh...ouch...” I sit up, seeing her looking at me in shock and horror.
I shake my head and stand up, walking back over. “I expected you'd do something like that. At least I'm still in one piece.” I bow. “Forgive me, Princess. I shouldn't have offended you. But I wanted to cheer you up.”
I sit down and put my hoof on hers, the black on blue...I like how it looks. She looks down, staring at my hoof, looking at it almost as if she doesn't know what it is. “What are you doing, Andrew? If any of my Guards were here, they would have-”
“They aren't here. You didn't want them to bother you. I can see it in your eyes. I also can see that there's something eating you up on the inside. Please tell me what it is. Seeing you sad...it makes me sad.” I stretch out my wing, wrapping it carefully around her back.
I only just dodge the hoof. I duck, pulling away. “Princess, please, stop. I'm only trying to comfort you. Why are you being so hostile? If you don't want me to touch you, then say so.” I see her dart her eyes from me to the moon, and then back to me before lowering them to the roof.
I scoot back. “Stuck on the moon, aren't you? You feel like you're still trapped. I'm here, Your Highness. Just talk to me. I promise I will keep it a secret. Here, how about I tell you a secret of mine? I think your sister looks funny.”
The giggles come instantly, not even waiting for a full second. Against my better judgment, I put my hoof back on hers and cover her with my wing, leaning my black body closer to hers. She doesn't seem to notice in her laughter.
When she finally falls silent after thirty seconds or so, she turns her head to look at me. She looks down at my hoof and back at my wing. “Why are you doing this, Andrew? If I was in your position, I would have left me alone and I wouldn't speak like that of my sister.”
“Yes, but that's you. I'm me. I think your sister looks funny. But I think that you're very beautiful and don't know it. That's why you always hide. You think you're ugly. You don't want anypony to see you. But you're wrong,” I whisper.
She hangs her head. “I am ugly. Nop-”
“Stop. Luna, you have no idea how beautiful you are. Your eyes are like the falling waters of Neighagra. No, Neighagra envies your eyes. It wishes its waters could even compare. It wishes it could express you, but it could never come close,” I purr.
“Your fur is like the ocean. Your moon full above its crystal clear surface, the stars bouncing their light off of it and helping creatures far and wide find their way in the darkness. But there is something the ocean will never have; the warmth you radiate.”
I smile at her wavering smile. “And I have one more thing. Your mane. The night sky wishes it could captivate like your mane. It's more beautiful than a galaxy just forming. The stars in your hair should replace the ones in the sky. The beauty you have on your body easily can overtake anything this planet has. Your looks could easily make the universe seem pale in comparison.”
As I reach my right hoof around her back, she puts her left hoof around me. She leans into my and I spread my other wing over her. “But you don't realize that what we can see is nothing compared to the beauty you hide from us inside.”
She replies with a whimper. “Andrew...you're the kindest pony I have ever spoken to. My Guards say nice things to me, but they only do it because it's their job. But you...this is from your heart. Nopony's ever spoken to me from their heart.
Sometime during the hug, my lips migrate to hers. She doesn't fight it. She accepts it and lets my lips stay there for several minutes. I finally break it when I yawn. “Go get some rest, Andrew. But...please pretend this didn't happen. It's nothing against you, I just...”
“I understand, Luna. I'm just a stranger that lives her so he can help keep humans from living in Equestria. It's my job to make sure only ponies exist. But thank you for the kiss. When I wake up, this never happened. But until then, it did. Every second. Every breath. Every touch. Remember that this did happen.” I peck her lips one last time and teleport away.
I make the memory fade and pull back from her. She's on the verge of tears now that I've reminded her of the night she wanted to forget. “Andrew...you are a wonderful stallion it's just...I don't know you. I don't know where you came from, how old you are...my sister just dragged me along.”
“Well, Luna, you never asked. When you came and got me, I was seventeen. I didn't tell you, but my birthday was a few days ago, so I'm eighteen now. The place you got me from was called Los Angelos. It was a city in California in the U.S.A.” I smile and put my hoof on her cheek again.
“I like dogs and I had two: a German Shepard and a Pit bull. I wrote music, sometimes I wrote a little story. But I was really trying my hardest to soak up as much as I could about literature because I wanted to become a famous writer.”
I smile and lure her away from the balcony, shutting the doors with an aura as I walk towards the bed. I climb in, her right behind me. “I had very few friends. I didn't really like the people there. I lived alone, as you saw, and was pretty much cut off from my family.”
I see her horn glow and the blanket slowly covers us up. “Most nights, I'd try to go outside and see the stars, but there was too much light pollution. I went camping once a month and I have always loved horses. You're a pony. That's close enough.”
She laughs lightly. “Well, your plan worked. I'm willing to mate with you. There is a high chance that I will get pregnant. I want you to know that, Andrew. If I do, I'm not going to expect anything. I'm sure my sister will take them once I give birth so she can have complete control.”
Her smile fades and I brush my black mane back, the two streaks of white running down its length hopefully let her know what I'm doing. I reach down, grabbing my matching tail and put it between us. I tie my mane in with it and hide behind it.
“What are you doing?” she asks, spreading my mane to see my goofy face. She instantly erupts into a fit of laughter and I smile. I quickly undo the knot and put my hoof around her. “Oh, Andrew, you're silly.”
“Princess, don't think like that. She will not take my foal. I will fight tooth and hoof if she tries to. But I have heard that there is a chance that you won't conceive. Luna, you won't get pregnant. Not until I say so. Not until you say so.” I roll onto my back, laying her on top of me.
“I want you to understand this: I love you. You hide who you are because you're afraid nopony will like you. You're beautiful and you refuse to accept that. You think you're unloved, but you're wrong. Trust me and you will never feel this way again,” I coo.
She stays silent for several seconds. “Okay. I trust you. I believe you. In the off chance I don't get pregnant tonight, will you come back? You know, when I'm not in heat?” I nod and she looks into my eyes. “Andrew...are you a virgin?”
I nod. “Yes, I am. At first, I said I wouldn't have sex before marriage, but then I met you and everything changed. I knew that I would have to do whatever it took to have you. I'm also glad you're a virgin. Your sister isn't the reason we're going to be together, you understand? This is out free will.”
“I understand...honey.” She notices she's on me and looks at me. “You...you want me on top? But...but why? I'm the mare. The mare is supposed to be on the bottom. So that the sta-”
“Not with me. I want you in charge. Do what you want to. You don't even have to let me finish. Please yourself and I can go back to my room and do it on my own. I have hooves.” I kiss her gently. “Tonight is going to be the most memorable. For both of us. So, go ahead.”
She smiles and I do to. In the back of my mind, I start to formulate how I'll propose to her, how I want the wedding to go, what our foals will look like, what ring to buy...but it all fades from my mind the moment she starts to slip me into the tightest hole in the world.
