Her Starry Sky

This couldn't have turned out any worse than it did right now. You suddenly found yourself in the middle of the bustling Ponyville market, Luna by your side, Twilight and Rarity in front of you, and all of you in a very awkward situation. Of course, who it was awkward for was up to anyone's guess. On the first hand, there was you, numero uno, who suddenly found out you were walking with Princess Luna. Speaking of which, said Princess had suddenly been discovered and exposed, at the very least to Twilight and Rarity. Then there were those two unicorns, who stood there gaping at the sight of Princess Luna, unable to come to grips that they were standing before royalty. Knowing how they normally acted around the Royal Sisters, which was appropriate given their status; awkward may not have been the right word for them, maybe shocking was the right term? Now granted, if shocking was the term for them, was there a different term for you or Luna? You suddenly snap out of your thoughts as Luna nudges you in the shoulder.

“What?” you ask.

She gave you a dull look, you guessing she was reading your thoughts... again. She waited for another response from you, as if it was obvious. You just shrugged and she gave a sigh of chagrin.

“Instead of thinking on the situation, why don't you help it?” she scolded.

“Oh...whoops.” you apologize, rubbing the back of your neck.

You turn back to your two petrified friends and try the first idea that comes to your mind: “Uh, Twilight, Rarity, you've obviously met “her” before right? No need for introductions on my part. Luna you've met Twilgiht Sparkle and Rarity of course.”

This got you absolutely nowhere, evident by Luna planting her face right into her palm.

“What!?” you yell, “I tried!”

“Pray-tell, is that the best you can deliver?” antagonized Luna.

Yes “I don't see you helping!” you shout.

She narrows your eyes at you as you do the same in return. Just before another mental argument erupts; it ends, thankfully, with Twilight coming to the rescue: “Prin-er, um,-”

“Selenic Nights.” she responded to Twilight's stammering.

“What are you doing here!?” she exasperated.

“Buying stuff to kill spiders.” you smile holding up your bag of bug killer supplies.

“I mean in Ponyville.” she corrected with a straight face.

Luna was quick to answer “Visiting Gray Flames. Can I not visit my own boyfriend?”

“Yes but don't you-wait, did you say boyfriend!?”

Twilight's eyes lit up, literally, like stars as she marveled at you two. She was giddy as the little school girl she was that her pairing of you two worked and couldn't contain it. Now the situation for you and Luna was awkward.

“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!” She cheered, “It worked! I was right!”

She bounced around happy as could be. You cast a look to Luna hoping to find something to draw you out of this odd little moment. She meanwhile was casting the same awkward look right back at you. You both looked on as Twilight made one big leap into the air and crashed into a bush. She yelped in pain when there came a light tap on your shoulder.

“How about we to a more private place?” came Rarity, her first words in this whole conversation, “People are starting to stare!” she finished, pointing it out.

In truth, some were starting to stare at the little group, but not a whole lot. They were more or less looking at Twilight with confusion as she poked her head out of the bush. She gave an apologetic smile and waved hello to those who were staring at her.

“Good idea.” you answer.

“Where do we go?” asked Luna, “Forgive me, I am not familiar with this town.”

You feel a growl emanating from your stomach. You look down as you remember you haven't had anything to eat all day, much to your dismay. The other two notice as well, all eyes pointing towards your stomach.

“Uh, can we go eat? I'm, uh, kinda hungry.” you say.

“Did you not eat this morning?” asked Luna.

“No. No I didn't.” you remark.

“Why not dear? It is a important meal-” started Rarity.

“My breakfast got covered in spider guts.” you respond.

Rarity went green in the face at the mere mention of it, covering her mouth from the puke that was surely trying to follow. For a girl who would kick a manticore and go CQC against Changelings, she had a weak stomach. Then again she did make dresses for a living.

“Well, is there a place around here where we can eat in peace? I do love dear Pinkie Pie, but...” started Luna.

Rarity quickly goes with Luna on that one: “I understand.”

Truth being, so do you. Pinkie's awesome, but then again, you were kind of spending the day with Luna, you hardly wanted Twilight and Rarity here. A small reassuring smile comes across Luna's face.

“There's the Three Clover Hill.” says Twilight, who is still pulling leaves out of her hair. At the same time you notice there is a tear on her shirt from one of the branches. With that thought it leaves from your mind and you forget it.

“Yes! That place is a excellent idea Twilight!” agrees Rarity.

“Great let's go!” you say, your stomach leading the way.

Within minutes, your group had arrived at the little café and were looking through the menus. Okay, you were looking through the menu. Luna was entertaining Rarity and Twilight about the current “going's on” up in canterlot among other things. As you skim through the menu, your mouth watering over every selection, you hear a oddly familiar voice. You cock your head so your ear can get a better shot at it, and sure enough you recognize that voice.

“What do you mean you’re out of that!?” it shouted.

While it was new to you, you knew exactly what DJ made that voice.

“Vinyl please calm down and be respectful. I'll have the Libitum Sandwich please.”

That voice too! That upscale voice of Octavia that you knew all too well. You slowly turn your head back towards the café building itself knowing that if they see you, well, actually you have no idea what was going to happen.

“No idea about what?” asked Luna casually.

You swing your head back to the table as the three of them now had their attention towards you. Once again Luna was reading your thoughts, and she was becoming really good too!

“Uh, no idea what I want.” you cover.

“Oh. Well, it should be another few minutes. Sounds like they're having trouble inside.” came Rarity.

Thankfully, they all buy it and return to their conversation as you nod yes in response. As their attention drifts away you slowly hide your face in the menu, hoping things wouldn't spill over. You look back wondering what they were both doing here? The obvious answer would be getting lunch seeing this was one of the few places in town to get food. Why did it have to be here and now? Sure, you wouldn't mind introducing Octavia to Twilight and Rarity, Vinyl was a wild card, and then there was Luna sitting here and seeing as how Twilight and Rarity acted, no telling what could happen!

Alright, what's going on?

You give a small “eep” of fear as Luna's voice echoes through our mind. Why does she always have to read your mind? It's like some stupid overused running joke in this relationship! The fact that your privacy is basically non-existent now doesn't help the situation either.

“I give you your privacy.” states Luna.

Oh that's hilarious

“So, who are thy two friends in the café?”

“*sigh* One's a DJ Pon3, or Vinyl Scratch, a rave Disk Jockey up from Canterlot who happens to be the girlfriend of my old school roommate Octavia.”

“Did you say girlfriend?”

“Yes. Yes I did.” you return, much to her shock.

“Oh. Well, seeing what you told me of Octavia on our first date, I would like to meet this cellist. Plus I love DJ Pon3's work.”

She gets up from the table and makes her way inside. It takes a good moment for it to click in your head, then you suddenly realize what's about to happen.

“No Luna wait!” you call after her.

You scramble to follow her, knocking the waiter coming back out. Inside you can see the commotion caused by your two musician friends. As you get up, Twilight's magic catches your arm. You look to see both unicorns looking at you wanting answers.

“Short version or long version?” you ask.

“Short.” snapped Twilight.

“My old friend Octavia and her girlfriend are in there, and Luna found out, and she went in to meet them.” you say, exasperation showing in your voice.

“How'd she find out. I don't recall you saying anything.” spoke Rarity.

“She can read my mind! It's getting on my nerves!”

“Come on! Let's go get her before she causes a scene!”

The three of you rush inside quickly to find things hadn't exactly exploded yet. Luna herself hadn't even walked up to them, instead just watching from afar trying to see if she was right. Nodding to Twilight and Rarity you start to slowly make your way over to Luna to get her out and not be seen by the other two. As you crawl by you can see everyone is staring at them as Vinyl continues to fume over the menu, Octavia burying her head in her own.

“Fine, I'll get the chicken! That make you happy Octavia?” asks Vinyl in disgust.

“Yes Vinyl, that would make me happy. It would also make me happy if you wouldn't throw a fit everytime we go out to eat.”

“Oh come on Tavi! I can't resist a good moment for drama!” laughs Vinyl.

Just as you were about to grab Luna and drag her outside your head suddenly flashed with the scene you were about to create. Not only would they recognize you, but Luna wouldn't exactly find that one to appealing. You hide up stiff against a wall, peeking over a corner to watch in fear. You stood paralyzed with fear as Luna walked right up to the two and greeted them.

“Hello Ma'am. Can we help you?” greeted Octavia.

“Greetings. Are you the one called Octavia?”

“Yes, yes I am. This is my girlfriend Vinyl Scratch.”

“Sup?” came Vinyl.

She was quickly scolded but Octavia, although Luna was amused by the whole situation. Vinyl herself tried to use Luna as a justification, but Octavia had none of it and dropped the topic.

“Yes, I was told that you are a friend of the one named Gray Flames?”

From the corner of the pillar you were standing behind, you see both turn and look to her intrigued suddenly. Octavia at the same time gave a warm smile and nodded in answer.

“Yes. He's been my friend since school.”

“Yeah. He's a cool dude.” added Vinyl.

Well at least you knew Vinyl likes you at least.

“And you are to him?” asked Octavia.

“Well, I'm a close friend of his as well.” she says, suddenly turning her eyes to you.

Your stomach falls to your feet and you gulp in fear. Your mind races wondering how she knows you are here when you suddenly realize you are no longer leaning up against the pillar. You feel the familiar sensation that you are flying in midair when you look down to see Luna smiling at you. Your mind blanks at what is about to happen when you crash right on top of the table Octavia and Vinyl were sitting it. Glasses, menu's silverware, and screams go everywhere. Worst off you break the table.

“Gray Flames!? What the!?” yelled Octavia in amazement.

“Whoa! Do that again!”

You shake your head and realize you just crushed the table where Octavia and Vinyl were sitting. Recovering from your ordeal you stand up, brushing some dust and wood chips off your shoulder and look irate at Luna. If this was a anime one of those little cross-popping veins would be floating above your head right now. That and sharp teeth and blank angry eyes. Cartoons aside, Luna smiles having no regard for what she did.

“What was that for!? Not only did you make a scene, you made me crush a table! The hell!?”

She gave a small giggle and playfully poked you on the nose, “You're cute when you're angry.”

“And that's your excuse!?” you gripe.

“Well don't spy on me. Now where's Twilight and Rarity”

You stand up and glance over to where you were hiding. You see Twilight and Rarity frozen there, but when you look up you freeze almost in time and space. Octavia notices and pokes your shoulder.

“Gray? What's wron-oh sweet Celestia.”

“Whoa-ho-ho! What a rack! Look at them! They hold themselves up!”

“Rack? What rack are you talking about?” asked Luna oblivious to the whole situation.

She turns to where all three of you are staring and her mouth drops to the floor. From your best guess in your paralyzed mind, that little rip in Twilight's clothing apparently got allot bigger, and from the stress and shred of clothing hanging off the wall from a fork, pretty much ripped wide open for all to see. Octavia, and pretty much every woman in the cafe, faints while Vinyl falls to the floor laughing. All you can just stand there stupefied as Twilights breasts happen to be staring you right in the face.

Well, it's not as bad as the time I saw Twilight's panties. You think, not knowing the repercussions that were too come.

“YOU WHAT!?” shrieks Luna.

“Uh oh.” you say, knowing she was reading your thoughts again.

Everyone turned to look to you, even Rarity as she readjusted and repaired Twilight’s clothes all very confused, except the irate Luna.

“It wasn't my fault! Rainbow blew up the barn and I got launched into a tree, and I saw it, and well... it was kind of awkward.”

“Why did you tell her that?” screamed Twilight.

“She can read thoughts!”

“Well, so long as there are no other instances between you two.” warned Luna.

Heh, there is the vibrator-WHY DID I JUST THINK THAT!

Luna's eye twitches as she turns to Twilight, who was already red in the face.

“What about a vibrator?” she asked, voice teetering on rage.

“Vibrator? What? Oh that one time-eep!”

She knew and you knew Luna was reading her mind, seeing that memory of Twilight on her bed with that pink object shoved deep in and moaning in delight. You could see the steam coming off of Luna and she snorted in anger. What happened next only made it worse.

“Damn Gray Flames. You seem to have a knack for walking in for stuff like that! Why just the other day on the train he walked in on Tavi and me having sex-”

“VINYL!” screamed Octavia, who had just woken up.

A thunderclap boomed outside. The sheer anger that was swirling over Luna's face was enough to turn a cockatrice into stone.

“Oh shit.” you mutter before Discord broke loose again.

You don't know what exactly happened next. All you know is that there was a flurry of screams, dark blue magic, white magic, purple magic, light blue magic, food, thread, a cello bow, and you hitting the deck. Somehow you managed to avoid every shot since they were kinda directed towards you, and now they were fighting each other. The cloud kicked up from the commotion obscured your vision, but you knew they were having the same problem, and while they were currently killing each other, they were eventually going to kill you. Then there came a Bass drop and you were blasted out the window, landing with a thud on the ground. Sitting up, people were fleeing the café as the battle raged on inside. As the chaos picked up inside, you scrambled away keeping hope no one realized you made it out. Crawling through a bush, behind a tree, and towards a cart, you come across a little, English schoolboy looking at you funny.

“Oh, hello Pip. How's your day? Fantastic? Fantastic.” you greet.

Pip gives you an even more confused look, it doesn't help you're sweating out everything. Still, he asked the question, “Gray, why are you so low to the ground?”

Looking back the café is still a warzone. But seeing you’re in an area a safe distance from the library, you get up to a knee and place a hand on his shoulder and spread words of wisdom to your little friend.

“Pip, when you get older and make more friends and start getting into relationships, make sure, I mean this now listen: Make sure not all of them are women.”

You hope your words of wisdom take root deep within his little mind when a voice that shook the very stars above the blue sky echoed through town.

“You! Thou perverted little creep!”

“Oh no!” you say, ice flowing down your spine, “Well, gotta fly!” you say to Pip.

You burst off, nearly taking Pip with you in the updraft. You strain your wings for everything they got.

Summer flight camp don't fail me now!

Summer flight camp shall not save you!

The voice echoes through your mind as your wings spread and you take flight with all your might. With all your strength you bee line through the town trying to put as much distance between you and the beautiful angel of death that you now called a girlfriend. Zipping around houses, dodging others in the town, and blasting through a cabbage cart, much to its owners dismay. His shouts are drowned out by a thunderclap from behind and you know exactly what was coming. You look around, trying to find a place to hide, all spots useless as you know she would rip this whole town in half before she gives up looking for you. Then it clicks in your head, the one place she would never look, where no one would look: Your house! It would be so obvious that they would think you a fool to look there. As the dark clouds of your oblivion slowly close around, you dart left, zig zag around three houses, and zoom into your house, where it's nice and safe. Making sure to lock the screen door, the front door, and your bedroom door, hide on your bed as memories of your mother telling you that Nightmare Moon was coming to get you if you didn't go to sleep right away.

Didn't help I'm dating her right now does it?

You could hear the storm clouds outside, and while you still feared for whatever life you had left, the bed was surprisingly comfortable and welcoming. Not soon after, you dozed off. Maybe it was the adrenaline wearing off, the fear in your body subsiding, or the fact you never did drink your morning coffee to begin with, then, without warning, your alarm clock went off. The blaring shot you awake and your eyes shot open as you looked at it. 9:00, your shift starts in a hour. Groaning knowing you basically wasted a whole day sleeping, again, you slam the dismiss button on the clock and slowly sit up. As the covers fall off, you notice them tightening to your side, and following the creases you look over to see Luna sitting there, the color from your face quickly draining off your face. You scream in fear and fall to the floor with a thump. You expect the worst, as you right yourself, only to find a face full of sorrow, not anger or rage. Raising an eyebrow, you rigidly stand up and look to her as she looks away, ashamed of something.

“Uh, Luna, is there something wrong?” Of course there's something wrong you idiot! Why did you come back here in the first place!

“No, it's not that.” she said.

You could feel the sadness in her voice, it emanating on every word in her sentence. Walking over you sit next to her as the tear dropping down her face becomes apparent. All fear leaves you, taken over by concern for her.

“What's wrong?”

“Do you remember last year, at Nightmare Night?”

“Yes.” Yes I do.

“It happened again. Only this time, it was you.”

“Oh.”

“It's bad enough when my own citizens run and scream from me in fear, but when someone I deeply care for does it...”

“Don't do that to yourself Luna.” you try and comfort, “Seeing as what caused you to do that, it's pretty reasonable.”

“I don't want you to fear me.” she said, her eyes forming another tear.

“Well, you're kind of scary when you're angry. You know, storm clouds, echoing voice, power beyond my comprehension! That kinda stuff!”

She looked away, somewhat ashamed for what she did. You felt awful, it should be you right now being ashamed for what you had done.

“I talked with Twilight, and your other friends. I understand you didn't do it on purpose. But, my reaction, it was uncalled for.”

“No, no it wasn't.” you try and reassure her.

She doesn't take your words. Instead she shivers a little bit, almost trying to distance herself from you. With this you get up and kneel down in front of her, while she tries to look away, you lock eyes. You can see the pain she's in, but at the same time she see's yours, reflecting the feelings you have back at you and they start to change.

“Luna, I don't fear you. Yes, I am kind of scared of you, but I want you to think on all the things we've done in the time we've been together. First date, the café in Canterlot, the mountainside where we swam and made out! Even today when we walked together in the market, you can't tell me I did all those out of fear from you.”

She looked down to her right as you gave a sly smile knowing you were right. You stand back up thinking of what else to say when she springs forward and wraps her around around you and embraces with all the power she has. It hits you with an indescribable force and she grabs hold and doesn't let go. Her soft skin, once icy cold to the touch now warm, the velvet feel even more comfortable than before. You hold her as well, and for a silent moment everything was right. Alone for so long, now finally found another. A thousand years, ten years, you both knew the pain and now it was gone, vanished into thin air. You both wished would last for an eternity, but it had to come to an end as you separated and you looked into her eyes again, all the previous emotion vanished from thin air.

“I love you.” Luna tells you.

“I love you too.” you reply.

Before anything else happens, your alarm clock suddenly blares to life. Luna is quick to react and zaps it into oblivion. Sadly, her desperate attempt to save the moment ruined it as she looks back to you sheepishly. You give a “really” look as she gives a cute smile in return. In an instant the alarm clock is fixed and you shake your head.

“Come on. I gotta go to work and there is a really good view of the night sky from the main lobby. Besides, it will be kind of cool to see you raise the moon.”

She perks up at this idea and stands up. Grabbing your work jacket, the two of you make off toward the hospital, Luna holding on to your arm tight and you holding her back.