My Little Pony: Love is Magic

Luna spins around in shock and asks who is there.

"What? You forgot about me after 1000 years? For shame Luna." He says in a playful tone.

"ZEEB! What are you doing here?! Where have you been? What have you been doing all this time?" She asks with a combination of shock and joy.

"Settle down Luna. And please keep it down. I'm not very popular any more."

"That's right... The law."

"I just heard about it once I got home. I never knew how much Celestia wanted it."

"I know... I got so fed up that I lost it. I made a pact with your ancestor Lunara to get back at her. But it didn't end well."

Zeeb shakes his head, "Lunara is the Great Mother of the Laarians, not the Nauticans. She's evil."

"No wonder I felt dirty rebelling against my sister..."

"Well, now you know."

"So, why are you here?"

Zeeb sighs and says, "My brother is coming... and he is bringing an army."

"Oh no."

"I know. I need permission to come into Equestria with my army. And I can't fight them alone either. I need your army's help."

"You know my sister won't allow that. And it will be tricky trying to sneak past her."

"I know. We need to figure out how to get that Element."

"Element? You mean, the one MoonCatcher has?"

"Aye."

"Well, that might be a bit difficult. She loves that thing."

"I can tell."

"How do you suppose you can get your hands on it?"

"I don't know... I never knew you HAD a daughter til now."

"Well, maybe if you tell her the situation, she will give it to you."

"No! Then she'll tell Celestia and I'll be sent to the sun."

"Right. Um, well, do you have any ideas?"

"Well... what does she do in her spare time?"

"She likes to read, practice her magic, go on these dangerous adventures...."

"What about her personal life?"

"Well, she's single, she doesn't like to be called by her second name..."

"Wait. She's single?"

"Yes. She hasn't dated anypony for months."

"That's it! Luna, do you remember the spell you used to use to make me a pony?"

"Of course."

"Do it! I can become her lover and have her give me the Element then just disappear."

"Sounds like a good plan, I guess...." She uses the spell on him.

He turns into an alicorn with a flaming mane.

She looks at the mane. "I don't think that is supposed to happen...."

He looks in the mirror. "I like it."

"Whatever floats your boat. Are you sure this will work?"

"It has to! Besides, you liked it when I laid you down."

"Hey, hey, I'm still married here!"

"Not a thousand years ago."

"I was falling in love with him!"

"You didn't know who to love." He laughs.

She tugs on her ears. "Just get out of here!"

"I need a story though."

"Just say that you came from a place that the servants didn't allow you to do anything. That'll explain no cutie mark as well."

"Okay." He tries to trot out but stumbles.

"And you also need to work on that as well."

"Aye." He chuckles.

"Good luck." She opens the door for him.

"Thanks." He crawls out.

The sound of talking comes from the right. He manages to slowly walk to a door. The voices come from that room. He tries to listen in when he stumbles in and lands on his face. The princess flies over to him from her bed. "Are you alright?" She lifts him up.

"Aye." He says while being helped.

She lands. "What is your name? I've never seen you around here before."

"Fyre Mane."

"It suits you and your mane." She giggles. "Where ya from?"

"Far from here, across the Eastern Sea."

"Interesting." Her eyes slightly move to the left. "Why don't you have a cutie mark?"

"Never got to find out what I'm good at."

"Maybe I can help!"

"Really?"

"Yea! It'll be fun! So," She levitates a quill and blank scroll in front of her. "What do you like to do?"

"I really don't know... I never did anything..." he acts like an introvert.

"Why?"

"My servants kept me under constant care."

"I see. Don't worry, I will help you find your cutie mark!" She turns around. "You see mine?"

"Yea."

"Do you know what it means?"

"No. But I guess it has to do with raising the moon?"

"Right you are!" She faces him. "Do you want a cutie mark?"

"Aye. I do."

"Well, we can start today. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Princess Mi Amoebae Cadiz MoonCatcher. But just call me PMC for short."

"A pleasure to meet you." He bows but falls on his face again.

She smiles and helps him up again. "Well Fyre Mane, let us get started. What do you want to do first?"

"I don't know. All I really did was stare up at the sky when I was in bed. I could only imagine what it was like to raise the stars. But I heard that is what the new princess does."

"Maybe you can help me raise the stars tonight. How about that? Or we can start out simple."

"How about we start with walking, flying, and magic?"

"Works with me!"

He blushes, "It's embarrassing...I'm the only adult that can't fly or use magic, let alone walk."

"Don't worry," She puts her hoof around him. "I'll do anything I can to help anypony in need."

"Really?"

She is about to speak when a male alicorn trots in. "Hey Moony!" His eyes go over to Zeeb. "Hello....."

"Hello."

PMC looks at the stallion. "Hi Artemis. Why are you here?" Artemis walks past her. "Just forgot my saddlebag. Who's the new guy?"

"Fyre Mane."

"I'm Prince Artemis. Nice to meet you."

"Aye."

"What are you two doing?"

"Simply talking."

"Okay. Well, I'll be off." He leaves, shutting the door behind him.

"Who exactly was he?" Fyre asks.

"Just my ex-coltfriend, Prince Artemis. We don't talk much anymore." She frowns.

"Oh?"

"Yea. We dated for almost a year." She gives out a exasperated sigh.

"What happened?"

"I don't like to talk about it..."

"Then I won't ask."

"Alrighty. Now, let us get back to teaching you how to walk." He nods.

"It's pretty simple." She steps back from him. "Take your baby steps, and come to me. One hoof in front of the other." He tries and wobbles. "Take it easy, don't rush yourself." He takes another step. "That's it, now another..." She smiles encouragingly. He does it again. "Try going just a bit faster." He does so and manages to reach her. "Awesome work! Think you got it down?"

"I think so."

"Perfect! So, what do you want to learn next?"

"Maybe some magic?"

"Of course! Anything particular you had in mind?"

"Anything really."

"Let us begin with the basics." She levitates a book between them. "Levitation."

"Okay." She sets it down on the floor. "Try it out." He tries and strains himself. "Not too hard now." She puts her hoof on his shoulder. He manages to spark his horn but that's it. "Seems like you need a bit of help." She brings her head in close and touches the tip of her horn to his and transfer her magic to him. He is then able to lift the book. She moves her head back and watches proudly. He is able to do it on his own now. "You are doing excellent! Just excellent!"  He sets the book down on the coffee table. "I think that should be enough for today." She puts the book back on her shelf. He nods and sits down exhausted. "You must be tired, aren't you?" She settles down by his side. He nods and pants. She giggles and puts her wing around him. He looks up and smiles. She smiles back warmly. "Why help me? I'm a complete stranger?" Fyre asks puzzled

"I like to help."

"That's it?"

"Well, you are also special."

"You just say that because my mane."

"Of course not! Its just that, you are super nice and funny."

"Funny? How?"

"It's cute whenever you fall...." she blushes lightly.

"I thought so..." he replies rolling his eyes and looking down. She looks away and uses her wing to hide her face. ~Why do I suck talking to stallions? It's not that hard PMC! Ugh, I should just show him his room and go to bed...~ Her thoughts question. He yawns and shakes his head. She removes her wing and mutters, "I should be going to bed. I'll teleport to your room."

"Thanks."

"No problem." Her horn glows and she teleports him to a guest room. He gets in bed and goes to sleep.

"Ugh, I blew it Scales!" She buries her head in her pillow. Scales grumbles in amusement. "As usual. But I think you did pretty good. Can't wait to see what tomorrow will be like." PMC sighs. "I guess you're right. Well, goodnight." He lays his head down on the floor. "Night." They both fall asleep.

The next morning Zeeb wakes up to find breakfast at his bedside.

PMC and Scales are out on the training fields. "Ok Scales. One more time!" The black wyvern grunts. "I'm getting tired of this."

He reads the note. 'Dear Fyre Mane, I just wanted to welcome you to your first official day in Equestria with a little something-something to start your day off. If you need me, I'll be out in the training field.'

"Well, that's nice." A small explosion comes from outside. He wobbles to the window and looks outside. There is a cloud of smoke blocking the window. He tries to gallop down to the training grounds.The smoke finally clears. PMC is hopping up and down excitedly, while Scales is laying on the ground, electricity sparking on his body."What in the name of Graybeard happened?!"

"I'm practicing magic, duh!" She exclaims. Scales groans and looks at Zeeb. "I am NOT-BZZT!-going to be-BZZT!-used for this kind of-BZZT!-magic training-BZZT!-AGAIN!-BZZT!"

"Electric spell?"

PMC nods. "Yup! Quite electrifying, isn't it?" She laughs while Scales growls and goes inside unhappily. Zeeb laughs as well and it's a hearty one. Scales stops at the door and lashes his tail, sending a green laser at Zeeb. He gets hit and screams in pain. "SCALES, HOW DARE YOU?!?" She rushes over to him and looks at his body. His flank smokes and he stays still. It's the only way in peace that he can deal with pain. Her horn glows an emerald green and the tip touches his flank, healing his wound. He cries in pain as she heals him. He has forgotten this sort of pain. She begins to stroke his face tenderly while she heals him. He closes his eyes and leans into her hoof. He cries even more as he remembers his past life as a boy. She finishes and leans in very close to him, so close that her lips are brushing against his cheek. "There there," she softly whispers. "My mother... used to do that for me..." She raises her head so that there eyes are level and her lips are just centimeters away from his. "Really......She must have been a nice mother...."

"I... I loved her so much...! But... but..."

She accidentally leans in too close and their lips collide. He freezes and takes her in. She gives out a muffled gasp, but accepts it and slowly closes her eyes. He goes through his childhood over and over till he spits, "Curse this immortal soul!" She gets startled and jumps a bit. "Huh?"

"I wish I could die to see her again." PMC gets a confused look on her face. He sighs and stops crying. His old habits of coping take over. "Are you alright?" He nods and wipes his eyes. Her face turns tomato-red. "I'm sorry for kissing you. I didn't mean it. I just couldn't stop myself. I mean, well, um....."

"It's okay... I needed it."

"Oh, well, I'm also sorry for Scales shooting you. I didn't know he would do that. He just gets kinda angry easily, you know." He nods and cracks his neck. "I'll be fine."

"Okay, that's good to hear." She stands and levitates him on his hooves. He sighs and asks if she can teach him some more magic. "Yep. What do you want to learn now?"

"Again, something simple."

"We will start with a simple spell. Making a fireball." She steps back and her horn glows purple. There is a spark, then fire starts to form. He tries the same thing and instead of making it like a normal fire, it becomes black with a gray aura about it. She stops. "Wh-what is that?!?" She steps back, trying to take it all in. "Oh crap!" He says as it dances in front of him. "How did you do that?"

"I don't know!" He says in shock. But deep down he knows why. "Can you make it stop?" He does so and he stares at where the fire once was. She walks up to him. "That was.......amazing! I never seen anything like it!"

"M-me neither!" Suddenly there is a bright light coming from his sides.

She gasps. "Your flank! The cutie mick-I mean, mark!" He looks down and it's the fire he just made. "Woah!"

"You actually did it!" She squeals and flies up excitedly. He rubs it in awe. "I never thought I would get one of these..." She lands in front of him. "I knew you could it!" She throws her hooves around his neck and kisses him passionately. He freezes and accepts her kiss. He looks to the side and sees Artemis watching them. Artemis glares at him and makes a back-off-of-her face. Zeeb breaks away and smiles. The prince walks up. "Hey!" PMC smiles. "Hi Artemis. Do you need anything?" "I actually want to know if you would like me to take you somewhere tonight." Zeeb inwardly panics but lets everything play out. PMC smiles and blushes. "Sure." "How about a restaurant, then the park?" "That sounds perfect Artemis." "Alright, pick you up at 8." He turns and walks by Zeeb, smirking evilly at him. Zeeb narrows his eyes at him. He closes his eyes, holds his head high, and strides away. Zeeb gives him a look and then turns to smile at the princess. "I guess you better get ready." She smiles. "Yea, I guess I'll see you later." She happily skips inside. He nods and once she is gone huffs. "He is deliberately trying to make this hard. I wish I could teach him a lesson."