Chapter 44: Just Spending the Night

I flopped down onto the bed in Luna's quarters and immediately felt most of the tension in my body leave me. I took in a deep breath and let it out, letting myself succumb to the comfy blankets, already slowly drifting off to sleep...

"What do you think you're doing?" Luna chimed in as my eyes flicked open and she quickly levitated me up.

"Wha- huh?" I asked looking around as I floated in the air.

Luna set me down on my feet next to the bed before standing up straight. "You may not sleep in my bed until you've cleaned yourself up." She said with authority as she opened a door to her right with her magic.

I gave a small huff and went through the door as I closed it behind me.

'Pfft whatever it's not like...' I began to think to myself as I lifted my arm and gave a sniff. 'WOW okay yeah maybe I do need a bath' I thought as I blushed a little.

I took a look around the room and immediately opened my jaw in amazement. This was no mere bathroom, but was more like an indoor swimming pool. The whole room was easily 30 feet in every direction and covered in water that got deeper as you went in. Everything steamed with heat as bottles of various shampoos lined the outside.

'Alright... now this is fancy'

I quickly began to strip down my clothes and throwing them aside. As quickly as I could I moved for the inviting waters. The moment my feet made contact with the water I could see some pink liquid come out of the ceiling in the center. I watched with curiosity as it went into the water, and it all started to bubble up instantly.

"When was the last time I had a fuckin' bubble bath...?" I thought to myself as I tried to recall.

I shook my head and walked forward, submerging myself completely in the water letting it go up to my chest. Feeling around the edges I noticed a little spot that stuck out, so I sat down allowing the water to go to the base of my neck. The bubbles didn't really go up very high, more like just stretched across the surface of the water. As I sat and relaxed some small water falls began on the left and right side of the pool.

'Man I need one of these things...'

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Perspective: Luna

I lay on my bed, pillow over my head panting as I kept my legs crossed. A fire burning between them.

"Ohhhhh why now..." I said to myself as I squirmed. "Its even more intense then before..."

I lifted my head and pulled back the pillow, looking at the door to my bathroom as I could hear the sound of the waterfalls pouring.

'He's probably under one right now... washing himself down-' I face planted my face into the bed again, squirming more than before. 'STOP IT BRAIN YOU ARE MINE TO COMMAND. YOU DO NOT OWN ME'

Letting out a growl, I turned my head to the left towards my closet, which was currently ajar. Sticking out was one dress in particular which I had only recently acquired. Picking it up in my magic I floated it towards me and looked it over.

"Shame... I wish I could have seen his reaction to me wearing it." I said aloud.

'And his reaction to taking it off me' I thought as my face flushed red.

"Ugh! how do mares deal with this every year!" I whined. "Maybe I should go get Lucy to make some more of that stuff..."

My backside twitched causing me to let out a neigh of displeasure.

'How DO mares deal with this?' I thought as my mind answered it's own question. 'Oh... right...' I thought as I looked over the dress.

'....'

****20 minutes later****

Perspective: Jake

"Hey Luna, that bathtub is amazing. Think i could-" I started as I left the bathroom, to see nopony in sight. "Oh..."

I shrugged, and walked over to the bed, towel wrapped around my waist still. Sitting atop the bed, was a fresh set of clothes with a note on top.

I flipped the note over and read the perfect cursive.

Jake,

I went and got you a new set of clothes from the Night's Vigil as well as alert them to your presence. They were very relieved you were okay, but insisted someone come and take a look at you. I reassured them you are safe in our care, however a human nurse will be around sometime in the early morning.

Sleep well. ~Luna

I gave a small smile at the small heart drawn next to her name, before folding up the note and setting it aside. Pulling on some undergarments, I slowly got into bed. Taking great care not to put any pressure on the couple ribs that haven't healed yet, I got comfortable and let out a sigh of relief as darkness took me.

****A few hours later****

Perspective: Celestia

I lay sprawled out upon my sun shaped bed, with candlelight flickering next to me as I read my latest report from my favorite pupil. Slowly I nodded to myself with a small smirk.

'All is as it should be...' I thought. 'Jake is safe and sound, my day shift is over, and Luna is... presumably...' I chuckled a bit in between thoughts. 'Busy"

BANG

I looked over in surprise as my bedroom door swung open to reveal non other than my loving sister.

'Or not'

"Ah... had a bit of a panic attack did you?" I said with a bit of mirth.

"Wha... what?" She answered back. "N-no I need help with-"

I quickly brought my hooves. "Whoa whoa whoa. I don't think I'll be joining you there."

Tilting her head, she looked at me strangely. "What are you on about sister? I'm saying I need help controlling this... feeling." She whimpered making her face red.

I looked back, surprised. "Oh... OH you mean you didn't already.... you know?" I asked clinking my hooves together.

"OF COURSE NOT!" She shouted back closing the door behind her. "ARE YOU CRAZY!"

"But didn't you hear what I told you?" I asked, snickering.

She nodded, speaking back my words I said earlier. "I know I know... don't do anything you wouldn't do. Which is why I can't..."

"Can't what?" I asked getting closer, and dropping my eyelids. "Rut him like mad?"

'Well that did it. Whoever said Luna was blue anyway? She looks quite rosy from here.'

"SISTER!"

"Like I said," I began, "Don't do anything I wouldn't do. And If I was you in your position I would have bucked him sideways by now." I said in between chuckles at my sisters expense.

Her eye twitched for a moment, before letting out an angered snort and running out the door, towards her own room.

Sighing, I magically closed the door and went back to reading.

'There we go, just needed a small nudge is all.'

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Perspective: Luna

'Oh buck oh buck oh buck' I Thought as I pranced in place, just outside my room. 'It's okay, relax. Everypony does it at some point. But usually its a pony, not a human, and usually not a princess, and... I shook my head, and looked at the door. 'No you go in there right now! You go in there and... and...'

*Gulp*

With a flash of magic, causing a bit of dizziness, I adorn the dress that was meant to be used on our date and slowly push open the door.

"J-Jake... I j-just wanted to-" Before I could finish, I notice just how empty the room was of anypony. "Jake?" I asked aloud as I walked in, looking around.

I scanned the room, and noticed the bed was recently slept in, but held no current residence, and the bathroom door was ajar which held nopony as well. I noticed the doors to the balcony wide open, as the drapes blew in a small breeze and moonlight flooded in. I ran to the edge in hopes of seeing him, to no avail. I reached the bar and looked over it.

I attempted to cast a scrying spell just like before, but it didn't work.

'It seems I've overworked my magic today...' I thought as I looked down towards the Royal garden. 'Hmmm...'

****Minutes Earlier****

Perspective: Jake

I awoke quickly and in a cold sweat, panting as I looked down at my sore hands. I felt the familiar ache creep back into my head. I smack myself with the palm of my hand for forgetting something so important.

"Of course... so much magic has been used around me lately. Especially that huge teleportation. I should probably go and expel some magic before it gets too severe like last time." I said aloud as I pulled on the clothes left for me.

They were simple attire worn by the unit working the Night's Vigil. Of course it had my patches and badges and all on the chest but none of that really mattered to me at the moment. I left the hat there. I still hate wearing them.

I made my way to the nearby balcony doors, and click the latch before pulling them open. Moonlight filled the room as I took in a deep breath, noting my chest had stopped hurting. The ribs must have healed up while I slept.

I brushed my hand over my chest as I pondered the speed of my healing. "Still amazes me..."

Looking up, I was greeted by a beautiful sight. The balcony itself looked over all of Canterlot from nearly the highest point, and ahead the rolling green fields of Equestria stretched on, with the Everfree forest matching its size off to the left. The moon soaked the whole world in a gentle blue hue, as I walked forward and leaned on the railing. I could see everything. Not sure if it had something to do with the moon's light, or my low level vision, but everything looked crisp and perfect. Below me, the sound of rustling leaves reached my ears as I looked down.

The sight of a beautiful garden connected to the castle was below me, not too far down but far enough to risk injury if I jumped. My original plan was to come out here and burst some magic into a cloud as before, however looking around at the clear sky I noticed that would prove much harder than I thought. Then, an Idea sprung to mind.

I backed up to the center of the balcony and closed my eyes. I pictured the memory anchored to my magic causing my right hand to envelop in a warm veil. Without opening my eyes, I pictured a specific rune vividly in my mind.

'Gravity...'

And almost immediately, I felt a weaved spell sit heavily in my hand.

'It worked! So I can form spells to act as solid objects. That will be useful if I start weaving more powerful, damaging spells. I thought as I looked the orb over.

The orb was light blue, and seemed to have some sparkles inside, falling down from the top as if it was falling incredibly slowly. I closed my hand around it, and crushed the orb, before I felt myself become almost weightless.

"Feather-fall." I whispered as I jumped in the air, slowly drifting back down. "Perfectly executed." I said causing my ego to inflate.

I walked back over to the railing, which apparently proved extremely difficult when you feel like you just shed over 90% of your body weight. Every step felt like I was gonna launch myself into the air. Once I was close enough, I latched onto the railing, and pulled myself over it, sitting on top.

I let out a breath. "Alright... here we go!" I said aloud as I pushed myself off the railing and slowly began to fall to the ground.

My anxiety left almost immediately as I watched the garden come closer and closer. It was actually a quite pleasant experience. I extended my feet out as the ground neared, and planted them on the ground as I made contact.

Closing my eyes once again, I felt for the spell affecting me. It's hard to explain... but try to imagine a bubble which contained a certain spell which was tethered to me by a string. I imagined the string being cut and almost immediately the spell ended. The sudden re-introduction of weight caught me off guard and I almost fell straight on my ass, but I managed to steady myself.

Back on the ground safe and sound, I decided to have a little stroll, and use my magic as I go.

'I could use a bit of time to think anyway'

As I walked down the path, I weaved small spells as I went. With every spell I could feel the small amount of nausea caused by magic poisoning start to dissipate. A little wind spell to ruffle leaves here, a bit of water to sprinkle on flowers there. It was very calming as I dropped into a rhythm, but as I continued my little magic spree I heard a sound up ahead.

I crouched a bit, and slowly crawled forward. 'Who else could be out at this time?' I thought as I neared the sound.

As I got closer, I began to hear the sound of tiny hoof-steps, like somepony was trying to sneak but failing horribly, or a very young pony was out way too late. I followed the path I was on, careful not to trip over any random sticks or rocks, which really helps when you can see in the dark, and reached a corner where I peered around the hedge I was walking beside. As I peered by, I saw a familiar looking blue Pegasus colt, with black hair and teal eyes.

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