Sleepless Eternity

Celestia had to cough once more before Luna and I broke apart.

We both leaned back. She was blushing slightly and I image that I mirror her almost completely in that regard. We moved so that we were sitting next to each other so we could both look at Celestia who was currently keeping her emotions behind a perfectly blank face.

Luna leaned into me and spread one of her large wings around my back. I was glad that I was a rather large stallion; Celestia may be quite a bit larger than I was, but Luna was only slightly taller than me. I would always have to look up to her to look into her eyes, but I don’t think it will bother me that much.

Luna blushed slightly obviously wasn’t familiar with displaying affection towards anypony, and if I was being completely honest I wasn’t exactly experienced in this matter either. So I did what my instinct told me to do and I gently nuzzled the side of her neck. She blushed even deeper somehow and leaned into me more. Throughout all of this she was giving Celestia a look that dared her to say anything.

Celestia finally let her mask drop with a loud sigh and slumped down onto the throne in a defeated manner.

“I’m sorry” she said looking wearily at us.

I was quite surprised. I had expected a weary explanation on why a princess could not be in a relationship with some random immortal Pegasus, or why I was going to be spending the next several centuries inside of a very small cell that was located very far below ground. Call me a cynical bastard, but the last thing I expected was an apology.

Luna slowly pulled away from me and stood up, never taking her gaze from her sister. I stood as well, but when Luna began to move towards celestia I stayed where I was. This was something they would have to work out between themselves. I didn’t think Luna was going to need my help in this particular conversation… that and I may still be in shock from kissing the immortal moon goddess who had quickly become my friend, and now I guess we were more than friends.

I shook my head to clear it momentarily. It would be best if I paid attention to this discussion because it will probably concern me in some way.

Luna stood in front her sister who was unable to meet her eye. Luna leaned in very close to her sister so that she had to make eye contact. Then Luna moved in closer and nuzzled her sister affectionately. “I’m sorry too” she whispered.

I watched this scene unfold and felt as if I was intruding on them. I quietly turned to move farther away and give them more privacy.

I made it about ten hoofsteps away before I felt someone gliding quietly towards me. I watched as Luna sailed over my head and landed facing me.

“Where do you think you’re going?” she asked me while leaning very close to me. I can’t say that it was uncomfortably close because I was quite comfortable with her being that close to me after our moment of discovery earlier.

I leaned forward as well so that our lips were barely touching “I was giving you two some privacy. It seemed like you had a lot you wanted to say to each other.” I said right before I kissed her again.

It wasn’t a long kiss, but it felt good. She broke away after a second and smiled.

Something about that smile filled me with a tingling sensation that reached every inch of my body.

“We do have a lot to talk about, but I need you to be there with me” she said as she nuzzled me gently.

“Okay” I replied quietly.

I saw Luna’s horn begin to glow, and the next thing I know we have teleported back to the throne.

‘Why did we have to teleport?’ I asked myself. If I hadn’t been leaning into Luna I would have fallen on my face. I hate teleporting, and anyone who isn’t a unicorn who has had the pleasure of the experience can probably understand why.

It leaves you dizzy, nauseous, and every muscle in your body becomes ridiculously tense as if you were about to impact a hard surface from a long fall. It is unpleasant to say the least, but I did my best to hide my discomfort because Luna wanted me here for some reason.

Celestia had taken a moment to compose herself and was now back on the throne. As Luna and I took our places she closed her eyes in preparation for what she was about to say.

“I seem to have over stepped the boundaries allowed to me as princess of equestria.” She said before taking a deep breath and releasing a long sigh. “It was not my place to attempt to interrogate you behind Luna’s back, and I should have trusted her judgment of you.”

“Yes you should have” Luna shot quickly she made to continue, but I nudged her and shook my head slightly. She relented and nodded for celestia to continue.

“I apologize for causing this confrontation. I should have had the wisdom to handle things differently, but instead it seems I acted as a foal.” She was looking directly at me now as she continued “While I may have used the wrong methods I have observed that you speak the truth my little pony. I do not understand how you have come to be as you are, but no normal pony could have survived that attack. For that matter no normal pony would have had the nerve to act as you did before the goddess of the sun and a room filled with her guards.” She said before giving me an unsettling smile.

“I apologize for reacting negatively princess I don’t suppose we could attempt new introductions?” I asked hopefully. I knew that if that Luna would be unhappy so long as her sister and I were at odds, so it was my job to try to make amends.

Celestia seemed to ponder the idea for a moment and I felt Luna’s wing on me again. Her wings are extremely soft, but I can’t concentrate on that feeling right now. Right now I had to solve this problem.

“Please call me Celestia. Luna has told me a bit about you Bright Spark, and after what happened earlier I am even more intrigued with you.” She said and broke into a small smile.

While I was surprised with her warm response I wasn’t going to question my good fortune in this case.

“Call me Spark prin—er  I mean Celestia” I said slightly embarrassed about slipping so quickly. I wasn’t quite comfortable with calling her by name yet, but I guess I’ll just have to deal with it.

“I can see that you and my dear sister have become… quite close Spark” she said. Her face had changed back into a serious mask as she continued “I am overjoyed that she has found someone to become close to after her long hiatus from equestria. I was becoming slightly worried that she would never find somepony to talk to beside me, and somehow she managed to find a very interesting pony at that.” She came forward and nuzzled Luna affectionately then turned towards me again. “I want you two to know that I have no issue with your romance, in fact I and extremely happy that Luna has somehow managed to find somepony with her long lifespan, but—“ She leaned so that she was only a fraction of an inch away from my ear and whispered loudly and forcefully “—if you hurt her I will find some way to make you suffer greatly…until you cease to exist.”

‘Well at least I saw that coming’ I thought cynically to myself before replying quite audibly and hopefully confidently “I wouldn’t think of hurting Luna.”

Luna rolled her eyes and said “You don’t have to threaten him Celly.”

I am quite proud of myself. I did not so much as flinch at Luna calling the immortal princess-god of the Sun by a pet name, but I suppose even godly sisters wouldn’t want to refer to each other by their full names while with each other while in private.

“I was just doing my duty as your sister Lulu” celestia said with a smirk

And that’s when I laughed. I mean I don’t think I can be blamed for that, but it probably wasn’t the smartest thing I could have done, but come on how was I not supposed to chuckle at Lulu.

Luna leaned down and poked me with her horn. Her very sharp horn. Haven’t I been I been stabbed enough times today. I thought being stabbed once was a pretty high number for one day, but apparently when the Goddess of the night sky becomes your friend that average rises drastically. It may not hurt that much but it was still not a fun feeling.

Somehow I think it hurt more than that stupid lance had, and that went all the way through me.

I responded to this sudden attack as only a true stallion could.

“Ouch?”

“Don’t be a baby, and don’t laugh at ponies with horns. They could decide to poke you” she said while smirking and holding back laughter of her own.

I just grunted in response, and noticed that celestia was just chuckling at my plight. So I did what any self-respecting stallion would do.

I stuck my tongue out at Luna. She promptly mirrored me and in the background I could hear celestia laughing at us.

Then I leaned in and kissed Luna. She responded fluidly as if this was all part of a grand master plan that we had been following this whole time.

I noticed that Celestia had stopped laughing

Luna’s wings wrapped around me forming a cocoon for the both of to share our affections for each other. We put our front hooves around each other’s necks and deepened the kiss while coming closer together.

There was a distinct lack of laughter from Celestia now.

We continued on like this for a little while before we came to our senses a little and withdrew while looking at one another sheepishly.

“Was that really necessary?” Celestia asked

“Yes” we both said without looking away from each other.

Celestia just sighed in defeat before talking again. “Well I suppose we’ll just have to find a room in the castle for you Spark.”

Luna turned towards her sister and said “He can share my quarters with me sister that won’t be a problem.”

“I don’t really need a room to be honest. It’s not like I’ll be doing any sleeping anytime soon.” I said reasonably.

“See Celly there’s no need to go to a huge fuss about a non-issue.” She said with a sly smirk.

Celestia opened her mouth to say something. Probably something about how it wouldn’t be proper for me to share a princess’s chambers with her.

Or maybe she wanted to tell Luna that there are plenty of nice small quiet rooms in the dungeon that I could stay in for as long as I needed.

I will never know what Celestia was going to say because Luna leaned closer into me and I watched as her horn became shrouded in magic.

Then we teleported away.

I really hate teleporting.