Twilight paced back and forth in her room, listening to the sounds coming from the main library but not paying them any heed. She found Spike earlier that day, who was now taking inventory of all the books they had in the library, and while she would normally be helping him with that, she was right now in a bit of a moral quandary.

Originally she had intended to leave the library and find her friends, intending to tell them that she was now Princess Luna’s marefriend, but then a thought had struck her, which lead to her current pacing. Throughout her life, Twilight had always been treated differently due to being Celestia’s student, and though the princess hadn’t intended it to happen, it had prevented her from being able to make friends in Canterlot, aside from her rather reclusive nature.

But now she had friends, and while she didn’t want to hide the fact that she was dating Luna, she also knew that they might start viewing her differently, and even might start faking their friendship with her. She knew it was possible, because she had had somepony do that to her not long ago, mostly due to the fact that she was afraid of what might happen if she didn’t want to be friends with Twilight.

Celestia had seen through what Twilight could not, and while she had told Twilight the fault did not lie with the filly in question, it had still led to her becoming extremely reclusive after the incident, fearing that others would act the same way.

“Twilight,” said Spike, stopping the mare in her tracks as he walked up the stairs holding a scroll. “You got a letter from the princess, it looks urgent.”

Twilight quickly grabbed the letter from him, unrolling it quickly and beginning to read.

To my most faithful student

I send this letter to you today to ask you to prepare Ponyville for mine and my sisters impending arrival, for we have an important announcement to make which concerns the entire town.

I will also be coming to you after the announcement to discuss an important matter, one that I will not reveal now in case you are reading this in the presence of others. Rest assured it is of the utmost importance.

Faithfully yours
Princess Celestia

Twilight looked over the letter again and again, finding it a bit worrying that it was so short, and so lacking in information. But she would have to worry about it later, for the letter said they were coming, so she needed to get everything ready for their arrival.

Celestia and Luna sat side by side as the carriage slowly made its way to Ponyville, Luna looking extremely giddy while Celestia kept going over the paperwork she and Luna had filled out, looking for any minor little detail that the nobles might try to exploit. There were none that she could find, but still, even with her secret plans she had ready, she still wanted Luna to enjoy this proper vacation away from her royal duties, and she would be dammed if the nobles managed to ruin it for her.

“You remember where you’re staying right,” asked Celestia, shuffling the papers again and continuing to read as her sister nodded her head.

“Yes we do,” said Luna happily, “and if we remember correctly it is the same place that your dear student stays isn’t it?”

“Correct,” said Celestia, “She is after all studying the magic of friendship and its connection to the elements, so I thought it would be a good idea for you to live with her, though you must promise me something.”

“What sister,” asked Luna.

“I need you to promise me that you will make sure my student does other things besides studying, I know she will have her friends to help her out of that, but if you can I would like you to help her out of her shell as well.”

“Oh don’t worry sister,” said Luna happily, “we will find many “activities” for the young mare to occupy her time.”

Celestia smiled, too busy looking at the paperwork to notice the fiendish grin on Luna’s face, though she eventually was forced to look up as the carriage touched ground, “ready Luna?”

Luna nodded, and then they got out of the carriage, getting greeted instantly by a crowd of ponies who bowed as they approached.

“Ah good, they're all here,” thought Celestia, raising herself up to her full height as she spoke. “Citizens of Ponyville, I thank you for greeting us here today on such short notice. You all are no doubt wondering why we have come here today, and so I shall not postpone telling you any longer. We have come to announce that my sister, Princess Luna of Equestria, shall be moving here to Ponyville.”

Many citizens began to chatter amongst themselves, but became silent as Celestia raised a hoof for silence. “I know that this is most startling, but allow me to explain why she is doing this. The day after my dear sister was returned to me, she confessed to me that it was due to her lack of the lessons of friendship she turned into the nightmare, and I feel it would be best for her to gain these lessons in the town where friendship is most prevalent, thus our choice of Ponyville.”

Once again the citizens started to converse, only to stop as Celestia once again raised a hoof for silence. “I only ask that while she is here, you will treat her as you would any other citizen of Ponyville, not as the princess she is. I know this must seem an odd request, but she is after all a pony not unlike yourself, and deserves to be treated as such. With this said, I wish you all the best of luck, and hope you will all come to know each other better during my sisters stay.”

As the ponies of Ponyville began gathering around Luna to greet her, Celestia motioned with her head toward her student Twilight, indicating that the young mare should follow her. They made their way to the library, reaching it with relative ease and then heading inside, Twilight locking the door to allow themselves privacy.

“So, what is it you wanted to talk with me about princess?”

Celestia sighed, looking tired as she turned toward her student and spoke. “Well Twilight, it would seem that my sister has gotten herself involved with a pony, a pony who appears to be living in this very town.”

Twilight used every ounce of willpower she owned to keep from reacting in fear, for she didn’t want to be found out so soon after deciding her teacher shouldn’t know about them yet. “Really,” asked Twilight calmly, “how can you be sure?”

“Because when my sister returned to me this morning from Ponyville, she smelled of sex and had indications that she had…lain with a mare. Now I know that there is nothing wrong with that in this day and age, but I fear that this pony may be taking advantage of my sisters vulnerable state, due to her just having returned to the world.”

Twilight nodded, so Celestia continued. “The reason I tell you this is because I have arranged for Luna to stay with you, one so that she can hopefully make friends with you as well as your friends here in town, but also that you can look after her and possibly catch whoever this pony is.”

Outwardly, Twilight nodded her head, inwardly; Twilight couldn’t help but smile in fiendish glee. Celestia had just given her the best way to make sure their relationship was kept secret until Luna was ready to tell her, and the best part about it was she didn’t even know she had done it. “I’ll try my best princess, but don’t expect anything too soon; I am after all not a miracle worker.”

“I wouldn’t say that, you brought my sister back to me, if that isn’t a miracle I don’t know what is.”

Twilight blushed, accepting a nuzzle from her mentor before the alicorn left via magic, and moments later Luna burst into the room, slamming the door behind herself and hyperventilating as she clutched her chest.

“Why Luna, to what do I owe the pleasure of your entrance into my humble home?”

“We just escaped…” started Luna, only to shake her head as she managed to calm herself. “Sorry, we just left the company of thine friend Pinkie Pie, who was trying to introduce us to everypony in town, though we managed to shake her by saying we needed to get our living arrangements set up, so she said things could wait till my party later…though I hope she was jesting about that.”

Twilight laughed, drawing a confused look from her lover as she went to explain. “Sorry Luna, I may not have known Pinkie for that long, but when she says there’s going to be a party, there’s going to be a party.”

Luna looked scared, so Twilight got up, walking over and giving her a reassuring nuzzle before speaking. “It’s ok Luna; I’ll be there with you, after I am going to be your guide to life in Ponyville.”

This got a chuckle for Luna, who nuzzled back before speaking herself. “That makes us feel better, but now I have to ask, what was it our dear sister wished to speak to thee about.”

Much to her surprise, Twilight let out a sigh, “Well she told me that she had arranged it for you to live her with me, however, she had an entirely different reason for arranging it that way then what I thought, but before I tell you I must say this. YOU ARE AN IDIOT!”

Luna looked confused, “What?”

“You forgot to clean up before you left my place last night, and your sister noticed.”

It took a while, but finally Luna realized what she meant, “She knows?!”

Twilight shook her head, “not all of it, which is lucky. She knows you slept with somepony here in Ponyville, but she does not know who you slept with, and luckily for us she won’t be discovering that for quite some time.”

“Why is that love,” asked Luna quizzically.

To this Twilight smiled, “Because she asked me to keep an eye on you while you were here, and in so doing see if I could possibly catch the pony who had taken advantage of you.”

At this, Luna smiled as well, kissing Twilight on the forehead before speaking. “Good, it takes care of some of our worries. Now, about thine friends…”

“About that,” said Twilight, “I decided I actually want to wait to tell them, mostly for personal reasons, but mainly because it adds too many instances of where our secret might get divulged without us knowing about it.”

Luna nodded, “a wise choice, and I was actually going to use that argument to get you to not tell them. Well now that we have all that out of the way, what do you say we head over to that party your friend is preparing for us.”

Luna started to head towards the door, only to be stopped as Twilight stretched out a hoof, a coy smile playing across her face as she spoke. “Actually Luna I was thinking…it will probably take a while for Pinkie to get the party ready, so I was wondering…maybe you wouldn’t mind heading up to my room for a little up…fun?”

Luna looked puzzled, “Twilight, art though asking us to postpone meeting with thine friends for some…night time dalliance?”

Twilight nodded, and Luna squealed with joy, picking up Twilight and kissing her into silence before speaking again. “Oh what a most joyous suggestion, we have never had the chance to partake in such an activity, and there are still many things we would like to attempt with thee in bed.”

With that, and a healthy blush that managed to turn her cheeks completely red, Twilight followed Luna up towards her bedroom, both of them smiling as they took the stairs two at a time.

Author's Note

Gods this chapter took me forever, but you can blame all the time I have been spending playing dark souls 2. Any ways, next chapter will have us following Twilight around as she and Luna explore the town of ponyville, as well as Twilight taking on the challenge of trying to get Luna to drop the Royal We.

As always guys I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and if you guys have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop them on buy.