Luna sat in the shower, letting the warm water run over her fur as she thought of the wonderful night she just had with her friend and champion, Corpus. The flight, the sight of the moon, the whole experience of going into space was just magnificent... and she shared it with her dearest friend, someone who has shown that they know what it feels like to be alone and lost and chastize3d for thy own existence.

She was floating into a blissful state as she remembered these things, along with the pleasureful sensation of Corpus' hands on her back, caressing her gently as they floated through space.

1st person: Luna

"Damn him..." I thought ruefully as I grinned, thinking of what he made me feel on most occasions. I was just about done washing my back, just so I could go down to the dinning all and have some dinner with Celly and Corpus. After rinsing off my back I got up and dried myself off with a nice silken towel I had hung up on the back side of the door, taking it off the rack that sat there. I quickly ran it over my body, giving myself a good frazzle as the towel conducted a high load of static cling. I then ran it through my hair, not bothering to dissipate the static in the cloth.

Running the towel through me hair A few time I turned my glorious light blue, almost teal, locks into a giant ball of frazzled hair... and upon seeing this I gave my self a confused look and started busting up at my unintended goof.

"Dear Lord... I think I don' goofed... HAHA!" I wiped a tear away from my eyes as I straightened my hair out and left the bathroom to attach my regal attire, of course not in the hopes of swooning my newest friend... I think not!

I quickly brought my silver slippers and Necklace out of the closet and slipped the necklace over my horn and down my neck, until it rested over my breasts, the Crescent of the moon resting within the inky blackness of its center Jewel. I then slid on my shoes and began my journey down to the dinning hall to meet my sister and friend.

"Celly! It's been so long... How art thou?" I called out as I saw my sister come into view; she was sitting on a large low backed chair at the head of the large table, several dishes strewn across its large surface with a few other chairs sitting around its circumference.

"Sister dear! It's good to see thou after thou had left all day with that stallion... Corpus... He...seems to be an alright pony... wouldn't you say sister?" Celestia asked me, confounding me for a moment as she refereed to him as a pony.

"Sorry sister, thou just confused us so when thou refereed to Corpus as though he were one of thy ponies... He is a Hybrid, dearest sister, one of two different races... But we digress... He is a creature of more than just battle... He hold many a philosophy within his loft mind, though me may seem aloof at times when not with me he does hold life at a higher standard than most... Seeing as he is older than either of us combined dear sister..." The last part I said in an almost singsong voice as I rubbed his age in her face, earning a slight blush from my sister of the sun. I then sat down in the seat opposite of hers and began to accumulate foodstuffs upon my plate.

"So Luna, what exactly did thou and Corpus do whilst thou were out on thy incursion to the Everfree forest?" Celly asked, trying to be nonchalant about the whole thing.

"Well, we went looking for Corpus' ship... A Delta 7 I think he called it... Right now its hidden from sight, from all of pony kind sister, and only he knows its whereabouts." I told her smugly, earning a brow from my sister in return.

"Did he tell thou of its whereabouts?" Celly asked me, a small smile reaching her lips, though not her eyes.

"Not as of yet sister dearest, we have just returned less than thirty minutes ago... Speaking of returning We art now curious as to his whereabouts... he was supposed to have shown up here with a friend before We even arrived... We wonder what dost keep him..." I murmured thoughtful, earning a look from Celly, interest piqued.

"What dost though mean meet you here?"

"We had gotten back, both of us stinking to high heaven, so my dearest corpus laid us on our bed, letting us sleep while he went and took a quick shower... When 'twas our turn he told us of his friend in the dungeon and that he was going ot go get here. We gave him our blessing to retrieve his friend and to come here immediately after words... Which would have been before us, but it seems not so hast been done..." I wondered, getting up from my seat to look for him.

"What art thou doing sister, off to look for thy friend?" Celly asked, slightly concerned, though not for Corpus but only her ponies.

"We art off to look for him... Would thou be adverse a stroll with us dearest sister?" I asked her with a tight smile across my lips, hoping that she would let it go... but alas she took the bate.

"Of course sister, we would be sullied of honor if we did not go with thee to search for him." Celestia smiled and followed me out of the dinning room. Leaving several confused and worried servants in our wake.

On our way down to the Dungeon we made small talk about how the nobles and such had been acting in our respective courts, I even went as far as to tell her that more and more ponies were leaving my court to join hers, leaving me with fewer ponies to talk to in the wee hours of the night.

Of course she just blew it off saying "Luna, dearest sister, thou only need but make an appearance and they shalt come to thee in droves..." I agreed, knowing that she was right... But I told her of how I knew that most that tried to talk with me at such events were just trying to circumvent the day court were just interlopers at best and idiots at most. She took this in stride and told me that she knew as much, but she still encouraged me to go anyway...

"We art almost there sister... Dost thou feel that?" I asked, feeling a slight dankness and dread wash over me as we came down the spiraling staircase to the Dungeon. I gave a slight gasp and gagged at what I saw next as I rounded the final turn, trying not to vomit all over the stone floors.

"What is it sis- OH MY WORD!" Celestia brought a hoof to her mouth trying to hold in the bile that formed quickly in her mouth, seeing the eight dead royal guards laying on the ground, each one with a severely broken neck... being such that they were almost ripped off...

"Dear Goddess above... what happened here..." Celestia whispered under her breath, her words echoing through the area.

"Dearest Goddess above... I hope Corpus is alright!" I cowled, not knowing at the time that he was the one at fault for their deaths, among others.

"We must get in there and make sure the rest are alright sister!" I cried, hastening our approach to the Dungeon door and blasting it, and the wall around it, clean off and into the opening on the other side... To which we found a gruesome sight... A guard had his... Prick... Ripped off and tossed to the side... While several sword hilts seemingly protruded form his anus... I proceeded to pull one out to see what all it was, the motioned made a slurping noise as the blade began to exit its impromptu sheath... and I found that indeed... All of the hilts were attached to their two and a half foot long blade as I counterparts...

At this both Celestia and I expelled out dinners across the Dungeon floor, we then proceeded to leave and seal off the staircase from there, placing a strong barrier on the entrance so that no other would be able to see the gruesome sight without our say so.

"We must go find Corpus... He must know what happened down there!" I said hauntingly... Not wanting to think that it could have been MY Corpus that had done that... that horrible act to the guards down there...

Almost right after that we went and checked my room for Corpus and Aurora... What we found was even more disheartening than what we found down in the Dungeon... It showed us that even OUR subjects have a darker side than what even WE could have ever fathomed... always hearing of the good things our people do for each other... then again this was a gryphon we were talking about...

My sister and I arrived at my Bedroom door and opened it slowly, not wanting to alert anyone to our presence... So we gradually walked into the room, making sure not to make a sound... We could hear the shower going, silent hicks and sobs escaping the slightly ajar door... The two of us walked ever closer to it, looking form one another as we silently made our way to it.

"Luna... Celestia... Come here...Please..." Corpus' voice echoed out from within the bathroom, his tone depressed, hurt, and loaded with fear... But I knew he was not afraid for himself, so I knew even then that something was wrong.

"Um, very well... We shalt come in..." I nodded to Celly and the door was pushed slightly open by a hand from the inside.

What we saw struck us down, Corpus... He was standing there with his shirt all bloodied and slightly torn in a few areas... He was covered in pinions and other feathers from what could only be a gryphon... I turned my gaze to his and I could have swore that my heart stopped for a moment at the overly hurt look that his features had been schooled into...

"What happened Corpus... My dear, dear Corpus..." I asked as I rushed towards him, my wings coming up and out to wrap around his broad shoulders as he fell forward into my chest, landing hard on his knees but not caring.

"She... Needs Medical attention... She's hurt Luna... Hurt bad... There was nothing I could do for her... She... She's broken Luna... And I couldn't get there in time to stop it... To stop it all form happening..." He leaned forward and cried... Yes cried, into my shoulder, his hot tears almost burning my skin as they soaked through my fur. During his break down I heard Celestia cried out and run over to something in the shower, it was then that I noticed that Corpus was indeed completely drenched.

"Luna... We need to get them to the Royal Physicians NOW!" Celestia screamed, earning my confusion until she ran out of the shower with a little gryphon on her back, completely drenched in water and covered in bruises, cuts and some bandages...

"What happened Corpus... We need to know..." I asked my stricken friend, hoping he could answer me.

"The dungeon... I found her... Followed some guards did I... Killed them when I heard... Her virtue... Gone now..." His broken words almost brought me to tears as I pieced them together.

"Rest now my friend... We shall take care of her and make sure she is given much care and love..." I pressed my now damp cheek against his and nuzzled him, trying to give him strength as I tried to have him follow my sister out and to the medical wing of the castle... But in failing that I used magic and teleported us there.

A:N Thank you all for reading this fanfic for so long, and I'm sorry for taking so long in getting this chapter out, but I had the rewrite this several times... I even scrapped the first version of the chapter after it had been rewritten a few times and did it differently... So I hope you all like this chapter... Please Enjoy and Review, I love to hear your guys' comments! They are like a fine wine that needs no aging, so please, comment to thy hearts content! :D

Author's Note

I have had this chapter done for quite some time now... I'm truly sorry for how long it has taken for me to post on here... Life does take precedence though... I will be updating at least every other day for about a week. SO look forward to at least a few more chapters for a while!