Living with the Night

Chapter 7

The Broken Truce

The next morning started out slow. Connor got up early and spied Luna’s dirty dishes in the sink. He pain no mind but felt something sticky on the counter. The substance was white and looked like it was woven together. He head one of the loose floor boards creak and went to investigate. “Nero? That you boy?” He asked as he walked through the house. Another scurrying noise filled his ears.

The fuck is that noise?

Please don’t let it be zombies. He heard a whining noise and went towards his dog who was hiding under a coffee table wit his ears back. “Nero?” The man asked as he petted the dog. Another whine escaped the dog’s muzzle. “What’s wrong boy?” The dog lifted his nose and pointed to the closet. Connor slowly stood up and walked over to a closet where an aluminum baseball bat was sitting.

He weighed it in his hands and approached the door making the dog whine even more.
Connor reached for the handle only to have it swing open to show something that made his hair stand on end. One of the damn spiders that had infested his home, only this one was bigger, much bigger. Like one of those spiders from The Harry Potter movies. “Well, shit.”

The large arachnid lunged at the man and tried to trap him underneath it’s legs. Connor swung and managed to knock one of it’s legs away. He whistled and the dog ran upstairs. “Okay ass hole, what next?” He twirled the bat in his hand. The spider spat out a web that ripped the bat from the man’s hands and stuck the bat to the wall. Oh come on! Did that seriously just fucking happen? The spider saw that the human was defenseless and jumped with fangs the size of kitchen knives ready to sink into his skin.

The man heard magic discharge and the spider was hit with a blue bolt of magic that encircled the bug in a cloud of magic. Connor looked at the floor and saw a small spider he saw last Nightmare Night. Standing in the living room with her horn flaring was the creator of the hell spiders. “Morning Luna.” He said as he sighed.

“What happened?” She asked as she picked up the doll.

“Don’t know. That is the biggest one I’ve ever seen. Not sure how they got up here. Twi enchanted the door to keep them down there. So long as the door is shut.” Luna grew a guilty look on her face.

“We may have forgotten to lock it the door before going to bed.” Connor face palmed at the words. Luna had her ears flat and had those big sad eyes.

That is so not fair! How can I stay mad at that?

Sorry.

Goddamn it Luna! He then turned his attention back to the scurrying spider and lifted his foot. “Time for you to go to hell!” He brought his foot down and finally end his torment. His foot was stopped abruptly by a blue ethereal box protecting the spider. “The hell Luna? I’m about to finally be rid of this pest!” She picked the spider up in her hand and the thing seemed to nuzzle against her.

“See? He’s harmless.” She cooed as she scratched it’s head.

“Did you just forget that it almost bit my goddamn head off?”

“I will not allow you to hurt it.”

“I’m not gonna hurt it. I’m just gonna go in the back, step on it’s legs and shoot it in the head. That’s how I role.” Luna frowned. “How about I promise to wash my hands before I destroy the abomination of nature? A nice clean death.”

“So long s I am living here, no more harm shall come to these creatures.” She said in a dead serious tone.

“Or what?” Luna smirked and placed a finger in the middle of his chest.

“Then we shall use their web to bind you and we shall do whatever we want with you.” Connor’s face went bright red at the words. Connor could only grin as he thought of a way to turn the tables.

“So long as you pay for dinner first.” Luna raised an eyebrow and her face flushed bright red before frowning.

“That’s not what I....I mean...Gah!” Connor chuckled over his victory. “Regardless, you shall not harm these spiders. They are under my watch.” Connor frowned at the little devil spawn that was now on Luna’s shoulder.

“They stay in a cage, in your room and they stay that size. If I see a three foot spider again, I’m getting my shotgun.” Luna smiled brightly and wrapped him in a bone crushing hug.

“Thank you!” Normally this would be a very touching moment, but due to the Princess’s super Alicorn strength she was slowly squeezing the life out of the human.

“Luna...can’t...breathe!” He said as he started to go blue in the face. She released the embrace and the man gasped for air.

“Sorry!” She said as the man caught his breath. She took the small devil spider in her hand and walked back upstairs. The man looked at the dog and sighed. As he poured himself some cereal his phone started to ring. The noise brought Luna back down and she saw the vibrating device. “Aren’t you going to get that?”

“No, I know who it is.” The call went to voicemail and Connor recognized Flitter’s voice.

“Hey Connor, my sis and I were wondering if you wanted to hang out? Call us back~” The man groaned and deleted the message.

“That was rather rude.”

“They’ve been pestering me non-stop since the fight at the gym last week. It’s getting annoying.”

“Why? They seem nice.”

“True, but they’re also lecherous perverts as you would say.” Luna had to admit that they dressed in risque outfits when they were near the human and their attitude was very forwards towards the sexual nature. For some reason it always irritated Luna when they got all cuddly with the human. His phone rang again, this time he picked it up. “Hey Thunder, what’s up?”

“Dude come meet us at the tavern.”

“It’s ten in the morning.”

“We just gotta talk.” Connor sighed.

“Fine, I’ll be there in a bit.” He pocketed the phone and finished eating.

“What was that about?”

“Thunder want’s me to meet him at the bar for some reason.” There was a small flash of blue light and a scroll appeared before the Princess. She unraveled it and raised an eyebrow. “What’s it say?”

“I am being summoned to Twilight Sparkle’s castle to meet with Princess Cadence and my sister.”

“Looks lie we’ve both got meetings today.” He said as he walked upstairs and got changed. A simple long sleeve shirt and pants would suffice. The man grabbed his phone and made his way towards the tavern. On his way he ducked behind building to avoid a certain pair of Pegasus twins. He entered the establishment through the back door and saw Thunderlane, Comet, Caramel and Soarin sitting in a booth.

“Sup man?” Caramel said as he fist bumped the human.

“Not much, you?”

“Same. Where’s Azure?”

“She’s talking with Twilight about something.” He said with a shrug. He saw two Pegasus sisters making their way towards the door and he quickly ducked under the table. “I am not here!” Both sisters approached the table and looked at Thunderlane.

“Hey girls, what’s up?”

“Yeah Thunder, we’re backing out of the deal.” Flitter said.

“What deal?” Comet asked.

“If we slept with Connor then soarin here would introduce us to the Wonderbolts.” Cloud chaser stated. Connor’s eyes shrank and slammed his fist into the blue stallion’s leg making him give out a small whimper. “Anyway, a mare can only get blown off so many times. See you guys around.” When the two left, Connor rose from the table and casted a dark look at the blue Pegasus.

“Explain now, while you’re still able to.” He cracked his knuckles loud enough to be heard from across the tavern.

“W-we just thought that you’d like some company is all.” Thunder said in a scared tone.

“Strike one.” He turned to Caramel.

“So you could make more friends?” He cracked his neck and rolled it.

“Strike two.” He turned to Comet.

“Um...what Caramel said.”

“Strike three, you’re out.” He said as he brought his fist back.

“It was just a prank!” Soarin said. All eyes turned towards the blue Pegasus.

“A prank?”

“Y-yeah, just a prank. That’s all.” The man let his fist drop and he grinned.

“Oh well that changes things.” He said as an evil grin grew on his face. “I’ll see you guys real soon.” After the human had left, Comet grabbed soarin and started shaking him violently.

“You’ve just signed our death sentences!” The Unicorn yelled with fear in his eyes.

“What? It’s better than telling him the truth and getting the shit kicked out of us.”

“That’s what you think.” Caramel gulped. “You’ve broken the truce.”

“Truce? What truce?” The three stallions all grimaced as they remembered...the war.

“It was a prank war like no other.” Thunderlane began. “Dash and Pinkie tossed the first stone, they knew not what they’d unleashed.” He shivered.

“For weeks we were hunted down by pranks on both sides.” Caramel stated. “Whoopie cushions on every seat, pies in every spring loaded box! It was complete chaos.”

“Eventually a truce was made, saying that only on the yearly prank day may they prank each other, so long as no pranks are pulled on Connor any other day.” Thunder stated. “You just destroyed that truce! Now we’re all gonna pay.” Thunder groaned.

“I’d better go tell Twilight, she’ll know what to do.”

“Be careful Comet, these streets are no longer safe.” Comet nodded and took off like a madman towards the castle. He made his way through the crystal halls and made his way to the meeting hall. He felt fear rise up in his spine and kicked in the doors where the four Princesses were talking.

“Comet? We’re in the middle of something.” Twilight said in shock.

“Twi, we’ve got a major problem!” Twilight grimaced at those words.

“Please tell me Snips and Snails didn’t drag another Ursa into town again.” She face palmed.

“Worse!”

“Dragon?” Luna butted in.

“Worse!”

“Resurrected a demon?” Celestia asked.

“A thousand times worse!” He said as he started panting.

“What could possibly worse than that?” Cadence asked.

“Soarin,” He said as he gathered his courage. “he...he...” Twilight put a hand on her colt-friend’s shoulder.

“Calm down Comet, deep breaths. I’m sure it can’t be that bad.”

“He broke the truce with Connor.” Like a stone hitting a window Twilight’s expression shattered and she started biting her nails, a clear sign that something was terribly wrong.

“Oh no, not again!” Twilight started shaking. “A-are you sure that-” She was cut off as the group heard a loud horn being blowed that confirmed their fears. “Oh buck.”

“What exactly happened?” Twilight then went into detail about the infamous prank war that plagued the town of Ponyville for weeks. “Where did he get the lobsters?” A crashing sound drew their attention and saw a rainbow haired flyer bust through the door.

“Twi, I heard the horn!” She grinned.

“So did all of Ponyville.”

“We need to start planning! I’m gonna get him back for last year!”

“You’re actually excited about this?” Comet asked. “After what he did to your mane?” The human had somehow gotten his hands on Twilight’s hot air balloon, a pair of shoes Twilight had enchanted so he could walk on clouds and two of Rarity’s hair dyes before sneaking into the mare;s cloud home and dying the cyan mare’s coat white and her mane black while she slept.

“Payback’s a bitch and so am I.”

“This sounds fun.” Luna said.

“I agree.” Celestia giggled.

“Princess you can’t be serious!?” Twilight said. “I know you like pulling pranks, but Connor is not to be trifled with. All we can hope to do is lay low and stay out of range.” The group heard a whooshing sound and saw a black suited pastry chef appear behind the pillars. Her curly pink mane and tail were sticking out. “Pinkie Pie? Why are you dressed like that?”

“For sneak attacks, duh. I gotta be on my hooves.”

“I think Connor is only aiming for Thunderlane, Soarin, and Caramel. Since they were the ones who pranked him. Not sure about the rest of you.” Comet stated.

“Still,” Pinkie reached into her skin tight outfit and pulled out a modified party cannon. “we must be prepared.” The three Alicorns only stared at the pink mare.

“Where was she keeping-”

“It’s Pinkie Pie, don’t question it.” Dash, Twilight and Comet said in sync.

“So what now?” Celestia said.

“We wait.” Comet stated.

“Wait?” Luna said in surprise.

“We go in turns. Soarin went first, now we wait for Connor to retaliate. Who ever does the best prank wins.” Pinkie stated as she pulled out some cupcake grenades. I’d better go fortify my defenses.” She looked at Dash. “See you on the battlefield Commander.” She saluted Dash before throwing a cotton candy scented smoke bomb and vanishing into the shadows. Celestia chuckled in excitement.

“Oh I must see how this turns out.” The group turned to see the spirit of chaos with a smirk on his face.

“Discord? What are you doing here?”

“Oh come now Tia, you know I can’t resist a good round of chaos.” He grinned. He snapped his fingers and set up a chair before sitting back. “This is gonna be good.”

~~~

Fear. That is the only word that described the three stallions as they carefully making their way through the small town of Ponyville. They hadn’t seen a single trace of the human since they saw him at the tavern. The trio were jumpier than fresh meat in a prison shower room. The three walked into the tavern and sat at their usual booth.

“I’m freaking out man!” Caramel said with fear in his eyes.

“Lock that shit down!” Thunder stated.

“Easy for you to say.”

“We’re all in the same boat.” Soarin stated

“Yeah, thanks to your stupid mouth.”

“I didn’t know he’d declare war on us.” A waitress came by and gave them each a glass.

“Thanks Berry.” Caramel stated.

“Courtesy of the gentleman in the corner.” She pointed to the back of the tavern to show a familiar human, sitting across from Azure raising his glass at the stallions. The three looked down at their cups with fear in their eyes.

“Y-you don’t think that he’d do something to the drink did he?” Thunder asked.

“W-we’re in a safe zone. R-right?”

“Who wants to test it?” The three looked at one another and didn’t dare reach for the glass. Pierce and Pinkie then walked in with smiles on their faces.

“Hey guys, these drinks up for grabs?”

“Sure.” Thunder said in a nervous tone. Pierce guzzled the glass down and licked his lips.

“Whiskey always has the best drinks.” The stallion waved to the dark brown Earth pony behind the bar. He sat down next to the stallions who let out a sigh of relief. They were safe. For now. AJ, Dash and Rarity soon arrived to join their colt friends. Soon, the human and disguised Princess made their way over to the table.

“Hey guys, what’s going on?” The human asked.

“Not much, just enjoying the scenery.” Pierce stated.

“Well, like my granddad always said, ‘Live every day like it’s your last.’ Old daft bastard.” He chuckled as the three stallions grimaced.

“I’m going to the restroom.” Luna said as she and the mares stood up and followed the blue mare.

“Why do they always move in packs?” The males all shook their heads at the question. “Oh that reminds me, how did Azure look in the maid outfit?” Soarin asked.

“Are you trying to get us killed?” Caramel yelled.

“See for yourself.” Connor pulled out his phone and showed them a picture he had secretly taken while she was still in the uniform. Jaws dropped and eyes bugged out.

“Damn!” Thunder said with erect wings. “Lucky prick, I’ve been barking up that tree with Rarity for moths.” Caramel squinted at the picture, but finally shrugged.

“I guess she’s okay.” Caramel stated.

“Oh come on man you have to admit that she’s hot.” Soarin said glaring at the stallion.

“Yeah she’s cute, but she doesn’t have a big enough ass. I mean AJ’s got a serious caboose ya know.” Four faces went pale.

“Um, Caramel-” Soarin said.

“Let me finish, it’s nice to have something to hold onto otherwise you could get hurt on the ride.”

“Caramel, I really think-” Pierce tried to interject.

“In a minute. Applejack’s ass is like the perfect pillow, it’s big enough to be considered one in my opinion.”

“CARAMEL!” The four males yelled.

“What?” They all pointed behind him. The golden stallion followed their gaze and his blood went cold. Staring at him were the emerald eyes of death with a smile to match.

“You were saying sugar cube?” The orange farmer said as he could see the rage behind her smile.

“A-AJ, I didn’t see you there. H-how long have you been standing there?”

“Long enough sugar cube, long enough.” She gripped him by the scruff of his neck and picked him up. “Fellers, ah need to have a little chat with my colt-friend here.”

“No objections.” The four said in sheer fear of the mare.

“Good.” The farmer then dragged the stallion out by his tail. The stallions all turned towards the human.

“Don’t look at me, even I’m not that cruel.” Soon the other mares returned and Luna had her hair back and was blushing. “Hey ladies. AJ took Caramel to talk.”

“Poor dear.” Rarity shook her head. “Anyway, as I was telling Pinkie, the Princesses were in town today.”

“Really now?” Connor chuckled as he looked at Luna.

“Awe man, I missed them?” Soarin whined.

“Why do you care?” Pierce asked.

“Okay, no offense Dash, but they’re hot.” Soarin stated.

“None taken.” Dash stated. “They’re on like a total other level.”

So who’s your favorite? Look wise I mean.” Pinkie asked.

“Pinkie! You can’t speak of the royal family in such a way.” Rarity snapped.

“Oh come on, it’s not like we’re calling them ugly.”

“Well, why don’t you start Pinkie?” Azure stated. Connor shot Luna glance and pulled his ear.

Why are you encouraging this?

What? I’d like to know what the public thinks of me.

“I’d have to say Princess Cadence. She’s super nice and pretty. Pokey?” She looked at her colt friend.

“Same.” Eyes turned to Rarity.

“I suppose that Cadence does have good fashion sense.” The fashionista stated.

“I’d say Celestia.” Thunder stated. “She’s got a nice body.” Rarity glared at him. “What? I’m just being honest.”

“I’ll buy that.” Soarin said. “Not to mention she’s gotta know some crazy positions.”

“A thousand years? She’d better.” Dash stated. Connor noticed that Luna was lowering her head. Not one of the ponies thought she was attractive and Connor gulped as the group looked at him. “So what about you?”

“Um, let me think.” He scratched his chin and he knew what he had to do. “I’d say Princess Luna.” The Princess looked at him with blushing red cheeks.

“Why? I mean, she’s scary.” The mare frowned at the words.

“True, but I’m sure she’s nice when you get to know her. Besides, she’s not as old as Celestia or as young as Cadence, not to mention she can go into ponies dreams. I’m sure she’s seen some interesting things.” Luna blushed as she admitted to seeing somethings she can never un-see. “As for looks, I think she’s very beautiful.” Luna couldn’t help but feel warm and fuzzy inside and her heart was racing.

“So given the chance, would you sleep with her?” Soarin asked. Now it was Connor’s turn to blush.

“Um-” The group heard a beeping from Rarity’s purse. At that moment, Connor chose the dead battery sound as his lord a savior. Rarity pulled out her phone saw that her phone’s battery had died.

“Shoot, I need to call Sweetie Belle. Can I borrow your phone to make sure she doesn’t do anything stupid?” She looked at Connors phone.

“Sure.” As He put the phone in the fashionista’s hands the human realized the screen still held the picture of the Princess. “No wait!” his warning came too late as Rarity’s face went bright red and looked at Azure. Curious, Pinkie took the phone and giggled while Dash blurted out laughing.

“Wow Azure, I knew we said to stand out, but that’s going over board.”

“What?” Luna used her magic to levitate the phone over to her and her cheeks went bright red. A long silence fell over the group and she slowly turned towards the man. Her eyes were white with magic and her hair was a blue inferno.

“Exit stage left!” The man bolted out the back and ran as he heard several teleportation sounds fill his ears. Legs, don’t fail me now!

YOUR LEGS WILL NOT SAVE YOU WRETCH!The man jumped into a bush and remained still. He didn’t dare think else it might give away his position. He needed to hide somewhere she’d never think to look.

“That’s it!” He said in a whisper tone. Azure appeared behind the corner and the man grew still.

I hope she doesn’t know about the CMC clubhouse.

WE DO NOW! With a flash of light, the mare vanished and the way was clear. The man high tailed it back to his home and hid in the guest room closet. He threw a few bits of cloths on him as camouflage, which included a few shirts, a coat and a maid outfit.

“Why does she still have this thing?” The man shrugged and tossed it to the side as he used the mound to hide himself. He fell asleep in the closet, an hour later he heard the door open and hoof steps coming upstairs. Soon, in stepped Luna not wearing her bracelet with brilliant blushing cheeks.

“Damn that human!” She hissed as she laid down on her bed. Connor saw through the wooden blinds on the door and noticed that she was sweating heavily and was removing her shirt. His face grew bright red as she slipped her pants off to only show her light blue panties and bra. The mare threw on a pair of red glasses and put her man in a ponytail before logging onto her laptop.

The man watched as sweat formed on her brow and the sounds of typing filled the air. He sat frozen for an hour, crossing his legs because he had to pee really badly. Luna yawned and cracked her neck before walking over to her dresser and picking out a shirt and a pair shorts before leaving the room. Connor slowly opened the closet door and tip toed his way to the door, only to stop and look at the laptop.

Every ounce of common sense was telling him to not look at it, but his curiosity overpowered him and he opened up the word document to see what appeared to be a story. He scrolled to the top of the chapter and started reading. Five minutes in he shut the device with a blushing cheeks.

Holy crap, never knew Luna wrote that kind of romance. He shook his head and the flood in his loins was back with a vengeance. He stormed out of the room and threw open the bathroom door and froze. Just stepping out of the shower, with a blue towel covering her breasts and mid section was Princess Luna. Her usual flowing mane and tail were now stuck to her body. Connor’s eyes focused on a single drop of water that vanished between her breasts.

Luna’s face went red and both her wings sprung up causing the towel to unravel leaving her body completely exposed. Her breasts were at least a D cup and she had dark blue nipples. Her ass was perfectly proportioned with her breasts giving her a nice hour glass like figure. The sound of charging magic snapped the man out of the daze and he saw Luna’s horn flaring.

“I am so-”

“LECHEROUS PERVERT!” She yelled in her Royal Canterlot voice that felt similar to a gale force wind. That, accompanied with the magic missile she’d struck the man with was enough to knock the man off his feet and down the stairs. Connor only saw the hard wooden floor before he blacked out.

“Ow my fucking head.” He groaned and he slowly opened his eyes. He was on his couch and he felt something wrapped around his skull. He put his hand up to feel a bandage. The man heard sniffling from the other end of the couch and sat up to see Luna sobbing with her head buried in her knees. “Luna?” The words got the Alicorn’s attention and she looked up to see the human looking at her with a confused look on his face.

“Oh thank the creator!” She quickly hugged him and started turning his spine to dust.

“Luna...need...air!” Luna let go and glorious air repopulated the man’s lungs. He could see the tear stains on her cheeks and the whites of her eyes were red. “What happened?”

“We,” She had the look of pure shame on her face. “pushed you down the stairs after you walked in on us in the bathroom.” That brought the memory back to the man and he blushed.

“I am so sorry about that. I should have knocked.”

“No, we are sorry! We launched you down the stairs and you started bleeding.”

So that explains the bandage.

“We called Nurse Red Heart and she wrapped your head up. She said there was no real damage, only a possible concussion.” Luna was still holding her head in guilt.

“How long was I out for?”

“About three hours.” Connor felt bad for the mare and put an arm over her shoulder.

“Relax Luna, I’m fine.”

“Friends do not hurt other friends.” She sniffled.

“One time, the same thing happened to me and Twilight. She shot me through her tree house, may it rest in peace, and I landed in Sugar Cube Corner.” Luna looked at him in surprise. “It’s gonna take a lot more than a nasty tumble to take me out.”

“We still feel guilty.”

“If it makes you feel better then I did kind deserve it after showing the guys that picture I took of you in the maid outfit.” Luna frowned at the man. “I know, I’ll delete it.”

Already sent it to my E-mail anyway.

We heard that.

Goddamn it Luna! The man sighed and stood up. “It’s been a long day and I have a war to wage.”

“Ah yes, Twilight mentioned that. We wish to join your ranks.”

“Seriously?” Luna nodded. “Fine you’re in. I have an idea, it’s crazy, unethical and down right bat-shit crazy, but it just might work.”

“What is it?”

“I’ll explain tomorrow. Too tired. Night.” He waved as he headed upstairs. Luna sat alone in the living room as Nero came over and pushed her hand with her nose. She scratched the dog’s head and thought back to when the Nurse had come over.

Two hours earlier

“Did you find anything wrong with him?”

“Look,Azure, I know you want to help but there are confidentiality laws. I could loose my job and medical license.” The Nurse said as she wrapped the man’s head.

“Just tell me something, anything. Connor isn’t sleeping well, he’s eating less and it’s starting to take a toll on him.” Red Heart looked at the mare and knew she wouldn’t stop asking questions.

“You did not hear this from me, understand?” Luna nodded. “There’s a strange...inflammation in his brain. Never seen anything like it before. We sen the scans to one of Stable’s friends in Canterlot who specializes matters of the brain. That’s all I can tell you.”

“What should I do?”

“Keep a close eye on him and call me if he does anything crazy or stupid.” Luna deadpanned. “Okay, anything really crazy or stupid.”

Present

Luna sat in her room and worried about the man as she laid back in her bed and fell into a deep sleep.