“Now,” Luna said while pacing before Celestia’s throne. “Thou hast promised me a favor for snooping around during my last slumber party with one Twilight Sparkle.” She narrowed her dark blue eyes towards her sister. “How ever could you have thought such terrible, horrible things of thine own sister are beyond my comprehension.”
She cleared her throat. “However, for the fact that you has agreed to bestow upon me a single favor, I guess it would be wise for me to forgive thee. As it has been a week since the incident, I wish to use this time to – as the modern ponies say – ‘cash in’ this favor.”
Celestia was lounging upon her throne with a rather perturbed expression upon her face. The throne room had been emptied of her guards so that her younger sister and she could speak in private. She had set her crown down upon the floor besides the throne and she was laying upon her back, her main covering her eyes while she did her best to ignore her bratty little sister. “Fine,” Celestia grumbled. “You can have your favor.” She peaked out from between several strands of hair towards her stern-faced sibling. “Spit it out already. You’ve been prattling on for hours now.”
Luna snorted. “Doest thou…”
“And for My sake, please speak normally.”
“This is…”
“In a modern tone!” Celestia groaned dramatically. “I mean really Luna, you have been studying with Twilight Sparkle for over two months now. You ought to be able to speak in a normal tone by now.”
“I shall speak as I wish.” Luna replied with a grunt.
“So what is this favor?” Celestia mumbled.
“I wish to invite a new friend over for another sleep-over. This one shall be naught in the attic, but my personal bed chambers. I shall require the utmost privacy which means that my room shan’t be guarded by the royal escorts nor will the stairs leading up to my room. I shall also reserve the right to draw my curtains so that any nosey older sisters won’t attempt peaking in while we are having our fun.”
“Fine!” Celestia groaned. “You can have your sleep-over and I promise I won’t interfere.” She rolled onto her stomach while shaking her mane out of her face. “Are you happy now?”
Luna couldn’t keep the faint smile off her lips. “Quite.” She bowed her head and trotted out of the throne room.
Celestia watched her sister leave. She cleared her throat. “You can come out now.”
One of her royal guards stepped out from behind her throne. There was a small hidden passageway behind the elegant chair that had been built as an emergency exit. She had her guard hide there during the entire conversation. “If I may be so bold, your highness, your sister is quite the talker.”
“If she ever catches me doing something wrong,” Celestia explained, “She makes sure to rub my nose in it. It’s payback for our little spat all those years ago, I guess.”
“Hm.”
“So, do you understand what you need to do?”
“I do, madam. I shall place the relic inside Princess Luna’s bedroom while she is out collecting her friend. Once the relic is activated, you shall be able to see the goings on in her bedroom through the stone’s partner.”
“Excellent.” Celestia smiled. “I will not be made a fool of twice in a row. Now go, quickly, before Luna returns.”
The stallion smacked his right hoof against his chest. “As you wish!”
“I cannot believe you want me to spend the night!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed while Luna led her through the castle. “I mean, I have always wanted to hang out with you but the last time we saw each other you were like Roar! And I was like Ba-cawk – you know, because I was a chicken. Anyways, this really means a lot to me because I feel like you may have taken my jokes seriously and I really don’t want you thinking that I don’t like you, because I do. I mean, who can’t like you? You are Princess Luna! You are so cool because without you we couldn’t have any slumber parties. Without the moon there would be no night and without the night we cannot slumber, hence no slumber parties! This is so exciting!”
Luna couldn’t keep the smile off her face. “Are you always this chatty, Pinkie-Pie?”
“Sometimes. My friends think that I am a chatterbox but I think I just talk normally, but I guess it is because I like speaking my mind and there are a lot of thoughts that go through my mind so I end up having a lot of things to say.” She blinked. “I guess that means that I am always this chatty. Huh? Go figure.”
“It is quite alright,” Luna chuckled. She led Pinkie-Pie through the Grand Hallway. “I wished you to by my guest due to the fact that we kind of got off on the wrong hoof.” Luna glanced at her feet sheepishly. “This was primarily my fault for not understanding exactly how ponies celebrated Nightmare Night.”
“Yeah, I guess, but thinking back to it, I shouldn’t have really kept accusing you of eating the other ponies.” Pinkie Pie giggled. “Though that was pretty funny!”
“In hindsight, I guess it was.” Luna replied. “Now, Pinkie, there is a very specific reason why I had asked you to visit my chambers this evening.”
“Oh? Why?”
“Well, I’ve already talked to Twilight Sparkle but she seemed very unsure of the whole situation. I have heard that you have experience in this particular matter and that with you present, things may go a bit more…delicately.”
“Ah, okay!” Pinkie Pie beamed. “So what are we going to be doing?”
Luna whispered into Pinkie’s ear. When she was done, Pinkie’s eyes were as wide as the full moon itself. “Oh Princess!” She gasped while grinning. “I had no idea that you were into that sort of thing!”
Luna felt her cheeks flush. “Keep it down!” she hissed. “A princess is not to be involved in such things! If my sister found out what we were up too, I would simply die of embarrassment.”
“My lips are sealed! I pinkie-promise.”
Luna smiled. “Good! Now quickly! Let’s retreat to my room post-haste. I cannot wait to get started!”
Celestia was staring at the small orb that was lying in front of her. She was resting in her bedchambers, lying upon the floor on top of a plush blanket made of velvet. Every few seconds she would ponder activating the orb to see what exactly her little sister was going with the likes of Pinkie Pie.
It wasn’t that Celestia did not approve of the hyper-active ball of pink fluff, it was just that she never expected Luna of all ponies to want to spend time with such a talkative creature. Luna had always preferred the presence of ponies who knew how to keep their mouths shut which made this particular slumber party even more unusual.
Then there was that odd feeling that kept scratching at the back of Celestia’s skull. There was a magical presence within the castle that felt familiar but it was being muffled by Luna’s own mystical powers that were enhanced thanks to the power of the full moon. Celestia shook away this unusual feeling, putting it off as nerves.
“No,” Celestia sighed while pushing the orb away from her. “I need to learn how to trust her. If I cannot trust her than what is the point of being her sister? We were close once and the only way to regain that bond is to have faith in one another.”
She stared at the orb. “Oh,” she whined to herself. “I just can’t! I need to know!” She rolled it back over to her chest, resting it between her front legs. She tapped her horn against the orb causing it to glow. The center of the orb began to clean giving Celestia a view inside of Luna’s room. However, the angle was a bit odd. She could only see the back of Luna’s couch as well as the fireplace that stood before it. “Curse it all!” Celestia grumbled. “He must have hidden it on that bookcase behind the couch. Now I won’t be able to see anything!”
“Alright Pinkie,” Luna’s voice came through the orb. “It’s my turn.”
“I don’t think you know what you are getting yourself into,” Pinkie’s voice responded. Luna stepped into view, her body partially hidden by the couch. “Oh, doest thou truly think she can outlast me?”
“Indeedy I can!” Pinkie bounced in front of the couch. She wiggled her tail while staring forward into Luna’s eyes. “Are you ready?”
“Bring. It. On.” Luna commented.
Pinkie dropped down onto the floor right in front of Luna. Luna sat herself down, resting her back against the couch so that all Celestia could see is the upper half of her head. “Now you will need to give me some time to adjust,” Luna grunted while shifting in her spot. “I have never done this with another pony before.”
“Oh it’s easy.” Pinkie responded from out of sight. “You just need to position yourself properly and everything will fall into place.”
Luna shifted again. “Okay,” She let out a soft grunt. “I think I am ready.”
“Here, let me see.” The sound of Pinkie crawling against the carpet was rather loud. “Ah, well, I can easily say that you are more than ready!”
“Excellent,” Luna replied. “Shall we begin?”
“Oh please! I have been wanting to do this ever since you first suggested it. I warn you though, Princess, I am very good at this. I don’t think you’ll be able to handle it very well.”
“I,” Luna said in a tone that was obviously meant to mock her sister’s accent. “Am of royalty! I can handle this quite…” she gasped. “Oh Pinkie! No fair! I wasn’t ready!”
Pinkie giggled. “That’s what makes it fun!”
“Ohhhh no fair!” Luna groaned. “You caught me off guard!”
“I know.” Celestia could see Pinkie’s tail peaking out from the side of the couch. It was wagging back and forth like a dog’s. “And your expression was priceless! Just wait until you see what else I can do.”
Celestia frowned. “What are those two up too?” she whispered.
“Ahh!” Luna jumped. “Pinkie! What was that!”
“You like it? I call it the Pinkie Twirl Whirl. It’s a special technique I came up with just for this!” Pinkie’s head popped up from beneath Luna’s body. She had a big grin on her face.
Luna’s voice was odd. “Yes,” she admitted. “I…guess I did like it. I just wished you would have given me some time to prepare myself.”
“You need to relax! Let go and just go for it! If you keep trying to over-think things, you’ll never have fun.”
“It’s just hard for me…”
“I know but hey, that’s what Pinkie’s here. Let’s just have fun.”
“Alright. Fun…yes. Let’s.”
“Good!” Pinkie’s head dove back down. “I hope you are ready because this time I am not holding back!”
“Ah, yes, Pinkie, I am ready for whatever you give me!”
“I hope so!” she giggled. The two girls were quiet for some time to the point where Celestia was sure that they had fallen asleep when suddenly Luna squeeled. “Pinkie! What are you doing!”
“Hey, you started it!”
“Now it’s all slippery!”
“Not my fault!”
“Is too! You were getting too far ahead of yourself. What did you think was going to happen?”
“Hey,” Pinkie countered. “If you just learned some control, then this would be such a problem!”
Luna leaned her head back and groaned. “You’ve gotten me all wet,” she whimpered, her eyes rolling back into her head.
“That’s what happens when you grind up against me. You get wet!”
“Ohhhh, not fair!” Luna sat up straight, her head tilted downward in order to look down upon Pinkie Pie. “Just you wait. I will come out on top.”
“I don’t think so, sister,” Pinkie replied with a laugh in her voice. “This Pink is no bottom. She shall always be on top!”
“We shall see!”
“Wait!” Pinkie exclaimed.
“No tricks this time,” Luna bellowed. “We shan’t fall for your treachery twice in a row!”
“No! I’m running out of juice!”
“But how is that possible?”
“I was playing all this afternoon!” Pinkie whined. “I’m sorry,”
“This is unacceptable. I shan’t have the fun interrupted so soon!” Luna’s horn began to glow as did something between her legs. “There! Now the fun can be doubled yet again!”
Pinkie Pie giggled excitedly. “Oh wow! You really need to teach me that trick! It looks as if I could go on all night if I wanted.”
“This pleases me!” Luna replied. “For I have not enjoyed a moment such as this in quite some time!”
“Oh you poor dear!” Pinkie answered. “Let Auntie Pinkie make it all better.”
“Yes!” Luna exclaimed, her voice bellowing loud enough to make the walls vibrate. “Together we shall make this night one to remember!” Luna exclaimed. “By Celestia!” she squeaked. “What did you do!”
Pinkie laughed. “When you mess with the Pink, prepare for the stink!” she squealed.
Luna whined. And began shifting in her place. “No, you will not finish first! I forbid it!”
“Princess rules to not apply.” Pinkie said in a muffled tone. Her tail was moving faster with each passing moment. “I am going to be first!”
“Nae!” Luna sat up even straighter, her body was quivering all over. “I will be beaten!”
“Almost there.”
“Pinkie Pie don’t you dare!”
“Here I come!” Pinkie’s voice was even more muffled.
“That is it!” Celestia growled. She may have not had the enjoyment of a stallion in quite some time but she was not so old to have forgotten the insanity of youth! She would not allow her sister engage in such activities! She concentrated and vanished in a bright ball of light. She reappeared just outside Luna’s bedroom door and pushed it open, startling both Pinkie and Luna.
“Little sister!” Celestia exclaimed. “While I cannot control what you do, I shan’t have you do it in such a manner! You are a princess! You must wait until…” she blinked. “What…is this?”
Pinkie Pie was lying upon her stomach next to Princess Luna, her head resting upon a large pillow. Luna was sitting up against the couch with a blanket over her lower half. Both ponies were cradling what looked to be a strange electronic device that had ponies driving go-karts displayed upon the screen. Luna glared at her sister. “Celestia!” Her voice boomed throughout the castle causing Pinkie Pie to hide under her pillow. “Thou hath broken her promise yet again! Can she not ever be trusted for as long as you are around?”
“L-L-Luna…” she stammered. “I am so sorry.”
Luna’s eyes flashed in irritation. “And doest thou consider her sister a foal?” She glanced over her shoulder to where the other orb resided upon the bookshelf. “She could sense the orb’s power even before entering the room. How dare thee…”
“Luna please…” Celestia felt miserable. “Let me make it up to you. I will be more than happy to pay for any trip you’d like, anywhere you’d like, with any pony you’d like. I swear.”
Pinkie peaked out from under the pillow. “Pinkie swear?” She squeaked.
“Yes, of course.” Celestia banished the spying orb from the room with her magic then stepped out of the room. “Please forgive me.”
“We shall discuss it in the morn!” Luna growled. Celestia closed the door behind her and heard it lock as Luna used her magic to bolt it. “I really need to stop jumping to such conclusions,” she sighed.
Luna waited until she was sure Celestia had left. “She is so annoying,” Luna growled. She turned back to her little hoof-held game. “Shall we continue?” She asked Pinkie. Pinkie smiled while nodding her head.
“And as for you,” She used her magic to lift the blanket from her hips. “Did I ask you to stop?”
Twilight Sparkle peaked up from where she had been hiding. “My tongue hurts,” she whimpered.
“That’s what you get for losing the kart-race, Twilight.” Pinkie Pie giggled. She peaked over the blanket towards her friend then gently shoved Twilight’s head back down to Luna’s body.
“Omf!” Twilight grunted before returning to her duties.
“Shall we?” Pinkie looked back to Luna.
“Let’s.” Luna agreed and the two of them returned to their game.