One Night with Celestia

For Celestia, the next day started off like any other day with the obvious exception of being woken up by having a bucket of cold water dumped on her head. She did feel a bit paranoid that Luna might do it again, even though she had no reason to. After the scolding last night, she figured Luna was going to stay on Celestia’s good side for a while. That was normally how it went; Luna would wait until Celestia relaxed enough to let her guard down, and then she would pull another prank. It was a vicious cycle that Celestia figured she’d be used to by now. Rather than dwell on the inevitable prank that Luna was sure to do sometime in the future, Celestia reluctantly released her warm blanket’s grip on her body to get ready for the day. She made a mental note to call Lavender in at some point to talk to him about scheduling Luna for a massage later that day. It would take some convincing since Luna did make him feel incredibly uncomfortable yesterday. Even then, she didn’t know if he would agree to it. Luna did promise that she wouldn’t try anything and would apologize to Lavender for how she acted yesterday. Celestia pondered if Luna would indeed stay true to what she said. For now, she chose to worry about that later.

After her morning routine and raising the sun for the day, Celestia sent off a letter to Lavender asking if it was possible for him to come in around lunchtime to discuss Luna’s massage appointment. She also added that she would treat him to lunch for his trouble since she knew he might be hesitant with taking on this task. It did seem like she was bribing him, but it was hard to avoid coming off like that. Once that was all out of the way, it was time for Celestia to address her less than exciting tasks for the day.

The day dragged on and lunchtime finally came around. Just like yesterday, Lavender spoke with the secretary about his meeting with Celestia, and was eventually let in Celestia’s office by one of the guards.

“Good morning,” Celestia greeted as she poked her head up from a paper she was reading.

“Mornin’,” Lavender replied.

“I trust you read my letter so I’ll get straight to it, because Luna felt bad for the way she acted yesterday, I was wondering if you would be available today around four p.m. to give her a massage,” Celestia explained. “I know this is an odd request, but I think she could really use it. I’m leaving this decision up to you, and if you don’t want to do it, I completely understand.”

Lavender mulled over Celestia’s request. He had been thinking about it ever since he received the letter. Yeah, it was just a massage, but so was the massage he gave Celestia a few nights ago and that ended with them two bumping uglies. He knew the massage with Luna probably wouldn’t go that far, but that didn’t put him completely at ease. What happened yesterday was still fresh on his mind, and he didn’t know if Luna would try coming on to him since the two were going to be alone. He pushed those thoughts aside for now since Celestia did say that Luna felt bad for what she did.

“If you want, I can be there with you to make sure she doesn’t try anything,” Celestia added.

“No, it’s fine; I’ll do it,” Lavender answered. “It keeps me busy.”

“Thanks,” Celestia smiled. “I’ve been wanting to do something nice for her for a while. It’s a shame that it had to take me scolding her for she did yesterday in order for me to realize it,” her thoughts lingered on Luna for a bit. “Also, she’s wanting to apologize to you personally, so expect that later today.”

“Duly noted, and you’re welcome,” Lavender nodded.

Celestia finished up with the paper she was reading before adding her stamp of approval to it and sending it on its way using her magic. She turned her attention back to Lavender now that her task was complete.

“Alright, I did promise you lunch. So, if you’re ready, then I’m ready.”

“Are you sure it’s no trouble? I don’t want to impose,” Lavender asked, modestly. Being a stallion, he didn’t feel right with having a mare pay for his food when they went out to eat. He felt, as a gentlecolt, it was his duty to be the one who paid.

“It’s no trouble at all. You’ve more than earned it,” she answered. “Besides, I wanted to repay you for the massage.”

Lavender blushed slightly at the mention of her massage, which he remembered in vivid detail. Seeing as how he wasn’t going to talk her out of paying, he nodded in agreement.

The two departed the castle and headed off toward one of Celestia’s favorite restaurants. It resided one of the more expensive parts of the city, a neighborhood where most of the high society ponies lived. Lavender had never been to this area since he knew for a fact that he didn’t make enough to afford a house or an apartment out here, plus all the restaurants and shops were too expensive for his taste. He spent the majority of the time looking on in awe at how nice and clean everything was as he rode with Celestia in her personal stagecoach. The rich and famous really prided themselves on cleanliness.

They arrived at a rather large café; the décor alone looked like it cost more than what Lavender made in a year. The general color scheme was a conglomeration of whites, blues, and greens, the shades of which were all expertly chosen to set the appropriate mood. Two large patios sat out in front of the café with a walkway in between that led toward the main entrance. The threshold between the patios and interior of the café was maintained by several large doors which consisted mostly of windows. The doors could be slid open to reveal the interior of the café to the outdoors if the weather outside was nice, which it was on this day. Whoever was the pony who designed this building was an architectural genius.

After transiting through the main door, the maître d immediately led the two to a large table out on one of the patios that was cordoned off and marked with a ‘Reserved’ sign. Lavender figured this was a table reserved specifically for important guests like Celestia. It made him feel rather important getting to sit at a table like this.

Shortly after the two took their seats, the waiter pony arrived to take their drink order and to present the list of seasonal wines that they offered. Celestia would have indulged in some wine, but couldn’t since she had to go back to work afterwards. She normally saved the drinking until after she was done for the day. Since this was all foreign to Lavender, he asked Celestia for her recommendations on what was good to order. She was more experienced with these high class places than he was, so he’d let the expert do her thing. The fancy setting did make him feel a bit nervous, like all the other ponies were silently judging him. Since he was in the company of Celestia, they all kept their comments and snide remarks to themselves. He did, however, manage to get a few sideways glances here and there.

The two spent the time waiting for their food engaging in some idle chit chat the covered a range of topics. It was mainly to avoid sitting in an awkward silence. Lavender didn’t have to come up with many topics since Celestia had seen or heard practically everything; she had no shortage of things to talk about. He loved hearing the stories she had about times way before he was born, or about how Equestria was way back when.

Before they knew it, their food had arrived. In traditional high society fashion, it was all plated neatly, making it look as good as it tasted. The taste was something else as Lavender took his first bite. It was like a home cooked meal taken to another level and, if he did say so, it put his mother’s cooking to shame. Celestia was just happy that Lavender could join her for this lunch date; it sure beat eating alone.

Once the two finished their meals, Lavender was reminded again that he couldn’t afford to eat at a place like this when the one hundred and fifty bit bill arrived. He had to force his jaw not to hang open when he first saw the price. Luckily for him, Celestia had the money to spare.

The two lingered for a bit, finishing up their drinks before heading back to the castle.

“Well, I need to get back to work,” Celestia said as the two stopped at her office door “Thanks for joining me for lunch.”

“Not a problem, and thanks again for treating me to a nice lunch like that,” Lavender replied.

“Anytime.”

“Well, I have to get back to packing up the rest of my stuff to move into my new apartment,” Lavender admitted, after a beat.

Since he was working at Celestia’s personal masseuse now, he was allowed to live in the staff housing within the castle. This was mainly so he could be close by in case Celestia needed him on short notice.

“And I still haven’t forgotten Luna’s appointment at four,” he added. “Where is she wanting to do this?”

“Her bedroom, if you’re okay with it,” Celestia answered. “Just come back here a couple of minutes before and I’ll show you where it is.”

“Okay, yeah, that’s fine,” he figured that might be where Luna wanted to do it since she would want some privacy, much like Celestia when he gave her a massage.

Celestia nodded, then bid him farewell.

Lavender departed to resume moving some more of his belongings into his new apartment since he had a few hours before he had to address Luna’s massage appointment. Luckily for him, he didn’t own very much, which saved his aching hooves from walking back and forth so many times. He had gotten a few of his friends to help him out with the bigger items, such as his couch and bed, the first thing this morning so it would be done and out of the way. Now all that was left was some small items that he could carry over by himself.

As Luna’s appointment deadline drew near, Lavender finished up with what he could do right now. All that remained was a few things that he could take care of either tonight or tomorrow morning depending on how long Luna’s massage went. Earlier when he had stopped to take a break, he put a little massage kit together in his saddle bags which mainly consisted of different scented oils.

Securing his bag around his midsection, he was out the door, heading toward Celestia’s office so she could direct him to Luna’s bedroom. Celestia gave a quick knock at Luna’s bedroom door then, after hearing no objection from the other side, opened the door for Lavender.

Inside, the room seemed dark when compared to the rest of the castle, primarily because of the blue and black color scheme that Luna had went with. It was of a similar layout to Celestia’s room with the obvious exception of the color. Luna stood next to a small, black couch that sat at the foot of her bed.

Lavender took a slightly nervous gulp as Celestia closed the door behind him, leaving him in here alone with Luna. He silently prayed to whoever would listen that this would only be a massage and nothing more.

“I promised Celestia that I would behave myself,” Luna spoke. “Also, before we get started, I wanted to apologize for what I did yesterday. That was very foalish of me to do that to you.”

Her tone of voice sounded sincere which made Lavender relax a little bit.

“It’s okay. I like a good joke as much as the next pony. Just…warn me next time,” Lavender admitted, although he only half believed it when it came to a joke like that.

“Deal,” Luna smiled. “Shall we get started?” she laid down on the couch and readied herself for the massage.

Lavender set his saddle bag on the floor next to the couch for easy access to the contents. He squirted some hoof sanitizer on his front hooves to clean off any dirt and germs. Once his hooves were clean, he rummaged through the saddle bag and took out a small bottle of purple colored massage oil. He put a generous amount on one of his hooves and then used the other hoof to rub it around to warm up the oil so it wasn’t ice cold when it touched Luna’s skin. Since Luna was already lying on her stomach, it silently indicated that she wanted him to do her back first.

“Don’t worry about the oil, it’ll wash right out,” he reassured as he started with the massage.

“Good to know.”

He slowly made his way down her back, gently massaging her muscles in a circular pattern, working out any knots that he came across. The scent of the oil radiated around the two and smelled like a field of flowers during the springtime.

“How long have you…oh, fu…yes!” Luna exclaimed as he worked out a particularly large knot on her back; her body quivered a bit in response. She had to stop herself at the last second from cursing.

She didn’t know what he did, but an almost orgasmic feeling spiked through her body. Lavender paused briefly at this outburst.

“Pardon me, but that felt amazing,” she added, sounding like a mare who had just come down from cloud nine. “It’s like years’ worth of stress is leaving my body all at once.”

“Glad you like it,” he smirked to himself as he continued working his way down the remainder of her back. Not once of his years of working as a masseuse had he ever gotten a response like that.

He finished up with her back and gave her the indication to flip over so he could do her front side. Refilling with some more oil, he started with her upper chest. The relaxing scent of the oil wafted up toward Luna’s nose and helped melt away any stress that was still present in her body.

“So, who was the lucky mare who popped your cherry?” she asked, giving a bit of a mischievous smile.

Lavender hesitated as a bit of nervousness began to well back up inside him. He didn’t know if she was serious with her inquiry or just joking around again.

“Fine, I’ll go first. Mine was this handsome unicorn stallion named Dark Night,” she recalled. “He had a gray coat, jet black mane and tail, the deepest golden colored eyes I’ve ever seen, and a cutie mark of a cluster of stars. He was captain of the royal guard at the time, which meant I got to see him a lot. He would always stare at me every time I walked by. Finally, I went and talked to him. I wasn’t blind; I saw how he looked at me.”

Luna paused for a moment to take a sip of a drink she had sitting nearby.

“After we had been seeing each other for a while, I invited him to my room just to see where it would end up. We fooled around for a bit at first, and then before I knew it, our bodies were intertwined in the most passionate love making I’ve ever experienced,” she continued. “I remember telling Celestia that I loved him and wanted to spend my life with him. She scolded me for being naïve and giving my heart away so easily. Like a typical young mare, I didn’t listen. It’s just such a shame that shortly after that, we had to deal with Sombra in the Crystal Empire, and then that whole Nightmare Moon thing happened. I just…wish I could have said goodbye to him.”

She paused for a bit as her happy emotions gave way to sad ones.

“I never knew what happened to him after that. I’m guessing he moved on with his life. I still have dreams about that stallion who took my virginity on that one perfect night.”

She shifted her eyes to Lavender who had been listening intently to her story.

“So, who was your first? And don’t say Celestia because I know that’s a lie. A strapping young stallion like you, I bet you had the mares just lining up.”

Lavender, a bit more relaxed now, searched his memories until he found the one of his first sexual encounter.

“Sunflower Fields,” he started. “She was this pegasi mare I was dating in college. Cute little thing: had a blue coat, light green mane and tail, dark blue eyes, and a cutie mark of a sunflower. She was young so she still lived with her parents, and they forbade her to bring any stallion-friends over. However, they were both away on some family business this one weekend, and naturally, Sunflower invited me over.”

By now, Lavender had finished with the massage and took a seat next to the couch to give his hind legs a chance to rest.

“When I got there, we started making out, just exploring each other’s bodies,” he continued. “Once we were both thoroughly turned on, she led me up to her bedroom and then…she presented herself to me. I didn’t hesitate; I embraced her and we just went at it. This wasn’t her first time, but it was mine. Like most stallions my age, I was trying to go as fast as possible, but she urged me to take it slow and steady. It was good she did that since I probably would have ended up coming too early and making an ass of myself.”

He let his thoughts linger on the mare that claimed his virginity.

“I didn’t last as long as I liked with it being my first time, but she didn’t complain,” he explained. “We stayed together until she graduated college, but then she moved back to Cloudsdale, and we started seeing less and less of each other. The long distance eventually proved too much and we just called it off since our relationship wasn’t going anywhere. The last I heard from her she met this pegasi stallion, got married, and had a couple of foals. I still try to keep in touch with her every now and then,” he chuckled a bit as he thought of a particular time they were catching up. “This one time we got together, I made a crack about her and him. I said ‘When you’re having sex with him, you’re thinking about me, right?’ I got punched in the shoulder for that.”

Luna let out a hearty giggle.

“Interesting,” Luna said. “Thanks for sharing that with me.”

“Likewise, I enjoyed your story too,” he stood back up. “I’m sorry to hear about Dark Night.”

Luna smiled as her way of saying thanks. She didn’t mean for her story to end on a sad note, but sometimes those things happen.

Taking this as his cue to leave, Lavender gathered up his belongings into his saddle bag.

“Hey, wait,” Luna stopped him. “Where’s my happy ending?”

Lavender froze; there was no way she was being serious. This was what he dreaded, Luna using this opportunity to try and seduce him.

“Ah, I’m just messing with you,” Luna snickered. “The massage was amazing. I’ll have to talk to Celestia about making this a regular thing because, you sir, are a magician with those hooves.”

“Thanks, I’m glad you liked it,” he breathed a small sigh of relief.

He let himself out of the room since he figured Luna was going to stay on the couch for a while to savor her body’s relaxed state as much as she could. Her eyes followed him as he marched toward the door, lingering for a bit on his rear end as he left.

Lavender would have breathed a large sigh of relief now that he was finished with Luna’s massage, but he didn’t. It wasn’t as bad as he thought it was going to be, and Luna did stay true to her word and behaved herself. Checking a nearby clock, he still had plenty of time left in the day to complete his move to his new apartment. He was in high spirits right now due to the combination of getting a new job as Celestia’s masseuse and getting a new apartment out of it, having a nice lunch with Celestia, and getting some quality bonding time with Luna, which he completely didn’t expect. He was going to like his new job here.