Luna's Knight in Ballistic Armor.

Two days Later...

   The Lunar Princess basked under the her sister's Arabian sun. She leaned on the marble fence of the  courtyard of the sultan's palace. She sighed, not because of the heat; the is truth the capital of Saddle Arabia is cooler than the barren land of sand out side the city outskirts, she sighed rather because of the brewing tension with other neighbouring countries. The Equestrian scouts reported sightings of Gryphons mobilizing troops, and statistics shown that they made massive amounts of cannons and armaments and sold them to other countries like the Minotaur Empire and the Republic of North Kormanea. The South Kormaneians were organizing troops and amassing   weapons. Any time they would expect their northern brethren will attack.  The Turkey Empire were also buying weapons, they also have a deep connection with the Gryphon Empire, because of this the Nation of Stalliongrad, who are allies with Equestria, started to order massive amounts of weapons. Her train of though was cut short when  a low Arabian voice spoke.

"Princess Luna, I see you have taken a liking to our garden?" a stallion said from behind.

   The Lunar princess chuckled, looking at him with a smile across her face, " 'Tis the most beautiful garden I have ever laid my eyes upon, Sultan Ali Raj. Are these enchanted?" All though she was taught to speak in modern Equish, her old Equish still makes it self present form time to time.

The Sultan slightly released  a laugh and replied, "No Princess, the maids simply take care of them every day."

"Impossible! It is beautiful!"

The Sultan took a second and took a swift look at the back, to see his adviser beckoning him to spit out the words he wanted to say. But it turned into a small cough first, clearing his throat.

"Ehem."

The lunar princess shifted her gaze to the sultan and he said "I hate to rush this but, my nation is in the brink of war. We need your troops and supplies. If the time comes, are you willing to defend your neighbor, whilst I do the same to mine?" the sultan replied, raising his brow.

Of course, Princess Luna went to Saddle Arabia for a proposal from the sultan; the sultan asked for a shipment of weapons, most of  which is ammunition for other weapons, Equestria's newly manufactured Bolt action rifles, and a few 600mm cannons. As another for of payment, the sultan will send his troops to Equestria if the tension snapped into an all out war.

"I'm afraid I cannot do that Sultan," she replied, earning a nod and a small frown from Raj.

"But I could send the supplies and weapons you see fit in less than four days." she continued. The sentence singed through his ears, the lunar princess materialized a scroll with all the information of the trade.

   Coming to a conclusion, the sultan reached for his knife and aimed it directly over his thumb, before tracing a vertical cut on it. After that, he pressed his thumb on the box at the edge of the scroll signifying his approval.

"I accept the terms Princess. I just hope this conflict will not brew into war." he said, raising his hand in between them.

"I, Princess Luna, on behalf of Equestria, accept the conditions. Mock my words, it shan't happen." with that, they clenched hands together, making a small shake that sealed their proposal. As all might seem well, the doors bust open, two Arabian guards were accompanied by a different guard, which was dressed with gold, so does his helmet that shined brightly from the sun. A shape of a silver horse shoe with wings on its side.

"Ah, Royal messenger! Why art thou here?" Princess Luna asked, the guard stood firmly in place and locked his right arm in a salute.

"Your highness! A message from Princess Celestia!" he then gave her a scroll with the royal seal and all that. Of course she levitated and opened the letter in front of her.

           Dear sister,

                             Come home, we need to talk about pressing matters. Immediately.

                                                                                                                           Signed

                                                                                                      Princess Celestia, your sister

   A very short and comical letter, as weird as it is, it came from her sister. She never wrote like this. Unless if there is something more important than the brewing war and trade routes for Equestria and her allies. Heck, Celestia only write letters like this if it is very important. Popping in her mind was that special occasion when she accidentally misplaced the cake that her sister loved so much, and her reaction was priceless if you consider cake to be very special. Still the letter itself showed importance.

"Guard, please prepare the Royal Chariot." Luna said, whilst putting down the scroll and into the guard's open palm. The guard stood firmly in place and pivots, turning around. Luna, letting out a small sigh, said to the sultan:

"I am sorry to cut this meeting short Sultan Ali Raj," she said, turning to face him, "Until we meet again."

"I pray for your safety your Princess, until next time." the sultan replied, putting his fist on his chest for her.

Luna exited the room through the big ebony doors, completely clueless of what she'll encounter on her homeland: Equestria.

  Groaning, Jean once again regained consciousness. Definitely he survived the Chimera, he manage to cut the tail and beat its head into a pulp! He made sure it was deep enough that he actually reached the tonsils, and peppered it with 45. ACP rounds. His vision is a blur, his cloudy eye began to dart to different appliances. There was a small table at his side, his gear was hung on a clothes hanger attached to a small hook at the wall. His helmet was placed on the other table, and so is his weapons. His hearing improved, the sound of beeping from  Farther to the left, the door was half open, he could see people chatting mostly. One appeared to notice him waking up, and decided to walk up to him.

"Jean Riley?" she said, she wore what appears to be a white dress, edges were lined with golden fabric. Ever so slowly, she closed the distance between them, Jean began to back pedal slowly until he leaned on the wall. Even though he was hazy, he could make some features from her; she had a horn protruding from her upper forehead, she had ears similar to a horse's own, her spectrum colored hair flowed as if there was a present breeze of wind. As soon as he noticed this, the others opened the door, and two others went inside the room, clutching what appears to be rifles. And after what it seemed to be hours, he finally spoke, breaking the silence.

"Wh-h-Who are you?" He stammered, in his low toned and raspy voice.

"I am Princess Celestia, Princess of the Sun, co-ruler of Equestria." she said, in her regal tone.

Celestia...

Celestia. It was familiar, but still he heard this name before, from somewhere. But he can put a finger on it, he tried to piece everything together to make up the name, but he cannot. Then he had a name pop up in his mind. The opposite of her.

Luna...

"Lu-Luna..." again he stammered, mumbling those letters.

Upon hearing this, curiosity sparked within the Solar Princess' mind, " Speak sir Riley,  what do you know of my sister?"

   Of course, he couldn't forget that name, the beautiful maiden that rests on the moon. Her smile, could touch the hearts if millions like him, battered and bruised men and women. Her beauty was unmatched, even Aphrodite herself could only dream of. Oh, how sweet she was. She was just misunderstood, and she couldn't be able to win over the hearts and minds of her people. She just needed some love, and he obliged.

   He clutched on his dog tags, feeling a soft feather on the palm of his hand. The said feather was dark bluish, illuminating in his palm a blue passive glow. It was the primary very the Luna gave him, it happened to be in the best condition even though it was crammed into different attires and his palm; the feather wasn't even fazed! It gave him light whenever he was lost in the darkest depths of the Earth with it, warmth.

Almost like touching the cheeks of his lover, Luna.

Luna.

"Luna..."

   Was he dead? Did he really die on Earth. Back then in the forest when he was contemplating, he knew that he if he could get back to Earth, every one will think that he was a ghost, and he'll be a shell of a man that he once knew. At least he knew he knew he died, and he accepted it as such. But the mare he loved was here, she existed on this world. All those years of killing, shooting, stabbing, maiming people are all gone, drifted away by the river of rebirth.  He could almost feel her warm body against his, only provided by the feather he was now clutching on. He felt different emotions, happiness, sadness, self pity, anxiety. He felt tears streaming down his cheeks.

It's been long since he cried.

   He felt feathers wrapping around him, with open arms clinging to him in a tight hug. He looked to his left to only to see the princess comforting him, stroking his hair. He could feel her big breasts pushing onto his left side. But he was too tired to either push it away or care.

"There, there..." she cooed into his ear, her voice was rather motherly.

He chuckled, "Thank you, I needed that."

She broke away from the hug, chuckling in her own manner.

The purple one spoke, changing the mode something into a more cheery manner, " Hello, I'm Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you."

"Likewise princess." he replied, giving her a hand shake.

She began to point into the group behind her, "Here's Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie."

He made a small bow, smiling at them in sincerity, "A pleasure to meet you all, mind if I slip into my clothes before I head out?"

"Oh no no no! You need another two days of recovery before you can get out into the world." a nurse said coming in the room.

He replied, raising a brow. "How so?"

The nurse quickly trotted up to him, before lightly tapping her thumb against his right lower rib; she was rewarded with a yelp and Jean flinched. "See?"

"Ha ha. Serves me right for doubting a charming nurse such as yourself." he replied, he was well rewarded with a blush from the mare, she hid half of her face with the clip board she was clutching, trying to hide the blush she was currently experiencing.

"Flirting with Nurse Redheart I see Mr. Riley?" Princess Celestia herself said, looking at him with her stoic poker face.

Chuckling from the comment he replied, "No ma'am just being friendly with the locals."

He sighed before saying, " I need some shut eye. Can I be left for a moment, I need another day to take all of this information in."

The Princess gave a nod and beckoned every one in the room to come with her. He could here the door hinges screeching, and the butter yellow one mouthing, " Sweet dreams..."

   Once again Jean heard the sound of the door opening, seeing a dark blue female, looking at him. He tried his best to look at her half lid. And it worked. She approached him and sat down on the chair beside him.

Luna...

   After a minute, she slowly leaned to him, she pushed a side her mane at her eyes and planted a kiss on his forehead. She smiled and let her head rest on his stomach, her arms crossed to from a make shift pillow. Jean involuntarily placed his hands on her head. He could hear her saying vividly:

"Sweet Dreams, My long lost Lover."