Luna's Lament

The room was dead quiet as Andrew slumped to the floor, a pool of blood making itself quite clear around his feet. In the craze, Celestia, Luna, Twilight, and Cadence leaped up at the same time. Now, alicorn magic works in mysterious ways and Blueblood had seen enough of Twilight’s notes to know where the fatal wound had to be inflicted. When the alicorns leaped up, the knocked heads and their horns all came into contact. With a bright flash, Andrew was hit by a bolt of magic from their horns that sent him flying. If he were even aware of anything, he would become aware of a growing pain in his back that would only become worse as time progressed.

Not aware of the bolt they had sent upon Andrew, the alicorns leaped up and surrounded Blueblood. The knife released from his magic and it clattered to the ground, the sound of metal on marble echoing throughout the entire vast room.

“I did what was necessary for the good of Equestria.” Were his last words as Luna’s horn entered his cold, black heart. Blueblood fell to the ground, his arrogant smirk going with him to his grave as his eyes glazed over with the fact of death.

Luna withdrew her now bloody horn from the noble’s chest. The crowd, still present screamed and made for the exit. Luna rushed over to Andrews side, tears in her eyes.

“Andrew! Speak to me my love!” She cried in agony.

A guard pony with a doctor rushed over to Andrew’s crumpled form. The doctor put a hoof to Andrews neck, desperately searching for a pulse, but could find none.

He shook his head and shut Andrew’s glazed eyes with a hoof.

Luna let out a scream that was rumored to echo throughout the world. Her agony and grief were beyond imagining as she collapsed in tears atop Andrew’s limp form. The one thing she loved more than her own night skies had been taken from her and locked away forever.

“ANDREW!!!!” Luna wailed yet again, a single tear dropping onto his chest near his wound.

Unbenounced to Luna, Andrew’s wound began closing up, healing with magic. Luna’s final gift to her lover as it seemed, however, a stirring in the magical field around ANdrew brought her head up from her own grief. Celestia remembered the bolt of their magic hitting Andrew in the chest. Some parts of alicorn magic were still unknown to even the regal princess herself, yet she knew what was happening to Andrew.

“I thought it was but a legend.” She murmured under her breath.

Celestia, Luna, Twilight, and Cadence had now given him the greatest gift of all. The ability not to break his promise to Luna, ever.

Luna felt a bump in the human’s chest.

“Huh?” She sobbed.

The heart of the human began to beat once again as he returned to the land of the living.

“Hey there Luna. Remember how I made a promise never to leave you ever?” Andrew said in a raspy voice.

Luna wailed in a mixture of joy and love for her human as she wrapped her hooves around his neck. Twilight and Cadence looked astonished.

“But...How?” Cadence spoke up first.

“Andrew made a promise to Luna to never leave her. Our combined magic has allowed him to keep that promise forever. His aging stops now like ours did when we were gifted our powers.” Celestia informed the group.

“He is the embodiment of faith as he has never broken a promise and never will now.” Luna whispered the ancient prophecy.

“So the legends were true. An alien creature would descend from the heavens and become the one unable to break any promise. Showing love and compassion for all in his presence.” Twilight exhaled in disbelief as she too, repeated the prophecy to the group.

“Never ever leave me like that again Andrew Carcillo!” Luna cried, tears still pouring down her face as she sobbed into Andrew’s shoulder.

“I don’t think you’ll have to worry about that anymore.” Andrew smiled, embracing his princess and rubbing her back with his hands.

Twilight had stopped staring and run over to Andrew’s side, gripping his arm tightly, her own tears now being shed. Celestia and Cadence joined in as their own tears joined the rest. Celestia had always held that legend in the back of her mind when Andrew first arrived and showed his kind personality to the ponies of Canterlot. Did she ever think this would be the true embodiment of faith? No, admittedly, she did not, however, she could feel that Andrew was the one and only love for her dear sister and would never let her go for all the bits in the world.

Cadence on the other hand had found the love between Andrew and Luna so potent that she worried that it might bring a changeling back to life. Luna had found her own Shining Armor it seemed to her, a smile etched itself on to everyone’s faces as their horns glowed in happiness.

A few months after the disaster at the funeral, Andrew had made sure to stay extra close to Luna as she became quite clingy, which was understandable as she had almost lost him, but Andrew didn’t mind in the slightest. He loved the way her soft fur felt against his bare skin and the way her mane fell loosely around her neck at night. She was indeed perfect in every way in his eyes.

Luna on the other hand, well, to put it into simple words, thought he was drop dead gorgeous. She noticed the stares that the female guards gave him as well as Celestia herself had even been caught running her eyes down the human’s form while he jogged around the castle in the mornings. Luna had walked in on one particular morning to see Celestia slowly eating her banana as she watched the shirtless human pant and sweat below. As a matter of fact, Celestia threatened to send Luna back to the moon if she told him. Luna did like making the other mares jealous of her man. As a matter of fact, she had  asked him to go into the barracks shirtless to see what the guard mares thought. She was rolling in hysterical laughter as one of the guard mares just casually walked over to him and ran her hoof down his chest and stomach. Andrew had blushed so hard, his face was now the color of a perfectly ripe tomato.

All fun aside, Andrew had business to attend to. He knocked on the door to Celestia’s chambers and waited anxiously. The door opened and the white alicorn ushered him inside. The room smelled of banana laffy taffy and had a quite large four poster bed against the far wall.

“How can I help you today my dear Andrew?” Celestia asked in her usual kind and calm voice, sipping at the cup of tea she had abandoned to open the door.

“Well, uh, you see. I’ve been thinking about me and Luna and we talked about having foals” Andrew said sheepishly.

Celestia spit her tea out all over Andrew’s face, covering him in the sweet brown liquid.

Celestia stammered her apologies as she cleaned Andrew up with a simple spell.

“So, you were saying about you and Luna having foals?” Celestia urged him on.

“Yeah. Since I’m human, we won’t be compatible. Is there any way to change that? Andrew asked.

“Does Luna know about this?” Celestia pointed to Andrew and then herself.

“Yes I told her I would see if you could do anything to help us, so to speak.” Andrew scratched the back of his head.

“That’s not really my area of expertise but I’ll see what Cadence has to say on the matter.” Celestia smiled warmly.

Andrew embraced Celestia.

“Thank you so much. How long do you think it will take Cadence to get here if you don’t mind me asking.”  Andrew asked.

“By this afternoon I think. She is in nearby Ponyville visiting Twilight. I’ll have her here soon.” Celestia said.

“Do you think I’m good enough for Luna?” Andrew blurted out.

Celestia just gave a warm chuckle.

“Andrew my dear, you are the only one my Luna has loved with such passion. I saw the look you two gave each other when you stargazed that night. She has never been so happy in her entire life.” Celestia said, her magenta eyes sparkling with tears as she too remembered the happiness those two shared.

“Thank you Celestia.” Andrew sniffled, but did not let any tears fall.

“No. Thank you Andrew.” She embraced the human yet again.

“Do me a favor and just ask for her hoof in marriage will you? Grow a pair.” She smiled wryly and sent him on his way.