Stranded

The morning arrived bringing with it a cool breeze, the weather on the streets of London was neither too warm nor too cold, the sky was free of clouds and the city dwellers smiled while looking at its blue color, for a city that always tended to be under gray clouds and non-stop rain, a clear sky was always welcome.

The thin curtains covering the window moved slowly thanks to the soft blowing of the wind, inside the room, Luna was still sleeping soundly on the bed, her lips curved into a happily smile, her elegant figure was covered by a white sheet that accentuated the curves of her body.

The chirping of birds outside the window finally reached her ears, the furry appendages moved rhythmically to the compass of the chirping, her eyes fluttered open shortly after.

"Good morning, my love."

She said, but her smile faded when she realized that she was all alone in the room, Luna was disappointed to see that Jack was not with her, after what they had shared, what she wanted most was to wake up in the arms of her lover, but apparently, he did not share her desire.

The goddess of the night started to feel the sadness fall over her, but at that moment the door of the room opened and Jack stepped through it holding a tray with his hands, over the tray was a plate of fresh fruit cut into small pieces, a cup of steaming coffee and toasts.

Jack placed the tray on the dresser to then sit on the edge of the bed, he took his hand to Luna's face to stroke it gently before joining his lips with those soft and warm of hers.

"Hope I haven't kept you waiting too much."

Jack said almost whispering; Luna smiled and wrapped her forelegs around his neck bringing him closer to her and kissing him again.

Once the kiss ended, Jack placed the tray with the food on her lap, using her magic to hold the fork, Luna took pieces of fruit to her mouth and she moaned softly enjoying the sweet taste that these had. Meanwhile, Jack walked to the closet from which he extracted a blue suit, a tie of the same color, a white shirt and other accessories to complete his outfit, finally, he took a towel and went into the bathroom, soon after, the sound of running water could be heard from the other side of the door.

With a playful smile gracing her lips, Luna got out of bed and quietly entered into the bathroom, the steam from the hot water had already filled the room and soon her fur was covered by tiny pearls of water, without hesitation, she opened the curtain and getting up on her hind legs she pounced on an unsuspecting Jack that had his back against her.

The warm water covered their bodies and Luna sighed as she felt her body relax by the action of the water entering through her fur and running over her soft skin, her tail and mane lost its usual form and her hair fell over her shoulders and back.

Jack chuckled, still between her forelegs, he turned around and hugged her body, he leaned until his forehead touched hers taking a few minutes to admire her deep blue eyes, he smiled and then kissed her passionately causing Luna to moan into the kiss.

Minutes later, Luna and Jack returned to the bedroom to get ready for the day, she wore again her regalia after several weeks, meanwhile, he finished placing his jacket on while she was helping him to adjust his tie.

"You look very handsome." She told him.

"Thank you," Jack answered and held her hoof, "but you look even more beautiful."

She smiled and gave him a peck; her cheeks had a faint red color.

"I'll be pretty busy today,” he continued. “My employees will come to receive their settlement and in the afternoon I will go to the commissariat to fill several forms, I need to think what I will do now, the money I have will help for some months... but..."

Desperation was palpable in his voice, Luna; not wanting to see him suffer placed a hoof on his lips hushing him.

"Jack.” She caught his attention. “Whatever happens after today, I'll be at your side, to be your support and the light at the end of the tunnel, together we can face anything."

Those words calmed his mind and spirit; however, doubts arose in the back of his mind while looking at those blue eyes of hers.

"Oh Luna, will you really stay with me? When the time comes and I know that it will, you'll have to make a decision, but I don't know if I will be able to accept it." He thought.

"Thanks, my love, I needed that." He said and leaned forward to join his lips with hers.

The doorbell rang three times announcing a visitor; Jack sighed and walked toward the door.

"Maybe it’s good idea that you use that invisibility spell, today there will be a lot people in the house."

She nodded. "You're right, anyway, I'll be in the garden for a while, perhaps Tiberius needs help in his laboratory."

"I don't think so, he is not at home, he left a note saying he had something to do in Wiltshire, he also took one of my cars... that old man is in serious trouble."

Luna raised her eyebrows and laughed merrily, "He really acts like Starswirl."

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Tiberius parked the car on the side of the road, he descended from it and kept walking along a path until he found himself on top of a small hill from where he could see the town of Wiltshire nestled in the valley down below, taking it as a reference, he directed his steps to the north, it didn't took him much to reach his destination.

Many times during his life, Tiberius had been standing in the middle of that place, always admiring those huge stone structures that seemed to tell stories of the past, stories that perhaps no one could ever decipher. Stonehenge always welcomed him with arms wide open to help him clear his mind, helping him to find new ideas, but on this occasion, something else had drawn the old scientist to be surrounded by those majestic monoliths.

"Well, it's time to see if my theory is correct."

He said taking the small electric reader from the pocket of his jacket. He began to walk between the structures erratically trying to find the focal point that he had found in his laboratory.

"Come on, give me something, whatever."

He said almost pleading, in that instant, the device took a big jump in the reading and remained so for almost a minute before it went still again. Turner smiled and pulled Luna's feather from his jacket.

Glancing upwards, Tiberius realized that he was standing in front of a monolith that seemed to form a large door, it consisted of two pillars of nearly three meters high that at its summit held a third stone placed horizontally.

He gave some steps until he stood just below the stone frame, his device gave a big leap in his reading briefly and Turner held out the palm of his hand leaving the feather free on it, a gentle breeze blew and the feather raised with the wind, but to the surprise of the old scientist, it began to spin and to emit a faint blue glow before it disappeared without a trace.

Tiberius remained in silence for several minutes until a smile appeared on his face and he jumped in happiness while screaming.

“Eureka!”