Meet Ghost, the only unicorn to serve in the Night Guard. Unlike the Royal Guard who has unicorns and pegasi, the Night Guard consists of bat ponies. Mostly because of their inept ability to see in the dark or in low light areas. Ghost is an exception as he spent a lot of time in the dark so his eyes, though not like those of the bat ponies, adapted quite well to pick up items and movements in the dark. He gave the Royal Guard captain a good run for his money in combat training, which was more like a test for Ghost but he won't outright say that, and beat the captain to the Night Guard in night combat. Luna saw how valuable he was and offered him the rank of officer. He accepted and now he sits in a roofless tower overlooking the front gate to Luna's section of the castle. Since two bat ponies watch the gate he didn't really have to watch that nor did he the skies since regular patrols hit the skies over the castle with the occasional Wonderbolt squad. Mostly for night practice but at least Ghost got a free viewing of the Wonderbolts flying.
Most nights Ghost star gazed, piecing together the constellations that Luna had made for the star gazers to find. He even made a few for himself, which were ones that weren't written in the school books. By the end of the first month he could easily navigate by night via the stars by piecing together the constellations he could see. Those gave him the direction he was facing and from there he could get to where he wanted to go. Since the moon followed the same path of the sun he could also use that if he needed to, but he enjoyed looking at the stars while the shift was being dull. Every two and half hours the guards would rotate, but Ghost was well adapted and slept off and on through the day so he never went through the change with another guard. This didn't bother him one bit. Just gave him new ponies to tease on the radio. Which was all good as it kept the mood light and the guards awake in the late, or early, hours of the day. Most of his nights would have a guard report at least one drunk pony trying to walk onto the castle grounds thinking he was heading the right way. Or some stranger wondering where the local inn was, or thought the castle was an inn. Once or twice a week Ghost would have to go down to the main gate himself as it was a cleaning crew or messenger that wasn't on the schedule to go through. This led Ghost to give a thorough inspection of the pony in question and inspection of the saddle bag or cart for suspicious items. Most were clean, some had skooma, the weed of Equestria, which were arrested unless the pony had proof it was for medicinal purposes.
On most nights Ghost would bring his lunch box with a few random food and drink items he felt in the mood for that day. This night was fruit night for him. Where all his food and drink items were fruit or made from fruit. A couple Sweet Apple Acres apples and oranges from the local market. He made apple juice from a couple of the apples and bought grape juice from the same market. This is the night he remembers most as while he was bored and not hungry, yet either feeling a little tired or clouds blocking the view of the sky to stargaze, he would juggle his fruit. He was quite good and some of the guards that could watch him do so would challenge him to add more or try a different way of doing so. But this time no one made a comment on the radio. Ghost figured it was the clouds making it too dark for them to make out that he was juggling. Which unknown to him, since he couldn't see shadows, was that the main reason no made a comment was that they saw another pony with Ghost, which he didn't hear land behind him. He jumped and dropped all his fruit when he heard an all too familiar voice say "Quite good at that aren't you."
'Well, so much for having the tower.' Ghost though to himself when he calmed down. Luna herself was behind him and must have been there at least three minutes just watching him juggling. "Uhh, thanks, I guess. What, uh, brings you to my tower?" Ghost jumbled together while collecting his fruit, checking for bruises, luckily only one orange managed to get bruised. he would have hated to see a bruise on any apple.
"I have taken notice of your side activities when you don't have much else going on." Ghost surely thought that she was going to demote him at this point for slacking off on the job. He knew he was too valuable to get fired, but that doesn't mean he won't be on kitchen duty. "Especially you staring at the stars." When she said this his mind went to the fence. 'What is she getting at?' Went through his mind. He was good at picking up on moods or motives, except for mares and especially Luna. Ever since he met her he couldn't piece together what she wanted or where she was going. He thinks it's where she fell behind in the changes in culture and the language and she still has yet to fully adapt to that. She stopped using the ancient words, like "ye" and "thou" unless she was really upset or emotional.
"You going to demote me?" He asked, just wanting to get that question resolved now before his mind was flooded with "Is she going to demote me?"
"No. I have paid close attention to your activities and you still do a great job. I have no reason to demote you." At this point several guards are watching the two talk, not able to hear them, yet knowing that something is going on and based on how Ghost is acting thinks he is getting demoted or worse. Though that changed when they noticed Ghost get really curious and not on edge like the changeling army was coming.
"So, you have been spying on me? Isn't that invading one's personal space?" He made this comment forgetting what Luna did on nightly basis, mostly because he was awake at night and slept during the day, which Celestia didn't bother sleeping ponies, as her day was much more full and hectic to take care of the few that slept. Also Celestia admitted that she didn't know the spell that allowed her to enter dreams like her sister.
"You forget that I monitor dreams of the many that are sleeping right now. Tell me, am I invading their space by helping them deal with their dreams?" She was a bit more assertive of her authority when saying this statement, yet kept it calm and gentle knowing that he could easily forget her duties while doing his.
"...Fair point, but I don't believe you answered the question as to why you came to my tower." Ghost slapped himself mentally for forgetting that she could enter dreams.
"I came to promote you to be my personal guard. The last one was caught with a kilo of moon sugar." (The name for the crack of Equestria.)
"Ah, yeah, I had the privilege of escorting him to the Royal Guard." The reason for that is that no one in the Royal Guard knows anyone in the Night Guard, and vice versa. This is why anyone arrested in one division gets transferred to the other division. Keeps the friends in the inside from clearing the guilty and keeps the emotions down. Knowing who you are interrogating can lead to some unwanted tensions or actions.
"So I need a pony I can trust at any given moment to protect me. Hence one reason I was watching you. Seeing if you were trustworthy and did your duty to the fullest." Ghost almost blushed at how she deemed him out of all the others to be the best choice to be her personal guard. But this meant he never left the castle, so he had to sell his apartment and move into one of the apartment rooms in the castle. Which would be the one the old guard would have been in. But that was two weeks prior so by now the room would be open again, but lacking furniture.
At this point one of the guards who were watching chatted on the radio "What's going on up there Ghost? You getting fired?" Another guard decided to throw in some humor, "No, you guys can't see it, but they are flirting heavily." This made Ghost and Luna blush slightly as they could see how it could be easy to say that. Didn't help them that there was a few guards sending their chuckles over the radio. Ghost being quick to adapt to the situation got the radio and commented, "You guys are jealous you don't get to face time with the Princess. Your jokes don't affect me, but I wouldn't be surprised if you guys didn't get kitchen duty for a week for that statement." A couple more chuckles and "Ahh snap." were heard before it quiet again. The ponies had their nightly fun on the radio. Luna blushed a bit at Ghost defending her in a witty way. She debated making his words true and giving the one that made the flirt joke kitchen duty or worse. But now wasn't the time to make such a decision. She did now know one thing. Ghost was definitely the right choice to be her personal guard. He was witty, which the her previous guard could have used some more of, and well put others first, even if he was teasing his friends.
"So when do I start my new job?" Ghost said, setting the radio back down and turning to face her.
"Tomorrow. For now, you are dismissed, go home and get ready to move and start your new job. I'll send another guard to your post, who can handle himself when it comes to the jokes." This latter part was optional, but knowing that Ghost and the others had done it for the latter part of a year now. It has proven to her the uses it has as the night reports have been better updated and the guards are doing their jobs better. Ghost nodded and decided to send one last message over the radio before being officially Luna's personal guard and no longer an Officer in a tower. "Hey guys, guess what. I just got the night off and tomorrow start a new, better job. Professional Flirter." There was a silence, "Wait is that even a job title?" "Scarlet, it's a joke about your previous joke to them." Another guard commented in a very monotone voice. This voice caused a couple chuckles, "Ghost what is your new job, for real this time." He looked at Luna who nodded that is was okay to announce his position. "I am the new personal guard to the Princess of the Night." He said this very smug, which caused a couple, "You aren't serious, this is a lousy prank you are pulling." Luna then snatched the radio from Ghost and before he could really process what she just did, she spoke "He isn't joking, he is serious. I have given him this position." The way she spoke was enough to not cause the others to ask if she was in on this joke. "Ghost you sly dog, congrats on getting the most coveted job of the force." This was true and also included the Royal Guard. Celestia was more demanding on her personal guards. This was in more ways than one and not all of them were trained to deal with what they dealt with on a daily basis. Luna was more relaxed in her schedule and mostly dealt with dreams and some minor papers that Celestia didn't have time to get to. So the guard mostly just read a few papers in her office and then whatever one felt like doing while guarding her chamber doors.
Not much happened for the first two weeks, mostly Ghost getting settled into his new position and home. He didn't get a radio so he didn't get to talk to any of his old guard friends. He was able to view the starts through the nearby window so he could at least stargaze. Though Wednesday of the third week there was weird activity from down below in the castle so Ghost got into high alert and hit Luna's chamber doors twice which was the warning for her to lock the windows and her own chamber door. Ghost wasn't the last line of defense, the door was. By the time any intruder could break the door down the Royal Guard along with Celestia would be alerted and heading to deal with the situation. Sure enough an assassin had made it into the castle and was after Luna. The assassin made it passed all the guards by any means as necessary and found that Ghost was the last target to fight through then the door. "So it's you I got to fight through. Been a long time since I heard from you."
This made zero sense to Ghost, who was this joker that apparently knows him, then it clicked, it was the old guard that was taken in. "How did you get out of prison?" This made the assassin laugh, "It was part of the plan of my employers. Get in close with Luna get a look a like to get arrested. So I could come and do my job without anyone knowing who killed her." Ghost readied his sword, "You made one mistake. You decided to say yes to killing the Princess." The assassin laughed some more then lunged at Ghost, Ghost easily countered by redirecting the assassins weight into the wall.
Combat ensued for a while and neither the assassin nor Ghost were giving in at all. Finally the assassin managed to catch Ghost off guard and fired a custom made bullet into his chest. Ghost hit the floor and as the assassin was thinking that Ghost was done Ghost fired a energy beam from his horn which killed the attacker. "I told you that you made a mista..." Ghost quickly began losing consciousness; Luna who knew that the fight was over and the attacker dealt with opened her chamber door to find Ghost just on edge of consciousness quickly activated her SOS which alerted the Royal Guard and Celestia. They arrived just as Ghost lost all senses and went into shock from blood loss.
Ghost woke up, feeling his chest feel super sore and being on something super soft. "This is way too soft for any hospital, even for one in the castle, if it even has one." He opened his eyes to be in a massive room with Luna staring at him from a chair. Luckily what he said was audible to himself. He quickly found out that Luna apparently took him into her chambers after getting his wound dealt with. "How bad was it?" he asked. he had no idea what the bullet actually did to him other than hit his chest.
"It went barely missed your left lung. Worst part was the poison that it was coated with. Somehow your body managed to fight off the poison before the doctors knew that you were poisoned. Your liver is ten percent damaged as a result, but not enough to be any concern." The poison part was a surprise to Ghost, he rolled off as a perk of the apples. But he couldn't back this claim. Luna then got up and got in the bed with him, she wasn't wearing any of her normal Princess attire, despite how few that is to begin with. "Were you okay with dying right there?"
This question took Ghost by surprise but he had an answer, "Knowing that I stopped that assassin. Yes. I did my job, protect you. I will always take that bullet to keep you safe, even if it will take me off the planet." There was a hint of more sincerity than job requirement in there. Ghost was always fond of Luna but wasn't sure if he ever had any interest in her, until he was her personal guard, then he was getting there. Now he was there knowing that she put him in her chambers to recover.
Luna blushed and smiled softly, a couple tears were fought back, "No pony has ever been that dedicated nor sincere with me before." At this point she was literally a couple inches from Ghost.
"I have a feeling you have a confessions for me. I don't think every guard that takes a poison bullet gets this kind of treatment, unless it's your sister, but I don't think she'd let one stay in her bed like I did yours." Ghost knew this based on Luna's actions up to this point since he woke. Of all the things a mare that is interested in romance is easy to identify, especially in this case. Princess not wearer her shoes or crown at least is a good hint. Slow, yet distinct movements that show off the curves and body features for a stallion is a clear sign if he ever saw one. The way she moved to the bed wasn't "I want sex." No, it was, "I like you, romantically." Showy yet not too showy.
Luna as a result of how fast he caught onto her actions blushed, "I have developed a romantic interest in you before I approached you. You were one of the few to enjoy what I did with the night. The night the assassin tried to kill me was the night I finally built up the courage to ask you to stargaze with me. I wanted to see what you did when you looked up. Unfortunately that didn't get to happen. But I did add you to the constellations. Your bravery and courage earned a spot there." Ghost was speechless. He is dreaming, but then he realized if he was dreaming and Luna was in it, then either way what was said was real. Only reaction he had was a blush, which was hard to see with his coat being black. Luna saw it though and smiled. She scooted against his body which made them both blush equally. Luna because she hasn't had a romantic interest in centuries and Ghost because well the Princess of the Night has interest in a simple unicorn. Ghost soon moved his left hoof and wrapped it around her side, as she was to his left. Luna smiling at his acceptance scooted fully into him. Cuddling her new interest. Ghost smiled, her soft fur and warmth was soothing to his sore and achy body. He sighed happily which caused Luna to gently lay her head on his chest, being sure that she wasn't hurting him. He gave no sign to her not to keep her head there. It made a quick sharp pain hit Ghost but it quickly left, the pain did increase and stay there, but very tolerable, which he would take way worse for her at this point. "So, Luna, how much do you like me? Like, date or more?" This made Luna blush very visibly and she looked at him and smiled softly, "I'll show you."
Luna shifted and laid partially on Ghost and began kissing his chest. He groaned as the pain in chest seemed to disappear with each kiss. She continued kissing his chest for at least three minutes, could be longer, but it felt like that to Ghost. She then went and nibbled the fur on his neck which caused shivers and moans from his body. He knew at this point she wasn't new to pleasing a stallion. Which didn't surprise him, he was just unsure till now. She smiled as his body obviously showed how well he enjoyed her. At this point she decided to go all the way and went under the covers and between his legs. Where he gasped as he felt a mouth kiss in between his thighs. He wasn't hard yet but he knew it wasn't going to take long for her to get him there. He also knew at this point how far she was willing to go with him. He was okay with it. He moaned happily as she continued kissing. She was invisible to him as the blankets went up to his chest and she didn't disturb them at all. Every kiss was a surprise to Ghost and that made the pleasure all that more enhanced and enjoyable. But what really got him is when he felt nibbling on his sheath. He gasped loudly and moaned as his most sensitive body part was being pleasured with very gentle bites from a very soft and gentle princess. This alone made him hard as a rock within a minute with a full erection that even flared. Luna stopped and moved up and got lined up on his cock. Since they could see each others faces again, he smiled and nodded at her and she smiled back. But she couldn't take him till they shared at least one kiss and that is what she did. Planted her lips fully against his, both kissing each other. It didn't take long for them to send each others tongues into the others mouth and taste each other. Ghost took his hooves and started kneading into her ribs which made her wings spread out to full span and her to moan into his mouth. She found Ghost was a fierce fighter yet very tender stallion. He was the most pleasuring stallion she ever had over the centuries. The years on the moon don't count as they were loner years.
Luna knew it was time to continue and she sat down on his flared member, sending him deep into her wet pussy. Both moaned at this new shared contact. They broke the kiss and panted from being out of breath, Ghost spoke softly and lovingly in her ear, "I can feel your heart beat." Luna smiled at this comment and blushed, knowing how much intimacy they were sharing that he can feel her heart beat on his cock. She sat there a moment not moving, focusing to see if she could feel the same from him and she did. "I can feel yours as well." Ghost smiled as they both could feel each others heart beat. Luna kissed him again and started bouncing on his thick cock, moaning as each bounce sent him deeper into her and opened up more of her sex. Ghost moaned in the kiss as he felt her body move on his eager cock, her body coating it with natural lubrication making her bounces very powerful and flowed easily. Slurping can be heard between the two of them as a result of how wet Luna's sex was and flesh on flesh smacking could be heard at a less audible noise. None escaped the room, even the moans, which was a good thing for the two guards that were outside unaware of what was happening inside the room.
Ghost wrapped his hooves around Luna's sides, just below her shoulder and assisted her in bouncing on him. Her moans got louder and she bounced faster and more erratic on him till she almost screamed in a loud moan and clamped Ghost's cock and covered it and his groin with mare juices. He knew the moment her body squeezed him that she hit her climax. After a moment of panting from her she got back at it again, but is was a bit weaker than before. Ghost at this point took charge and his horn glowed black, and Luna felt tingling on her hips and flank as his magic grabbed her there and was bouncing her on him. Luna moaned loudly as she now didn't have to work herself for pleasure. The moans, kisses, slaps and slurping continued between the two bodies. Both nearing their limit. Ghost started making Luna bounce faster and harder on him, "You want it in or out?" Ghost was hoping she would say in, just to add to their intimacy. "Don't you dare pull out of me now!" She yelled through her moans. Ghost smiled and continued speedily bouncing his lover on top of him till he couldn't hold it back and his cock throbbed and pulsed against Luna's walls and hot gooey seed poured deep into Luna. At the same time Luna hit her climax and clamped on Ghost again, this time milking his throbbing member for every drop of sperm she could get.
After the climaxes ended Luna laid fully on Ghost, both of them sweating and panting. They kissed again, no tongues this time, but Ghost kneaded her ribs again. Which she smiled and moaned at, clinging to her new lover like her life depended on it. "I love you." She whispered to him. He could hear how sincere she was and cherished this moment. "Love you too."
A few weeks have gone by since then and Luna and Ghost have spent almost all their time together, he being her personal guard allowed little question about what they did as most thought it was a new policy Luna was enforcing. Really they both were enjoying each others company and star gazing. Both of them on top of the castle, cuddling.
Author's Note
So I decided to take a quick break from my multi chapter story and do this. My first clop fic on this site. I do know how to do the interesting parts of this kind of story just fine thanks to role plays. So if you were curious about that there is the answer. If you want more like this or want this to continue, just comment and I will add more when I get inspiration for it.