Author's Note

I am very sorry that it took so long to release this chapter. What happened more or less, is life decided to sucker punch me in the stomach and then bitch slap me. As always, if you spot grammar, spelling, or punctuation mistakes; quote them in the comments and I'll fix them. Enjoy this chapter.

III. Fields of Tears and Blood

Artillery shells created craters in the fields of Garnin. Pony and Griffin alike lay dead or dying inside them. Still they fought, neither had gained a large advantage, but neither had lost its will either. A young Sergeant sprinted to General Der with breakneck speed.

"Genral Der, our right flank has collapsed! It is in complete disarray and the Griffins are chewing into it. The reserves have been decimated by artillery and sniper fire, we can't hold out for much longer! What are your orders sir?"

"Take the reserves from the center flank, they're doing the best at the moment. Form a tight defense wall and lure the Griffin regiments into a trap. Crush them utterly."

"Yes sir!"

With that, the sergeant ran off to carry through his orders. General Der looked upon the battlefield and took in the sights and sounds. The whistle of artillery and the violent impacts resonated like a deafening siren across all. Screams of the dying wounded, and physiology broken spread throughout as well. Massive craters bore the image of battle across the fields, splashes of red like that of a mad painter permeated the areas next to the craters.

*****

Celestia's mind began to wander while she sat with Luna. It started innocently enough, herself and Luna cuddled together like when they were younger, snuggled together while they told stories about their days and what they'd seen through it. Then things took a strange and unexpected turn. She imagined herself wrapping Luna in her wings and holding her lovingly. Then things spiraled out of control form there.

Her minds eye saw her pushing Luna back into the mattress, locking eyes with her, and then lunging for her throat. There she latched onto it and suckled with a ferocity like that of a lion hunting it's prey. She imagined Luna crying out in pain and pleasure, and she kept going, nipping and kissing a trail down her neck and throat. She saw her front hooves rubbing down Luna's shoulders and towards her thighs. Her mouth continued its brutal assault on Luna's chest and went lower. She latched onto one of Luna's nipples and heard a high pitched Moan as a reward.

Her mouth and tounge eventually found its mark, Luna's pussy. She could her excitement coming off in waves at her simply breathing on her sister's cunt. Testing the waters, she took a long slow lick up the slit presented so fully in front of her. A sweet and somewhat bitter taste hit her tounge instantly, and she moaned with delight at the new sensation. When Celestia stopped licking, Luna mewled in earnest.

"Ti...Tia, don't stop. So good... I'm so close, please don't stop, I need i---"

Her response was cut off abruptly as Celestia latched onto her clit and sucked harshly. Luna's head fell back in a silent strangled cry of ecstasy as her orgasm tore through her body. There was no massive dam break or explosion, a small trickle of cum dripped down her puffed up lips, and Celstia quickly buried her muzzle deep into her sisters cunt and lapped up all she could; bringing Luna's orgasm to new heights. She was so close herself and heard Luna's voice.

"Tia...Tia...TIA!"

Celestia jerked her head around in utter confusion as she remembered where she was. Luna looked at her with a mixture of concern and somewhat strange curiosity.

"Are you okay Tia? It looked like you dozed off into space and I wasn't sure what to do. Then I heard you start to moan a little bit so I decided to snap you out of it."

Blinking several times to clear her mind, Celestia looked towards Luna.

"I, I dozed off. I didn't even realize it Lulu. I guess I started daydreaming."

"What did you daydream about Tia?"

"Just...some cake I'd like to try."

Luna knew there was more to it than that, and she decided to broach the subject to finally figure out what was making Celestia so distant. "Tia, what's wrong? You've been so distant lately, you get uncomfortable at times around me for no good reason, you doze off for minutes at a time for no reason, and now you're having episodes of completely spacing out. What is going on Tia?"

"Luna...I've never told anyone this, but I may as well get it off my chest. About 400 years into your...banishment, I started to feel strange when I thought of you. At first it was little more than a strange thing every once and a while throughout my day. Then it grew more intense, when I thought of you my heart would flutter and I'd get goosebumps and chills. I simply dismissed it as me missing you, but I realized that it was more than that, I was disgusted at myself for even the tiniest hint of it, but I soon came to terms with it. Luna, I love you more than I should."

Luna's mouth hung slack from the simple shock from what Celestia had told her. Her mind had simply stopped, any thought she was having at that moment simply evaporated and were deleted. She mentally forced her mind and body to work again and regained her composure.

"Ti...Tia, that's...I don't know how to respond to that. When I was on the moon I missed you terribly, mentally battling that whore Nightmare Moon, I did sometimes have your same thoughts, but I aggressively put them down and destroyed them. Now that I know that you feel the same way, I know that I love you more than I should."

With that, Luna slowly leaned towards Celestia, who was startled but quickly understood what she was doing. She leaned towards Luna, and their lips soon touched. The kiss was light and tentative at first, testing the waters around the reef, but it quickly grew more intense and passionate. Luna slipped her tounge into Celestia's mouth who in turn moaned in delight. Before long however Luna broke off the kiss, Celestia started to protest but was silenced by a hoof.

"Shhhh Tia, we are tired and we know you are too, let us sleep together love."

Celestia's heart skipped a beat at being called love, but she didn't argue, quickly cuddling up to Luna to fall asleep.

*****

"Sir! Our counterattack plan was a complete success, the entire Griffin right flank has collapsed. We've knocked out their artillery and sniper positions. We are beginning an encirclement of the remaining Griffin forces in the area. Victory is at hoof."

General Der looked up from his map of the area and looked towards the same Sergeant he had sent off earlier.

"Excellent work Sergeant, tell the rear guard commanders to complete the northern half of the encirclement, also, tell the artillery and sniper companies to focus fire on the encircled Griffin troop elements."

"Yes sir!" The sergeant quickly saluted and then ran off.

General Der looked out onto the now blackened fields of Gernin and observed the last phases of battle. The once mighty Griffin divisions were now mere husks of themselves, the roar of their artillery pieces had been silenced as had their sniper squads. The encircled Griffin army was now being bombarded by artillery, sniper, and small arms fire from Equestrian forces.

Bodies fell from the Griffin ranks, and piled up on the ground. Out of an original force of 10,000 Griffins, only 2,500 remained. General Der watched the casualties mount from his command post. He heard a sound from behind him and drew his sword, expecting to find a Griffin soldier ready to strike, instead, he found a Griffin messenger who handed him a scroll and then flew off. He opened it and read it's scribbled contents.

General Der, this is General Taq. I see that my men are surrounded and we have lost, that is why I have ordered them to surrender. We surrender unconditionally after having been bested by your forces. All of my remaining troops, my staff, and my self, surrender to you and your forces. I only ask that my men be treated fairly and humanely.

Seeing that he had won, he felt exhausted but happy. He scribbled a response.

Surender accepted, it was an honor to fight such a worthy opponent. You and your men will be treated in the upmost respect and kindness.

General Der looked to the sky, the moon was slowly rising across it, silver moonlight shone over the battlefield. It was a beautiful moonrise.

*****

Luna awoke to find herself being held onto, and she couldn't move. At first she panicked, thinking she had been kidnapped or had woke to an extreme sleep paralysis episode, her mind simply went into fight mode. Then the events of the previous event came back to her and she relaxed again. Her heart did a small loop when she realized who was holding her. Then she heard a yawn to her left and she knew her bedmate was awake.

Celestia awoke and, upon realizing where she was and who she was with, had an idea. She leaned over and whispered sultrily into Luna's ear.

"How are you sister? I just had a most wonderful dream of us together. We had quite a lot of fun, maybe we could try it. The doors are locked and no one would hear your moans love." While she was finishing her sentence, her left fore hoof had moved over Luna's flank, and began rubbing it softly. At the same time, Celestia bit down on Luna's ear, not hard enough to draw blood but enough to be noticed.

Luna let out a loud eep of surprise at her ear being bit. She quickly spoke up but she couldn't steady her voice to hide her excitement at Celestia's suggestion.

"Tia...that sounds lovely but...we can't right now. Don't we have a meeting today?"

"Aren't you an excited mare, I could always reschedule it to another time Lulu. We could have so much fun together."

Just as Celestia finished her response there was a knock at the door. The sisters quickly went into to royalty mode and prepared for whatever news or information they were about to receive. Luna opened the door and went to speak to whom ever had knocked on the door. It was a young army captain.

He spoke to her quickly and then turned to left.

"Tia, we're expected in the war room in 15 minutes to discuss the recent victory over the Griffins at Garnin. Let's go see what happened in the battle."

*****

10 minutes later, and Luna and Celestia were assembled along with the commander of Equestrian forces General Tern, in front of a map of Equstria and The Griffin Empire.

"Your Majesties, our armies have routed and captured the Griffin that occupied Garnin. Out of 10,000 soldiers, 2,500 were taken prisoner. We have recaptured the village, but have evacuated the surviving residents to eastern towns in case of a recapture attack. We lost 1,000 soldiers out of 7,500. We have 15 divisions along the border, should we initiate a counteroffensive?"

Celestia spoke up to answer the question.

"Yes, attack the weakest border site with five divisions. Breakthrough and establish a bridgehead to allow for other divisions to advance deeper into Griffin territory. Treat all captured Griffin soldiers and civilians with respect and kindness. Any soldiers in our armed forces who are found to have committed a war crime, are to be court marshaled and barred from any form of military service for the remainder of their lives. Do I make myself clear General?"

"Crystal man. There's just one problem, these divisions need a commander."

Luna spoke up from the back of the room.

"I shall lead them."