I am in a snowy forest and I hear some wolves howling in the distance. I immediately set off to find them. There they are, in a clearing of the forest. This is awesome! It’s a small pack of wolves, mainly with grey fur, some have brown fur. I’ve always wanted to come face to face with wolves. I slowly approach them, but then they turn and run off. I try to chase them, but they’re too fast. I go on all fours and try to run like them, to no avail. Soon they’re gone, and I’m left alone. I stop running and look down at my hands and feet. Damn human form. I wish I had the form of a wolf. I let out a sigh and sit down with my back against a tree, all alone.

The moon shines brighter than usual and Luna appears, gliding down to sit beside me and drape her wing over me. “Are you all right, Travis? Did something happen in your dream?”

Dream? Oh! I’m dreaming, of course. That makes so much more sense now. I chuckle a little, happy that I didn’t really miss out on anything. “Yeah, I’m fine, now that I know this is a dream. I just saw some wolves and they ran away, leaving me by myself. I couldn’t keep up with them.” I lean my head against Luna’s shoulder.

Luna kisses my forehead and nuzzles me gently. “I see… Did I miss anything else from your dream? I was not watching this time; I came to you as soon as I entered your dream.”

I nuzzle Luna back, enjoying her affection. “Not in terms of things happening, at least from what I remember. I was just really annoyed with my human form when I couldn’t keep up with the wolves.” I then look around a bit, thinking about lucid dreaming, when I remember that Luna said she would teach me how to be lucid. “Anyway, we forgot to talk about how to become lucid before we went to sleep. I’m only lucid now since you asked about me dreaming. I probably wouldn’t be lucid if you didn’t ask.”

Luna giggles softly. “We did indeed forget.” She lightly kisses my cheek. “Perhaps we will remember to talk about it next time.”

I tenderly return her kiss. “Yeah, hopefully we will.” I then cuddle a little more closely to her. There is some near peaceful silence as we cuddle, but then I remember about the unhappy nobles. It keeps me from properly relaxing. I wonder if they’ll try to do anything to me to stop me from being with Luna. I wonder if they’ll try to drag Luna’s name through the dirt. Could they do much if they decide to work together against us? I break the silence. “Luna… Are you nervous about the nobles?”

Luna gives me a small smile. “Perhaps a little, but I am not too concerned about them. Celestia supports us, and that will be enough to deter the nobles from trying anything too big to end our relationship. The most they will do is complain, and that is nothing new.”

I smile back, feeling a little better about the situation. “Fair enough, that makes sense. And what about that announcement we need to make? Will that be sooner or later?”

Luna nuzzles me again. “I am a little nervous about that too. However, Celestia says that ponies have a different view on romance and relationships nowadays compared to before I was banished and I trust her. As for when we make the announcement, I believe that sooner would be better, considering the rumours travelling around Canterlot.”

I nuzzle her in return. “Yeah, sooner would be better, but I’d like some time to prepare myself. I’m not used to being the centre of attention, even less so when that involves an entire country…”

She looks into my eyes. “Then I would like to ask you - as it is a matter that concerns both of us, not just me - how soon would you like it to be?”

Hmmm, when would I like the announcement to be? I look back into Luna’s eyes. “I’m not sure, I’ve never really given it too much thought in terms of the specifics.” I suppose I’d preferably like to look decent enough, or potentially fit for royalty, but we also can’t take too long. “Maybe when Rarity finishes that outfit, or cape, or something? Otherwise, perhaps in two or three days?”

Luna seems to think about my answer for a moment. “Very well, we shall give the announcement on the third day from now, unless Rarity provides you with something new to wear before then.”

I smile slightly nervously. “Sure, that sounds like a plan…” I then hug Luna in attempt to find a way to quell my nervousness about this whole thing. “Even though I’m with you and have Celestia’s support, I’m still pretty nervous about this. I’ve never been part of any news bigger than within my family, or class when I was at school.”

She gives me a reassuring smile and wraps her wings around me warmly. “I understand, Travis. It must be so daunting to you, but try not to get too worried about it.” Luna then kisses my forehead. “I must ask, do you have stage fright or a fear of speaking in front of crowds?”

I shake my head, before nuzzling and lightly kissing her neck. “No, I get a little nervous, but not at the level of stage fright or anything. I was always able to speak at presentations for school assignments and stuff. It’s just that it’s going to be a much bigger crowd for the announcement, and I’ll be addressing a whole country. I’ve never done that before.”

Luna nuzzles the top of my head and keeps me held close. “I promise that I will always be here for you, and that I can speak for you during the announcement if you find it too difficult. I am used to addressing our subjects and will gladly speak for you at other potential events too, until you are more used to the idea.”

I take comfort in our closeness as Luna further reassures me. “Thank you, Luna, I feel a little better now. I still think I’d like to give speaking during the announcement a shot. I would feel terrible if I don’t at least try.”

She gently rubs my back with a hoof. “Of course, I am sure that you will be fine if you try. You handled yourself well during the interview with the journalist.”

I smile and look up into her beautiful eyes, blushing lightly as I lean up to kiss her lips briefly. “Thank you again… I love you, Luna.”

Luna blushes softly as well and kisses me back fondly. “You are very welcome… I love you too, Travis.”

I gently brush her cheek, then let my hand wander down her neck and to one of her wings. I can’t help but appreciate how neat, impressive and majestic her wings are. “I was wondering… Would you like to fly again with me in the dream?”

Luna gives me a sincere smile and nods. “I would love to, Travis.” She lets go of me and spreads her wings, before shooting into the air gracefully.

I watch her for a moment as I’m enthralled by her elegant flying, then I imagine having wings too and fly up to meet her. I smile and laugh for a bit at the feeling of flying in a dream once more. Once I get used to the feeling, I decide to finally speak. “So, how about you lead the flight this time?”

She wraps her forelegs around me and flies in a loop with me, then starts flying towards a river. “Of course, if that is what you would like.”

I quickly follow her, her tail mainly in my view, except for a moment when I accidentally get a glimpse under it. I blush intensely and speed up my flight to be closer to her side, not wanting to be some creepy perv. I would assume that it’s very inappropriate to look under a pony’s tail like that.

Luna looks over as I approach her side, noticing my blush and potentially dazed expression. “Is something wrong, Travis?”

I blush even more and shake my head. “Not exactly… I just accidentally saw… Something…”

She begins to ask me. “What do you mean, you accidentally saw…” She then blushes and goes quiet as she deducts from the situation what I mean. “I see… Thank you for being honest.”

“Uh… You’re welcome?” Man, this is so awkward… I look away nervously to survey the surroundings of my dream. Now we’re flying alongside the river that we were headed towards before.

Luna banks towards me slightly and gently nudges me. “It is all right, you do not need to feel strange about it… Accidents happen, and it is common for ponies to accidentally see under each other’s tails every now and then… You also chose not to stay behind to keep looking, so you cannot be faulted.”

I blush a little more and look back at her. “Right… I suppose it makes sense, since ponies don’t really wear clothes all that often… It’s still kinda awkward though…” I chuckle a bit in an attempt to get over the awkwardness.

Luna giggles a bit and then goes quiet for a bit, letting us fly together in peace. We follow the river further until it leads to a large lake, with an island in the middle. It looks stunning and has a giant, purple, bioluminescent flower tree, as well as a smaller, yet still very large flower. I didn’t think it up, so I guess Luna can control the dreams of others if she wants to. As we near the island, she speaks up with a blush and giggle. “So… Did you like what you saw?”

I look over to her, blushing yet again. “I… I don’t know… I just know that it was an awkward moment when I saw what I saw…” How could she ask about that so… Casually? “You really don’t mind what happened?”

She shakes her head and giggles a little more. “I suppose not… But I will not ask anything else about it, if it makes you uncomfortable.”

I close my eyes for a bit as I try to clear away the returning awkward feeling. “Thanks, maybe we could talk about it sometime later, like a while later. I’m still kind of coming to terms with the fact that I’m in a relationship with a pony who I love.” I open my eyes again and look around the tiny island as we fly over it, noticing that there is also a small bed under the smaller flower, then I look back at Luna.

She looks back into my eyes with a sympathetic expression and nods. “That is fine, I would not want you to feel uncomfortable, Travis.” Luna then looks down at the island and back at me. “Now, would you like to have some fun with our flight?”

I nod excitedly as she changes the topic back to flying. “Yeah, that would be awesome, Luna!”

Luna gives me a playful smile. “Then try to keep up!” She then dives down to the island, before pulling up at the last moment and going into a spiral, followed by a loop. I do my best to follow her movements as closely as possible and catch up to be beside her. She does several more spirals, loops, and other moves, making various combinations of them. I keep trying to copy her exquisite manoeuvres, but even in my dream I fail to properly replicate them.

She is simply amazing, and I have to say as much. “Luna, you’re such an amazing and beautiful flyer; I couldn’t possibly hope to match you!” I just manage to keep up with her in speed, despite not being able to do everything she does.

Luna blushes from the compliment. “Oh, there are far better flyers than I, but thank you for thinking so!” She performs even more impressive combinations and manoeuvres, and I slow down to watch her. I just have to take in the sight of Luna’s gorgeous flying, making sure to enjoy every second of watching, but careful not to look near her tail again.

After quite some watching, I fly up to join her. I don’t match her combinations or moves, but I try to compliment her flying with my own moves. We both smile, and laugh, and blush as we perform an aerial dance unique to us and the moment. Luna performs one more loop and I do the same in the opposite direction, before hugging her as we meet at the end of the loop. I then lovingly kiss her lips. “Thank you for the wonderful flight, and dance I suppose we could call it.”

She affectionately hugs me back with her forelegs and wings, and returns the kiss. “I should thank you for asking to fly in the first place, and for joining me in the sky dance… It was lovely.” We blush together and slowly fall to the island, landing on the bed gently and cuddling each other closely.

I look around the small island, finally bringing it up. “I didn’t think of this island; did you make it? Because it’s very peaceful and beautiful.”

Luna looks around the island as well. “Yes, this is an island that I sleep on in my dreams, when I need rest from working in other dreams.”

I chuckle as she mentions sleeping in a dream and needing rest from other dreams, thinking about the movie Inception. “So, when you sleep in the dream, do you have dreams within the dream?”

She giggles and shakes her head. “No, I do not, but I do have the power to do so. If I am tired of dreams, I most certainly do not want to have another dream while I sleep in a dream.”

I chuckle a little more. “I guess that makes sense…” I then warmly nuzzle her. “Would you like to sleep now in the dream?”

Luna nuzzles me back just as warmly. “I would be happy to sleep now if you would like to. We will wake up after what will feel like a short moment.”

I smile and snuggle as closely as I can to Luna on the bed. “Then let’s go to sleep and see what happens tomorrow, or today, whatever the case may be for time.”

She smiles and snuggles closely as well, hugging me tightly with her wings and forelegs. “Very well…” Luna gives me a light kiss on the lips. “Good night, Travis, I love you.”

I kiss her back and chuckle lightly. “I love you too, Luna… Good night… Again.” I then slowly drift off to sleep in my dream.

Author's Note

So, as you'll notice, my writing is getting a little riskier/raunchier. I just added in the sex tag, but it's still teen for references, I suppose. If it should be mature, just say so. Oh, and now that I've written another author's note, I may as well thank you for reading this chapter and what I've written of my fic so far.