The Bright Equestrian Moon

I wake up in my comfortable bed feeling well rested. I think back and remember the lucid part of my dream, smiling and blushing. I can’t believe that Luna and I are actually a couple now. Part me of thinks that I should be worried about potential consequences, but I’m not worried at all. I only feel happy and satisfied.

Excited to see Luna, I get up out of bed and quickly get dressed and brush my teeth. I then head out from my room and to the entrance of Luna’s tower. I knock on the door and wait. The night guard from yesterday morning is there again to open the door. “Is the Princess expecting you?”

Hmmm, I’m not sure about that… Maybe she is, maybe she isn’t… “Possibly, but I’m not sure. If you check with her though, I’m sure that she’ll give me permission to enter.”

“Very well.” The guard closes the door for a moment and I wait. A short moment later the door opens again and he steps aside. “The Princess has declared that you are welcome here at any time…” He looks me up and down for a moment, eyeing me suspiciously. “I don’t know what happened, but you’ve gotten on her good side. Her really good side. This is unusual, would you care to explain it?”

I blush and look around a bit. “Uh, we had a bit of a discussion in the dreamscape. She helped out with a nightmare. If you want specific details it would be best for you to ask Princess Luna herself.”

“I see… I most certainly will. Either way, you’re free to enter whenever.” He gestures for me to come into the tower.

“Thanks.” I give him a nod and walk in, climbing the spiral staircase to Luna’s bedroom. I politely knock and then invite myself in, closing the door behind me. “Good morning, Luna.”

I feel Luna’s cool magic envelope me and I’m levitated over to her bed. Being carried by telekinesis is a strange sensation to say the least. “Good morning, Travis.” She wraps her wings and forelegs around me in a tender embrace, smiling sweetly. “How was your sleep after I left your dream?”

I smile too and wrap my arms around her in return, snuggling closely. I immensely enjoy her warmth and soft coat. “It was peaceful and I woke up refreshed. How about your sleep?”

“It was lovely.” Luna kisses my forehead and then softly nuzzles me. “Thank you for coming to visit so early, it is brilliant to wake up to.”

“You’re more than welcome, there’s nothing else I’d rather do.” I kiss her cheek and nuzzle her back. It’s crazy how attached to her I’m already feeling. I wonder if I should probably tone it down a bit. I mean, we only just became a couple very early this morning during sleep. Oh well, I’m sure she’ll tell me if my affection is ever unwanted, although I doubt that’ll happen anytime soon.

Luna hugs me a little tighter. “It truly makes my heart soar to hear that.”

“I’m glad that it does.” I gently rub her back. “So, what are our plans for the day? We didn’t really discuss it much in the dream other than planning to talk to Celestia.”

Luna giggles softly and blushes. “It seems that I have forgotten to give it any thought. I was too busy thinking of you. However, now that you are here, I have gotten the idea of moving your belongings to my chambers. I invite you to share my chambers so that they are no longer mine, but ours.”

I blush a little too and chuckle with her. “I’d love to move my things here, although I don’t really have much since I came to Equestria. I have what I’m wearing, and then my phone and wallet that I left on my bedside table. Anyway…” I unwrap an arm from around Luna and gently take one of her forehooves in my hand, looking into her enchanting eyes. “… I’ll be honoured to share these chambers with you, Luna.” That was cheesy… Probably over the top…

She blushes more noticeably at my gesture. I guess she didn’t find it so cheesy. “It means so much to me that you accept my invitation.” Shortly after, Luna leans in closely and kisses my lips firmly. The feeling of her lips on mine blows my mind. Kissing in the dream was amazing, but this is on a completely different level. I instinctively close my eyes and cup her perfectly shaped muzzle, leaning into the kiss myself.

I feel Luna’s equine tongue press against my lips and I eagerly allow it entrance. The sensation is so overwhelming that I can’t help but let out a slight moan into her mouth. Our tongues lovingly dance until we have to break the kiss for breath. I look into Luna’s eyes, both of us are panting to regain our breath and blushing. “There are no words… To truly describe… How amazing… That kiss was…”

“I must agree…” Luna gently pulls my head to her chest, nuzzling and kissing the top of my head.

I slowly shut my eyes again and take peace in being so close. We spend a rather lengthy amount of time in satisfied silence and comfort. I eventually put an end to the silence, speaking quietly. “When should we get out of bed?”

Luna gently strokes my hair. “Whenever we please. We will be notified if we must rise for any occasion that may come up so that we do not miss anything.”

I open my eyes and look up into her eyes, tenderly caressing her side. “You won’t mind if your guard sees us in bed together?”

Luna softly smiles. “Not one bit. Any guard that may come to notify us is sworn to secrecy of anything that occurs in royal sleeping chambers, unless it is an emergency.”

I chuckle a bit. “That reminds me, the guard at your tower door was wondering how I got on your really good side, as he put it.”

Luna giggles a little too. “I suppose he deserves to know about us, he too is sworn to secrecy after all.”

By some funny timing or coincidence, there is a knock at the door. “Requesting permission to enter, Princess.” Sure enough, it’s the night guard from before judging by the voice.

Luna looks down at me for confirmation and I nod. She then gives me a smile and answers. “Permission granted.” The door opens and the guard walks in, staring in what must be disbelief. Luna giggles at his reaction. “Is there something you came here to tell me?”

He shakes his head and then quickly nods as he tries to refocus. “Y-Yes, Princess.” The guard clears his throat before continuing. “Princess Celestia has received a letter from Princess Twilight Sparkle that she will be visiting today to speak with this human, Travis Blackbourne. Rarity, the element of generosity is also accompanying her to tailor clothes for said Travis Blackbourne.”

“Thank you for notifying us, is there anything else?” Luna is smirking at the guard’s expression.

He looks around a bit and then nods. “Yes, although it’s not a matter of informing you of anything… Rather, I’d like to know something. What’s going on between you and this human?”

Luna looks down at me and hugs me a little tighter, then looks back at the guard “Travis and I have entered a relationship of the romantic sort. And before you may assume that he is after wealth or power, I can assure you that is not the case. I am the one who initiated it, as Travis is very sweet and sincere.”

I blush at the compliment and gently brush her mane. “Thank you, Luna. You’re also very sweet and sincere, as well as beautiful and caring.”

The guard blushes softly from witnessing our tender moment, shaking his head to recompose himself again. “I see… Will there be any kind of announcement, or is it to be kept secret for the time being?”

Luna thinks to herself for a moment. “It is to be kept private at the moment. We must first talk to Celestia about this and introduce Travis simply as a new resident to the kingdom. Once that has been done, we may consider announcing it to the ponies of Equestria.”

The guard nods dutifully. “Understood, Princess.” He then looks around awkwardly. “I believe that is all. I’ll leave you two be now.” He gives Luna a salute and quickly leaves the room.

I laugh once Luna and I are left alone again. “I’m not sure if he was confused, embarrassed, or jealous. Maybe all three. It was pretty funny.”

Luna joins me in laughing. “Indeed, it was rather entertaining to see his reaction.” When we calm back down, she gently nuzzles me. “Perhaps we should rise and prepare ourselves for the day?”

I affectionately nuzzle her back. “Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. I can’t wait to talk to Celestia, as well as meet Twilight and Rarity.” I then slowly get out of Luna’s – no, our bed, and offer Luna my hand.

Luna blushes and places her hoof in my hand, allowing me to help her out of bed. “Thank you, Travis dear.” Her calling me dear leads me to blush as well. "Wait a moment, while I brush my teeth." Luna leaves the room for a short moment, then comes back to put on her shimmering shoes and dark neck piece. She then looks at her tiara and lowers her head. “Would… Would you do me the honour of placing my tiara atop my head?... It means a lot for a princess to allow another to touch their tiara…”

Holy crap… I could imagine that the princesses never allow any other ponies or beings to touch their tiaras. They must always put it on themselves. If that’s the case, this is insanely symbolic. I’d have to assume that she’s very serious about us as a couple. So serious so soon. I bring myself back to reality and nod enthusiastically. “Your honour? It’d be my honour to do so…” With great tenderness and care I take her tiara, then place it on her head, making sure to put it where it’s most stable.

Luna brings her head back up and briefly kisses my lips. “Thank you so much, Travis.”

I fondly brush her cheek. “You’re welcome, Luna…” I look around a bit, before settling back to look at Luna. “Considering that you’ve just let me put your tiara on you, would I be right in assuming that you’re already completely set on having me as your partner?”

She nods in confirmation. “I am… I have never felt this way in my life before.”

I look into her eyes seriously. “I’m going to double check here. It’s still very quick, almost rushed. Are you one hundred percent sure about this, Luna?”

Luna returns the serious look, placing her hoof on my chest. “Yes. I have lived for over a thousand years. I have never found any pony or any being that makes me feel the way that you make me feel. What of yourself, Travis? Are you having doubts?”

I shake my head and then hug her tightly. “No, I am not having doubts, I just had to check because this is very rushed compared to relationships on Earth. If you are completely sure, then so am I.” I mean it, but I hope that the both of us aren’t being too intense. I remember some saying about how the brightest flame burns out the fastest. Also, that a good relationship is like an ember that is not as bright, but burns far longer. I guess it’s just a human or Earth thing, I hope.

Luna wraps her wings and forelegs around me when I finish. “I will hold that to you. It means so much to me that you are just as certain as I am.”

I kindly rub her back and then let go. “I just want you to know one thing though. I hope that from now on we will take things a bit more slowly and calmly.”

Luna softly nods. “I understand. I am satisfied with our current status as of now and will slow down further advancing of our relationship.”

I smile and let out a slight breath of relief. “Thanks, I’m relieved to be able to chill a bit with this. It isn’t wise to be too intense with this stuff.”

Luna giggles a bit and tilts her head. “Chill? What is cold about being more patient?”

I laugh too and shake my head softly. “Chill has a second meaning on Earth, it sometimes means to relax.”

“Oh, I see. Someday you will have to teach me about your planet Earth.” Luna turns towards the door. “As for now, shall we go down to the dining hall for breakfast?”

I smile and nod. “Sure, I am getting pretty hungry.” I go to the door and hold it open for Luna. “Let’s go.”

“Thank you, Travis.” Luna walks through and then I close the door as we leave. We then make our way to the dining hall and get some breakfast. Both of us have raisin toast, although Luna has tea and I have a hot chocolate.

Breakfast is largely uneventful apart from the sweet looks Luna and I give each other. We then head to the throne room afterwards so that we can talk to Celestia. Luna opens the doors and is the first to enter the grand room, I follow and then quickly pick up pace to walk beside her. There are two guards by the door and another two by the throne. On the throne itself is Celestia who seems to have been reading through some papers, although now she is looking at us.

Celestia smiles at us and puts the papers down. “Good morning, Luna. Good morning, Travis. I hope that you both had a good night of sleep.” She gets up from the throne and comes down to meet us. “Would I be correct in hazarding a guess that you both have something to talk to me about?”

Luna and I look at each other and then back at Celestia, almost as if we were synchronised. Celestia smirks a little at the display. Luna decides to speak first. “Good morning, dear sister.”

I smile back at Celestia. She probably already knows what’s going on. “Good morning, Celestia.”

Luna then answers Celestia’s question. “Yes, you are correct in guessing that we do indeed have something to discuss with you.”

Celestia smirks more and dismisses her guards so that it is now only us three in the throne room. “Does this ‘something’ by any chance have to do with the matter we discussed yesterday?”

Luna blushes and nods. “Yes.” She wraps her wing around me and I wrap an arm around her in return. “We discussed it with each other last night, and very early this morning we decided to enter a romantic relationship.” I blush too as she tells Celestia and I pull Luna a little closer with my arm, nodding in confirmation.

Celestia smiles wider upon hearing this. “I’m happy for both of you, although I saw this coming earlier. It’s good to hear that you’ve both cleared things up and come to an agreement. Which has resulted in a relationship no less.”

I blush a bit more. “Yeah, you were right yesterday… Although, let’s still not talk about the, uh, more intimate things that happen in a relationship.”

Luna nervously nods in agreement. “Indeed, such matters are best kept private to the couple…”

Celestia laughs at our antics. “Why? That’s half the fun of having relationship talks. At least say if you two have already shared such an intimate moment.”

I blush even more intensely and shake my head, my mouth hanging open. Luna blushes just as much and covers her face with a wing. Celestia really isn’t behaving very much like a princess at the moment. She’s completely caught me off guard with that. I eventually recompose myself and answer, Luna still too busy covering her face to do so. “Um, n-no… We haven’t done it… I can’t even believe that you’re trying to talk to us about it… Can we change the subject?” I shake my head again.

Celestia laughs more and then calms down. “Oh, all right. I just think that your reactions are absolutely hilarious. Although on a more serious note, there’s no reason to be so embarrassed about sex. It’s a completely natural part of life.”

I don’t care what she says. This is very embarrassing. Talking to a princess - other than Luna - about sex just seems so wrong. It’d be unacceptable on Earth. I lift a hand and look away from Celestia. “E-Enough! Please! We get it!”

“Of course. Now, is there something else about you two being a couple that you’d like to discuss?” I look back up at Celestia and see that she is now wearing an entertained smile.

Luna finally speaks up again. “Yes, we were wondering when and how we should announce it to the kingdom. So far we have planned to simply introduce Travis as a resident rather than my romantic partner. However, we were wondering how long after his introduction that we should announce our relationship.”

Celestia taps her chin with a hoof. “Hmmm, that would really depend on how you two feel.” She then steps forward and puts a hoof on Luna’s withers. “Times have changed, Lulu. The ponies of Equestria won’t mind one of their princesses suddenly entering a romantic relationship. Perhaps the nobles will be outraged or disgusted, but their close minded opinions should hold no sway over your love life.”

Luna smiles and nods. “Thank you, Tia.” She then hugs Celestia.

Celestia happily hugs her back. “You’re quite welcome, Lulu.”

When they separate, Luna continues speaking. “That is all we need to discuss about the relationship. I only now need to ask about the planned visit from Twilight Sparkle and Rarity. Do you know when they will arrive?”

Celestia nods. “Yes, Twilight was rather specific to say that she would aim to be here by one o’clock sharp. You’ll be meeting in the dining hall for lunch.”

“Very well, we shall be there.” Luna then looks at me. “Would you like us to find something to do before one?”

I smile and kiss her cheek. “Sure, I’d love to.” I turn to Celestia. “It was nice, uh, chatting with you, Celestia.”

Celestia smiles and gives me a hug, which I return. “It sure was.” She then leans in close to the opposite side of my head from Luna, whispering. “Be sure to treat Luna well and remain loyal to her. The nightmare may return for you if you break her heart, and if not that, then I will surely act on Luna's behalf... She has been through enough emotional turmoil as it is...”

We let go of each other and I smile a little nervously. Celestia is still smiling as if she never said anything ominous; she sure has a way of keeping me on my toes. Of course, I would always treat Luna the best I can and be loyal to her. However, what if I were to make some other mistake and there is a misunderstanding? I better not think about it; things seem to be going well progressing naturally anyway.

Celestia then hugs Luna once more. “Good bye for now, thank you for having this discussion with me.”

Luna reciprocates the hug. “You are welcome, I thank you for listening and telling us your thoughts. Farewell, dear sister.” They both let go, then Luna and I head out from the throne room. I wonder what we’ll do until lunch.