Moonlight Trails

We finally made it to the village. Sunset and Moonlight helped me to the doctors while Twilight made contact with the village leader.

After they had dropped me off, Sunset went on to catch up with Twilight leaving Moonlight to keep an eye on me.

"Are you ok?" She asked, her voice riddled with guilt, her cheeks still stained from earlier.

I laughed softly and nodded. "I'm fine, just a little beaten up." I said with a reassuring smile.

She reached out, taking my hand in both of hers, her hands shaking. Her nerves still getting to her.

I reached over with my free hand and placed it on top of her head before ruffling up her hair. "You don't gotta worry about me, I should be asking are you ok." I said before receiving a quick punch to the chest, knocking the breath out of me.

She glared at me, our eyes locking. "Of course I worry! Why wouldn't I worry about you?!" She snapped at me, her eyes tearing up once more. "Don't you ever dare say that I don't have to worry about you!" She growled at me, anger locked in her eyes.

I sat there, slightly bewildered by this sudden change in personality. "I'm not the one who decided to walk off a cliff facing. I just saved the one who thought that would be a good idea." I joked.

The glare in her eyes only increased as she stared down at me, making me feel incredibly small. "Y-yes sweetie, I won't say that again." I said, hunched over, slightly terrified of her, still sitting on the bed in the doctors office.

She wrapped her arms around my head, pulling me into her chest. "You're my hubby, I have every right to worry about you." She said, running her fingers through my hair.

I blushed softly, nuzzling into her, though paused, glancing up at her with a smirk. "Hubby?" I asked, only to see her face light up.

"S-shut up." She stuttered, looking away from me.

"Well, it is only a matter of time before you two get married. Her calling you hubby isn't to fair from the truth." Twilight chimed in happily. Both, me and Moonlight blushing heavily.

"Mother!" Moonlight whined out, letting me go to turn towards Twilight, glaring at her.

"What? Since you two have started dating, you two have already slept together, we found him buried face deep in your crotch on the way here." She bluntly stated, both of our faces lighting up again.

"To be fair, I was under a tra-" "To be fair nothing." Twilight interjected, starring at me. "Yes you may have been under her trance, but it doesn't grant full control to the user. You willingly done as she said and followed her command. Only thing it does is drive your libido through the roof and makes you foggy headed." she added on, crossing her arms, still starring down at me.

I froze, unable to produce a counter argument, eventually hanging my head in defeat.

"I wonder what we could do if I had full control" Moonlight chimed in, biting her bottom lip, a slight grin forming.

"No!" Twilight and myself shouted, the both of us glaring at her. "Pretty sure Twilight and Sunset don't want grandchildren just yet." I added on, looking up to Twilight in hopes that she'd agree, only to see her thinking.

"Hmmm, the thought of grandchildren actually hasn't crossed my mind yet." She said, scratching her chin in thought. She grinned quickly after and looked at the both of us. "I wouldn't object to it and you two would have beautiful children." Twilight admitted.

"Not you too." I whined, hanging my head in defeat. I look back up at Moonlight, already seeing the gears turning in her head.

"I'm only joking, but I'm all seriousness, you two may wanna sleep in separate rooms for the next few days." She stated before turning to leave. "Oh, Smokey, when you leave here, the village elder wishes to see you." She added on before stepping out of the rooms.

An hour passed before I finally was seen by the doctor and received a splint for my wing. Moonlight was holding onto my arm, her hand tightly grasping mine. "So where to now?" She asked, looking up at me.

"Well, Twilight said the village elder wanted to talk to me, so I guess we're going there." I said, pointing towards a house on the peak of the mountain.

"I wonder what they're wanting." Moonlight said looking towards where I pointed.

I shrugged softly. "Not a clue, kind of surprised they even remember me." I admitted as we made our way up the path.

As we walked along we came across a small group of kids playing, she paused for a brief second before looking up at me longingly. "You said it yourself, you wanted a place of our own before we done anything, and if kids come into the picture, we would definitely need our own place." I stated, looking down at her.

She began to pout, annoyed having her own statement being used against her. "B-but" she whined

"No buts, little miss." I objected, waging my finger in front of her.

She glared at me, biting at my finger as I pull it away, pouting even more. I chuckled softly, leaning down and kissed the top of her head. "Meanie" she huffed out before we was interrupted by someone clearing their throat.

We both look up to see a tall older stallion pegasus starring at us. "Pardon me Mr. Trails, but I am here to escort you and your wife to the village elder." He said, his face, mane, and beard sprinkled in grey hairs.

"Wife?" Moonlight paused, her face lighting up. "Yep! I'm his wife!" She chimed in happily, her cheeks lit up.

I rolled my eyes and shook my head before looking at the stallion. "Please, lead the way." I asked, following after with Moonlight still in bliss, being confused for my wife.

We finally arrived with me carrying an exhausted Moonlight on my back. The stallion walked up to the house that is a wooden cabin up on closer inspection. He went to open the door for us, standing aside, allowing us in. "After you, please."

I walked in to see Sunset and Twilight already there waiting on us, sitting at a round table in the middle of the room "You're spoiling her, Smokey!" Twilight stated, her attention brought to Moonlight.

I look around the room some more to notice the inside was rather small and quaint. Different items strung along the wall, different carpets and rugs on the floor with a solid black rug under the round table.

"Ridiculous. He's doing exactly as I taught him." A familiar voice came from the head of the room. A old grey pegasus mare with jet black hair, wearing a old tribal dress.

"Mamaw!" I cheered out seeing my grandmother sitting at the head of the table. I paused, realizing that she was at the head of the table, raising a brow. "What are you doing here?" I asked

"Well, if you can't around more often you'd know." She snapped. "I'm the village elder now. She added on, removing her glasses to clean them off.

"Yes, and there is also a matter that we all need to sit down and discuss." Twilight said, in a rather uncomfortable tone.

I let Moonlight off my back before sitting down, Moonlight sitting beside of me. "Ok, what's up?" I asked, looking over at Twilight, across the table from us.

"The chieftain passed away a few months ago. Since then we have been looking for someone to take the mantle." Mamaw stated.

I sat there, confused at what they were getting at. "Ok, and?" I asked, still oblivious.

"They're wanting you to take the mantle, Smokey." Twilight said, slightly annoyed at my obliviousness

I sat there for a moment, unsure what to say before feeling a slight nudge in my side. "Well? Aren't you going to say something." Moonlight interjected.

"Could I get a chance to think it over?" I asked. Suddenly overwhelmed at everything being presented.

Mamaw said heavily before shaking her head. "Well, what brought you up here. You usually don't show up unannounced unless something is wrong or my daughter is acting a fool." She said, pouring herself a cup of tea.

"Yeah, about that. Mom's starting up on her shit again." I stated. "I don't know how, but she found out that I was in the castle hospital and decided to pay a visit and made a whole ass out of herself."

"Why were you in the hospital?!" She asked, panicking now. I turn to show her my newly acquired scar running along my right arm. She brought her hand over her face, giving an exasperated sigh, "Smokey Trails! What in the world happened?!"

"I was working at that security job and got attacked by a manticore." I admitted, looking the scar over before receiving a cup to the head.

"Child! You are going to be the death of me,scaring me!" Mamaw belted out, her eyes narrowed on me.

"Not to mention the fact he died for a brief moment while in the care of Ponyville doctors." Moonlight added, Twilight and Sunset shooting a dirty look at her.

Mamaw sat there in disbelief. I couldn't tell if it was anger or fear on her face. Her attention was quickly brought back to me. "So you're telling me that you died, and didn't think to let me know what happened?!" She snapped out. "I had to find out from your wife."

"They're not married, yet." Twilight interjected, looking at the two of us.

Mamaw looked at her and smiled softly. "I'm sorry sugar, I don't think Smokey has introduced us yet." She said looking at Moonlight.

Moonlight stood up and bowed, trying to make a good appearance. "Moonlight Sparkle, ma'am." She said, introducing herself.

"Hun, there's no reason to be so formal with me, we're all family here. My name is Midnight Sky" Mamaw said with a soft laugh.

Moonlight smiled as she sat back down. "It's nice to meet you Midnight." She said, Mamaw passing her a cup of tea.

"And it's a pleasure to meet you as well, but pushing the pleasantries aside, if you want your mom to finally get off your back, become the chieftain, you'll have to move here, but that'll shut her up in the end." Mamaw said, looking back at me.

"Wait, we just got him moved into the castle. So does that mean we'd have to move everything here then?" Moonlight asked.

Twilight shook her head. "No, but it would be an l issue because he's currently our personal body guard, mainly focusing on Moonlight." She said.

Mamaw shrugged, "He can do both. If his main focus is to be Moonlight, we move her in as well. Your castle is only an hour away by flight." She stated.

Twilight paused before looking over at sunset for support. "W-well, what if an emergency happens and we need his assistance immediately." Sunset stammered, trying to make a counter argument.

"If there exists something that's able to take down the two strongest magic users and the strongest military force in Equestria, then we got bigger problems at hand." Mamaw fired back, silencing both Sunset and Twilight.

"Besides, if you were to have enemies, they'd be more likely to attack the castle rather than hike all the way out here." Mamaw added on, putting the final nail in this.

"Ultimately it is up to him, I just hope he makes the right decision." She said before standing up, her height matching Moonlight's. "You all are welcome to stay in the village for the night or as long as you want. We have two houses ready for you" She finished, opening the door for us to leave.

The stallion from before was standing there waiting for us as we step outside. "Please, follow me and I will take you to your houses." He said, turning around, leading us back down the mountain path.