Are You Ok, Princess?

When Nightmare Moon finally finished talking to the ponies, her organizer Tale Tail had documents for Nightmare Moon to sign. She made a quill appear before grabbing a document and reading to see if she should sign or not. At the moment, no law drew her attention. She had a bored face. She never liked politics issues. When Nightmare Moon finally ended, she put her back on the throne and rubbed her forehead. Her belly growled. She wondered if Rarity had already made the lunch. Nightmare Moon left the throne and went to the dining room to eat, but if Rarity is still doing, she would wait.

Arriving in the dining room, she realized that the food was already on the table. Rarity was waiting for her princess. Nightmare Moon sat in her throne-shaped chair and began to eat. One of the things Nightmare Moon also admired about Rarity besides her knowing how to make tapestries was that Rarity could cook as well. She heard the sound of a belly growling. Nightmare Moon, with some food in her mouth, looked at Rarity and realized that the growling belly was Rarity’s.

Nightmare Moon swallowed the food before answering, “Are you hungry, Rarity?”

“Yes. Can I really eat your food, darling? Aren’t you going to be bothered?” asked Rarity.

Nightmare Moon smiled, “Of course not, Rarity. You can eat”

Rarity smiled before choosing what to eat. She chose Roe that was on a plate. Roe was her favorite food. She grabbed a spoon before she started eating.

Nightmare Moon wondered if she should ask Rarity about the date. She didn’t know if now was the best time. The alicorn decided to eat first and wait for Rarity to finish eating so that there would be no risk of Rarity choking on food for being surprised at what she was going to say.

When they had finished eating, Nightmare Moon watched Rarity pick up the plates and cutlery with her magic before heading to the kitchen to wash. Nightmare Moon knew she should ask if Rarity wanted to have a date, so she followed Rarity, which washed the plates and cutlery. She was by Rarity’s side. Nightmare Moon didn’t know how to ask, she feared that Rarity would reject the invitation.

“Rarity”, began Nightmare Moon.

Rarity stopped what she was doing and looked to the side, “yes, darling?”

“You… You…” Nightmare Moon was stammering. She was nervous. Her ears were down.

“Me what, dear?” wanted to know Rarity, now worried. She raised a hoof.

“Would you… would you like to go on a date with me today?” asked Nightmare Moon.

Rarity certainly didn’t expect that question. She didn’t know what to say, “I don’t know, darling”

“Come on, Rarity. I’d like to spend time with you without being in the castle”, encouraged Nightmare Moon with a smile. Her ears were no longer lowered.

“Okay, dear. Yes, I’d like to go on a date with you”, said Rarity.

Nightmare Moon smiled even more at the answer, “... But before could i clean the dishes, darling?” asked Rarity.

Nightmare Moon remembered that Rarity has to wash the dishes, “oh. Of course, Rarity. I’ll wait for you out here”, she left the kitchen, allowing Rarity to finish her task.

In the kitchen, Rarity didn’t know why Nightmare Moon was inviting her on a date. Was the princess all right? If Nightmare Moon was fine, then why call her on a date? She intended to ask Nightmare Moon about this after she was done.

After hours, Rarity finally left the kitchen and saw Nightmare Moon waiting for her, “I’m done, darling. Now we can go to this date”

Nightmare Moon smiled when she saw Rarity, “Good, Rarity. While you were doing this, I already warned Rainbow Dash that you and I will be spending time together in Ponyville”

“Darling, did you tell her we’ll have a date?” asked Rarity.

Nightmare Moon shook her head, “no, Rarity”

Rarity let out a sigh of relief, “I’m relieved about that, darling”, she answered with relief.

They were already outside the castle, and were walking in the Everfree Forest. Nightmare Moon had her magic ready to attack Timber Wolves who dared to attack Rarity and her. They heard a howling sound. The Timber Wolf stepped out of the shadows and ran to where Rarity and Nightmare Moon were. Rarity was scared. Nightmare Moon prepared her magic before attacking the wolf and becoming simple twigs.

“That was close, dear”, said Rarity, now recovering.

“Yes, Rarity. That was close”, agreed Nightmare Moon.

When they arrived in Ponyville, they saw that they had several ponies awake on the eternal night of Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon smiled at that.

Rarity wanted to know something, “princess”

Nightmare Moon looked at Rarity, “yes, Rarity?”

“Why you call me for a date? Is everything okay?” wanted to know Rarity.

“It’s just ... I’d like to spend time with you”, said Nightmare Moon the truth, but not the whole truth.

“Is that it, darling?” asked Rarity.

“Well, yes,” replied Nightmare Moon, not wanting to say that the real reason for the date was to confess to Rarity what she felt. “Would you like to go to the park, Rarity?”

Rarity smiled, “Of course, princess”

In the park there were several ponies, some were picnicking and others were sitting on a bench. Nightmare Moon and Rarity arrived at the park and saw a tree.

“Let’s sit there”, said Nightmare Moon, pointing to a tree. They approached the tree and sat together.

As they sat on the tree, Nightmare Moon and Rarity leaned their backs on the tree and watched the night sky.

“Princess, your night is just beautiful”, complimented Rarity with a smile.

Nightmare Moon smiled at that, “Thank you, Rarity. No one has ever complimented my night before”

Rarity was surprised by this, “but why didn’t anypony compliment your night, princess?”

Nightmare Moon was sad, but wasn’t redirected to Rarity, “In the past, the ponies stayed up and had fun on my sister’s day while on my night, they slept”

Rarity was sad, “princess, I’m so sorry that you had to say that”

“Rarity, don’t be sorry. I never told anypony what I was feeling, i didn’t even tell my sister what I was feeling, so thanks for letting me vent”, said Nightmare Moon.

Rarity is now curious, “Princess, what’s your sister’s name?”

“... Celestia”, replied Nightmare Moon with hatred as she said her sister’s name. She was gritting her teeth as she spoke her sister’s name.

“Princess, I’m so sorry”, said Rarity regretfully that Nightmare Moon spoke the name of who her princess hated.

Nightmare Moon stopped being annoyed, gritted her teeth and looked at Rarity, “Don’t be like that, Rarity. I’m not mad at you”, she put a hoof on Rarity’s chest.

Rarity smiled, “I’m happy and relieved about this, princess”

Rarity’s stomach growled. She looked down at her snoring belly before looking at Nightmare Moon, “I’m hungry. Shall we eat in a restaurant?”

Nightmare Moon smiled, “Of course, Rarity. It’s almost time for lunch and I’m getting hungry too”

Nightmare Moon realized she didn’t know Ponyville, she didn’t even know where she had a restaurant. “Rarity, I don’t know where a restaurant is, as you spent a lot of time in Ponyville before becoming my maid, could you guide us to a restaurant?”

“Of course i can, princess,” replied Rarity before rising. “Follow me. I know where there is a restaurant right next to the park”

Nightmare Moon got up, “show the way, Rarity”

Rarity started walking, leading the way. The ponies watched Rarity and Nightmare Moon leave the park. They began to think they were dating because the two mares were together.

As they walked in Ponyville, Nightmare Moon couldn’t take the smile off her face when she noticed that it had ponies awake in her night. But she was even happier to notice that no pony was missing the sun and that made her even happier.

“Princess, we’re here”, said Rarity, now looking at Nightmare Moon as she pointed with a hoof at a restaurant.

They entered the restaurant, chose a place and took a menu to choose what to eat. A waitress mare walked over to where they both had a notebook and a quill, “have you two chosen?”

Rarity looked at the mare, “yes. I would like Risotto”

The mare noted before looking at Nightmare Moon, “What about you, princess? Have you chosen?”

“Yes. I’d like country noodles”, said Nightmare Moon.

The mare noted before heading toward the kitchen. Nightmare Moon looked at Rarity, “You know, Rarity. I just realized that on the menu there is only fancy and well-prepared food”

“Yes, Princess. In this restaurant they are known for making fancy foods and well prepared foods”, said Rarity.

Nightmare Moon was curious, “Have you ever been to this restaurant before, Rarity?”

“Yes, Princess. Whenever I would prefer to eat out, I would always go to this restaurant because I always like to eat well-prepared and fancy foods”, replied Rarity.

“What’s your favorite food, Rarity?” asked Nightmare Moon.

“Roe,” answered Rarity. “And yours?”

“Waffles”, said Nightmare Moon.

Nightmare Moon and Rarity heard the sound of footsteps and saw the same mare that attended them, was bringing the food to both. The mare handed Risotto to Rarity and Nightmare Moon, the country noodle, “enjoy your meal”, said the mare.

Rarity smiled, “thank you, dear”, she thanked her.

“Thank you, loyal subject”, said Nightmare Moon with a smile.

As the mare left, the two began to eat.

When they finished eating, Nightmare Moon paid. As they left the restaurant, they began to walk. Rarity looked at Nightmare Moon, “now what, princess? Where will we go?”

“To the park, to spend some more time together”, replied Nightmare Moon with a seductive smile.

Rarity didn’t know why she blushed when Nightmare Moon said, “to spend more time together”. She couldn’t develop feelings for the princess, could she?

“Rarity, are you ok?” asked Nightmare Moon.

Rarity, still blushed, replied, “Y-yes”, she stammered.

“So why are you blushing, my dear?” asked Nightmare Moon, now with a smile.

Rarity blushed even more at being called “dear”, “is that… Is that… your compliment took me by surprise, princess”

“It’s very easy to make you blush, dear”, said Nightmare Moon, still with a smile.

As much as Rarity wanted to ask why Nightmare Moon wanted to make her blush, she held back and didn’t ask that.

Arriving at the park, Nightmare Moon and Rarity lay on the grass to watch the stars. Rarity was sitting on the left and Nightmare Moon on the right. Nightmare Moon couldn’t help but notice that Rarity blushed many times this night. Has Rarity developed feelings for Nightmare Moon? The alicornian hoped so. She didn’t know if she should confess to Rarity to be her Marefriend here in the park or in her castle. Her advantage is that now was that she could find out if Rarity felt the same way, but the disadvantage was that the ponies would hear her confessing love to her maid and even find out that Nightmare Moon would have a Marefriend. She started to think. Maybe she had better confess to Rarity what she felt in the castle. That was what she was going to do. But she didn’t intend to go now, Nightmare Moon wanted to spend some time with Rarity in the park before they got back to the castle.