Are You Ok, Princess?

It’s been a few hours, and Nightmare Moon and Rarity were still in the park. The ponies in the park have already left their homes. Nightmare Moon didn’t know if the ponies went home to eat, went elsewhere in Ponyville, or went home to sleep. But if it were the last option, she wouldn’t be sad about that, because when her subjects woke up again, it would still be at night.

Nightmare Moon looked around and saw that Rarity has fell asleep and was snoring. She smiled and caught Rarity with her magic and flew to the castle. While flying, the foals smiled and called for the princess as they saw Nightmare Moon. The reason they were no longer afraid of Nightmare Moon was because the princess wasn’t evil, she didn’t do any harm to them. But more importantly, because they found out that Nightmare Moon liked foals. And with that, they felt calmer. Did they miss Celestia? They miss her. But Celestia never told them if she liked them like Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon smiled at that. She didn’t want anypony to be afraid of her and she didn’t want anypony, and especially a foal to cry in fear upon seeing her.

After flying a lot, Nightmare Moon arrived at his castle and landed on the ground. Rarity was still being held back by the magic of Nightmare Moon. She opened the door with her magic and entered. Entering, she closed the door with her magic. Nightmare Moon intended to take Rarity to the unicorn’s room. She couldn’t help but notice that Rarity was beautiful, especially while she slept.

Rainbow Dash saw Nightmare Moon approach her with Rarity. She bowed, “welcome back, princess”, said Rainbow Dash.

“Thank you, Rainbow”, thanked Nightmare Moon with a smile, before heading toward Rarity’s room to put her to sleep.

When Nightmare Moon arrived in Rarity’s room, she opened the door, put her on the bed, covered her, and kissed Rarity on the forehead. She left the room and closed the door. When Nightmare Moon was out of the room, she decided to go to the balcony. Her reason for wanting to go to the balcony wasn’t to watch the night sky, but to use her magic to enter the Dream Realm to see if had a subject of her who had a nightmare. Nightmare Moon might have caused eternal night, but that didn’t mean she wouldn’t protect her ponies from nightmares.

Rarity was in Nightmare Moon’s bedroom. They were in bed lying on their stomachs and were cuddling each other. Until, somepony knocked on the door, Nightmare Moon and Rarity stopped what they were doing and stared at the door.

“Come in”, said Nightmare Moon.

The door opened revealing Rainbow Dash. She looked nervous. The pegasus bowed, “princess, there’s a unicorn wanting to talk to you in the throne room”

Nightmare Moon and Rarity looked at each other, “Rarity i’m ill be right back. Wait for me here”, when she was gone, Nightmare Moon closed the door.

Rarity didn’t know why, but she sensed that something bad was going to happen. But she decided to not worry for nothing. Rarity got out of bed and headed toward the balcony and stared at the stars. Seeing the stars and the moon gave her an idea for a tapestry. Rarity brought out her sketchbook and her quill and began to draw.

Suddenly, she heard a scream. Rarity was startled and ran to the door to open it. Lucky, the door wasn’t locked. Rarity heard that a unicorn wanted to talk to Nightmare Moon in the throne room. She rushed to the throne room. Since she arrived at the castle, Nightmare Moon has treated her very well and shown the whole castle, especially the castle observatory.

Arriving in the throne room, Rarity realized that the door was closed. Rarity pushed the door open with her magic. When the door was fully opened, what she saw shocked her: Nightmare Moon was on the floor with her eyes closed. Worried, Rarity rushed over to Nightmare Moon.

“Princess! Are you ok?” asked Rarity in a concerned way. But Nightmare Moon didn’t answer.

Tears began to come out of her eyes, “no! No!” exclaimed Rarity, now about to cry.

She heard footsteps and saw a lavender unicorn with a dark blue mane and a pink and purple streak at its mane and tail. The unicorn wasn’t happy at all. Rarity approached the unicorn in an unhappy way as she had tears in her eyes, “who are you? What did you do with the princess?”

“I am Twilight Sparkle. And she isn’t the princess of Equestria. And I’m here to end her reign and bring Celestia back”, replied Twilight Sparkle.

Rarity was annoyed, “Why do you want Celestia back? Nightmare Moon can keep an entire city alive by using a spell that allows the moon to bring the same kind of energy as the sun”

“This is scientifically impossible! There’s no way the moon can bring the month more energy than the sun”, denied Twilight Sparkle.

“Yes, it’s possible. Why are you doing this?” wanted to know Rarity.

“Because I failed the exam to become a student of Princess Celestia and that made me sad. And when I found that Nightmare Moon returned from her exile, I tried to stop her, but when I arrived at the castle, I realized it was too late. So I came to the conclusion: If I defeat Nightmare Moon, Celestia will return to Equestria and rule again, and as a reward, I will become her student”, explained Twilight Sparkle.

“No. You will not go. I may be a simple maid, but that doesn’t mean I can’t fight”, said Rarity.

“You and Rainbow Dash should open your eyes. Nightmare Moon cannot rule Equestria. Celestia is the rightful princess of the throne”, said Twilight Sparkle.

“Wait. How do you know my name and Rainbow Dash’s?” wanted to know Rarity.

“I knew your name when you first entered this castle”, replied Twilight Sparkle.

“Wait, have you been stalking us, darling?” asked Rarity, now surprised.

“Yes. And I need you and Rainbow Dash to stop being loyal to Nightmare Moon”, replied Twilight Sparkle.

“I would never betray the princess”, denied Rarity, now angry.

“She isn’t a princess, Rarity. She only thinks of herself”, said Twilight Sparkle.

“You say that because you’ve never seen the side of Nightmare Moon”, said Rarity.

“I saw her side, yes. And she’s an evil mare who wants to destroy Celestia to cause eternal night and rule Equestria”, said Twilight Sparkle.

“That’s not about the good side of the ponies, darling,” said Rarity, not happy. “This is absolutely seeing the bad side of the ponies”

“Princess!”

The two mares looked back and saw Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash was annoyed to see Twilight, she ran to the lavender unicorn with a spear, “you! What did you do with the princess?!”

“Rainbow, you mustn’t not be loyal to Nightmare Moon. She’s evil”, said Twilight Sparkle.

Rainbow Dash was surprised before she got angry again, “How do you know my name? Are you a spy?!”

“I’m not a spy, Rainbow. I’m just here to end the reign of Nightmare Moon”, explained Twilight Sparkle.

“You will go to the dungeon and you will only be released when you're loyal to the princess!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash. Other Lunar guards cornered Twilight Sparkle and led her to the dungeon.

Twilight Sparkle was struggling to leave. Until, she remembered that she could teleport. She charged her magic and a white glow occurred all had to cover their hooves. When the white glow faded, Twilight Sparkle was no longer in the room.

“Look around the castle! We can’t let Twilight out of the castle”, said Rainbow Dash. The Lunar guards nodded before leaving the room, leaving Rarity and Nightmare Moon in the room alone.

Rarity felt tears in her eyes, “please, dear. Wake up”, she held her hooves to Nightmare Moon’s chin.

She put the hoof on Nightmare Moon’s chest to check if Nightmare Moon’s heart was beating. But to your unhappiness…

“No. No! No!!” exclaimed Rarity, now with more tears coming from her eyes. Her cheeks were already wet.

“This is all my fault. If I had confessed that I loved Nightmare Moon, I wouldn’t have suffered. But no. I denied what I felt. Now I realize that what I feel is that I love you. And now I can’t say that I love you, darling”, lamented Rarity. That said, she put her face and front hooves on Nightmare Moon’s body and began to cry even more.

“Please don’t cry, Rarity”

Rarity looked at Nightmare Moon and saw that Nightmare Moon was still with her eyes closed. Rarity stood and looked around confusedly.

“... This is just a nightmare”, the voice finished.

The scenery of the castle vanished and Nightmare Moon’s body also disappeared. Rarity looked around still confused, “princess?” she asked confusedly.

Rarity looked up and saw the moon, out of the moon came out Nightmare Moon with a benevolent smile. Rarity smiled and went to Nightmare Moon to hug her, “darling! Are you alright?”

Nightmare Moon smiled as she hugged back, “Of course I’m fine, Rarity. Tell me what the nightmare was like”

Rarity came out of the hug to tell, “It was awful, darling! We were in your bedroom. We were in bed lying on our stomachs and were cuddling each other. Until, Rainbow Dash knocked on the door, saying a lavender unicorn wanted to talk to you”

Nightmare Moon nodded to Rarity to continue.

“... And you told me to wait for me. I had a feeling something bad happened. Until, I heard your scream and went to the throne room, when I opened the throne room door, I saw you lying on the floor with your eyes closed. I felt sad, dear. Then came a lavender unicorn to me with an unhappy face, her name was Twilight Sparkle”, continued Rarity.

Now Nightmare Moon was surprised. She never imagined that a pony with a name related to the night would do that to her. But thankfully, it was a dream and it didn’t really happen.

“... Then, came Rainbow Dash, who took Twilight to the dungeon. But the unicorn teleported. Rainbow and the other guards went after her and I stood where your body was and i begin to cry and weeping because I realized that I was denying how I felt about you. I realized that what I feel is love. I love you, darling”, finished Rarity, now crying again and on the floor lying on her stomach and her ears were down.

Nightmare Moon was surprised. So Rarity already felt the same as her but she didn’t know that what she felt was love? She didn’t think Rarity felt the same way. But it seemed that Rarity loved her too, just like Nightmare Moon who loved Rarity.

“Rarity, don’t cry. That was just a nightmare. I’m still alive”, said Nightmare Moon, now stroking Rarity’s mane.

“I know, dear. But it looked so real”, said Rarity, still crying.

“Nightmares are like that, Rarity. Nightmares are just like dreams, it makes us believe that everything is real. But the difference is that dreams are just good things and nightmares are just bad things”, explained Nightmare Moon.

Rarity continued to cry, “So you’re still alive, darling?” Rarity wanted to be sure.

“Yes, Rarity. I’m still alive”, said Nightmare Moon with a smile. She lifted Rarity’s head and wiped the tears from the unicorn’s eyes with a hoof.

When Nightmare Moon finished wiping Rarity’s tears, the unicorn embraced Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon hugged Rarity back.

“Darling, I’m sorry that i’m not emotionally strong”, apologized Rarity.

“Don’t blame yourself, Rarity. Sometimes we all get sad for something”, said Nightmare Moon.

“I know, darling. But I am a maid of the Princess of Equestria. I should be an emotionally strong maid”, said Rarity.

“You don’t have to hide your emotions from me, Rarity. I won’t be mad at you just because you’re expressing yourself emotionally”, said Nightmare Moon with a smile.

Rarity wasn’t crying so much anymore, “really, darling? Aren’t you going to be bothered?”

“Really, Rarity”, replied Nightmare Moon with a smile.

Nightmare Moon realized that Rarity felt the same way she did. Maybe now would be the right time to ask, “Rarity”

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

“Since you became my maid, I’ve started to develop feelings for you. I started trying to win your heart. But I didn’t expect you to feel the same way that I did, but I didn’t know what you felt was love”, continued Nightmare Moon.

Would Nightmare Moon ask what Rarity was thinking?

“... Rarity, will you be my Marefriend?” finished Nightmare Moon.

“Of course, darling. I feel the same way you do”, replied Rarity with a smile, before hugging Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon returned the hug.

Suddenly Nightmare Moon felt that Rarity was going to wake up. She got out of the hug and started flying away, “I need to go, Rarity. See you later”

When Rarity woke up, she touched her cheeks and noticed that her cheeks were wet. Rarity knew she was crying, but didn’t expect to cry while she slept. She looked at her bedroom clock and saw that it was seven o’clock. Rarity got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wipe her cheeks from tears and brush her mane.

Rarity never imagined she would fall in love with Nightmare Moon and she never imagined that Nightmare Moon would fall in love with her too. But would she and Nightmare Moon tell each other about their relationship? She needed to ask. But first, she had to finish brushing her mane and had to make breakfast.

When she was done brushing her mane, Rarity looked in the mirror before leaving the bathroom and bedroom. Now, she had to go to the kitchen to make the food.

After Nightmare Moon had finished her work in Dream Realm, she went into the dining room and saw that it had a lot of food on the table. Nightmare Moon saw Rarity already eating. The alicorn went to her chair.

Rarity heard footsteps and saw Nightmare Moon approach. Rarity looked over and spurred for Nightmare Moon to sit down. When Nightmare Moon sat down to eat, Rarity decided that now was the right time to ask.

“Darling”, began Rarity.

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

“I have a question”, began Rarity.

“What’s your question?” asked Nightmare Moon.

“It’s about the beginning of our relationship, dear. Will you tell the others or will we keep it a secret?” said Rarity.

“Well, Rarity. The only ones you will know are my Lunar guards. Now, my subjects, I will not tell the them”, replied Nightmare Moon.

“What if somepony doesn’t accept it?” wanted to know Rarity.

“I’m sure they will, Rarity”, said Nightmare Moon with a smile.

“I hope so, dear”, said Rarity.

Nightmare Moon started eating the Waffles. Rarity looked at Nightmare before starting to eat too. Rarity never imagined she had feelings for Nightmare Moon but she also didn’t realize that Nightmare Moon had feelings for her since Rarity arrived at the castle. Ever since Rarity arrived at the castle, she had guessed that Nightmare Moon’s reason to treat her well was because she was like any other subject of a princess’s pony. But Rarity didn’t regret falling in love with her princess. Now with the Hearth’s Warming Eve coming, she and Nightmare Moon could spend that night together, with the castle’s Lunar guards as well. She just hoped it would arrive soon, because that way she and Nightmare Moon could be warm together that night.