The Magicless Adventures of Anon

You take your time enjoying the surprisingly good food with Lulu sitting across from you regaling you with tales of her exploits.

As she finishes her last heroic tale of fighting off Grogar you finish your salad.

“… Mine Sister and We combined our last remaining magic into a fused spell to banish the necromancer back to his domain!” You clap after placing down your fork as she vanishes the battle ax she was wielding in her magic for dramatic affect.

“I’m glad you managed to beat him. He sounds like he was a nasty character.”

“Ho, tis true! He was a vial old goat indeed… But I see that we have both finished our meals. Perhaps you would care to join me for an after-dinner stroll?”

“Sounds like a plan. Let me just pay for-“

“That will not be necessary, Misère. Madam has already paid for all this evening’s affects. As well as a rather hefty tip ~leans toward you conspiratorially, then whispers~ … she’s a keeper. ~Wink~”

Before you can reply, P-Pop bounces away. All you can do is shake your head and laugh as Luna gets up and waits for you to stand.

You both walk out of the restaurant with smiles on your faces. “So, where to next?”

“Follow me.” She says while trotting backwards playfully.

As the refreshing gentle breezes of the night wat by, you smell a hint of lilacs in the air and a small thought passes through your mind. This is nice. It’s not a chill, relaxing feeling you get from cuddling with Twi as you read books and it’s not the excitement and wonder of potion brewing with Zecora. However, it seems the mystery on the night and the reassurance that it will be okay has its own spice.

As you follow, Luna regales you with tales of the times before her banishment. She tells you of the time she hid all the cakes and flower in the castle so “Tia” would have to go without for her birthday until the surprise party she planned.

Before you realized it, you were led to a local park at the edge of town. There, under an old oak lay a large violet checkerboard pattered blanket and weaved basket.

“Shall we rest here?”

“Sounds good.”

You both take a seat on the blanket. Luna makes a point to have you face out over the small pond at the bottom of the gentile hill below your resting place.

You sit cross legged, and Luna makes a show on trotting around you a few times, bowing slightly, then sitting as close to you as she can without physically touching.

“W…I have prepared something for this evening. If you would be so kind as to look at the sky.”

There is nothing but cloud cover overhead, but you oblige.

As you look to the sky, you notice the clouds gain a hue similar to Luna’s magic and start to move. The clouds separate in a way reminiscent of curtains opening for a grand play. Behind the clouds is the night’s sky.

At first, you don’t get it. Sure, it’s nice. It is one of the clearest views of the night sky you have seen, but is this the grand reveal?

Then, as if something clicks subconsciously, you notice something. That’s the milky way! There’s Orion, the big dipper, the little dipper… the tri-force, Optimus Prime … You probably should not have made-up constellations when Luna asked you to show her ‘Your night’s sky’ back then in your dreams. Still, your surprised she remembered. It was silly, probably way more effort than it was worth, but it was also very sweet.

Before you can fully comprehend why the beautiful view is getting blurry, you feel something soft rest around the nape of your neck. Slowly you are pulled into a wing hug.

“S-sorry, we did not wish to make you sad.” Luna said in a small, almost whispering voice.

You wipe away your totally manly eye sweat on your sleave.

“No, this is great. Thank you.” You slowly lean into Lulu.

You don’t know how long you both sat there, admiring a sight of your world, together in the dark.

When you finally got home, you spy Twi and Ze through the window sleeping on the rug near the unlit fireplace. You stop before the barrier.

“I had a wonderful evening, thank you Anon.” Luna whispers

“I did too.” You whisper back.

“M-May we ask for a goodnight kiss?” she was blushing now, hard.

You bend down slightly to be eye level. Lulu gets closer and it looks like she is going to kiss you on the lips, then at the last second, she chickens out and veers her head to the side and kisses your cheek.

“Good Night!” ~POP~ and she’s gone with a flash and a small popping sound as she teleports away.

“Hehe, silly Lulu. Goodnight…” You go inside, trying to be as quiet as possible in the dark.

You notice the fireplace light suddenly and blink as your eyes readjust to the new light.

“Welcome home!” “Welcome back, we made you a snack!”

There you see Zecora and Twi, splayed out on the central rug with a warm blanket in a semicircle. After a second of shock, you note a plate of cheese with a wine bottle floating nearby in a purple glow.

“Thanks, you two. You know you didn’t have to wait up for me.”

“We know. But we wanted to see, how the date turned out to be!”

“Yeah! Did everything go okay? Luna didn’t do anything inappropriate did she? She may still be used to the old courting habits and-”

“Okay, Okay… I get it,” You walk over, grabbing the wine through the telekinesis, and sit down between your curious mares, “I’ll tell you everything… So, it started with a cardboard cutout…”