Moon Glow Has A Crush On Luna

Moon Glow’s crush on her highness

“Are you sure you want to do this?”

“Definitely; If I stick around much longer, I’m gonna go crazy. She’s just too… too… well, take every word that describes somepony as being good, and fuse all those words together. Then you’ll get her highness.”

Sun Shine rolled his yellow eyes at the redundant statement of his brother, Moon Glow. Both the guardians were in their rooms packing Moon Glow's essentials. With them being brothers, they shared their dorms within the Canterlot palace. Sun Shine was a white unicorn with a yellow mane that flowed freely down to his neck. His brother’s mane was the same, but deep blue, a shade darker than Princess Luna’s. Moon Glow had been going through rough times lately. His emotions are complicated to describe and even harder to cope with. His initial objective while at his post was to guard the door of the princess of the night until morning. This was problem number one. He had a crush on her highness and was too afraid to admit it to her. She would often exit, greet him and continue down the hall, but when he was alone, he relished in the fermented scent wafting from her room. He even caught himself gazing at her figure. Once, he almost got caught. If he hadn’t looked straight ahead in the nick of time, he probably would have been exposed.

“Fifteen years I’ve been dealing with this, and it never goes away! Instead, it just becomes more potent! Oh, grab that blanket and stuff it in… Thanks.” Moon Glow was taking off his blue and golden armor. As he did, he looked in the mirror to observe his cutie mark. A jet black shield with stars lining the edges and the full moon in the dead center reflected in his eyes. His brother’s was the same, only instead of the moon; his was the sun with rays of light shining outward from the shield.

“Look, brother… I know what you’re going through, and if you feel the need to take a retreat, ask first!”

Moon Glow looked at his bag and said “I can’t… you see, in all these years, I’ve never even conversed with her. It’s always meaningless hellos and goodbyes. She doesn’t know me… only that I’m a mere guard who does his duty and then is relieved. I’ve barely ever said two words to her, let alone ask her for leniency or a vacation! What I’ll do is just hop town on a train. Look here.” The blue coated pony grabbed a map from one of the small pouched and unfolded it with his magic. As he pointed to a definite trail, he claimed “The Pony Desert! That’s my destination. A nice long and pleasing time there will do me good. I’ve got this oasis there that’s perfect for me to say at for… I’d say week or so.”

His brother turned to him and asked “I’m not talking you outta this one, am I?”

Moon Glow stared into his older brothers eyes with hesitation. He knew things could be better if he had a clear conscience, so he chose to take this time and use it wisely. As he put his map back, he claimed “I have to do this… If I don’t, she’ll just keep distracting me from my work. A good couple of days alone will set my mind in working condition; that, I’m sure of!”

He wrapped the luggage onto his back and bid the white unicorn good bye. Leaving the castle was simple as the night hadn’t that many guards, plus Moon Glow had been there for a good while allowing him to collect Intel via recon. He slipped by each guard without alerting a soul that morning. As he exited the front gates with a hooded robe, the front guards didn’t seem to notice. Catching the first train to the Pony Desert, he had one objective in mind; relax, meditate and get Luna out of his head.

The day passed quickly, and his brother stood watch of Princess Celestia’s chamber doorway, as usual. The two brothers were recruited at the same time and was honorably granted the privilege of guarding the princesses rooms whether they were there or not. Princess Celestia was about to enter when she turned her head and said “Would you mind telling me why your brother ran off?”

Sun Shine giggled and said “It’s the silliest thing. Mind if I come in. I’m sure this will entertain you greatly.”

Celestia smiled and allowed the white guardian entry. As he sat next to her round bed of golden royalty, he explained about how he had a secret crush. “And to top it all off, after all these years, he’s still not had a single conversation with her!”

Celestia rolled her eyes and said “I knew my sister was a bit antisocial, but that’s a bit extreme.”

“Wait, you’re not bothered by the fact that my brother is attracted to your sister?”

Her highness took a sip of fine wine and claimed “It’s perfectly normal for a stallion his age to be experiencing these emotions. Granted, I’m a bit stunned to find out they were for Luna, but not too awfully surprised by this outcome. Luna will probably be noticing he’s gone in a few minutes once she goes to her room to check on him. Once she finds out he left… well, you know Luna.”

As the two talked like good friends, indeed Luna had returned to her quarters to check on her guard. Once she realized he was gone, she inspected his room to find only his brother to be returning from his post.

“Where is he?” she asked demandingly.

“Name please.” Sun asked.

“Your brother, who else would I be talking about?”

“What’s his name?”

Luna halted and realized for the first time, she had forgotten his name. “Uh… umm… starts with a P… right?”

Sun Shine gave a wheezy laugh and said “You don’t even know his name?! Oh, that’s cold your highness!”

Luna’s eyes squinted and asked “What is his name?”

Adjusting his armor around the neck, Sun Shine claimed “You’ll have to find out for yourself!”

Luna gasped and thundered “DO YOU FORGET THAT WE ARE THE PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT?!”

Sun Shine had been working in the castle long enough to know this act was a mere pouting tactic for her to get what she wanted and defiantly said “Oh, stop this child’s play!” As Luna coughed from her first time of using the royal Canterlot voice in a few years, he said “It’s just foolish for you to act that way! It's been years now of my brother guarding your door while you ignore him like a fork in your path! It’s disrespectful to behave this way when you don’t get what you want.”

Luna grunted and asked in a calmer voice “May I please have his name?”

As Sun Shine entered his room, he said “It’s Moon Glow.”

The door slammed shut, leaving Luna there feeling guilt. As her hoof grabbed the middle of her eyebrow and gripped, she said “Of course… Moon Glow! How could I forget?” She turned herself around and headed for the Canterlot entryway with her horn glowing. With the spell she was casting, she would be able to see his tracks even if they had been whipped clean, allowing her to hunt down the run away guard whether he wished to be found or not.