A missed message.

by Lockheart1995

Rating: teen
Tags: Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Human, Romance, Princess Luna, Original Character
Length: 1224

After Luna receives a letter. she goes to meet Alex at his camp site.

For what of a idiot, a letter was undelivered.
For what of a undelivered letter, a love was never confessed.
For what of an unconfessed love, a man is wracked with grief.
For he believes the mare he pines for now hates him.

Published 2021-11-16 23:40:00 UTC
Last updated 2021-11-16 23:40:00 UTC

Chapter 1

Alex was up in his room, packing his bags for a night camping out in the woods. Just like he did on the 14th of every month. Packing food, water, smokes, weapons', and ammo. He walked down to the library where he found Twilight.

"Hey Alex, going out camping again?" She asked.

"Yeah gonna get away for a night." He said.

" That's good. but why are you bringing your guns with you this time?" Twilight asked. Looking at his Bags stuffed full. With the barrel of the rifles poking out.

"Oh I set up some targets out there, just gonna get some target practice in, I'm probably getting rusty." He explained, shrugging.

"Okay then, have fun!" She wished.

"I will. See you tomorrow." He called as he walked out the door.

After about an hour of Twilight putting books back on shelfs she hears a knock at the door, opening it she found the local mail mare Derpy Hooves.

"Hi Twilight where is Mr. Alex? I got a letter for him." Derpy asked with her smile that could melt ice.

"He went out camping about an hour ago. I can take his mail." Twilight said.

"Okay, here you go. Have a nice day." Derpy said flying away. Twilight closed the door and looked at the letter. She could tell it had been opened and resealed, there was a return to sender sticker on the the front with the words, "Received February 23rd, Sent to return on November 12th, by order of Chamberlin Silverhoof." She looked under the sticker to see it was addressed to Princess Luna. Now normally Twilight wouldn't look at Alex's mail but it had her curious as he had sent Luna many letters before and never had one sent back. and she knew he hadn't sent her a letter after this.

"Spike!" She yelled and waited for the Drake to come down the stairs.

"What do you need Twilight?" Spike asked.

"Send this letter to Celestia, addressed to Luna." She said.

"Okay do you need anything else?" Spike asked as he used his fire breath to send the letter.

"No that will be all. Thank you Spike." she said. Spike nodded and went back upstairs. after about ten minutes a loud teleport sound could be heard. Twilight turned around and saw Princess Luna standing there looking panicked.

"Where is he?" Luna yelled.

"Princess Luna what's wrong?" Twilight asked.

" We just received this letter, We must speak with Alex immediately." Luna said.

"He is out camping right now." Twilight told her. Luna turned around and ran out the door. As soon as she was outside she took off flying. Twilight looked to the ground and saw the letter on the ground. out of curiosity she picked it up and read it.

"Dear Princess Luna.

Before I begin I just want to say this is not out of nowhere. I've been thinking about this for a while. I have developed feelings for you. Now I know this is improper for a citizen to feel for a Princess. but I cant help it. I know it would probably never work out. I'm an alien and your the immortal Princess of the night, but I'm willing to try if you are. There is a clearing about a mile in to the Everfree Forest. I go there to watch the stars. I will go camping there on the 14th of every month. If you feel the same or if you just want to talk I'll be there.

Sincerely Alex.

as the letter floated down Twilight's eyes were filled with tears.

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Luna was flying at speeds that would make Rainbow Dash jealous when she saw the clearing, right were he said it was. She began to slow down and fly down when she saw Alex with one of his rifles in his hand. she landed next to him and knocked it out of his hands. she hugged him and cried into his shoulder.

" Alex I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." She cried.

"Luna? What's wrong. did something happen?" Alex asked. worry clear on his face.

"Alex I just got your letter. I'm so sorry it took so long. And I just wanted to say that yes I do feel the same." She cried out.

Alex started to tear up at this. "Are you sure. I mean one hundred percent sure. what would the nobility think. how would this affect your job. What about your sister, what will she think?" He cried as he hugged her tighter.

" Its ok Alex, Celestia knows about your feelings, and mine. She has been trying to get us together for months. and I don't care about the stuffy nobility, they could pound dirt for all I care." She said. As she pulled back she kissed him on the cheek. He smiled and held his cheek.

"So what now. where do we go from here?" he asked.

"Maybe we should use this camping night as an opportunity for a date. maybe you could teach me about these guns of yours." she said smiling.

"okay maybe we should start with the one you knocked out of my hands. I should probably start with the 4 laws of firearm safety. 1. Watch that muzzle! Keep it pointed in a safe direction at all times. 2. Treat every firearm with the respect due a loaded gun. 3. Be sure of the target and what is in front of it and beyond it. 4. Keep your finger outside the trigger guard until ready to shoot. though that one is gonna be hard for you to practice. you now cause you don't have fingers." He laughed.

"oh we think we will be fine. So what is this one then?" she asked.

"this is a Mosin–Nagant. it was made in 1938" He said as he handed to her. as she held it in her magic he gave her instructions.

"First point it down range, next put it up to your shoulder with your cheek up against the stock, with your eye looking down the sight, next you see that rod with the ball at the end? pull that up and then back. now push it forward and down. good now squeeze the trigger with medium force." he instructed.

Luna did as she was told and when the rifle fired it flew out of her magic.

" holt shit Luna are you ok?" He asked as he ran up to her.

"That was exhilarating. We want to go again." Luna said happily. Alex smiled and handed it back to her. he know it was gonna be a fun night.

Author's Note

At long last its finally here. after months of working and planning I finally finished it. and don't worry this is not where this story ends. there is much more to come. I just need the time.

Edit 1. So I realized quickly that this was crap. I wrote it in about 3 hours and it definitely shows. I think maybe it could be saved if I spent a few days or something going over it. But I'm just one idiot that works 50 hours a week. I'll leave it up and maybe I'll get around to un-fucking it. If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them.

Peace