Dark Side (Clop-lite Version)
Dark Side
(Clop-lite Version)
By: NeonEclipse
Luna just couldn't keep still as she switched between watching the door expectantly and pacing in her room as the appointed time drew near. Twilight would be joining her tonight, which in itself wasn't that unusual of an event given the nature of their relationship, but tonight would be different than any other.
She had sent a letter to Twilight asking the unicorn to join her tonight. But she hadn’t told her that the reason she called her was so that she could show the mare one of her deepest secrets. Or just how important or life altering it could be once she did know, but why cause her to get worked up before she even got here? Which wouldn't be much longer now. She was sure that Twilight would be on time, she was never late when Luna called for her.
She was debating not telling her, just calling it off while it was still not too late to do so, but she had already come this far and she needed to tell her. She couldn't keep this secret from her anymore. She loved Twilight and she didn't want to keep secrets from her. She wanted Twilight to find out now, when she had control over the situation, rather than something else bringing it to light.
But this wasn't something that could be handled easily. After all, she wasn't all that sure if Twilight would still even love her after tonight. At the very least she hoped that she could keep their relationship after everything was done. If Twilight couldn't accept it she could always just ingore it and never speak of it again, besides, she was already used to keeping it hidden.
There was a familiar knock on the door to her bedroom and she heard a voice call through the door, “Princess Luna, Lady Twilight is here to see you.”
Luna gulped and steadied herself before answering back, “Send her in please.”
The door opened as one Twilight Sparkle unhesitatingly walked inside her room. It was no rare occasion for Twilight to spend time with Luna in her room and all of the guards knew about and respected the relationship between them. As far as they were concerned, as long as the princess was happy, so were they.
After his duty was done, the guard went to take his leave and return to his post outside the door but before he could go, Luna stopped him. “There is no need for you to guard your post tonight, you have my permission to have the rest of the night off duty.” The guard nodded and quickly turned to go, through the dark princess still noticed the light pink tinge on the fur of his cheeks before he turned. They had worked out a way to give Luna and Twilight their privacy after Luna got particularly loud one night night last summer with the royal Canterlot voice. They found themselves in quite the situation as a group of guards burst through the doors as Twilight and her were engaged in... activities.
Though this night that was about the last thing on her mind.
The guard took his leave, closing the door behind him, and it wasn't until the door clicked shut behind him that Twilight chose to leap across the small gap between them and dive onto Luna, bringing them both down to the throw pillows on the ground locked in a kiss.
“I missed you.” Twilight said, looking up at her with a wide smile.
Luna smiled back and ran a hoof through her mane. “Did we not just see each other three days ago?”
“Has it been that long already? No wonder I missed you so much.”
Once again she was pulled into another kiss but as much as she wanted to just forget about her plans for this night and just embrace the mare in her arms, she couldn't ignore it any longer. It had been eating away at her more and more as the days went on and it was beginning to show whenever she saw her.
Twilight, sensing her partner's hesitance, held her endless barrage of kisses to look up at her.
“Whats wrong Luna?” Twilight asked, concern filling her upon seeing the look on Luna's face, which was to say, not very happy. She was currently battling with herself in indecision.
Luna opened her maw but closed it once more. How could she tell her? What would she think? Or worse, how would she react?
Twilight brought herself off of Luna and into a sitting position as her concern turned into full-blown worry. “Luna, if there’s something wrong you can tell me.”
Luna got up and slowly walked to the middle of the room in order to give them some space. The comforting words from her marefriend did help the princess to gather up the courage she needed but did little to steady her nerves.
“Twilight, I have to show you something. And I'm not sure how you will take it. But I want you to know that I love you no matter what... You are... the best thing that has ever happened to me.” As she talked her body began to shake with more and more fear rising in her.
“What do you mean Luna?” Twilight asked desperately, seeing the alicorn beginning to shake from nerves was making her question just how serious this was. She got up as well, in want to do something to stop the blue alicorn from shaking. “Whatever it is... we can work through it together...”
Luna turned her head finally to Twilight revealing her eyes which were now watery with emotion. “Please. Promise me that you won't scream. Or... or run away.”
Twilight's face immediately stiffened, her mouth agape, as the words left her. Seeing the look of worry on her face and realizing what she said she added quickly. “I would never hurt you. Never. But I need to know that you won’t panic when I show you.” She had faith in Twilight's quick reasoning skill and ability to see past the obvious, but it would be nice to know that she wouldn't bolt out the doors screaming.
Twilight nodded hesitantly and Luna decided that it was as good of a answer as she was going to get in such a situation. She had worked out a couple ways to start the subject but she thought that the best way to breach the topic was to start with her past. “How much do you know about me? My past, I mean.”
Twilight fumbled a little at the question. “Well... I know that you and your sister used to rule together before...” She stopped not wanting to discuss the touchy topic. She found that Luna didn't like when the topic got brought up during a conversation and learned to avoid it.
“Before I turned into a nightmare.” She finished for her. “But do you know why that nightmare came to be in me?”
“Because ponies didn't appreciate the night and a dark spirit possessed you in your sadness, turning you into a nightmare.” she said with ever increasing hesitance. “Luna, what does this have to do with what you want to show me?”
Luna took a deep breath, exhaling slowly. “Twilight. Nightmare Moon was not a spirit that possessed me. It's a part of me.”
“W-what?”
Luna closed her eyes and felt her oh-so familiar link with the moon and felt a tingling sensation run through her body as she felt it expand and change in various ways to accommodate her new form.
Twilight began to hyperventilate as the dark-blue alicorn slowly changed into Nightmare Moon right before her eyes. Her fur turning from a dark-blue to pitch black from the bottoms of her hooves to the tip of her horn, her mane and tail became more ethereal as well, and an increase in size that now left her as tall as Celestia. Most frightening of the changes was the form of two long fangs that stretched to poke out of her mouth even when closed in its signature frown. The only thing that was missing was her armor. Twilight had promised not to scream or run but she was now finding it hard not to.
Finally Luna opened her eyes to reveal two teal eyes, which upon seeing the shock and fear on Twilight's face, immediately turned sad. “That bad?” she asked her voice holding a cold ring that sounded exactly like Nightmare Moon’s.
At hearing the same voice that sometimes haunted her dreams, Twilight felt an immense amount of fear well up inside her and urge her to panic and run. Her body was now quaking slightly. “Bu-ut that’s not possible. We used the Elements of Harmony against you. I was there! I saw it!”
“'Nightmare Moon' was destroyed. But she was just a byproduct of repressed emotions. This is a part of me, a part that was filled with anger and hate and sorrow.... the elements cleansed it of all the hurtful emotions that plagued it, the corruption that was Nightmare Moon, and brought it back to what it should be. But this has always been a part of me. A darker side of me, yes, but still me. To destroy it entirely would be no different than killing half of what makes me who I am.”
“But you look exactly like Nightmare Moon. You even talk like her!” Taking another look at the fangs, she felt a shiver run up her spine.
“Please Twilight!” Her loud voice causing the purple pony to flinch and cower a little more. Luna quickly brought her voice back to a lower volume. “I'm not a monster. Its still me. I just look a little different.” Luna flashed what she hoped was a smile and added, “I'm still the pony you fell in love with.”
Luna held her head low in the most non threatening way she could and took a step towards the mare she loved, but instead of making her feel at ease the pose cause Twilight to remember her fight with Nightmare Moon and when they charged at each other. She took a step back away from the alicorn which caused Luna to stop.
“Again...” she murmured, her voice not filled with the anger that Twilight remembered, but sadness and hurt.“Is that all I am now that you see me like this? Just a monster?!”
“I don't think-”
“Then look me in the eyes and tell me you're not afraid of me!” Luna shouted, she didn't use her 'Royal Canterlot' voice but it even without it, it still shook Twilight.
Twilight's gaze fell to the floor as she couldn't bring herself to look Luna in the eyes and comply. A thick silence filled the room as her request remained unanswered. Tears began to form in the alicorn's eyes as her fears turned into reality and the pony she loved thought her a monster.
.
“Leave...” Her voice no more than a whisper but Twilight's ears flattened at the hurt in her voice.
“Luna I-
“Just leave Twilight Sparkle!”
Twilight shook a little again as Luna's voice, filled with both anger and sorrow, assaulted her. Unable to find a way to fix the situation she dejectedly made her way to the door, opening it, and exited.
The door slowly closed behind her leaving the dark princess alone. A wave of tears trailed from her teal eyes as she sat down on her bed and cried her eyes out.
Alone.
She was all alone.
Again.
Was she really such a monster?
At one time it was true that this part of her had been dark and cold, but this is still an important part of who she is inside. She loved everything that Twilight was. Why then could she not return the same? Was every loving word that the lavender mare had spoken to her hollow? Did she not mean what she said when she told her that she would lover her forever?
Why did this half of her have to look so horrible? It really did make her look like a monster. The only emotion that anypony had ever felt for her darker half was either a horrible fear or anger. Nightmare Moon had furthered those emotions but they always existed towards her.
Even that day when she first got her cutie mark as a foal.
The day when it had first appeared.
She would never forget that day...
It had just hit nightfall with the moon hanging low in the sky, waiting for somepony to help it on its journey across the heavens. Two alicorn sisters stood together in a large meadow, the white one watching peacefully as the smaller blue one faced the east and the coming moon.
Luna had her tongue hanging out of the side of her mouth and her eyes shut in concentration as she tried to use her magic to reach out to the moon. But it just wouldn't respond to her call to move. Luna slumped down in defeat as her sister put a reassuring hoof on her shoulder.
“Perhaps it is too early yet to use your magic on the moon. After all, I didn't learn to control the sun until I was a year older than you are now.” Her sister said comfortingly in assurance.
“Let me try again. I know I can do it!” She pleaded to her sister, to which she smiled and nodded her head to give it another try.
Luna concentrated much like the last time and her horn began to once again light up, but this time she kept her eyes open and fixed on the moon. The white orb in the black sky shining its white light down on the world. And slowly she began to feel the moon respond to her call.
“Tia! I did it! I moved the moon!” She cried out. It had only been a little more than a slight shift further up into the sky but, to her, it was an accomplishment beyond any other.
“I suggest you take a look at your flank as well.” She suggested off-hoofedly as the dark-blue filly bounced up and down.
Celestia laughed as Luna gasped and spun around to inspect the newly formed cutie mark which was a black ink blot like cloud with a white crescent moon in the middle.
“I moved the moon *and** I got my cutie mark!”*
She could feel a tingling sensation flow through her as she explored her new connection with the moon but was too excited and distracted to notice the change that was happening to her as she wove her way through the warm feeling.
As she turned to celebrate with her sister she was greeted not with the bright kind smile of her big sister, but with a look of shock and fear.
“What's wrong Tia?”
She lifted a hoof up to her mouth as she heard her own voice, or what she thought was her voice, but with a much deeper tone.
As she took a step forward her older sister seemed to cower a little and take a step back, keeping the space between them. She could feel tears beginning to well up in her eyes at the action. She then noticed that she seemed to be a much taller than her sister which in itself was a shock. After all, she was a lot younger than her sister.
“M-m-monster!” The white alicorn said backing away from the black alicorn. “You're not Luna!”
“Sister, what are you talking about? Of course its me!” She held out a hoof towards her sister in a attempt to convince her to stop and noticed that it had changed color. Quickly she hurried over to the water's edge of a nearby pond in order to see her reflection in its surface. What she was greeted with was not her own face staring back at her but a black furred face with bright teal eyes and a mouth that held fangs and what seemed to naturally conform to a scowl no matter how much she tried to change her expression.
“But Tia its still me! I look different but I'm still me!” She said turning back to her sister.
But she was gone.
Her sister had run away, leaving her by herself, alone.
She had scared her sister away.
She called her a monster.
Anypony that would have been walking by that night would have seen an adult sized black alicorn curled up and weeping in the middle of the open field, her face finally holding a look of something other than a scowl...
Sadness.
And, as nopony was awake during the night, there were none.
Even after she had apologized to Luna for acting that way, things were never like they used to be. And every time she revealed her darker side to her sister she would always see the fear in her eyes despite her attempts at hiding it.
She never blamed her for how she reacted that night. After getting a good look at herself in the mirror while she was alone she could tell just how scary she looked in that form. Her sister felt no love for the darker part of her. So to keep the love of her sister, she hid it. She decided she would never let her dark side out again. If she did, she would end up lose her sister. Then she would be alone again, just like that night.
So she hid it deep inside her,never letting it show to anyone. And in time her sister began to look at her once again with a face of kindness and love.
But keeping this part of her repressed for such a long time had hurt her. It ate away at her everyday to know that deep down inside her was a monster. She was just fooling everypony by keeping her less frightening form out in public. The only time she ever let her darker side out was when she was completely alone. And only as a reminder of what she was hiding.
And as the repressed side of her that ached and hurt for the attention she denied herself for years grew, she began to separate the two. Princess Luna. And the monster inside her. A nightmare.
And the dark side of her grew into a true nightmare. One that would no longer be denied.
And well... there isn't a pony alive that doesn't know the story from there.
Celestia didn't even know that it still existed within her. Not gone, just freed of it's burden and set equal to her other half again, but she could feel the scale in her beginning to tip once more. She once again was hiding it inside her. And she was beginning to fear that it would one day manifest into a nightmare once more.
So she had decided to show her other self to the one other pony that she held so close to her heart.
Twilight Sparkle.
She had fallen in love with this pony and confessed her feelings to her about a year ago. She had not felt so happy in her entire life than when Twilight had admitted to also secretly having feelings for her as well.
She finally thought that she could be loved as a whole.
But she too had been scared away.
Truly she had to be a monster, to even scare away the only pony she truly loved.
She was abruptly brought from her thoughts of her sad past as the large double doors that led to her chambers creaked open. Her tear filled eyes widened as they opened to a small gap and the purple mare that shattered her heart returned after exiting just minutes ago. Because of the way twilight was holding her face and the tears in her own eyes, Luna couldn't make out her expression and couldn't begin to imagine what it might hold. Luna could only stare at her in shock as the mare entered her room.
Why did she come back? What could she possibly have to say in a situation like this?
Her shock quickly melted into more sadness and fear as a dark thought struck her.
Had she come to end it...? Did she not want to be lovers with her now that she knew about her dark side? Luna tried to steady herself for the inevitable sadness and fury of tears that would come when she rejected her and asked to end their relationship but was failing miserably as the thought only furthered the hurt in her heart. Besides.
How could she love a monster?
For a time, neither of them said a word, and the only sound that could be heard in the room was the occasional choked sob that raked its way through the black alicorn. Luna shifted uncomfortably from her presence and was beginning to consider telling her to leave again or just take off from her balcony herself. But before she could act, Twilight began to move slowly across the room. Each step was slow and muffled by the soft carpet, but to Luna each step took ages and when they touched down they were deafening in the thick silence of the room.
This went on until Twilight had crossed the room and now stood only a few feet from the bed where Luna was now laying.
“Wh- wha..t-t do-o you wa-ant?” She choked out behind her sobs.
Twilight stiffened at her voice and to Luna's horror began to once again walk closer to her. Once she reached the bed and was but a mere two feet from her, she brought her hooves up on top of the bed, making it sink down to accommodate her weight, and lifted herself up on her back legs.
She paused for a second, hesitating, before she, to Luna's immeasurable surprise, brought her face next to the princess’ and buried her face into the soft midnight black fur of the mistress of the moon's neck, slowly shifting her head left and right, nuzzling deeper into the alicorn.
Luna gasped as she felt the unicorn press into her.
“I'm sorry...”
She felt a pair of hooves wrap around her neck and lavender mare pull herself closer to her.
“I'm sorry. I'm so sorry...”
She slowly chanted apology after apology as she squeezed the dark alicorn tightly. More tears trailed down the alicorn's cheeks, a few drops reaching the mane of the mare beneath her.
“B-but why... I'm a m-monster-”
“NO!” The shout from Twilight was forceful even with her face against the princess' neck. She continued a little more quietly. “No. You’re not a monster.” She firmly stated, holding the weeping princess in her hooves.
“You're still Luna right? You're still the pony I fell in love with, right?” The question wasn't asked in contempt but as if confirming a fact.
“Yes.” She choked out as a response and was rewarded with the hooves around her tightening their hold.
“I love all of you. And if this is part of who you are-” She paused only to bring herself out of her embrace and look into her teal eyes, finally allowing the black alicorn to have a look at her face. It was saddened but gentle and loving, not at all like the fearful face she imagined, and her eyes were also filled with tears. Twilight reached a hoof up to left side of her face to wipe away her tears and lightly caress one of her black cheeks. “-then I love this part of you as well.” And with that her lips met with the black alicorn's in a loving kiss that Luna happily returned. Twilight quickly broke it much to Luna's disappointment but only so that she could look her in the eyes and say, “I am not afraid of you.” And then pulled her back into the kiss.
Twilight eventually broke their kiss, but only so that she could place a loving lick below each of the black alicorn's cheeks, drying them of any left over tears.
“You know... when I first saw this form of you, I was terrified.” She said quietly. “But now that I can look at you without fear...” She used a hoof to softly caress the alicorn. “You're beautiful.”
“Really...? But I look so frightening like this...”
“Well the fangs are a little intimidating.” She admitted honestly. “But your eyes more than make up for it.” Twilight finished bringing herself up to look directly into her eyes, staring lovingly at the teal orbs that glowed slightly in the dark room. “They’re beautiful.”
At that, Luna couldn't help but melt into the unicorn's embrace as they looked into each other’s eyes and, ever so slowly, brought their lips together in another passionate kiss. She had done it. She had found a pony that loved her dark side. This was the best day of her life. As they deepened their kiss, fresh tears fell down the princess' face as she croaked out, “I love you.”
“I love you too Luna.”
“Please don't leave me. Promise you'll never leave me alone...” Her hooves tightened around the purple mare and she responded by wrapping her own hooves around the princess just above her wings.
“I promise.” She vowed, Holding the dark alicorn tightly against her.
To any of the ponies that had been looking up at the moon hanging in the sky, they would have seen that the form it took had changed that night and for every night thereafter from the usual full bright moon. Part of which was now visible, brightly shining its white light. The other part hidden from view, but still an important part of the sphere when it came for it's time to beautifully shine its light. Creating a variety of white crescents that closely resembled a certain cutie mark.
Dark Side
(Clop Version)
By: NeonEclipse
Luna just couldn't keep still as she switched between watching the door expectantly and pacing in her room as the appointed time drew near. Twilight would be joining her tonight, which in itself wasn't that unusual of an event given the nature of their relationship, but tonight would be different than any other.
She had sent a letter to Twilight asking the unicorn to join her tonight. But she hadn’t told her that the reason she called her was so that she could show the mare one of her deepest secrets. Or just how important or life altering it could be once she did know, but why cause her to get worked up before she even got here? Which wouldn't be much longer now. She was sure that Twilight would be on time, she was never late when Luna called for her.
She was debating not telling her, just calling it off while it was still not too late to do so, but she had already come this far and she needed to tell her. She couldn't keep this secret from her anymore. She loved Twilight and she didn't want to keep secrets from her. She wanted Twilight to find out now, when she had control over the situation, rather than something else bringing it to light.
But this wasn't something that could be handled easily. After all, she wasn't all that sure if Twilight would still even love her after tonight. At the very least she hoped that she could keep their relationship after everything was done. If Twilight couldn't accept it she could always just ingore it and never speak of it again, besides, she was already used to keeping it hidden.
There was a familiar knock on the door to her bedroom and she heard a voice call through the door, “Princess Luna, Lady Twilight is here to see you.”
Luna gulped and steadied herself before answering back, “Send her in please.”
The door opened as one Twilight Sparkle unhesitatingly walked inside her room. It was no rare occasion for Twilight to spend time with Luna in her room and all of the guards knew about and respected the relationship between them. As far as they were concerned, as long as the princess was happy, so were they.
After his duty was done, the guard went to take his leave and return to his post outside the door but before he could go, Luna stopped him. “There is no need for you to guard your post tonight, you have my permission to have the rest of the night off duty.” The guard nodded and quickly turned to go, through the dark princess still noticed the light pink tinge on the fur of his cheeks before he turned. They had worked out a way to give Luna and Twilight their privacy after Luna got particularly loud one night night last summer with the royal Canterlot voice. They found themselves in quite the situation as a group of guards burst through the doors as Twilight and her were engaged in... activities.
Though this night that was about the last thing on her mind.
The guard took his leave, closing the door behind him, and it wasn't until the door clicked shut behind him that Twilight chose to leap across the small gap between them and dive onto Luna, bringing them both down to the throw pillows on the ground locked in a kiss.
“I missed you.” Twilight said, looking up at her with a wide smile.
Luna smiled back and ran a hoof through her mane. “Did we not just see each other three days ago?”
“Has it been that long already? No wonder I missed you so much.”
Once again she was pulled into another kiss but as much as she wanted to just forget about her plans for this night and just embrace the mare in her arms, she couldn't ignore it any longer. It had been eating away at her more and more as the days went on and it was beginning to show whenever she saw her.
Twilight, sensing her partner's hesitance, held her endless barrage of kisses to look up at her.
“Whats wrong Luna?” Twilight asked, concern filling her upon seeing the look on Luna's face, which was to say, not very happy. She was currently battling with herself in indecision.
Luna opened her maw but closed it once more. How could she tell her? What would she think? Or worse, how would she react?
Twilight brought herself off of Luna and into a sitting position as her concern turned into full-blown worry. “Luna, if there’s something wrong you can tell me.”
Luna got up and slowly walked to the middle of the room in order to give them some space. The comforting words from her marefriend did help the princess to gather up the courage she needed but did little to steady her nerves.
“Twilight, I have to show you something. And I'm not sure how you will take it. But I want you to know that I love you no matter what... You are... the best thing that has ever happened to me.” As she talked her body began to shake with more and more fear rising in her.
“What do you mean Luna?” Twilight asked desperately, seeing the alicorn beginning to shake from nerves was making her question just how serious this was. She got up as well, in want to do something to stop the blue alicorn from shaking. “Whatever it is... we can work through it together...”
Luna turned her head finally to Twilight revealing her eyes which were now watery with emotion. “Please. Promise me that you won't scream. Or... or run away.”
Twilight's face immediately stiffened, her mouth agape, as the words left her. Seeing the look of worry on her face and realizing what she said she added quickly. “I would never hurt you. Never. But I need to know that you won’t panic when I show you.” She had faith in Twilight's quick reasoning skill and ability to see past the obvious, but it would be nice to know that she wouldn't bolt out the doors screaming.
Twilight nodded hesitantly and Luna decided that it was as good of a answer as she was going to get in such a situation. She had worked out a couple ways to start the subject but she thought that the best way to breach the topic was to start with her past. “How much do you know about me? My past, I mean.”
Twilight fumbled a little at the question. “Well... I know that you and your sister used to rule together before...” She stopped not wanting to discuss the touchy topic. She found that Luna didn't like when the topic got brought up during a conversation and learned to avoid it.
“Before I turned into a nightmare.” She finished for her. “But do you know why that nightmare came to be in me?”
“Because ponies didn't appreciate the night and a dark spirit possessed you in your sadness, turning you into a nightmare.” she said with ever increasing hesitance. “Luna, what does this have to do with what you want to show me?”
Luna took a deep breath, exhaling slowly. “Twilight. Nightmare Moon was not a spirit that possessed me. It's a part of me.”
“W-what?”
Luna closed her eyes and felt her oh-so familiar link with the moon and felt a tingling sensation run through her body as she felt it expand and change in various ways to accommodate her new form.
Twilight began to hyperventilate as the dark-blue alicorn slowly changed into Nightmare Moon right before her eyes. Her fur turning from a dark-blue to pitch black from the bottoms of her hooves to the tip of her horn, her mane and tail became more ethereal as well, and an increase in size that now left her as tall as Celestia. Most frightening of the changes was the form of two long fangs that stretched to poke out of her mouth even when closed in its signature frown. The only thing that was missing was her armor. Twilight had promised not to scream or run but she was now finding it hard not to.
Finally Luna opened her eyes to reveal two teal eyes, which upon seeing the shock and fear on Twilight's face, immediately turned sad. “That bad?” she asked her voice holding a cold ring that sounded exactly like Nightmare Moon’s.
At hearing the same voice that sometimes haunted her dreams, Twilight felt an immense amount of fear well up inside her and urge her to panic and run. Her body was now quaking slightly. “Bu-ut that’s not possible. We used the Elements of Harmony against you. I was there! I saw it!”
“'Nightmare Moon' was destroyed. But she was just a byproduct of repressed emotions. This is a part of me, a part that was filled with anger and hate and sorrow.... the elements cleansed it of all the hurtful emotions that plagued it, the corruption that was Nightmare Moon, and brought it back to what it should be. But this has always been a part of me. A darker side of me, yes, but still me. To destroy it entirely would be no different than killing half of what makes me who I am.”
“But you look exactly like Nightmare Moon. You even talk like her!” Taking another look at the fangs, she felt a shiver run up her spine.
“Please Twilight!” Her loud voice causing the purple pony to flinch and cower a little more. Luna quickly brought her voice back to a lower volume. “I'm not a monster. Its still me. I just look a little different.” Luna flashed what she hoped was a smile and added, “I'm still the pony you fell in love with.”
Luna held her head low in the most non threatening way she could and took a step towards the mare she loved, but instead of making her feel at ease the pose cause Twilight to remember her fight with Nightmare Moon and when they charged at each other. She took a step back away from the alicorn which caused Luna to stop.
“Again...” she murmured, her voice not filled with the anger that Twilight remembered, but sadness and hurt.“Is that all I am now that you see me like this? Just a monster?!”
“I don't think-”
“Then look me in the eyes and tell me you're not afraid of me!” Luna shouted, she didn't use her 'Royal Canterlot' voice but it even without it, it still shook Twilight.
Twilight's gaze fell to the floor as she couldn't bring herself to look Luna in the eyes and comply. A thick silence filled the room as her request remained unanswered. Tears began to form in the alicorn's eyes as her fears turned into reality and the pony she loved thought her a monster.
.
“Leave...” Her voice no more than a whisper but Twilight's ears flattened at the hurt in her voice.
“Luna I-
“Just leave Twilight Sparkle!”
Twilight shook a little again as Luna's voice, filled with both anger and sorrow, assaulted her. Unable to find a way to fix the situation she dejectedly made her way to the door, opening it, and exited.
The door slowly closed behind her leaving the dark princess alone. A wave of tears trailed from her teal eyes as she sat down on her bed and cried her eyes out.
Alone.
She was all alone.
Again.
Was she really such a monster?
At one time it was true that this part of her had been dark and cold, but this is still an important part of who she is inside. She loved everything that Twilight was. Why then could she not return the same? Was every loving word that the lavender mare had spoken to her hollow? Did she not mean what she said when she told her that she would lover her forever?
Why did this half of her have to look so horrible? It really did make her look like a monster. The only emotion that anypony had ever felt for her darker half was either a horrible fear or anger. Nightmare Moon had furthered those emotions but they always existed towards her.
Even that day when she first got her cutie mark as a foal.
The day when it had first appeared.
She would never forget that day...
It had just hit nightfall with the moon hanging low in the sky, waiting for somepony to help it on its journey across the heavens. Two alicorn sisters stood together in a large meadow, the white one watching peacefully as the smaller blue one faced the east and the coming moon.
Luna had her tongue hanging out of the side of her mouth and her eyes shut in concentration as she tried to use her magic to reach out to the moon. But it just wouldn't respond to her call to move. Luna slumped down in defeat as her sister put a reassuring hoof on her shoulder.
“Perhaps it is too early yet to use your magic on the moon. After all, I didn't learn to control the sun until I was a year older than you are now.” Her sister said comfortingly in assurance.
“Let me try again. I know I can do it!” She pleaded to her sister, to which she smiled and nodded her head to give it another try.
Luna concentrated much like the last time and her horn began to once again light up, but this time she kept her eyes open and fixed on the moon. The white orb in the black sky shining its white light down on the world. And slowly she began to feel the moon respond to her call.
“Tia! I did it! I moved the moon!” She cried out. It had only been a little more than a slight shift further up into the sky but, to her, it was an accomplishment beyond any other.
“I suggest you take a look at your flank as well.” She suggested off-hoofedly as the dark-blue filly bounced up and down.
Celestia laughed as Luna gasped and spun around to inspect the newly formed cutie mark which was a black ink blot like cloud with a white crescent moon in the middle.
“I moved the moon *and** I got my cutie mark!”*
She could feel a tingling sensation flow through her as she explored her new connection with the moon but was too excited and distracted to notice the change that was happening to her as she wove her way through the warm feeling.
As she turned to celebrate with her sister she was greeted not with the bright kind smile of her big sister, but with a look of shock and fear.
“What's wrong Tia?”
She lifted a hoof up to her mouth as she heard her own voice, or what she thought was her voice, but with a much deeper tone.
As she took a step forward her older sister seemed to cower a little and take a step back, keeping the space between them. She could feel tears beginning to well up in her eyes at the action. She then noticed that she seemed to be a much taller than her sister which in itself was a shock. After all, she was a lot younger than her sister.
“M-m-monster!” The white alicorn said backing away from the black alicorn. “You're not Luna!”
“Sister, what are you talking about? Of course its me!” She held out a hoof towards her sister in a attempt to convince her to stop and noticed that it had changed color. Quickly she hurried over to the water's edge of a nearby pond in order to see her reflection in its surface. What she was greeted with was not her own face staring back at her but a black furred face with bright teal eyes and a mouth that held fangs and what seemed to naturally conform to a scowl no matter how much she tried to change her expression.
“But Tia its still me! I look different but I'm still me!” She said turning back to her sister.
But she was gone.
Her sister had run away, leaving her by herself, alone.
She had scared her sister away.
She called her a monster.
Anypony that would have been walking by that night would have seen an adult sized black alicorn curled up and weeping in the middle of the open field, her face finally holding a look of something other than a scowl...
Sadness.
And, as nopony was awake during the night, there were none.
Even after she had apologized to Luna for acting that way, things were never like they used to be. And every time she revealed her darker side to her sister she would always see the fear in her eyes despite her attempts at hiding it.
She never blamed her for how she reacted that night. After getting a good look at herself in the mirror while she was alone she could tell just how scary she looked in that form. Her sister felt no love for the darker part of her. So to keep the love of her sister, she hid it. She decided she would never let her dark side out again. If she did, she would end up lose her sister. Then she would be alone again, just like that night.
So she hid it deep inside her,never letting it show to anyone. And in time her sister began to look at her once again with a face of kindness and love.
But keeping this part of her repressed for such a long time had hurt her. It ate away at her everyday to know that deep down inside her was a monster. She was just fooling everypony by keeping her less frightening form out in public. The only time she ever let her darker side out was when she was completely alone. And only as a reminder of what she was hiding.
And as the repressed side of her that ached and hurt for the attention she denied herself for years grew, she began to separate the two. Princess Luna. And the monster inside her. A nightmare.
And the dark side of her grew into a true nightmare. One that would no longer be denied.
And well... there isn't a pony alive that doesn't know the story from there.
Celestia didn't even know that it still existed within her. Not gone, just freed of it's burden and set equal to her other half again, but she could feel the scale in her beginning to tip once more. She once again was hiding it inside her. And she was beginning to fear that it would one day manifest into a nightmare once more.
So she had decided to show her other self to the one other pony that she held so close to her heart.
Twilight Sparkle.
She had fallen in love with this pony and confessed her feelings to her about a year ago. She had not felt so happy in her entire life than when Twilight had admitted to also secretly having feelings for her as well.
She finally thought that she could be loved as a whole.
But she too had been scared away.
Truly she had to be a monster, to even scare away the only pony she truly loved.
She was abruptly brought from her thoughts of her sad past as the large double doors that led to her chambers creaked open. Her tear filled eyes widened as they opened to a small gap and the purple mare that shattered her heart returned after exiting just minutes ago. Because of the way twilight was holding her face and the tears in her own eyes, Luna couldn't make out her expression and couldn't begin to imagine what it might hold. Luna could only stare at her in shock as the mare entered her room.
Why did she come back? What could she possibly have to say in a situation like this?
Her shock quickly melted into more sadness and fear as a dark thought struck her.
Had she come to end it...? Did she not want to be lovers with her now that she knew about her dark side? Luna tried to steady herself for the inevitable sadness and fury of tears that would come when she rejected her and asked to end their relationship but was failing miserably as the thought only furthered the hurt in her heart. Besides.
How could she love a monster?
For a time, neither of them said a word, and the only sound that could be heard in the room was the occasional choked sob that raked its way through the black alicorn. Luna shifted uncomfortably from her presence and was beginning to consider telling her to leave again or just take off from her balcony herself. But before she could act, Twilight began to move slowly across the room. Each step was slow and muffled by the soft carpet, but to Luna each step took ages and when they touched down they were deafening in the thick silence of the room.
This went on until Twilight had crossed the room and now stood only a few feet from the bed where Luna was now laying.
“Wh- wha..t-t do-o you wa-ant?” She choked out behind her sobs.
Twilight stiffened at her voice and to Luna's horror began to once again walk closer to her. Once she reached the bed and was but a mere two feet from her, she brought her hooves up on top of the bed, making it sink down to accommodate her weight, and lifted herself up on her back legs.
She paused for a second, hesitating, before she, to Luna's immeasurable surprise, brought her face next to the princess’ and buried her face into the soft midnight black fur of the mistress of the moon's neck, slowly shifting her head left and right, nuzzling deeper into the alicorn.
Luna gasped as she felt the unicorn press into her.
“I'm sorry...”
She felt a pair of hooves wrap around her neck and lavender mare pull herself closer to her.
“I'm sorry. I'm so sorry...”
She slowly chanted apology after apology as she squeezed the dark alicorn tightly. More tears trailed down the alicorn's cheeks, a few drops reaching the mane of the mare beneath her.
“B-but why... I'm a m-monster-”
“NO!” The shout from Twilight was forceful even with her face against the princess' neck. She continued a little more quietly. “No. You’re not a monster.” She firmly stated, holding the weeping princess in her hooves.
“You're still Luna right? You're still the pony I fell in love with, right?” The question wasn't asked in contempt but as if confirming a fact.
“Yes.” She choked out as a response and was rewarded with the hooves around her tightening their hold.
“I love all of you. And if this is part of who you are-” She paused only to bring herself out of her embrace and look into her teal eyes, finally allowing the black alicorn to have a look at her face. It was saddened but gentle and loving, not at all like the fearful face she imagined, and her eyes were also filled with tears. Twilight reached a hoof up to left side of her face to wipe away her tears and lightly caress one of her black cheeks. “-then I love this part of you as well.” And with that her lips met with the black alicorn's in a loving kiss that Luna happily returned. Twilight quickly broke it much to Luna's disappointment but only so that she could look her in the eyes and say, “I am not afraid of you.” And then pulled her back into the kiss.
The two stayed tightly lip-locked as they deepened their kiss, neither wishing to break their close embrace. Luna gently flicked her tongue between the unicorns lips and was instantly granted access as Twilight parted her maw to allow their wet muscles to duel, tasting each other. She could feel the hot breath of the black alicorn tickle her as it brushed across her cheek and was sure that she was breathing just as heavily.
Time seemed to stop as they shared this moment. But eventually the need for air grew to the point where they mutually parted, a thin string of saliva running between them, both panting heavily in the fresh air. Twilight seem to stare into Luna, her gaze never diverting from her eyes. She was only able to get in a few seconds of air before Twilight brought her mouth against hers again.
But before they could get any further into their renewed kiss, Twilight let out a yelp and broke away from the alicorn. A bit of blood could be seen trickling down the corner of her mouth.
“Oh Twilight! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that, I'm not used to doing this sort of thing in this form.” Her eyes began to fill with tears again as she thought she ruined her one chance at proving the gentleness of her other side.
“Its okay Luna.” Her mare reassured with a gentle smile.
“But I hurt you...”
“And I hurt you much worse when I walked away.”
“But I asked you to-”
“And I shouldn't have listened.” She finished resolutely. “You are not a monster. And even if you were, I would still love you Luna.”
“Oh... Twilight.” she cooed, her cold voice no longer holding any anger, or sadness. Only a burning love for the mare in front of her.
“I am going to show you just how much I meant it when I said I loved all of you.” The lavender mare said hotly as they locked eyes. Luna shivered slightly at the implications of her words. Her eye drawing over the unicorn until she came to look at the offending bump in their embrace.
“Does it still hurt?” Luna asked, looking down at the small line of blood.
“A little.”
The alicorn brought her mouth closer to her mare's until they were breathing directly into each other's mouths, whispering soothingly,
“Worry not, my love, I will make it feel better.”
Luna looked down to the open maw in front of her and, once spotting the small cut in Twilight's lower lip that her fang had pierced, lowered her mouth to gently take a slow lick over the injured orifice.
When Twilight felt the first swipe over her sore lip, she couldn't keep a low moan from coming out of her open mouth. The gentle attention to her cut, while slightly painful at first, slowly melted into more and more pleasure as the action was repeated.
“Luna...”
After a few more gentle laps over the cut, Twilight couldn't stop herself from capturing the dark princess back into the kiss they had left unfinished. She just couldn't help it, even though her eyes told her that this was Nightmare Moon, her heart knew that this was her Luna.
Twilight once again broke their kiss, but only so that she could a loving lick below each of the black alicorn's cheeks, drying them of any left over tears. And while her mare was attending to her, she began to nip and lick at the soft fur of the unicorn's neck, the tender affection drawing mewls of pleasure from both mares.
“You know... when I first saw this form of you, I was terrified.” She said quietly. “But now that I can look at you without fear...” She used a hoof to softly caress the alicorn. “You're beautiful.”
“Really...? But I look so frightening like this...”
“Well the fangs are a little intimidating.” She admitted honestly. “But your eyes more than make up for it.” Twilight finished bringing herself up to look directly into her eyes, staring lovingly at the teal orbs that glowed slightly in the dark room. “They’re beautiful.”
At that, Luna couldn't help but melt into the unicorn's embrace as they looked into each other’s eyes and, ever so slowly, brought their lips together in another passionate kiss. She had done it. She had found a pony that loved her dark side. This was the best day of her life. As they deepened their kiss, fresh tears fell down the princess' face as she croaked out, “I love you.”
“I love you too Luna.”
“Please don't leave me. Promise you'll never leave me alone...” Her hooves tightened around the purple mare and she responded by wrapping her own hooves around the princess, just above her wings.
“I promise.” She vowed, leaning slightly against the black alicorn to gently lay her down on her back, both of her long black wings folded out against the blue bedsheets while Twilight stood over her, her head positioned just over the middle of the alicorn. Luna seemed to wilt a little as the unicorn's eyes roamed across her.
“I can turn back... if you would like...” She said with a hint of shame in her voice. Twilight didn't have to make love to her like this. She was happy that the unicorn accepted this part of her. That was already more than she could ask for.
But she was surprised when the unicorn replied, “No. I want you to stay like this.”
“Are you sure?” She asked look up at the mare over her.
Twilight just nodded. “This is a little different from what I'm usually used to though, so if you don't mind, I would like to explore you for a bit.” That being said, she wasted no time as she began to nuzzle into the soft underbelly of the alicorn causing the princess to gasp out.
Though Twilight had said that she wasn't afraid, and she wasn't, she was still apprehensive at the new form that Luna had taken. She was not scared of it, but almost everything about the alicorn's form had changed. Not only that, but there was also the striking fact that this new form was a spitting image of Nightmare Moon, the same monster that tried to bring about eternal darkness.
That in itself was a big barrier to overcome. But this was her Luna inside this form. And in the end thats all that really mattered right? She would just have to explore this new part of Luna as to better come to terms with it. There wasn't really any reason to rush anyway, and from the look of the red tinges on the alicorn's black cheeks, Luna was also willing to let her get to know this darker part of her more intimately.
Twilight rubbed her face against the soft black fur of the alicorn. At first glance it looked almost like a hard shell of black covering the alicorn rather than a coat of fur, and as she never actually came in physical contact in her fight with Nightmare Moon she had assumed it was, but as she brushed up against it she began to feel just how soft her coat actually was. Almost as baby-soft as a foal’s. She started rubbing her hooves over the princess' barrel and down to the base of her wings, the gentle touch causing them to flutter off the bed restlessly.
Luna gave out vocal groans of approval as her unicorn lover felt her way around her. Of course, this was nothing new as they cuddled together often. But, as nopony had ever even come in contact with her while in this form before, every touch gave off new sensations that she had never felt in this form.
Twilight was actually surprised at how cute the moans were. She never thought that such a sweet sound could come from the black alicorn's cold voice. She slowly worked her way up to the neck of the princess, never once breaking contact with the delightfully soft fur. Once there, she kissed and nipped at the alicorn's neck and jaw. She could actually feel her neck vibrate as a particularly loud groan worked its way out of her lover's throat. After having her fill of this part of her lover, she continued up to the alicorn's dark ears and began to nibble on the tip.
Luna was now panting heavily as the pony worked across her body. She almost lost it when Twilight, in a moment of boldness, stopped her nibbling to lick up her new long black horn. Twilight started at the base, and as she trailed upward she could feel each bump as her tongue ran across the fluted length. She ran it all the up to the tip, stopping to give the peak a swipe across it before pulling away.
With the top half of her successfully explored, Twilight traveled back down to her stomach and lapped at the fur, ever slowly working her way down the alicorn until she grazed across one of her black and pink blotted teats, making Luna cry out. Gazing up at the alicorn, giving her best seductive smile she drew her tongue against each of the alicorn's sensitive nubs. Luna could only call out in bliss at the stimulation to her sensitive flesh.
After what seemed like ages, the unicorn finally came to the best part of her lover's new body. She was almost drooling in anticipation of the treasure that was waiting to be discovered. But as she brought herself to the alicorn's round hips she found her access blocked by a waft of sparkling tail.
Looking up at the alicorn questioningly she found that her hooves were now covering her face. It was almost laughable seeing the Nightmare Moon-looking mare hiding behind her hooves. But what was she suppose to do now that she had been denied?
She was about to question the princess' hesitance when a better idea struck her. Reaching a hoof to either side of the alicorn's hip, she began to gently stroke the two cutie marks on her flank. It was then noticed that the said cutie marks had changed somewhat, instead of a black blot surrounding a crescent white, the blot now a dark-blue like Luna's other fur color. She assumed that it must have to do with the two different sides of her.
Luna groaned again when she felt the new pressure against her flank. Her cutie marks were sensitive to the touch and, as Twilight stroked small circles around them, it drove the lower half of her body insane. She began to shift her legs, trying to alleviate some of the heat that was building up, but she found herself blocked as twilight was placed firmly between them.
She was beginning to whimper in pain when she felt Twilight nuzzle against the inside of her thigh, grabbing her attention. Nothing was said as the two looked into each other. The smoldering look in Twilight's eyes said everything for her. The dark princess eventually gave a small nod and lifted her tail away to give herself entirely to the unicorn. She wasn't usually so shy around Twilight, but being so open while in this form made her feel vulnerable.
The long journey that Twilight had taken in getting to this point made it all the more rewarding when Luna willingly lifted her tail away to reveal her thin pink line that stood out against the dark black coat. Normally it wouldn't be so visible, but her arousal that had built up from the unicorn's earlier ministrations had caused it to become inflamed and bothered.
Using her hooves, Twilight parted the two pink lips gently and blew a breath of cool air against them. They quivered slightly as the black alicorn let out a high-pitched whine. Not wanting to prolong the poor alicorn's needs any further, she finally began lapping at the inner pink flesh, bringing a batch of fresh moans from the night princess' mouth.
Each touch from the unicorn caused an unbearable heat to build up inside her, whether it was done with that intention in mind or not. But when Twilight's mouth touched her throbbing marehood it was as if she was being consumed in fire. And the only thing keeping her from burning in the intense heat was the constant licking against her hot love. One of the alicorn's legs twitched as Twilight brought a hoof back to it's cutie mark and began to stoke it again, adding on even more stimulation.
The room was filled with a chorus of 'ohs' and other groans of pleasure, but it wasn't until the purple unicorn latched on to her nub that night princess screamed out, wings thrashing and hips bucking, as she suckled the sensitive bud. Every few licks the mare would suck on the little bit before licking deep inside the pink crevice. This repeated until Luna could take no more and the sweet release that had been building inside her was finally reached.
Hearing the quickened pants from her lover, Twilight could tell what was about to happen and quickly took the alicorn's nub in her mouth once more and suckled the little bit lovingly as the alicorn screamed her name and let the flow of her orgasm flood through her. The unicorn could feel the wet splashes against her chin as she stayed latched on to the alicorn's button. And it wasn't until Luna had finished shaking in pleasure that Twilight released it and lapped at the the soaked folds, taking care of any remaining fluids left over.
Waiting for her love to recover, one of her hooves trailed down to her own depraved sex and began to rub it slowly. She had been so focused on exploring the alicorn's body that she forgot her own burning fire between her haunches.
But before she could obtain any sort of gratification she found herself lifted aloft in a field of black aura magic and brought before Luna as they shared a kiss before whispering something in her ear as she laid the purple unicorn gentle down on her back.
'Let me take care of that.'
Twilight hesitated a little as the midnight alicorn stood before her. It almost looked like one of her old nightmares she would have where Nightmare Moon would come into her room while she was asleep and eat her, some errant thought reminded her that that was exactly what was about to happen, but after seeing the loving look in the alicorn's eyes she felt completely at ease and gave herself to Luna just as willingly as she did to her.
Luna could now see the unicorn's opening that was now dripping with excitement, her tail swishing back and forth in anticipation. Luna looked up at to see Twilight looking back at her, gaze smoldering and cheeks a vibrant shade of red. She gave a slight nod of her head, giving Luna the signal to do as she wished.
She felt happier at this moment than any other in her life. Not only did Twilight know about her dark side, but she was embracing it as well. Never before had she thought it possible for a pony to act this way around her when she was like this. She was wasn't afraid of her, she loved all of her. Never before had both parts of her been accepted as a whole and embraced together like this.
And never before had she felt so loved then she did at this moment.
Bringing herself back to the task at hoof, Luna slowly extended her organ out and, with a flick, carried it across her middle of her mare's throbbing treasure. She may have never made love in this form before, but she knew how to please her mate.
Twilight let out a strangled cry as she felt the alicorn finally begin to give her aching lips gentle attention. Her hips rising of the bed to met the loving licks, trying to obtain as much of the blissfully pleasuring touch as she could. She was beginning to wondered why she had been so apprehensive about this before. Luna might look different but she was just as gentle with her as she always was.
The cries from her lover only motivated the moon mare to work deeper into her as she began to caress the inner soft pink folds of Twilight's marehood with her tongue. Every lap against the unicorn's glistening folds only serving to increase the amount of fluid leaking from her. At this rate it seemed impossible to keep the mess that her mare was making in check.
Though that wouldn't stop Luna from trying.
Twilight's moans slowly rose in volume as the black alicorn gave her leaking walls the loving attention they so desperately craved, subconsciously spreading her back legs in order to give her mate as much access as possible to her aching center.
Luna worked her maw left and right in short slow movements that kept in time with each lick digging increasingly deeper into Twilight's love, taking special care not to let her fangs poke against the sensitive flesh. She wouldn't risk ruining this moment with her love because of her sharp teeth. Though she did have an idea of how she could make good use of them.
Somewhere in the back of the unicorn's mind, she felt something wrap about her hips firmly but was enjoying the pleasure Luna was giving her far too much to give anything else her attention. She was approaching her peak slowly as each lick drove deeper towards the place that needed it most. When Luna had just about reached the special spot inside her, the said pony, much to her disappointment, stopped and retracted from her.
Twilight whined in distress at the loss of her stimulation and opened her eyes to look desperately at the alicorn. Though just as she met the teal eyes to convey her suffering they immediately closed as a burst of pleasure jolted through her nether regions. She threw her head back and screamed in delight as the pleasurable spike shot through her a second and then a third time.
Luna was now slowly dragging the tip of her left fang across the unicorn's small nub that had been left unattended to until now. Each brush across it firm but light enough so it would cause only pleasure for her partner. It was a good thing that she had decided to lock the mare's legs down with her own or she might have jolted right into the pointed edge. Luna repeated the process a half a dozen times before giving the nub a loving lick and burying her maw in the mare's sweetness once more.
Twilight was still shaking from the attack on her sensitive bud and with the alicorn now deep in her licking at her most pleasurable spot she felt herself beginning tip over the edge. Her marehood began to pulse and twitch as the inevitable drew near.
"Luna... Luna... I..I'm...!" she cried out as her back ached.
Luna started feeling the walls begin to tighten around her muzzle. But instead of pulling out, she stretched her tongue in as deep as it could go and released a fury of licks, encouraging her mare's descent. The final stimulation pushed Twilight the rest of the way over and caused the mare to cry out as she released into alicorn's waiting mouth.
As soon as Luna felt the first burst of liquid against her tongue she pulled back and swiped along the quivering folds, catching as much of the release as possible in her maw, drinking deeply in the taste of her lover's sweet cream. Even as the spurts died down to a mere trickle, she did not let up, making sure to prolong the unicorn's euphoric state for as long as possible.
Luna gave a few last loving licks across the trembling folds, cleaning them of any leftover juices before looking up to check the status of her mate. The said mare was staring blankly up in the air, her eyes glazed over in endless bliss as she took deep breaths. Luna also breathed deeply in the free air, finding it now thick and musky from their lovemaking.
The black alicorn, satisfied with her work, lazily dragged herself next to Twilight. She wanted to tell her just how much all this meant to her, but before she could say anything, the sound of quiet breathing from the now sleeping mare next to her informed her that it would have to wait.
Carefully she wrapped one black wing around the sleeping pony and pulled herself against her. Even in the deepest of exhausted sleeps the unicorn still responded by wrapping her hooves around the alicorn's barrel, just under her wings, and pulled herself against the princess.
It was a shame that Twilight was asleep at that moment because she missed the most beautiful sight as the black alicorn looked down at her lover with a bright smile set on her face for the first time ever. Though soon, she too settled down into a peaceful slumber.
To any of the ponies that had been looking up at the moon hanging in the sky, they would have seen that the form it took had changed that night and for every night thereafter from the usual full bright moon. Part of which was now visible, brightly shining its white light. The other part hidden from view, but still an important part of the sphere when it came for it's time to beautifully shine its light. Creating a variety of white crescents that closely resembled a certain cutie mark.
