DING!

The sound of a bell prompted the two ponies to rush each other with a quick strike. North opted for a strong punch, while Luna went for a kick. As their hooves clashed, a flash sent the two back as they trailed dust. North chuckled and cracked his neck. “Not bad. Didn’t expect you to have a kick to match my punch, Princess.”

“This is a dream, North…” Luna replied as she stretched. “My power, my knowledge, it surpasses all in this realm. Even if I may not be able to match you in the world of the waking, I can do so here.”

North thought about it for a moment, taking in what she had said. “So what you’re saying is, you’re handicapping yourself in this fight…”

Luna gave a nod. “I want a fair fight, to see your true self. I want to break through that wall you have set up.”

“Wall? Pffsh, there’s no wall. Everything you see is what I am.” Despite saying that, the petals around North distorted for just a moment as he said that. Luna knew this mind was troubled. She needed to get him to talk.

“Very well,” Luna said as she rushed and kicked North into the air. “If you will not speak, I will make you speak.”

She threw a few spinning kicks and punches before North retaliated with a few of his own. For a second, his strikes hit much harder, but all of a sudden, he suddenly returned to the strength he originally had. The ground distorted as he landed, mountainous rock changing to concrete and then back.

Luna took advantage by axekicking him as she landed. She continued the assault over and over, breaking through his defensive stance and sending him flying.

KO

Luna watched as North picked himself up. His body shook and the ground glitched around him.

“I… I lost…”

Luna nodded and took a breath. “That is the consequence of holding back. If you do not give it your all, then-”

DING!

She was suddenly met by a speeding force as North rushed her like a cannonball. His eyes were wide, burning with rage as he threw punches and kicks wildly. Some of them didn’t even hit, but the ones that did were powerful.

R-Remarkable! Luna thought as she tried to dodge and counter as many as possible. Is this the power he put against those criminals?

“Just get lost…”

Luna’s eyes widened as was punched in the jaw, stumbling back. Whose voice… Was that…? was the last thought in her mind before she fell to the ground.

Suddenly, the fog of wrath over North’s mind vanished and he had seen what he had done. With a worried expression, he rushed to Luna’s side.

“P-Princess, are you okay?”

Luna slowly got up, then hugged him tight. He in turn hugged her right back.

“... Don’t…”

“Huh?”

DING!

Luna lifted with all her might and put North into a suplex. As his head hit the ground, Luna stood strong. “Don’t forget that we are still fighting. I will not hesitate to take a tender moment to my advantage.”

North looked up, his eyes enraged, but when they met her cold gaze, the rage became tepid. He smirked and stood up. “Heh, good move… Ya got the upper hand on me.” Despite the praise, the background glitched, and Luna saw the streets of Manehatten before they vanished in the blink of an eye. The repression is eating this world, she thought as she struck a pose. I must go further.

North lunged at her with a punch but got blocked and countered immediately. Luna kicked the air, her expression quiet and still. “Come now, North. Tell me your senses left you already?”

North stood up, shaking his head. He couldn’t give up yet. He was going to win. The two clashed again, with hooves flying at every angle. North threw an uppercut which sent Luna upwards. Finally, an opening! He thought as he began to juggle her in the air with kicks and punches. That lasted all of five seconds as she soon countered with a spinning horizontal kick.

N-No! I can’t lose again!! His mind raced for an idea as the kicks kept on coming. I have years of fighting under my belt, I can-

Just give up already, would you…?

… Oh…

He was kicked into a nearby tree, going limp as he hit the ground.

KO

Luna watched as her lover sat on the ground, unmoving save for slow breathing. He stared down at the ground, appearing as if his soul was taken from him. That voice… I heard it again… Luna’s mind filled with worry. Female… Not one I can immediately pin down…

As Luna approached the limp North, she grabbed him with her hoof. “Know that the score is 2 to 1. With this final completion, you will reveal the truth to me…”

DING!

She reeled a punch back and threw it…

And it was quickly caught by North.

“No…” He muttered softly as their shared dream glitched back to the city. He leaned his head back and headbutted her hard, causing Luna to stumble back. Her vision became blurry and dizzy, but she could make out North’s voice. “I can’t let you know… It’s in the past, I promise…”

He threw himself at the princess, firing off punch after punch, kick after kick. Luna barely had the time to get one shot in before a second shot came right after. She couldn’t even block or dodge them anymore. He grabbed her, spinning her around and throwing her against a nearby lampost, which turned back into a tree.

Soon, the two environments became trapped in an odd limbo, where trees emitted a soft light, above dark streets, and a fog bed began to roll in. He dove in for a solid punch, but Luna threw a punch of her own. Both had taken each other’s hit, and the soldier hit a carriage before standing up. Luna, however, stood there for a brief moment and then collapsed.

KO

There was a brief pause in the moment as North stared down at Luna. He moved over to help, then stopped.

“When will you learn that all you’re good for is fighting…?”

He lowered his hoof down and looked away. He was scared to help. Scared that he’d hurt her again.

And that was when he felt the gentle embrace of Luna. “Do not worry… I won’t hurt you.” There was a brief silence before she continued. “I know that we always say to move on from bad situations, but bottling them and walking away doesn’t fix the pain… It will always follow you.”

North stayed quiet, sitting on the floor. His gi was dirty and torn, his mind was clouded in emotion, and he just didn’t know what to say. Luna spoke once more. “If you are afraid of hurting me, please do not fret. I have taken damage in this realm before. I have been lost in my own mind, sinking deeper and believing things that were not true in the end. I do not want that for you.”

She turned him around and looked him in the eyes. Her own eye sad, bordering on tears as she continued. “I want you to be open with me. I want to see what is inside… I do not care if you believe it is ugly. Whatever is inside, we can repair it together.”

“Princess… Luna…” North looked down and rubbed his eyes. “I’m sorry… I’m sorry that I’m such an idiot…”

“No,” she interrupted, hugging her tight. “You are no idiot. You are just lost. And that is why the moon is there…”

“To shine a path for the lost when the darkness is greatest…” North nodded with a chuckle. “Yeah… I heard that a lot…”

Luna smiled at him, sitting up. “Now, there is one final round. Let us do our best, and remember…”

DING!

“No holding back…” North nodded, standing up to face her. The two stepped back and assumed poses before rushing back and fighting. This time, neither of them pulled a single punch as they put everything into their hits. Luna could feel his true strength as he poured his emotions into every single attack. North, however, felt the exact same thing coming from Luna as her passion to help became a powerful strength. The world glitched around them, seemingly unable to handle their strength.

As the two stumbled back, they were at their limit. One solid hit would be enough. His energy came like a storm while hers became a tsunami. They moved forward, the soldier finding his target. One last punch.

“Dance of the Moonlit Blades…”

Before North could throw the punch, Luna dashed at a speed he couldn’t comprehend. There was a brief stillness, but he couldn’t move. That’s when he realized it.

It’s over…

He felt the piercing pain of a thousand blows across his body, and soon he collapsed onto his back, looking at the sky. The way it looked, it was almost like he was looking at a screen…

KO

LUNA WINS

North Star blinked and looked at the screen of the arcade machine he was playing on. He noticed himself unmoving on the screen as the Luna in the game posed and spoke. “Now, you will open yourself to me, my starshine…”

North took a moment to gather a sense of his surroundings. It looked like a Neighponese arcade. Just like then, he thought as he looked at the machine on the other side. There was his opponent, Luna dressed in a school uniform with her mane tied back in a ponytail. She smiled at him from her seat. “Those clothes look lovely on you.”

He looked down at his own clothes: He wore a male school uniform, the jacket unbuttoned to reveal the white shirt underneath. He sighed and looked at a nearby vending machine. “I’m going to get some drinks… You want anything?”

“Some tea would be lovely.”

~

The two sat outside the arcade, looking at the shimmering city stuck in midnight. North chugged down an orange drink before tossing the bottle into a nearby trashcan. “I hadn’t had that drink since…”

Luna’s ear’s perked up. “Since…?”

There was a slight pause, and North shook his head. “N-Nevermind. Something for later.”

Luna sighed with a huff. “Very well. However, you still have some questions to answer.”

“Yeah, yeah, I know…” North groaned as he looked away. “So, the reason I’ve been restraining myself is… I didn’t want to lose my cool and push you away.”

“Lose… Your cool?”

North ran a hoof through his mane in slight frustration. “So… The last time I was in a relationship, it was with this mare. She wasn’t the greatest, but I liked her, and I thought she liked me. We argued a lot, then it usually resulted in…” He blushed and looked away. “I-Intimate activities…”

“North…” Luna looked at him with wide, watery eyes. “A-Am I not your first…?”

“H-Hang on, Princess! That was a long while ago! I just…” He sighed as his gaze moved downward. “Being young means being reckless, and I thought me and her were gonna take on the world. She was almost one of the family. Then…” He paused. “... She dumped me.”

Luna watched his expression sink as he sunk deeper down and continued. “She said ‘She can’t date people like me’, and ‘All I’m good for is fighting’... It was right before a big match too, a very important one.”

“Ah yes. Celestia mentioned you were involved in Manehatten’s underground fighting ring.”

“Well… Involved is a mild way of putting it…”

Luna detected his intention to withhold the truth from her once more. She moved in fast and placed her hooves on him. “North. I promise you, I will not place further charges on you if you speak with me. It will be between us.”

“I-It’s not me I’m worried about…” He looked away from her to avoid gazing into her eyes. “It’s just… My family. They’re involved in shady business, and I would rather none of them deal with any hassle.”

“I see…” Luna contemplated this. Having evidence meant putting bad people away, but betraying North’s trust could be devastating for him. Plus, it could lead to a repeat of those vigilante days… She thought to herself with a shiver. “Very well, North. I will do as I can to keep it under wraps.”

“Thank you,” He bowed his head and continued. “My uncle leads the Hay-lem Haymakers, one of the gangs in Manehatten. He also hosts a lot of the matches that determine any issues.”

“Ah, that actually is reasonable,” Luna nodded along. “Rather than wasting resources and numerous ponies, have the best among you face each other.”

“Yeah, it’s generally noble, save for the betting and the cheating…” North looked away. “A-Anyways, the point I was making is that I wanted out right before a big match so that my marefriend and I could go off and I can support her dreams. After arguing, I went back to her, and she…” His eyes began to tear up, which he quickly stopped by rubbing them. “A-Anyways, I did the match, lost, and I went quiet. After a while, I wondered what it was all for. I thought that it was because I was an aggressive leadhead or something… And for a time, all I had was you.”

Luna blushed slightly. “W-What?”

“Your stories, your moonlight, you… You were all I had that I felt safe with. I didn’t feel noble at all, just like a criminal… So, I decided to try for my own hand at justice…” He pointed a hoof out to the street, where a masked pony fought with several others over and over. One by one the thugs were sent to the ground, while the pony fought in a style Luna was now very familiar with.

“Because of the stuff I learned from my uncle, I knew how to clear my presence at a crime scene. No one would be able to know about the bad things I did, like in the past. Although…” He put a hoof on his cheek. “I honestly expected to be caught sooner, what with you pursuing the dream realm. I did have to sleep a few times, and when I did, I figured you’d catch me.”

Luna recalled how Celestia implored her sister to keep away and not get involved. She sneered slightly. Sister, you are by far the biggest fool I’ve encountered… Although, were you planning this…? Her mind went back to those paranoid fears of North being a plant and wondered if Celestia set the two together for a reason.

“The truth is, I was worried about being involved in a relationship with you. You’re one of my idols, and it was thanks to you and Princess Celestia that I could have my dream job. I didn’t want to risk it and, you know… Lose it all again.”

Luna could feel her heart skip a beat as she looked at North. A stallion caught in unrequited love, forced to follow a true path to keep a safe distance but wanting to risk everything to be with his one and only…

She pulled him in, muzzles pressed together as she closed her eyes. At first, North was shocked, but the stallion simply closed his eyes and savored the moment. As the kiss ended, she smiled at him. “North, perhaps we did rush things a little bit… I am not quite experienced with courting and our first encounter was… Pickled in a sense…” She recalled how half a bottle of wine got her to act so irresponsibly. “But I will not go back on this decision. I will continue to date you, and be the marefriend you deserve!”

North looked into her eyes, so full of hope and vigor. His own teared up as he pulled her into a hug. It was all that he needed right now. “Thank you… I… I appreciate it.”

Smiling, she returned the hug and kissed him once more. They held it as the Manehatten lights shimmered around them as if the couple had become lost in the stars. When she broke the kiss, she smiled at him. “May I show you my special place to go when I dream?”

“Y-Yes. Yes, I would love that.”

She guided him towards a taxi, allowing him to step in before her. As she did so, the faceless carriage stallion ran down the streets. The roads began to twist and turn in ways that the Manehatten native couldn’t even recognize. Soon, tall buildings took on the texture of wood and fungus, glowing with bioluminescence in the moonlight. The concrete changed to a stone path as everything began to get darker and darker. Soon, all that North could see was the taxi carriage moving in pitch darkness. Although, he could spot a speck in the distance that grew larger, and the sound of a waterfall…

“You may wish to hold on.”

“Huh?”

SPLASH!

The two were hit by a torrent of water, and North could see a land whose beauty surpassed words. Flora that he could not recognize, mountains that stretched to the heavens, mushrooms the size of ponies. His brain continued to struggle with what to say as time moved so slowly, and in the end, only one word could be found.

“Breathtaking…”

He felt Luna’s hoof take his, smiling as they plummeted down the waterfall and into the waterfall. North kept his eyes shut, trying to swim up. The sensation felt so weird, almost as if he didn’t have two back hooves anymore. When he opened his eyes, he found that his lower half had become that of a fish. His eyes gazed around at the dark waters, where colorful fish swam around and glowed beautifully. His mind came to think of the night sky, and the fish like the stars.

North spotted Luna a ways away, waving with a smile before swimming away. He quickly swam after her, mimicking her movements and the movements of the fish. He breathed as if he were one of them, eager to catch up to her. It was all he wanted, to be with her.

To be with Luna…

The pair arrived on a small island, with a tree whose branches sprouted out like giant flowers. Luna hopped onto the land, her back hooves changing immediately while she wrung her mane out, and North followed soon after.

“What… Is this place?”

“This, Star, is my private dreamscape. Whenever I was young and the days were harsh, I…” She gazed at the base of the tree where tally marks were made. “Came here to play.”

“Alone?”

She nodded. “Even with my power, none would come to view me like Celestia would. Even the few who praised me never wanted to come into my worlds. It was always just blind worship from afar…”

“Ugh…” North grimaced before shaking himself like a dog to dry himself off. “Guess I shouldn’t be surprised… Back then, you two were seen as gods, and now you’re like celebrities…”

“Indeed… But, the last time I was here before I became Nightmare Moon, I made a promise…” She touched the tree’s base. “I would bring my special somepony here, someone who I felt I could trust above anyone else.”

The guard didn’t know what to say. What could he say now knowing that he was among the privileged to be here? His heart felt tight, and his stomach was full of butterflies. The setting was made for her, fitting the mystique of a moonlit forest in a fairy tale. Finally, two words came to mind, and he approached her with a hug.

“Thank you.”

Luna slowly wrapped her hooves around him and returned the hug. The two savored the moment as the tension began to build. The breeze pushed them closer as their eyes met. Lost in the moment, the two felt their bodies do what was natural and embrace in a lip-locked kiss.

Luna pushed North onto the grass, straddling his body and resting her flanks on his waist. He took her rear in his hooves, slowly grinding against her crotch. She moved in perfect rhythm, never opening their eyes or breaking the kiss. As soon as she felt his crotch bulge out against his uniform pants, she slowly undid them and pushed them down, letting the cock spring up and rest between her cheeks. She gently broke the kiss, a line of drool connecting them.

“Dear… I know you said to wait… But can we at least do it here…?”

North panted softly, looking up at Luna. He considered if this was rushing it then bit his lip gently. “If it’s in a dream… I think we can make an exception.”

She beamed down at him, slowly raising herself up and positioning her crotch to meet his cock. “My thoughts exactly, my starshine…”

He could feel her tremble as she forced herself onto her cock. The tightness caused him to grunt softly and moan as he pushed his cock upward into her soft, tight caverns. He made his movements small and gentle, her soft moans pushing him to keep going as he gradually picked up speed.

The princess looked down at him, trying her best to keep up. Even at a slow pace, she felt so sensitive to it that she might cum if she didn’t pace herself. Seeing her plight, North gently took her hooves with his and smiled. Sweat began to form on his face. “Just ease into it… No need to rush… Ngh…”

She simply nodded and continued to build up speed, feeling his thick cock spread her wide and pierce her. Her breath became hot and heavy as she rocked back and forth slightly, her juices spilling out onto his crotch. He never complained. After all, it made it easier to go deeper.

He pushed his cock in deeper, and Luna arched her back. “N-Naaaaah~!” She cried out, bouncing a little faster. “P-Please, my starshine! Faster! Harder!”

The moment he heard that a switch flipped in him. He released her hooves and grabbed onto her thighs. He moved like a piston, drilling his cock with more force behind them. He didn’t need to hear Luna’s orgasmic cries to know how she felt. The juices spilling out onto the ground told him everything.

It was hard to tell for how long she rode his cock. Time felt meaningless in their pleasure as he drilled away at her. However, soon he felt his heavy balls start to churn and swell. The need to cum was there. “L-Luna… I’m close…”

Luna’s heavy pants broke up her speech. “You… You haven’t even cum once… Y-You animal… You beautiful, powerful beast…~!” She grabbed hold of him, falling onto her back and looking up at her. “F-Fill me… Empty yourself into me…”

“Y-Yes… My moonlight…” He muttered as he kissed her. Assuming a wide stance, he pounded her pussy with all his might, pouring everything he could. His balls slapped Luna’s flanks over and over, and his tip soon hit the entrance to her womb. It wasn’t long before…

“C-Cumming…!”

With a grunt and a thrust, North fired a load of hot semen straight into her, the river of white filling her insides quickly. Luna’s eyes rolled up and her tongue fell out as her body rewarded her with another orgasm. Her body had felt weak and trembling from the sensations. If it wasn’t her first time, it certainly was her best time.

As North started to move away, she slowly wrapped her hooves around him. She pulled him into her body, keeping him inside. “L-Leave it, darling…” She whispered with a kiss. “Just a bit longer…”

He felt her soft fur against him, slowly relaxing. His body felt heavy and tired, and so he decided to relent and lie against her. “Y-Yeah… Okay…” His coarse, quiet voice uttered as the two savored the cool breeze on their sweaty bodies and the moon rays bathing down on them.

Author's Note

The last chapter before I leave. I apologize if it seems off in any way, but I want to take the time while I'm out there to enjoy myself and recharge my batteries. These last few weeks have been hell. I hope you enjoy what I have, and please stay safe out there.

I love you all, and I will see you in a week or so.