First thing in the next day, the Princesses called the Element Bearers to the old castle ruins in Everfree Forest, so they can discuss the eclipse related issue.

“Now, my little ponies,” Luna tried to begin, as she started to pace around. “When a stallion and mare—ugh wait, when two deities—”

“My beloved sister, let me.” Celestia interrupted, nuzzling Luna as she embraced the nocturnal Alicorn. She then turned her attention to the Element Bearers, and said, “How were the gifts we left you?”

The six mares glanced at each other, specifically the mares who had seen each other the day prior. Pinkie laid her head on Twilight’s shoulder, causing the purple unicorn to blush. Rarity took hold of Applejack’s arm and pressed her chest on it, causing Applejack to gulp. Fluttershy looked at Rainbow Dash as she revealed the braided feather, while Rainbow did the same.

Luna giggled as she held Celestia’s hand, leading the diurnal Alicorn to touch horns with Luna. “It seems that our little ponies understand,” she smiled. Her eyes widened a bit when her student raised her hand. “What troubles you, Twilight Sparkle?” she asked warmly.

“How will the ponies of Equestria deal with the whole eclipse thing?” the bookworm asked. “I’m very happy for you two, but the sun and moon are still linked to your magic—”

“We have already sent out announcements, clarifying the difference compared to the Nightmare Moon era.” Luna said. “I wish it would have been an announcement about—”

“Luna,” Celestia sighed. “We’re still too young as deities, young enough that what we do is still considered history, and not myth. That would likely take tens of thousands of years more…”

“Well… we can wait, surely?” Luna said.

Author's Note

And this concludes the "haha eclipse story lmao" idea, I hope you enjoyed it!

This was edited in a minimal amount, because I had to write it as fast as possible while the inspiration(based on a jab at the recent solar eclipse) was fresh, so if it's clunky--err, "clunkier than the usual level of clunkiness from a fic written by me" that is, this might explain it(note: explain does not mean justify, I am being transparent about any possible clunkiness here)

I would like to thank the fellas in the disc for some of the fuel, and to everyone who, like me, sees the utter radiance of any or all of these pairings, and my rapidly malfunctioning circadian rhythm, I will probably fall asleep as of me fully posting this story, see you in the nousphere