Ghillie in the mist

     "Darling! Hold still so I can measure you!" Rarity said as she pricked my arm with a rather sharp needle, it's funny really, stabbed in the abs, say only a few choice words, pricked with a needle, scream like a bitch.

     "Well hurry up, damn, can't you just use my old clothes for your measurements?" I said, licking my finger amd removing the blood drop from my leg.

     "Those hideos things? They aren't near your size, much too big."

     "Comfortable is a better term. They fit and did their job. Can you at least patch them? Not exactly the best things in the world with a hole right in the center."

     "You can't possibley think I will work on that abomination you call fashion."

     "I never called it fashion, I called it clothes. Big difference. Point is, can you patch it?" She pricked me again, this time on the elbow. "Damn, could you cut that out?"

     She sighed, lowering her tools. "I guess, I could fix them. Since you just love them so much. And I am making you a suit, that I would have never designed, but you insist on it."

     I smiled. "It's just like the one I have back on Earth."

     She looked at me weird. "You want to go back don't you?"

     I shook my head. "I told Twilight a while back to stop research a while back. I like it here. Much better than that fuckin' desert." She pricked me with the little needle again, this time was right in the center of the moon on my chest. I forgot to mention I was in my underwear for her measurements.

     "I can tolerate other swear words, but I won't allow that one." She said as she cut the black material.

     "Only word that can really describe that place." I said. My mind flashed an image of an apache helicopter, right overhead. I quickly pushed it away. She noticed my face.

     "Something's bothering you, isn't it?" She stopped messing with the material, looking into my eyes.

     "Memories." I said. "I'd rather not talk about them."

     She nodded. "I understand." FUCK YOU!

     I sighed. "So how much is this suit going to cost me?"

     "Not a bit, please, take it as a gift!" She said, holding up the legs of the suit.

     "Thanks, Rarity. How long until the whole suit is done?" I asked. I had to go to Luna's tower, I had an idea.

     "Oh, with your design, I'd say about the hours? Max."

     "Perfect. I'll be back in about ten minutes. There's one more thing I need for this suit."

     "Oh, and what's that?" She said as I started towards the door, already putting my remaining clothes on.

     "I've got to grab something, then, I have something I need you to make." I shut the door behind me, and made my way for Luna's chambers.

     "Halt! Who... oh, it's you." The guard said, he was the more experienced one.

     "Howdy, just stopping by to grab something real fast." I said as I grabbed the door, slowly opening it.

     Luna was sound asleep on her bed. She was so pumped for tonight that it took Celestia's sleep spell to knock her out. I walked towards the compartment, opened it, and stepped inside. I scanned the walls with my, almost dead, iPod, looking for a case. I had seen it earlier, and I knew exactly what was in it. I eventually found it, and pried it open with the knife that wss once stuck inside my body. When the case popped open, I wasn't disappointed. Two Kimber-1911 pistols, jet black, with full magazines. I took them out to examine them. Not a scratch. I gently placed them back into the case, and was about to leave, when something else caught my eye. It was exactly what I was going to have Rarity make, a holster that would hold the pistols at my sides, but hidden from curious eyes. I grabbed it, the perfect size for the pistols, but a little small for me. I would have Rarity fix it. That's when I decided I had everything I needed. I slowly left the room, making my way back to Rarity.

     I knocked on the door. "Rarity, I have a question for you." She opened the door.

     "And what would that be?" She was stitching something together.

     "Think you can either make this just a little bigger to fit me, or makesomething exactly like it, but my size?" I held out the holster, she grabbed it with her magic, and started to examine it.

     "What is this? I've never seen anything like it."

     "I plan on having it hold something." I pulled the case up, popping it open, revealing the pistols.

     Her eyes got wide. "Why would you carry those on your date?" She asked.

     "You never know. Rather be prepared and nothing happen, than something happen and not be prepared."

     She sighed. "Okay, I will see if I can make it bigger." She said, placing it on a table.

     "Thanks, can you make sure no one touches these? I want to go for a quick walk." I said, placing the case on the ground.

     "Of course."

     "Thank you." I said as I walked out the door.

     I walked around the castle for a few minutes, then went outside to the gardens. Something about them just made me feel calm. Like nothing was going to happen. I was greatly mistaken. I found a statue of a weird creature, long, horns, eye looked fucked up, just straight up, he looked like he was everything in Equestria, mashed into one thing. "God of chaos, huh? Discord? By the looks of it, you suck at your job."

     "And from what I can tell about you, you aren't very good at keeping people close to you alive." A voice rang through my head. Not Celestia's.

     I looked at the strange statue. "How the fuck would you know, I have to give you props though, you were able to get into my head faster than either princess."

     "Silly human, I am no princess, I am Discord! God of chaos! And I must say, some of the chaos you've spread is pretty impressive."

     I started to walk away from the statue. "You don't need to be snooping around in my head, there are things I don't want anyone to know."

     "Whatever, but if you ever want to strike a deal, I'll be right here. In my stone prison. Similar to your ice prison you were once in."

     I gave him the middle finger as I started walking back up to the castle. No way in hell I would strike a deal with a god, it always bit you in the ass. Always.

     The moon was high in the sky as I made my way towards Luna's chambers. My jet black suit, shoes, and tie fit perfect, and my new Kimble's hugged my sides. My white undershirt felt like silk. I had to admit, Rarity could make a pretty damn good suit.

     "Michael? Or is that death himself walking towards me?" Allen asked as I passed him in the halls.

     I shrugged. "I do my best to look the best." I said with a smile.

     He laughed. "Well, I hope your date goes well. Tell me how it goes, 'ey?"

     "I don't kiss and tell you nosy fuck." I said as I pushed him over.

     "Really? You made every paper over all Equestria, you call that keeping to yourself?" He had a smirk on his face.

     I just pointed my finger at him. "I'll fuckin' kill you." I couldn't stop smiling.

     He just waved me off. "Whatever, tell me how it goes."

     "Alright, will do." I said as I continued my way to Luna's chambers. I checked myself as I passed a mirror. "Damn, I'm a sexy fuck." I said to myself. I tucked the pistols firmly into their place, checking the safety once again. As I neared Luna's room, I saw that it was the new guard in front of the door.

     "You have am appointment?" He asked, his horn glowing slightly.

     I just smiled. "Knock on the door." He looked at me strangely, but complied. As soon as his hoor made contact with the door, a black magic grabbed the handle and threw it open.

     "Michael!" Luna jumped out, a giant smile on her face, the guard just stepped back.

     "Wow, Luna. You look...." I can't even describe what she looked like. The stars in her hair were shining brighter than normal, she wore something around her hooves, that climbed up her legs, adding accent. In her wings, shining feathers, almost like platinum, but black. Her horn wasn't exactly glowing, but had a slight brightness to it. "...amazing."

     She blushed. "You look good too Michael." She said.

     "Well, lead the way, I have no idea where we are going."

     She smiled a little. "Don't worry, I'll take you exactly where we need to go." Her horn started glowing, and a bright flash surrounded us.

     We teleported behind a club, I could hear the bass inside hitting hard. But that wasn't my main focus, something about teleporting always put me in pain, and made new nauseous. "Fuuuuuuuuuuck....." I said as I grabbed my gut, trying to hold everything inside me for just a few more seconds while the pain wore off.

     "Michael, are you alright?" She walked over to me, I was hunched over, she put her hoof on my back.

     "Yeah, I'm fine, just give me a second. Not really used to teleporting." The pain quickly vanished, and I was able to keep my lunch down. "So, this place first?" I looked up at the club, lights dancing all around.

     "Yes, we came here first, the bouncer wouldn't let us in, but once he saw me, we were given VIP seating."

     I shook my head. "So even when you are intoxicated, you still sit in your seat and watch the show. Aweome." I said as I tucked my weapons down even more, no doubt the bouncer would kick us out if he knew what I was carrying. The bass rattled my bones as we neared. "Is it rap?"

     She shook her head. "Dubstep."

     "Bullshit, you don't have dubstep here." I said, there was no way they could possibly have the equipment.

     "We do though!" She insisted.

     I just shook my head as we reached the bouncer. He grimaced at the sight of us. "You two again? Alright, you can go in, same place as before." He then looked up at me. "You better not do anything stupid this time."

     I put my hands up. "Sober this time."

     He just glared at me as we went inside. "Remember, nothing stupid."

     I nodded, when I ducked through the doors, a large stage with giant subs filled the building. A sign behind the stage reading "Karaoke tonight!" in bold letters. Two stallions holding mics were about to go onto the stage whenever Vinyl's act was over. And from the intensity of the bass, was no time soon. I saw a small smile on Luna's face. "You planned this didn't you?" I said with a smirk as we neared our seats.

     She shrugged with a smile. "Maybe." I just shook my head. I felt a weight suddenly come into my right front pocket of my pants. My hand fell for the pocket.

     As I was pulling the object out, a voice rang through my head. "You may need this, first song in playlist, Luna knows her part, do you know yours?"

     I brought the object out of my pocket, revealing a fully charged iPod. I slid the unlock, to be greated by a single song. "Oh I know my part." I said as I locked the iPod and slipped it back into my pocket.

     I watched the performance, and had to admit, it was pretty damn good. It easily rivaled Skrillex and Deadmau5, but still didn't touch Nero. The white unicorn grabbed a mic from the stallion and started searching the crowd. "Alright mares and gentlecolts! We are going to have a special treat tonight, our first, weekly karaoke night!" Cheers filled the air. I clapped. I still have hands.

     She motioned for the crowd to die down, and continued. "Now, what we are normally going to do, is pick out a random pony or two from the crowd, but tonight, we're doing something different."

     I looked over at Luna, who had been inching closer and closer to me. "You did plan this."

     She just smiled even more, not meeting my gaze. "Maaaaaaaybe"

     I just shook my head, and looked back at the white unicorn. "Tonight, we thought we would honor a very special pony and her date! Princess Luna, could you please come down?" A bright light beemed onto Luna, she opened her wings, and flew onto stage.

     "Luna, our princess of the night, setup this idea..." She looked up at me, I just smiled and shook my head. "...so she could try and relive some very special moments with a very special someone. Now, some of you may know him, some of you may not. Some of you don't think highly of him, some of you think he's a hero. Regardless, he's here, he's a good friend of mine"... Wait, what? "...and he's Luna's special someone! Michael, could you please come down to the stage."

     The spotlight turned to me. I had to put a hand up to keep it out of my eyes. I heard gasps all around as I stood up and made my way to the stage. I stepped up and felt a tug on my leg, I turned to see Vinyl tugging with her magic. I mouthed "You need the iPod, don't you?" She nodded. I slipped it out of my pocket, and saw her grab it with her magic. She took it over to her controls, plugged it in, and hit play.

     I felt a microphone thrust into my hands, and the music started. They wanted me to sing. Why? Why do I need to sing? I was about to leave, when I looked into Luna's big eyes, amd realized why I was really here. I needed to connect with Luna.

     And if this is what it took.

So be it.

     I brought the microphone up to my lips. Taking in a deep breath.

     "I wanted you to know

That I love the way you laugh.

I wanna hold you tight

And steal your pain... awaaaay.

I keep your photograph

I know it serves me well

I wanna hold you high

And steal your pain...

Because I'm brooooken

When I'm lonesome

And I don't feel right

When you're gone... awaaaay

You've gone awaaay

You don't feel meeeee

Heeeereee

Anymoooooore

     Luna took the microphone from me with her magic. And with a voice that rivaled Amy's, she began.

     "The worst is over now

And we can breathe again

I want to hold you high

You steal my pain... awaaaay

There's so much left to learn

And no one left to fight

I want to hold you high

And steal your pain... awaaaay"

     A seperate microphone was lifted to me, and I began to once again, sing. Looking deep into Luna's eyes. Her smile from ear to ear.

     "Because I'm brooooken

When I'm oooopen

And I don't feel like

I am strong enough

Because I'm brooooken

When I'm lonesome

And I don't feel right

When you're gone awaaaay"

     As the instruments took over, dropped the microphone to my side, and looked at Luna. She just stood there smiling, our eyes never broke, until we saw strange flashing lights on the wall behind the stage. Multiple unicorns were projecting Luna and my own memories. Luna's consited of fire, burning buildings, Celestia with compassion on her face, then the moon. Followed by her return, and being changed back to herself.

     My memories however. Were much more violent.

     They were all in the first person, sitting behind the snipers, pulling the trigger, humans being blown to pieces. Occasionally a beer can or bottle would be thrown at me, but the memory would quickly change. But what really hit most of the ponies, was when I shot the beasts in the forest. And the multiple ponies in the convoy. Our memories faded as we looked back into each other's eyes, and we brought the micriphones back up to our mouthes.

     "Because I'm brooooken

When I'm open

And I don't feel like

I'm strong enough

Because I'm brooooken

When I'm lonesome

And I don't feel right

When you're gone... awaaaay

Because I'm brooooken

When I'm lonesome

And I don't feel right

When you're goooone"

     Luna dropped her microphone, and walked towards me, wrapping her wings around me as I finished my part.

     "You've gone away

You don't feel meee

Heeereee

Anymoooore"

     I dropped the microphone on the ground as all the ponies cheered. I wrapped my arms around Luna. We held each other for about a minute before she finally spoke. "And?" She looked up into my eyes with her's.

     The world went into slow motion. She thought that just a single song would determine if I loved her or not? My mind was racing. Did I love her? I did do the song, and she learned her part too, but that's dedication, not love. But why shouldn't I try it? I was never able to find love on Earth, maybe love isn't limited by species. She is intelligent. She knows exactly what's happening. And I know what's happening. Maybe I should give it a shot.

     The world came back into full speed. I looked into her eyes, they contained fear, anticipation, happiness, amd confusion. I just smiled. "Let see how far we can get." I then pulled her in close, our lips meeting. I heard gasps all through the croud, but I continued. She immediately returned the kiss. It was strange, kissing a pony, much different than a human. But that couldn't stop love.... could it? No. I wouldn't let it.

     When I pulled back, I saw complete happiness on her face. She put her head in my chest. "Let's." Is all she said. I led her out of the club, and started back towards the castle. I left my iPod, but there were more in the castle, I could just get another. Or have a guard grab it. Or I could always go back and get it since I was a "friend" of the DJ.

     As we continued walking, I noticed something was on her mind. "Luna, you alright? Looks like something's bothering you."

     Her head dropped. "I never wanted you to see those images of me. Those were of dark times."

     I put my arm around her. "We all have our lows. But do you know why we fall?" She shook her head. "So we can learn to pick ourselves up."

     She just smiled. We continued walking, I guess I wouldn't get to see any of the other stores we entered. My train of thought was cut short by a raspy male voice. "Hey bitch! You don't belong here."

     I turned to face the stallion. He was just a touch smaller than Big Mac, but he was a dark blue with a grey mane. "I hope you weren't talking to me."

     "No, I was talking to the nightmare beside you!" He pointed a hoof at Luna.

     "You dare acc..." Luna started to say, her eyes starting to glow, and horn humming. But I put my hand out to stop her.

     I looked her in the eyes. "Let me handle this, I would rather be blamed than you." She nodded, lowering her temper. I turned back to the stallion. Just then realizing his horn. "You can leave now, you aren't needed here."

     He motioned towards me. "Oh but I think I am. This monster has terrorized us for long enough!"

     "You can stop right there, she hasn't done anything to you. If anyone is the monster here, it's me, now you better turn your happy ass around, and go back to the little pit of hell you call home."

     He looked shocked. "You cursed at me! Do you know who I am?"

     I crossed my arms, putting them closer to the pistols. "Don't care. Now leave. I have business to attend to."

     "I am t..."

     "Don't give a fuck." I turned to Luna. "Let's get back to the castle Luna, I'm tired and don't feel like being drug down to his level."

     "You will NOT walk away from me!" His horn started glowing.

     I kept my arms crossed. "Sir, if you use any form of magic on my, or attack me in any way, I will use lethal force as self defense. Do you value your life?"

     He thought for a second, then came to a realization. "Yoi don't even have magic! Move now so I can rid Equestria of this menace."

     I just shook my head. "Ask yourself one more time. Do. You. Value. Your. Life?"

     "Very much, and other pony's!" A blue aura of light grabbed my torso, and started to move my weight to the side. My hands reached into my suit, grabbing the 1911s from their holsters. They already had bullets in the chambers, I flicked the safety off, and started pulling the trigger.

     The unicorn dropped to the ground, multiple holes dotting his body. The 1911 clips were empty. Luna was shaking, she was not used to violence. "You... you just.... killed him!" She finally got out.

     I put the empty pistols back in their place. "I don't hate what's in front of me. I love what's behind me." I recited, looking over my shoulder. She had mixed emotions on her face.

     "You can't just kill a pony like that!"

     I straightened my tie. "Really? I just did."

     She shook her head at me. "I guess it was reasonable, he was going to kill you and try to kill me."

     "Don't think too hard about it. Now I don't know about you, but I am kinda tired. Could we please get back to the castle?" I asked.

     She nodded, but before we left, Luna teleported the body to the castle, and explained to worried ponies what the noise was. I just stood in the shadows, my suit helped me stay hidden. Eventually Luna finished explaining everything, and came back over to me. "Alright, you ready?"

     "Yeah, let's go." I said, starting to walk.

     "Alright, just a second and we'll teleport to the castle."

     "Alr... wait wait wait! Lu..." I tried to get out, but a bright light enveloped my body.

     We found ourselves in front of the door to Luna's room. I collapsed on the ground, pain overwhelming my body, accompanied by nausea. I couldn't hold it in this time though. I rolled to my side as vomit spewed from my mouth. "So, you drank tonight too, huh?" The guard asked.

     "Fuck..." I spit more vomit from my mouth. "...you."

     Luna rushed over to me. "Michael! I am so sorry! I completely forgot about that! Can you forgive me?"

     "Shower, just drop me in." I said as I clinched my teeth together, the pain was taking longer to fade this time.

     "Okay!" She said, she picked me up with her magic and opened the door. I didn't bother to open my eyes, just kept them forced shut. I was eventually placed into the cool tub, the showerhead looking menacing overhead. I feared the cold water that would follow. "Is there anything else I can do?"

     "Nah, I'll be good in about ten minutes, just have to clean myself up." I paused for a minute, eyes still sealed shut. "Luna, I'm sorry."

     "What for?"

     "I killed a pony. That really wasn't my plan."

     I felt her eyes on my chest. "If that wasn't your plan, why did you have those weapons?"

     "Rather be prepared and nothing happen, than something happen and not prepared." I said, the pain was finally starting to leave my body.

     "I guess it was a good thing you were prepared then."

     I nodded my head. "Alright, I'm going to take a shower now, I ask that you don't blast me with you magic like last time." I said with a smile.

     "Oh hush, you know exactly why I did what I did." She said before leaving the bathroom. I just shook my head as I removed my tainted clothes. "Rarity's gonna flip shit if she sees this." I said to myself.

     I had just started the water when I heard the door creek open. "Michael, can I ask you a question?"

     I covered myself with my hands. "Ahhhh.... can it wait?"

     "No, I was wondering.... I have sweat all over myself, and well... these artificial feathers require water to remove...plus the special creams in my hair and on my horn..."

     "What are you getting at Lu?"

     "I understand that it is taboo for you to take showers with other humans, that you barely know... but... this is my world."

     My mind was kicked into overdrive. "Ahhhh.... you want to get in the shower with me?"

     "Yes.... Only to save time though! I would rather lay in the bed."

     I thought to myself, this just got fucking awkward... but I kept it to myself. "Ermmm... sure? I really don't think your shower's big enough to hold me and you though..."

     "No, it's big enough." She said as she jumped in.

     "Well.... If this is anything like I think it's going to be, I'll just stand over here while you wash yourself."

     She looked at me funny. "We are sharing the shower...."

     I rubbed the back of my head. "Luna, do you think you're rushing this just a bit?"

     Her head dropped. "I guess, I just... from what you said that night..."

     "I was also very drunk." I started picking the artificial feathers out from her wings. "Besides, I don't even know how marriage is done here."

     She sighed. "I guess you're right. We need to take out slower."

     I nodded. We finished the shower, and I slipped into an extra pair of shorts o found in the compartment, they were a little big, but nothing wrong with being a little gangsta sometimes. As I crawled into the bed, I saw Luna leave the bathroom.

     "I am tired, and Tia is raising the sun soon. I guess we should sleep a little." She said.

     She crawled into the bed, amd motioned closer towards me. I wrapped my hand around her back and head, rubbing behind her ear. She was our like a light. I just lay there with my thoughts. Maybe I could pull this off. Maybe everythibg will work out. Maybe I can find a way to make this work, and love until death do us part.

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