Fluttershy awoke to the sound of Luna’s breathing, deciding not to lift her head as she simply enjoyed the feeling of the other mare underneath her. She had to admit it was nice to just be with a mare this way, providing the simple comfort of closeness instead of intimacy.

Under normal circumstances, like if they had made an arrangement beforehoof, Fluttershy would have expected to be paid for this kind of service, but she figured that she could make an exception. After all, Luna was a princess of Equestira, and plus in a way she was already paying Fluttershy, and in her opinion the magic she would be learning was well worth the minor breach in her personal rules.

She looked up to see that it was almost night time, and gently shook Luna, trying to wake her up.

“Mm…Clover…” said Luna, rolling over as she started to wake.

Fluttershy looked surprised at this, but kept silent about what she had heard, instead straightening herself as Luna rose from the bed. “Good night Luna, did you sleep well?”

“Better than I have in a thousand years, I thank thee Fluttershy. Now-” she said, getting up off the bed as Fluttershy followed her, “-let us head out to the gardens, there we shall start thine lessons in thy lost art.”

Fluttershy nodded excitedly, following happily as they headed through the hallways toward the doors that led to the gardens. But as they got their Fluttershy suddenly remembered something and quickly got Luna’s attention.

“What is it dear Fluttershy?” asked Luna

“Um princess,” said Fluttershy, “I just realized I left some business unattended back in Ponyville, so I need to get in contact with a business associate of mine to explain to her the situation, do you think you could send a letter for me?”

Luna gave her a quizzical look, “business associate, I thought thee just worked alone with thine animals?”

Fluttershy looked around a moment, and then looked back at Luna with a strange glance, “can you keep a secret?”

Luna nodded, “Ok,” said Fluttershy, “have you ever heard of a Companions Guild before?”

Luna’s eyes widened to dinner plates, and then she slowly nodded her head. “Um…yes, we…that is to say I have heard of such guilds, I use to partake in their services quite a bit before my…disappearance. Are you saying you are part of such a guild?”

Fluttershy nodded, “I run the Ponyville branch of the Canterlot Companions Society, and I need to get in contact with one of my associates in Ponyville so that I can delegate some of my jobs off to others, I hope you don’t mind?”

“Oh course not, but why don’t I let you use my personal form of communication, its much quicker.”

“Ok,” said Fluttershy, and then gasped as Luna conjured up a small opaque disk in front of them.

“Just say the name of the pony you need to speak with, and it will conjure up a similar disk for them to speak with you.”

Fluttershy nodded, and then walked up to the disk. “Um…I wish to speak with Aloe Blossom please, if that’s ok with you.”

Luna giggle at that, then watched as the disc started to transmit an image, showing a frightened looking Aloe staring at the disk.

“Miss Fluttershy, is that you?”

“Yes Aloe, sorry for freaking you out, but I needed to talk to you and this was the quickest way, are you busy right now, I need to speak business with you really quick.”

The moment Fluttershy had mentioned the word business Aloe’s body language changed drastically, her body becoming calm as she nodded to Fluttershy with such respect it surprised Luna. “Yes Mistress Fluttershy I am alone, do you wish me to bring my sister?”

“No Aloe, this does not require her presence, I just need you to delegate my clients to the other girls while I am gone, as I will be in Canterlot for a couple of weeks, so they will need to pick up the slack, is that ok.”

“It's perfectly alright Mistress, is there any clients I should worry about specifically or should I just delegate how I see fit?”

“Yes there are,” said Fluttershy, “Big Mac needs a strong sturdy mare, so probably one of the flower sisters if they are available. Also I am putting you and your sister both in charge of the diamond client while I am away, you both know her already so it shouldn’t be a problem.”

Luna stared in amazement as Fluttershy listed each of her high profile clients to Aloe, marveling at the young mares commanding presence. It had been a long time since she had seen a head companion at work, and in her opinion Fluttershy was a master at her job, and if she hadn’t known better she would have said it was her special talent.

“…lastly Mayor Mare has very particular taste in mares, but I have noticed that besides me she has started to take a fancy to Golden Harvest, so I would suggest if she has no prior commitments that she make herself available for the Mayor when she can.”

“Alright Mistress, but before you go we just got a letter from Fleur Dis Lee about a high profile client in Canterlot, she was going to ask if she could send the client to us for you to treat personally but seeing as you are in Canterlot maybe you can meet her yourself.”

Luna sucked in a breath then, for she had completely forgotten about her recent dealings with the upstanding mare. “I could make arrangements; can you tell me the client’s name?”

Before Aloe could speak her eyes widened in shock, causing Fluttershy to look puzzled before she felt a hoof tap her shoulder. She turned around to see Luna giving her a nervous look, then looked back to Aloe, and it suddenly dawned on her. “Oh…my…”

Author's Note

Oddly not as many edits were needed as I thought, but next chapter is getting a major overhaul, so stay tuned.