Fluttershy stood with her wings outstretched, a blue ball of fire held between them as Luna walked around her. “now remember Fluttershy, keep thy mind calm and free of all dark emotions, for while they provide the greatest strength when it comes to Tattoo magic, they are also the hardest to control, especially anger and fear.’

Fluttershy nodded, focusing on keeping her emotions in check as she poured all her happiness into her spell. But as Luna walked around, Fluttershy couldn’t help but let her eyes drift over to her flank, and as she stared another emotion rose to the surface, making itself known as her tattoos and the ball of fire turned rose pink, which Luna noticed as she smiled, “happy thoughts?”

Fluttershy blushed, the flame shrinking till it puffed out. But before she could do more than stutter, Luna placed a wing under her chin, drawing her gaze up to look at her as she smiled. “There is no need to feel embarrassed dear Fluttershy, as thou know, affection of that nature from you is most welcome.”

Fluttershy nodded, then sat down, staring at Luna as she sat down next to her. “Um…Luna, I know these magic lessons are important now that I have my magic, but I was thinking…um, maybe you could take me out on a date today?”

Luna looked at her in confusion, “um, pray tell dear Fluttershy, what is a date?”

Fluttershy laughed at that, actually laughed, before putting a comforting hoof on Luna’s shoulder. “Sorry about that, I guess I forgot how much you have missed out on, I guess mating practices have changed a bit since you last were around. Now let me explain, dating is where you take the pony you are affectionate for out to dinner, and/or some other social event if you are both feeling up to it, and then you walk your date back home.”

“And proceed to the bedroom to conclude the night’s events correct.”

“Um…no Luna, we save that till the third date, if everything goes well.”

Luna frowned, “well that sounds like no fun at all, and really this whole thing sounds like a watered down version of courting.”

“Oh really,” said Fluttershy with interest, “how does it differ.”

“Well if I were to court you, I would come by your room in the palace, or to your home, wait for you to get on suitable attire for the evening, and we would walk together to my chariot, which would take us to the best restaurant in the city. After our meal we would then leave, heading back to the palace for some theater or another form of entertainment, and then I would escort you to my room, where we would make passionate love before drifting off into blissful sleep.”

Fluttershy had to admit, she was three fourths of the way tempted to cave and let Luna do it her way, it sounded way more romantic, and plus she would be able tease Rarity about it during their spa trips. But she was a mare of high class and taste when it came to dating (having proved as much with her dates with Talon, who had spoiled her rotten and set the bar pretty high as well), and so it was with a determined look that she shook her head. “As nice as that sounds Luna, I would much prefer to go on a normal date first, and if you want, you can do the whole courting business as our third date. Does this sound reasonable?”

Luna squealed with glee as she nodded, clapping her hooves together in joy as Fluttershy rose to her hooves. “Then shall we be going my lady?”

Luna smiled, then her horn lit up, her form changing into that of a beautiful pegasus mare, her light blue mane similar to that of the one she had when she had first returned, but Fluttershy was reasonably certain that it had been long enough that ponies would have already forgotten what she had originally looked like.

“Ah it is so good to take on this guise again; I have not done so for over a thousand years. Now let us depart, I deeply wish to see what this “dating” is like.”

Fluttershy watched in awe as Luna, alias Moonbeam, wolfed down another container of hay fires, giggling at the salt coated smile Luna bore as she swallowed her food. “Oh this food is wonderful; I had forgotten how good the common fare was due to my being stuck on the moon.”

Fluttershy nodded, “your sister mentioned something about your liking these kinds of foods over what you receive at the palace, so I thought you would like it.”

Moonbeam nodded, “she was quite right, I don’t know what changed with the castle cooks since I was gone, but now it feels like a sin to even eat my food because of what they do to it, for all I know all Equestira’s artists became cooks while I was gone.”

Fluttershy giggled, and then dug into her fish sandwich, watching as Moonbeam munched on her own sandwich as well. Most would assume that because of her talent, that she would be against eating fish. But sadly she had discovered that most fish were, for lack of a better word, unintelligent. Thus she had no qualms about eating them, and add to the fact that fish were an important part of a pegasus’s diet, she really saw nothing wrong about eating them.

As Moonbeam reached for another hay fry Fluttershy let out a little belch, covering her mouth with her wing as she giggled out an excuse me, only to laugh when Moonbeam let out an even bigger belch. “Ah, that was something,” said Moonbeam, before noticing how Fluttershy was laughing and giving her a smile. “What, I always preferred to compliment food with a good belch; it is much more satisfying then covering such compliments with thy hoof or wing.”

“I guess you don’t get to do that as often due to your station.”

“Sadly not, but it makes times like this that much more enjoyable.”

Fluttershy nodded, then finished up with her meal, Moonbeam rising with her when they were finished and exiting the fast food place, wrapping her wing up in Fluttershy’s as she smiled at her. “This is appropriate correct, us holding wings?”

Fluttershy nodded, “more than correct Luna, it’s really nice, I…I don’t think I have done this in a long time.”

Moonbeam nodded, and then looked to where they were going as a smile stretched upon her face. “We did not know any other establishments were open this late, what sort of establishment is this?”

“It’s called a night club Moonbeam,” said Fluttershy, giggling at the big grin that spread across Moonbeam’s face at the words night club. “It’s a place where ponies go to enjoy drinks, dancing, and really good music, and this club is one of my more favorites to visit, though if I didn’t have the connections I did we wouldn’t be able to get in.”

“Connections,” asked Moonbeam, before stopping in front of the door with Fluttershy as she saw a great line stretching out across the street, and a particularly large looking pegasus with miniscule wings was standing at the door.”

“Hello Snowflake, how are the wife and kids doing?”

“Oh there fine my dear, though I do admit Rumble has been getting a bit hectic without his dear old dad around, but with this necklace my wife made me I never have to worry about being too far from home.”

Fluttershy nodded, and then pulled Moonbeam up close to introduce her. “Well Snow, I would like to introduce you to my date Moonbeam, we were hoping we could enter the club tonight, she has never been to a club before so I thought it would be a nice treat for her.”

Snowflake nodded, “you don’t need to ask around here Flutters, your always welcome, just make sure to say hi to Vinyl when you see her k, she will be expecting you.”

Fluttershy nodded, and then lead Moonbeam into the club, the music hitting them as they passed through the double doors.

Moonbeam could not speak; the shear shock of what she was witnessing rendering her speechless as she watched the ponies around her. Ponies were dancing, speaking with each other, drinking, and it was all during her glorious night. Tears of joy left her eyes as she turned to Fluttershy, who was smiling at her as she gave her a nuzzle. “I thought you would like this, I know that you were always worried about how ponies treat your night, so I decided to show you how they treat it.”

“I…I thank thee Fluttershy, this…this reminds me of the olden times, when ponies would celebrate into the late hours of the night, celebrating in the night time air…it is comforting to see such celebrations of life live on in new ways.”

Fluttershy nodded, and then led her over to the bar, sitting down with her as the bartender went over to greet them. “Well hey Flutters,” said the mare at the bar, “haven’t seen you here in ages, and who’s your friend.”

Fluttershy giggled, “Well this lovely mare is my date Moonbeam, who I thought would enjoy a nice little glimpse at the night life of Canterlot.”

“Nice, so what can I get you two tonight.”

Luna looked shocked at being asked to pick a drink, but Fluttershy quickly answered for her. “Can you get us two of my usual please; trust me I know she can take it.”

The unicorn looked skeptical, but nodded all the same, walking away as Moonbeam looked at her with a cocked eyebrow. “Pray tell dear Fluttershy, why did the serving wench look so skeptical about…why are you laughing at me?”

Fluttershy stifled her laugh, looking at Moonbeam with tears in her eyes as she spoke. “Moonbeam, there not called serving wenches, she is a bartender. As to the drink, I usually order a Dragons Fire Ale when I come here, which is usually something normal ponies don’t indulge in due to how strong it is, and also do to the fact that it comes from the griffon territories.”

Moonbeams eyes widened as her mouth began to salivate, “Dragon Fire Ale, it has been a long time since I have indulged in the beverage, me and my sister used to partake in it quite often when we were young.”

Fluttershy nodded, “I was introduce to the drink by Talon, who said and I quote “you can’t be a proper griffoness without a healthy amount of Dragon Fire Ale running through your veins,” so he proceeded to get me said drink, and admittedly my first reaction was not that good, but after a while I got used to the drink.”

Moonbeam nodded as the drinks were handed to them, and then surprised Fluttershy by giving her a wink and then taking a big swig, smacking her lips as she set the drink back down. “ah that hits the spot, I was so glad it was allowed back into the country after the griffon wars, tis a very good drink…” she then gave Fluttershy a very sultry grin, wrapping her wing around Fluttershy’s midsection, “especially for after hour affairs.”

Fluttershy blushed but shook her head, “Moonbeam I said no, you are going to have to wait for that till the third date, on this I will not budge.”

“oh I am sure there are ways I could convince you,” said Moonbeam, her wing tracing its way over Fluttershy’s cutie mark as she leaned in to whisper into her ear. “After all, I am the goddess of the night, and as such I know all of the nighttime pleasures, and though our first time was brief, I can assure you if you allow me, I will show you a world of pleasures the likes of which only us goddesses can dream of.”

Fluttershy gulped, the burning blush on her cheeks almost as hot as the burning need growing in between her legs. “NO!” she scolded herself in her head, “I will not give in to her immensely good tactics, I will stand my ground!” She then sighed heavily, brushing away Moonbeam’s wing with her own before speaking. “Moonbeam I said no, and I meant it, now why don’t you finish your drink, I got to go talk to a friend for a moment.”

Moonbeam nodded, and then Fluttershy got up and went over to where Vinyl was sitting, relaxing after another successful mix and nursing a drink in her hoof, waving franticly at the yellow pegasus as she approached. “Flutter’s, nice to see yah girl; how has everything been going?”

“Pretty good Vinyl, how about yourself?”

“Same as always,” said Vinyl, taking off her glasses before giving Fluttershy a big smile. “I know I have probably said this a dozen times to you, but I can never thank you enough for getting me together with my Octy.”

“Oh stop Vinyl, I only introduced you two, it was you who did the rest of the work.”

“uh-huh, then who the hay was it who said I should where a suit to our first date and give the lady flowers, to show her my more respectable side huh?”

Fluttershy giggled, then turned back to the bar to see Moonbeam waiting for her, and quickly turned back to Vinyl to speak. “Hey Vinyl, I was wondering if you could do me a favor, you see I brought this mare with me…”

“Thought I saw you getting cuddly with somepony, nice to see you getting back out into the dating seen again, anyway what’s the favor?”

“…well I want to have a little dance with her, so I was wondering if you could maybe pull out some nice dancing music for me, and also...” she quickly whispered something into Vinyl's ear, who gave her a big grin before patting her on the shoulder.

“Sure thing Flutters, now get back to your date ok, I think she is starting to stare daggers at me.”

Fluttershy looked back, but Moonbeam was not staring daggers at Vinyl, but she was looking rather expectantly at Fluttershy, giving her a coy smile before turning back to her drink. Fluttershy then walked over, pulling her off her chair as the music started, moving her onto the dance floor before turning to face her.

Moonbeam felt Fluttershy pull her close, letting her slowly guide her as they began to dance with the music, till her ears caught the first words of the song. Her eye’s widened, for as the words had sounded the stage had been filled with magic, the floor being covered in a field of stars as the roof disappeared to reveal the night sky. She then turned Fluttershy, who smiled before giving her a quick kiss on the cheek, and then they continued to dance.

As they moved with the music Moonbeam couldn’t keep her mind quiet, thoughts racing through her head as she moved with the beautiful mare before her. “my heart has not soured this way in thousands of years, not even Clover could make it race this much…she is by far the most beautiful mare I have ever seen, and I honestly can’t see a future without her, I…I must have this mare, she…she completes me.”

Fluttershy herself was having a similar bought of thoughts racing through her head, keeping her eyes on Moonbeam as they danced. “She…she really is the one isn’t she, I…I haven’t felt this happy in years, not since Talon was with me. I don’t care how this started, and I don’t care how the next date will go, I just know one thing. Come date number three, I will give myself to her, because I won’t let this kind of love slip by me again.”

They had been so caught up in their thoughts that they hadn’t noticed how passionate their dancing had become, how inseparable their bodies were as they moved across the dance floor. Finally Moonbeam could not take it anymore and took the lead, grabbing Fluttershy in her forehooves and dipping her, giving her a deep and passionate kiss before finally pulling her up as she broke the kiss, smiling as Fluttershy’s eyes fluttered open before speaking. “I hope that was not to bold my dear Fluttershy,” she said, ignoring the ponies around applauding around them.”

Fluttershy stared at her a moment, then smiled, “it was perfect…”

Luna and Fluttershy giggled as they made their way through the palace, Luna having changed back to her normal self after they had returned. They made it to the room Luna had arranged for Fluttershy, Fluttershy opening the door before stopping and turning around to Luna. “I had a nice night Luna, it was great.”

“As did I my dear Fluttershy, I cannot wait till our next outing.” She then leaned in and gave her a kiss, both of them holding it for a long moment before Luna finally pulled away, giving Fluttershy a look as she spoke. “You sure I cannot convince you to let me in, I promise you you will not regret it.”

“Hmm tempting but…no,” said Fluttershy, giving her another kiss before pulling back and closing the door, giving her a little wink before it closed and leaving Luna in a very flustered state. But as she turned to leave, a wide grin spread across her face, and she leaped into the air, doing several back flips in the air before landing back on the ground and pumping her hoof, for even with all the teasing Fluttershy had done just now, it had been the best night Luna had ever had in a long time, and she was going to make sure that come the third date, she would be able to repay the favor in kind. So with that thought she left for her room for the night, ready to let her dreams claim her to speed her through the nights long march and bring her once again into the presence of her love.

Author's Note

God this has got to be the longest chapter of this fic, and it was well worth it. FLUTTERSHY AND LUNA HAD THEIR FIRST DATE! and what a fun date it was. Anyways guys I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and as always if you guys have any questions or comments please feel free to drop them on buy, I love hearing from you guys.

Oh and I also hope you guys don't mind that I have Snowflake as the dad of Rumble, I thought it would be cool, and as to the necklace, its magic, so that should tell you something about his wife.