In Ponyville at Fluttershy's cottage, both Laura and Lightning Dust are cleaning up some of the mess the animals left behind. Not their favorite thing to do, but at least they're able to do it together, gives them more of a chance to spend time with each other.
"So, what do you think of that portal that Princess Twilight made? Seems like you might be able to see your world again," Lightning said.
"I really don't care, I have no interest in my world," Laura said. "Everyone I care about lives in Equestria. You, Fluttershy, Limestone, that's all I care about."
"Um, aren't you forgetting somepony?" Lightning asked.
Laura shook her head, "No, that's everypony."
Lightning groaned a bit, knowing that Laura purposely left out Logan. It's been a little over a year since the heroes have stayed in Equestria, Laura's had enough chances to form a bond with Logan. But the mare was just to stubborn to do so.
"If you say so," Lightning Dust said. "Still, having The Avengers around does have me thinking. Are you gonna be an Avenger too? Are you gonna be more of a Superhero?"
"I don't have any interest in being an Avenger of any kind," Laura said. "I'm not letting any of them tell me what to do."
"Huh? Are you sure about that? I think you can be a great Superhero," Lightning Dust encouraged.
"I really don't care about being a Superhero," Laura said. "I just want to live a normal life for now, with the mares I care about the most."
Lightning Dust shrugged it off, "If that's what you want, I still think you could be a great hero though."
"I appreciate that Dust," Laura said. "But I'm fine just being here with you and Fluttershy."
Lightning Dust felt pity that Laura wouldn't want to be a hero, but at least appreciated how much care she got from the mare. Lightning trotted over to give Laura an affectionate hug. "I'll still think you're great even if you don't want to be a hero."
Laura brought Lightning in closer, keeping the mare close to her. "Thanks Dust."
At that moment some weird energy started to form, alerting the two mares. Laura revealed her claws and got into a defensive stance, keeping Lightning Dust behind her, ready to protect her from whatever might be coming.
Eventually the energy took three different forms, two mares and a baby colt.
"What's going on!?" Lightning Dust asked.
"I'm not sure, just stay close," Laura said, still ready to fight.
When the energy stopped, all that was there were Future Sweetie Belle, her baby colt in her hooves and Future Pinkie Pie.
"Good, we're here," Future Sweetie Belle said.
Laura looked to them, "Oh, it's just the future version of that Sweetie Belle girl, looks like she brought a future version of Pinkie Pie...she looks a lot different though, kinda weird."
Lightning looked at the colt, "Um, who's that kid? Why is she carrying him?"
Laura got a good look, "Not sure, he looks a little bit like her...think it's her foal?"
Future Sweetie approached them, still holding the baby in her hooves, "Hi Laura, hi Lightning Dust, great to see you."
Laura waved, "Sup Future Belle, um who's the kid?"
Future Sweetie looked to her son, "This is my baby."
That caused some confusion for the two mares.
"Baby!?" Laura shouted.
"Wait really!?" Lightning Dust shouted.
Future Sweetie Belle nodded with a grin, "Yes, this my baby, cute huh?"
Lightning looked curious, "Yeah, cute baby, but who's the father?"
Future Sweetie blushed, "I'll tell you later, anyway I just came by to see Peter."
"He's off in Canterlot doing something with his prissy wife, he'll be back later," Laura said.
Future Sweetie didn't take too kindly to Laura's choice of words, "Alright then, maybe I should go see my sister."
"She's not in town either, she and her husband are off in some other city to see Tony Stark and a friend of hers," Laura said.
Future Sweetie looked curious, "Tony Stark? Wait he's in Equestria?"
"Yeah, a lot of The Avengers moved here recently, Princess Sparkle-Butt came up with the idea herself, along with the other two princesses," Laura said.
Future Sweetie groaned, "Must you speak like that of Twilight? She happens to be a great pony that I have a lot of respect for."
Laura shrugged in a non-caring way, "Whatever, anyway your sister isn't in town and neither is Peter, now why are you here, who's that colt and why did a futuristic Pinkie Pie come as well?"
Future Pinkie shook her head, "You have really bad manners you know that? How about some respect when you speak with others?"
Laura snorted a bit, "Wow, didn't think you could you could speak so intelligently."
Future Pinkie glared, "Watch it, I'm nothing like the Pinkie Pie here, don't get on my bad side."
"Or what?" Laura said, taking a stance.
The two mares stared each other down, making Lightning Dust and Future Sweetie a bit worried. Luckily another voice called out.
"Sweetie Belle? Pinkie Pie?" They all looked to see Fluttershy, "Oh my, you're the ones from the future."
Future Sweetie Belle waved, "Hi Fluttershy, good to see you again."
Fluttershy waved, and turned to Future Pinkie Pie. "Oh my, you look so different than the Pinkie Pie here. Not something I expected to see honestly."
Future Pinkie Pie just stared in surprise, then felt some newer emotions. This is the first time in so long she's seen Fluttershy, and heard her sweet and loving voice. Future Sweetie Belle noticed her friend's reaction, an understandable one. This was the first time in so long she's seen her friend after all, and she knows her friend has a chance to see the others too.
Future Pinkie just trotted over to Fluttershy, some tears in her eyes. "Fluttershy...I haven't seen you in so long."
Fluttershy looked a little confused at first, then remembered what she's heard about that future. This Pinkie Pie went through a lot, and suddenly Fluttershy had an incredible amount of pity for her friend. "Well, you see me now don't you? It's great to see you though. Your mane looks kinda nice too, it's unusual to see it straight but it still looks pretty."
Future Pinkie felt the mane on her head a bit, "Yeah, it hasn't been poofy in years, I'm not sure if it will ever return to how it once was."
"Well I think it looks cute on you," Fluttershy said.
Pinkie Pie smiled a bit, "Thanks Fluttershy...I missed you so much. You and the others."
"Come inside then, I'll make you some tea...though I know you really don't like tea much, I'm sure you'd prefer sweets."
"Oh no, I don't mind. I just wanna spend a little time with you," Future Pinkie said.
"Then come in, all of you," Fluttershy said, then noticed the colt in Sweetie Belle's hooves. "Um, who's that colt?"
Future Sweetie Belle looked to him, "He's my son."
Fluttershy gasped, "Your son? How?"
Future Sweetie again blushed, "Um, I wanted to explain later after I saw either Peter or my sister, but it doesn't sound like they're around."
"They aren't, why don't you come inside a moment, you can explain everything in there" Fluttershy said.
The future mares took Fluttershy on her offer and went in with Laura and Lightning Dust.
Meanwhile in Canterlot, Twilight is in Sunset Shimmer's room, comparing the notes she made regarding the portals with her. Both of them were hoping to find a means to open portals to other worlds.
"This is proving a little more complicated than I hoped," Twilight said. "Getting through to Peter's world was easier because not only have we both been there, but due to Peter being summoned here, it already created some form of a link between our worlds."
"But the Capcom world can travel to other worlds with no problem, how come they can't travel here?" Sunset asked.
"Our world is a bit more protected from stuff like that than Peter's was, plus they have some form of technology and their own magic to help them," Twilight explained. "We might have to open from within the Marvel world."
"I tried that, nothing happened," Sunset said.
"You can't do it by yourself, besides the way they made it sound, even they can't just open a portal whenever they want, it sounds like they just keep an eye out for whatever portal might be weakening," Twilight explained.
Sunset continued to look over her notes, hoping to find something, anything that might help. "Maybe we can try to contact them? Don't they have their own magic users?"
"I'm not sure, they don't have any actual wizards to my knowledge, I think most of their magic is mostly for battle," Twilight said.
"We just need at least one, Marvel has only one and that was all we needed," Sunset said.
"They have more than one actually, but Doctor Strange was the only one we knew," Twilight said.
Sunset groaned, "I can't believe it's been over a year and we haven't gotten any closer!" Sunset shouted.
"Relax, I'm sure Capcom will try to return eventually," Twilight said. "I doubt they'll end their rivalry with the Marvel world just yet."
Sunset sighed, "Hopefully, I feel like I'm missing something though."
Twilight shrugged, "Honestly, do we really need to make a portal there? What if Capcom isn't as interested? It's not like they're Superheroes like the Marvel world is."
"I just want to see them again, I want to explore their world too," Sunset said, then blushed a bit. "Plus I have other reasons."
Twilight sighed a bit, realizing Sunset's real goal here. "I can understand I guess, anyway we need to get going, The Avengers have a meeting set up and I don't wanna be late."
Sunset sighed, "Fine, I'll take a break." She walked off with Twilight, ready for the Avengers meeting.
A table was set there with different chairs, all of them having some symbol on them, with Scott sitting on a chair with the Ant Man symbol, Carol sitting by her symbol, and Thor sitting by his. For the likes of Spitfire, Soarin and Fleetfoot, they had their Cutie Marks as their chair symbols, the three sitting next to each other, waiting for Captain America. Peter sat on the chair with his Spider symbol. Right next to it was a chair for Twilight, which had her Cutie Mark symbol.
"This is kinda cool, I actually feel very important sitting here," Peter said with his hind legs on the table.
Cap approached Peter with a look of disapproval, "Peter, get your legs off the table."
Peter scoffed, "Good one Cap," He chuckled a bit though it started to fade when he saw Cap's look of disapproval. Peter immediately obeyed him and sat properly, getting a smile of satisfaction from Cap.
Celestia herself had noticed this moment, finding some humor in it. "You really should mind what the Captain says Peter, he knows best."
Peter groaned, "Let's just get on with this, where are the others?"
Cap looked around, "Well Tony is in Manehattan, explaining his business to some of your friends, T'Challa has something to do in Wakanda and Dr. Banner is working in the castle's lab."
Peter scratched his head, "So this place has a lab now?"
Cap nodded, "Yeah, it was Princess Celestia's idea."
"I figured some of the more science loving Avengers could try out new experiments using resources from this world," Celestia said, then muttered quietly enough. "As long as it's safe enough."
"I used that lab before myself, trying out new kinks to this suit," Scott said.
Peter nodded, "Makes sense, now all we need is Twilight, Sunset Shimmer and Luna. Where are they though?"
"I'm here," Luna said, walking in looking a little tired and grumpy. "Sorry, I didn't have a chance to get any sleep, I've been up all night after all." She glared at Celestia, "Couldn't you have scheduled this a bit later!?"
"See! Luna agrees with me! It's still early! You know when Twilight had to wake me up!?" Peter asked.
"Stop whining Peter," Cap said. "Manage your sleep better and you won't have to worry about when you wake up."
Celestia sighed a bit. "Luna it's only a quick meeting, you can get your sleep afterwards."
"Fine, whatever," Luna said and sat in her chair next to Scott, who looked a little uneasy around her.
"Huh, not much for mornings are you Miss Guardian of the Night?" Scott asked.
Luna glared a bit, "I am not in the mood for your poor attempts at humor."
Peter sighed, "Don't bother Luna too much, she works hard during the night so you can't blame her for being tired."
"What do you do all night that you're tired then?" Scott asked, grinning a bit.
Peter angrily blushed, "Real funny! It's not like that every night...despite what many other ponies think. I'm already awake and active during the days so I could use a little more rest and not have to wake up as early as I do. Honestly I still don't get how Twilight could be up as early as she is sometimes, especially since she stays up all night reading some silly books.
"What's that supposed to mean Peter!?" Twilight asked, unhappily walking in alongside Sunset Shimmer.
Peter started to sweat nervously at the sight of Twilight's scowl, "Oh, Twilight you're here."
"Peter you're sometimes up all night doing your silly science experiments," Twilight then turned to Scott. "Also what me and Peter do during the night isn't any of your business, nor is it anypony else's!"
Scott cringed a bit, "Right, sorry."
Cap got their attention by hitting his shield on the ground a bit. "Can you all please focus!? Let's just start this meeting already!"
Twilight nodded, "Yes Captain." Twilight sat next to Peter. She then felt Peter stroke her mane a bit.
"You do look cute when you're reading though, so it's not all bad at least," Peter said.
Twilight just looked to Peter a moment, then smiled a bit. "I do like your focus when you're doing your experiments, it's so...attractive."
"I get that feeling, I do have a thing for nerdy mares after all, I married one," Peter teased.
"And I like dorky guys, kinda like you," Twilight said. She then kissed Peter on the cheek, getting a blush from her husband, to which he quickly kissed her back.
Scott rolled his eyes, "Arguing one moment, kissing the next. What a lovey-dovey couple, can't blame them I guess, I've been there." He noticed Luna sit next to him, seeing her cutie mark on the chair, "Hey Princess."
Luna glared at Scott, "What Mr. Lang?"
"You can call me 'Scott', don't be so formal," Scott said, ignoring her bad mood and looked over to Peter and Twilight. "So are they always that lovey-dovey over each other? They look like teenagers."
Luna took a look at Peter and Twilight, both still acting flirty with each other. One thing that amazes Luna is how much Peter and Twilight seem to still love each other, like if they just fell in love hours ago. She envied how much they cared for each other, wishing she had something like that herself.
She then herself imagined what it would be like to be in Twilight's position, to have Peter show her that much affection, to make her laugh, even with his childish jokes. Perhaps it is his childish nature that she likes, knowing that he can always find a reason to laugh, something she so desperately wants. Peter would have given her the happiness she longed for, the one she yearned to have.
At least Peter has her as a friend, he even made her the Godmother of his daughter, something Luna takes great honor in. Peter may not be her husband, or anything like that, but it hasn't stopped him from trying to make her feel loved the best way he could in his position. It means a lot to her that he's still there for her, and always wants her to feel loved and welcomed.
"Hello, Princess?" Scott said, waving his hoof in front of her face. "Equestria to Luna!"
Luna snapped out of it and turned to Scott, unaware of the blush on her face, "Oh, sorry Mr.-I mean Scott, um what were you asking?"
Scott raised his eyebrow but shook it off, "I was asking what you thought of Spider-Man and Twilight as a couple? Are they always so lovey-dovey? Is that normal for a princess?"
Luna looked over to Peter and Twilight, who had stopped flirting after being asked to by Cap, him explaining it's not the appropriate time for that.
"Um yes, they love each other a lot, I personally love his dedication to her, she's the only mare in his eyes and-" Luna cringed a bit, having to admit something like that. "It's nice to see honestly."
Scott looked to Luna, not fully sure what to make of it, but he can somehow sense she might be uncomfortable with this topic. He has heard some rumors that Luna liked Peter, but he hears rumors like that about every woman Peter's met, he usually brushes it off, but somehow Luna was different.
Luna noticed that Scott hadn't taken his eyes off her, not wanting to risk him asking more, she decided to get to the main topic, "Sister, Captain, why have you set up this meeting?"
Cap spoke first, "To see how everyone is managing in this world. It has been a few months since we've all settled here, I should hope everyone's properly adjusted to the changes?"
"Considering half of The Avengers didn't even move here, I don't see what changes you mean," Scott said.
"What I mean is how have you adapted to your new forms? If you needed to take immediate action would you be able to?" Cap asked.
"I think most of us have gotten used to these forms, I haven't had much trouble myself honestly," Carol said.
"I have it figured out myself, though it wasn't easy, sometimes I still land on my back hooves," Scott said. "Though I can walk on them with no problem."
"I think all you human born ponies can," Spitfire said. "Probably natural instinct."
"Walking with four legs is kinda tough, not to mention having no fingers," Scott said, looking at his hooves. "I'm still able to grab things though, kinda weird."
"Don't forget, some of you have bonus features, if you're an Earth Pony you're much stronger, the Unicorns can do magic and the Pegasus Ponies can fly," Sunset said.
Carol looked to her wings, "Well I was already able to fly, but these wings have increased my speed."
Peter nodded, "That can happen, even Johnny said his speed's increased thanks to his wings."
"Peter you're a Unicorn, how has your magic helped?" Carol asked.
Peter blushed a bit, "I can't do magic Carol, it got sealed off over six years ago."
Carol looked curious, "What happened? Can't you get it back?"
Peter sighed, "It's a long story, but Luna had to seal off my magic to keep me safe."
Scott turned to Luna, "You sealed off his magic? What gives?"
Luna turned to Scott with an annoyed glare, "I had my reasons for doing so, besides Peter still has some access to magic, it increases his natural strength."
"Isn't that an Earth Pony thing?" Scott asked. "Pretty sure Shimmer just said that."
"It increases his super strength because he already has it, Earth Ponies gain more strength," Luna said.
"They also gain agility, Logan has gotten much faster since he's been an Earth Pony," Peter said.
Cap started to wonder, "What about Tony? I wonder how his magic is doing?"
"He's able to lift things at least, besides that he's not as concerned though," Twilight said.
Carol turned to Thor, "You've been really quiet, don't you have anything to say? You're the only one of us that became an...what's it called?"
"Alicorn," Twilight said. "Which surprises me a little, then again you are Royalty AND a God so maybe it's not that surprising."
Thor nodded, "True, in this form my power feels absolute." Thor flexed himself a bit, "I imagine you too feel this type of power Twilight Sparkle?"
Twilight nodded, "Yeah, my magic has increased ever since I became an Alicorn, though I don't think I have your strength. Truth be told I'm still learning how to fight as well as Peter."
"Hey my style is mostly self-taught," Peter said. "Granted my training with Chun Li helped...though I haven't used it much so I might be a little rusty."
Celestia spoke up, "I would say most of you still need to channel a lot of your new abilities, that way you can all be at your best."
Cap nodded, "Will do Princess, we'll keep Equestria safe from anything."
"This place is pretty peaceful though, what do we need to keep it safe from?" Scott asked.
"There's a lot of things that can endanger us, tell me, have you gone into the forest near Ponyville?" Celestia asked.
Scott shook his head, "No, though I just never needed to, I did hear that place has some weird stuff though."
"It does, the first time I went there I fought a hydra," Peter said.
Scott looked curious, "Say what now?"
"Don't forget about any dragons that might cause problems," Spitfire said.
Thor crossed his forelegs, "Dragons? They aren't friendly with the ponies? What of Twilight's friend, the one that married Wasp?"
"Spike was hatched here in Canterlot," Celestia said. "I raised him myself before sending him to live with Twilight and her family."
"Normally dragons don't like ponies, Spike's an exception," Twilight said.
"So ponies, dragons, what other species exist in this world?" Scott asked.
"Griffons, Zebras, Changelings, though you should watch out for the last ones," Sunset warned.
"What are Changelings? Why do we need to watch out for them?" Cap asked.
"They're enemies of ours," Celestia explained. "They've caused trouble for the ponies before."
"They're like Skrulls, they can shapeshift into any form, plus they know magic. They also feed off of love," Peter explained.
"Whoa, that's sounds bad," Scott said.
Twilight nodded, "They are, Peter himself found out how bad they were when he time traveled to that alternate future, they had taken over, it was awful."
"Oh yes...that future is still possible, hopefully we are prepared for that," Luna said.
"Don't worry, I have a plan," Peter said. "When they come I'm gonna try to talk with them, see if I can get them to not be hostile with us, I think I know how to get them on our side."
Celestia looked unsure of that, "Are you positive it will work Peter? I don't want to chance anypony getting hurt
"We still got a year, or at least a year an a half, I have almost everything planned," Peter said.
"That's good at least, hopefully we can avoid a fight, any further questions?" Cap asked.
"I have one," Twilight said. "Are any other heroes gonna come to Equestria?"
Cap looked unsure, "Maybe, not just Avengers, rumor is that Spider-Woman has shown interest."
Twilight looked curious, "Spider-Woman?" She turned to Peter, "Who's she?"
"He probably means some girl I know that pretty much copied my name," Peter said.
"Oh, so she's not affiliated with you?" Twilight asked.
Peter shook his head, "The only thing we have in common are the names, our powers are different as well. Question is why does she wanna come?"
"I'm not sure, maybe she wants to start over here as well," Cap said.
Peter shrugged, "Fine by me, so long as she doesn't do anything stupid."
"Stupid? Like how?" Twilight asked.
"Long story, I'll tell you later," Peter said.
Cap looked around, "Now is there anything else we should address?"
Celestia shook her head, "No, I think we've covered everything."
"What about the other portals?" Sunset said. "Don't any of you know a way to access the Capcom world?"
"You'll need to talk with Doctor Strange, but even he doesn't understand everything," Cap said.
"I think it needs to be accessed by Capcom themselves," Carol said.
Sunset groaned, "Damn, this feels like I'm getting nowhere."
"Keep trying young Shimmer," Thor encouraged. "Don't give up just yet, there must be a way. Traveling through realms isn't easy after all."
Sunset nodded, "I'll try my best then."
"That's good," Cap said and turned to the others. "You're all dismissed, enjoy the rest of your day."
As everypony started to leave, Celestia got Cap's attention. "A word with you please?"
Cap nodded and followed Celestia to wherever she was going.
Spitifre turned to the others, "We're heading back to Cloudsdale, see you all next time." With that she left with her two teammates.
Thor went to the portal, "I need to return to Asgard a moment, til we meet again." Thor flew through the portal, leaving the others behind.
"I'm gonna stay around here a bit, I've been looking around to see if I can find a place to live honestly," Carol said.
"Oh you're gonna move here? That sounds cool," Peter said.
"I don't see why not, Scott says it's nice and I like spending time with Janet. I have to say, her daughter is the cutest little pony I've seen since coming here," Carol said.
Peter furrowed his brow, "Not the only cutest pony right? Don't forget about my little girl."
Carol chuckled, "And your daughter too Peter, she's such a nice young filly, you're raising her well."
Peter wrapped his hoof around Twilight, "Not alone."
Twilight giggled, "Oh Peter, I love you so much." She kissed his cheek, getting a blush from the hero.
"Again with this, you two really love each other, I really envy that honestly," Scott said.
Luna again cringed a bit, though she mentally scolded herself, knowing full well that Peter and Twilight have done nothing wrong. While she envies Twilight, she's also happy for her, but no matter how many times she tries to tell herself, it just doesn't work. She's too in love with Peter still, she needs help letting go.
Sunset also sighed, wishing Ryu was here so she can do that with him. Then again he doesn't seem like the type to be that flirty. Maybe he can be like how Logan is with Fluttershy she hoped.
"I'm going back to my room, I gotta figure out that portal," Sunset said.
Peter shook his head, "You're working too hard, you need to relax. Come down to Ponyville with us, you can come as well Luna. I know you're tired, I'll let you use our bed, it's pretty comfortable."
Luna's ears perked, "Oh? Really? That's kind of you Peter."
"You know I like spending time with you, you're one of my best friends, my personal favorite in fact," Peter said with a playful smile.
Luna blushed a little, "Oh, of course." Despite him referring to her as 'best friend', the fact that he admits to liking her company and being his favorite among his best friends means a lot, even if the last part was mostly playful.
Peter turned to Twilight, "You don't mind if they come right?"
Twilight shook her head, "Of course not, I like having them around as well." Twilight looked to Scott, "Do you want to join us as well?"
Scott shrugged, "I guess, not really doing anything else, plus I'm sure Janet and Spike would be happy to see me, I think."
"Great, let's get going then," Twilight said, making her way to the train station with the others.
Meanwhile in Celestia's room, she had made sure nopony was around before talking with Cap. "Can I trust you with some things of importance?"
Cap looked a little unsure, but nodded his head. "What is it?"
Celestia showed Cap some files she had stored away, "I hate to be secretive but it's for the safety of Equestria. There are a lot of strange things that happen in this world, things even I myself aren't sure of."
Cap looked through the files, impressed with certain things. "What does all this mean?"
"Sometimes to maintain the safety, I have to keep several secrets from so many ponies, that includes Peter, Twilight, the rest of the Elements of Harmony, even my own sister. There are so many secrets that can't get out, I need your help on that," Celestia said.
Cap had a look of disapproval, "Why are you hiding secrets? That doesn't seem like you."
"Like I said, I need to ensure the safety of Equestria, if someponies knew of this stuff it could cause problems. I just want my subjects to be safe and happy," Celestia said.
"Princess, I understand you wanna help but this won't make you look good, a lot of this stuff can cause other ponies to question your authority!" Cap said and looked through the files, finding something interesting. "Sirens? Wait what's this about?"
"That requires a lot of explaining, but that's why I need you. Keeping this secret could be tough, I need an extra pair of eyes, I need that to be you," Celestia said.
Cap shook his head in disbelief, "You want me to keep these secrets? To lie? Are you just like Nick Fury? He kept a lot of secrets himself, it made it hard for me to trust him. Believe me I don't want to feel that way about you."
"That's why I want to tell you, I just need your help on this Captain," Celestia pleaded.
Cap felt a little irate, but somehow he pitied Celestia. It sounds like she's at least trying to do what's right, but he knows it's wrong. Maybe he can help her, it's possible certain things may have made her much more worried. He has heard about what happened to Princess Luna at one point.
"Princess, I'm still not sure about this...but fine, I'll accept," Cap said. Celestia sighed in relief, but took note of Cap's determined look. "But only if this ends soon, I don't like the idea that you're keeping these secrets, I know you're just trying to protect your subjects, and I respect you for that, but this isn't the way to do it, can you promise me that this won't be a habit?"
Celestia nodded, "I'll do my best, hopefully with you all around there won't need to be a reason. Just please protect my world, I love all my ponies, I just want them to be safe and happy."
Cap took her hoof in his, "I will, I promise you Princess."
Celestia smiled, a slight blush on her face. "Thank you, and you may just refer to me as 'Celestia', I don't mind you dropping your formalities."
Cap looked unsure, "But you're the Princess of this world, ruler of the lands, I can't be so formal with you, it doesn't seem right."
"Please, Steve," Celestia said, rubbing his face. "I want us to be close, I at least want you to trust me. I know what I'm doing isn't the best, but it's the only thing I can do now, I'll do just about anything to make everything right."
Cap felt her hoof on his face, he looked up at her, taking note of the worried look on her face. He knew she isn't trying to do wrong, she's probably just confused. Perhaps helping her realize these errors will truly benefit Equestria, and make things much easier.
"Alright Celestia, I'll do this, for you," Cap said.
Celestia smiled down on him. He was different than most stallions, he had that look of determination, a true stallion and a great superhero. She leant down and kissed his cheek, causing a rare blush from the captain.
Cap felt his face where he was kissed, while he's been enamored with women before, this felt different. He looked back at her, just now realizing how beautiful she looked. He's never really noticed before, his natural instinct only noticing the beauty of human women. But these ponies aren't all different than humans. Even Peter managed to look past that when he married Twilight, other superheroes following suit, one even marrying a dragon.
Cap felt a little too awkward though, he quickly turned around and began leaving the room, "If that's all, then I'll return to my-"
"Wait Steve, one more thing please," Celestia said. Once he returned she spoke again with concern, "About Peter's plan for the Changelings, I know he has good intentions and I hope he's right but, if anything goes wrong, I want to make sure you and your allies are there."
Cap frowned a bit, "You don't trust Peter's idea?"
"It's not that, I just need to be prepared for anything, I just want you to keep a close eye on everything, even if Peter is successful," Celestia said.
Cap sighed, "Alright, but you might be worrying over nothing, Peter's a smart boy, I think he knows what he's doing."
"He is a smart boy, but I don't want anypony to take advantage of his kind nature, and I know you don't want that either," Celestia said.
Cap looked down a bit, then nodded in agreement, "Yes, you're right. Alright, I'll keep an eye on things, but I still think you're worrying over nothing."
Cap made his way out the room, Celestia herself sitting back in her chair and wondering about everything. She believes she can trust Cap, he's an honorable pony, she also deems him quite handsome. Celestia then felt unsure about something. How close can she be with Cap? What would be considered proper and improper?
She may be a ruler of a land, but even she has desires of her own.