//------------------------------// // 3: Love is Magic // Story: Tonight was Going to be Special // by PolyBeaches //------------------------------// "Hello, Darling!" Rarity said. Butterflies pumped into her stomach from an unknown force that felt like it was about to make Luna explode. "Oh... Hello, Rarity, my love!" Luna replied. "Oh, my!" Rarity gushed, "You do know how to make me blush!" Luna smirked. "It took me a while, but I got it." Rarity was trotting up the hill in the wet grass. The moon was quite bright, and all she could see was a silhouette of a certain black alicorn. The walk up was winding her a little bit (as she was wearing a little bit of a heavier gown and had dinner in her saddlebags), and she was panting a little when she reached her destination. "Oh, dear. Dinner certainly is an involved process!" Rarity said. She was looking down, with her eyes closed. She was still breathing a little heavily, but was recovering. Then, as her breath returned to normal, her eyes opened up. At first, she saw the blanket. The blue-now-black blanket on the ground was quite enchanting. It was do dark that it looked as if she would fall in to the blanket, forever, into darkness, never changing. She looked all over the blanket. In the middle, she found the single black rose. Rarity picked it up quickly, as if to save it from the black expanse it was so delicately placed upon. Then, as she realized that it was a blanket and it could do her (nor the flower) any harm, she looked over the black-petal blossom. Rarity didn't know what to say. The flower was so beautiful. Every petal was weaved so well into one another. It was like she was staring at the dress she had made for Luna... But it was a rose. "I found this the day I arrived on the moon. It has survived as long as I have been alive. It is literally an immortal flower. There are no others in existence... And it is for you, Rarity." Rarity stared at it even more. There was no other rose... No, no other flower like it. It was a literal one-of-a-kind. She knew there was none other, and it was for her. It was a rarity – For Rarity. Rarity looked all around her. All was glistening with the light of the moon. The dew that covered every surface except for the blanket shimmered brighter than even life in Ponyville. Her surroundings were the most enchanting she had ever seen. More mysterious than the dark side of the moon. And then Rarity found a metaphor she hadn’t noticed before. The white moon shone in the black expanse, filling it with light. It was like Rarity and Luna themselves. Rarity was the moon, and Luna was space. Rarity not only compared to the colors present… but it also showed how Rarity had filled Luna with so much light. She found the simile to be beautiful, and she was sure Luna had noticed it before. Rarity finally had the mind to look at Luna. Her simple-yet-beautiful dress was up to par with one of her own. Luna made a dress to show rarity. Rarity now knew how much Luna cared for her. She felt her already-high emotions start to swell, and it started to show. Tears laced her eyelids, and Rarity then embraced her love with the passion of a thousand moons. Both mares held each other with a clench tighter than a shark on its prey. Both were crying years of joy and love, and they never wanted to let go. Rarity rewarded Luna with a barrage of kisses. Soon, though, they faded away, and set up dinner. Rarity had made dandelion salads with vinaigrette dressing. Luna had brought a baguette from the Royal Kitchen. It was a bitch-and-a-half to get, too. Even though she was a princess, the head chef had standards, and he refused to give anything to anypony unless it was for something he was told to create for the meals he provided for the castle. Luna... Appealed to the head chef, anyway, and got what she came for. And by appealed, she meant threatened to mix up all his ingredients with other containers. The chef fainted at the idea of his dishes being ruined by even one little smidge of an ingredient, and Luna grabbed the bread before he could wake up. She was going to have her plot hoofed to her when she got back to the palace, but she didn't care. That's because... Tonight was going to be special. As each sat to their meals, Rarity and Luna had one of their regular conversations; but this time, it was met with a bit more romance. After all, what could be more romantic than a moonlit dinner? Luna had taken the rose and put it in Rarity's mane. The compliment of black-on-purple was quite lovely. Soon, both mares were close to finishing their meals, and Luna prepared for what would be the biggest and most important thing she would do in her life. But first, a decoy. "Oh, my! Look, is that Sapphire Shores?" Luna exclaimed while nodding away from the moon. "WHAT??? WHERE?" Rarity said, following Luna's point. While Rarity was occupied, Luna decided she had her chance. She felt her magic course through her body and to her horn. A layer of magic aura shone on her horn, which was now pointed at the moon. The moon quickly turned, revealing the other side of it. It was no problem for Luna turning the moon, as (of course) she was the princess of the night and moved it every morning and evening. Rarity turned back to her original stance, and started, "What? I don't see her anywhe..." Rarity now saw the moon once more. All features had changed, especially since there was a message on it now. "Rarity, I love you. I always will. And I want to share that love with you forever. So..." "Will you marry me?" Luna finished. She had knelt her right hind leg, and was holding a black, glittering box in her magic. It was opened, and inside was laced with white silk that flowed inside. Lying on top of that were two rings; a black, shining one, and an equally shiny white one. Luna took out the black ring and moved it towards Rarity. Rarity was covering her mouth with her hoof, and she wasn't breathing. It wasn't how Rarity had imagined it would happen... It was better. She knew that they would marry, of course. But... She thought it would be something simpler; When they were with friends, and Luna asked her the question, and at a lot later date. But... This was so much more, and she loved it. Rarity started crying. She couldn't do anything else. She couldn't speak, she couldn't move, she couldn't think. Luna knew what rarity's answer was before she had even said it. Luna opened the black one and slid it over Rarity's hoof. She did the same with her own. By this time, Luna was crying herself, and she held Rarity and kissed her with more passion than ever before. Both Luna and Rarity cried happy tears until morning, in when Luna moved the moon out of the way for her sister's sun. She then packed up all of their things, picked up a now-sleeping Rarity, and took all to the Carousel Boutique. Luna went inside, laid down all of the foodstuffs, filled a vase with water, and put the black rise in it. That rose could literally last forever. Luna then took Rarity upstairs. Before she reached the bedroom, however, Sweetie Belle walked into the hallway. "Oh, hello there, Luna. What are you..." And then she saw their hooves. Sweetie Belle squealed in delight, as she knew what this had meant. Luna smiled. "Do me a favor, SB? Don't tell anypony yet. I think Rarity and I want to tell everypony ourselves, alright?" Luna pleaded. Sweetie Belle just jumped up and down and giggled. Luna then stopped the young pony and asked her again. This time, Sweetie Belle shook her head up and down vigorously, escaped Luna's hoof, and got ready for school. Luna finally reached the bedroom of the unicorn she was carrying, and gently plopped Rarity onto her bed. "I don't think she would mind if I slept here tonight..." Luna thought to herself. She then proceeded to crawl in bed with the beautiful mare that was now her fiancé, and settled. She then thought about every detail of the night before. "Yes," she thought to herself. "Last night was absolutely special." A sleepy Rarity and Luna said simultaneously.