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// Observing the night sky 
// Story: Totally Vanquished 
// by Gorgie 
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In Equestria, all the sky was dark. It was time for all the ponies to sleep through the glorious night. Except for a human and a princess, that is.

"Shit Luna. Why did you have to make it so damn dark? I understand the night is dark, but this....is just unreal. I can barely see 1ft in front of me."

Sam, who had been sat here for 2 hours with Luna discussing things, could barely see anything. He heard Luna speak. "Oh, I just wanted to have some fun is all." Sam looked towards her (or at least he think he did, considering it was so dark) and hoped that she would at LEAST make it a tiny little bit brighter. The next thing he knew, he could actually see better.

"Ah. That's better. Thanks Luna." He looked towards her and noticed her smirking.

"It's funny to watch you complain about my night Sam. I have to admit, you are a very interesting...creature." She smiled warmly at him. 

"Thanks I guess. You're not so bad yourself." As he said this, he activated his helmet and looked towards the night sky. Before Luna could continue the conversation, he did so instead. "It's a gorgeous night Luna. You've really outdone yourself."

She smiled and put a hoof on his shoulder. "Thank you Sam. It takes a lot of work to make it as glorious as this." She looked down and then back up at him again. "Can I ask you something?"

He looked towards her. "Sure. Go ahead."

She complied and asked her question. "Celestia told me, after dinner, about someone called Burns and someone called Elena. She said you knew them before getting here. Is that true?"

Sam felt a sudden surge of anger after hearing her mention that Tia had told her about Elena. He said he didn't want to talk about it with her. After a moment of some thought, he went to answer her question.

"Burns was a marine who 'helped' me until he betrayed me. I had to kill him. Either that or he was going to destroy an entire city with a weapon of mass destruction."

Luna looked shocked. "Why would someone ever do that?"

Sam shrugged. "I don't know why he REALLY wanted to do it. Probably just to get back to the Russians, well...'Order of the Russian Star', as they call it...for what they did to San Fransisco. It was a city in my country. Anyway, can we talk about this another time Luna? I'm really tired and we've been sat out here for a good 2 hours." 

She nodded. "Of course Sam. Come talk to me if you ever need to. I will see you tomorrow. Have a wonderful night." After she had finished, she flew off into the night sky, with Sam looking up at her.

"You too Luna."

For a while, he just stayed there...looking at the night sky. After a bit of time, he figured it'd be the best time to go to his room and get some shut eye. "Better call it a night."

He opened the doors to the castle from the balcony and stepped inside. He walked along the hallway and could finally see his room. He never got there however. Before he could open his door, a yellow/gold glow surrounded him, picked him up and gently sent him towards Celestia's room. The next thing he knew, he was staring at Celestia. Face to face.

"Celestia, what the hell? I was going to get some shut eye."

Celestia looked at him with fury. "Don't you remember that thing we shared the day after you arrived here?" Sam knew what she was referring to and he didn't want to talk about it.

"Yeah, but I don't want to talk about it." She glared at him.

"WHY?! You haven't wanted to talk about it for the past 2 weeks!" Sam struggled and broke free of her magical grip. 

"Because it was a mistake. Now please, leave me alone." He was about to open her door when she ran up to him, pulled him around and held onto him. Almost like she was....hugging him?

"Please Sam...I know we could never grow anything from a single kiss...but could we at least be friends and see where it takes us?" Sam sighed.

"We have been and still are friends Tia. I've just not been in the mood to talk. Now let me go!" As soon as he said this, she let him go..to his surprise. He turned towards her with his helmet still covering his face.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get some rest. It's been a long ass day and I'm really tired." As he was about to walk to the door, he felt a hoof on his shoulder.

"Sam...please stay with me for a while? I get so lonely sometimes...all I want is someone to talk to and someone to keep me company." Sam sighed, yet again. All though he was tired, she did seem rather upset and he didn't really like to see her upset.

"Fine. I'll stay with you for a while. But just talking. No funny business, alright?" 

Celestia smiled and jumped up and down with joy while clapping her hooves together in a cute manner.

"Hehe! We're going to have so much fun! We can tell ghost stories, have a few laughs...it'll just be like a slumber party. Wait here, I'll go get us some snacks!" And with that, she dashed out of the room, leaving Sam on his own.

He facepalmed. "Great. So this hasn't just been a long ass day. It's going to be a long ass night, too."