//------------------------------// // Announcement // Story: Love Under the Moonlight // by SerenaTheMoonPony //------------------------------// Morning came around quite quickly for the royal couple, who somehow managed to sneak out of the palace and make it to Ponyville. Twilight's appointment with Dr. Bloodwork at Ponyville General was at seven; the earliest possible. Dr. Bloodwork; a dark brown earth pony stallion with a short black mane, didn't even bother questioning the princess as to why Luna was there; he just 'rolled with it' as the young fillies and colts would say. After quickly scanning through the results of Twilight's tests, he finally said: "Congratulations, your highness. It appears you are indeed pregnant" Twilight was speechless; she didn't know how to respond to this. On one hand, she was kind of happy and excited to be a mother, but at the same time, feared for her foal and its well-being. Noticing her fiance freezing up, Luna thanked Dr. Bloodwork and brought Twilight back to her home. Once at Twilight's castle, Luna looked to Twilight for a reaction; any kind of reaction. "Twilight? Are you alright?" She asked, concerned for her lover's well-being. "I-I think so. This...is actually happening. What are we going to do, Luna? Nopony can find out about this..." Twilight replied. "Don't worry love, we'll figure it out..." Luna reassured. "I hope so, this could be quite disastrous should anypony find out about this" She replied. Swiftly, the two princesses made their way back to Canterlot to prepare for the announcement of their engagement to the public; something in which frightened Luna no matter how many times Twilight-- and even Celestia-- had reassured her that times had changed, and most ponies were accepting of same-sex marriage as compared to a thousand years ago. "Are you ready?" Twilight asked. "Are you?" Luna asked in reply. "As I'll ever be" Twilight smiled, nuzzling the lunar princess. With that, the two went outside of the palace to face the group of newsponies waiting for their arrival. They had arranged for a member of the castle staff to tell the tabloids that the two princesses were dating. They would be addressing these rumors today. "Good morning everypony, we are here this morning to put the rumors concerning me and Princess Twilight Sparkle to rest" Princess Luna began. "Some of you seem to believe that Princess Luna and I have been dating in secret. Well, these rumors are completely true." Twilight continued as the ponies mumbled amongst themselves. "Recently, we've decided we wanted to take a step further in our relationship. So, I asked Princess Twilight for her hoof in marriage" Luna continued. "To which I gladly accepted" Twilight added. As the ponies mumbled, Twilight and Luna took their leave. While walking through the palace halls, Twilight's thoughts returned to the news she had recieved earlier that morning; she was in fact pregnant, there was no denying it now. The lavender alicorn's feelings were conflicted about the whole thing; while she was excited by the idea of being a mother, she was also utterly terrified by the thought. While it seemed as if everypony took the news of their engagement rather well, she wasn't sure it would be the same should they announce the pregnancy. It terrified the lavender mare to even think about telling anypony about this. "Well, I think that went rather well" Luna exclaimed, bringing Twilight back to reality. "It definitely went better than expected" the princess of friendship replied. "Are you alright, Twilight? You seem a bit...distracted" the lunar princess asked, concerned. "I'm fine, just trying to process what happened this morning I guess" the lavender mare replied. "Oh Twilight, I'm sorry I got us into this mess..." Luna exclaimed, guilt in her voice. "It isn't your fault, Luna. It happens. Sure, I wasn't expecting this, but I have a feeling this is going to be quite the adventure; being parents. Besides, we'll get through this together, right?" she asked in reply. "Of course, love. We will get throught all of this together; I promise" Meanwhile in the throne room, Princess Celestia listened to yet another pony complain about her sister and former student's engagement. This was the third pony today with this same complaint. This time it was her 'nephew'; Prince Blueblood. Once the white unicorn stallion finished what he had to say, Celestia, all the while keeping her calm and collected allure, finally spoke: "Prince Blueblood, there is nothing in Equestrian law that forbides two mares or two stallions to get married. In fact, we have laws that actually protect their right to marry whom they choose. Therefore, the wedding will take place regardless of anypony's personal opinion on the matter" With a 'hmph', Blueblood stormed out of the throne room. Celestia emmitted a loud sigh as Raven arrived at her side. "Another one here to complain?" she asked. "Unfortunately; this is the third one in a row. I swear, if I have to listen to one more pony complain about my sister's engagement..." she replied. "Well, luckily for everypony, that was the last one for the day" Raven exclaimed with a small smile. "Thank goodness" the solar princess sighed in relief. "Princess, if you don't mind my asking, how do you feel about all of this?" the white unicorn mare asked the princess nervously. "Personally, I'm quite happy for the both of them. Before Luna even announced her and Twilight's relationship to me, she made it perfectly clear that she was a firm supporter of same-sex marriage. So I made sure that she would return to a world where she wouldn't need to fight for everypony to have the right to get married." the alabaster alicorn explained. "Wow, that's incredible. So you legalized same-sex marriage for your sister?" she asked. "Yes, but also because at the end of the day, love is love, and who are we to deny two ponies who love each other the right to be together in matrimony based on their gender and the gender of their partner?" Celestia replied. "I couldn't have said it better myself, your highness" Raven smiled.