“Wife.”
“Husband,” Luna answered, looking down at me, her wings raised high as the dream realm shimmered around us.
I looked into her eyes and took another step closer as she slowly lowered her head towards me until her nose touched mine.
I looked up into her beautiful eyes, her mane shimmered beautifully. We stayed like that for several moments before we started to laugh at the same time as she sat down, forelegs and wings slipping around me as I sat down in turn, my own forelegs going around her as I captured her in a kiss.
We stayed like that for several long moments before she broke the kiss, touching her nose against mine once more with a smile, “How was your night, My Page?”
I sighed softly and leaned against her, brushing my wing along the soft down beneath her left wing, “It was a difficult night,” I admitted, “Two ponies had been arrested for fighting. Property damage. Some ponies were injured.”
Luna sighed softly, “I’m sorry to hear that. Want to discuss it?”
“Not really,” I admitted and let go, dropping down to put my hooves onto the not-floor, leaning softly against her, “Already have with Sparks. She’s miffed with me about it, she thought I was too tough on them.”
“Were you?”
“...No,” I said softly but firmly, “I don’t think I was.”
Luna nodded and noses at one of my ears as she dropped back down on all four again, but keeping one wing around me, “Then you were not. I have not known you to be hasty in your judgment, My Page.”
“I don’t know,” I said quietly, resting my head against her shoulder, “I was so furious at them.”
“What was your sentence?” Luna asked with a small frown.
I told her.
Luna shook her head, “If anything, you were lenient, you silly stallion,” she said and brushed her lips against mine, “Should I talk to our Twilight?”
“No,” I said and looked up at her, “It’s something between us.”
Nodding, Luna touched her nose against mine, “I did speak with Twilight last day,” she said and brushed her wing along my back, “She said…” she trailed off before she sighed, “...She said you needed a vacation.”
I let out a slightly annoyed sigh, “Perhaps I do, we call do,” and slipped out from beneath her wing, “But that’s not going to happen. I have already been away too much this year.”
Luna folded her wing again, moving to stand next to me, looking down at me before she sighed softly, “Page, you are allowed to relax.”
“I do relax,” I said, meeting her eyes, “I read, I started to write again. We went to Canterlot for Hearths Warming.”
Luna flicked one ear, looking down into my eyes before she nodded, “As you say.”
We walked quietly through the dream realm, side to side before I glanced at her, “How are things in Canterlot?” I asked.
Smiling faintly, Luna shook her head, “You would not enjoy it. We have a minotaur delegation visiting us. They are belligerent at the best of times and their new ambassador doubly so it seems.”
Hmh.
I had met some minotaurs I liked, but in general they seemed to be on the confrontational side of things. More so than griffons actually. I quite liked griffons in general.
“What are they on about this time?” I asked, glancing up at her, “That useless patch of grass between the Kingdoms?”
“Not this time,” she said and fluffed her wings in slight annoyance, “Trade once more. They are displeased that we have shifted a majority of our negotiated trade towards the griffons.”
I snorted, “Well, that’s their own damn fault. If they weren’t so damn stubborn about it, we wouldn’t get better deals on ore across a damn ocean than across a border.”
Seriously.
Maybe that was one reason I didn’t tend to like minotaurs. They were so stubborn. And also loud, especially since I got these bat ears.
I don’t like generalizing like that. It felt dangerously close to what ponies had done to my bats before. But fairly sure loud was very much cultural at the very least.
Stubborn might just be their negotiation style, I never actually been to their lands. And quite frankly I didn’t want to go there.
I had enough problems where I was.
“How’s Sunshine handling it?” I asked as I stopped to look up at Luna, “She never mentioned anything during our lessons.”
“We are both attending to the negotiations,” Luna said, “They are held in the evenings. My sister is… stressed.”
“Speaking of breaks,” I said and smiled up at her, “If you think I need a vacation, Sunshine needs one ten times as much. I’ve done this for a couple of years, even with the couple of weeks off she took a few years ago, her backlog is huge.”
Luna shifted one wing, slipping it across my back as she nodded, “And not me?”
“You too, My Sky,” I said, looking up into her eyes, leaning against her side with a small smile, “And I have some ideas about that.”
Luna smiled slightly, nose touching mine once more, “But you are very right. My sister needs to learn how to relax as well, she has always been too uptight,” she said before she frowned at me, “...Perhaps you should not be learning that lesson from her.”
I smiled up at her, flicking one ear and giving her a small kiss, “Perhaps you could teach me some recreational activities? Something… stress relieving?”
“Perhaps I can,” Luna murmured, her wing pulling me tighter.
I already see it coming. The minotaurs visiting Nocturnis next.
Page.
Page, listen to me. You NEED a vacation.
Luna isn't getting any younger. Neither are you. So hurry up and KNOCK HER UP!
What, they're immortal? What's that got to do with the price of tea in CHINEIGH!Nice
We get a Luna chapter
It has less than a 1000 word count...
The lovers are together again
When will the stallion knows as Page to fill his Nightsky with another Star to grow?
Pretty sure Hiver just blueball/wall us on a lesson on 'tripple A' relaxation techniques
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What did you say? A anti magic T-Rex had Steak for breakfast? What a pity... Did we supply the Steak sauce at least?
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A fellowship shall be founded today or the past to fullfill this goal. 🤝♡
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Pretty sure the 'Nice' part comes after the chapter end...
That isn't for us to read
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Why would you ruin a good steak by drowning it in some sauce?
Only a heretic would do such a babaric thing.
Meanwhile in Canterlot:
Princess Celestia is slightly annoyed that the Minatour started to pole dance so they become well done Steaks instead of one side cooked Beef Steaks.
The Ambassador sure looks great on the pole and got a great tan under his fur coat.
Not to mention his moves... must have practiced before Celestia started to turn up the heat of negatioation.
Not just verbal burn would be to be had this day.
Legends later say:
'The Sun tried to make the best steaks Equestria had ever seen, but Minatourian skill was needed for the perfectly roasted beef in history'
Did I mention my suspicion that Griffons don't negotiate with Minatours because while they like Celestia roasted Steaks, the other side loved roasted Lion-Birb Wings?
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I actually always get in a Restaurant, Steak served in sauce already or have it strongly recommended.
Maybe i have a plot for the Alicorn statue in the depth of the jungle!
The cursed protein snacks of the Alicorns.
You can gain immense physical and magical power!
In return as the Alicorn statue had supplied nourishment and strength, one liter of blood has to be sacrifice for the years it is to rent out its strength.
The blood has to be offered before ones natural or unnatural death.
Further while the soul is free to leave, the body of the user of the benediction of the Alicorn statue demand the body of the bodybuilder.
It shall give nourishment and magic back and if needed, it will be used to defend it!
She's not wrong
That is definitely true
Too late
Sunset: Mortal girlfriend.
Twilight: Immortal girlfriend.
Celestia: Still-in-denial wife.
Amber: Representative for Hive interests.
Skitter&Chrysalis: Hive interests in question.
Cadance: Nosy relative addicted to drama.
Discord: Freeloader!
Statue: Ignored threat...
Spicy Pepper: What the buc--how did I get here?!
Page: This is a private conversation! EVERYONE OUT!
*peanut gallery fades away grumbling*
I love the worldbuilding politicsy stuff. It's fascinating to see non-EaW takes on it.
Not so much a grammar jackboot today as a typo:
“Perhaps I do, we all do,”
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Ok, that was not bad. But you can do better!
'B' for effort 👍
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Indeed,one must wonder who the Yeti invade next and what Equestria will do than!
Or others. . .
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Good leaders indeed need vacation on occasion, but their opposition often tries to aim for exactly that time of absence.
Nobility/Crime syndicates and the like would have to be uninformed about her departure and when they return to make their plans not to bold.
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It can't all be 1st place winners! I will take the B!
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And that's why even bad leaders have body doubles. <- Chrysalis disguised as Celestia
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They are on good terms with teh Changlings now, why not simply replace her with one for a few week.
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This is rather brilliant!
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Simple, yet brilliant!
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'B' for bodybuilder?
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I agree plus they need to work on a way to cut down travel time considering that he hardly ever gets see Luna in the real world and a husband should be able to be more often than just once in blue moon. Plus it would really lift his spirits. Plus it would make easier to work on having kids if he can see her in the real world more often.
Damn! I'm late to the party. Beyond that, absolutely stoked to see the new story up and posted.
I wonder what will come of the 2 Pegasi?
It would seem that hopefully within the next couple of chapters that Sunshine will finally pull out that long stick of Denial and Grab Page for a whirl of Romance on Their Vacation!
Enough so that not only are they mostly relaxed, but made Celestia pregnant. In so doing that naughtiest of Deeds, that his other Mates DEMAND that they receive the same gift as well.
great chapter
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anarchy
And then... page and luna... HELD HOOVES IN THE DREAM!
so scandalous
And then, Luna reveals her … secret weapon… Ah, that movie was so stupid funny.
Hate to be that guy:
We all do*
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To be fair, Celestia had a lot of praise for the minotaurs inventing the "self-rotisserie" cooking process. The pole dancing did help her make sure all the steaks were cooked to perfection.
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I'm just picturing Tia spinning around Bayonetta style with every minotaur just standing and staring as they start to get extra crispy and the room around them starts to melt, wood cracking, molten gold and steel spattering all over multiple bulls and cows alike but they just keep standing there, mesmerized.
Fuck I wish I had any artistic talent that sounds cool as shit and I kinda wanna see it now
Correction: all
Wow. A lot of us seen that.