Later in the evening, Celestia had the servants make dinner for her, Luna, and Styxx. Luna had not mentioned one word about the earlier festivities with Styxx to anyone, but it was stuck in her's and Styxx's heads. Styxx promptly remembered putting Luna's horn in her mouth, and could feel the cramping in her jaw. Luna remembered the feeling of Styxx's innocence on her horn as well, and it was all honestly pleasureful to remember for the both of them.
At the table, Celestia decided to strike some conversation. "What have you two been up to today?" she asked. Luna and Styxx looked to one another, then back to Celestia. Styxx smiled, and chuckled a little.
"I retrieved my book from the shop today, then I went to see my friend Strawberry Jewel." she admitted innocently, and Luna nodded intently.
"And I just played some games today." she told her sister. Celestia laughed a little, and continued eating. Styxx felt relieved, having the feeling they had gotten away with their activity. Luna gave the unicorn a thankful glance, and Celestia noticed and raised an eyebrow.
"Everything alright, you two?" she asked.
"Yes, princess." Styxx lied, caught off guard by Celestia's acknowledgement of their expressions.
About ten minutes passed with pure silence. Celestia finished her food before Luna and Styxx, and a couple maids came to take the cleared plate and refill the flute of champagne. "You two need to work on being more quiet." she simply remarked when she noticed the two were too into thought. Her sister and the grey unicorn jolted, and blushed profusely. Styxx looked away, clearing her throat as her eyes widened.
"W-What do you mean?" Luna asked her sister, clearly embarrassed by her sister's blunt remark.
"I swear, ponies could've heard you two all the way in Trottingham." she replied. "You two sounded like you were enjoying yourselves, though."
"Princess!" Styxx cried out, finally looking back to Celestia, who laughed.
"Styxx, it's fine." she said. "I almost expected it."
"What!?" Styxx and Luna exclaimed in unison, almost offended. Celestia then smirked slyly, and took her champagne to her bedroom. Luna looked to Styxx with a befuddled expression, to which Styxx returned with a shocked expression. "What the Hell did she mean by that!?" she asked Luna.
Luna blushed even more, her cheeks almost crimson. "U-Uhm, I-I don't know!" she responded, so muddled that she was stammering. Styxx sighed, and got up and kissed the princess's cheek.
"I'll see you in the morning, love." she said tiredly, not totally realizing what she just called Luna. She left the dining room, and Luna was left at the table with her head in her hooves. It was almost thirty minutes of thought before Luna finally asked for a can of Iron Bull, and a bottle of Royal Liquor, and returned to her chambers.
Styxx laid in her bed, befuddled to no end. She was beginning to regret everything. Was Luna even a lesbipony? Was it just a one night thing? Styxx could not shake the horrible feelings she had. She laid on her side, staring out the window. She could faintly hear the late night bustle of ponies out and about the Canterlot streets. Curiosity peaked, and she thought about what Luna may be up to. Hesitant to go and see, she got up and went downstairs to the entrance of Luna's chambers.
She did not speak with the guards, as she silently listened to Luna's angry grumbling and a hiccup here and there between her sentences. She was drunk gaming, that had to be it. Styxx asked for entrance, and one guard knocked on the door. A hiccup of an affirmative came from the other side, and the guards allowed Styxx in. She trotted in nervously, and peeked around the corner to see Luna sitting on her bed, an empty bottle of Royal Liquor and a can of Iron Bull laying next to her. Styxx sat on the rug, and glanced to the television. Luna played the newest "Resident Evil", not too phased since she had alcohol goggles on.
"Luna?" Styxx started gently. "Are you alright?" she asked.
Luna paused the game and looked to Styxx. "Yeah Styxxie-" she stopped, and hiccuped. "I'm just fine! Wanna play a round?" she offered. Styxx decided to accept, since the princess was clearly just needing to rest. For thirty minutes, Styxx played the game with tensity while Luna laid drunk rambling about games she had played, using her magic to try and get the last few drops out of the glass bottle. Styxx had eventually tuned her out, since the game had required all her focus. Unfortunately for her, she made it to the morgue before the mold monster killed her for about the tenth time.
"I suck at gaming." Styxx muttered under her breath as she saved again, put away the controller, and turned off the console. She looked back over to the lunar princess next to her and realized she had fallen asleep. Styxx smiled, and gently got up. She gathered the bottle, empty Iron Bull can, and some junk food wrappers and threw them away in the wastebin by the nightstand. She then returned to the bed and laid next to Luna. She was not sure why, but she cuddled close to the princess, and quietly laid there with her.
Two o'clock in the morning struck, and Luna awoke to see Styxx laying there next to her, asleep. For a moment, she panicked and thought she fell asleep while gaming. She noticed the television was off, and looking around, she noticed the room was a little neater. Then, the realization hit; Styxx had come and cleaned up a bit. Luna smiled a little to herself, and looked back over to the grey mare lying asleep. She got up from the bed, and used her magic to lift Styxx onto her back. She proceeded to take her on to the bedroom, and laid Styxx in bed. She covered the mare with the blanket. Just as she looked over her one more time, she noticed the stitches in Styxx's face had come loose again.
Luna remembered watching Styxx do it, and she went to the bathroom to find the needle and thread. Luckily for her, it was set just on the sink counter. She went back to the bed with the needle and thread, and began to gently pull out the old stitches, and sew in new ones. After a couple retries, Luna eventually got the wound sewn back up. She set it on the bedside table, and then left the unicorn to sleep.
As Luna was passing through to proceed back to her chambers, she found Celestia in the library. "Sister?" Luna asked.
"Ah," Celestia said, turning to look over her shoulder to her sister. She did not seem startled. "I thought you had gone to bed."
"I did for a while." Luna admitted. "Is everything alright?"
"Well," Celestia hesitated. "no. See, I was going to look and see if there was anything here that could possibly help in finding the serial killer and a way to help Styxx back onto her hooves in the shop."
"Have you found nothing?" Luna asked.
Celestia nodded. "This will be more difficult than I anticipated."