It's been about a month since Luna and I started our relationship, and things have been going well. Not much has really happened between us so far, she has her duties as Princess of the Night and I've been working on my magic. I have, in my mind, mastered Air and I'm pretty sure we'll be wrapping up Water soon. I've taught myself Force Push, Pull, and Choke. Twilight voiced her disapproval of me instantly weaponizing spells, but you know. Water hasn't been too difficult, it's kind of like air, but you can see it. I think I may be able to alter the spells in such a way, that I could manipulate someone's blood. I have no means of testing this, so it will stay as a theory.
Now, I am in Canterlot, watching Luna raise the moon. I was originally supposed to have another lesson tomorrow, but Twilight said something came up, and then asked if I want to go to Canterlot. Something about seeing an old friend? I don't know, but she seemed kinda weird today. I hope she's okay, and is able to do what she came here for. I looked at the moon and then the night's sky. The stars are very bright tonight. "Luna must be in a happy mood." I thought, and looked at her. She is still concentrating on the sky, as if it wasn't beautiful enough. And after a few minutes, she smiled.
"For you." She said, looking at me. "It has been so long since you've last watched me work, I wanted it to be special. What do you think?"
I crossed my arms, and gave the sky another look. There was a new constellation. I raised an eyebrow and connected the dots. It's the Libra Constellation. "Well, that's new."
"Do you see it?" She asked with a hint of excitement.
I nodded my head. "I do, but I wonder how you knew my zodiac sign?"
"Do you not like it?"
I looked at her with a serious expression. "I did not say that, Luna, I merely asked a question." I smiled and walked closer to her. "It's wonderfully beautiful." I gave her a hug. "If only I could give you something in the same realm as that, though."
She returned the hug. "Don't worry about it. I do not expect anything in return." She nuzzled my cheek and broke away. This would be the time to kiss her, but I'm still not completely over the species difference. Which is why not a lot has happened between us. She doesn't seem to be annoyed by it, so I guess its fine for now. Instead, I just smiled and looked into her eyes. I think I'm starting to go native, or maybe her eyes are just that pretty. I can't tell, and that somewhat concerns me. "Perhaps we should look away from each other. Lest something happens."
I blinked. "Right, yeah." And looked back up to the sky. "Guess it's a bit strange for her too." I thought. "Or maybe she knows I'm not ready for that quite yet, or maybe we both aren't?"
Don't overthink it.
Right. "So Luna, what's there to do around here?" I asked.
"There isn't much, I'm afraid. If Night Court wasn't scheduled, I would be sitting in the moonlight, reading."
"And I, of course, can't read your language so..."
She nodded. "Would you like to join me?"
I shrugged my shoulders. "Sure, when and how long is it?"
"It starts in an hour, and usually goes on for three. If there are the expected amount of ponies tonight."
"I see." I nodded my head. "So what until then?" She then got a mischievous look on her face. "Umm..."
"Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck! God damn!"
"What did you think?"
"Jeez, how are you so good?"
"Practice." She said with a smile.
I just shook my head. "I guess..." Now, before you get any ideas, we were playing the pony version of Street Fighter. Luna challenged me to a game to pass the time. I was surprised to find out that there are video games here. The console reminds me of the NES or one of the other classic consoles. It's essentially a plastic box that you put a game cartridge in. Really, really old school. The controllers are kinda bigger than what you would think, but I guess that's to accommodate their hooves. At any rate, I got beat. And hard too. So, I'm sat in front of the screen, wondering if we have time for another rematch.
Luna looked at the clock mounted on her wall and sighed. "Time to go."
I looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "You don't sound happy, is it boring?"
"It is, but I like hearing my ponies concerns." And so we exited the room and made our way to the throne room. After a few minutes of walking Luna looked at me "May I ask you a question?"
"You just did." I said with a smirk. She didn't look amused. "Sorry I had to. What's on your mind?"
"Since you can't read our language, would you allow me to read you one?" She asked with some hesitation.
"Hmm..." If I'm honest, the question kind of upset me a bit, but I let it go. "Well, I guess. Maybe it'll help me learn your language? Just gotta pay attention to what words might each symbol looking things."
She chuckled. "They're called characters, silly. And I hadn't intended this be a learning opportunity, but I suppose we can turn it into one."
I stroked my beard. "I guess I'm fine with either, really. Guess we should see how tired I am after court."
Luna stopped in front of the two big double doors that I somehow didn't see. "Speaking of which, we're here." And she opened them, revealing a line of maybe twenty ponies. There might be more around the corner. "Not as many ponies as expected." She said was a bit of surprise in her voice. "This might not take as long as I thought."
I saw the two thrones sitting in the room. "Do I have to stand the entire time, or do I get my own chair?" I asked.
"Your own chair!?" She asked playfully. "Why Zane, a marriage proposal so suddenly?"
"Wait, what?!" The look on her face said that she was messing with me and could barely hold in the laughter. "Oh... right. That makes sense. In order to get my own throne I'd have to be king, or I guess prince in this case." I sighed. "You had me going there for a bit."
She chuckled. "I'm glad you didn't panic too much." She gave a small laugh as she started toward her throne. Gently shaking my head, I followed. "I'm afraid that it might upset the guards if you sit on a Tia's throne. You will have to stand next to mine, if you get tired you may sit on the steps."
I nodded my head. "Ok, Princess." She gave me a curious look. I shrugged. "Figured you wouldn't want me saying your name in front of your subjects."
She nodded her head. "Yes, yes of course." She reached her throne and sat in it. I took my place next to her personal guard. Kinda cool looking bat like pony. Guess this is the night guard. I thought.
The pony in front of the thrones looked at Luna, and with a nod night court was in session.
This is boring... I thought, watching one pony leave and another take it's place. I'm not sure how much time has passed, but I'd say at least an hour and a half. The concerns of these ponies are ridiculous. They asked about having their lot disputes taken care of, which I didn't think there was any vacant plots of land here in Canterlot. Seems pretty packed to me. Anyway, one asked if it was lawful to raise their prices further, Luna asked what the pony kind of store the pony owned. I clenched my fist at his answer, he owned a grocery store. Albiet a higher end one with rarer produce and other items, but it was still a grocery store. The night guard pony seemed to notice my reaction and raised an eyebrow. I gave a sigh and unclenched my fists. Really starting to regret this now. I thought as Luna and the pony went into economics. I tried to keep track, but most of what was said went over my head so I just tried to ignore the conversation.
Eventually a conclusion was reached, and the verdict was that it wasn't lawful to raise his prices. Luna seemed as annoyed at the pony as I was, but handled him a lot better than I, admittedly, would have, but then again she's been doing this for years. The pony bowed and left, and another took his place. This one looked nervous and stepped forward with caution, I briefly wondered why but then saw that it was looking at me. Curious, I looked past this one and saw varying expressions of discomfort on the faces of the other ponies. I gave a sad sigh. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. This isn't the first time my mere presence has made someone uncomfortable... What the question or request was, I don't know, but it seemed to concern me in some way. Lost, I decided to ignore it and look for the opportunity to leave. I looked forward and noticed some of the ponies leave. I gave a small nod. Yep, definitely going back to the room.