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// Chapter 19: Tough Negotiations 
// Story: A New Starting Point 
// by Lunar Flarion 
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A sharp ray of moonlight struck Prim’s closed eyes. The small mare huffed sleepily as she tried to escape the light, but, wherever her body shuffled to, she couldn’t escape it. Not only that, but a large blue stallion was blocking the right side of her bed. So, she was in a conundrum, she wanted to sleep more, but she didn’t want to wake Flare. How was she going to solve this? Well, with her tired and half functioning brain at work, she moved her head to rest in between Flare’s chin and collarbone. This move effectively got rid of the moonlight problem and made it to where she was comfortable.

Prim sighed dreamily as she tried to enter back into the land of dreams. She was about to succeed but a monster by the name of ‘Alarm Clock’ started to beep loudly.

‘Curse you clock!’ Prim thought angrily, she imagined herself shaking an angered hoof at the fiend. She had forgotten that she had set the clock to go off... Sometime around seven in the morning. Today was Friday, one day off from both Flare and her sleeping in a little bit longer than normal. She shuffled slightly, as she tried to aim her one of her wings at Flare’s uncovered ear. She opened her eyes when she felt that her wing was within reach of it. She didn’t want to hit Flare in the face, so she had to aim carefully. Finally, when she felt that her wing couldn’t hit Flare, she slowly and gently pulled it from Flare’s back. When the wing wasn’t touching Flare, Prim quickly moved it over his ear, hoping that the leathery appendage muffled the noise.

She heard Flare groan softly, she knew that, even with her wing, he would wake up soon. Last night the two fell asleep for a few minutes, but both awoke again with little to no explanation. So they both blamed it on an unrememberable nightmare and stayed awake until it was around three in the morning. By then, their exhaustion had caught up to them. She wanted him to sleep in, she felt responsible for making him worry last night. However, she couldn’t do that if the alarm clock was going off.

The beeping then stopped, she knew nopony else was in the room, other than her and Flare. She heard Flare grumble as a hoof came up to rub his eye.

“Prim... Come on... It’s time to get up.” He said he didn’t open his eyes, however.

‘He’s still tired! Maybe I can use this to my advantage!’ Prim thought.

She moved her hoof and cupped his cheek with it. Flare shuttered slightly at the touch, but his instinct demanded to lean into it, so he did. With Flare seemingly cooperating, Prim knew that she had to take it. She said to him softly and sweetly,” Flare, go back to sleep~. You need it~.”

“Prim... No...” Flare said, he tried to push himself up, but Prim used her other hoof to keep him from rising to his full height.

“Oh no, you don’t~,” Prim cooed softly,” You need to sleep in, you’re too tired. Right~?”

“But Prim-” Flare started, but he felt Prim’s gentle hooves push him softly back down to the bed.

“’But Prim’ nothing. You spend too much time taking care of me, let me help you. Please, go back to bed~.”

*Sigh*” There’s no way out of this... Is there?” Flare asked sleepily, he rested his head back onto the pillow.

“No~,” Prim confirmed,” But I can help you sleep~.”

“Really?” Flare huffed softly.

“Yes~,” Prim confirmed once more. She leaned forward and gently planted a kiss on his forehead. She proceeded to wrap a wing around him and hold him closely. She could feel Flare trying to stay awake, but they both knew what would happen eventually. To her enjoyment, her plan had the desired effect as Flare began to fall back to sleep.

Prim laid there for a few more minutes. Once again, she wanted to make sure that Flare was actually asleep this time. After waiting a long period of time, she finally felt that Flare had fallen asleep. She shuffled out of his grasp and placed a pillow where she was, she hoped that Flare would still think she was there. With that out of the way, she exited the room and headed for the dining room.





Prim entered the room with food on her mind, but when she looked around and saw the worried faces of her parents, she knew something was up.

“Oh! Good morning dear, how did you sleep?” Honey Glow asked. She smiled as Prim Bite sat down.

“I didn’t sleep that well... But I had help from Flare with that~.” Prim said with a loving sigh.

“Speaking of him, where is he?” Blood Moon asked as he saw that his daughter entered the room without him.

“Oh! I told him to sleep in. He needs it.” Prim replied.

“If you say so...” Blood Moon said glumly.

“Is everything alright?” Prim asked, to which Midnight answered her.

“Not really. We got a message from King Fang, another tussle ended with a wereponies death.”

“Oh dear... Who is King Fang?” Prim asked.

“I asked them the same thing!” Night said as she gave them a pouty face.

“Well... King Fang is the king of the wereponies,” Midnight said,” And before you ask why you didn’t know about it. It’s because it’s not your job to worry about them.”

Prim and Night look at each other, then back at their parents. Silence fell upon everypony in the room. One lingering question hung above them all. Prim knew what it was and she asked it.

“So... What’s going to happen?” Prim asked.

Midnight looked over at Tattered Moon, who was eating breakfast. He looked up as he felt Midnight’s stare. Without saying a word he looked over at Prim as he tried to find the right words to explain what was going to happen. Once he found those words, he said,” We are going to have a meeting to discuss how we can prevent this from happening again. But, wereponies are hard to negotiate with, so if it comes down to an agreement... Let’s just say that we are going to need to be on our A game...”

“Yes, and as royalty, we all have to be there.” Honey Glow stated.

“They say that they are going to be here this afternoon...” Midnight added,” So we have some time before they arrive. Prim, I want you to make sure Flare doesn’t wake up and stumble in during the meeting.” Prim nodded, though she had to wonder how she was going to do that.

“Night,” Honey Glow continued,” Would you inform the staff about the wereponies pending arrival?”

“Of course!” Night chirped as she got up from her seat.

Honey Glow smiled, Blood Moon nodded, and Midnight and Tattered Moon went back to planning.

With that Night and Prim departed to do the tasks at hoof.

.:---------------------:.

Prim walked back to her room with a few sheets of paper and a pencil. She had to find a way to make sure that Flare didn’t get up and stumble upon the meeting. So she thought she would leave him a note! She walked over to a desk and set her supplies down. She took a seat and sat down, she knew that this was the best way to tell him, without him waking up. There was another problem though, she didn’t know how to start it.

‘Curse me for never thinking ahead!’ she mentally cried. She pouted as she looked down at the blank paper, which now taunted her lack of foresight. She tried to think of a way to start it.

‘Well... I can start it like a normal letter and move on from there!’ Prim thought happily, she moved the pencil over to the paper and started writing.

:. A couple of hours later.:

Prim Bite had finally written the perfect letter. It took her a long time to do it, and when she looked at the clock she nearly panicked. The clock read 11: 34 am. She needed to sign this note, put it where Flare could see it, and then hurry to the meeting room. She looked back down at the note that she had written and finished it off with her signature.

“There we go!” Prim said triumphantly. She grabbed the letter with her mouth and walked over to her sleeping coltfriend. She got up to the side of the bed and placed the letter right over his eyes. She adjusted it slightly and when she was done she sighed and nuzzled him.

“Two things down, one more to go!” Prim smiled. She went to the door and exited the room.

:...:

As Prime walked to the meeting room, she saw that both her parents, Midnight, and Tattered Moon had worry all over their faces. Night was the only one that didn’t, in fact, she looked rather excited to meet these wereponies. Prim saw that they were seated in a circle, four chairs were left open on the opposite side of them. One of these chairs was next to Night Blossom, who looked like she wanted to talk badly, really, to anypony that was there.

*Sigh*’I resign myself to my fate...’ Prim thought as she moved to sit down next to her sister.

“Sis!” Night whispered as Prim sat down,” I can’t wait to see them! I’ve only read about them from Flare’s monster book!”

That peeked Prim’s curiosity, she whispered back,” I thought you didn’t know they existed?”

“Well not in our world I didn’t!” Night whispered back dismissively.

“Well, what did it say?” Prim asked, hoping that the others were to busy worrying that they wouldn’t take notice.

“It says that they, along with skeleton and changelings, were on the front line in the Pony/ Monster war!”

“Really?”

“Yeah!” Night nodded rapidly,” They were almost as powerful as the skeletons!”

Prim raised an eyebrow,” What do you mean ‘almost as powerful as the skeletons’?”

Night rolled her eyes, Prim Bite knew that she was about to explain something that she thought was simple and obvious, but in truth, it made little to no sense,” Skeleton ponies were dangerous warriors! They couldn’t feel pain, they could resist most magic attacks and, they could unlock something equal to a controlled berserker mode!”

“...Wat?”

Night sighed softly,” That beserker mode makes them even harder to kill, while also making them stronger! But it would make them insane, causing them to not see friend from foe. But, skeletons or at least some of them could control it!”

“They sound dangerous.” Prim and Night both looked over at Midnight, she had listened in to their conversation.

“Were you eavesdropping?” Night asked, now gaining the attention of the others in the room.

“I wasn’t at first, but then you said something about wereponies.” Midnight pointed out.

“Yeah, do you know something we don’t?” Tattered Moon asked as he raised an eyebrow.

“Well... Where Flare is from, he has a werepony working in his town. He also had a book that had the different species of monsters in it,” Night said defensively,” Also, what are you doing here?”

“What does the book say about the wereponies?” Tattered questioned.

“Answer my question first~,” Night replied smugly.

“Night Winter Blossom! Please tell us what the book says this instant!” Her father said.

“No no, she has a right to know,” Tattered Moon interveined,” I’m here because I’m second in command of our army.”

“Alright, that’s all I needed to know~,” Night replied,” As for what the book says on wereponies, they are powerful monsters that use more physical than magical attacks. The magical attacks they do use consists of ice-based elements. They could survive the harsh winter elements and would help the skeletons in winter raids. However, most of their kind, including the skeletons and changelings were wiped out, leaving a few monster variants left.”

Midnight nodded and her mother motioned for Night to continue. Night took a deep breath and said slowly,” They were vicious in battle, known for ripping out the throats of any that got to close. In some cases, they would get so enraged that the skeletons had to get involved and put a leash on them. But when the battle of Mt. Firestorm happened, most of the wereponies were wiped out by the ponies. Before you ask, there’s nothing else about them, no records of how they act outside of combat.”

“So we know how they act in battle...” Midnight said, she sighed and continued,” That’s still good if our negotiations go south and they wage war on us-”

Prim whimpered softly and shrunk down into her seat at the thought of a war. Everypony noticed and looked back at Midnight. She bit her tongue but continued,” S-still, I have good faith that this meeting will go well! Just in case! We can train our soldiers, just in case-” she stopped herself from saying ‘war’, she gulped,” Just in case they don’t agree with us!”

Prim nodded, she wasn’t as afraid of war and these wereponies until she heard what they could do. Night began to argue that they shouldn’t trust everything this book said since it was from Flare’s universe where they could be totally different. Though, just as the argument started, the sound of two heavy doors opening echoed throughout the castle. An announcer like voice proclaimed,” Now announcing the arrival of King Fang!”

The royal family looked over at the door to see a large, grey werepony with a crown made of platinum, encrusted rubies walk in. He was flanked by two werepony guards, one male, the other female. Their armor looked crud and was bent in different places. Midnight and Tattered Moon held in a scoff upon looking at the horrid armor. The two guards carried spears that looked to have been broken, fixed with tape and glue, then broken again with the same repair.

“Good evening King Blood Moon and Queen Honey Glow!” The wereponies voice boomed. His voice sounded gravelly and could rival with the sound of two rocks grinding together. He and his guards bowed as the two vampony royals got up.

“It is good to see you, King Fang,” Blood Moon and Honey Glow said in unison, they bowed as well.

“Well since the formalities are out of the way, shall we talk about the... Recent problems?”

“Ah yes, of course! Please, take a seat.” Honey Glow said, her hoof grazed over the three empty seats.

The three wereponies got up from their bow and walked over to their seats. Upon sitting down, King Fang noticed the three sisters and Tattered Moon.

“Who are you?” he asked, he pointed to Tattered Moon first.

“Your majesty, my name is Tattered Moon, I’m the lieutenant of the Royal Vampony Guard.” Tattered Moon bowed his head for a second before he picked it back up.

“Hm... And you?” Fang pointed towards Midnight.

“My name is Princess Midnight Bite, I’m the captain of the Royal Vampony Guard, your majesty,” Midnight hissed the last part softly, she already didn’t like him.

“You?” He pointed to Night.

“I’m Princess Night Blossom, your majesty.” Night said.

“And who are... You?” he finally pointed to Prim Bite.

“M-my name is Princess Primrose Bite... Your majesty?” Prim responded as she hoped she said the right thing.

“As pretty as the flower itself.” The male guard said as he gave her a sly smile.

“... T-thanks?” Prim bight shuffled uncomfortably in her seat as the guard's eyes watched her.

“Eh-hm, Saber Tooth, no,” Fang whispered, he leaned in and whispered,” She’s a vampony, don’t forget that.”

“I know!” he whispered back,” I’m tryin’ to make her uncomfortable, dad.”

“Well stop it! If you continue, we wont get what we want.”

“Fine.”

The female werepony giggled at the twos banter. Saber Tooth glared at her and Fang growled. The vampony family just looked on at the scene with many different opinions. The wereponies whispered angrily at each other for a few more seconds before Fang stopped it. He smacked his son on the back of his head and growled at the female. Both of them backed down as the king cleared his throat.

“I’m sorry for the interruption, shall we continue?” 

“Of course.” Blood Moon replied.

“Alright, as you know, one of your vamponies killed one of my subjects... again!”

“Yes, I am quite aware of that. But I do believe that your subject started it first from the eyewitnesses there.”

King Fang snarled,” What witnesses!? Your murderous subject?”

“No,” Blood Moon replied calmly,” There were the subjects friends and parents at the scene. One of them saw the whole thing unfold.”

“And did nothing to stop it?!” King Fang pointed out.

“Your subject had a weapon, neither witnesses had one. Or that is what I’ve been told.”

“Hmpf! Looks like your subject lied! We wereponies don’t need simple weapons like a blade!” Fang huffed,” Besides, we don’t allow our subjects outside the military to own weapons!”

“Hm... then something is clearly wrong here.” Blood Moon concluded.

“Yes, something is very wrong!” Fang’s son roared.

Midnight glared at the stallion, who, upon noticing, glared back. Prim and Night both looked at each other. It was as if they could read each other’s mind,’ They act the same in battle a the do outside of it... aggressive.’

“Okay, okay!” Honey Glow shouted,” Let us talk about what needs to be done! Not bicker back and forth with next to no goal!”

“Hmpf! Fine, you have a point!” Fang admitted,” Let us talk about what ‘needs’ to be done!”

“Yes, how are we going to stop this from happening again?” Midnight asked.

“Well, us wereponies don’t have much land! We need more of it so we can grow!” Fang smiled slyly.

“How is this going to stop the problem?” Midnight and Tattered Moon asked.

“Well, we need to expand our territory so we don’t feel trapped! That is what needs to be done!” 

“I’m sorry, but we can’t just give up land, it is occupied,” Night said as she floated a notebook in,” Most of the land is used for logging and mines.”

*Growl*” I know you have some free land!” the king roared.

Prim Bite jumped slightly at the voice. From here, she could hear as /Midnight ground her teeth. 

“I’m sorry, but can you tell us where this ‘free land’ is?” Midnight asked, she didn’t hide the fact that she wasn’t in the best mood.

“Outside the Razorwood forest to the- OW!” Saber Tooth rubbed the back of his head. Fang had smacked him in an attempt to shut him up.

“Shut up!” Fang growled quietly into his son’s ear.

“Wait... how do you know that?!” Tattered Moon asked as he pointed a hoof at the king.

“I-I, u-um!” Fangs stuttered slightly. He glared at his son just before he grabbed him by the collar and growled into his ear again,” You told them! So it’s up to you to tell them that!”

His son gulped softly as he felt all eyes face towards him. He shook his head and cleared his face of all emotion, he said in a clear voice,” A group of werepony guards were investigating a monster complaint and were sent in to deal with it, later did they found out that the area was vacant, a large portion of it too.”

Blood Moon put his hooves together in front of him and leaned his muzzle into it. He gave a soft groan as he took in what had just been said. The wereponies entered his land unannounced, searched it, and left without saying anything... that was unacceptable and it violated their peace agreement. 

“King Fang,” Blood Moon’s voice went from calm and collected to cold and harsh,” You had soldiers investigate on our land, for a monster? Not only did you not warn us in advance, but you did not tell us at all! Not only that, but your soldiers also scouted the area without any form of permission from us? This has violated the three of the many territorial rules that our agreement stands upon.” 

A bead of sweat ran bow the three wereponies faces as they knew that they were in deep trouble. The female werepony, the one who has been silent during the whole meeting sat up straight and as calmly as she could, spoke,” Your majesty, the group that had done that was p-punished for breaking the rules.” That wasn’t a complete lie, the group did, in fact, get punished, but the one who lead it and his close friend was not.

“That still doesn’t change the fact that you kept it from us!” Prim Bite spoke out, much to the surprise of everypony else,” If you would have told us sooner, or told us that you sent a team to investigate the problem, then that problem wouldn’t be here with you!”


.: In Prim’s Bedroom:.

Flare shuffled in place as he slowly began to wake up. His mind woke up faster than his body, he could feel something covering his forehead and eyes. He groaned and forced his hoof to reach up. When he grabbed it he felt that it was paper. 

“What the?” He pulled the paper off of his face to examine it. When he did, he saw that it was a note addressed to him. Curious he started to read it:


Dear Flare,

If you are reading this then you are awake! I’m writing this so I don’t have to wake you up! I need to tell you that there is a meeting going on and that you need to stay in my room. Don’t worry! I bet the meeting is going to be over soon, but if it isn’t, please wait for me to return to my room. Sweet dreams~!

xoxo,
Prim



“Huh...” Flare said as he finished reading the letter,” Knowing Prim that must have taken an hour or so...”

He glanced at the clock to see what time it was. He nearly facehoofed at how late he had slept in. Right now, it was 3:24 p.m. He got up from the bed and started to walk towards the door out of pure instinct. Before he could reach the doorknob he snapped out of his trance. He remembered that he was to remain here until Prim Bite arrived. He groaned softly as he went to go sit down on the bed. 

“What to do...” Flare asked nobody.

‘You could talk to me~.’ Solar said.

“I’d rather go insane, I know what memories you like to make me see...” Flare replied as he looked over at Prim’s bookshelf.

‘Y'all ready doin’ it!’ Solar exclaimed.

“Oh shut it you orange eyed copy.” 

‘Wow... RUDE!”’

“Why you gotta be so rude~!” Flare smiled as he sung the lyrics.

‘NO! IMMA LEAVIN’!’ Solar yelled back. He hated that song and Flare could never find out why.

Flare chuckled as he looked over the books on the bookshelf. As he expected, most of them were adventure or romance styled. He chuckled as he remembered the first time picking a book off of that shelf. Who knew it was going to lead here? Still, he looked for the book he read to Prim since he never got a chance to finish it. He looked at the spot he remembered Prim pointing at, and sure enough, the book was there. 

The book itself was slightly dusty, Flare could tell as he pulled it out since a small dust cloud poofed outwards. The book softly levitated to bed. Flare placed the now open book into his hooves as his eyes scan for any form of bookmark that could’ve been left inside. To both his enjoyment and his disappointment, there didn’t seem to be one.

‘Well, the only place to start is the beginning.’ Flare thought. He opened to the first page and began to read as he waited for both Prim to arrive and the conclusion of the meeting.





“Are you accusing us of treachery?!” Fang asked, his anger rising.

“Yes, I am! You betrayed our trust and set hoof on our land without our permission, then proceeded to scout and leave it. That is treachery!” Blood Moon argued back.

Saber Tooth growled at the king, his eyes narrowing as if he was ready to pounce and sink his teeth into Blood Moon’s neck. Midnight’s glare could have cut through steel as she glared at the prince. Tattered Moon had wished he had brought a sword, the wereponies were getting more violent every passing second that they denied them land.

“We have done nothing but respect the agreement!” Fang growled dangerously,” It was your great “Moon Mother” who gave you all that land!”

The vamponies gasped at the denouncement of the Moon Mother. This time, it was Night who would shout,” YOUR GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WORKED ALONGSIDE HER TOO! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DENOUNCE HER!”

“WHY I OUGHTA!” Saber Tooth growled, he was stopped by his father’s hoof smacking the back of his head.

“Fine. Yes, our great-grand parents did serve her, we only wish to claim what is rightfully ours.” The Kings shift in tone scared the vamponies.

“I told you before!” Night started,” That, that land is going to be occupied soon by a logging company!”

“Don’t you vamponies already have enough logging companies?” The female werepony, whose name was revealed earlier in the meeting to be Jewel Finder asked politely.

The politeness caught everpony, including the wereponies, off guard. Night had to force herself to not have her jaw hang open. Once she felt that it would pop open, she replied,” No actually, we don’t. The forest that we are next to is dangerous for any form of logging company to be established. And that land you “Found” was going to be used later for one, since it was considered safe.”

“Well... maybe you can reconsider and relocate them to another area?” Jewels asked politely once more, she gave them a small smile.

“Sorry, but we can’t, they have been fighting to get there for a while now.” Honey replied.

Jewel was about to talk again but her king cut her off. 

“What do you think you’re doing?!” He hissed in her ear.

“Trying to get a deal, sir,” Jewel replied,” You asked me to be here just in case things go south.”

“Well... do we have a chance of getting what we want?” Fang whispered back.

“No, I don’t think so, your majesty,” Jewel replied.

*Growl*”Fine,” Fang looked over at the Royal Vamponies. They could see the hatred in his eyes as he spoke,” We are going to need to cut this meeting short, I have important business to deal with at home...”

Blood Moon raised an eyebrow in suspicion, he asked,” More important than settling what can be done to prevent this?”

Fang scoffed,” Yes, like dealing with the family that lost one of their own kin to one of yours!”

The three wereponies got up from their seats and turned to leave. Fang and Saber Tooth didn’t look back, but Jewel did. When she did, she caught the eyes of Prim Bite. If Jewel could stay behind for a bit longer, she could tell them something important, but she had to stay with the king, lest she wants to raise suspicion. 

:..:

The group of wereponies got into their silver and gold chariot and drove away, leaving the castle with a looming sense of danger over it. On their way back the King growled in anger and slammed his hoof into the side of the chariot, earning both a groan from the chariot and a muffled pained grown from himself. 

“If they do not want to give that land over!” Fang roared,” Then we’ll have to take it from them!”

“Your majesty, I highly advise against-” Jewel said, but was cut off by Saber.

“No, you shut your mouth hybrid! That land is something we need desperately!” Saber claimed,” And if they won’t hoof it over then we’ll take it from them!”

“Yes, your majesty,” Jewel said, she hated being called that. One question lingered in her mind and she decided to voice it,” Your majesty, if I may, why do you require the land? I thought we had enough to make the kingdom large enough for thousands of packs?”

“Yes, and I believe it is a good time as any to tell you what we really want,” Fang puts his hoof on the back of Jewel,” As the royal advisor and guard, I will tell you that the land we seek contains the name of the Moon Mother herself! I believe that it is located in that area!”

“Isn’t the Moon Mother a myth?” 

“HOLD YOUR TONGUE!” growled Saber,” She is real, and we want to know her name!”

“But what is important about her name, if I may inquire, your majesty?” 

“If we find out her name, the legend goes that she will grant us a wish that will last for millennium!” Fang smiled a toothy smile.

‘Then I must not let you find out her name...’ Jewel thought as they reentered the Razorwood Forest.

.::.

“... Well, I’m glad that meetings over with,” Midnight said as she put her hooves on her hips. 

“Yes... but I wish we could’ve gotten to an agreement.” Honey Glow replied.

“It doesn’t matter anymore, they left.” Midnight said.

“Well... I wished they could’ve left on a happy note...” Prim said sadly.

“Well... Tattered and I could help with that...” Midnight said as she cleared her voice.

Tattered Moon jumped up slightly at the mention of his name. He knew exactly what she was talking about. 

“Um...” Tattered leaned in and whispered into Midnight’s ear,” Are you sure that now is a good idea?”

“Yes,” Midnight leaned in and kissed his cheek.

“What are you talking about?” Night asked.

“Yes, would you please tell us, dear?”  Honey Glow asked.

“Well, Tattered and I have been talking about... certain things,” Midnight gulped softly,” Me and Tattered Moon... are going to get married soon and we need your condolences...”

“... Wow... I...” Blood Moon’s mind went blank. He looked over at his wife, who had the largest smile he had ever seen on her face.

“Really?!” Honey asked the family could tell that she was holding back her joy.

“Yes...Tattered prepare to have the life squeezed out of you like a ripe lemon,” Midnight whispered the last part to Tattered, who in turn, looked at her with a terrified expression.

“Wait... what?” Tattered could only watch as the queen lunged over the table at the both of them to hug them. 

The hug felt similar to that of a python squeezing the life out of its prey. Any air that was in Midnight’s or Tattered’s lungs were now forced out. Prim and Night held back their laughs as Blood Moon got up to try and remove his daughter and future son-in-law from his wife’s grasp. Honey Glow didn’t budge and she only squeezed them tighter. At this point, it was unlikely that anypony could get the two out of the queen's grasp, so the only thing left to do was wait it out. 

:Few seconds later:

When the two lovebirds thought they would breathe their last, the queen let them down with a large smile on her face. Tattered Moon and Midnight gasped for air as they rubbed their sides in pain. Honey Glow giggled, her excitement had not wained in the slightest. She looked over at Night and said happily,” Night, would you be a dear and help plan the wedding~!”

Night looked at her mother, a smirk clearly present on her muzzle,” Sure mom.”

“Oh!” Honey Glow turned back to look at Tattered Moon. She said,” I can’t wait to meet your parents! I wonder what they’ll think!”

Midnight, upon hearing that, cringed slightly. Tattered Moon sighed sadly as he turned to face Honey. He choked up slightly as he told her,”... My queen... my family isn’t here right now... they left for Neighpan...”

“Oh... well... when will they be back?” Honey Glow asked with a small smile. Her excitement now wained.

“They... won’t... they left for a family matter... and they said they couldn’t come back...” Tattered Moon looked away as he held back a tear.

“Oh... I’m so sorry,” Honey Glow said as she readied another hug.

Tattered Moon quickly responded as he saw her about to squeeze the life out of him again,” It’s fine! I’m Fine! please don’t kill me...”

“Well...” the family turned to look at a very happy Prim,” I’m happy you two are finally getting married! I can’t wait for it!”

Tattered Moon nodded and Midnight merely chuckled,” Well, I can’t wait for it either~.”

: End of Meeting :

Prim and Midnight were the last ones out of the meeting room. Prim waited for Midnight since she wanted to talk to her about something. Once Midnight exited the room Prim tapped her back with her wing to gain her attention.

“Midnight,” Prim said,” Why did you decide to say you were going to get married today?”

Midnight merely chuckled at her younger sister,” Prim, do you know how long it took for us to come to this desision?”

“No...?”

“To put it simply, five days after dating. We knew each other for a long time, sis~.”

Midnight patted Prim’s shoulder as she turned to catch up to her coltfriend. She started to walk away but Prim called out again which caught Midnight’s attention.

“Midnight... I have a question...” Prim said. She sat down and tapped her hooves together.

“Sure sis, what is it?” Midnight asked as she walked back over to Prim.

“Do you... do you think...?” Prim stopped herself

“Do I think what?” Midnight responded.

“Do you think Flare and I could get married? Or at least have a chance?” Prim asked as a small blush appeared on her face.

Midnight smiled,” Wow, already thinking of the big picture, huh sis~?”

“Midnight... do you think I have a chance with Flare?” Prim asked more in a more serious tone.

“Well,” Midnight started,” I think you do have a fair chance. Flare loves you a lot, and you love him a lot as well. Not only that you trust each other almost unconditionally. If I was an outsider, I would have thought you were already married!” Midnight laughed as she imagined it.

“So, you think I have a chance?” Prim asked hopefully as her face brightened up and her tail started to wag back and forth.

“Yes, but I don’t think you should pop the question to him yet, I think you should spend some time together on a few more dates~,” Midnight said. Her saying that made Prim deflate slightly. Midnight put her hoof on her sister's shoulder, her voice was calm as she said softly,” If you give it time... I’m positive that Flare would love to...”

“Thanks, Midnight,” Prim said, she leaned forward and hugged Midnight softly. Midnight almost jumped back at the hug, her mind flashed back to her mother's death grip.

Prim ended the hug and the two departed. Prim headed back to her room in pure happiness at the conversation she just had. This gave her confidence to try what she wanted to try with Flare this evening. She turned a corner and made a beeline for her room. She was about to open the door but stopped as she heard Flare saying something from the inside. It was muffled but she caught some of what he was saying.

“There is no way... Pegasi can’t do... not with a broken wing...” 

Prim was now curious, she wondered why Flare was saying that. When Prim walked she couldn’t help but giggle at the sight before her. Flare was face first in a Daring Doo book, he looked rather irritated at it though. Flare looked up from the book and looked over at Prim. He smiled as he put a sliver of paper in place and put the book down on the bed. He got up and walked over to her, he spoke calmly,” Hey, how’d the meeting go?”

Prim’s bright face dimmed slightly at the mention of the meeting. She didn’t have to say anything to convey that it didn’t go well. Flare say her crestfallen look and walked to her side to wrap a hoof around her. She leaned into his side and had her muzzle touch his neck in an act of comfort. Prim sighed sadly as she nuzzled Flare’s neck. Flare moved towards the bed with Prim in tow.

“I’m guessing the meeting went south pretty fast?” Flare asked as he settled the mare on the bed.

“Yeah... the wereponies wanted land that we couldn’t give up...” Prim said sadly.

“Wait,” Flare said as he settled next to her,” You had to negotiate with wereponies?”

“Yes...?” Prim replied, confused.

“I could’ve helped. I know what they want.”

“What would they want?”

“A bone~,” Flare smiled as Prim giggled.

“Hehe~ wow, I never thought of that,” Prim replied, she stuck her tongue out in a joking way.

Flare chuckled softly,”Well... you guys were in there for a good long while, and it’s time to sleep.”

Prim looked nodded in agreement,” Yeah... it is really late, and that meeting did drain me...”

“Well, let’s get in bed,” Flare said as he started to shuffle around.

“Wait,” Prim said which caused Flare to stop. Prim blushed softly as she continued,” Can I try what I wanted to try?”

Flare raised an eyebrow as he tried to remember what she meant, once it clicked, he nodded. 

“Good, now... can you lay on your back? At the top back of the bed?” Prim asked softly.

Flare nodded and did as she commanded. He laid down on his back with his head rested on a pillow. Prim sat there, her body unmoving as she had to force herself to do the next part. She slowly crawled towards him, much to his confusion. She got to him in mere seconds and started to move up his body at a slow pace. Flare started to get even more confused and slightly scared at what this mare was doing. Once Prim now loomed over the blue stallion, both now wore a large blush as the mare slowly descended. Her chest touched his as she rested on top of him. The mare finally stopped as her body completely rested on top of his. Flare finally had enough and asked,” Prim... what are you doing?”

“I’m trying a new type of snuggle... I lay on top of you and you... put your hooves on my hips...” Prim spoke silently.

“... Can... can you repeat that last part?” Flare asked with an awkward smile.

“... You.. put your h...hooves on my hips...” Prim’s blush was brighter than a ripe tomato. Flare looked up at her with a confused expression as he tried to understand what she just asked him.

“Prim... where did you learn this from?” Flare asked.

“A movie I watched with Night and Midnight... why?” Prim answered innocently.

“I... um... nevermind,” Flare said,” So you want me to put my hooves on your hips? Like... hold you?”

“Yes... is... is that alright?” Prim’s head rose from its rested position as she looked into Flare’s eyes with worry.

“No, it's fine!” Flare responded quickly. For some unknown reason, he struggled to wrap his hooves around her hips, but finally, moved his hooves and wrapped them around Prim Bite’s hips.

Prim Bite squeaked as she felt him hold her tightly. This caused Flare to loosen his grip, much to Prim’s dismay. She leaned forward and whispered softly,” Flare... please hold me tighter...”

Flare’s face glowed bright red at the request, but, he did so. His grip tightened around her waist and he swore he could hear a soft moan come from her. Though he didn’t have time to think about it as Prim whispered into his ear once,” Can I try something else~?”

“Um...” Flare looked into the bright pink orbs and said,” ... Sure?”

“Alright~ I want you to rub the base of my wings~.”  Prim’s voice seemed to lose some of it’s innocents.

“A...Alright?” Flare didn’t know what was happening here, but he once again did as he was told and used his magic to rub the base of her wings. This time, he could hear the moan that she emitted.

Flare rubbed them softly for a few more seconds and then stopped. Prim purred softly as she snuggled up on Flare’s chest. Flare laid there with Prim snuggled up on his chest, and he was very confused. Prim nuzzled his chest before she looked up slightly at Flare. “Thank you~. That meeting really made me stiff and uneasy,” her tone was now back to an innocent one.

“No problem,” Flare replied as he kissed Prim’s forehead. Prim giggled at the soft feeling of his lips. 

*Yawn*” Good night, Flare...” Prim saidly dreamily.

“Good night, Prim,” Flare replied tiredly. He used his magic and pulled the covers over them. They slept happily that night.

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