As the large puff of smoke fades away, exposing another alicorn where the previous Pegasus stood. Twilight’s eyes widened as she saw Luna sit in the chair in front of her. “P-Princess!” twilight said with a nervous voice. “Pardon me, I-I didn’t know it was you” she said softly, her ears splayed back. Luna giggled softly at how nervous the Princess of friendship is.
“Calm down Twilight, no need for such formalty when speaking to me.” She smiled “I do have to make a favour to ask of you to do for me” Luna said as she looked at Twilight. “Could you perhaps not tell anypony about my visit here at Thunderwing? I’m going to go to the castle tomorrow to tell my sister that I’ll be here for quite some time but I’ll still tend to my royal duties to Equestria.”
Twilight nodded “of course Princess, nopony will know that you’re here.” She smiled. Luna and Thunderwing both nodded before Thunderwing went inside.
“Thank you for being so trustworthy, Twilight. It is much appreciated.” Lina said with a slight tap of her hoof on the wooden floor.
“It’s my pleasure, Princess.” Twilight smiled. “I have to beg my leave, I have a lot of work to do in the library and then make a few other arrangements to help Fizzlepop Berrytwist (Tempest) to get settled down in Ponyville. She seems to enjoy it here more than the luxury of Canterlot.” Twilight said as she tapped her chin with a hoof in thought. Luna nodded,
“Alright, hope everything works out.” She smiled.
Twilight only gave a soft smile before she took off, trotting home. Luna looked at Twilight for a while, hoping that the Princess will keep the secret before heading inside and close the door. As she looked around, she saw Thunderwing on the couch with a cup of coffee next to him and a newspaper in his hooves.
Luna walked closer, looking over Thunderwing’s shoulder and spotted a certain article that said there are many more changeling hives with queens like Chrysalis who wants to take over everything for love and power over all that lives in the land. Luna shook her head seeing that.
“After Chrysalis was killed, we suddenly find more changeling hives outside Equestria? It seems that all the changeling queens are also linked to eachother and now that Chrysalis is no more, they surely thought of it as a threat to their race, it seems.” She said as she walked around the couch and sat down on it, leaning back against the soft cussion, stretching her wings before yawning softly.
“So it seems. But I personally don’t think they will be much of a bother since Chrysalis gave herself the cahllenge of taking on the ponies, failed in taking over Equestria and died in the process of revenge on Kuno and Warden. So they will most likely think before attempting to take us on again.” Thunderwing said as he looked up at Luna from the newspaper befeor he started reading gain, reading through prestigious articles of the royal guard and Wonderbolts to see how everything is going.
A few hours had passed, the light starting to fade, a few candles gently illuminating the living room, Luna sitting outside where nopony can see her as she helps raising the moon for the night to take over. She then went inside after the ordeal was done, slouching down on the couch.
“Thunder” she said tiredly.
“Yes Luna?” Thunderwing asked, looking up at her, raising his brows.
“Can you go make me some coffee, please?” Luna asked tiredly, giving him a faint smile. Thunderwing simply chuckled at Luna’s attempt of charm and got up, setting the newspaper down and makes his way to the kitchen. “Thank you.” Luna said, looking over at him before laying her head down on the armrest of the cofortable couch.
Thunderwing brought Luna the coffee that he had prepared for her. She takes it with a soft smile and takes a small sip. “Thanks Thunder.” She said softly before yawning again.
“No problem Lulu.” He said with a warm grin, trotting over to the couch he was sitting on previously. Thunderwing stretched slightly after he had sat down on.
“Comfy?” Luna asked with a tired giggle as she took another sip of her warm tea, licking the rest of the brewed liquid from her lips. Thunderwing nodded, looking at the alicorn splayed out on the couch in front of him.
“Very” he smiled. “And I could honestly go for a hot bath now.” He said as he got up again, making his way to the bathroom that was down the hallway to the master bedroom.
“That sounds wonderful right now.” Luna said as she got up to prepare something for the two ponies to eat for the night. Thunderwing started running a bath with warm water that’s just perfect before pouring soap into the water for a bubble bath. He took his time getting into the water, laying down on his back and soaking. He let out a soft sigh of enjoyment as he relaxed, the waterlevel just coming up to right underneath his chin. There was a soft knock on the door after a few minutes. “Yes?” he answered.
“I’m making dinner, what would you like to eat tonight?” Luna asked from the other side of the enclosed bathroom.
“I could go for some stew for tonight, if that won’t be too much trouble to prepare.” He replied to the alicorn outside the door.
“Sure thing Thunder.” Luna said before trotting down the hallway to the kitchen. Thunderwing didn’t own a very big house but it was big enough to be used as a two-hoof guesthouse if there were any effort to turn it into a guesthouse. Thunderwing kept soaking in the delightfully warm water, getting rid of the stress that had built up in him the past few days.
Luna was in the kitchen, preparing hay stew for the night’s dinner. She was humming a melody to herself as she put everything together into the stew being cooked on the stove. She gently stirred the mixture with a spoon that was placed into the pot.
She decides to take a little break while waiting for the mixture to set and cook thuroughly.
Thunderwing came out a few minutes after Luna took a break. “Enjoy yourself?” Luna asked as she loked over to him.
“Mhm” Thunderwng nodded in response, trotting over to his friend’s side. “You can go take a bath if you want to, I’ll make sure the food doesn’t burn or anything. You can take your time thoug, I’ll make sure everything stays warm.” He said as he turned his head to look at the mare next to him.
“Isuppose I could take a bath, I felt like really relaxing for a while now but couldn’t get to it today since I saw Twilight and got caught up in a conversation.” She said softly, rolling her eyes and dismisses it all with a wave of her hoof before turning and walk to the bathroom. She suddenly stops and looks back at the stallion in the kitchen. “By the way, hanks for letting me stay here with you for the time being, Thunder, I really appreciate it.” She said before continuing down the hallway.
"No problem Luna. It's the least I could do for you after not seeing you for such a long time." The stallion called out in reply.
As Luna went into the batheroom, there was a neatly folded towel placed on the floor for her to use. She started running a warm tub and immediately got in while the water poured into the big, round bathtub. She layed back, soaking her coat in the nice water and let out a sigh of enjoyment, resting her hooves on the side of the bath tub. She rested in it for quite some time, closing her eyes and slightly doses off only to be awoken by a knock on the door.
“Mmm!” Luna replied to the disturbeance and Thunderwing opened the door.
“You’re surely taking your sweet time with taking a bath.” He chuckled softly, not looking directly at Luna who still had her eyes closed whilst still in the bathtub. “If you’re not going to be quick, I’m literally going to jump into the bath.” He said with a smug smile, tapping his hoof on the floor.
Luna opened an eye slightly, looking at the stallion that was in the bathroom with her but he wasn’t looking at her. “Don’t you dare. I will zap you to sleep.” She groaned out in annoyance, still looking at him through a half lidded eye. Thunderwing let out a snicker as he decided to look at Luna as he slowly walked closer.
Luna’s horn lit up slightly as she looked at him fully with botheyes. “Don’t you dare do it, I’m serious Thunder. I will zap you.” She said with a rough voicetone, her horn lighting up further, glowing brighter and brighter as her friend got closer and closer.
Thunder brushed her threat aside and took another step before launching himself into the air towards the bath full of water. Luna let out a gasp as she was suddenly splashed with water, shutting her eyes to prevent water from getting into her eyes.
When she opened them, Thunderwing was sitting on his haunches in front of her, laughing, as his mane was soaked and drooping over half of his face. Luna let out a low growl, narrowing her eyes in anger.
Suddenly a bolt came flying from her horn, hitting the stallion right in the face and he jerked as he was struck. The magic quickly disappeared and her horn stopped glowing in the process as she looked at her friend. Thunderwing had a small puff of steam coming off of his forehead before shaking his head, blinking rapidly.
He looked at Luna, his brows furrowed. “You’re so mean! You didn’t even put me to sleep, you just shocked me.” He said as he rubbed his forehead and frowned. Luna simply giggled as she looked at the white Pegasus in front of her.
“Well, I did warn you that I was going to zap you. I just changed my mind and literally zapped you.” She snickered, placing a hoof over her lips, trying to keep in a laugh.
“HA HA HA.” Thundewing let out annoyed as he stared blankly at the alicorn and flipping his back to get his mane out of his face. Luna got out of the bath. “You’re mean.” Thunderwing mumbled as he looked away.
“You should’ve known that I was going to zap you. I did warn you more than once.” She said as she looked back at him before using her magic to wrap the towel around herself. “I’m a mare of my word, Thunder. You out of all ponies should know that by now.” She giggled.
Thunderwing simply got out of the bath with a groan, wrapping his damp towel around himself. He twisted his long mane between his forehooves to get as much water out as he could. “But you always knew that I was playful and liked making jokes. You out of all ponies should know that by now.” He argued with a chuckle as he looked at the alicorn.
“You have a point.” Luna said as she tapped her chin with a hoof. Thunderwing simplpy nodded his head as he prooved his point.
“Anyway, the food is ready on the stove.” He said as he flipped his mane back and took the towel off. He hung his towel up before walking out. Luna followed after him shortly. Both of the ponies sat down in the chairs outside on the porch after Luna transformed into the white Pegasus named Dusk.
They both enjoyed the view in brief silence. “Have you ever thought of having a family?” Thunderwing asked as he stared at the setting sun.
Luna looked at him for a bit. "What do you mean?” She replied with a frown. Thunderwing looked at the alicorn before he sighed softly.
“I’m serious Thunder. What do you mean by theat?” Luna frowned. “I already have a family. I have my sister and she is my family. So yes, I already have one.” She said as she looked at her Pegasus friend.
Thunderwing sighed and dropped his head down. “You don’t understand what I mean Dusk.” He said as he gently shook his head slightly.