//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: The Moon's Special Star // by lightningflare1 //------------------------------// The Moon’s Special Star When morning came, Twilight opened her eyes and yawned softly. She stretched out her hooves and wings when she felt something next to her. She looks over and saw Luna still asleep. She smiled and nuzzled against the dark alicorn, she felt so safe and relax being next to her. The warmth of her body, the softness of her fur and the sweet scent. She had never felt like this before and she loves it. She looks over at her new marefriend and gently got off from the bed before making her way towards the bathroom. Twilight stood in front of the mirror and stared at her reflection. She was surprised the healing spell worked so well; the burnt marks were gone, her fur had regrown, and the pain all but a distant memory. "That was some spell…. I should ask Luna about it," Twilight whispered to herself and brushed her hoof against her side. "I should ask Luna to teach me its nothing compared to the one I have." She said. She brought over a brush with her magic and brushed her mane. She smiled before leaving the bathroom and shut the door behind her. "Where are you going, love?" Twilight looked over and saw Luna awake. She got off the bed and walked towards the lavender alicorn, "Trying to sneak off?" "Don’t be silly, Luna," Twilight said and look away from her, "Just went to freshen up." Luna brought over her crown, necklace and slippers. She slid her necklace around her neck with her hooves lifting slightly as her slippers followed. She kissed Twilight on the cheek with her crown gently placing itself on her head. I really hope Tirek’s magic didn’t cause any serious damaged. They were minor injuries but dark magic like Tirek’s isn’t a joke. It can become a poison on some occasions or other unknown symptoms. The lunar princess lifted Twilight’s wing with her magic. She lowered her head and examined her old wound, "Is there something wrong?" Twilight asked. "Just wanted to check, love," Luna said releasing the wing from her magic," Tirek’s magic is very dangerous and shouldn’t be taken lightly." "Love? That’s an interesting term," she said with a slight blush appearing on her cheeks. Twilight had never been in a relationship before. She was more focus on her studies and her lessons with Celestia. They were far more important than some stallion! Rarity had tried to set her up on a few dates, but those never went as far as one date. She felt a bit shy whenever Luna called her ‘love’, but she did enjoy it. "Oh! Are you uncomfortable with it? I can stop…." Luna quickly said and felt embarrassed for placing Twilight in such an awkward situation. "Twilight, I know this is a new experience…. its new for both of us. And, I don’t want to rush you in anything or make you uncomfortable. Please let me know alright?" "No, no, its quite alright, Luna," Twilight quickly reassured the navy-blue princess, "I’m just not used to being called such a nice thing. I really do like it…. I just feel shy about it, that’s all." A small smile appeared on the princess’s face. She brought Twilight closer with her wing and hug her, "Let’s get some breakfast, love." Luna said with a quick nuzzle on Twilight’s cheek. Celestia and Cadence sat at the table with their eyes fixed on the couple. They kept a straight face while casually enjoying their meal. Twilight nervously look at her former teacher and sister in law with her mind racing. Oh dear! I’ve I don’t something wrong? Is Celestia mad at me? Why is she looking at me like this?! The only time she looks at a pony like this is when they’ve done something wrong! Twilight gave a nervous laugh and took her tea with her telekinesis; the cup shook like crazy with her tea falling to the table. By the time Twilight brought the cup to her lips, the cup was completely empty. "What?" the purple princess questioned and look down at her empty cup. Luna glances over and tried to hold back a small laughter. She brought over the teapot and poured some more tea. "Try not to spill it, love," Luna said. Twilight blushed and sunk lower in her chair and drank her tea. Luna looked over at her sister and niece with their stern glare still on their faces. "Sister! Why are thus staring at us like this!" Luna said and placed her hoof onto the table, "Are you upset with us? Do tell us what's wrong!" "And Cadence…. why are you here? I mean! I’m so happy to see you, but your arrival is quite sudden. I just saw you a few days ago." Twilight said looking at her sister in law, "Is Shining aware you’re here?" "Oh! Of course, he does. I came here because I was worried about Celestia and Luna after the whole Tirek incident." The pink princess explained with the slight wave of her hoof. "To be honest…. I thought you and Flash Sentry liked each other. Especially after you formed a small crush on his counterpart, and didn’t you start forming a little something with the Flash here?" "Cadence!" Twilight yelled with her face turning red. She glances over at Luna, who glares at her niece with a death glare. Flash what? Luna raised a brow slightly as she slowly sips her tea. She didn’t like the idea of this stallion being around HER Twilight. And she didn’t know Twilight had formed some sort of crush towards him. "I even made this chart where I paired you and your friends with other ponies!" Cadence continued and continued to present Twilight the scroll, "I call it, The Shipping Chart!" "Cadence, your shipping again? I told you to stop," Celestia said lowering her cup onto the table; ignoring the death glare on her sister’s face. Cadence clap her hooves together with a huge smile on her face. "Here are some pairings I did for you, Twilight," Cadence said moved the scroll closer towards her. She placed her hoof on the small drawing of Twilight’s face and moved it along the many lines that were connected to other ponies. "This line is Flash Sentry, this one is Comet Tail from Ponyville, this is the Trixie line, and of course I had to add Starlight!" Twilight simply sat there in silence and blink a few times. She had no idea her sister in law had such an odd habit; was this even normal for a pony to think this way? Pairing random ponies with random ponies? "Uh…. Sister…. are you alright?" Celestia asked. Twilight and Cadence look over at the lunar princess and saw her with a large frown on her brow, her eyes wide open, and her mouth in the must unprincessy manner. "Luna…. Are you alright?" Twilight asked and tap her shoulder. Luna’s eye twitches and felt something snap inside of her. "WE SHALL NOT ALLOW THIS!" Luna shouted using the Royal Canterlot voice. Twilight and the others all quickly covered their ears with their pains flying back. "NO STALLION OR MARE SHALL BE WITH TWILIGHT SPARKLE! THIS CHART IS UNHOLY!" Luna yelled taking the chart with her magic and rip it to shreds. "My ships…." Cadence whimpered with her eyes following the ripped pieces "Luna, calm down," Twilight said and tug on the princess’s mane with her magic. Luna sighed and sat back down in her chair. She huffs with some smoke coming out of her nostrils. "This weird pairing list of Cadence isn’t a real thing. It's just some…. Well…. A hobby of hers. None of this will ever happen." "Sister, I am overjoyed for both of you. I’ve waited for this to happen for many years now. You should know Twilight isn’t the type of pony to simply abandon you." Celestia said and placed a comforting wing around her sister. "Its true, Luna," Twilight said and gave her a small nuzzle on the chest, "I won’t leave you over a chart or old crushes." "I am sorry everypony…. I just overreacted." Luna said in a deep sigh. Twilight walked inside of her castle and headed to her room before throwing herself onto the bed. She sighed deeply and never thought Luna had such a jealous side. Didn’t think Luna could be so scary, Twilight thought to herself. "Oh! Twilight your back," Spike said and entered her room, "What did the princess want? Are you in trouble?" "It’s a long story Spike," Twilight said and sat up on the side of her bed, "I’m really tired to explain" "So, the princess isn’t mad at you? That’s a relief to hear," he said and walked over to her, "It's so weird that the princess only called you." "I’ll explain everything later, Spike. I just want to rest for a while before I do." Twilight said when she noticed her number on assistant blech out a blue flame with a scroll rolling on the ground. Twilight lifted the scroll in her magic and saw the insignia on the wax seal. "Is that a crescent moon? Oh! What do you think Princess Luna wants?" Spike asked. Twilight smiled at her number one assistant. The blue flame was a Luna’s message link to Spike. Celestia made sure to set up the link for her sister to the little dragon. She quickly got annoyed being the middle pony for her former student and her sister’s letter exchange, and they set a lot throughout the day. Spike was annoyed constantly sending and receiving letters, but Twilight made sure to make it up to him with a message and a few gems. "I’m sure its nothing serious," Twilight said removing the wax seal and unrolling the scroll. My precious Twilight, I do apologise once more for my reaction at breakfast today. I’ve never imagined I would be the jealous pony, uh, well maybe I should have seen it coming. Twilight oh and realized Luna was referencing to her transformation to Nightmare Moon. I’m just afraid of losing you which would explain my attitude; I'll do my best to control my jealous side when I arrive in Ponyville in two days. I was hoping we could have a date? I do have something special planned for us, please let me know if you’re available that night. If you need me to move my schedule around, ill be happy to accommodate. Love, Luna Twilight smiled as she reread the letter a few times before placing the letter down. She brought over her calendar with her magic and saw she was quite busy that day. "I can't just ask Luna to move her schedule…." Twilight mumble to herself, examine the day to see what she could move or cancel. I suppose I can cancel the pet play date…. Then I can move everything up and be able to attend my date! Twilight clapped her hooves together and placed her calendar down. "So, what did the princess say?" Spike asked "She’s arriving in Ponyville in two days! I was just moving things around, so I can be there when she arrives." Twilight explained and stood up from her bed. "Unfortunately, I have to cancel the pet play date but ill be able to move everything up." The lavender princess explained. Twilight looked over and saw Owlowiscious lower his wings with a sad woot leaving his beak. "I’m sorry, Owlowiscious," Twilight said and nuzzled him, "I can ask Fluttershy to pick you up?" Owlowiscious woot happily and flap his wings in excitement. Twilight giggle in response and went to her desk to answer Luna’s letter. "How do you even know what he’s saying!" Spike shouted in annoyance. He never understood why Twilight could understand him, and not him! "Spike stay here. I want you to send this letter to Luna once I’m finished writing it." Twilight said with her magic bringing over quill, ink, and paper. Spike simply groan in annoyance and sat down, "It's just one this time, Spike, don’t worry about it." Reassured the princess of friendship. She smiled and started to write the letter. Dearest Luna, Please don’t worry about what occurred this morning. I’m free for our date in two days! I’m so excited to see you and what you have planned. I can’t wait to see you! Love, Twilight. Twilight look over at Spike, who had his nose inside of a comic book. She grabs one of her lipsticks and quickly applied some on her lips. She smiled and kissed the bottom of the letter, leaving a lipstick stain. Twilight giggle softly like a school pony and rolled the scroll up, she took out her wax and sealed it. "To Princess Luna, please!" Twilight said and nudge Spike with the scroll. Spike groaned in annoyance as he took the scroll from her magic grip. He took a deep breath and fired a blue flame before it flew away in a wave of smoke. Celestia entered her sister’s wing of the castle and gave a small nod to the Bat pony guards. She hadn’t seen her sister all day after the breakfast incident. She would have liked to talk to her much sooner, but the day court had started, and the grumpy old nobles didn’t like to wait. "I do hope, Lulu is alright," Celestia said to herself seeing her sister door approaching. She stopped in front and was about to knock when she heard Luna squealing like crazy and a faint sound of dancing hooves. The elder princess rolled her eyes and recognize this reaction. Her dear sister had received a letter from Twilight Sparkle, and by the sound of her sister squeals, it was more special than the previous ones.