//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Tears of a princess // by lightningflare1 //------------------------------// Tears of a princess A month of wedding bliss as passed, and the newlywed couple couldn’t be any happier. They had decided to spend half of the year in Canterlot and the other in Ponyville. It’s not an easy living conditions but princesses of Equestria do have responsibilities. Luckily for Twilight, her friends would send her a letter whenever there was something that needed her direct attention. Aside from that, Luna had no problems living Canterlot and all its drama. She would just have her paperwork sent over through spike, who didn’t appreciate burping up twenty scrolls one after the other. But a quick bowl of gems would cheer up the baby dragon. Hm..... when was the last time I organized the library..., Twilight thought as she paced around in the throne room. She sighed and gave a quick glance at Luna’s royal guards. Ever since Twilight’s attack by those nobles. Luna insisted on having royal guards around the castle. Twilight tried to protest and could sometimes convince Luna otherwise, but for this, Luna was unturned by her decision. The lunar guards would stay and guard the castle rather Twilight liked it or not. "Love," Twilight look back seeing her wife enter the throne room. She gave Luna a quick kiss on the lips, "Lost in thought? We were supposed to meet up for lunch" "What?" the purple mare quickly checked the time before groaning in annoyance, "Ugh... I’m sorry Luna" "Is there something on your mind? Want to talk about it?" Luna asked placing a wing over her wife’s shoulders. Twilight gave a small sigh and stared at the expressionless bat pony. They were as boring as the solar guards. "Love, we’ve been over this already. The lunar guards are staying," Luna said with a sigh of her own. "I know, and I understand why you place them here. But I don’t need them, even when I lived at the castle during Celestia’s tutelage. I never had guardpony follow me like this. I don’t mind them being around the castle, but I don’t want them to follow me throughout Ponyville. It makes me stand out.... seeing ponies suddenly bow to me just because the guardponies are there. I don’t like it, Luna." Twilight... Uh.... why is she.... well, I suppose she has a point. The citizens of Ponyville have been acting weird lately, Luna thought glancing at her wife and bat pony. The lunar princess sighed in defeat, she didn’t like to see her wife this upset over this. The ponies from Ponyville didn’t treat her wife differently when she became a princess. Sure, they would say her title sometimes, but they still acted normal around her. They would go on with their daily lives, without the need to address or bow to Twilight as she passed by. "Alright Love... I’ll tell the guards not to follow you anymore, but they stay in the castle!" A smile quickly appeared on the purple’s mare muzzle. She quickly kissed her wife on the lips, wrapping her hooves around her bringing her into an embrace. "Perfect! Compromising in very important in a relationship," Twilight said nuzzling against Luna’s neck. "I never heard such term," Luna said taking a moment to think, "What does it mean?" "It’s when two ponies give up a little bit of something they want. And accept the overall agreement between the two ponies." Twilight said bobbing Luna’s nose as she finished speaking. "Weird term but I’m glad we compromised on this," Luna said as she tightly embraced her wife, "Now, how about we get a late lunch?" "I would love too," Twilight said, she smiled at her wife. The two headed to the dining room and swiftly excused the guards from their post, before taking their seats next to each other at the table. Twilight oh slightly as she looked over the food Luna had prepared. Twilight had refused to have servants inside her castle, she preferred to do things herself and not rely on other ponies. The princess of the night didn’t mind it too much, it allowed her to work on her cooking skills. "What do you think, love," Luna said bringing over plates of food with her magic, gently placing them on the table in front of Twilight, "We have! A burger with hay fries with a side of onion rings. I also prepared a tomato soup, and we can't forget dessert! Your friend Applejack taught me how to make apple fritters!" Twilight simply stared at the places, as each one was placed down as Luna spoke of the dish. She hadn’t eaten breakfast this morning, but she didn’t think she would be able to eat all of this. Luna has seriously outdone herself…. She must really enjoy cooking. I’m pretty sure Spike wouldn’t mind taking a break from it. Twilight looked up at her wife, seeing the wide smile on her muzzle, "Dear Celestia…. this is amazing…. I hope I’ll be able to finish all of this." "I’ll admit…… I kind of got carried away," Luna laugh softly bringing her burger to her mouth, "I really hope you enjoy it, love." Twilight smiled back at her wife. She looked down at her meal and took a massive bit into her burger, her eyes widen slightly at the taste… it was fantastic! She could remember the meals Luna had made when she first started to cook. They were……. Interesting. "This is delicious, Luna!" The lunar princess gave a simple nod of the head. She stared at her wife, admiring her beauty as she hung her head close to the table and ate the burger. Having already given up the use of her magic, and simply proceeded to eat it directly from the plate itself with ketchup and mustard all over her muzzle. "Love, can I ask you something?" Luna asked. Twilight looked up as she sat up in her seat, she took her napkin with her magic and whip her muzzle clean. "Of course, dear," Twilight replied pushing her empty plate to the side with her hoof, "Is there something on your mind?" "Hm…. I know it very soon for this subject to come up…. We’ve only been married for a month after all. But would you consider on having foals one day?" "Foals?" Twilight repeated and took a moment to think. She wasn’t really against the idea of having foals one day, she even imagined what her ‘perfect’ family would be. But as she grew older, excluded from everypony, she didn’t really see herself as a mother. Of course, everything changed when she moved to Ponyville, now she was the princess of friendship and really enjoyed being around foals; awaking old feelings of having a family. "Hm….. when I was studying under Celestia…. I couldn’t really care less about the idea of a family. I didn’t want to be or speak with anypony aside from Celestia. But once I moved to Ponyville that all changed. And now, I really want to start a family….. with the pony I love the most." Luna smiled in relief as she heard those words. She would have still loved Twilight either way, even if her loving wife had said the opposite. Luna would have been heartbroken, yes, but her love for her wife wouldn’t have changed. "That’s great, love! Because that’s something I really want…. with you…." "Luna, can that even happen? I mean…. If you want a natural birth? How would that work with two mares?" Twilight asked "Well, remember that favourite spell I like to use on you?" Luna asked giving her wife a perverted grin before proceeding. Luna’s cheeks soon turned red, "When I use the spell, I make sure not to add…. Hm…. Well…. The function of stallion’s sperm." Twilight’s face quickly turned red as well. Her ears pinned down against her head, seeing her wife taking a moment to composure herself before she continued. "Luna…." "Well…… I would only have to add that… feature…. And…. We could have…. Foals…. together." Luna continued feeling her cheeks becoming redder, "I wanted to tell you sooner…. But we were in Canterlot and there are too many ponies that could hear. A conversation like this is better suited for your castle, love." "Do you… really want a foal with me?" Twilight asked feeling her heart beating rapidly, as she felt tears forming in her eyes, dangerously about to overflow in joy and shock. "Of course, I do, love." Luna said wrapping her hooves around the purple mare, bringing her into a tight embrace, "You know how much I love you, my love. And I want to share our love with a foal of our own…. I know I might not be… the best of mothers, but knowing you’ll be there with me. I just know we can raise our foal together…… for me. This is a dream I never thought would come true." "Luna, you will be an amazing mother." Twilight said nuzzling against her wife’s chest, "They will love you as much as I do." Luna smiled in response and simply held Twilight in her embrace. The two-mare staying silent, allowing time to pass by, not having to worry about somepony interrupting them. Not having to worry about the problems they were facing. It was simply Twilight and Luna, no problems with the nobles, not having to worry about royal duties, no. It was simply Twilight and Luna and nothing else. Crescent, Moneybags, and the three ponies who had attempted to attack Twilight. All stood in a small circle, staring down at some blueprints of Canterlot Castle. They were hiding out in a secret hideout inside of an old building. They were all ex-nobles who were ungracefully kicked out of the solar court and were quite bitter against the Royals. "It seems Luna has increased security around her slut" Money said looking at the stallions who attempted the attack on Twilight. Moneybags looked up at the stallions, Quill Golden was the light blue stallion with a white mane. His family was part of the solar court for decades, no centuries! And now, he was ungracefully kicked out! All because of some flitty fillyfoolers. Standing beside Quill were the twins, Steel and Thunder Storm. The two white stallions with their overly combed purple manes. The twins are very similar to Blueblood, snobbish, spoiled, and viewing themselves above everypony. Last was Flawless Haze, the light brown stallion who was ironically not so flawless "And how exactly will this information help?" Quill grumble said staring down on the blueprints, "And why are we looking at this? What’s our plan, Moneybags?" "Quill, you need to relax! That’s why we're here! To figure out a plan," Flawless said looking away from the blueprint. "And when will we hear this plan?" Steel asked pulling out a comb with his magic before proceeding to brush his mane along with his brother. "You two clones need to shut up! And let me think," Moneybags snap at them. "Now calm down, brother," Crescent softly said placing a hoof on his brother’s shoulder, "Let’s focus on what we know. Those two sluts spend half of the year in Canterlot and the other in Ponyville, we already know where they live, and that they’re being protected by the lunar guards. The Lunar guards are loyal to towards their princess, but the solar guards are another story…." "What exactly do you mean?" Quill asked with a raised brow "The Lunar guards are new. They were only created upon the return of Luna, not to mention bat ponies are extremely loyal. Bat ponies have been apart of Luna’s guard for centuries even before Luna turned into nightmare moon." Crescent explained, moving his hoof slightly as he spoke to the other stallions, who all seem intrigued on this little history lessons. "Well, bat ponies are freaks of nature. It's natural for them to follow that monster Nightmare Moon." Thunder said rubbing his hoof under his chin, "Monsters tend to follow other monsters." "Moving on…. The Solar guards have witnessed Luna’s corruption, her transformation into Nightmare Moon, her attack against Equestria and Celestia herself. If we want to find a corrupt soldier within the royal guards! Then the Solar Guards are the key and we’re going to need their help. If we can find a single guardpony to help us. They can tell us when the lunar guards are on duty, their positions, and when exactly those sluts will be alone." "Finding a guard like that… won't be easy…" Flawless said leaning against a small table, only to have it break under his weight. The stallion let out a yelp as his face kissed the ground, he groans hearing the other stallions laughing at him. "We’re not the only ponies, who are disgusted by those sluts. I’m sure we’ll have no problems with finding a guardpony, who would be willing to help us." Money said smiling as a plan started to form in his mind. "Once we know when Twilight or Luna are all alone…. We’ll kill them!"