If ever there were a time where Rarity could have used a brown paper bag to hyperventilate into, it would be now.
She was sitting on the grass in Luna’s private garden, lit by the fluorescent colors and artificial moonlight as she sat cradled into a ball, eyes wide as she FLIPPED THE FUCK OUT.
Above her stood Princess Luna, vice-captain of the Celestial Slayers, the guardians of Equestria sworn to serve Queen Celestia and protect ponies from dangerous creatures, the most dangerous of all of course being dragons.
And standing beside Luna was an ivory dragon with luscious pink hair who stood proud, smiling down at Rarity as if she couldn’t even process the concept of humility.
Fleur de Lis. Princess Luna’s dragon girlfriend.
Luna sat down beside Rarity, the Princess wrapping her mighty wing around Rarity like a soft blanket that shielded her from the avalanche of worry that plagued her mind after this revelation.
“It’s a lot to take in,” Luna said casually, because of course she would be casual about this whole situation! “That the Princess of Equestria is in love with a dragon.”
“And Celestia doesn’t—”
“Know anything about this,” Luna finished Rarity’s thought with dire severity. “Everything you know about Celestia is the same as it ever was. She’s been lying to herself as much as she has everyone else. I’m not like her though.”
“Is that why you detest her so much?” Rarity asked, the pieces of a puzzle she didn’t even know she had been working to solve her entire life were falling into place, and she had no clue how to feel about it.
“Of course,” Luna said coldly. “Did you think my issues with my dear sister were due to some kind of petty jealousy? Don’t make me la—”
Luna didn’t have to laugh, because Fleur cut her off with a laugh of her own; a sly chuckle she tried to hide by muffling it with her hand.
“Something funny, sweetheart?” Luna looked at Fleur without a hint of amusement on her face.
“I’m sorry, beautiful,” Fleur sighed and knelt down to look Luna in the eye, relaxing her chin on intertwined claws and smiling radiantly. “I didn’t mean to laugh, but the thought of you trying to pretend you aren’t jealous of Celestia? You have to admit, it’s pretty funny.”
“Hm, no, what’s really funny is that I don’t recall asking for commentary from the peanut gallery,” Luna said bemusedly, Fleur giving a dainty chuckle and playfully rolling her eyes.
“Fair enough, I apologize,” Fleur bowed her head and gave Luna a kiss on her nose. “I’ll leave you be so you can talk to your friend, but don’t keep me waiting too long.
“I’ll go over to the lake and admire my reflection,” Fleur said with a grin, standing back on four legs and trotting off, before pausing to tickle Luna’s snout with her tail and turning around to give Luna a sly grin. “But just so you know, if you talk to me like that again, you’re in the doghouse.”
“Yes, my dear,” Luna took the fluff of Fleur’s tail and gave it a gentle kiss. “I apologize.”
“I forgive you, my shining star,” Fleur said with a gleaming smile before departing, leaving Luna and Rarity alone.
And Rarity couldn’t hold her snickering laughter back any longer.
“Something funny, Rarity?” Luna arched an eyebrow at Rarity, who tried to regain her composure but couldn’t manage.
“I can’t believe-” Rarity snorted “-you’re such a bottom!”
Rarity fell over laughing, holding her stomach as she guffawed with laughter at how positively adorable Luna’s relationship to Fleur really was.
Imagining the Princess of Equestria being whipped by another woman was just too much for Rarity to handle. Metaphorically whipped, not literally of course. Though now she was thinking literally, and she couldn’t exactly say it was an unpleasant mental image.
“Alright, so anyway,” Luna said sharply, her face turning blood red from embarrassment. “Was there anything else you wanted to ask me?”
“Honestly,” Rarity took a deep breath to regain her composure, and she put the mental images of Luna out of her mind, because she wasn’t quite over how funny they were yet, “there’s so much I want to ask you. And I don’t even know which questions are important and which ones aren’t.”
“Well,” Luna said, “what do you want to ask?”
“Again, so much,” Rarity sighed.
“We don’t have too much time today,” Luna said. “I do have a date with Fleur, after all. So how about you ask me the one question that’s most pressing on your mind, and then we can talk again during and after the Gala, once you’ve had some time to sort out your thoughts?”
“That sounds good,” Rarity hummed, finger up to her lips as she considered what her most pressing question was, though it didn’t really take much time to think about it. “Luna, tell me how you met Fleur. I feel like that will illuminate matters more than anything else.”
“Fair enough,” Luna chuckled. “It is quite a tale, but I’d be happy to tell it.”
“Please do,” Rarity said with a soft smile. “I’m all ears.”
“Then get comfortable,” Luna took a deep breath, and then sighed fondly as she looked over to Fleur. “Because it’s a long story.”