Luna woke up extra early in the morning to get a good washing, and grooming done. She wanted to be presentable for Thunderlane, then again he probably wouldn't care other wise. Still, Luna went on with brushing her mane, washing her body, and even going into her sister's makeup cabinet in search for extra things to look pretty.
After an hour of excessive grooming, she entered the dinning room, where her sister was busy eating pan cakes, that was topped with slices of bananas. Luna had a huge grin on her face as she sat down, waiting for her order. Celestia looked up at her, raising a brow, her sister, was so well groomed, it seemed she had spent all day at a spa, and she swore she could see some make up on her sister's blue face. As she watched her sister smile on for minutes until finally feeling some what uncomfortable.
"Uh Luna... you're in a rather good mood today...did that tour really change you yesterday?" she asked, shoving a banana chunk into her mouth.
Luna breathed in and sighed, "It did Tia...it really did..." realizing the sense of lovey dovey in her tone, Luna shook her head, and got a serious look on her face, "I mean, yeah sure, it was nice."
Celestia looked at her nervous, and somewhat energetic sister, who was tapping her hooves together on the table rapidly.
"Hey waiter, where's my muffins!?" Luna shouted to change the subject, and a mass of waiters arrived out with plates of muffins. Luna took a plate, and nodded to the waiters to leave. She quickly shoved a few in her mouth, and chomped them down. Celestia kept watching her, it was not like Luna to be very hyper in the morning, let alone any time. The way she moved her body also worried Celestia. She seemed so soft and also quick as she moved, as if she was excited over something. It seemed like only a couple minutes before Luna finished her muffins, and rushed out back into the hall, caring on her slow pace, and sighing. Celestia wiped her mouth, and watched her go.
"Alright Luna, something is up, and I'm going to find out what it is, no matter what it takes..." Celestia said to her self, taking another piece of banana, and shoving it into her mouth. "Right after I finish my banana pan cakes..."
Celestia didn't even bother to put on her royal clothes after break feast. She was down on getting on to what Luna was so hyped up over. She needed some clues, so hints onto what she was up to. "Where did Luna say she went on the tour?" Celestia thought to herself as she walked down the halls. She remembered her sister mention the bridge, so Celestia made her way to the tower, and walked up the spiral stair case, coming to the opening where the bridge led out to the other look out tower. As Celestia walked along it, eyeing every corner. Not very many ponies came onto the bridge, so dust covered the ground, and she could spot the hoof prints of her sister's larger hooves, and the tiny ones of Thunderlane. As she followed them, it led to the ledge, where there hooves became very close, and seemed to be all trampled in the same place.
"Hmm, that's pretty close for just a tour..." Celestia thought as she made her way along the bridge to go the next location.
Returning to the dinning room, she went into the kitchen, and the surprised cooks, and waiters, looked at the princess, who made her way over to the main waiter. "Mr. Order Out, I must ask you, just to my curiosity, what did Luna and her guest order last night for supper?"
"They both had spaghetti your majesty." The waiter said nervously, handing her the note of the order.
Celestia looked over the note, and looked back up, "Did they say anything to each other?"
"Well, as I was passing the doors, I swore I heard Princess Luna say they could share the rest together."
Celestia's ears twitched, and her head turned away, thinking and working her way onto the solution. "I see, thank you for your answers." With that she left the hot kitchen, and made her way into the hall ways, heading for the direction of the bathing room, remembering when she called Luna, her and Thunderlane's manes were a bit soggy. She spotted the guard she had sent to find them, and she approached him. "Excuse me sir, remember yesterday I sent you to go get Luna and her partner Thunderlane, where did you find them?"
The guard stood up and pointed a hoof down the hall, "I didn't know for sure, but I saw Princess Luna come out from the bathroom, saying that she had taken a bath, and Thunderlane was cleaning up after the supper too."
Celestia's eye's squinted, "Why would she have taken a bath, and Thunderlane was also in there in the same time...unless..." "Thank you for you time, I'll be going now." Celestia walked down the hall heading for Luna's room, if could find any clues, it would probably be there.
Entering threw the doors, she was relieved her sister wasn't inside. Looking around she noticed the chest piece Thunderlane had worn when she gave it to him. It was placed on Luna's bed, along with messed up bed sheets. Looking around, she lifted up the sheets and pillows. When she lifted up her sister's favorite purple pillow, a small book fell onto the floor, and opened up to a page that was marked with a quill. Celestia knew it must be a diary, and she knew it wasn't polite to go threw her sister's personal belonging, but she couldn't think of any other thing. Using her levitation spell, she lifted the book off the ground and raised it toward her face. As she read her eyes widened, and she dropped the book. She stumbled back a bit, and she hit the wall behind her, falling onto her knees, she breathed heavily, her mind spinning, and the world around her disappeared. She knew the truth... the hard, heart breaking truth...
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Luna's heart pounded as she waited on her balcony. Twilight was bring Thunderlane tonight, she couldn't wait. She had been out ever since she had raised the moon. Celestia had gone to sleep early for some reason, and didn't come to watch her raise the moon. Luna shrugged it off, she was to busy thinking about Thunderlane to care. After what seemed hours, a spark appeared in front of her, and a flash of light burst, revealing Twilight Sparkle, and Thunderlane next to her.
"Thunderlane!" Luna squealed loudly, and galloped up to him, and threw her arms around him. Thunderlane squeezed her close, pushing his muzzle into her mane, taking in the sweet scents of her. They two were so caught up in each other's embrace, they forgot about the exhausted Twilight, laying on the ground next to them. "Woops, my apologies Miss Sparkle, I got a little carried away." She helped Twilight up, and blushed, embarrassed.
"It's okay Princess, you were just really excited. though I could get some rest...I should have been asleep two hours ago..." Luna quickly got some pillows and blankets, wrapping Twilight up tight, keeping her warm.
"Rest out here Twilight, and thank you for bringing Thunderlane to me." Twilight grinned, and closed her eyes, quickly falling asleep. Luna giggled at the tired mare, and looked up at Thunderlane. Thunderlane smiled, and he walked close to her face, kissing her lips.
"I'm ready for tonight Luna, hopefully we won't be interrupted this time." Grinning, Luna walked back into her room, followed by Thunderlane. Luna closed the balcony doors quietly, trying not to stir Twilight, and she turned to look at Thunderlane. Finally, they were alone, in a private space, no one would mess up this moment between them.
Thunderlane made the first move, kissing her lips quickly, and pulling her face into his. Luna replied by wrapping her hooves around his back, feeling him all the way down to his flank. They soon both moved together, over to Luna's bed. Thunderlane lowered her onto the bed's side, and pressed his chest into hers. Luna hugged him closer, and kissed him more deeply, opening her mouth, letting his tongue enter. She felt it feel around, and meet with hers as they kissed each other. As they're lips parted, a trail of saliva was left behind. Luna moved onto the bed, followed by Thunderlane, who rested over her. He lowered his head down and stopped, just inches away from Luna's soft lips,
"Tonight, Ill be your sky, and you can be the moon shinning against me." Luna smiled at the familiar words he had spoken the first night they had kissed. She kissed him, and pulled him down onto her, letting him rest his whole under side onto hers. Thunderlane's hooves lowered down to her flank, and pulled her hips into his. Luna wrapped her legs around his torso, pulling there under hips closer together. Thunderlane stopped and pulled his head back to look into Luna's wide and excited eyes. She nodded, and closed her eyes. Her world went black and the rest was a blur.
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Luna blinked her eyes at the shine of the morning rays. She grumbled, and turned away, only to see Thunderlane, asleep, his hooves wrapped around her waist, and chests pressed close together. She could feel his steady heart beat, and his slow breath as he slept. Then something came to her, Twilight was still outside. Turning, she saw the unicorn standing on her back legs, and her front hooves place on the balcony ridge. She was starring up at the sun, and speaking to herself.
"Oh Princess, you do such wonderful things for all of us, yet what I am I doing... lying to you. I know it's for love, but why does it have to be so hard...I don't want you to be mad or sad."
Luna frowned, knowing Twilight respected her sister, and making her betray her like this just seemed so dark to her. Knowing that since the sun was up, her sister would come into her room soon, and come to wake her up. Turing her head back to the sleepy Thunderlane, she nudged his nose. He blinked his eyes and let out a yawn.
"Good morning sleepy head." Luna said, wiggling her nose against his.
"Wow morning already, it seems like we only just went to bed..." Thunderlane complained jokingly, sitting up on the bed.
Luna followed him up, as they stirred and talk, Twilight must of heard them. She walked into the room, with a tired look on her face.
"Ok, Luna I have to take Thunderlane away back to Pony Ville now, if he stays here any longer, Celestia will know for sure."
Thunderlane slid out of the bed, stretching, and walked over next to Twilight Sparkle. Luna followed him off, and looked down at the two ponies. "Thank you Ms. Sparkle."
Twilight looked up at her, "For what?"
"For doing this, sacrificing you loyalty with my sister, and just taking this risk for me, you truly are a very special pony Twilight."
Twilight blushed a bit, and smiled at the princess's compliment. "Thank you Luna, though I feel awful for lying to her, but I also feel happy to make you happy, and I'll keep doing this for as long as I can, promise."
Luna was warmed by the unicorns sweet words, and gave her a hug. Letting go, she looked at Thunderlane and gave him a hug. "I hope you can come back soon." She whispered, kissing his cheek.
Thunderlane smiled at her, and waved his hoof goodbye. Then Twilight's horn glew a bight purple, and a orb formed around her and Thunderlane before bursting into a bright light, and soon they were both gone. Luna stood there in her quiet room. Not even the birds outside were heard as she stood, thinking about last night. Looking outside at the sun, she realized that she had to go meet Celestia at break feast. She made her bed, and washed up a bit, before heading down to the dinning room.
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As Luna ate her break feast, she couldn't help but notice her sister acting very strange. She was constantly looking at her, and frowning, it was starting to freak her out.
"Her Tia, did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?" Luna asked, laughing a little at the end, but stopped as Celestia started to tap her fork on the table top. Looking at her sister, she changed the subject. "Well, I can tell you that I feel much better now and am happy." Hoping for her sister to perk up, she just started to tap her fork more rapidly. Shuffling her hooves, she tried something new. "So... plan anything that we can do togeth-" She was cut off by Celestia slamming her hoof onto the table. Luna froze and starred at her angry sister.
"Damn it Luna! I'm tired of this!" She yelled, and looked at her angrily.
Luna was drawn back by her sister's sudden anger, "What do you mean Tia, did I do something wr-"
"Did you do something wrong? Did you do something [wrong/i]!?" She stood up out of her chair, looking straight at her. "You've been lying to me, you are in love with that pegasus Thunderlane aren't you!?"
Luna's eyed widened, and her heart skipped a beat. How did she find out, how could she know, was it obvious...unless. Luna stood up in her chair, also starring her sister, "You looked in my diary! How could you!"
"I'm sorry Luna, but I knew you were up to something."
"Up to something! How is being in love up to something?" Luna was now yelling at her.
"The fact that you're a princess, you have to do your royal duties, and rule your kingdom, you don't have time for some Romeo and Juliet love story!"
"But Luna, I've been doing fine lately, why can't I stay with him?" Tears were starting to form into Luna's eyes as she grew angrier with her sister.
"But he's a common pony, a good subject, and he has duties of his own, I'm sorry Luna, but its forbidden!"
"Oh yeah!" Luna screamed, flying into the air, tears were now falling from her cheeks and onto the table below. "Well how would you like to be stuck on a damn moon, with no one to love for 1000 years, and finally meet someone who does, and have your sibling tell you it's wrong!?"
"Because its the rules Luna, and you have to follow them, its the rules you broke that got you onto the moon in the first place! You can't love him and be a princess Luna!"
Luna couldn't take any more, she hated her sister for what she was saying, "Well then. maybe I don't want to be a princess anymore.. I hate you!" Yelling those final words, she turned and flew out the doors, zooming through the halls for her room.
Celestia sat back down, and looked into her cup of tea, and at her reflection. "What have I done..." Then she flew up, and headed in the direction Luna had flown, hoping it wasn't too late.
First off, the love scene, I feel so naughty XD second, thanks for all my supporters out there! Who have liked and faved my story, I really appreciate it!