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// Entry 12 - Party! 
// Story: Journal of the Princess of the Night 
// by Basmati 
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I have realised just how bad I am at continually writing in this journal - most of the entries start with 'sorry I haven't written on a while' or something similar.

I just got back from Uncle Will’s Re-Election Dinner. Now, that was some party.

When I woke up, it was still early morning so I still had hours to wait until we actually had to leave, or even start getting ready. But of course, not for Tia. 

Tia was running around, complaining that she had nothing to wear. Which is funny, considering that ponies don't usually wear clothes. Also, I have seen her wardrobe. 1, it is massive - you could house an entire family in there. 2, it is full to the brim, so you can't actually house a whole family there...but you get my point. But, to each their own, I suppose.

I, on the other hand, was just sitting around reading, laughing at Tia's occasional run past me, screaming, "THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!"

My sister can be very strange at times.

I honestly don't know why she was so worked up over her dress. I mean, I got my dress a few days before, because Gem mentioned it to me, and I thought I should probably wear a new dress, instead of wearing one of my favourites. The press can be very annoying at times, especially when they catch me in an already-worn dress. It's front page news, apparently.

Gem and I decided a while ago that we were going to go together - as in together together - so he came and picked me up from the castle, and we took his carriage to Uncle Will’s house, leaving the royal carriage for Tia. Which she wouldn’t have had any other way, really.

Gem and I arrived at the Mayor’s house and, of course, our entrance was announced.

“Her Royal Highness Princess Luna Selena Artemis of Equestria, and Monoceros Gemini III.”

You could see how our entrance affected the place. The room, which before was busy and loud, suddenly became almost silent as everypony watched Gem and I walk down those stairs. Obviously Celestia hadn’t arrived yet, otherwise there would have been no way I would have gotten all that attention, but it was still nice, in a way. I’m not used to a lot of attention - it comes with the territory of being Tia’s little sister. No pony really pays that much attention to you, not with Princess Celestia, Ruler of Equestria and Princess of the Sun and therefore Day in the room. Nope, no pony really cares about my night. They spend so much time in the day, and are grateful for that, but hardly anypony is grateful for my night - my moon and my stars. There are those who do admire my creation - Gem and his family being among them. Also, I suppose, couples who go out for a romantic moonlit picnic or walk or something similar. It’s strange how most ponies can forget all about the beauty of the night, until they fall in love, then they see it’s true beauty.

As soon as we got to the bottom, we were instantly ambushed by well-wishers and snobby aristocrats, all telling us that we make a cute couple and they are so glad and happy for us, and some even saying that they were glad that I didn’t choose, and I quote, “a commoner”.

I really don’t like rich ponies.

After a while, we managed to sneak away, only to get caught by none other than Uncle Will. Of course, I didn’t mind - Gem and I both love Uncle Will. It’s impossible not to really. Not only is he kind and caring, but he pretty much acted as our - Tia’s and my - parent. He helped us through a lot, and we owe him so much. Even though he’s getting old, and some think he should retire from politics, he still puts all his soul into insuring that everything is fair for all citizens of Canterlot. In fact, he’s the one who got me interested in politics in the first place. 

“Luna,” he said, giving me a hug. “How are you?”

“I’m great. You?”

“I’m good. This old pony still has some life in him, and still knows how to throw a party - a good one too.”

It was that point that Tia arrived, so Gem and I took that as our queue to quietly sneak outside on to the balcony as everypony else looked towards the top of the stairs to watch Tia walk down them. Why they enjoy that, I’ll never know.

We looked up to the moon that night, and Gem complimented me on its particular beauty tonight. I wanted it to be extra special for Uncle Will’s dinner, so I made sure that it was exquisite. It wasn’t my best work, but it was still up there in the top 10.

Soon after that, a waiter appeared, informing us that dinner was served. So, off we went for more torture. 

I really love Uncle Will, and his parties can be fun, but I really don’t like snobby, rich ponies. And they are always here at these kinds of  parties. And they're annoying. Really annoying.

I sat next to Uncle Will, who sat at the head of the table, with Tia on the other side of him, and Gem on the other side of me. This meant that I didn't have to sit next to some random heiress who would talk to me about latest scandal involving a billionare heir who ran off with a millionare. Can you believe that? Only a millionare! Shocking, isn't it?

Dinner was good - the food was amazing and the 'chat' was not, but it was of a small amount. Only when Gem got incredibly bored, or someone began talking about us two did I actually get involved with the conversations. I spent most of dinner talking to Uncle Will, mainly about the plans he had for his current term as Mayor. I got interested with politics at quite a young age, so whenever he had an idea for a new policy, he always came to me to ask my opinion. Just like if I felt that a new law needed to be introduced or that if a law needed to be amended, I would always got to Uncle Will for some advice on whether he thought it was a good idea or not. 

After dinner, Gem and I took a stroll away from the main room. I’m not a very sociable pony. I’m not good with crowds, and Gem feels the exact same way. Which is awesome. Because it means we don’t have to stay with a group of ponies who only want to talk about the latest fashion, or about how the fired their servant the other day because they didn’t bring the food at the right temperature - you think I’m making this up…I’m not.

“You know, this is where we first met. Five years ago,” Gem said, smiling and looking at the hall in front of us. I can still remember that day - when I hid from Tia and all other ponies so I didn’t have to talk to them, when Gem snuck up on me and asked me what I was doing, when we introduced ourselves and became best friends. 

“So, it was,” I said, smiling at him.

“You know,” he continued. “I only spoke to you that day for one reason.” I stopped walking and looked at him. “In that dress, you just looked so beautiful. And the way the moonlight shone through your mane…I was mesmerised.”

I stopped and looked up at him, not able to stop smiling. I ran my hoof through his mane, staring up at his beautiful blue eyes. All during this, and pretty much every time I’m with him, I was mentally face hoofing. I just don’t believe just how long it took for me to realise that Gem was…well, Gem was perfect. Not many ponies can get out of the friend zone, but Monoceros Gemini did, and for that, even I have to give him props.

“But then I realised you had your head in a curtain and I started thinking, “What in Equestria is she doing?”” he carried on, smirking. I rolled my eyes and pushed him playfully. He looked down at me and leaned in for a kiss, which I willingly gave.

“You know last week, when I came to the castle to see you with the invite? And you walked in on your sister asking me somewhat awkward questions?” he asked, walking down the corridor again.

“Yes, and both of you refused to tell me exactly what.”

“Well…”

“What? What did she say? Don’t leave me in suspense.”

Gem sighed. “She asked me about us. About…how far we had gone.”

“Wait…?” I stopped.

“Yeah, but not just about whether we had had sex yet. Also other stuff, all involving those body parts.”

“Oh.”

I was shocked at this. But not for the reason you would think. I was shocked, because this was not as bad as it could have been. I know my sister - she has the capability to ask some really awkward stuff. This could have been a lot worse, and probably would have been if I didn’t get there when I did.

“Well, I’m killing her.”

Doesn’t matter if it wasn’t the worst she could have done - she’s still not supposed to ask ponies things like that.

“It doesn’t matter - it wasn’t that bad, and it’s old news, anyway.”

“I really think that there is something wrong with Celestia - how in Equestria can anypony think that asking anypony that is ok? I mean, really?!”

I would have gone on for longer, but then Gem had decided to try out the fail-safe way of shutting me up - kissing me.

All of a sudden, during that kiss, I got a feeling that I had never gotten before. And, through the way he was kissing me, I could tell Gem felt it too. I broke apart, looked up at him and said, “I love you.”

He kissed me again. “I love you too.”

We stood kissing in the corridor for sometime, in full view of anypony who walked into that corridor.

After a while, I broke apart and looked up at him. "Luna?" he said, slightly shocked. "Are you ok? What's wrong?"

I sighed. "I've been thinking..." I paused there, not quite sure what to say. "I...I think I'm ready."

"Ready? For what?" I smiled - Gem's innocence is just adorable.

"You know..." He still looked completely clueless, so I tried a final resort. "Something Tia talks about a lot?"

"Oh!" he finally said. I laughed, and kissed him again. But this time, it was he who broke apart.

"Are you sure? Because I do not want to do anything if you're not ready," Gem said, his wonderfully blue eyes staring at me. 

I put my hoof over his mouth. "I'm sure. I'm ready."

He took my hoof away,, and ran his through my name, looking at me lovingly. "I love you, my darling Luna."

We looked around the corridor, and I knew that one of the guest rooms was on this floor. I was sure that Uncle Will would have been fine with us using it, but I wasn't exactly prepared to go and ask him.

"There's a guestroom there," I said, pointing to one of the doors, blushing slightly. It was rather awkward for me.

We opened the door, walked in, and stopped, staring in, unable to look away.

"Tia?" I managed to squeak.

I'm pretty sure you can guess what was happening. If not, let me give you some clues. Well, Tia's dress was on the floor, and she was...on a bed...with a stallion I had never seen before in my life.

Yes. It's exactly what you think.

"Luna!" Celestia grabbed the covers and tried...covering the both of them, but in vain. Gem and I had both seen, and, as much as we both wanted to, we weren't going to unsee it.

It was then that Gemini walked in front of me, and began ushering me out, as if trying to keep my innocence intact. I went with him, gladly.

"Holy shit," I said, once we were in the corridor. I looked over at Gem, who was completely silent. You can't blame him really - it's one thing to see your girlfriend's sister doing...that, but a whole other level to see the ruler of your country. This was something he was not going to forget in a hurry. Something I wasn't going to forget in a hurry.

Soon after that, Tia and the stallion came out, both blushing slightly when they saw us.

"Luna," Tia said, laughing nervously. "Having a nice time?"

Fillies and gentle-colts - my sister. Knows exactly how to make an awkward situation even more awkward.

"Tia."

"Ok." She knew exactly what I meant. She turned around, told the stallion to wait there and then walked down the corridor with me.

Once we got faraway enough, I turned to her and simply said, "Who in Equestria is he?"

"Just a friend."

"Please tell me he is not just some random stallion you met tonight," I said, facehoofing.

"Luna, just who do you think I am? I am a Princess of Equestria, not some common tart."

"Answer the question, Tia."

"No, I did not met him tonight. We met a month ago. He's Lucky Penny."

"Wait. That's Lucky Penny? Are you serious?"

"Yes, that's him."

I should probably start explaining. Lucky Penny is this...there is no way to describe him other than just a celebrity. He is one of the richest stallions in Equestria and of course, that makes him the most eligible bachelor ever. You should hear the teenage fillies talk about him. A lot of them say the same thing about Gem too. It's quite unnerving.

"Oh, wow." This was quite a shock. My sister, supposingly going out with the most wanted man in Canterlot - no, Equestria. Not to mention what we just walked in on them doing.

Speaking of which...

"Anyway," Celestia continued. "What were you and Gem doing sneaking into a bedroom at this time?" she said, smirking.

I could feel the blood rushing to my cheeks as I began blushing. "Nothing. We just wanted to get away from the crowds."

"I bet you wanted to get away from the crowds."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about." Tia started grinning. "Aww, my little Luna is all grown up!" she said, in this really annoying voice.

"Shut up, Tia," I said, turning around and walking back towards Gem. I heard hurried footsteps and of course wasn't surprised to see Tia reappearing at my side.

"Tell me all the details when we get home," she whispered in my ear.

My sister will never fail to freak me out.

We both rejoined our...dates, but Gem and I both went home soon afterwards. I did not feel like seeing Tia or anypony after that.

Gem dropped me off at the castle, giving me a goodnight kiss. "Sorry. About earlier."

"It's not your fault. Don't worry about it." I gave him a quick kiss then went inside.

I think Tia has just arrived now - I'm turning out my light and putting you away. Well away. Tia cannot find you. And she probably will come in here at some point, and try to 'talk'.

Why is it always my sister?