I made my way back to my bedroom reflecting on my night with Luna, smiling the whole way back. When I finally flopped down on my bed sleep was quick to take hold leaving me to float through the darkness that is a dreamless sleep. As I lay there my head was filled with an endless dark laughter from a voice that I could not identify.
"Who are you?" I shouted into the darkness only to have a deep disembodied dark voice respond.
"All in good time my friend. All in good time."
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I woke that morning even more tired than when I went to sleep. I rubbed my eyes and moved over to sit on the edge of my bed, trying to force the sleep from my body. After getting up I walked into my bathroom to splash some cold water onto my face, looking around I was greeted by the sight of new bathroom supplies. One new toothbrush, some unscented shampoo, three bars off soap that smelled great though I failed to pinpoint the scent. Also oddly enough was a tube of Colgate toothpaste. I thought about asking the princess about the toothpaste but decided against it as the conversation would likely leave more questions then answers. So after freshening up a bit and quick shower I made my way down to the dinning hall to eat.
Upon entering the dinning room I was greeted by the two princesses. Taking a seat next to Luna I noticed that Shining Armor and Princess Cadence were missing. When I asked about them Princess Celestia was the one who replied to me.
"Sadly Cadence had to return to her own kingdom last night and Shining is busy trying to train a replacement for his position here as Captain of the Guard. I do so hate to keep them apart but until there is a suitable replacement he must remain here for the time being." She ended with a sigh.
"Well Princess I'm sure that it won't be much longer till Shining finds someone. Plus there is a saying back in my world 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder' basically it means the time they spend apart now will only make the time they're together only that much better."
Just then there was a knock on the door and the waiter and a white unicorn with a purple mane walked into the room. She smelt of soaps and perfume but nothing so overpowering, instead it just seemed to add to her character. When the unicorn walked into the room both Princesses greeted her and she took a seat next to Celestia. The waiter then took our order and left the room. The purple maned unicorn then turned to me and said,
"Hello darling my name is Rarity and you must be this John that I've heard so much about." Rarity said while eyeing me over with curiosity, most likely due to my appearance bring so different then the quadrupeds she's used to.
"Hello Miss Rarity. Yes I am and if I understand correctly you will be the one that will be making clothes for me?" She simply responded by nodding. "Thank you for going out of you way to come here and help me."
"Oh think nothing of it dear I am more than happy to help and with you being so different than us it will give me a new challenge that should prove to be quite fun." She said with a tone of excitement. "So If is alright with you I would like to get started as soon as possible so that I can take your measurements and draw up some ideas."
Shortly after our conversation ended our meals were brought in and we held some light conversation while we ate,mostly about Rarity and her friends. They talked about the happenings around the town she came from a place known as Ponyville
I was able to learn that apparently Rarity and five of her closest friends are known as the elements of harmony and that they have saved Equestria and some place called the Crystal Empire on more then one occasion. We also shared some laughs over some stories of Rariy's younger sister and her friends antics around town while trying to get something called a cutiemark. I decided I would ask Rarity more about them later though, for now I just wanted to enjoy the exuberant energy that seemed to just flow through the air.
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"Dear you have to hold still if I want to get this measurement correct." Rarity said for what must have been the fifth time that day.
A giggle could be heard from the bed across the room from a certain blue princess as she found my predicament amusing due to the fact that Rarity had been trying for the better part of 20 minutes to get a single measurement. I simply sighed and straightened my self out to allow the purple maned fashionista to take my measurements once again.
"That's it if you can't hold still I'll make you." Her horn glowed a light blue and I suddenly felt my body becoming ridged bellow the neck. "Ah that's much better." Her horn lit up again as she started taking my measurements and writing them down on a piece of paper with a quill.
"What did you do to me?" I asked struggling to move my body. "And why can't I move?"
Rarity simply sighed and replied, "Well you wouldn't stop moving so I cast a freezing spell on you dear. Twilight showed me how to do it a while back. Don't worry its not permanent and I will lift it when I'm done."
I simply sighed and resigned my self to my immobile fate allowing my senses to take over to try and find some sort of entertainment. As I looked around the room I noticed it was one of the guest rooms in the castle the room itself was not that interesting to say least It had two windows on one of the walls with a rather boring painting in between. The curtains for the windows were a shade of purple that was only slightly lighter then the mane of the mare in front of me taking my measurements. To my right was a medium sized bed with purple sheets that matched the curtains perfectly. Resting on that bed with her forelegs crossed over a purple pillow she was laying on was Princess Luna with a smirk on her face looking up at me as the white unicorn manipulated my body to get different measurements.
"Ok, all done. I should have some sketches for you to chose from later." Rarity then released me from her spell. "But for now shoo come back later." As I left the room with Luna, Rarity used her magic to close the door behind us.
I turned to the Princess next to me, "So what do you want to do now? I have a couple hours and you are free until tonight."
"Well to tell you the truth I'm rather tired and should rest up I have quite a bit of work to do if I want to free up some time for tonight." The princess looked away and started walking down the hall with me walking next to her. "I was wondering though would you like to stargaze again tonight?"
"I would love to Princess, but first can you show me to the library since I can't spend the day with you I might as well read a few books until Rarity is finished with my clothes."
"Very well then follow me." She said as she picked up into a quick trot down the hall.
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I walked up and down the isles of the large library looking at the high ceilings decoratively painted with a wide assortment of things. It all varied from a Minotaur, to depictions of dragons, and griffons, but what held my attention the most was the center piece a large sun with a crescent moon in it with two alicorns flying around it one with a pink mane while the other was a dark blue with a lighter blue mane. As my attention shifted to the massive expanse of books in the library I browsed the collections looking for something of interest. My eyes flitted over the spines of the books quickly reading each tile before shifting on to the next I kept this up for several minutes walking slowly up and down each isle until on book caught my eye I took it from its place on the shelf skimmed the first few pages of it happy with my selection I walked to the next isle and repeated my process until I held three books in my grasp I decided to walk over to a nearby table and sit down while the sunlight poured in though a nearby window.
I looked over my book choices rereading each title.
"Changelings Mask of Deception"
"Griffin Pride Lands: Culture and brief history"
"Daring Do and the quest for the sapphire stone"
As the day went by I read each book and when I finished at what I guessed was three I decided to go check on my clothes. During my short walk to Rarity's room I noticed for the first time that everyone was staring at me, though most tried to be discreet about it I still noticed. What I didn't understand was why they were staring now. I had been there for three days and I had met most of the ponies in the castle. When I reached Rarity's room I was finally glad to be rid of the stares.
"Hello Rarity how are you doing with my clothes?" I asked as the mare looked up from her sketch book.
She in turn greeted me with a smile, "Hello Dear I'm doing very well actually I have everything all sketched out and all the measurements done. I should have the clothing all done by tomorrow afternoon but the shoes and other things might take a day longer."
Happy with the good news I gave myself a mental high-five. "That's great news Rarity thank you soo much. Although the other things I'm not worried about in the slightest after you finish my clothes you can go back home and just mail me everything else when you finish it ok."
"Oh it's no problem dear but that is actually a great idea and it would allow me more time to make everything perfect." The purple maned pony turned to me." Now would you like to see my designs before they are finalized?"
"Sure, I would love to" A light blue aura gathered around her horn and the book as she floated it into my grasp. As I looked thought the book I noticed the designs for a tee shirt, long sleeve shirt, a pair of pants, a pair of boxers, socks (which for some reason when I asked her to make them for me it caused her to blush profusely), and shoes alone with some other items I asked her to make for me.
"Wow Rarity these are great thank you,"
"I told you she would be able to help you, did I not?" Rarity and I turned to find that Luna was now standing in the door way."Anyway. John, Rarity dinner is to be served shortly are you coming?"
After a walk down the hall with Luna and Rarity I found my self in the dinning room sitting next to Luna and engaging in a light conversation with Celestia. The waiter came into the room earlier then usual and walked up to me and whispered something into my ear just loud enough for me to hear but no one else. As I stood up from my seat the waiter walked to the door and back toward the kitchen. After I revived several confused stares from everyone in the room I said,
"Well I have a surprise for you all tonight I will be making Dinner so sit back and wait I shall return."
After some time of showing off my skills to the chef and putting on some flare while throwing dough spreading tomato sauce and sprinkling vast amounts of cheese the meal was cooked and ready. After the plates were set up everyone at the table received a slice. Unlike last time however everyone excluding one purple maned unicorn dug right into their meal.
"So tell me what Is this?" Rarity asked eyeing her slice.
"Well back where I come from it is called pizza it has other names too but I just call it pizza." I picked up my slice and took a bite after I finished it I said, "Try it you'll like it"
The purple maned mare hesitantly took a bite of the pizza and then another and another. By the time we were all finished Rarity had two slices Celestia had three and Luna and I each had 5 and we where both eyeing the last slice. I thought about suggesting roshambo(rock,paper,scissors) to decide who gets last piece but one quick look at her hoof told me that would just be mean. I instead opted to instead pick up a knife and fight her for it. After cutting the slice down the middle as apposed to plan A (yeah I'm not going to fight an immortal moon goddess that just insane) I gave Luna a slice and took one for my self.
The dark blue mare smiled as she took the slice and gave an appreciative "Thank you." I simply smiled an response and took a bite of my half a slice. After the meal and conversation Luna turned to me with a nervous look on her face. "I was wondering... would you like to stargaze to night in my room? I have a telescope that we could use."
"That would be great, hey its almost sundown now why don't we go get it set up?" I replied enthusiastically. We got up, said our good nights to Rarity and Celestia and set off for the walk to Luna's room. A calm silence was in the air as we made our way. However I became confused when Luna stopped walking when we were just a couple yards from her door. I turned to the night princess behind me and with a voice that gave away my concern I asked.
"Hey, Princess Luna. Is everythi..." I did not get to finish my sentence however as Luna who was only about an inch or two shorter than me pressed her lips to mine. Due to the shock of being surprised I had no time to react before she pulled away and looked at me with a nervous look. As soon as I saw her expression change from nervous to sad and her gaze fell to the floor I knew I had to do something. She went to go say something but was soon taken by surprise as I pulled her into another kiss that she returned with passion. After she pulled away I saw her eyes glance over to her bed room door and I only smiled and nodded as a reply.