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// What. 
// Story: Once in a Blue Moon 
// by Riptid3 
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You wake up. Once again the dull, dark grey ceiling of Luna's moon cave greeted your eyes, little to nothing had changed. You stretch your forelegs and your wings, eliciting the sound of your spine popping. You yawn a bit and smack your lips, looking around at your surroundings. Everywhere you looked, it was nothing but a sheet of grey moon dust. 

Except maybe the magical roof. 

You get up on your hooves, turning your head to Luna's bed, you notice that she's gone. You automatically assume that she's probably gone on her hourly walk on the moon again. You decide to go out and look for her considering you have nothing else to do. You could try and sleep again, but you probably couldn't even if you tried.

You never thought you could get tired of sleeping.

You stretch your legs and go to the tunnel that led outside. The 'door' was open. You come to the conclusion that yes, Luna was outside. You decide to join her, stepping outside, you levitate the rock back into place. Despite the fact that you and Luna were the only two living organisms on the moon, (Excluding microorganisms) you felt like you had to shut the cave. It just made you feel less lonely. 

Outside, Luna was sitting in the middle of nowhere, completely spaced out. You walk over and wave your hoof up and down in front of her face. She proceeds to just push your hoof out of the way.

"What'cha lookin' at?" You ask Luna.

"Home." Luna said.

You stand next to Luna and stare at the direction she was facing. You saw the planet as it slowly turned and rotated, the blend of the clouds, water and grass formed a beautiful mixture of colors. The bits and pieces of broken meteors and asteroids floating in slow motion together with the shining stars in the background only enhanced the beauty of it all.

"Graceful is it not?" Luna says.

"Quite." You reply.

"I've almost forgotten to thank thou."

"For what?"

"For being an ignoramus."

"What?"

"If thou had not messed up, I'd still be alone here."

"You're thanking me? For being a jackass? Well, that's a first."

Luna had a little smile tug at the edge of her lips. You wondered why. Maybe she was finally seeing you as a decent pony. Or maybe she finally snapped. Either way you didn't mind, at least now the only company you had didn't hate your guts. 

But then again, it probably wouldn't help that she just so happens to be insane.

You and Luna continue to sit and stare into space for an unknown period of time. It might've been an hour, half an hour, but you couldn't tell. Time in space was different to Equestria's. From the time that's passed, it could've already been nine to eight weeks now, or maybe two to three years.

You weren't really worried about the town, the gods would usually just pitch in to run it. And the citizens could probably use a break from your usual shenanigans, the guards probably needed some discipline hardwired into them from the other gods anyways, the cleaning staff could probably get put to good use.

"Does thou want to go back?" Luna asked

You were a bit startled from her breaking the silence. But not for long. You thought about what she said, and decided of course! You'd like to go back. Sure beats being stuck on the moon with nothing to do.

But what about Luna?

She hadn't even crossed your mind during that short duration of time you took to think about it. What if you did go back? She'd be alone again. And how often did Celestia send ponies to the moon? Quite rarely if you remembered. You were probably the only form of company she's ever had in a long time. Your departure would only serve as another bittercold memory if you chose to go back.

"Why'd you ask that? We can't go back. Didn't Celestia enchant the moon so you wouldn't have enough magic to teleport back?" You say.

"Not exactly correct." Luna replied

"Huh?"

"Individually, yes, we do not have the power to send anypony back or cast any other spells. But together, our magic would be that of an individual unicorn's'."

"How does that even work anyways? Do we have to cast a spell together or something like that?"

"Not necessarily. Magic is like a kind of aura, it would be with thou, internally and externally. All I have to do is stand close to thou and I shall have sufficient power for the spell to work and send you back."

"I'm a little confused and I may have lost track of what you were saying but okay."

"So, would thou choose to go back? I know thou have nothing better to do here."

"What about you? Don't you want to go back? Aren't you tired of the moon?" 

"I'd like to. But I know my wrong doings. I must stay, to serve my punishment. Besides, the moon is my element. My home away from home if you will."

You thought about it, and finally it hit you. Luna was asking if you'd like to go home right now, she had the magic to send you back combined with yours. All you had to do was say yes. But would you be happy with that decision? You thought about it for a long time.

The answer was clear.

"Have thou made thy decision?" Luna asked

"Yes Luna, I have decided to..."