First Date by Minaklra
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"Twilight, we find this most unbecoming of a Princess." Luna ruffled her feathers underneath the tight confines of her blue-black dress, clearly uncomfortable. That the fool thing was designed to allow for her wings to flex but not rise and was meant to keep any unseeming 'wing boners' under control. It had been a suggestion from her dear sister.
Once-dear sister, Luna corrected mentally as she was herded down the busiest Ponyville street she had ever seen. Mares and a few stallions gave the two alicorns a wide berth, parting despite the crowded marketplace. "And tis a most horribly sunny day. We should return to Canterlot before the day is done and We've missed our time for sleep."
"Oh hush, Luna! You've been cooped up in your tower or throne room since you returned." Twilight - newly crowned Princess of Equestria (and Magic, incidentally) - nudged the well-dressed mare next to her with one wing, serendipitously preventing her from turning in the crowd. Luna bit her tongue at the blessed freedom Twilight's wings were allowed despite the pair of saddlebags she was wearing. "Besides, why are you nervous? It's not as if you have anything to fear - Nightmare."
Luna blinked at her newly-crowned equal and struggled to come up with a suitable retort. Suddenly, a very pink mass attached itself to her chest and regarded her with two very blue eyes.
"Oh my gosh, you look super-fantasticularly-awesome Princess!" Pinkie Pie disentangled herself from Luna's person and bounced in place. "I haven't seen you in, like, forever! Have you been super-duper busy relearning everything about Equestria since your banishment and trying to re-integrate into what essentially was a single-pony monarchial governmental system?" A pair of blinking alicorns regarded the still grinning Element of Laughter with confusion. Twilight cleared her throat and turned back to her fellow alicorn.
"Anyway Luna, this is the first time you've dated since the early Classical era so I have a list of all the things that have changed since then in regards to finding a mate." Twilight magicked a rather large rolled scroll from one of her saddlebags. Luna stared, mouth agape, as the pillow-size mass of paper floated towards her. "I've taken into account everything that might possibly - " With a hoof, Luna stopped Twilight from continuing on. A bit of saliva was preferable to trying to read that monstrosity.
"Twilight, I appreciate the gesture but I have been keeping abreast of the social changes that have occurred since my banishment." Luna rolled her eyes, a smirk playing itself across her muzzle. "I'm not going to club him over the head and drag him off into a cave somewhere."
"Princess, he's waiting." Pinkie Pie motioned towards the opened door of her place of employment - Sugarcube Corner. Before Twilight could launch into a lecture on proper etiquette or her nerves abandoned her, Princess Luna of Equestria - one of the four most powerful mares the world had ever seen, diarch of the Moon and immortal warrior-queen - hesitantly stepped into the dim recesses of the bakery.
"Hello, Sir Big McIntosh. I hope I've not kept you awaiting me."