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// A Little Visit 
// Story: A new Moon 
// by WhiteLightning 
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Chapter 5


The sun set on another day in Equestria as one regal figure stood atop Canterlot castle. This would be the last night, at least for a while, that her duties were limited to entering pony’s dreams. She looked over the kingdom, mainly towards Ponyville, where she could see a small light illuminating from the Ponyville library. Her mind became distracted with blissful thoughts of the little bookworm that she had spent so much time with just the night before. She gave a soft sigh as she turned away. ‘No Luna. You mustn't let yourself get distracted.’ The princess commanded as she began walking inside. Her movements were stopped, though, as she turned her gaze back over the balcony. ‘One last visit couldn’t hurt.. right?’ She thought to herself. 

Without another moment wasted, she jumped from her tower, falling rapidly through the shadows of the night sky. Her eyes squinted as she watched the ground approach her. The Moon Goddess took a deep breath as she extended her wings just before she hit the ground. Luna did not often have the opportunity to fly without her carriage, but when she would be presented the opportunity, she would take it. The wind brushed against her fur and fluttered through the feathers of her wings as she quickly approached the small town’s library. She started to slow, as to not make too much noise when she landed.

“Spiiiike!” Twilight called, looking through her bookshelves. It was obvious that she was trying to locate something, as she levitated many books at a time from their current positions. She skimmed along the titles of each book as she awaited her assistant’s return.

The small dragon entered the main lobby, rubbing his eye with the back of his claw as he looked to the frantic purple pony. “Wh- What’s going on?” He asked with a yawn as his tired gaze fell on the pile of books that Twilight’s stream of literature was leading to. “Romance novels?..” He asked with a bit of confusion. “Since when are you into romance?”

It was a few moments before Twilight had realised what Spike has asked. A blush started creeping across her muzzle as she blinked a few times. “I’m not! I just thought that I should research the cause of those kinds of feelings.” She said with a shaky voice, giving a soft laugh as though she had made a joke.

Luna landed at the door of the library as she raised a hoof to knock, but stopped upon hearing voices inside. Her curiosity was peaked as she raised an ear to the door. Normally she wouldn’t snoop, but Twilight was somewhat of a special case.

Spike walked towards one of the bookshelves as he murmured to himself. “Hmm... I could’ve sworn it was.. Ah! There it is.” He climbed the shelves, grabbing an old, dusty book as he looked back to Twilight. “A beginners guide to love.” Spike said as it was yanked out of his hand by Twilight’s magical aura, making Spike fall to the floor.

“Perfect! Thank you, Spike.” She said, looking to her dazed assistant with a sheepish grin. “Uh, sorry.” She said, helping him back to his feet. “Now I can really see if I have feelings for-” She stopped herself, growing wide eyed and donning an even more intense blush as she realised what she had revealed. “I mean.. Uh...” She couldn’t think of how she could possibly recover from that. ‘At least I didn’t reveal WHO it was...’ She thought to herself. “Just go back to sleep!” She said with a bit of annoyance in her voice as she moved to her work desk.

Normally, Spike would investigate more into the matter, but it was much past his bedtime and he was actually being offered sleep. “Alright.. Just try not to stay up all night.” He said with another yawn as he walked back up the stairs.

Luna’s eyes had widened and a blush had spread itself across her face as she listened to what the two were saying. She blinked a few times as she turned to the door. Could Twilight have been talking about her? Does she really mean this much to the unicorn? Is it wise to continue further? All these questions and more flooded her mind as she held her hoof just a few inches away from the door. With a large intake of breath and an even larger rush of courage, she pushed her hoof forward, knocking on the door a few times. Her nerves shook as she reached the point of no return. There was no way she could fly away fast enough to escape Twilight’s sight, and she didn’t know any time travel spells. A mixture of excitement and nerves filled in her stomach as she awaited an answer.

A few moments passed and there was no answer. It almost seemed as though nopony was home. Then, it happened. The doorknob slowly jiggled in place as the door was unlocked. The knob slowly turned as the door creeped open. A purple mare stood in the entrance of the doorway. “Luna? What’re you doing here?” She inquired with a tilt of her head. She already had a small blush looming over her face from what she had read from the book.

Upon seeing the blush of the small unicorn in front of her, Luna gave a giggle. It was cute to her and she rarely had the opportunity to see it on any pony as it usually referred to an embarrassing moment, and as a princess she was taught to try her best to look good in front of her subjects. As the mare spoke, Luna donned a blush of her own. “Oh.. Well.. I..” She wanted to put ‘I wanted to see you again.’ into less awkward terms, but was finding it quite difficult. “I...” She was stuttering and she knew how odd she must look. She gave a large exhale of breath before she continued. “May I come in?” She asked, trying to regain some of her posture.

Twilight nodded with a smile as she stepped to the side. She used her magic for just a second to spark the book she had been reading off of the desk and behind the desk side trash can. She didn’t want Luna to know about her feelings.. Not yet anyway. ‘There’s a time and place for everything, Twilight.’ She thought to herself as Luna entered. ‘And a candlelit library in the middle of the night is no time for romance!’ She assured herself as she turned to the Princess.

Luna looked about the library. Her eyes darted from the candles to the bookshelves, then to the stairs that led to Twilight’s bedroom. She tried to push that section of the scene as far back in her mind that was possible. “Twilight Sparkle.. You’ve helped me a great deal so far but I must ask one more favor of you..” Her voice had less of a regal tone than usual and had more of a timid nature. She sounded nearly as Fluttershy normally does, but a bit louder. “Do you know anything about... love?..” She asked, looking to the moon she had just raised what seemed like moments ago.