//------------------------------// // Sleeping In // Story: My New Life // by Ark125 //------------------------------// My New Life Chapter 47 - Sleeping In "Luna!" "Huh? What?" I woke up back in the castle in bed. "Hey babe. How did you sleep?" "I guess pretty well." I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and slowly tried to sit up. "Ungh!" I held my stomach in pain. "Whoa there. Don't try to get up. You received some pretty nasty burns from those flames back in the hive." When my hazy vision finally came into focus, I pushed off the blankets that covered me and looked at my body. Upon further inspection, I found that my left foreleg, part of my stomach, and both of my hindlegs were wrapped up in bandages. "Wow. I did not think it was going to be that bad." "That Flash Fire knows his stuff. Even if he is only a pegasus." I looked up at the pony who I had been speaking with and instantly recognized him. It was Pure Heart, in his pony body! "Pure Heart!" I lept out from under the sheets and wrapped my forelegs around his neck, ignoring the pain, giving him a long and passionate kiss and then resting my head in the crook of his neck. He embraced me as well, smoothing out my mane with his right hoof. "I missed being able hold you like this." He kissed me on the side of the head and then broke the embrace, setting me up against the head-board. After I got settled, I gave him a good look. He seemed to have all his body parts, though he did have bandages wrapped around part of his snout and covering his right eye. "How do you feel?" "Excuse me?" "How are you doing? Any adverse effects from having been transferred back into your body? Did they do anything to it?" "Calm down. Aside from a few minor burns, I am completely fine. As soon as I returned, I was given a full medical examination." "Then what is that on your face?" "Oh. Well, right when I was about to leave, Flash Fire caught me on the side of the face with a fireball." "How well can you see?" "Tell you the truth, my depth perception suffered a bit from it, but I quickly learned to manage." I reached out with my right foreleg and stroked his face lightly. "I am so sorry." "It wasn't your fault in the slightest. It was merely a case of me being a second too late." He reached up with his hoof and held mine to his face. "Gosh, I missed your touch." I slowly withdrew my foreleg. "And what of that magic you used to aid in our escape? When did you learn to do that?" "Silly, I have always had an affinity for earth." "But I have never seen you use black crystal like that before." "Okay. Okay. I guess I had a bit of help from this little diddy." He reached underneath his wing and placed an object on the bed. I picked it up and mulled it over. Then I realized what it was and dropped it back onto the bed. "That is King Sambra's horn." He nodded. "Destroy it." He tilted his head. "Excuse me?" "You heard what I said. I want it destroyed. It contains nothing but darkness." "Now Luna. You have to think about this. This is an artifact, a powerful one at that." "It is indeed powerful, but it is no artifact. It is a weapon. A weapon of oppression and sorrow. I don't want it anywhere near the children." "Okay, okay. But I won't let it be destroyed. Did you see the way Flash Fire reacted when I took it? He needs it for something big." I placed my good leg under my chin and closed my eyes, playing around with the idea a few times. As I opened my eyes to respond, I was startled by how close Pure Heart's face was to mine. "You know. You are super adorable when you are deep in thought." He said, kissing me on the top of the snout. I rolled my eyes. "Thanks. So I thought it over, and I guess it is okay. As long as you keep it in a safe place." "No problem. I have the perfect place for it." He stomped his hoof and a box of led came out of the ground. The lid opened and he placed the horn inside. Then after another stomp of his hoof, the box sank back into the ground. "No one will ever find it." "Alright. I trust you." I took a deep sigh of relief. " Now then, what is next?" "Sleep. I am bushed. Since I got back, it has been nothing but meetings, meetings, and more meetings." He fell onto the bed, burying his face into the sheets. "Speaking of which, how long have I been out?" "A duh a teh." He said, his voice muffled by the linens from which he hid his face. "Excuse me?" He lifted his head and then laid it back down. This time his face was to the side so he could be understood. "Sorry, I said a day or two." I froze. "A day or two?" "Maybe three. I'm not sure, I haven't been around much. This is the first time I have seen you in five days. I had assumed that you had woken up and gone about your nights." "I have been asleep for a week?!" "No. At the most, five days." "And no one thought it was strange that I had not woken up?" "I'm sure they did, but I told everypony to not disturb you for anything. I wanted you to get some rest." "And what about you? Have you gotten any sleep?" "Psh. Sleep. Who actually does that?" He waved his hooves in a way to say who cares. "No, I took many caffeinated supplements to stay awake for the past couple days. As I said, many meetings." I settled down a bit and spoke softly. "I would have gone to some of those meetings." "No. I wanted you to sleep. I was completely fine. In fact, I could go for another day without sleeping." He began to stand up, but quickly fell from exhaustion. I laughed a little and then stroked his mane. "Now its your turn to get some rest." I kissed him on the forehead, avoiding the bandaged side, and levitated him over to the pillows, laying him gently down. I then snuggled up to him, my back to his chest, and pulled the covers over us. "This is great. Being back with my beautiful wife, all cozy in our own bed. Nothing could ruin this moment." He said softly, wrapping a foreleg around a portion of my chest that wasn't scorched and giving me a squeeze as well as pulling me closer. He then nuzzled my neck and I, in turn, turned my head towards his and we kissed. "I never want this moment to end." I whispered, turning my head back to its original position. "Me neither." He responded, stifling a yawn. "Pure Heart?" "Yes my love." His breath upon my neck becoming softer and softer. "Can you promise me something?" "Sure." His voice barely audible. "Will you keep our family safe?" "Of course." "No matter what?" "No matter what." "Thanks. I love you." "I love you, too." After he said this, I could feel the even flow of his chest rising and falling against my back. He had finally fallen asleep. I yawned. Nothing wrong with a bit more sleep. I snuggled up to my husband and he intertwined his tail with mine. I wonder if he did that on instinct. I didn't. He kissed me on the back of the head and I smiled. I closed my eyes and swiftly fell to sleep.