//------------------------------// // Shameless // Story: A Dream is a Wish...or a Nightmare // by Mekon //------------------------------// The retreating sun sat comfortably on the distant horizon, casting its brazen and smooth rays of light through the filter of the sky, plain yellows turning into regal purples and simple oranges transforming into cute pinks that danced among the common folk of the sun. Splayed across the canvas of the sky, the mild afternoon transitioned into the fledgling hours of the twilight, and what a beautiful twilight it was. Luna sighed happily and lazily on the soft cloth of the picnic blanket, idly sending a few commands to the moon and stars to prepare for their ascent while admiring the wonderfully warm setting. When was the last time she had been able to sit out in the open with somepony she trusted completely and simply enjoy themselves and eachother's company? Alone with Twilight on the outskirts of town and watching Tia's sun fall majestically, she giggled, going so far as to label it somewhat romantic even. Absentmindedly, she reached for another cupcake, only to realize, to her disappointment, that they were all gone. Sluggishly, Luna attempted to recall how many she had consumed, but after a moment of carefree deliberation, she came to the conclusion that she neither knew nor cared. The night alicorn just continued to giggle uncontrollably, a persistent flush painted across her heavenly face, and she glanced over to Twilight who eyed her with a curious expression. “Luna? Are you alright?” Twilight questioned, noticing the unusual face Luna was making as well as her half-lidded eyes and glossed-over gaze sitting atop her flushed cheeks. “Yup! Hehe...so pretty!” Luna slurred happily, swaying in place as she traced the beams of light that streaked across the sky with her hooves as if she could grab them, earning another puzzled gaze from her friend. Twilight shrugged, deciding to humor the alicorn; perhaps Luna got like this after eating a lot of sugar, considering that she had only consumed two or three herself. The very idea that Luna, regal princess of the moon, could get sugar highs like a small, little filly had her chuckling to herself. “It really is,” Twilight agreed warmly, grinning from ear to ear as she shared the sunset with Luna, staring out to the vast horizon. Suddenly, the purple unicorn found a foreign heat and softness pressed against and draped over her body and turned to find that Luna had somehow maneuvered herself to sit right next to her. Twilight blushed as she felt one of the princess' firm yet comfortable wings envelop her in a tight wing-hug, their bodies intimately close. “But...not as pretty as you Twilight. How fitting,” Luna cooed, giggling at her own joke and Twilight's reaction. The adorable squirming of her captive only encouraged her to cuddle closer and harder. “L...L..Luna!” the lavender mare exclaimed, attempting to dislodge herself from the alicorn's strong wings as she was overtaken by a flood of embarrassment. Her struggles were to no avail, and Twilight groaned as a flurry of feelings tore through her. “Wh....What are you doing!?” “Shhhhh....” the alicorn scolded lightly, booping Twilight's nose with her own, earning another cute squeak from her captive unicorn whose blush multiplied tenfold. “It's such a nice evening, but it's even better that I have such a wonderful, cute and beautiful mare to share it with.” Luna scooted a bit closer, the space between them virtually nonexistent, and continued nuzzling Twilight' while her wing's light feathery touches sent shocks through Twilight's system. “I....I think it's time we go home! Yup! No need to stay out here this late,” Twilight tried desperately, only to be shut down by another fit of giggles, her eyes meeting Luna's. “Oh? But the night is so young. We have many, many things to do,” the lunar princess practically purred with a smirk that Twilight had come to associate with another pesky goddess, “Among each other of course.” Twilight literally choked at that, feeling a mixture of abject terror and unstoppable arousal root themselves in her chest. She had to stop this while she still could....or was willing to. “Luna! What's gotten into you?!?” Twilight attempted again desperately, doubling her efforts, perturbed by the sudden, strong display of affection and the forwardness of her usually reserved friend. It was taking all of her willpower, waning logic and strong morals to seriously reject Luna's advances right now. “Whatever do you mean Twilight?” the night princess asked with a mischievous grin, hovering her mouth closer to Twilight's ear, her hot breath brushing against them, “So far....nothing has gotten into me....yet.” The purple unicorn felt all of the blood leave the majority of her body while her mouth opened and closed wordlessly by the sheer naughtiness of Luna's none-too-subtle suggestion. “LUNA!” Twilight shrieked, flabbergasted and now seriously trying to escape from the princess' iron grip. She was sure of it now; Luna was not in her right mind at all. “Oh please Twilight. You can scream my name all you want later,” Luna whispered huskily, this time languidly planting a very slow train of kisses down the side of the smaller mare's cheek while simultaneously running her hooves through her smooth mane. Taking an appreciative sniff, the night goddess grinned in approval. “Orchids with a hint of raspberries...I like.” The poor, purple unicorn could only continue to imitate Fluttershy, trying to ignore the fact that she was only slightly enjoying the attention, slightly. However, every time her thoughts strayed toward that forbidden area, she would scream at herself and remind herself of the truth. She knew it wouldn't be right, but it had to stop soon. Her resolve and ability to resist was already at their breaking points. If Luna took it any further, Twilight didn't know what she would do. This was worse than Nightmare! Suddenly, a pony jumped out of the bushes, running over to them with a speed that Twilight could only compare to Rainbow Dash on a very good day. The mare's face was fully flushed and her body was full of purpose, rigid and tense. “WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING!?” Diana screeched, her face hot and clearly upset, interrupting Luna's campaign. Using strength that could only rival an alicorn's, she ripped them apart. “THIS IS SO SHAMELESS!” Twilight blinked, now freed, staring at the goddess with a mixture of disbelief, gratitude and utter and complete bewilderment. Why would Nightmare, of all ponies, interrupt them? “Aww Diana! You went and ruined all of my fun,” Luna pouted, creeping closer to the unsuspecting, bigger unicorn, “But now that you're here Diana? Why don't you join? I don't mind sharing.” Luna didn't even get to finish, because Nightmare's face had gone so red that she had simply smacked Luna in a purely reactive attempt to stem the cause of her intense blush. The night princess groaned a bit, but, now on the ground, began giggling to herself again in her alcohol-induced stupor. “I didn't take you for the jealous type Diana,” Luna continued with a chuckle, winking at the taller unicorn, “Tell you what. You go first. Then I'll go second. Unless you really do prefer teaming......” Nightmare nearly screamed, mortified, and before Twilight or Luna could stop her, she blasted the night goddess with her strongest sleeping spell. In one burst of magic, Luna was out cold, a silly grin plastered to her face as she slept peacefully on the grass, and Nightmare breathed heavily, overcome by embarrassment. “WHAT DID YOU DO!?” Twilight yelped, running over to make sure Luna was okay before turning to Nightmare and shaking her senseless, “WHAT IN CELESTIA'S NAME IS GOING ON!” “That's what I should be asking you!” Diana screamed back, her face still flushed at what she had seen and what had been suggested, “Here I thought you were having a nice and innocent evening with Lulu. But I come upon you to literally find Lulu's tongue a few inches just above your horn!” Nightmare could feel her face heat up a couple hundred degrees as she remembered that scene. “What!? I...I don't even.....Why in Celestia's name were you even following us in the first place!? And what's up with you!? Normally, you'd encourage something like this!” Twilight retorted, unable to reply to Diana's accusations. The lavender mare was completely befuddled. Something had happened; that much she could tell. “Well...I mean....It's....It's not like I cared or anything!” Nightmare attempted to brush off, not wanting to look her mistress in the eye and ignoring the second part of Twilight's question, “Shesh! You know what? It's not even important. Let's just get Lulu home....” “We're not going anywhere until I figure out what the heck is wrong with you two!” Twilight rebutted, wanting answers, “I swear the world just flipped upside down. For a second, I thought Luna had turned into you!” “What! I would never do something like that!” Nightmare yelled, her addled mind completely forgetting all of the previous things she had pulled on Twilight. She marched straight up to the sleeping form of Luna, intending on just taking her back herself when Twilight suddenly appeared, causing her to stumble forward. In a mess of limbs and violent shouts, Twilight suddenly found herself pinned on the ground by Nightmare Moon. “This...This isn't what it looks like!” the disguised alicorn stuttered, her breath splashing across Twilight's face. The pinned unicorn blinked and sniffed, smelling a specific scent that could only belong to one particular substance. “Nightmare? Are you drunk?” Twilight asked, concerned, looking into the goddess' eyes to find them a bit clouded. “No! I don't drink. It makes me weird,” Nightmare answered her voice still a bit uneven. Twilight would have laughed at the irony of the entire situation if it didn't seem so out of place for the usually forward goddess, finding the alicorn's current attitude to usually be considered 'normal'. “Ugh....just great. One drunk, perverted alicorn that turns into a reserved, normal pony. And....” Twilight began as she slipped out from underneath Nightmare, trotting over to Luna and sniffing for the tell-tale signs of intoxication, finding it immediately near her muzzle, “...another drunk, normally reserved pony that turns into perverted alicorn......” This was just plainly ridiculous! “Whatever....Let's just go home already so you can finish up your stupid love fest with Luna,” Nightmare huffed indignantly, causing Twilight's eyebrows to rise up in surprise as she detected a strange sort of coldness in the goddess' voice. The dream goddess began to walk off, not noticing the obvious wobble in her step. “I'm surrounded by idiots....” Twilight groaned as she packed up the picnic cloth in one fluid motion and levitated Luna off of the ground, finding the larger alicorn strangely light. Nightmare continued forward, determined, unable to really recognize how much the alcohol had dulled her senses. “Be careful Nightmare.” The last thing Twilight wanted was for the other drunk alicorn to get them in trouble somehow. “I don't need you to take care of me,” the disguised alicorn grumbled at the ground, paying close attention, or as much attention as her muddled mind could afford, to her hooves. Suddenly, she found a barrier stopping her in her path and was about to yell at Twilight, only to look up and find a broad tree trunk baring her vision. “Watch where you're going,” Twilight deadpanned, knowing that it was probably nigh impossible for the drunk alicorn at the moment. She face-hoofed again, wondering who in the high heavens placed her in such a ridiculous position. Nightmare had enough remaining decency to blush, and muttered a quick 'thank you' while attempting to foolishly continue forward, only to be hoisted into the air by a wave of magic. “Just make this easier on the both of us and just let me carry you home,” Twilight sighed, deciding that turning in early for the night would benefit all of them and dispel the already massive headache she was suffering from. Nightmare began to protest loudly, only to be cutoff by a firm glare from her mistress who was clearly at her breaking point. “I can never catch a break can I?” Twilight asked to no one on particular, shaking her head as she hauled two drunk goddesses home just as the sun sank below the horizon, cloaking the sky in darkness. ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ Once again in his short time as a dragon, Spike's motto was reinforced. Silence was indeed golden. It took one look from Twilight for him to know he shouldn't ask and just play along. He would get his answers later anyway. “Spike. I'll be skipping dinner tonight.....too many things to take care of,” Twilight muttered, levitating in the two ponies behind her, earning an amused and inquisitive look from her number one assistant. “Alright. Anything I can do to help?” Spike asked, pointing at the two ponies caught in Twilight's telekinetic grasp. “I'll be fine Spike,” the purple unicorn answered tersely, already mentally and emotionally exhausted. He nodded, deciding to fix a quick dinner for himself and get back to reading that one book he had been interested in. Twilight finally placed Luna in her bed, making sure to tuck the goddess in before turning off the lights and closing the door, blushing one last time as she heard Luna mention something about wearing whipped cream and strawberries....only whipped cream and strawberries.....She really hoped for both of their sakes that Luna would forget everything in the morning, but knowing her luck, that probably wouldn't happen. Climbing up the stairs, Twilight finally dumped herself and Nightmare on the bed, not even caring about the fact that they were both on it; she was too tired to care. “Hmph,” Nightmare growled, crossing her hooves as she sat on the bed, clearly upset about something. “What's wrong with you?” Twilight murmured into the pillows, really wanting to fall asleep, but for some reason, knowing that Nightmare was disgruntled made her want to postpone, “Are you still upset about what happened outside?” “No!” the dream goddess snapped, her ears splayed back as she realized the harshness of her tone. “It's not that....” she said, her voice a bit softer. “I'm not a mind reader Nightmare....” Twilight groaned, cuddling closer to the soft sheets and blankets, really wanting to fall asleep, “I won't know what you're upset about until you tell me...” “You tucked Luna in....” Nightmare muttered, barely audible to Twilight, but she had heard it. “Huh? That's it? That's all?” “You didn't do it for me though!” Suddenly, a long silence settled down between the two mares, one of them fidgeting in place while the other one simply stared at her with disbelief. “Nightmare....are you jealous?” Twilight questioned, humor hidden in her eyes as she watched a small blush flare up on the larger unicorn's cheeks. “No! Why would I be jealous!? Never in a million years! I just wanted to be treated equally....” the disguised alicorn denied immediately, causing Twilight to giggle. If she didn't know that Nightmare was drunk, she would have found it rather cute. Regardless, Twilight was tired and decided to just go along with it. “Fine....I'll tuck you in,” Twilight said as she stepped off of the bed, rolling her eyes. Lifting up the blankets, she allowed Nightmare to crawl in, replacing the blankets afterward. “Goodnight I guess.” “Wait. What are you doing?” Nightmare asked quirking one eyebrow, “Shouldn't you be in here too? Sleeping on the floor isn't the most comfortable option....” Twilight stuttered and blushed, not sure if sleeping next to a drunken Nightmare, or actually just Nightmare herself, was a good idea. “Haha...I think I'll manage! I mean it's not that bad, and you know the floor is quite....” Twilight began, only to be cutoff by Nightmare's own telekinetic grab which was strangely still strong enough and focused enough to hoist her into the air and onto the bed despite the owner's current state of mind. “No 'buts' about it. This is your bed. If anything, I should be sleeping on the floor,” Nightmare said with another flush. Twilight attempted to resist and argue, but each argument was quickly shot down one after the other. Soon enough, Twilight was just left with one option. Begrudgingly, Twilight slipped under the covers and turned off the lights, putting as much distance as possible between herself and the goddess. She didn't want to admit it, but sleeping in her bed again after a night on the floor was amazing. “You better keep your hooves to yourself,” Twilight muttered in the dark, answered by a protesting grunt. Just in case, Twilight stayed up for a few more minutes, waiting until she heard the soft snores of her counterpart, shaking her head. Luna and Nightmare would not be having a fun morning tomorrow. Sighing, she almost yelped as she abruptly felt four limbs suddenly latch onto her, and Twilight blushed as she found four hooves that could only belong to one pony, wrap around her. The purple pony was about to tell Nightmare off, but in the darkness, her adjusted eyes got a good look at her companion's face; quietly she smiled. It was peaceful. Twilight sighed again and just decided to let it go this time, just this one time. After all...it didn't feel that bad.