//------------------------------// // Chapter 21: Oh yes! (M) // Story: Knights of Night - Chosen of the Moon // by vadram //------------------------------// Chapter 21: Oh yes! (M) If not for a cold breeze that blew into Starry’s face, he would have stayed there the entire night looking as Cory’s flying was progressing in leaps and bounds. But the breeze came, and he was now aware of his surroundings. The sun was long since gone, while the moon and the stars were the only things that provided any light to the entire area, but it was enough for him to see Cory do a double loop, taking a nose dive and pulling up at the last second, before landing softly next to him. Starry looked at the mare standing next to him, her thin, sweat covered pale coat, sparkled in the moonlight and despite her heavy breathing, the wide smile on her face was simply contagious. Exhausted after hours of lying, Cory folded her wings, sat down on the grass next to Starry and let her head rest on his shoulder, as her smell filled the stallions nose. Another breeze passes by and Cory shivers and pushes herself closer to Starry. Cold sweat dripping from her body and onto his, causing the hairs on the stallions back to stand up. His heart was now beating faster, his breathing was getting shallower, and there was only one thing was on his mind at that moment. Starry leans his head against hers, and for a while they stand like that. Cory gently stretched her wings and playfully taps Starry in the side. He lifts his head, and Cory turns hers upward, and looks directly in his golden eyes. A moment the two are lost in the others eyes, and slowly Starry lowers his face. Steam came out of their mouths as their lips parted, and for the first time the two kissed. It only last for a moment, neither of the two sure if they should go on. Taking a deep breath, Starry grabbs Cory’s head between his hooves and pulls her in for a second. Cory does not resist. She places her own hooves around his neck and also pulls him closer. The two lovers kiss again, all worries and angst seemed to fade away, as their lips pressed against each others and their tongues dance. Cory gently bites down on his lower lip and pulls it for a bit as she moves her head backwards, before letting go. Starry whole body shakes, as he feels the tip of her wings slowly moving alongside his spine, from the base of his neck, between his shoulders, down his lower back before stopping right above his hip. He leans forward and quickly kisses her on the lips, then on her cheek, then continuing down her neck, down to her should. “Oooh...” she lets out a loud moan as Starry touches a sensitive spot with his lips. Again and again Starr kisses that part as his hooves move down the pegasus golden armor, down to her exposed thighs. “Mmm!” she bites down on his shoulder as he grabs her flank and squeezed them. Starry pulls away and takes a moment to look at her. Cory’s mouth hangs open, steam coming out as he breathes heavily, sweat dripping down her face, and her eyes glowing brighter than any star. His hooves quickly move to her side, unstrapping her armor and tossing it aside. The enchantment vanishes but none of them have the time to notice. No sooner that the armor is out of the way Starry finds himself pulled closer by Cory. “Cory, I love you,” Starry managed two say between two kisses. “I do to,” Cory replied a few seconds later. His hooves rubs the back of her head, as he pushed her on her back, Cory pulling him ontop of her. Both of them wishing that their night would last forever. Only the moon and the stars were around to the two sweaty ponies expressing their love for each other. Exhausted and drained after a tiring, but also very enjoyable night the two of them stood side by side, Cory resting her head against his neck, and wrapping her wing on his back as the two lovers tried to keep their sweaty bodies warm. They were looking towards the east, awaiting the moment when Celestia would rise the sun, and they would be assured that what happened last night was more than a wonderfull dream. “Thank you,” Cory said as she nuzzled against Starry’s neck. “Thank you for giving me the chance to fly.” “You’re saying it like you will never fly again,” Starry replied as he leaned his head towards her. “You meant...” “Huh?” he turned to look at her. “You meant its permanent?” Cory asked her eyes filling up with tears. “Of course. What did you think, that this was a one time thing?” Cory’s reply was short and to the point, a long and passionately kiss that took the stallion by surprise. “When do you think it would be best to tell Slate about us?” she asked after releasing Starry lips from her own. “Soon, I am sure he would be happy for us.” “Let’s tell him as soon as he... gets back...” Both their eyes widen in terror as they remembered that they still a week of training ahead of them. Together they turned towards the east and saw the sky starting to turn red, the sun was rising, and they were both still naked, sweaty and over an hour away from camp. They turned to look at eachother for reassurance but all they could see was terror, pure terror written on their faces. “Sarge is going to kill us!” Cory shouted as she searched for the pieces of armor they so hastily discarded last night. “He is going to kill me twice!” Starry replied as he searched for the small bag that he seemed to have lost in last night's excitement. With a little extra light from his horn they managed to find the bad and every piece of the armor. Before even the last belt was tightened the enchantment took its effect and reformed the bat like wing that replaced Cory’s right wing stump. She just flapped it a couple of times for good measure and was about to take of, when a bolt of magic from Starry’s horn hit the purple gem and the wing faded. “Why did you do that?” she angrily asked. “Because I want to live! And if the sergeant find out I have been tampering with a privates armor he is going to have my horn cut off.” “Don’t worry, after we finish training I can let the spell run full time. But until then...” His horn lit up again and he replaced the purple cat-eye-like gem with the regular cyan star one that he took out of the bag. “Well come on, we have less than an hour to make it back to base.” The two started galloping as fast as they could, hoping to reach the base before First Call, or at least before the drill sergeant wakes up from his night of drinking. Starry ran in front, while Cory kept falling behind because of the added weight of the armor. In an attempt to make her run just a little bit faster he carried her helmet. It was not much, but every second counted. “Starry...” she said as the two passed through the grove. “Congrats.” “For what?” he asked not knowing what she was congratulating him on. “On getting your mark.” Starry slowed down as Cory passed him. He turned his head and looked at his tigh. On it were ten white stars, a thin white line connecting them, six of which were clustered together, and an eleven star located next to it, the line not joining it to the rest of them. Despite his name being Starry Night, astronomy was never something he found particularly interesting, but yet the constellation seemed familiar. Running as fast as he could to catch up to Cory he started listing the constellation that came to mind, hoping to find the one defined him. “Crux,” was the first he thought of and the only one he ever cared about. Cory came into sight. “Aries, Taurus, Leo, Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio, Ursa and Canis, both Major and Minor.” The star beasts that Luna banished to the night sky right after the fall of Discord. He was gaining on her. “Pheonix and Pegasus.” Two of the newest constellations she added her celestial canvas after she got her pet phoenix. “Monocerus!” he yelled out, when he was besides Cory, startling the mare. “What!?” she asked, surprised by the pony’s sudden outburst. “Monocerus! The unicorn! That is what my cutie mark is!” Saying it out loud made him realised just what his cutie mark said about him. “Uh,” he grunted. “This must be the most vague mark in the world.” Cory laughed as the two continued running towards the base, the sun slowly rising, and First Call getting nearer.