The two continue to meet up, day after day, week after week. Becoming the best of friends. And maybe a little more. They talk almost every night, and the night's they don't they think about both one another, not realizing that they both obviously like one another. They just don't see it, since they look up at the night sky as they speak, sometimes their eyes of light blue meet, and they just gaze at each other.
One night, Lunar Shadow decides it's time for him to tell the princess of the night how he truly feels about her.
"Princess, I have to say something important to you, that I've been meaning to say for a while now." He swallowed hard, being nervous to tell her. As any stallion would be, because he fear this may break their friendship if she does not feel the same way as he does to her.
"Go ahead Shadow." Luna replied simply, and swiftly, whilst looking into Lunar's eyes, giving him her full attention.
He sighed, and opened his mouth, for a moment nothing came out, no words, no sound. "I.. I've been meaning to tell you that-" he pauses. Not knowing exactly what to say next, he never really practiced for this. "That I... I like you. I really do!" He exclaimed.
Luna had little reaction, she got the wrong idea, "Well of course, that is why we are good friends. Are we not?" She smiles.
"No, I mean.. Well I mean that I like you more than just a friend Luna." He told her, and for the first time using her formal name, rather than just calling her princess.
Luna folded her ears down and her face flushed red, "I do not know what to say Shadow.." She was nearing tears as she thought, the first stallion in over a thousand years to exclaim his love to her, she was not prepared for such a thing. And never really wanted to be, for she knew she would out live any normal pony.
"Well.." He thought for a moment, "How about a hug?" He opened his front legs as he sat, welcoming a hug, if Luna wanted. And she did, she hugged the stallion, and he hugged back.
Luna had to tell him, without breaking his heart, that she would outlive him. And she was sure that he knew. Maybe she could find another way, to keep them together, as long as she may live.
"Shadow, you do know, I will easily out live you. And that,I do not want to happen." She said sadly, looking down over his shoulder.
"I know, Luna, but maybe you could find a way, for us to be together. For as long as you live!" He hugged Luna tightly, happier than ever, and he wrapped his wings around her. Never had he felt this way before to any other mare.
Stopping the hug, the wings still around her, and their muzzles away from one another by just a hoof and a half, "Maybe I could look in the archives of the castle I reside in. I could possibly find a spell to make that happen." Luna looked at the sky, the moon start to set, she was planning on staying up the whole day so she may search he archives, instead of waiting until the next night.
They say their goodbye's these one's different, they ended with a special hug, and Lunar Shadow goes to sleep, Luna flies to the castle and pretends to sleep as her sister Celestia check up on her. Suspecting something is going on with Luna. And waiting about an hour, just to be sure, she sneaks over to the archives. She let not fear the guards see her, but anytime she saw Celestia, she would hide by flying above, and trying not to make a sound, and just in case Celestia did hear her, she cast a invisibility spell upon herself. Although it was only a few times she had to do so, she got to the archives within fifteen minutes. Of which was not exactly close to her room of which where she sleeps, or so Celestia thinks she is resting at the moment. She scurries through the books and scrolls. And after hours of searching, the sun just past it's highest point,she finds a very old scroll. Luna levitates the scroll carefully in her magic of blue, and unravels the scroll. She reads through the scroll, and memorizes the spell over the course of a few hours. And the sun starts to set, she quickly teleports to her room, and wonders why she didn't just teleport before. She had the scroll put back where she found it, and Celestia came into her room just moments after she teleported, that gave her barely enough time to scramble around, but her sister saw as she threw her blanket onto herself.
"Sister? What are you doing?" Celestia asks Luna with her motherly-toned voice.
"I was..." She panics and makes something upon the spot, "Fixing my bed!" Luna gave an awkward smile, hoping her sister would believe her.
"Alright, well it is almost time for you to raise the moon." Celestia said, reminding her sister.
"I will make sure to so when it is time. Thank you for reminding me sister." Luna said to her sister reassuringly.
Celestia lowers the sun for the day, and Luna starts to arise the moon and makes the stars appear in the darkening sky. Luna heads to the prairie laying in between Canterlot and PonyVille. She see's the stallion sitting on the ground, looking around. And he spots her, then waving hello.
"Hello Shadow." Luna greeted.
"Hello Luna. Nice to see you tonight, as I do every." He says so charmingly, one of the qualities that stole Luna's heart, he then smiles.
"I bring good news to you Shadow." Luna said, breaking the silence, and she looks at him,and him at her.
"Yes, what is it Luna?" Lunar Shadow asks.
"I have found a spell," she yawns, tired from being up throughout the day, and rests her head on his shoulder, "of which will grant you eternal life.."
"Rest now Luna, you seem tired. Although I am happy to hear about the spell." He assured Luna.
Luna lies down on the grass besides Lunar Shadow and rest. Sleeping at his side, he lay a wing atop her body, fur being very soft, he loved how it felt. He watch the night sky, it has frozen, worried that other ponies may notice once they wake up when it is supposed to be morning, and hopes Luna wakes up before morning arrives.
Hours pass, and Luna still rests, Lunar Shadow starts to get tired. He knows that it is nearing what is supposed to be morning. He lay his head on Luna's back, his wings now covering the both of them, instead of covering just Luna.
Meanwhile, in the castle....
Celestia wakes up, but all she can see is dark. She starts to panic, "Why has Luna not set the moon yet?" Celestia thought out loud, "I must go and find her, maybe she is in her room."
Celestia gets out of her bed, and trots quickly to Luna's room. She see's a guard, "Guard!" She calls.
"Yes princess?" The guard retorts to Celestia quickly.
"Have you seen my sister Luna any time recently?" Celestia quickly asks.
"Yes, I saw her fly out of the castle and head towards where PonyVille is located princess." The guard answers Celestia.
"Thank you very much guard." She waves goodbye and heads to her royal carriage.
"Is there somewhere we can take you today princess?" Two winged guards ask Celestia.
"To PonyVille, please. And quickly!" Celestia commands the guards.
"Yes princess!" The guards salute Celestia, get themselves harnessed, let Celestia into the carriage, and they start to fly.
"I will light your path, so you may see easier." Celestia says, as she casts a light spell in front of the guards so they may see what is in front of them.
"Thank you princess" They both say in unison.
"No problem, I must always assure your safety." She nods, and rests her royal flank upon the carriage seat as she waits to get to PonyVille.
Half an hour of flying passes, and Celestia reaches PonyVille, she tells her guards to rest from the flight, and quickly goes to the closest resident of PonyVille, which being was Derpy Hooves.
"Miss Hooves, have you seen my sister Luna here recently?" Celestia asks Derpy.
"No princess. I haven't seen any hoopla's." Derpy responds.
"No no, have you seen my sister. Luna?" Celestia was serious.
"Ohh... No, I haven't seen princess Luna here recently, nope." Derpy says to Celestia, and then flies off.
"Oh dear... Where could she be?" Celestia thinks out loud to herself, and flies about, looking for her. She spots Luna in a prairie, or was it a stallion? She still fly to them, quickly, she had questions to ask.