PreCommon Era Chapter Ten/Lunar Rebellion Chapter One: The Beginning of the End of Peace/Oaths
The next evening while Masao and Luna had their usual meetings, Evening Star sighed, she had seen the one she loved kill someone in front of her. Part of her knew she should feel upset about it, that she should feel disgusted at Masao’s act, but all she could feel was a calm happy feeling at knowing he was alive…
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“Ser Masao, why is it thou still pray to this God of thine? Didst thou not defy him when thou took Evening Star as a lover?” asked Luna and Masao sighed lightly.
“It is hard to explain, but I will try…” said Masao as he started to try to explain the divine being known as the Lord God to Luna, pausing every so often to answer her questions as best as he could…
“So this god is so forgiving that he requires thou to give something up so he can forgive thou?” Masao sighed before explaining that that was not how it worked at all, that in his religion, which followed the New Testament primarily. “So this god had his own son kill himself and thou call that a mercy? Is thy species that blood thirsty?” Masao was at a loss on how to explain it, he had never thought about like that before…
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The sun was raising under Celestia’s power as per-norm and Masao, Evening, and Luna awaited the Solar Princess to join them in the dining room. They were not disappointed as Celestia came rushing in, before she slammed the doors shut behind her. There were sounds of ponies on the other side of the door many attempting to gain an audience with the elder of the Alicorn princesses which made Masao cringe as he notice Luna’s expression sour. Celestia hadn’t managed to notice as she sat with the trio.
“I must apologize, it seems as though our ponies believe that if they arrive earlier they can have their problems addressed sooner” said the Solar princess not noticing Masao cringe a second time.
“T’is fine, dear ‘Tia, how didst thou sleep?” Asked the younger of the two princesses her voice masking her pain from her sister.
“I slept quite well, Dearest Lulu” came the reply, and to an unobservant person one would think everything was going fine, but Masao, having been apart of the princesses’ lives for so long was able to feel the underlying tension that was growing subtly under the surface, beyond the sight of the solar princess.
“So it starts…” Masao murmured and as usual only Evening Star heard him and shot him a worried look which Masao returned much to the bat pony’s dismay.
And so the days and nights pasted into months and then into years. Luna grew more distant from her sister, whom was far too busy with the duties of the day court to notice, and the night court grew emptier and emptier until nightly it was only Luna, Masao, Evening Star, and the guards. Try as he might the divide between the sisters only ever grew despite all of his struggles, and then one morning before he and Evening retired to bed, he broke down, he cried, he knew what was going to happen and despite all he had tried it was doomed to happen. When the mare asked him what it was Masao gave her a sad look his eyes piercing into hers before kissing her deeply all thoughts of discussion lost in the bedsheets as were their clothing, what little of it Evening wore anyway…
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The next evening Masao was approached by several bat pony guards while he was practicing his swordsmanship.
“What can I do for you on this fine evening?” Masao asked even though on one level he knew what they were going to ask, and damn him to hell he would do it.
“Princess Luna wishes to speak with thee, she awaits you in her private chambers, and thee art to report there at once” said the guardspony who apparently in charge Masao nodded.
“I will go at once.” he replied and left at once, if this was what he thought, he would probably play a key part in this “Lunar Rebellion” and while he was against it, he was not only bound by oath, but by a friendship to tight one could confuse it for that between lovers. Along the way he ran into Evening Star who was looking frantically for something or someone, which became clear when she pounce on him knocking him on his back.
“Masao! Thou can not support this madness! I knowst thou art smarter than this!” she said frantically and Masao’s face fell, he was correct. “Please Masao, love, please tell me that thou does not support this, please!” Masao rose to his knees before kissed her gently, silencing her for a moment.
“Whether or not I support this, I have to aid her, my oath, and my friendship with her demands I do. Even if you were to forbid me from helping my friend, or from helping my princess, I would still be bound by duty to help her” said Masao sadly and
the mare with whom he had shared his bed and body with, the mare with whom he had forged a relationship so strong that against anything else it would have simply weathered through, the mare whom he loved, she smacked him with her wing, hard, the glare on her face hard enough to pulverize diamonds.
“What of thy oath to me? The one thou gave me the first time we truly made love, and not just some rump in the sheets? What of ‘I shall always love you, and anything you ask is yours’?”challenged the mare angrily and Masao cringed at her outburst, and instead of reacting in anger, he pulled her into a crushing hug, and sobs rocked their bodies as they sat there for a good ten minutes. “Thou art still going to support her no matter what I say?” asked Evening not pulling away from the hug. Masao simply nodded and Evening sighed and pushed Masao away, “I love thee, but thee art a fool”
“But I am your fool, no matter what happens remember that” he answered and to that Evening pressed her lips to his gently before stepping away, Masao still on his knees started to reach out to her when she shook her head.
“I will find someplace safe to hide, I will find thee after everything calms down. Be safe, ser Masao, my love” said the mare before she ran off leaving Masao to start sobbing once more. Had he known, if he had only known… But now was not the time to worry about what could have been. He rose and made his way to Luna’s private chambers quietly mumbling the song, "Soldiers of The Night" hoping that that would change his opinion on this foolish endeavor…