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// Eye for an eye by hackd 
// Story: Dark Paradise 2: The Twiluna prompt tag collab 
// by Majora 
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Amongst the soft glow of the royal library’s flickering candles, moonlight drifted in through the windows illuminating a long, oak table where two mares sat. Before them lay a small mountain of the library’s texts composed of all sizes and genres. Twilight sifted through the nearby tomes by hoof and horn, her eyes glancing over the familiar titles. A bored frown articulated her disappointment with the fruitless search.

“Hmm…” she mused while looking up and over to her friend across the table, ears perking with interest, “What are you reading Luna?”

The midnight blue alicorn sat comfortably on her pillow wearing a soft smile. Moonlight danced across her features as she read an open page of her book.

“Oh, just a collection of draconian theories on stellar mythology.” Her smile progressed to a grin, eyes still focused on the page before her, “Did you know that they think- hey!” Luna glanced up to watch as her book was magically ferried away from her and across the table into the hooves of the beaming, lavender unicorn.

“Oooh, I haven’t read that one yet!” Twilight chirped as she magically flipped the book open to the start.

“Twilight,” Luna sighed as she regarded the enthused mare with raised eyebrows, “that was my book.”

“Mhmm,” Twilight murmured while her violet eyes happily tore into the stolen text.

Luna’s ears flicked in annoyance as she continued to peer across the table while she idly traced circles on the smooth tabletop with an ornamented hoof. After a moment she rose from her seat with an amused snort and a sly smile. The lunar princess began to slowly make her way around the long edge of the table, careful not to trip over any of the short piles of books that populated the floor. She soon came up alongside the unicorn who was now fully entranced in the pages of the book that floated before her. With a brief shake of her head, Luna’s eyes glimmered mischievously in the candlelight as she quickly sat down against Twilight, nudging her halfway off her reading pillow.

“Hey,” Twilight called out, her gaze now broken from the alluring text and redirected to the alicorn who was now contentedly leaning against her. “This is my pillow,” Twilight huffed, her eyes initially glancing down at the pillow they now shared and then back up to the princess who was casually looking over the open pages of the book that was still suspended by Twilight’s magic.

“Mhmm” Luna chuckled with a coy smirk. The princess’ eyes were half-lidded as she glanced down to Twilight who was looking expectantly back at her, waiting for an explanation. Luna’s smile grew as she leaned closer to the unicorn.

“An eye for an eye.”