Suppressing the urge to sigh, I flipped another page in the law book. It seemed like no matter the species or world, books on law had to be written in the driest, most boring way possible.
Small text, very compressed.
Very, very, boring.
But I should at the very least glance through this thing if I am to write about something in Equestria. If nothing else to know what laws to break.
Luna shifted slightly next to me, her wing resting across my back, reading her own book. Hers, on the other hand, was an even larger and even drier book on advanced magic.
Now that things had calmed down a bit, she had started to study to brush up on her Equine to Equine transformation magic in preparation for me actually being able to take her out on a date without getting stared at.
Shifting slightly against her side, I crossed my frontlegs, flipping the page, reading in the light from her horn. It was kind of practical to carry a nightlight all the time.
Hmm, this might be interesting. Laws relevant to the royal court.
Court positions... hmmm...
I did a double take, rereading the last law before I suppressed a grin. “Say, Luna...”
“Hmm?” She asked, tearing herself away from her spell book to look at me. “What is it?”
“This law here... I might be misunderstanding this but I think this one makes it legal for the royal sisters to have a maximum of twelve consorts at a time? Each.” I asked, trying not to smirk.
Luna cleared her throat and blushed slightly. “I... Well... That law was old even when I was Banished. It was a different time back then.”
“Mmm... Say... who made this one up?” I asked her with a small grin. “I mean, during that time if the history I have read is accurate, you and your sister made all the laws. So who decided this one?”
“...It was a group effort.” she admitted.
“So I read.”
“Not like that!”
Chuckling, I turned to give her a small nuzzle. “I'm just teasing, love.” I said and grinned. “It's nice to know something, though.”
She raised an eyebrow at me. “What?”
“That I'm good enough to match eleven other ponies.”
The earnip that one earned me was well worth the blush on her cheeks. “Stop that! You are horrible sometimes!”
Grinning, I flicked my ears when she let go, shifting closer against her side, peering at her book. “How is it going?”
Luna shrugged her wings. “I'm done, I believe. It seems like I remembered things correctly.” she said and smiled before turning to me again. “Would you prefer unicorn, pegasus or earth pony?”
I considered that for a moment before I shrugged. “Honestly, I'm not sure I have a preference. But for practicality, let's say unicorn. I rather like your wings, but being able to use magic to manipulate objects instead of hooves and mouth is too practical to really give up, in my opinion.”
She nodded and pulled back, jumping off the bed to fold her wings. “Let's try this.”
“...Are you sure we should not have your sister here? In case something goes wrong?”
Luna shook her head and then closed her eyes, her horn starting to glow a bright blue. Changing position slightly, I watched as there was a bright flash, hiding her from view for a moment before it faded away to reveal a dark blue unicorn with long flowing dark, almost black mane.
She was still a bit taller than me and had the same body type, long and leggy like she was as an alicorn. It was really rare among unicorns and one that was considered very attractive.
Her cutiemark was the same, but that you could easily change with an illusion.
“So?” She asked and looked herself over. “What do you think?”
“I think you will turn heads just walking down the street.” I admitted. “And as good as you look, that might be a bit... counter productive. That's not much of a disguise.”
She smirked and headed back to the bed, jumping up to lay down next to me. “It's a work in progress, better to take this kind of thing step by step.”
I looked her over. Well, she would certainly get attention like this. “...You can turn back, right?”
Luna rolled her eyes. “Of course.” she said as her horn flashed and she was back to normal. “Returning something to it's original form is significantly easier than making it take a different one in the first place.”
“If it's all up to me, I think I prefer my Luna like this.” I admitted and shifted closer against her before blinking as I suddenly saw nothing but stars.
Ducking out of her mane, I gave her a look. “At least when that thing behaves.”
She giggled and her mane shifted to flow in the other direction while she rested her head on top of mine. “Aww, did the bad mane gobble you up?”
“I know where you are ticklish, you know.” I warned her as I leaned against her side again before sighing softly, relaxing. “I should have the illusion magic down soon, too. We should be able to do this next week if nothing comes up.”
Luna smiled happily, fluffing her wings a bit. “I am quite looking forward to it. I have been reading up on traditions relevant to it. Before my banishment, there was no 'dating' as such.
“It will be fun. I'm thinking... Dinner and then perhaps a visit to the theater followed by a walk across town back to the castle?”
“That sounds nice.”