The Night smells of Lavender

by Dark0592


C.2 the morning after

(A/N sorry if this one seems a bit rushed but I was determined to get this out today and I had to write the entire chapter in an hour and a half- I'm going to kalahari for school- and I only had one page done last night. hope you enjoy this little piece of character building)

Luna was distantly aware that she wasn't in her own bed, but she remembered she was in Ponyville. She was then aware of the smell of Lavender. This wasn't distantly. This was 'oh my god did someone cram Lavender up my nose and mouth?!'. As she opened her eyes her head almost literally exploded, a pained groan escaping her lips. She tasted something odd on them, but chose to ignore it. She heard another groan and was aware she was part under another pony. That pony was Twilight Sparkle, and she was using Luna's chest as a pillow, their forelegs wrapped around each other.

They locked eyes and Twilight remembered everything. Her face flushed up as she tried to wriggle her way out of their position, but was surprised to find Luna was holding her closer.

“Please don't go Twilight...this is...very nice...” Luna pleaded. Twilight knew this very well, and now that the Princess was actually asking for it she couldn't object, though to avoid revealing this she made a halfhearted protest. An hour later the sun told them it wasn't quite as early as before, so they decided to get up.

“I Apologize Twilight Sparkle...” Luna said as they brushed their manes.

“About w-what?” Twilight asked, a feeling of dread forming in her gut. Did the princess regret last night?

“For keeping you in bed like that...it was selfish, but I just didn't want it to stop.” Luna replied a bit sheepishly. Twilight stared for a moment, but shook her head a moment with a slight chuckle.

“No you were right, it was nice...do...do you remember anything from last night?” Twilight asked. Luna scrunched her face in concentration as she picked through her memory.

“I remember we got really drunk and stumbled home...we had some sort of dispute...and...I...pulled you into bed? That's all I remember...oh Lord...we didn't-” Luna remembered.

“No no no! no...we didn't do anything like that!...well...not entirely...” Twilight cut her off, ending a bit sheepishly.

“...Twilight...is there something I don't remember?” Luna asked a bit cautiously, not sure if she wanted to know the answer.

“...yes...” Twilight sighed.

“...This isn't my first morning after a night of drink Twilight...I've awoken to very strange things...not quite as far as you might imagine, but you've assured me if it was anything it wasn't that far either so you couldn't possibly offend me. Did I say things when I was drunk? Did I...get...clingy?” Luna began asking, thinking of things alcohol has done to her in the past.

“No...well, you were a bit clingy...but...well...um...we kind of...kissed...” Twilight said.

“Well that's not so bad...we were drunk...right?” Luna retorted. Twilight flinched a bit and a look of hurt flashed on her face, but she quickly shook it away.

“It...it was more than just a drunken Mare's alcohol poisoned mind's escapade...it...there was so much passion in it...and...I returned it...” Twilight said, looking awkwardly up at the princess.

“...I...we...you...” Luna started, trying to get the words out. Twilight sighed as a defeated look found it's way on her face. Luna sighed as she gave up on words, instead taking action. She put a hoof under Twilight's chin, pulled her face up and planted a gentle kiss on her lips. Twilight was surprised for a few moments, but returned it after a few moments. Luna gave an ever so slight moan as Twilight slipped her tongue into her mouth, both of their faces putting Big Macintosh's red coat to shame.

“Hey Princess, Twilight you u-oh ok never mind!” Spike said, entering the room and instantly turned around and returned from where he came. The two Mares yelped and separated, embarrassment only eclipsed by the disappointment of the sudden end to their unplanned make out session.

“O-oh god...Spike...” Twilight stuttered.

“Um...well...I guess that answers my question I had yet to ask of how to tell him...” Luna mumbled. Twilight smiled weakly, but ten gained a sad face as she slumped to the ground.

“What's wrong?” Luna asked.

“...What will everypony think of us? I'm not ashamed of it...but I'm worried they'll all see badly on us...as long as my friends don't I'll be fine but...you're a princess...if your subjects think bad of you...” Twilight started, but Luna stopped her with a hoof on her shoulder.

“Twilight I would endure another thousand years of isolation if it meant I could be with you...besides...I'm not really a princess anymore...the only thing I do now is raise the moon and put the servants on their guard...I came to ponyville on nightmare night because I was receiving the same treatment as when I first arrived back in Canterlot...but now that Ponyville seems to have accepted me I'll be spending a lot of time here...now even more so.” Luna explained.

“If you're fine with it then I am...” Twilight said.

“With what?”

“Going public...” Twilight replied.

“Well...maybe not just yet...the other elements of course will be told first...but let's make sure we both want this...I'm fine if it doesn't go any further than this though so don't worry about being pushed.” Luna said, nuzzling the unicorn. Twilight sighed but returned the affection.

“Right...well...let's go make sure Spike isn't scarred for life...” Twilight said. Luna nodded with a giggle.
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“Spike?” Twilight called in the library.

“In here...” his voice came from the kitchen. They found him making pancakes and muttering to himself.

“Spike...you ok?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah...were you two really doing that or was I still dreaming?” Spike asked, putting the pan down and looking at them.

“That depends on what you saw.” Luna retorted. Spike rolled his eyes.

“I saw the pony that's practically my mom making out with Princess Luna...” Spike said flatly.

“Oh what's wrong with that Spike?” Twilight asked with a frown.

“Just...nothing...it just shocked me...you ever walk in on your parents when they were doing that?” Spike retorted.

“...I don't really remember but I get what you're saying.” Twilight answered.

“You don't remember?” Luna asked.

“Well...Last time I saw them was when I was enrolled into the school for gifted unicorns...I mean every now and then when I was in Canterlot I'd pass them and we'd spend an hour talking...but I really haven't seen them.” Twilight replied.

“Really now? So Tia has been your mother figure all this while?” Luna asked.

“I guess so.” Twilight shrugged.

“Well then, we should pay them a visit. I am interested to meet them.” Luna said.

“Oh...um...maybe...” Twilight answered.

“So what are you gonna tell everypony else?” Spike asked.

“We don't know...we'll just- oh I'll get it.” Twilight started as she was cut off by a knock at the door. She opened it to reveal a red faced Fluttershy and a sheepish Shadow Wing.

“What's wrong with you?” Spike asked. Fluttershy just squeaked as her face went to a darker shade of red. Shadow sighed and explained what had happened.
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“But I'm not Tired~ Shadow I wanna play a game!” Fluttershy giggled as they entered the tree cottage, Fluttershy leaning heavily on the gray mare. The two had talked for most of the all-day party and they both found Fluttershy couldn't handle her alcohol. When she was drunk she became the opposite of shy. She had already made many raunchy comments as they walked home. Shadow didn't mind though, this Mare was really cute.

“Come on Fluttershy, you're drunk.” Shadow said with a grin as she stumbled on nothing.

“But so are you!” Fluttershy retorted from her place on the ground, flailing her hooves for emphasis.

“Not as much s'you” Shadow said.

“Well...um...well...so are you!” Fluttershy attempted to retort, but just made the both of them laugh. After ten minutes of stumbling and half-assed drunk flirting they finally made it into the bedroom. The bed look really inviting so neither mare let anything stop them from snuggling up in it's cloudy embrace.

“You know Fluttershy...you're adorable.” Shadow giggled as they stared at each other.

“I know...so are you!” Fluttershy retorted, nuzzling the other Pegasus. Shadow giggled as her brain completely shut off. Without even hesitating she caught the not-so-shy-anymore mare in a kiss. It wasn't full of passion, but it had enough to be real. Fluttershy wasted no time in returning it. Soon Fluttershy was on top of the other Mare, nibbling on her jaw-line. Fluttershy slowly made her way downward.
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“You had a one night stand with the Element of Kindness?” Luna asked with a sly grin.

“W-w-we were Drunk! And-and...ugh...” Shadow terribly retorted.

“So what are you going to do about it?” Twilight lightly asked Fluttershy.

“W-we t-talked...and...w-we d-decided t-to...” Fluttershy squeaked, but nothing else was comprehensible on any sound frequency.

“We decided to...uh...date I guess...” Shadow finished.

“Oh that's wonderful!” Twilight and Luna said happily.

“Y-you mean...you're not mad or anything?” Fluttershy asked.

“Why would we be mad?” Twilight asked, confused.

“Shadow...just because you have your honor as my captain doesn't mean it has to bind you like this. You're on vacation.” Luna said.

“Yeah, and if you think it's because you're both Mares...why would we have a problem with that?” Twilight continued.

“R-really?” Shadow asked.

“Yeah...” the two answered, giving each other a glance and a nod.

“We're kind of um..dating too...” Twilight said and they explained what had happened to them.