//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: A Bartender's moon // by The Lutece twins //------------------------------// "Celestia!?" Luna muttered in shock. She rushes over to the door. Joe's ears perk up. "Wait, your sister? Wait, that makes you Celestia!" He yells. "Tia!" Luna yells as she tackle hugs Celestia. Joe has a wide smile on his face. Celestia has tears in her eyes as she hugs Luna. "Oh, Luna, I've been so worried!" She said happily. "We've all been!" The purple haired girl said, joining in the hug. Luna wipes a tear from her eyes as she smiles. "I...I want you to meet Joe...my coltfriend...or human friend rather..." She said. Joe waves a hand. "Hello." He said. The blue haired guy's eyes widen. "Wait, what!" He yells. Luna lets go of Celestia and goes to stand next to Joe, kissing his cheek. "We're a couple." Luna said. "Luna...we have enough to do as princesses...but adding a relationship would just add more complications, when you're a thousand years behind!" Celestia yelled. "But I love him, Tia!" Luna sighs. "I thought you'd be here to bring us back, not bicker about who I choose to be with!" She yelled. "He's not from Equestria! He's alien to us since we've never seen his species before, and you've fallen in love after just a day?" Celestia asked. "I guess this means you won't let him home to Equestria with us then, huh...?" Luna asked in sadness. Celestia looks down. "I'm sorry Luna." She said. Luna tears up and shakes her head. "First Nobody appreciates my night and the moment I come across somepony who does, who won't even let me be with him!?" Luna screams. A tear slips down her cheek and she runs back inside. Joe looks at Celestia angrily. "Seriously, she falls in love with me and you deny it, what the hell is wrong with you!" He yells. Luna flops onto the bed in the guest room, crying her eyes out into the pillow. "Joe..." Celestia sighs. "If we weren't so occupied with our royal duties, I wouldn't mind it. Plus, I have no idea, who or what you are, or what your intensions you are. I'm only looking out for her...but...she never sees it that way... " She said. She sighs and puts a hand on her head. "Everything I do seems to upset her. She's never had any friends really, and our ponies favor me over her, so she feels really singled out...which means she'll be too obsessed with you to do her duties. Please understand this, Joe." She said. Joe glares at Celestia with a sneer. "She finally made a friend and a lover and your trying to break it apart, I don't care about what you have to say, you just broke your sister's heart, you're a horrible sister." He barked, causing Celestia to flinch at that. "Hey!" The teenage girl shouted, moving in front of Celestia. "She's trying her best okay! If she wasn't a good sister, she wouldn't have spent a week searching space for Luna!" She yelled "It is very tiring after even one hour...takes a lot of magic..." Celestia said. "THEN to be able to teleport the three of us millions and millions and maybe trilions of miles to get here!" The girl yelled. Celestia looks down at her hands. "Apparently even that isn't good enough..." She sighed. "Joe...if only you knew how complicated these things get..." the teenage girl said, placing a hand on Joe's shoulder. "I can sense you truely love that mare...but she doesn't belong here anyway... I've done research on yur world since we got here...it's anything but safe...the last thing we want is something bad to happen to Luna. She went through a thousand years of torment." She said. Joe looks at the teenager in front of him angrily and removes her hand from his shoulder. "Thanks for the little talk, but Celestia should let her sister be with anyone she want to be. Even Lauren is happy." He said. "How would you be with her anyway since we're bringing her back to Equestria?" Celestia asked. Luna is Still crying in the bed, using the blankets to hide herself from the reports, who were creeping up at her with the cameras. Lauren is rubbing Luna's back, trying to sooth her. "Joe...I want Joe..." Luna cried. "No matter what would happen to me if you took me with you, I would stay with Luna, no matter what." Joe said. "But you dont belong there just as much as she doesnt belong here..." Celestia said. "Luna called your name..." The teenage girl said. Joe hears Luna call him. He glares at them one last time before walking inside and up the stairs. He enters the guest room and sees Lauren trying to calm her down, while the camera people were filming Luna. Joe points at them. "You two, out!" He yells. The two men were quick to exit. Luna pokes her head out of the blanket, her eyes filled with tears. "Joe." She sniffed, holding her forelegs out to him. Joe picks Luna up and holds her close. "I'm here Luna." He said. Luna holds tightly onto him, crying into his chest. Joe sits on the bed and holds her. Luna stays as close as possible to him. Luna moves into his lap and tries her best to curl up on him with what little space she had. Joe tries to cheer Luna up by scratching behind her ear, when he sees Celestia, who seems to have turned into a pony like Luna, and two other ponies who must have been the purple clothed girl and white clothed guy. Along with what looks like a purple lizard on the purple ponies back enter the room. He looks at them angrily. "Woman." The white unicorn said, shrugging, only to get punched by the purple unicorn. "I...I want to be alone...with Joe..." Luna sniffed, nuzzling into Joe's chest. "Lauren, can you escort our guests to the living room so that me and Luna can be alone for a while, please." Joe said. "I-if they'll even go..." Lauren said nervously. "Very well." Celestia said. She leads the others out of the room. "Th-thank you Joe." Luna said happily, hugging his neck. "You love me, r-right?" She asked. Joe smiles down at her. "Of course I do, Luna." He said. Luna sighs. "I guess I have to go back...without you..." She sniffed. Joe has an idea. "Luna, can I get something real quick?" He asked. "Okay..." She said hesitantly. She hesitantly gets off of Joe. Joe gets up and walks towards the closest. He opens it and rummages through it. "Ah, there it is." He said as he pulls out a plush. He walks back to the bed and sits back down next to Luna. "Here, I go this a while ago and I didn't know why. It just called to me." He said, holding out a plush version of Luna. "Oh, Joe..." Luna said. She takes it and hugs it tightly. "Now we need a plush you!" She said. Joe laughs. "That would be a bit funny." He said. Luna leans on Joe. "You're the only knows who knows how to make me smile." She said, smiling a little, before kissing his cheek. "I really love you Joe." She said. Joe smiles at her. "And I love you too, Luna." He said. "Joe? I...I wanna get married...I know I said I wasn't ready, but part of it is so Tia can't split us." She said. Luna hugs Joe and laughs. "I thought the man was supposed to ask, but oh well." She laughed. Joe smiles and opens the drawer that was next to the bed. He pulls out a small black velvet box. "Maybe I should ask you then." He said. Luna blushes. "The answer is already yes." She said happily. Joe hugs Luna with a wide smile. "I'll happily marry you." Luna said happily, kissing his cheek. "I hope I can be the mare you need." She said. "And I hope I can be the stallion you need." Joe said. "But you are!" Luna said, hugging him tighter, then notices something wrong. "Joe..when did you begin growing blue fur on your chest?" She asked. Joe looks down and notices the blue fur. "Well, this is new." He said. "I only meant to give you a tail...not turn you into a pony!" She giggled. Joe chuckles. "I wouldn't mind." He said. Luna giggles and nuzzles Joe's cheek. Joe hugs Luna. "Should we tell this to Celestia?" He asked. "What?" She asked, hugging back. "No matter what, I'll go back with you, even if your sister doesn't want me to." He said. Luna smiles. "You're going to be my husband. I have no doubts you will." She said, kissing his lips softly. "Shall we break the ice with your sister?" He asked. "I dunno...you didn't kiss me back." Luna smirked. "Oh, alright." He said as he kisses Luna. Luna puts her forelegs around his neck as she closes her eyes, returning the kiss. Joe relaxes as he also wraps his arms around Luna. Luna moans slightly, leaning into the kiss. "I love you, Joe." She says softly for a second before returning to kissing. Joe gives a relaxing sigh before closing his eyes. Luna wraps her wings around Joe, pulling him closer as she continues to kiss deeper, angling her head to get better results. She curls her tail arund his as it rapidly wags, bringing it to stay still as she pushes into him, enjoying the kiss. Joe runs a hand through Luna's mane. Luna kisses even deeper for a few more moments before pulling away and she smiles. Joe smiles as well. "That... was amazing." He said. Luna smiles back. "I know it was." She said. Joe stands up and stretches. But as he stretches, he stumbles. "Something wrong, love?" Luna asked. Joe's head started to feel funny. "I'm... fine." He said. But as he said that, his legs buckle and he falls to the ground. The world started to spin in his eyes. "Honey?" Luna asked, worried. She tries to help him up. As he stood, New notices that his legs and feet felt extremely weird while everything was still slightly spinning. "My legs, feel really weird." He said. Luna holds him in her Forelegs, sitting on the bed with him. Joe takes off the shoes that he was wearing and notices that his feet have turned into hooves. "Aww!" Luna said, bending down to look. "So cute!" She said, poking one. Joe leg twitches at Luna's poke. He rolls up the Jeans that he has on, only to reveal that his entire legs are covered in dark blue fur. Luna giggles and stands back up. "Just take them off you don't need them now that you have fur." She said, nuzzling his cheek. Joe smiles and takes his pants off, revealing white underwear. "This is going to take some time getting used too." He said. With magic Luna removes his shirt to see most of his torso has also been covered in fur. "You're fluffy!" She said, hugging him. Joe hugs back. "So are you." He said. "You need to be fluffier." She said, nuzzling his chest. He chuckles as he runs a hand through her mane. Luna pulls Joe's tail close with her magic and holds it in her forelegs. "You really like my tail, don't you." He said. Luna nods, hugging it. "Well... guess we should go talk some sense into Tia." She said nervously. Joe nods "I'm ready whenever you are." He said. Luna nods and nuzzles Joe's chest once more. "Let's to then." She said. Joe nod and stands up, arms flailing slightly, adjusting to his new hooves. He holds a hand out to Luna. Luna smiles and paces a hoof in his hand. "Now that I think about it," she said, smiling more. "I would love to be your wife." She said happily. She kisses his cheek affectionately. "There's nothing I could ever want more than that." She said. Joe warmly smiles. "I'm very happy to hear that." He said. Luna leans her head on him. "Your fur is very soft, my love." She said. She smiles as she walks out of the room with him. Joe smiles at her. "Thank you, and yours is too." He said. "I'm a sucker for fluffy things." She giggles. Joe chuckles as they come to the stairs. He looks at them, then looks at his hooves. "Okay, let's take it easy." He said. Luna nods and levitates him to the bottom then trots down and nuzzles his cheek. "Thank you." Joe said. "No problem, honey." She said, smiling. Joe smiles and notices that Lauren and Celestia were at the table drinking a cup of coffee while talking, the purple pony and a lizard were sitting in front of the t.v., the purple pony was writing away at the notepad, and the blue mane'd pony was staring at the two reporters, who where filming everything. "Tia...I'd like to talk to you..." Luna said. Joe nods as he looks at Celestia. Celestia sighs heavily and gets up. "Please excuse me." She said, walking over. "Luna, I..." She began. "Celestia you've been very controlling of my life and descisions for far too long and I feel it's about time I make the descision for a change." Luna said firmly, interrupting her. "Joe and I are getting married, and he's coming to Equestria with us. He's even turning into a pony, see?" She said, gesturing a hoof to Joe who now has the large eyes of a pony and a growing muzzle. "You keep saying you want what's best for me, and I feel having Joe in my life will help me a lot. He cares about me, he loves me, and I love him just the same." She said as she hugs Joe and kisses his cheek. "If he cannot come with us back home, I'm not coming back." She said. Joe notices something on top of his head, but ignores it as he looks at Celestia. "Celestia, look, Luna is extremely happy to be with me, just like how I love being with her, and you want to take that away from her? That's not what a sister does, and it'll break her heart, is that what you want?" He asked. "No." Celestia said sadly, shaking her head. "If I allow you to come with, you'll technically be a prince and will have royal duties which will be to aid Luna in hers. Fair enough?" She asked. "Love is fair." Luna said, hugging Joe tighter. "I want to do anything to keep Luna happy." Joe said, hugging back. "Very well then." Celestia said. "My fluffy Joe." Luna said, nuzzling him. "My lovely Luna." He said as he runs a hand through her mane. "Well, shall we get going sis?" Zhe asks as she curls her tail tightly around Joe's. Joe smiles as his tail slightly wags. "Yes, we shall. Twilight?" Celestia asked. "Yes, Celestia?" Twilight responds, watching the t.v with the lizard. "We're leaving." Celestia said. Luna holds Joe's hands in her hooves. "Ready to start a new life, honey?" She asked, looking into Joe's eyes with a smile. Joe nods and smiles. "Let's go then." Celestia said. She lights her horn and a portal appears and she walks in, Twilight, Spike and blue mane'd pony go in after her. Luna kisses Joe's cheek. "Let's go honey." Luna said. Joe nods and puts his hands in a polite manner. "After you." He said. "As a couple we do everything together." Luna said as she puts a hoof in his furred hand and walks in with him. Lauren stares at the portal, sounds of giggling ponies begin to ring in her ears, drawing her to the portal. As Joe and Luna go in, it begins to close. "Wait for me!" She yelled, jumping in at the last second. Luna appears in her room with Joe, still holding his hand. She looks up at him and smiles. "I love you Joe." She said as she plants a soft kiss on the side of his new fully grown muzzle and hugs his arm. Suddenly a bright light surrounds him and when it vanishes, a dark blue unicorn with a silver mane and a crescent moon and star for a cutie mark just barely shorter then Luna are in its place. He shakes his head. "Woah, just feel slightly funny." He said. Luna pulls him into a tight hug. "But at least we're together!" She said happily, nuzzling his cheek. "My handsome stallion! My husband, my love...my everything." She said, hugging him tighter. Lauren appears in a grassy field and she looks around. Joe nuzzles Luna. "My love." He said. TO BE CONTINUED