"Legacy"

by Novel Idea

"Legacy" Day 5

Day 5
A Walk in the Park.

I was awoken by the same primal drum beat…this time conscious of what it was. My legs were around Luna…I remembered that. Shaking my mane and back I forced the sleeping princess off me slowly. I had no desire to wake her now…The throbbing in my chest had left a residual burn I was unused to. It was a heart without barriers, defenceless and open…the thought scared me far more then a little.

I pushed my horn against the portcullis, the grinding of its opening causing my nightmare princess to stir.

“Morning…” she said in that voice of hers, the quiet one of a filly; a confused voice. Not the booming Royal one she came in on. I preferred this voice to the others, truly.

“Good Morning.” I said too embarrassed to face her, I could feel my cheeks redden. “Damnit I’m almost sixty years old!” I thought angrily at myself, urging myself to relax. “I’ll go make some breakfast.” I informed her taking another step outside when she cut me off with her voice.

“Can we go outside today…?”

I paused for the moment and considered the question for a moment. Was the WE as in her and myself? Of was it a slip into the royal “We” in which she had referred to herself? Either way it was not as if I could be seen outside with the missing Princess… especially now… Equestria had faced its fifth moonless night. No matter how well Celestia attempted to stem public opinion it would have escaped by now.

“Don’t get carried away…” I whispered head down sighing, I had a role to play. “But…” I added, not looking to notice her crestfallen expression…I truly had grown too soft hadn’t I? “I’ll see what I can do…”

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I sat down and watched Luna eat the small breakfast I had prepared for her…my hoof fiddling with a small device. It was a necklace with a gemstone made from the room…It would allow her to go outside…but rules had to be laid.

“You can join me outside today for shopping.” I began slowly, choosing not to notice the food drop from her mouth. Or the surprisingly common expression on her regal face.

“There will be rules of course. I’d have no hesitation levelling this whole town if I need to.” I lied…full on. I knew in my freshly open heart there was no way I could hurt Ripe and his family… or anyone else in this town. But I kept up that cruel face from the streets…from the flame. “You will act as one of the normal people. No “we”s. If you can’t do that then we won’t even attempt this.” I said, no one would know, at least here; that Luna had such a way of speech.

“W-…I understand…” she said head down.

“I’ll put you under a radial spell. Everypony who enters the area will see you as a normal Pegasus. If you get too close they may feel your horn.” I warned seriously. “If they do…game over.” I cracked my neck leaning down and noming on a piece of apple I had sliced for her.

“No flying, you will have your wings. But no flight.” I said eyeing her seriously.

“And though it should go without saying I’ll say it anyway: Do not tell ponies you are Princess Luna, do not attempt to flee.” I looked at her and she met my stare. God how I hoped I could shield my eyes. Unsure if I had when she smiled to me and nodded.

Moving forward with a sigh, I lifted up the necklace in my hooves and wrapped it around her neck.

“Just a tidbit…this necklace can only be removed by me. If something is to happen to me while we are out… this stays here forever. No more magic.” I said, seriously this time. I may have gotten soft, but not too soft.

“ I understand.” Luna said with an almost school filly like smile. Sighing I pushed my horn to the door and stepped outside. I could feel the magic flood back to me. I turned to her and held out a leg. Luna took it in hers and walked out beside me; my mind, the treacherous organ that it was, imagining a scene of myself and Luna walking down and isle at the end… was nothing. I commanded of myself shaking my head slightly.

“Well…?” I asked pulling her free of the room, resealing it with my horn; eyes always on her.

“No different then inside.” she said, though she didn’t seem disappointed.

“Good now stand still.” I whispered letting my eyes roll. The magic for a spell with such a large radius would require more then what I had at my disposal, I hated to admit it but magic was not my talent. I reached deep within the core of stone behind me and sucked from it Luna’s magic which it had been siphoning for the past five days. Adding it to my own the spell in my mind became much easier to grasp. I could feel it coil around me and embrace me, causing my breath to catch. This was not just any magic, this was Luna’s magic…and though I would admit this to nopony my manipulation of it was nothing short of an extremely intimate experience for myself.

Using this foreign, delicious magic I created a sphere which covered miles in every direction and placed the center onto Luna…the was a pause as the magic register and bonded with her being. I don’t remember the words I spoke, being so deep in magic but I’m pretty sure I ordered Luna to move to test the spells capacity to move; for she moved to one side then back in the other direction. The magic dome moved with her.

I opened my eyes to view the spoils of my labour; breath coming in deep gasps. I could feel the sweat on my brow. The spell had been no easy feat.

Before me now, was not the same regal Alicorn Princess, with her impressive wings and long flowing hair. No, now I was faced with a Pegasus Pony with back length turquoise hair, a coat of midnight blue. Her eyes had darkened to a rich, royal blue… I took a moment to look her over, the spell seemed complete, even the Cutie Mark had changed. Instead of Luna’s regular mark was now a richly coloured dark grey cloud hiding half of a brilliant full moon.

“Well… how do I look…?” Luna asked hesitantly, the words seeming to be awkward and stilted. I stared at her for a moment gauging my response, at least that’s what I intended to do.

What I actually said was the betrayal of an open heart. “Beautiful in any form…” it was barely above a whisper but I
could tell she had heard me for she blushed and looked away unwilling to meet my eyes.

Real smooth Silk, class act. I groaned at myself turning away from her I could feel my cheek flushed.

“Well lets go, we can visit Ripe and his family then go eat…”I said leading her up through my house…hoping that everything would go okay.

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Surprisingly everything went well as the duo made their way through the town towards the Pickin’s store. Some ponies had cast us with rather incredulous looks surprised to see me with another pony. Luna seemed rather content and happy to out in the sun. More then once I caught her stretching her back and wings; a shiver running up her body from the release. I shivered myself, it was a beautiful moment every time she did it. And I hated myself for being so enticed.

We came up to the two story home and store of Ripe and Daisy Picken after a good hour of walking through town. Luna seemed enthralled by the life we lived down here in this small rural town. I didn’t blame her…I went from a thriving cesspool of a port city to almost every other town and city Equestria had to offer. I had been to Canterlot, I understood the class difference that would be shocking the princess right now. So I allowed her to enjoy it.

Reaching a hoof up I knocked on the thick wooden door, the sound of Dill and the other Picken kids could be heard from outside as the readied the store for another day and gathered there things for school.

“I got it, I got it!” Ripe yelled in that jovial voice of his. “I’m powerful sorry but we’re closed at the mome…….” His jaw hit the floor as he took me and Luna in for a long moment, it looked comical to say the least.

“Silk, is this…?” he left the words hanging, the question unasked.

I nodded chuckling at his appearance. I enjoyed watching ponies squirm but to see Ripe so flabbergasted was pure delight. I wondered if this is what it was like having a friend to tease.

“Well man! Introduce me!” the brilliant coloured earth pony demanded.

Buck. I’m fairly certain both Luna and I shared this reaction as for some ungodly reason I had not thought of an alias.

“Um… This is Fabric Moon, a clothe trader I met on my last trip south…” I lied on the spot, thank you imagination. Luna looked at me for a long moment, impressed or disillusioned I didn’t know but she nodded toward Ripe to confirm.

“Pleasure it is my lady.” he drawled deeply lifting her hoof to his mouth giving her a gentle kiss making me chuckle. Old foal that he was.

“Ripe, stop embarrassing yourself.” Daisy said in her soft, motherly voice pushing the flustered stallion aside, his orange cheeks burning red.

“Come in dear, you can come spend time with me and the kids while the boys chat.” the unicorn said to Fabric smiling in that same way she had looked at her husband the day before.

Luna looked to me and I nodded her along, her soft voice gave words of thanks to Daisy as Ripe, leg around my neck pushed me out the door.

“You stud you!” he accused viciously, walking me around the house.

“Hardly.” I teased chuckling a little to myself, a stupid grin on my face, annoying the muscles there. I walked with him for a few moments before either of us spoke.

“It seems to me…Silk, you’re closer to having this then you think.” this wasn’t a tease, the tone was different. Ripe was being very sincere with me and it moved me to know he genuinely cared for me that much.

I smiled and though I wanted to live in that moment my plans had been laid. There was no future for me like this, though I enjoyed the illusion. “It’s further away then you realize…” I whispered, to myself more then Ripe but he thought it bed not to reply.

Once out of earshot of the girls the two stallions slowed their pace to a crawl enjoying the early morning sun.

“Did you see the paper…These moonless nights?” Ripe asked, thinking he was changing the subject.

“Mmm? No. I’ve been too busy at night.” I said rolling my shoulders in a noncommittal way. I knew how he would take that and the sly smile on his face.

We came to a window looking into the kitchen and I couldn’t help but smile in a way my face had never smiled before.

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“Fabric dear could you flip those pancakes?” A flustered Daisy asked the Princess in disguise as she struggled to comb the knots out of her youngest daughter’s hair. The little filly groaned and squirmed around, under the assumption it was a game.

Luna stared at the pan on the “oven” a device that Celestia had informed her about when she had been learning about technology. “Fabric” reached forward and hesitantly grabbed the pan. Okay… she thought… You can do this…Just give it a flick. A snap of her neck sent the pancakes into the air.

To Luna’s immediate satisfaction two flipped and landed on the proper side… to her immediate dissatisfaction two other flopped onto her head while a fifth splatted on the floor. Gasping in shock Luna fell to her haunches, her wings twitching.

It took a totally of three point two seconds for everyone to realize what had happened. Another two point five seconds of silence before the room was filled by vicious laughter and chuckling from outside the window.

At first Luna felt horribly embarrassed if not a little angry. Who were these ponies to laugh at their Princess. It took only a moment for her to realize how ridiculous she looked and started to chuckle along. A deep laugh reached out from her in a way that she had not laughed in over a thousand years. They weren’t laughing at her, she determined; but with her. Flipping her head a little to get the pancakes off of her; only to rise more laughter: the children on the floor, Daisy practically bursting at the seems with laughter. It was then that Fabric heard the deeper laughter of men and turned her head to look out the window pouting for a moment at what she saw.

There was Ripe pounding his hoof against the side of the building to help release some of the laughter before he collapsed and next to him was a chuckling Silk.

Silk had a smile on his face that Luna had never seen before, on anypony…It was a majestic smile that she knew was just for her. That smile caused a pause for Luna, it was as it time itself froze for that moment as their eyes met. There was a love for her in those eyes beyond anything she had seen in the eyes of any pony…and it made her heart jump a beat; a flush to her cheeks. But that moment would not last for time moved on.

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“So did you enjoy the time with the kids?” I asked Fabric as we walked down the path towards the restaurant I had chosen for us to have our lunch. It was a small building but had an out door section…I didn’t feel Luna would want me to keep her crammed indoors on her day out.

There was a paused as I waited for a response…I looked at her, she seemed very lost in thought.

“Fabric, dear…” I teased and she gave a surprised squeak…Did I see her blush?

“Y-yes what is it?” Luna asked me flustered, her eyes reaching everywhere but me…

“I asked how you enjoyed the time with the kids.” I repeated the question to her, happy that she smiled at me in response.

“Yes it was quite fun…even if I made a fool of myself.” she mused her wings doing a little flicker, unable to hide her feelings.

“That’s good.” I said turning and pushing open the fence gate to the restaurant. She went in first and chose a place to sit. I was sure that this kind of restaurant would be out of the norm for her, having spent the last year cooped up in Canterlot and the thousand before that on the moon. A shift from princess to pauper was all too sudden I feared at times.

Lifting the menu off the table as I sat to join her. A waitress pony, with deep bubblegum coloured coat and a thick lavender mane came to serve us.

It was obvious that I was being treated differently then the other customers, I noticed that Luna noticed this as well. There was no light hearted conversation and laughs shared between a regular and a employee.

“How can I take your order, sir?” Sir… I chuckled, enjoying the forced respect while it would last.

“I believe I’ll have myself a fried daisy and tulip sandwich…” I requested looking at the menu. “With some OJ, on the rocks… You dear?” I asked Luna, keeping up the façade and cover we had designed with Ripe.

“Oh um….” I had startled her out of thought again. “I’ll have a grilled carrot salad with this deep fried strawberry donut.” she said offering a distracted smile. I wondered what was bothering her.

The waitress nodded and left us alone, giving us a moment of silence.

“Silk…would it be okay if I took a walk in the park…?” Luna asked me, I observed her for a moment. She was deep in thought and distracted…perhaps a walk would do her good.

“Of course…I’ll be here.” I said with emphasis and she nodded to me getting up and walking away. I turned to watch her leave.

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“Why can’t I get him out of my head…” Luna asked herself walking into the small forest which was the town’s square. It had a luscious fountain and flower beds, a good number of trees and a small clearing in the center for picnics and a play area for families.

The Princess found her mind fixated on one thing and it bothered her to know end. Why couldn’t she get Silk out of her head…? He had kidnapped her, held her prisoner…showed up in the middle of the night drunk forcing her to relive parts of her past that she wanted to forget so badly…Then inform her so cruelly of the world she had missed…the subjects she let down. Then to treat her kindly…to say he loved her.

The Princess shook her head violently trying to clear her head of all thought but instead that old stallion with his grizzled features was there. Sighing Luna let her eyes close for a moment, only to be startled back to the world when she bumped into a small colt.

“Sister! Sister! Can you help us? Our ball when up in da tree!” the tiny little colt said pointing past his other earth pony friends to a multi-coloured ball which was a good twenty feet up in the air nestled in the branches of the tree. She looked back down to the small child with his bright yellow coat and dirty blonde hair.

“Of cour-…” she began to say flexing her wings before Silk’s words came back to her violently. She was not allowed to fly… There was a moment of hesitation when she considered what to do next…just a moment. Before resolutely the princess took off into the air and returned seconds later to deliver the children their ball. “There you go young one.” she said with a smile, words slipping a bit into the archaic.

“Thanks sister!” the little boy yelled giving her as big a hug as he could manage before running off to join his friends with the ball.

Luna was transfixed watching him and how happy he was. This is what being a Princess meant…being there for her subjects… to make them happy. A shiver jumped up her spine and she turned…as she feared there he was. Watching.

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I smiled and stretched my neck as she trotted over to me looking crestfallen. “Food’s ready…” I said acting as if I had seen nothing.

We shared a wordless meal and continued to walk back to the house. Luna followed me with out complaint or comment down into the same chamber. I pushed it open with the magic and before issuing her inside dispelled the spell around her; being graced with Luna’s true form again… I must say I preferred this form.

Once we were inside and the door was closed I raised my hooves and undid her necklace, enjoying the moment of closeness with her.

Laying down once I had removed it from her I stretched my leg as she sat down on her haunches.

“You know…I’m a little disappointed.” I said seriously, eyes on her; my powerful dark orbs boring into her. “You shouldn’t have hesitated.” I clarified smiling, rolling onto my back.

Luna stared at me for along time before words left her lips. “You had told me not to…” she said hesitantly.

Smiling I put my hoofs behind my head to keep myself awake.

“Did you mean what you said last night…?” she asked me, more timid then before…I stared at the ceiling, searching through my feelings.

“Yes…I really did.” I said honestly, looking anywhere but near her keeping my eyes away from her. There was a warm pressure pressed against me. I looked over and there she was, leaning into me.

“Would it be wrong…” Luna said not meeting my eyes, or anything apparently. “If I felt the same way towards…you?” she asked me hesitantly.

I don’t know what I was thinking, at that moment but I leaned into her; ran my muzzle up her neck slowly. Forcing shivers down both out spines. I found my lips near hers and I pressed them together, tentatively; with all the hesitation my war torn body could muster.

To my infinite delight she pushed back against me….

We spent that night together, laying there in utter bliss. The happiest day I would ever come to know.

Comments

[Sweetie_Belle_Derelle]

Stockholm syndrome anyone?

[StrongBad_21]

Awesome storyline! gonna finish this tonight!