Epilogue - Two/Four
And here's part two of four for ya!
I've had a little think on it and…well, I think you'll like where it's heading. Hopefully!
Begin!
Home
It was weird you know…walking through the long corridors of a castle I'd long swore never to return to.
Well, when I say walking, what I really mean is that I was being suspended in a golden aura by a rather chipper, if not determined Princess Celestia.
…I should probably explain this one.
After Luna had quickly demolished her cinnamon bun, and I my bakewell tart, we promptly left the small café and began to walk, what I thought was aimlessly, among the busy streets of Manehattan. Neither of us spoke, not really. Luna merely placed her right wing around my back, while my hand rested comfortably upon her withers.
She was taller than I remembered; her coat was a touch darker too. Little details that I'd missed having been focused solely upon her face…voice…
As we traversed the dank streets with nought but a smile, the both of us found ourselves once again drawn to the other. I couldn't help myself, nor could she apparently. For our lips attached before the thought of doing so had even crossed my mind.
It was fantastic…and I wanted it to last forever.
…
Unfortunately we both found ourselves suddenly suspended in mid-air by an all too familiar golden glow.
"Well, well. What do we have here," chuckled a soothing, maternal voice. "Here I believed that little Lulu had merely vanished to devour the local bakery, not Equis's only resident human. For shame Luna, for shame…"
The two of us were moved to face a rather smug looking alabaster mare, a winged, horned, and did I already mention SMUG looking alabaster mare.
A wicked grin overcame Luna's recently shocked features, her eyes flashing with mirth and nigh sadistic pleasure.
"Us, devour a bakery?" she asked, that grin only widening as she continued. "Dear sister, the hypocrisy of thy statement blots out even thy most vast sun…and not the bright one."
"Ooh," Celestia gasped, clutching a hoof to her barrel in mock agony. "Low blow little Lulu, low blow…"
Before Luna could get another word in, Celestia gave a rather sharp whistle. This to my absolute astonishment caused her all too familiar carriage to appear…out of thin air.
Guards and all.
"Show off," Luna mumbled, shaking off her sister's aura easily and lighting up her horn so as, I presumed, to do the same to me.
That is before I shook it off myself, albeit nowhere near as gracefully or easily as she did.
"How did you do that?" she asked, surprise etched on her face.
Smiling somewhat cheekily, I shrugged and walked ahead of her to the carriage.
What? We all have our secrets, and I figured it fair for her to discover it herself. Saying 'I practised because a phantom you keep appearing and touching me' didn't seem like it was worth doing so at the time.
As I neared the carriage door, a white wing pressed against my chest, causing me to look right into a pair of rose coloured orbs.
Narrowed rose coloured orbs.
"Steven, a word if you please?" she asked, if not all but ordered then and there.
"Sister, what are you-" Luna began…only to be promptly levitated up and into the carriage, which then chose to lock itself against her pounding hooves.
Somewhat nervous now, I focused back on her stern looking features and sighed silently at what was coming. What I knew was coming.
"Is this the part where you break me?" I asked nervously. "I remember you saying something of the sort a while back."
She remained silent for a few more moments, her eyes regarding me with emotion I couldn't decipher…only to suddenly break out into a huge smile and all but suffocate me with a hug.
"Oh pish posh little one," she dismissed, moving back a slight without letting me go, her eyes now clearly filled with concern. "I love my sister more than anything in the world, but she broke her own heart with her own decisions. Nay, in this moment I'm more concerned about you. You've been gone a year Steven, are you okay?"
Smiling at the evident worry upon her face, I nodded and embraced her myself, enjoying the slight tightness of her own hug.
"I wasn't for a long time," I admitted, a frown on her face as I did so. "I was…angry and hurt, scared even. But I'm okay now…"
"You're also very poor at lying, Steven," Celestia chided, a very 'Mom' expression gracing her features.
Deflating slightly, I looked at the carriage door and sighed quietly. There was no banging anymore, Luna had either knackered herself into sleep or, and more likely, was listening to what we were discussing.
"I…I am okay," I repeated quietly. "It's just been a very rough year…and I'm a bit tired."
"That's an understatement isn't it?" she asked just as quietly, a small, concerned smile upon her muzzle. "You look exhausted Steven, gaunt almost…"
She shook her head and opened the carriage door, exposing a worried looking Luna who quickly 'picked' me up and placed me on the booth-like seat beside her. Celestia climbed in gracefully and knocked on the surprisingly high ceiling thrice, a sudden movement almost knocking me out of the seat if not for Luna's quick and steady wing.
"Thanks."
It was only then that I noticed the both of them trading identical expressions and glances with each other, looking from me then to the other, then to me, then to the other, over and over for the better part of the entire journey.
The power of the female continues to elude the general male population, I mused, my thought 'voice' taking on a rather good impersonation of David Attenborough.
A sudden rumbling later and the carriage came to an apparent stop, the door opening not a split second later by a Solar Pegasus.
Celestia nodded to the guard and gave him a motherly smile, said smile widening as he moved out of the way, his legs giving a little wobble when she placed a kiss upon his helmet.
Bet he relives that moment every day for the rest of his life, I chuckled silently. Bet he never washes that helmet again either.
"Must you tease the guard so, sister?" Luna deadpanned a few minutes later, the three of us approaching the castle's entrance.
"Oh it's just a little fun, Luna," she replied, smiling somewhat impishly. "Besides, it's not as though he's taken."
"Very well then."
"Yet!"
"Tia…" Luna groaned, thought not without a tiny smile upon her muzzle.
"Oh hush now, Lulu." Celestia quieted, smiling herself somewhat cheekily. "There's something else we need to take care of anyway, no? Something of the utmost importance?"
…
I didn't like the way they were BOTH staring at me. Eyes so warm, so caring, so…so…devious.
"Why are you two looking at me like that?" I asked uncertainly.
"Oh, no reason at all Steven," Celestia answered, that smile now almost wickedly scary. "Although…you are a bit thin for my comfort, wouldn't you say so Luna?"
"Verily," said sister agreed, her eyes narrowed in a mix of playfulness and genuine mirth. "Tired too, no?"
"Oh indeed so, I must agree," Celestia continued, the banter between the two causing my eyes to bat from one to the other, as though they were playing a game of verbal tennis. "Although I must defer to your judgement on the solution, you are the mistress of dreams after all."
"Mistress of dreams?"
"I thought it fitting, do you disagree?"
"No, no. I find it quaint if nothing else."
"Good, good. Now, shall we endeavour onward and, with all respect and politeness that we can possibly include, proceed to stuff our dear human until he is fit to blow?"
"Hmm," Luna pondered, a hoof tapping beneath her muzzle in contemplation. "Aye, I agree with this course of action. Perhaps afterwards we shall ensue to strip and bathe him?"
"Burn the clothes?"
"Indeed, magic can only help so much."
"Are you saying I smell?" I asked, utterly thrown off by…whatever the hell this was.
"Oh no, my dear Steven, of course not," Celestia soothed, waving a hoof dismissively as we entered the majestic building. "Your clothing on the other matter…"
"Produces an odour most rancid is what she means to say, mine sweetheart," Luna concluded, smiling merrily all the while. "Worry no more on the subject, we shall take care of it."
"And you," Celestia intervened, her horn alight as its golden aura effortlessly lifted me into the air. "Starting right now-"
"With food and drink enough to bloat thee into submission," Luna announced joyfully, startling a maid as we turned a corner and neared the…dining room, I believe.
"You're slipping dear, language."
"Apologies big sister."
"None are needed, let us focus on our poor, malnourished human."
With a light push of navy blue magic, the door was pushed open to reveal a long table with many, many chairs.
And just as many platters of food, vegetarian and not so much. I could see steak, sausages, breadsticks and…was that BACON?
There was drink too, even…was that coke?
"How did you get this sorted so quickl-Mphh!"
Luna placed a hoof over my mouth and shook her head, smirking slight as she nodded towards her sister, said sister levitating me over and into a rather luxurious looking seat.
"Now then my dear human," Celestia began suddenly, a smirk of her own upon her muzzle as a napkin shrouded in blue tucked itself into my shirt, another landing and gluing itself to my lap. "I want you to take in all of what you see before you, because-"
"You are going to stay within that comfy seat until you have sampled all of it," Luna finished cheerily.
I remained stunned and silent as my plate found itself filled until it could be no more, my goblet beside it filling to the brim with a clear, familiar liquid.
"Eat up little human," Celestia sung, smiling so widely I thought it'd break her face.
"Yes, do!" Luna chimed in. "We eagerly await washing you all over!"
"Wait, what?" I began…only to find my mouth filled with golden steak.
"Food first Steven," Celestia chastised playfully, a suspiciously blue coloured hash brown lining up behind it, followed by a sausage, a slice of bacon, two sweet potatoes and a single bout of broccoli.
Sweet mother of mercy…
Needless to say, I was very, VERY full by the time I finished the last platter. I was also unable to move…or think about moving.
Just the thought of such made me groan.
"I believe our dear Steven has eaten his fill, don't you think so Luna?" Celestia asked, chuckling evilly lightly at my unfortunately immobile form.
"Undoubtedly so, Tia," Luna approved, smiling ever widely. "Do you disagree beloved? Are you not full?"
She prodded my stomach lightly, causing me to groan and try to bat the offending appendage away.
"Yes, he is most certainly full," she concluded. "Perhaps onto the bathing?"
"Or the burning?" Celestia added.
"Or the burning and then the bathing?" Luna replied, before the both of them smirked at the same time and looked down at my weakened self. "Shall we?"
"Indeed we shall," Celestia agreed, both their horns alight for a few moments…
A few moments in which I suddenly found myself up in the air with my clothing floating by the malicious mares.
"Wait…what are…you…" I couldn't finish my question, not without feeling unbearably uncomfortable.
Besides my clothes were on fire…oh.
Well shit.
Once my clothing became a pile of ash upon the floor and –"Shit, am I naked?!"- the two mares gave each other satisfied grins, I once again found myself being carried along by, this time, a navy blue aura.
Naturally we just so happened across every servant, maid and butler along the way.
We finally stopped moving as Celestia opened a door, before taking over Luna's aura with her own and depositing me into a very large bucket of perfect temperature water.
No really, it looked for all intents and purposes like a large bucket.
"Time for a nice long spruce of bathing then, my little human," Celestia informed me, smiling all the while. "Have you a sponge dear sister?"
"Indeed I do," Luna confirmed, a rather big, circular sponge in her magical grip. "Have you one too?"
"I do," she replied, lifting a similar sponge into the air. "Shall we then?"
"We shall," Luna nodded, before smiling down at me and kissing my cheek lovingly. "Be soothed now Steven. We shall take care of you."
As a sponge dipped into the water, Celestia nuzzled my left ear and whispered-
"Close your eyes Steven, sleep if you want. It's okay…relax…"
Relax…
…
…
…
"He's waking up Tia."
"Shall we remedy that?"
I opened my eyes blearily and squinted at a blurry shape not a short distance from my face.
Blue…
Suddenly, a soft, warm bout of air hit the back of my neck. As it did so, the blue blur neared, yet another bout of warm air wafting over my neck, the front this time.
"Sleep my love," soothed a voice…a familiar voice, ethereal as it always seemed to be. "You're home now, you're safe."
Home…I was home…
What felt like two blankets cover my naked body, combined with the warm air soothing my already lull form, it was with little effort I found my eyes closing…sound dimming…I could barely hear…
"Thank you Tia."
"It's quite alright, the poor thing was wasting away. If not for your divinity then…I fear he wouldn't have survived a couple of months, let alone year.
"I know…It's my fault isn't it?"
"You should put it behind you, he's safe now, he's home."
…
"I don't want him to go again, the very thought of it terrifies me."
"Then don't give him a reason to. Give him space, don't cling to him and above all…just love him. If you want him to stay than simply love him."
"…Thank you Tia, you've…thank you."
"You've nothing to thank me for Luna, now hush or he'll wake up again."
The darkness came…and I…
"I love you sister."
"I love you too, both of you."
And I fell under its shroud.
End Of Part Two
I hope you enjoyed this, it took me a little while to get back into the writing mood.
Cya, stay snuggly!
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Ooh. I like.
how'd they get all of that stuff?
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Griffons mostly
I can't help but feel Luna's a smidge angry about him running away...
Only a smidge though, she only embarrassed him, nothing more.
The reason i fell for this story was because Steven was his own, he left because he was smothered, but upon returning, he gets manhandled, or marehandled if you will.
Yet he is perfectly fine with it? no feeling of trepidation? nothing at all?
Your first epilogue chapter was great, Steven and Luna were cautious yet longing, it was very fitting.
I can't help but feel there should've been another chapter inbetween the first and this.
They may very well be in love, but what was broken in the very first chapter was trust.
It's not something that you regain by staying away from the person who wronged you or over tea and cinnamon buns with some added smooching, it takes effort and time.
So reading through Steven having no issues about the treatment he recieved makes him lose some relatability. (if that's even a word.)
I've loved every chapter so far, many of your fics are go-to favourites of mine.
So while saying i hope you redeem this story is a little too harsh, it was still a good chapter, it just didn't sit right with me.
Will be awaiting the next.
5345177 okay but what about the coke? griffons? or minotaurs?
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Discord
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To be fair he was tossed around between them, not really any time to say 'Stop a sec'. In any case, the next chappy will address some of the trust issues, especially when it comes to Luna and Steven sleeping together again (Sleeping, not sex...yet!)
Beyond that, this was a blast to write :D Hope you enjoyed at least some of it.
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He wasn't gagged, was he? ^^
Seriously though, i can buy that, to some degree.
I'll be waiting then, good luck with the next one
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They were talking non-stop, and when they weren't he either had food stuffed in his gob or was too full/tired to muster up any energy to do anything.
Next chappy should hit right back on the SOL, as opposed to the comedic side of this chappy XD
Meh
Oh God.
Feels.
Revenge is a dish best served rare.
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Hem
Talk about the royal treatment...
Isn't this line broken
Hmmm, things are moving along, it looks like. Still, this is addressing our human's physical infirmity, and next will likely be the time to examine the social, if not the psychological aspects in more depth. Or...I could be totally wrong here. Either way, this was a nice chapter, with the Celestial Sisters showing their bond quite strongly to our protagonist. I can hardly wait for the next bit, as while he has returned...that doesn't mean his journey is truly over yet.
SHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTT.
I wasnt expecting that.
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I'm so jelly, Steven gets two attracted princesses treating him like a king. Curious, is Celestia trying to get in on their relationship too?
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For a moment I thought they'd forgotten to remove said clothes first. Thought maybe he'd fallen asleep in the carriage and was having a nightmare. That would have made for one hell of a first day back with Mrs. Sandmare (because you just know she would have seen it).
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Hme?
Awwwww, so sweet! Looking foward to the next chapters.
Wait...wait a minute, I'm confused...this can be interpretted in so many ways but I can't settle for one
Are they evil? 'Cause that's the most prominent vibe here.
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Nope, they're just completely in sync and...well, evil trolling sister's I suppose
Why this is marked as "Complete"
Because you have added chapters and by chapter names it seems that you are going to add more
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Because the epilogue's are a choice. You can read them, or simply leave it as a one-shot.
5348298 Emh
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Ehm.
5363751 Mhe
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No.
Just no. Not on here, it ruins my happy mood.
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Frivolous wordplay ruins your happy mood? That must make writing incredibly difficult.
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No, getting a comment makes me happy. Seeing that it's just...that, makes me unhappy.
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5363901
oh well, it's been fun while it lasted
Oooh, ice burn.
I don't know why, but I do not like this chapter.
I am very confused about this.
Is this story completed? It is tagged as completed, but you said it will have two more parts.
Anyone else reminded of those two gophers from the Looney Toons here? I swear that dialogue between the royal sisters has them written all over it!
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this is sweet and not annoyingly spicy like cinnamon.
AAGGGHHH WHEN WILL TH NEXT ONE COME OUT?!?!
IS THERE a next part Oh PLEASE Tell be that there will be more
Why no one answer me its rude
6340254 LOL
Entertaining.
But why is it Complete if there are more parts left?
6436124 EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING
Was the phantom of Luna celestia in disguise?
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No
I love this story, I think this ending is much better than the actual one
I am starting to see the parallels of your original two Royal Breakup Stories and both this and Absolute Power. In the original I take it that Luna's Story with Steven was the 'bad end' to that tale; and Celestia's Story with Tobias was the 'good end' to that one. Now here is this story regarding Luna's Story with Steven again, but a what-if leading to the 'good end'. Just as Absolute Power is now shaping up to be the 'bad end' to Celestia's Story with Tobias. I like the dynamics a lot, and your way of writing them is very well done indeed.
I am confused as to why you have this story listed as complete even though you said that there are at least two more chapters to go. I hope to see them sometime. As always I have very much enjoyed your stories, and this one is no exception. That "ending" though. Such raw kindness and love on display, such a place must be akin to heaven.