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.”
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Blank Page and Luna are adorable together!
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Very good chapter and awesome update speed, great work.
Lucky for him Luna's mane can do no gobbling up of unicorns... or smothering for that matter since it's rather, er, ethereal? I do wonder when Luna's going to start eating his face with alicorn-sized kisses however. If it (apparently) takes twelve consorts to satisfy a single alicorn, he doesn't have much hope of surviving. Then again, death by snu-snu isn't that bad a way to go, eh?
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I do so love these one on one chapters, really shows their chemistry.
As much as I love these, Page needs to get off the sidelines!! We broke canon once lets do it again!!!
Crystal Empire has been secured, it's only a matter of time before Twilight's Ascension, I say Page goes through the mirror instead/with Twilight as a guide!
Return to a human-ish world, return to clothes, hands, and.....meat!!!!
Just spent the afternoon reading New Beginnings, and this. And it's not bad.
The protagonist is a little bit too much "good at everything", or maybe not good exactly but competent. He doesn't seem to have any real problems with anything. And given what happened to him I would have been interested to read about how he adapted to it, what he struggled with, how it made him feel etc.
Maybe something to explore another time?
The thing I'm really liking though, is that the entire story is focused on one character just dealing with mostly "normal" stuff. And while there are big events going on, with the exception of Chrysalis they are all in the background and being dealt with by other
peopleponies.This is a style of writing I really like but so seldom see, as authors all seem to succumb to the siren song of "adventure" etc...
Please don't do that. If that's, erm... okay with you.
For some reason, I thought the intro said he would turn into a changeling . . . .
So... is Skitter a reference to Worm?
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According to the last story he did put "inspired by", and it's an adaptation, not a straight copying. Sure it's a bit questionable, but not much more so than, say, writing fanfics.
6788424 look at Living in Equestria 107 chapters in and no love or action to be found unless you count being and meeting with Ambassadors every so often adventurous
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Browse to "The Alchemist's Heart" but I have to warn you, for the fun and silly events, it's dark at times at how fate tortures the main character, so very dark. Still, Silver Script perseveres rather than giving up, and for that I can't help but recommend it for the serious reader.
MEAT PUPPET THEE-A-TAR!!!!
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This reminds me of Family Guy Blue Harvest, when Obi-Wan was explaining the force to Luke. "It surrounds us, and penetrates us. Hmm..."
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I hope so. All Hail the Bug Queen!
Hello Murphy my old friend, could you drop by here again
Pretty sure Lunas mane is sentient and wants attention
I disagree, actually. I know it seems that way when you're used to stories (which most humans are), but there's structure and complexity there you'd be hard-pressed to find nearly anywhere else. In a way, it has a lot in common with programming - what with both fields dealing with formal logic and languages. If you enjoy logical puzzles, you might at the very least appreciate the intricate complexity, anyway.
MC could write some plays if he’s interested in writing romance eventually. More ‘military fantasies’ and ‘espionage fiction’ and Shining Armor might hire him as an advisor. Perhaps he could try his hoof at some carols to accompany Luna’s Winter Solstice: a way to permanently endear the holiday amongst ponies for her.
Where? Give us examples!
We need to know how to tickle Alicorns!
A date? Very nice... Maybe a first date gift is in order?
A cute bracelet, necklaces or mane pin perhaps?