Celestia and Luna have many duties as the leaders of their realm, such as raising the sun and the moon; but there are other duties, while less pressing, that must also be fulfilled. When those duties require an unwilling betrothal, Luna flees the palace, afraid of summoning Nightmare Moon with the force of her rage. With the help of the commoner Donut Joe, she treks across the unforgiving landscape of Equestria, facing monsters and risking her life while forging a new friendship - but will her escape have been for nothing?
Chapters (12)
HA I KNEW IT I KNEW THIS WAS A SETUP!
The chapters were short but sweet. Enjoyed reading this!
This has got to be one of the best opening chapters I've read in years. This story simply reeks of potential, and I must say the pairing of Donut Joe and Luna is not only crazy but amazing at the same time.
This was a great story, thanks for writing it.
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Thank you very much!
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Wow, thank you very much! :) I am so glad you liked it! I wrote this fic for a contest, and they said the pairings could be anyone and Celestia or Luna, so I wanted to pick someone kind of unlikely, then make it believable! And, er, now I ship it too! LOL!
Good, Damn good... Now I want a donut...
Really fantastic entry here, mate!
To be honest, when I read the description I thought you said brothel, not betrothal. Mind you it didn't change my mind about the story.
Besides the point, it was a good story that deserves a good thumps up!
Thanks for the input guys! Sad to say I didn't place in the contest, sad day!
But all of the runners-up get a Steam game, so that's nice! 
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Thank you! Haha, I craved donuts while I wrote it!! They just sounded so tasty...
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Thank you very much! Sorry we didn't win anything though!
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I appreciate the sentiment! ... even if it's not a brothel story, LOL! 
Haha, thanks!
My word.
Your usage of the Old Tongue is delightful!
I had to actually come and comment on that -- so many ponyfics just mangle it horribly, but your usage?
Fills me with so much
The story was a delightful read that made me smile when I was finished. Thanks for sharing it with us! :)
Well I was excepting something like that was gonna to happen in this. A disguised prince. Yet it was rude setup to trick Luna from very beginning.
After all this runaway trouble Luna went through. *outrage*
I personally would liked to see Donut Joe as a old traveller merchant, having One Foot in the Grave. ( kinda similar idea like you had planned
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) and marry Luna. 
Travel along Luna across the kingdoms and the worlds. Teaching Luna some social manners among a citizens and Becoming the closest friend for luna, who she ever had.
And perhaps grant him young age or making him a male alicorn at very end from Princesses as their gratitude ( same way as Celestia did for Twilight, which I'm still super piss about it.
Story telling is good. I enjoyed their journey together. Sadly bit too short story and without any contact other ponies or races, which could led to some comical misunderstandings between citizens or cultural differences between races.
I felt sorry for Luna. This all feel unjustified against her. And you could just feel the anger on her after discovering the truth. ( Which I need give you some credits for it, how well it was told. 
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I liked this Joe character. ( same way as I personally saw him first before being revealed as a noble. ) being typical a lone citizen traveller, who knew how get job done.
While Luna...
Well...
It is The noble royal princess against wild nature itself.
To be honest, I couldn't stop from reading. I wanted luna to success and decide her own destiny over her's authoritative & over-protecting Celestia's decide. Unfortunately this whole thing being a setup and Donut Joe being part of that setup left me outrage for such dishonorable mind-trick played on Luna's naive and frustrating mind by Celestia from very beginning.
The Bottom line, This led me being disappointed for ending.
Positive
- Loveable Story
- Good Character development
- Understanding story telling
Negative
- Story end up too short
- Unsatisfied ending
OVERALL +8 of 10