Astrarian's Flashfic Anthology

by Astrarian

Chatoyant

“You’re sitting on my throne.”

Within a stripe of warm evening sunlight sits the throne and Luna, all four legs tucked under her body. Her eyes are closed; her body vibrates contentedly. A gentle rumble permeates the air.

She ignores Celestia.

“I see.” Celestia pauses on the top step of the dais. “Do you hear that noise?”

The rumbling stops as Luna opens her eyes – chatoyant, gleaming.

“Noise?” she rasps.

“What have you done today?” Celestia asks instead.

Luna blinks leisurely. “I... slept. I visited Rarity’s cat. Then I came here, and slept again.”

Celestia nods. Dreamwalking. What a concept.

Luna stretches, thoughtfully. “I remember... she came here once. She… sat here, did she not?”

Celestia reaches out. “You did, Opalescence.” She strokes Luna’s head, and smiles when soft rumbling begins anew, as Luna kneads her hooves in the velvet beneath her rump. “But you didn’t purr last time.”

Author's Note:

June 2020: "Dream a Little Dream"