CHAPTER FOUR: HAPPINESS

I and Luna had left pony school now, and I was struggling to find my place in the world. It was getting increasingly harder to remain friends with Luna, for she was so busy turning the day in to night, so she was never really around when I was awake.
Occasionally, I slept through the day so I could meet Luna in the night.
Most of the time, we'd just lie on the grass and watch the stars in the sky twinkle.

Luna was leaving the next day, up in to the skies to join Celestia. This would be the last time I'd see her for a very long while. I was going to miss her, but I planned to make this night as enjoyable as possible.

"Discord, do you think I'm beautiful?"
I turned my head and looked upon Luna, her eyes reflecting the starry sky.
"I've never really thought about it." I'd told her, and it was true, I never really had thought about Luna in that sort of way. I knew she was in no comparison to her sister, for Celestia was a goddess, a superior being to all other creatures in this universe.
"But do you need to think about it? You took one look at Celestia and gasped, you've never done anything like that with me. Not even on pony prom night." She told me, rolling over on to her other side.
"Luna, your sister is stunning, a real vision-"
"I know."

The silence was awkward between us, but I ignored it and continued to watch the night sky. I decided to change the topic;
"Look at this." I nudged her, and with a twist of my wrist and a flick of my tail, the stars in the sky began to move. I rolled on my side and faced Luna, watching her smile as she admired the new sentence that fell in the darkness.
"Nightmare Moon." She said, laughing. "I can't believe you still remember that."
She turned back to face me, and gazed deeply in to my eyes.

"I think you're beautiful." She told me, nuzzling in to my neck and closing her eyes.
I turned on my back and placed my arm around her neck.
"I think you're beautiful too."

Luna was leaving the next day, up in to the skies to join Celestia. This would be the last time I'd see her for a very long time.
As I drifted off to sleep, the moon gleamed brightly.
I could have sworn I'd seen the image of a heart imprinted on it, but it was probably just my imagination.

-x-

The next day, I awoke in my bed. It was strange, for I do not remember going there.
I smiled at my memory of the night before.

She'd called me beautiful. She was the first and only person to ever call me beautiful.

I went in to my parent's room, saw that my father had left, and sat on the bed beside mother.
"Oh, hello Discord." Mother said, facing me. She let out a groan as she clutched her chest. Mother had been bed-ridden for the past two weeks for she was feeling very 'under the weather', and I had a new little sister on the way.
"How are you feeling?" I asked, combing my claws through her messy knotted hair.
"I'm feeling much better." She said, smiling at me. "Luna's leaving today, isn't she?" she said, trying to stifle her painful groans. I nodded at her, and lowered my head in sadness, for I did feel sad. She was my best friend.
"You know, what you said to me a while ago…" She said, looking at me in the eyes.
"I've said a lot of things to you, mother." I laughed.
"That one time, you told me 'She doesn't love me'."
I was shocked. I couldn't figure out how she could have possibly known about Celestia, I had never told anyone about my love for her. I could only reply with one dumb statement:
"Wh- what?"
"Luna. You told me she didn't love you. But I know she does Discord." Mother said, smiling at me.
"Luna? What about Celestia?"
"Who's Celestia?"

That's when it dawned on me. It was a quick conversation between us, but those few sentences put a whole new perspective on my life.
It had never been Celestia, I was always fascinated with her beauty, but I never loved her.

I was in love with Luna.

But it was too late, Luna must have gone by now. She'll probably have found a handsome pony before the next time we cross paths again and I'll just be a memory, if even that. I had to try something, I had to find her and tell her that I loved her.
I kissed my mother on the cheek and ran out of my house. I flew as fast as my strange wings could carry me, until I reached the front door of her parent's house. I was nervous because her parents hadn't met me yet, I know that they would be scared and think I'm a monster who wanted to eat their babies, or something like that.

I knocked on the door and was greeted by Celestia; I'd figured she was helping Luna pack her bags.
She sighed at the sight of me. "What are you doing here?"
"I… I wanted to say good bye to Luna." I said. I didn't look her in the eyes, for I feared that if I would I would fall for her perfection and forget about my feelings for Luna all together.
"Well, she's gone to your house to say good bye to you. How funny." She started laughing, but in a sweet humorous way, not in the mean, spiteful way that I had expected.
" I know what you're thinking, Discord. Go to her." She said. I looked up at her, and she flashed me a smile. "Good luck."