A/N: Here we are again. But because of college I am brought down in work so I barely have time to write or rather type. So both of us are trying to find time. Now again, Flair anything to say.

Flair:

Guess not again.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

Lightning awoke with a killer headache. "What happened last night?" He said groggily as he rubs his head with a hoof.

A throat clearing was heard. Lightning looks around to find Rainbow in front of him with Eclipse right behind her with a first aid kit. "She really wacked you and, frankly, I think you deserve it."

"Hey, I reserve the right to act like that with her."

Rainbow scoffs. "Yeah, act." She said bitterly.

Lightning sighs. "Rainbow, you're always the one for me. Nopony else is right for me now. Right Eclipse?"

"Correct." Eclipse says, sounding a little sad.

Rainbow suddenly gets frustrated and pulls at her mane. "Okay, now you have to tell me what is bothering you. I'm tired of all these secrets!" That would surely ring out through the house, even though most of it is fabric.

Lightning looks shocked at the sudden change in attitude, while Eclipse just sighs and brings out the equipment she needs and places it on the bed. "We once were seeing each other Rainbow Dash." Eclipse says.

Rainbow freezes and then slowly looks to Lightning who has a somber expression. "It's true." He then looks to Rainbow with the most saddest frown she has ever seen on him. "I'm sorry Rainbow." He told in a whisper.

"You said once, what happened?" Rainbow asks, almost afraid of the answer.

"You see, it happened after my brother died. As the last living heir to the throne the duty fell to me to rule. I could have denied it and given the duty to one of the nobles so they could become king, but I chose to rule so my ponies wouldn't suffer a civil war." Eclipse begins as she brings out some alcohol onto a towel. She starts dabbing it onto Lightning's head making him wince.

"Then why didn't you marry? I mean Lightning could have been your king." Rainbow says.

"There is a law in Saddle Arabia Rainbow. It states that when a female inherits the throne she may never marry. This was to insure no noble could usurp a female ruler through marriage." Lightning explained, as Eclipse ran some gauze on his wound.

"In the end when it came time to choose between Lightning and my country so…" She sighs. "I choose the country." Eclipse says, as she picks up a bandage.

Lightning looks to Eclipse longingly. "I'm proud of her making the choice because sometimes the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Yet, they sometimes work the opposite way, but that nevered happen." He with a far away expression. Eclipse finally finishes as she places the bandage on him.

"That decision haunts me to this day, but I'm happy Lightning moved on and found you Rainbow." Eclipse looks to Rainbow with a smile.

Rainbow looks at the floor for a bit before looking up. "Do you still love her?" She whispers.

Lightning looks to her carefully. "How much doubt do you have Rainbow? About me."

"Sorry, I'm a little suspicious by nature." Rainbow said as she went over to him.

Lightning smiles lightly. "It's okay, come here." He said as he holds out his hooves.

Rainbow accepted the hug and squeezed him tight, maybe a little too tight. "Rainbow...too tight." Lightning chokes out.

Rainbow smiles menacingly and does the hug tighter. "Rainbow…" Lightning chokes out again.

Rainbow suddenly climbs into the bed with and lets go of the hug to lighten the squeeze. "I thought of having a little fun." She said while smiling and giggling a little.

Lightning looks at her surprised. "Did you just giggle?"

Rainbow moves her eyes back and forth. "Ah, no." She sheepishly said.

"It was adorable." Lightning says snuggling into her.

Rainbow smirks and taps his side to try to shut him up. "Try harder." She hits harder and that earns her a wince.

"You said harder." Rainbow smirks.

"Ok, bad choice of words." Lightning said laughing a little.

Rainbow looks to him. "Is it always going to be like this every time we're in bed?"

Lightning smirks and brings her in closer. He looks over her shoulder to see that Eclipse has already left. "You know, we're alone."

Rainbow becomes wide eyed and blushes. "Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?"

Lightning gives a raised eyebrow. "What are you thinking about, I was thinking about snuggling here for the night?"

She then becomes red as a tomato. "Well, I...ah…"

"Now you're just being adorable." He commented before nuzzling her nose.

Rainbow was taken off guard by this late move. Before either could do anything else Spitfire walked in. Seeing the two in bed together all Spitfire could do was back out of there slowly and close the door behind her. Leaving the two lovers in a awkward situation. "Well that killed the mood." Lightning grumbled.

"Don't worry I still love you." Rainbow said before they fell asleep.

Spitfire stood outside the bedroom door after seeing the akward moment for just checking up on his brother. 'At least I have more ammo to use against him now.' She thought as she went to her room, but bumps into Eclipse on the way. "Eclipse." She regarded.

"Oh hey, want to come to my room?" Eclipse teased.

Spitfire brings a hoof to her face, but then looks to Lightning's room. She turns back to the smirking queen. "Sure why not. I got nothing else tonight." She said rather bored at the prospect of dealing with Midnight or rather annoyed.

Eclipse becomes surprised at the answer. "Wow, I didn't expect you to accept. Well...follow me." She said nervously.

Spitfire followed the now nervous queen to her room and finds something that would put the Princesses rooms to shame. Almost every part of the room has been decorated to fit the colors on the queen herself. The floor a light pink, the bed a dark purple, and the walls a mix in between. "Okay, now I want to live here." Spitfire whistled.

Eclipse smiles and hops onto the bed. She turns to Spitfire stuck at the door and taps on the sheets beside her. "Come on, more than enough room."

Spitfire sighs once again and walks over the the plush bed that, once she hops on, is sinkable. "Oh yeah, definitely living here."

Eclipse giggles into her hooves. "So what do you want to do?" She asks with a smirk.

Spitfire stares at the ceiling. "Can I get a massage, I have huge headache and the wings are sore like after a show."

Eclipse loses her smirk as the tone hits her. "Okay." She said carefully. Eclipse flips Spitfire over and starts on her back. "What's wrong?" Spitfire looks back at her confused. "Don't give that look, I know trouble when I see and hear it. What's wrong?"

"I don't know you nearly well enough to open up to you." Spitfire says.

Eclipse runs her hooves a little harder around the wings. "And if you keep bottling things up then they might explode at the wrong pony." She warns.

"Fine," Spitfire sighs. "I'm sad to see my little brother has grown up so much without me."

Eclipse smiles as the family card comes into play. She moves her hooves to Spitfire's spine. "Well, family always look out for each other, but they want to remember the good times, so they keep treating each other from that certain time period." She said psychologically.

"But that is the problem, I didn't get as much time as you normally would. I thought I lost him when he was nine and now he is back a full grown stallion and is close to marrying from the looks of it." Spitfire states sadly.

Eclipse moves her head down so that Spitfire can see her face without moving much. "Then you would see more good times as you two are living here now. Either in Canterlot or Ponyville." Eclipse moves back up and massages closer to her neck.

"Wait, how do you know about Ponyville?" Spitfire asks now suspicious.

Eclipse smirks. "A good diplomat always knows the surrounding area."

"But how did you know he lives there?" Spitfire asks.

Eclipse smirks again. "And they also know about the famous ponies in the area too."

"You have spies in our country don't you?" Spitfire asks bluntly.

Eclipse moves to her wings making Spitfire moan quietly. "Ask that question to Lightning. He taught some of them."

Spitfire eyed her and was about to go see Lightning, but Eclipse stopped her. Now she was trapped under magical hooves. "Not yet, you would be even more sore, even if you didn't get the message. So stay here for the night and you'll be better than ever."

Spitfire was half-tempted to go against her advice, but then just relaxed and stayed where she is. "Okay, just hurry up."

Eclipse surprises her with a small kiss to her wings, making Spitfire yelp from the contact. "It seems that pegasus wings are more sensitive than bat wings. Of course I knew this because of that night I spent with Lightning. Now how did those pressure points go again." Eclipse says instilling much dread into Spitfire.

Spitfire yelps and moans as each pressure point was touch, push, and provided much needed relief. "What do you mean 'with Lightning?'" Spitfire manages to squeak out.

"That's a secret." Eclipse whispered into Spitfire's ear.

Spitfire tries to glare angrily at her, but fails as the massage keeps on coming. "It is not...whoa...a secret if...mmmmm...family is involved." She moans.

"Oh, then tell me all about your personal life and everypony you have dated an..." Eclipse left off there as she moves her hooves around her wings.

"W-w-what does that have to..." Spitfire stops abruptly in realization. "Wait, you don't mean you and him..." Spitfire leaves off.

Spitfire feels the hooves stop moving as the words hit Eclipse. "Lightning and I have gotten very close Spitfire, but that didn't mean we really did anything. The closest things we have ever done is cuddle together in the same bed and a few light kisses."

"Stop, stop, I don't want to hear anymore." Spitfire pleaded.

Eclipse stops massaging and flips Spitfire over. "Fine, but now you owe me. Tell me a story."

"Look, I have never been in that type of relationship. I devoted myself to the Wonderbolts." Spitfire says.

Eclipse looks at her when tears started to come out. "Spitfire, love and family are two of the biggest things next to friendship. If you don't have either of the three, then don't be a living being at all. At least try to find somepony or you will miss your chance when it comes and then the days of finding somepony will be lost forever to the sands." She finishes with tears falling down her cheeks.

"You speak from experience don't you?" Spitfire asks.

Eclipse lays down on the bed sheets with sadness. "I lost him." She simply said. "I lost Lightning to a important decision, but it's better to be lost like that than to the sands."

"Ponyfeathers, we make a pair, a Queen who has loved and lost and a flyer who has never loved at all." Spitfire commented with a smile to cheer the queen up.

Fortunately, it worked. "Yeah, I guess we do. " She smiles. "It's getting late, want to sleep here?"

"Fine." Spitfire answered.

"Now I have slept with you and your sibling." Eclipse says.

"Watch it." Spitfire warns. "At least you're back to your old self now."

Eclipse lays in the bed and pulls the covers around her, but not before leaving it open for her. "Come on in. Enjoy the warmth."

Spitfire rolls her eyes at the teasing queen and settles in besides her. "Don't you dare try anything." She warns.

Eclipse laughs deeply and warps her hooves around Spitfire. "Only if you want to." She whispered.

Spitfire breathes out deeply and starts for dreamland. Eclipse stares at the fiery peguese in her hooves and thinks about the fact that she won't let go of the past life. Eclipse contemplates the idea of the pony finding a date. 'Absurd.' She thinks humorously to herself. 'She'll never go for it or even let go.' Eclipse looks to the window and sees the moon shining bright. 'That's for tomorrow. Now off to dreamland.' She said to herself as she goes off to sleep.

In the morning

Spitfire slowly opened her eyes and gets her bearings on the room. The first things she sees is dark purple. very, very dark purple. "Oh no. Please don't tell me that it happened." Spitfire told herself.

"What happened?" Eclipse asks.

Spitfire looks up to see Eclipse looking at her concerningly. "Please don't we did it?" Spitfire asks.

"Did what?" Eclipse asks innocently.

Spitfire jumps out of the bed and goes through the door of what she assumed was the bathroom. "That's the closet!" Eclipse tells her. Spitfire runs out of the closet and goes into the door next door to head into the bathroom.

"Bathroom." Eclipse calls.

A shower started inside as steam start to pour out from under the door. The door opens again as Spitfire peeks her head out. "Sorry, but I have to start the day early and get stuff done. You don't mind do you?"

Eclipse gives a smirk. "Only if you allow me a chance in there too with you."

Spitfire goes wide eye at the suggestion and was about to retort, but was cut off from laughter from Eclipse. "Kidding, go on." She said with a giggle.

Meanwhile

Rainbow opens her eyes and finds herself sleeping on a bed with Lightning's wings wrapped around her like a blanket. She smiles and snuggles into him, but the movement woke him up.

"Ah, what happened?" Lightning says trying to get a bearing.

Once he opens his eyes fully he sees Rainbow snuggled onto his chest with a very happy smile. This causes Lightning to get worried. "Oh dear."

Rainbow looks up at him with a smile. "Hey there. Have fun last night?" She asks trying to hold back a laugh at the look on Lightning's face.

"Did we do..." Lightning was cut off my Rainbow's hoof covering his mouth. "No, but we can later if you want." Rainbow says about to laugh.

Lightning starts to sputter out incoherent words, but was stopped again by Rainbow. "Take a deep breath and…" Rainbow couldn't take it anymore. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You should have seen the look on your face. Hilarious." Rainbow laughs pointing at him.

"Oh and I was about to accept." Lightning says turning the tables on Rainbow.

Rainbow stops laughing immediately. "Well, about that...I was just...kidding." She offered meekly.

"Uh huh." Lightning said not convinced and raising his eyebrows.

"I…but...you..." Rainbow said, trying to form a sentence.

Lightning smiles and stops her from embarrassing herself even further by nuzzling her nose. "Oh, calm down." He stops nuzzling. "I was just joking. Unless you weren't?" He asks with a smirk.

Rainbow hits his side with a forehoof making him wince. "Jerk."

"Love you." Lightning says with his tongue sticking out.

"Careful I might bite your tongue." Rainbow playfully warns.

Lightning cuts her off as he kisses her. He pulls away after a bit. "How about now?" He asks.

"Oh I have a few ideas, but let us get some food." Rainbow says getting off the bed. She shivers as the warmth leaves her.

Lightning sighs and follows after her. "How's the wound on me?" He asks as he scratches around his wound.

Rainbow looks back at him and looks at the wound. The bandage area seems to have bleed none at all as the bandage isn't red and no swelling has occurred. "Doesn't look all that bad." She told him.

Lightning shakes himself and starts to head for the door. "Good, I'll make some food and then head for a shower. You can go first." He told Rainbow as he heads for the kitchen.

"Don't blow anything up!" She calls after him.

After taking a shower she finds that Lightning had made her breakfast and nothing was destroyed much to her relief. "What's for breakfast?" She asks as she looks at the spread.

"Pancakes." Lightning says as they heard Midnight yell. "Yay!"

Rainbow smirks as a disheveled Midnight comes into the kitchen. "Did somepony say pancakes?"

"Me." Lightning says.

"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Eating food made by the famous Lightning. I think I'm going to faint." Midnight said breathlessly.

Lightning chuckles at the energy from the young one. "Well get showered and everything then you can eat."

"Ah! No fair!" Midnight whines.

Lightning gives a dark look. "Shower or no food for you." He said in a dark tone.

Midnight hurries up back to his room and soon they hear the shower running along with furious scrubbing.

"Wow, you sounded like a father." Rainbow commented.

Lightning sighs. "To deal with foals, you have to act like a parent. Not easy mind you. I even have to do it with you sometimes." Lightning says mumbling the last part.

"What was that?" Rainbow ask suspiciously.

Lightning looks around quickly. "Nothing." He said rather quickly.

"Go take your shower." Rainbow says not amused.

Lightning looks down. "Yes, mam."

As he passes Rainbow she gives him a quick kiss on the cheek raising his spirits up a bit and making him leave with a smile.

After Lightning comes back from shower he sees his sister not looking happy.

"What happened?" He asks bored of the situation already.

"Let's talk about the spies of Saddle Arabia." Spitfire says.

Lightning's eyes grows wide at the what she just said. "I just remembered, I got to meet Eclipse in the library, bye!" He said quickly and left, but can't get a few feet with Spitfire's hoof on his tail.

"Nice try, but what is this about spies?" Spitfire says in a scary tone.

Lightning sighs and tries not to look at her. "I trained some of her soldiers as a going away present for when I had to leave. I figured that she might need somepony like that one day. I was good like at one time and was use to it." He finished.

"Could you identify them?" Spitfire asks.

"Not anymore it has been years." He answered.

Spitfire huffs and lets go of his tail. "If I find anypony that is spying on me, I'll bring them to you."

"Ok sister." Lightning says.

Spitfire thens smiles brightly. "Now let's eat."

Breakfast started and proceeded like a normal breakfast until somepony threw a muffin and thus starting a food fight. Midnight threw his syrup covered pancakes at his mother who dodged and threw her own back at him. Midnight couldn't get away fast enough and then was covered from head to hoof with syrup. Rainbow uses her finished plate as a shield against the oncoming projectiles of delectable taste. Lightning just sat there still eating as the thrown food passes by him. Once he was halfway done he picks his plate up and sends it to his sister. Who takes the hit and makes her fiery mane look like she took some a chocolate rain shower to it. Eclipse then sees the state of Spitfire and starts a small laugh that was joined by Midnight who was picking pieces of food from the messy table. Rainbow joins in on the fun, but Lightning just leans on the table and smiles. Spitfire sighs and looks to everypony as the food fight was forgotten.

"How many showers are in the building?" Spitfire asks as she licks the syrup that ran down her face.

"Exactly 4, but the 5th one is just a bath." Eclipse says.

Rainbow looks over to Lightning with a certain look in her eyes. Lightning got the message and got went off to the bath with Rainbow following a little later. Eclipse looks on in amusement. "That solves one of the bathrooms. Now we can get our own. Let's get cleaned up." She stops as she sees Midnight eating and sucking the table for more food. "Honey, what did I tell you?"

"To not eat off the floor like a Diamond dog?" Midnight asks.

"And what are you doing?"

"What you told me not to do." Midnight says with a guilty tone.

Eclipse sighs. "Go get cleaned up."

"Yes mommy." Midnight says walking away.

After he was gone, Eclipse turns to Spitfire. "Good foal, but tries to be like the other foals in Ponyville I have heard about. Definitely not like the foals here. Wants to have fun and not deal with fancy parties or bits. Literally, he won't touch a bit or ask for them. Good foal, wrong place to be one."

"That might be a good trait for him when he inherits the throne." Spitfire says.

Eclipse smiles. "Yes, I suppose it is. Though he does escape the studies required for the throne, but goes for normal school work that you would have here for a regular job."

"He will being going home with you when you do." Spitfire says.

Eclipse smiles. "We have our own private teacher."

"Is the tutor competent?" Spitfire asks.

"Have something against teachers?"

"A lot of teachers, when it comes to royalty, view the world through the eyes of centuries ago." Spitfire says.

"They have been updated and also with the standard law made by Celestia for education. I have included on all studies including my little prince the standard needed including how to run a country like ours."

"I see so I heard you are a representative to decide if we get a alliance." Spitfire says.

With all the seriousness now in place Eclipse stops smiling. "Yes, and trust me when I say that this country needs the alliance. Without it the whole land would fall. With war on my borders too we need to work together." She licks a stray syrup line from her muzzle. "Maybe after this we go after the griffins because of their military might."

"What is your recommendation so far?" Spitfire asks.

"Sorry." Eclipse gets up and starts for her bathroom. "Princesses eyes only. You can take the guest room's bathroom."

Spitfire goes to the shower and thinks over what she has learned. She has heard of the oncoming war for when she was walking around the party and overheard from a couple guards. What most ponies didn't know is that when war or trouble comes in then her and her team will be called in to fight. After all Celestia herself commissioned the Wonderbolts to be ready for war in the idea that they were just a performing team for the general public. 'Are we ready?' Was the question that kept running through Spitfire's mind. In a way she was glad her little brother didn't rejoin the Wonderbolts.

Finishing up she drys up and left to meet up with the others. Walking downstairs she finds the others waiting for her with everything they had when they came over. "Is it about time to go?" She asks.

"Yeah, Clipsy has things to do that concern her country." Lightning says. "Thanks for the food and stay and also for the sweet pie."

Eclipse smiles and pulls out a container. "Thanks and here, some leftover sweet pie that was in the oven." She suddenly feels nothing on her hooves. Looking down she finds it gone. Looking over at Lightning she finds him giggling like a mad pony over the container.

"Hee, hee, hee." Lightning's excitement died when Spitfire snatch the sweet pie. "Hey!"

Spitfire huffs through her nose. "You have had enough. Besides I have never tried it so no pie for you."

The sudden look on Lightning made him look like a broken mirror as depressed lines formed above him. "Why me?" He groans.

Rainbow chuckles as Spitfire shot off the ground at full speed with the pie. Lightning became even more depressed as she left but then perks up and smiles over to Eclipse. "Told you she would take the bait." He told her.

Eclipse smiles back and hoofs him another two more containers with the sweet pie. "I guess her old antics will never cease to amaze me."

"I know, I'm just that good." Lightning says without noticing Rainbow taking both pies for herself. "Now I'll just take a quick bite and...huh." He looks at his hoof to find it gone and then over to Rainbow who quickly flies off home to enjoy the greatest pie in the world as in her head. "At least we live together. Makes things easy." Lightning said to Eclipse as Rainbow disappeared behind some clouds. "Well I better go. See ya, Clipsy." Lightning says taking off.

Eclipse waves after him. "Bu, bye. Make sure to come again." She said as Midnight came out the door.

Midnight looks for Lightning only to see him disappear behind some clouds. "Aw, I wanted to get a picture with him. At least a updated one and not yours that's old."

"Don't worry you'll see him again soon." Eclipse says snuggling her little prince. "And what do you mean old?"

Midnight now wishes he stayed in his room.

Author's Notes:

And this is another.

Flair anything to say.

Flair: I enjoyed writing this did you Primus?

Yeah I did and it was funny too.