Author's Notes:

Guess what's back? That's right, star wars! In seriousness though, the reason why this chapter is soooo late is due to some personal stuff going on for the past couple of months. But I hope you all enjoyed, and remember to smile, smile, smile! Also, an end in almost here...

"So, how do you know that the Royal Guard will let you or us in?" Tallia asked.

"Well, because this is open Night Court, they have to let anypony in. Besides, I'm sure they would let him in anyways due to him dating Princess Luna." Ginger replied.

"It's not that simple for you see you still have to make an appointment for a private court session no matter what the relationship with the Royals. Though they will let me into the castle, they will not let me into the throne room until either open court or court is over with. I also must warn you, some of the day and night guards don't like me." He said, giving a bit of a sigh.

"Let me guess, they made racist comments to you and threatened to not only beat you down but throw you in jail." Ginger said.

"That sounds like what those guards would say," Tallia said.

"Well, it was a little more than racist comments and threats. A small group of about four actually did try jumping me once, but my friends came by and scared them away." He said with a little smile.

"When was this?" Both Ginger and Tallia asked.

"It was about Hearth's Warming Eve, after the play here. I was somewhat avoiding them due to a little of their teasing, so I left to go to my hotel. I was only about two blocks from the theater when they showed up, following me all the way. When they were about to attack, my friends showed up thus scaring them off." He said.

"So, you knew you were being followed?" Ginger asked.

"They weren't trying to hide, shoot my friends even glared at them as they ran with their tails tucked between their legs." He said laughing a little.

"You sound like you have good friends," Tallia said.

"I do, they've pretty much been there since I arrived here." He said. "Looks like we're almost there, and to top it off open night court only began like fifteen minutes ago."

"How do you know that?" Ginger asked.

"Luna always holds Open Night court at the same time, and judging from the clock tower it's only been around fifteen minutes since it began." He replied.

The three of them continued to walk and make small talk, Tallia asking questions about humans and Ginger laughing when certain subjects came up. It wasn't too long before they arrived at the front gate and they were let in. Of course, he guided them, though for some reason he felt like they already knew the way.

"How long does Open Night Court usually stay open for?" Ginger asked.

"Two hours," he replied. "Why?"

"Just making sure we didn't barge in on a private dispute," Ginger said.

"Well, don't worry because we're already here." He said opening the door and managing to hide behind a few other ponies.

"Why are you hiding?" Ginger asked.

"It's obvious, he wants to surprise her, right?" Tallia looked at him with a wink and smile, and he nodded.

"When you gonna surprise her then?" Ginger asked.

"Wouldn't be much of a surprise if I just told everypony now would it?" He said.

"Guess not," Ginger mumbled.

The three of them sat there watching for a little while, but despite case after case, and pony after pony the crowd never seemed to shrink. Tallia looked very interested as Luna did her job, Ginger looked like he might fall asleep from boredom, and Brandon was just smiling. Before long almost all the open night court cases were done and over with, with another hour to spare.

"Is there any other disputes or problems anyone has that they want to be settled?" The guard by Luna's side called, and Tallia felt a poke and looked over to see Brandon wanting to tell her something.

"Yes, I have something to bring up with the Princess!" Tallia called, waking Ginger in surprise.

"Please come to the front and I'll hear you out," Luna said calmly.

"Thank you, Princess," Tallia said as she came to where the other's stood to make their cases. "I'm not sure if you know me or my family, but I am Tallia Acro, daughter of Greyfor Acro, who is the one that uncovered what is to believe to be remains of a human-made ancient village."

"Hmm, yes I have heard of your father and I have just begun hearing that you seem to be following in his hoof steps. So, are you here to present evidence to support that humans once lived here in Equestria?" Luna asked.

"That's a yes and no Princess," Tallia replied.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked.

"Well, me and my husband were on vacation here, but then we made a discovery. A discovery in which does bring up substantial evidence, evidence when in I'm sure you're quite familiar with." Tallia said with a little smile.

"And what is this discovery?" Luna asked.

"That there is a human among us right here and now," Tallia said with much confidence and making the crowd a little confused.

"Please, everypony knows that humans are just myths!" One pony said.

"Yeah, and that rumor of the Night Princess dating one is also false! Everypony knows she goes to Ponyville to visit the ponies that saved her!" Another one said.

"ENOUGH!!!" Luna said, though how she said it sounded more like yelling and almost killed the front row of ponies hearing. "First, a human is, in fact, living here in Equestria due to some accident caused by his world, and as for the rumors thy were talking about are fact!" That got more mumbling that quickly died when she raised a hoof. "I do not care who knows it, for centuries now the courting of other races has been accepted. So do not judge my relationship, for I am sure many of you have dated a Griffin, or a Minotaur at least once. Now, Tallia what do you mean there is a human among us right now?"

"She means me," Luna looked at the back of the room with wide eyes.

It wasn't even two seconds before a quick flash zipped by the crowd and tackled him to the ground. The crowd was stunned, not only by the fact that there was, in fact, a human in the room, but also the fact that the Princess seemed to be giving a very loving kiss. It was completely quiet before Ginger cleared his throat.

"Um, I think Open Night Court is being cut short this evening," Ginger said nodding to the guard who nodded back in agreement.

"But I haven't made my case about the carrot.....!" A pony with a brown coat said before being pushed out.

"And I have an appointment with Princess Celestia." A small greyish wolf wearing a nice suit said.

"You can find her in her study, down the hall, and to the left. Take the stairs up three flights, and it'll be the door at the end of the hall." A guard said.

"Very well, thank you for your help. Just let me know when you want to make another appointment, it's been a little bit since you came in." The wolf said with a kind smile and started walking out, and as soon as the last of the crowd left leaving only some guards, Tallia, and ginger, and the two on the floor everything went quiet again.

"Well, I didn't think she would react like this when she saw him." Ginger said.

"Neither did I, but I find it so cute and it shows that she is just another pony," Tallia said.

Luna finally got off the top of him, dusting herself off with a deep blush spreading across her cheeks. She gave a sharp glare at Brandon, who was now starting to get a big grin on his face. Though that grin didn't last long when she gave him a solid punch to the shoulder, that only made him laugh.

"Sweet, sweet revenge! You should see the look on your face right now," he said getting up.

"What do you mean revenge?" Ginger asked.

"She's embarrassed me plenty of times, I thought it was about time I embarrassed her. Though I didn't expect her to pounce on me and kiss me like that," he said with a little smile.

"Hmmph, what can I say, I missed you and the others," Luna said and she looked at Ginger and Tallia. "So, how did you two meet him?"

"I met him on the train here, and I introduced him to my ever beautiful wife Tallia." Ginger said.

"Shut up, you aren't getting any tonight. For one, the baby is a bit restless and I'm personally tired." Tallia said, making Ginger grumble a bit.

"Well congratulations to you two, and as for you why would you want to embarrass me like that?" Luna asked giving him a small glare.

"Because you deserved it, and you aren't easy to embarrass. But honestly, I really had no idea that you would pounce like that." He said.

"I still think it was sweet, if unprofessional," Tallia said.

"I make mistakes like any other pony," Luna said giving them an annoyed look. "Anyways, what are you even doing here Brandon? Are the others with you?"

"No, I came by myself. The others were a bit busy when I left," Ginger smirked a little. "As for why I came, I just wanted to see how you were doing."

"I'm doing just fine if you couldn't tell, and you know you didn't have to come all this way. You could have just sent a letter," Luna said.

"I thought it be a good surprise," he replied.

"And you ended up getting a surprise," Ginger said earning an elbow.

"Oh, by the way, Tallia, is your dad really an archaeologist?" He asked.

"Yes he is, and I am in fact following in his hoof steps as ponies would put it. But I'm on leave for now for obvious reasons," Tallia answered rubbing her stomach.

"Well, that's cool," he said.

"So Brandon, I'm going to assume you already have a hotel room for yourself?" Luna asked.

"Yeah, the same one I stayed in last time. Why are you giving me that look?" He asked as Luna gave a sigh.

"Because I was hoping that you didn't so that way you could stay in the castle," Luna answered.

"Awww, isn't that sweet!" The four of them turned to see Celestia standing there with a smile that gave off the usual kindness but mixed with grumpiness. "Sorry to interrupt, but I just heard that Open Night Court closed a bit early tonight and I wanted to see why."

"Oh, sorry sister but as you can see we have a surprise visitor," Luna said.

"Yeah, I figured it was you Brandon from the mumbles of the night guard. I do find it sweet that you came to visit, and waited until it was open court to show up. But remember, Luna is a Princess and she does have some duties to do." Celestia said.

"I know, I didn't expect anything to be cut short. I just wanted to surprise her," he said. "As for my room, I only paid for it for one night."

"You did? You aren't planning on staying then?" Luna asked.

"You did just offer me a room here in the castle a minute ago," he said giving a little wink.

"That you did Luna, and hello you two," Celestia said looking back at Ginger and Tallia. "You're Greyfor's daughter right?"

"Yes I am Princess," Tallia said bowing.

"I haven't seen you in a very long time, it's good to see you. Now as for you two, please no more interruptions of the court. Luna, you know how difficult it is to deal with something like that, even if it was only Open Court hours." Celestia said.

"I promise sister," Luna said.

"I can't really promise anything, but I'll try not to interrupt things." He said.

"Good, now if you'll excuse me I need to go talk with a certain wolf about my student and her friends," Celestia said before walking out of the courtroom.

"Well, this certainly has been an interesting evening, but I'm beat. Let's go back to our hotel Ginger," Tallia said starting to walk out.

"But..." Ginger tried to say.

"NOW!" Tallia yelled, and Ginger scrambled after her. "Bye Brandon, bye Princess."

"Bye you two!" Ginger said.

"Bye," he said waving.

"They seemed nice," Luna said after they left.

"Yup, they are. So, did you like my surprise?" He asked.

"Yes, I do like it." She said giving him a little nuzzle before lightly hitting him. "But next time, please try to show up after court hours."

"Whatever you say, you know you enjoy any excuse to get away from stuck up nobles." He said giving a laugh. "But yeah, I'm also kind of beat, had a bit of a train ride here. I'll come to the castle tomorrow okay?"

"Alright, just make sure not to cause any trouble tomorrow," Luna said.

"I think you're confusing me with Lyra," he said making them both laugh. "Goodnight Luna." Leaning in, he gave her a little peck on the cheek.

"Goodnight, and thanks I really am glad you came. Just don't embarrass me anymore like that okay?" Luna asked.

"That's a promise I can't make," he said quickly running out before she had time to react.

"This is going to be a long couple of days," she sighed before shaking her head.

He stopped running shortly after he left the main courtroom, and couldn't help the smile on his face. There were a few ideas swimming in his head about how to embarrass her without causing to much trouble. But he knew he had to sleep on it, he was actually tired and knew that he would need a bit of energy dealing with nobles.

As he exited the front gate of the castle, he gave a friendly nod and smile to the guards outside and started his way to the hotel. It wasn't too long before he started to feel like someone was watching him, but looking around he spotted some late night store ponies looking through their windows. He shrugged it off, knowing that they probably hadn't seen him before.

"Finally back," he said as walked into his hotel.

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave." He heard someone say.

"What?" He asked.

"I have to ask you to leave," the mare repeated.

"Why? I'm a paying customer who already paid for a room earlier today." He said.

"Really, no offense but we don't service animals or non-citizens." The mare said.

"First, not an animal, and I am a citizen. If you don't believe call your manager, or I could call one of the Princesses to the matter." He said.

"Like you have connections that high even if you aren't some kind of animal," the mare said.

"Is there a problem here Bell?" Another mare who wore a managers badge.

"Yes, he claims that he already paid for a room here even though we don't service noncitizens or animals," Bell said giving him a glare.

"How dare you talk to a valued customer like this," the manager said.

"Wait, he is staying here? Why?" Bell said.

"Because he paid for a room, he is not an animal and he is, in fact, a citizen. I'll deal with you and your prejudiced later, go to my office until then." Bell, looked saddened before walking away. "I'm so sorry about that sir, I'll make sure to give you a coupon for a free stay here and tonight will be on me."

"Um, thanks." He said with a yawn.

"No problem, and please enjoy your stay here." The manager said giving him a small smile before walking back to where he assumed her office was.

"Well, that was interesting, hopefully, no one is like that tomorrow." He said going up to his room, where as soon as he got in he fell onto the bed almost instantly going to sleep.