"Down there!" Luna cheers as she points towards another crater. I chuckle a bit from her childish enthusiasm but bank towards the large crater anyway. We've been roaming around here for nearly three hours and she's been loving every minute of it. At first I could tell she was apprehensive about this, probably due to her imprisonment here, but she got over it quickly.

"Ok Luna, this will have to be the last crater we go through."

"Aw..."

"Sorry, but I like breathing."

"Do you think we'll be able to do this again? How about on the next new moon!"

"Hehe, maybe. Lets head back for now alright." I pull back and begin to head back towards Terra, much to Lunas dismay.

"I'll be honest, at fist I wasn't too thrilled about this." She admits. I keep silent as I begin prepping for reentry, allowing her to continue. "You'd think that after a thousand years there it would be a place of torment... but... it's my moon. I could never hate it. Not to mention that I wasn't actually on the moon, rather... well... inside it I guess..."

"What do you mean?" I ask as I flip the final switch.

"Well... I don't actually know what happened to my body when I was imprisoned. All I do know is that my mind felt trapped within the moon..."

"Well don't worry about that ever happening again. Even if you went deranged again I would never allow you to be sent there again..."

"And... if I was?" She asks quietly.

"Then I'd drag the moon down and break you free. Nothing is going to stop me from being with you, I promise." I let out a content sigh as Luna wraps her arms around my seat and holds me. I take my free hand and hold onto one of her hoofs; bringing it up to give it a soft kiss. "I love you Luna."

"I love you Miles." I hold her hoof until we finally make it to the edge of the atmosphere. I warn Luna to hold tight as the straps apply themselves again. Once they're on I push the throttle all the way up and burst forward... "wait, have you ever done this before?"

"HERE WE GO!" I yell as I press the afterburner, plastering myself to the back of the seat as we jet forward. As we begin to reenter, red hot flames start to appear all around us. I pull the trigger on the main gun, making the entire ship rock as the blue energy bursts forward. Instead of the beam shooting continuously forward it goes out a few meters and curls back, providing a protective cover for the vessel.

Without the atmosphere slowing us down we slice through the air with tremendous speed, making it to Equestrian air space in seconds. I release the trigger to drop the spell and set the landing sequence in order. The ship gives a couple of quick jerks before suddenly pitching down.

VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSHHHHHH

We fly right through a small opening in the ground and quickly become level. As we slide through the tunnel the landing spells come into effect, providing the right amount of force to slow us down. We come to a perfect stop inside my shop, facing the wrong way but that's to be expected. Once the straps release themselves I look behind me and laugh a bit. Luna is plastered to the back of her sea, wide eyed and slightly shaking.

"Everything OK?" I ask as the cockpit lifts up.

"Y-yeah. I've had worse landings before." She says shakily as she pulls herself out from the back corner. "That was... an amazing experience Miles, thank you."

"It's not over yet, come on." I say as I climb out. I wait by the jet to help Luna out, catching her as she falls out. "You alright there?" I ask as I hold her in my arms. We stare into each others eyes for a moment before leaning into each others lips. As our tongues danced around inside each others mouths I started making my way to the cot I had set up near the simulation pod. It was just a small bed with simple padding for when I'd needed rest in here set aside in the corner, but it would do.

When I reached the bed I laid her down gently as I got on top of her, though this didn't last. As we continued to make out Luna pushed her way on top, though I didn't really protest. Normally I'd fight her a bit more with this, but give it up easily today. We break our kiss to get my cloths off; Luna taking her time to enjoy every second of it.

With my clothes off and thrown aside she lays herself against me and holds me tightly. I don't protest. Instead I just wrap my arms around her and hold her lightly as she plants light kisses along my neck. I chuckle a bit from the light contact as I bring my hands up to her wing joints. She pulls back from and lets out a soft moan as she sits back, having me enter her.

"No spells?" I ask as she starts to rock back and forth.

"No spells. I want you for my birthday." She says as she lays back down to kiss me. As she begins to rock back and forth on me I begin to move my hips along with her. I rest my my hands on her hips as she uses a hoof to explore my body, paying extra attention to my chest and abdominal.

Hmm...

She doesn't want to have sex right now. No, this moment is about us being together. With that thought in mind I stop moving my hips and begin to explore her body as well, moving as slowly as possible. I try to savor every feeling as much as possible. Her smooth coat. Her soft feathers. The warmth of her breath going down my neck. The soft beating of her heart against mine; all things I want to cherish for as long as I live.

"Miles... I love you." She whispers into my ear with a heavy pant.

"I know. I love you to Luna." I tell her as I bring a hand up and brush her bangs out of her face. We share another passionate kiss, our tongues melding together as we hold each other tightly. We continue on like this for... I don't ever care. This is by far the greatest sex we've ever had and it didn't even focus the actual act. It was great because it was us being as close to one another as we could be. Every move she would make I would respond perfectly, as she would for me. Nothing was needed to be said. We just did. And it was perfect.

But all good things must come to an end, and we hit both our climaxes together. We hold each other tighter then ever before as we share our moment of ecstasy, our bodies trembling against each others. Once our movements pass and our orgasms pas we just lay in bed, holding each other as we let the moment settle in our minds.

"We're late... really fucking late." I mumble to myself, not really caring in the slightest.

"Hm?"

"We've got another thing to go to, but it can wait." I tell her as I stoke her mane.

"Okay."

................................................................................................................................................................

It's been a few hours since we saw Miles' ship come back and Celestia has been freaking out ever since. I don't think I've ever seen the Princess like this, not even when the goblin leader came into one of our lessons with his weapons raised right at us. Usually she's the calm, cool, wise leader but now... now she's stressing every detail trying to make everything perfect.

"Heh, this kinda looks familiar." Applejack jokes from my side as Celestia marches through the house again. "Think ya can get her ta sit down fer two minutes?"

"I can try again, but I doubt it." I say as I get up from the couch.

"Maybe we should try helping again." Fluttershy offers. I shutter from the thought as I think back to what happened earlier.

"Let me just talk to her." I say as I walk over to the kitchen. I find Celestia re-levitating everything in the room and setting it down perfectly, eyeing every single item so that it's set in its precise position. "Princess..."

"Yes Twilight dear? Is something wrong? Did Damian wake up yet? how are the others? Are Luna and Miles back yet?" She asks as she runs over to the kitchen counter to check on the cake again.

"Yes actually, there is something wrong..."

"WHAT! What is it? Is it the punch? Or the snacks? Did Rainbow Dash fall asleep? What..."

"It's you Princess! You need to calm down!" I yell at her, getting her to step back.

"I... I know. *sigh* Forgive me but... I just feel the need to make up for all the lost years. How could I have been so foalish to forget something like this." She says as she hangs her head down. I walk over and nudge her head a bit, trying to get her to look back to me.

"She was gone for a thousand years Princess, anypony would have forgotten..."

"No.... it's been well over a thousand years since we celebrated her birth..."

"Yes, the past four..."

"Twilight, I'm going to tell you something that I've never told anypony. But can you promise me to keep this between the two of us?" I feel a little taken back by the question, but agree to it anyway. I don't think I've ever had the Princess talk to me like this before... what could be so troubling her so badly? "Well... it's been longer than just a thousand and four years."

"What do you mean? How much longer?" I ask as I step back to look over Celestia. She turns away from me and thinks to herself for a moment before sighing deeply.

"Do you know how long Luna was Nightmare Moon?" I think back to all the books I've ever read about Nightmare Moon and shake my head. "Seventy five years."

"Seventy five.... why so long? I thought..."

"Any book you read about back then will only talk about military actions and over dramatized words between me and her. The actual fighting took place in the sky. She would fight to keep the moon out while I tried to keep the balance... it was a losing fight. Eventually, when the fighting reached it's worse, I came to the decision to imprison her on the moon. To be honest I don't even remember how I came to that conclusion, but I did. The only problem was that I had to wait. The spell had to wait for the sun and moon to line up properly, along with my mastering the Elements of Harmony..."

"How does this relate to her birthday?" I ask nervously, not liking the depressed look on Celestias face.

"Well... many ponies grew to despise Luna for what she was trying to do. After the first few years... well... *sigh* many of her followers were turning her birthday into a holiday. Our forces learned this and tried to stop them... by erasing her birthday."

".... what? Is that even possible?" I ask in horror. There's no way they could do that without.... oh..."

"I can see you figured it out. Yes, they sacrificed many innocent lives trying to ride the memory of her birth. I moved to stop them... but..."

"Did... did they succeed?"

"I stopped the spell as they were casting it. But I was still affected by it... after that, nopony would remind me of her birthday until she faced punishment. And now nopony knows except for her, and she's too... she'd never outwardly tell me I forgot because she still holds the guilt of Nightmare Moon."

"Princess, this isn't your fault." I say as I step towards her. "She can't blame you for something you couldn't stop..."

"Twilight, I appreciate your trying to make me feel better, but there is nothing anypony can do. The spell still lives within me. I'll wake up tomorrow and not know why we did all of this. Since I'm the only one from that time era I'm the only one who can fix it! That's why everything needs to be perfect. I need to make this the best party as possible so when I forget..."

"They're coming!" Storm shouts as he runs inside and shuts off the lights. "Places everypony!"

"Lets get to our spots then." Celestia says quietly as she walks into the dining room. I was about to say something but was stopped when Storm pulled me aside.

"You got the party poppers?" Storm asks in a hushed tone as we wait by the wall.

"Y-yeah."

"Everything alright?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Just... lost in thought I guess." I say with a reassuring smile.

"Oh.. OK. Well get them ready then. Hehehe,, can't wait to see Miles' face when they walk through the door..."

"You mean Lunas right?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Hers too I guess." I roll my eyes and look back to the door, seeing their shadows approaching.

"... I have to be the one who..."

"SURPRISE!"

"FUCK!"

POP

As soon as they had opened the doors we turned the lights on and jumped out. Once all of the confetti had fallen we find a surprised Luna standing in the doorway; covered in confetti with an open mouth smile.

"I... I..." She stutters as she looks around the room.

"Ah shucks, we..."

"HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WE SING THIS SONG FOR YOU!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO
TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY SO WE ALL CAME TO SAY
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU TODAAAAY! WOO!" Pinkie sings as she dances in front of Luna, getting everypony to sing and laugh along... well, I think the laughter is more of her silly cake outfit then the song itself.

"Is this really all for me?" Luna asks as she steps inside, levitating a struggling Miles in behind her.

"Of course Princess! Once we found out that it was your birthday... well, when we found out your birthday passed we decided to throw this.." I start but stop when Pinkie jumps in the way.

"Are you kidding! When I found out your birthday passed I made it my mission to throw you this party..."

"Don't say that word..." Miles mumbles from Lunas aura.

"... and to make sure everypony knew. But in all honestly you should thank the Princess. She was the one who asked for help throwing the party..."

"Don't like that word."

"... and to set up the distraction to set up the party..."

"Starting to freak out here..."

"And to get the party favors..."

"P word..."

"Hey Miles." Damian says as he walks up to him. " Party party party party party party..."

"GO FUCK YOURSE*THUD*...... ow." Miles says to the floor. We all share a laugh as Celestia walks over to hug her sister. She whispers something to her as they begin to walk inside, getting a nod and nudge in response. As everypony begins to move about the house to start the party I step aside to make a note to investigate the spell on Celestia. I can't really understand why she was freaking out about it earlier. It shouldn't be that hard to remove.

As everypony moves about the room I head over to the desert table to eat a treat. I've been eyeing the fritters all night and I won't let Big Mac eat them all up...

"Ahem." I look back to see...

"Uh... howdy?" I say to the fellar standing in front of me. "Yer onea Damians friends right?"

"Yeah, the names Hammer." He says with a large smile.

"Hammer, ah'm Applejack."

"Applejack, right. You own Sweet Apple Acres! I mean... ahem, do you like apples?" He asks as he starts to sweat a bit.

"Well ah do own an apple farm." I say with a slight chuckle.

"HA! HA... ahem, right. So you like apples, that's good. Because," he says as he reaches back into his backpack, "I have an apple with you name on it right here!" He says as he presents his hoof holding a pear.

"..."

"..."

"... uh, sugarcube. That's a pear."

"Right... a pear."

"Sorry, but ah don't like pears..."

"RIGHT! Who likes pears, pears are gross!" He says quickly as he toss the pear behind himself, hitting Rarity right in the head. "Anyway, uhm... I... WHAT'S THAT DAMIAN!? Sorry, Damian needs me.... over there so... bye!" He says before running off to his friend. I chuckle a bit from his antics as I grab a plate and...

"Big Mac! Did ya eat all the fritters!?"

"....MM-MM." He mumbles as he tries to finish chewing.

THWACK

"AH! Who threw that?" I yell back to the ruffians as i levitate the object up.

"It's a pear." Spike says as he continues to wrestle with his scarf. I toss the pear behind me and grab his scarf with my magic, wrapping it neatly around his neck. "Thanks."

"I must say II wish you had a little something more to go with that scarf, you'd simply look dashing with a jacket of some kind."

"Well... Miles did say that he'd like for me to start to wear clothes around him. Apparently he finds it odd for me to walk around naked. I don't really get..."

"IDDEAAA!" I cheer as a thought hits me. "You and Miles must come by my boutique tomorrow... or maybe the next day." I say as I look out at the night sky.

"Uh... ok. Why?"

"You'll find out when you get there. Now tell me more about your studies." I ask him, getting a charming grin in response.

"Well, we just finished up barriers and elemental manipulations...."

"EEP!" I scream as Pinkie pushes me down. "W-why did you do that?"

"My hoof was itchy, and you know what that means." Pinkie says as she helps me back up.

"Um..."

"it means a fruit is being thrown about the room and I should make sure that it doesn't hit Fluttershy, DUH!"

"Oh, thank you then?"

"Don't mention it! Now lets get some more punch! LA LA LA LA LA LAA." She cheers as she frolics to the back. I just smile and follow after her, not wanting her to run off alone. That would be just rude. I see Big Mac standing at the punch table talking with... one of the Spartan ponies, so I try to stick to Pinkies other side. It's not that I don't want to talk with Big Mac, I just don't want to interrupt his conversation.

"Shy." Dammit. "Why doncha come here real quick, ah want ya ta meet somepony."

"Be right there. Excuse me Pinkie." I walk over to Big Mac's side and try not to stare into the others stallions eyes. "Um.... h-hello. I'm... Fluttershy..."

"Fluttershy huh?" The pegasus practically yells. "Nice to meet you. I'm Night Fury."

"..."

"So... how are you liking the party?" He asks. I look over to Big mac for help, only to get a nudge from him.

"I... well... I like it. The good thing about Miles' parties is that they're always toned down..."

"Yeah, it's pretty dull. But I guess that's good. So.... how long have you and Big Mac been married?"

"Um... a... a year and a half..."

"Wow.... so... any idea who threw this pear?" He asks as he presents the pear.

"..."

"I think I'm going to try some of the cake. I'll see you later Big Mac."

"Eeyup."

"It was nice meeting you Fluttershy."

"You to." I mumble as I try to hide behind Big Mac. Once he finally leaves I sigh in relief and nudge Big Mac. "Why did you have meet him? You know how I get when I meet new ponies."

"Eeyup. But ah wanted to see what ya think about 'im."

"Well... he seemed... alright. Why do you ask?"

"Ah don't like his motives. Ah want ta keep an eye on him, especially when Storm is in the room." He says as he looks back to Night Fury.

"Do you really think he'll try to do something to him?"

"MMaybe. Ah don't right know."

I walk over to the kitchen counter and set the pear down as I eye the cake. It's a triple layer chocolate cloud cake.... soo.... good...

"Oh my god Damian, what happened to you?" I look over to see a yellow mare talking to Damian as she pokes at his body.

"Spartan training... are... are you OK?" She tenses up as she starts to feel up his arms. Damian just smiles as he begins to flex for her, getting her to bite onto her hoof.

"Why do you have to be so sexy and gay." I choke a bit as I try to hold back my laughter. I walk over and approach the mare, trying to be as suave as possible.

"Hi there, names Night Fury." I say as I step in front of Damian.

"Hey!"

"Not gay, single and cut the way you like it." I say as I flex a bit, getting her to bite even harder onto her hoof.

"Uh... I... hey Damian, I need to borrow you real quick!" She asks quickly as she runs over and yanks him into the living room. I sigh a bit as walk back to the counter. She's probably going to ask him about me in which he's going to tell her a bunch of shit.

*sigh*

I forgot, I'm not allowed to be happy. In anger I grab the pear and throw it aside before storming out the back door. I need some fresh air.

THWACK

"OW!" I yell as a pear smacks me right in the face. I toss it aside and rub my snout.

"Who's throwing pears?" True Will asks as he looks around the crowded living room.

"Uh, damn thing made me swallow my gum." I groan as I pull a new piece out and stick it into my mouth.

"What's with you and gum?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well... I can't really think of a moment when you aren't chewing gum. Any reason why?" I just chuckle at the question as I sit back it the chair.

"Sorry, but personal questions only get answered on dates. So unless you're asking me out you'll just have to sit in the dark." I say as I nudge him a bit. He just rolls his eyes and gets up from his seat. I sigh a bit as I continue chewing my gum, enjoying the fresh taste in my mouth.

"Well that was straight forward." Miles says as he takes a seat next to me. He takes a long drink from his glass before asking, "when do you plan on asking him out?"

"WHAT?!" I yell as I nearly fall out of my seat. "What makes you think I want to date him?"

"Because I'm good at this game. Wanna talk about it?" He asks as he takes another drink.

"How many of those have you had?"

"Enough to not want to run away. Why is he so stoic and shit? Total buzz kill." She says as he finishes off his glass.

"Well, I've only heard rumors, but apparently he's trying to redeem himself for something..."

"Well no shit. I could of told you that. It is his cause." He says as he tries to take a drink from his empty glass.

"From what I heard he was a slave in a Minotaur trading group but was sold to a mercenary group, that's where he met Lily. They were... well, one day he's suppose to take a group out to explore some ruins. At the last second he decides to call off the mission and head back to camp... that's where everything went wrong."

"About as wrong as an empty glass?" He asks as he eyes the bottom of his cup.

"Some say it was the Ursas, others say it was just a group of marauders. I don't believe either. The Ursas wen't big enough to even dream of taking them on and the marauders would never attack them at their base. All that anypony can say is that True Will was the only one to walk out of that base, and that he walked out a changed pony..."

"You know what. Fuck it." Miles says as he slams his glass down and drapes an arm around me. "Quit fucking around and grow a pair..."

"I'm a mare..."

"If you really do like him then just fucking go for it. What's the worse that could happen?"

"Rejection and humiliation..."

"Nothin! He says yes, he says no, either way you get your answer and get to move on with life. Don't dwell on something if it isn't going to happen, that's just wasted energy." He says before he raises his hand to his mouth. "Who the fuck took my drink?"

"Hm... thanks Miles. I think I'll do it." I say as I stand up, getting Miles to fall onto my seat.

"Do what?"

"Ask him out."

"Don't do that!"

"But you just said..."

"If you ask him out now he'll only say no, even if he feels something for you. He hurts too much about... something to let anyone close. You need to chip away at that wall he put up before doing something like that." He says as he stumbles to his feet.

"But..."

"Now if you excuse me, I have to find the fucker who took my drink. Later Dust." He says as he stumbles away.

"*sigh* later."

This has been the best birthday in eons. It may have been small, but everypony has made up for that in heart. Everypony has already given me their gifts so now I just wait for Celestia's. She's been nervous during the entire party, but that's OK. It was worth it just to get her here... and to eat four pieces of cake.

"OK, so...." She starts but stops almost immediately.

"So." I lead in.

"*sigh* well, my gift to you is tomorrow we'll spend the entire day together. I've cancelled all of my meetings and informed the guard of our intentions. We'll fo everything you want to do." She says, ending with a nervous smile. I smile back to her as I pull her in for a tight hug.

"I couldn't ask for a better gift." I whisper to her, getting her to hug me back. "Thank you sister."

"I'm so sorry for forgetting your birthday Luna..."

"It's OK big sister. I forgive you. I understand, with my imprisonment and the way the world has been lately, I understand."

"... yes, well... I... we can talk more about it tomorrow. Right now I think it's time for us to head home. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."

"Okay. Lets head home then." We stand and tell everypony our goodbyes. Miles passed out on the couch a while ago, so when Celestia wasn't looking I gave him a kiss on the cheek and thanked him for the night. He shuffles in his sleep as he starts to wake, but I leave him be as I follow Celestia out. With a flash from her horn we teleport back to our balconies.

I was about to go inside when a thought came to mind. I charge my horn for a moment before teleporting into Celestias room, falling onto her large bed. With a large bounce I go into the air and fall right to the floor. Luckily my face caught me though, I guess it's pay back for dropping Miles.

"Luna? Is something wrong?" Celestia asks me as she sets her necklace and tiara aside.

"You said we'd spend the entire day together, well that include the night. Now are you coming to bed or not?" I ask as I start to remove all of my own jewelry; all except for the bracelet Miles made me.

"But... I guess you're right. Just try to not knock me off, you tend to move around a lot in your sleep." She says as she walks over and gets under the covers. I twist around until I'm underneath as well, where I snuggle up to Tia and get comfy.

"I'll try.... sister?"

"Yes?"

"I have... a request of you." I ask nervously.

"What is it? A glass of water, a pillow, or..."

"Can you hold me the way you did when I was little? Remember? I was sick and it was raining so you..."

"I remember. And of course I can, thought you are much larger then before." She says as she wraps a wing around me and lays her head against mine. I sigh from the secure feeling of her warmth, snuggling against her some more before closing my eyes.

"Hm, remember the time you were caught stealing?"

"I do, and I also remember NOT being the one stealing." She says with a chuckle.

"I miss those simple days sometimes sister. Back when all we had to worry about was the two of us."

"I do to, but we have responsibilities now. Those days will always stay memories for us now." She tells me as she starts to fall asleep.

"Yeah... but at least we can still afford moments like these." I say as I start to drift off. After sleep takes hold of Celestia I levitate her tiara over and feed some energy into it, making the picture of Miles and my parents appear. "Mom.... Dad... I.... it's been another year. You wouldn't believe the things that have happened. Fights, memories, nations.... love. Tia finally remembered my birthday to... I can still remember when they tried to erase that day from history. Though all I remember was wanting to hang all those who wanted to try to do it...

I can't believe how much everything has changed within this year... heck, these past few months. I just hope that you'd approve of everything I've done. Maybe... maybe you would, maybe you wouldn't, but I'd still make them. If I hadn't... I don't know where I'd be right now...

Tomorrow is our big day together. I can't wait. I'm not sure what we'll do, but as long as we're together I'm sure we'll have fun no matter what. I'm sure Celestia will try to keep things modest but... I just want a day to be care free with my sister. We hardly spend time together now and... I feel as if we're drifting away. Hopefully this day will fix that. Mom... Dad... I wish I had the chance to get to know the two of you better. There are so many things I wish I could ask the two of you... so many... questions... Love you both... night...."

"Me to Luna... me to."

Just a little notice, this chapter and another one (either next one or one after) has some very crucial stuff in it. Can you guess what?