"So that's the plan Twi. I am going to drill her ass until she speaks like a normal pony and can have fun in any given conversation with witty retorts, and snappy idioms. There is a problem though." He rubbed his chin in thought.

"And what would that be?" Twilight gave him a smirk leaning forward on the book she had been reading.

"I have no flipping clue as to how I'm going to do it." He fell to his flank with a dumbfounded expression plastered across his face.

Twilight began to laugh. "Night, All you would have to do is instruct her on her speech, giving her an example of how modern ponies talk. This would be quite easy actually." She smirked.

"And prey tell, how exactly will this be easy?" He asked leaning forward with a gleam in his eye.

"I really didn't want to say this, but if you two can transform into a different pony, all you would have to do is sit at the diner near some ponies who are talking. Have her pay attention to how they speak and what they say. It isn't that hard." Twilight giggled seeing Midnight eyes light up.

"OH...... MY........... GOD! That little bit of advice has PRANK written all over it." He laughed giving the unicorn a kiss.

"I don't think it would be a good idea to prank princess Luna Midnight. She is rather socially withdrawn as it is. Pranking her may have the opposite affect you are trying to put forth."

"Ohhhhhh gripe gripe gripe. Have a little fun Twi. I don't intend on torturing her. I just want to see how she reacts to a few 'different' conversation that she would not normally have listened to." Midnight gave a devious grin in thought causing Twilight to chuckle.

"Oooooooh I understand what you're talking about now. That does sound rather fun." She giggled.

"Want to help?" He smirked.

"By all means." She giggled.

After an hour of speaking to several friends so that they knew what to do, Midnight returned to the library standing outside as he waited for Luna to arrive. As noon rolled around the princess arrived giving a loud pant as she landed next to Midnight.

"What's wrong sugar?" He smirked giving her a wink only to receive a scowl in return.

"We..."

*AHEM*

"I did what you asked and flew here from the castle. After running into a sudden downpour I had to return to the castle to clean myself up. I then began my flight back to Ponyville to get blasted by a surprise thermal. As it was late in the morn already, I finished the flight here against a high wind. That is why I am out of breath." She spoke as if grinding her teeth.

"I'm glad to see you made it on time my dear. So sorry for the trouble." He spoke teasingly only to get a glare in return.

"Alright then, shall we begin?" He smiled.

"We have yet to begin?" She spoke out as if ready to strangle the Alicorn before her.

"First lesson. Under my instruction you will not retaliate with any form of violence. You may speak your mind but please refrain from anything unladylike."

Luna gave a surprised gasp as she spoke. "I am a princess. I do not speak so rudely toward anypony."

Midnight gave a sinister grin as his horn glowed a bright white. "Not today princess, You are just another citizen of Ponyville."

*FLASH*

Luna opened her eyes blinking a few times to regain her sight. After a moment she looked up to Midnight from a slightly lower perspective.

"What have you *EEP*" Luna pulled a hoof up to her mouth in surprise at her voice. It wasn't her own. "What have you done to me?" She growled.

"Temper temper little miss earth pony." He smirked pulling a mirror from a summoning portal, placing it in front of the newly created earth pony.

Luna gasped as she looked over herself. Her coat was a slightly lighter blue while her mane and tail was solid black with a dark blue streak running through it. Her horn and wings completely gone. She looked up to Midnight with a pouted lip almost ready to cry.

"Today my dear is your day to learn, and the most basic form of learning will start with your inability to use magic or to fly. You will need to 'hoof it' so to speak, around town, and 'Everywhere you go, I'll follow you now.' So don't be picky." He laughed singing the last little bit.

Luna's face began to get very red at this point as she began to speak.

"We demand that you change us back to our regal form." She shouted causing Midnight to pout.

"I'm sorry, but you agreed to the stripping of your title until you graduate. With your title comes power. You are without either under your own choosing." He frowned.

Luna lowered her head scraping the ground with a hoof as she began to move toward Midnight.

"You will get your title and power back when you graduate from this lesson. However if you choose not to go through with this lesson you will still return to your original form."

Luna sat down giving a sigh of relief a small smile escaping her.

"After one year." Midnight continued.

"WHAT!?" Luna shouted.

"Twi, ah can't believe Night is instructing Luna" AJ laughed as Twilight had finished filling her in on what the plans would be for the day, and AJ's role in them.

"Ah still can't believe ya want me teh do that though. Don't the princess know......." AJ trailed off as she heard a scream coming from down the street. They both looked down the street as a certain black Alicorn was being unceremoniously chased by a dark blue earth pony.

"aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!"

"COME BACK HERE YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING PIECE OF SHIT!" Luna shouted.

AJ looked to Twilight who began to laugh. "Was that who ah thank it was?" AJ gulped.

"That would have been Midnight being chased by a very pissed off Luna. He apparently went through with his spell. I'm surprised it worked to tell you the truth." Twilight giggled.

"Surprised how?" AJ inquired raising a brow.

"Well, had Luna resisted the spell while it was being cast, Midnight would have turned into an Earth pony for a year. I guess he caught her off guard." She laughed.

"Holy horse apples. I woulda laughed mah flank off if he had been turned to ah earth pony. Heh, then ah woulda hired him teh help on the farm." AJ grinned giving a wink at Twilight who burst out laughing.

"Yeah, He can plow the field pretty good can't he." She smirked causing AJ to fall over laughing.

"That was purty good Twi. Ah guess you read that one book Night gave ya huh."

"Like twenty times before scanning it, then another five times after that just so I could understand how to use this silly form of speech. And the term 'That's what she said.' You would be surprised how often it is used as a sexual reference to specific comments made by somepony. I never knew that specific phrases could be made into a perverse comment."

"That right? Ah guess ol'Night is an expert of them then with the way Luna is still chasing him." She smirked as Midnight ran down the street screaming again only to stop and start bucking to get the disgruntled earth pony Luna off him due to her biting him and strangling him around the neck.

"OH GOD! THE PAIN! MAKE IT STOP!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHH GET HER OFFA ME!!!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!" He yelled as he bucked a few more times before dumping her onto the ground and then bolting off into the sky.

"COME BACK HERE SO I CAN PROPERLY KICK YOUR ASS!" Luna shouted stomping the ground in frustration.

"BUT I DON'T OWN A DONKEY!" Midnight laughed as he flew away causing Luna to growl out in a fury stomping the ground beneath her hooves.

Twilight gave a wink to AJ as she trotted over to Luna.

"Is something wrong miss?" Twilight asked, acting as if she didn't know who she was.

Luna whipped around with a snort seeing Twilight back peddle a little from her angry stare.

"That stupid Alicorn mmmmmmmMPHmmmPH!" she began to say what had happened but her lips suddenly glued themselves shut before she could get the words out.

"I'm....sorry?" Twilight asked.

"I was going to say that stupid Alicorn mmmmmmmMPHmmmPH. CELESTIA DAMMIT! He went and mmmmmmmMPHmmmPH AAAAAAAAH!!!!" She shouted stomping the ground with untold fury.

"Calm down, I'm sure everything will be fine Ms?" Twilight asked looking to Luna.

"My name is mmmmmmmMPHmmmPH ......... You have got to be kidding me." She glared up to the clouds silently cursing Midnight.

"What was that?" Twilight smiled nervously.

"Aurora, Aurora Lights." She quickly made up a name.

"So Aurora, are you new in town? I haven't seen you before." Twilight smiled.

"You could say that." She began. "I met that stupid Alicorn a little while ago. He made a few comments I did not find very appealing and proceeded to try and beat him to death."

"You do realize that an Alicorn is considered royalty don't you?" Twilight said as they began to walk.

"I do not care. If one makes a comment that is unappealing or rude, then one must pay for such." She snapped.

"I-I'm sorry, I meant no disrespect. It's just that I don't think my coltfriend would have made such a comment to just any mare in general. What exactly did he say to you?" Twilight inwardly smiled seeing the look of shock on Luna's face.

"C-coltfriend?" Luna stammered in slight shock.

"Yeeeesss. He is my coltfriend. But we have an open relationship so its not uncommon he will speak to other mares. What did he say to you to make you so mad at him. Enough so you would bite him." Twilight giggled.

'Oh no, I can't let myself be known. If I do then I will remain like this indefinately.' Luna inwardly cursed herself trying to think of an excuse She stood there for a moment before Twilight interrupted her train of thought.

"It's alright if you don't want to say anything. I've come to realize that Midnight has a certain way with words that often throw off a pony that isn't familiar with the way he speaks. It does tend to get him into quite a bit of trouble at times." Twilight giggled causing Luna to give a soft smile.

*growl*

They both stopped at the sudden outburst of Luna's stomach causing the princess to recoil in embarrassment.

"Sounds like somepony is hungry." Twilight giggled.

"I am rather peckish." Luna smiled softly.

"Come with me, I know a great diner that has a lot of good items on the menu." She smiled to Luna but stopped seeing her look away in slight shame. "Is something wrong?"

"Unfortunately when I was after your coltfriend I seem to have lost my bits." She sighed.

"That''s ok, I can pay for your lunch to." Twilight smiled.

"Are you sure? I do not want to be of any trouble."

"It's no problem at all. I work at the local library which is owned by Princess Celestia, she pays me well enough so that I can live here close to my friends. I'm more than happy to pay for your lunch in exchange to get to know you." She giggled.

"I appreciate your generosity. It is not often one finds someone they just met that is willing to pay for their lunch." Luna smiled.

"Aurora?" Twilight stopped, cocking her head slightly.

"Yes?"

"Why do you talk like that? It seems rather formal for an earth pony. Are you from Canterlot?" She asked while giving an inward smirk.

"I....... uh........ I am from Manehatton. Yes, that's right. I am just visiting Ponyville for a vacation." Luna stammered trying to find a plausible excuse.

"That's nice. I know a few ponies from Manehatton. Most of them speak similar to you, but their conversations feel a little more lax than ours. Please, don't push yourself to try and impress this small town pony. Everypony in this town would except you no matter how you spoke. Trying to impress them though when it comes to speech though usually ends up with the opposite effect." Twilight smirked.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked, curious.

"In short, you would be causing them to think you're just some uptight snob from the city who thinks they are better than everypony." Twilight put it bluntly causing Luna to gawk.

"We..... I mean...... I did not think of that. I will try to speak in a less formal sense." Luna smiled nervously.

"That's good, oh! Here we are, Let's get a table inside." Twilight smiled trotting inside, Luna just steps behind.

"AJ, Rainbow Dash, what are you two doing here?" Twilight smiled trotting up to their booth giving them a wink.

"Just getting some grub, RD here came by the farm a few minutes ago telling me she say Midnight shooting threw the clouds like he was being chased er something. Figure we'd come down an talk about it a bit." AJ smirked.

"Who's your friend?" RD inquired looking to the earth pony behind Twilight.

"Oh, This is Aurora, she's on vacation here in Ponyville from Manehatton." Twilight smiled taking a seat in the booth with her friends, Aurora taking a seat next to Twilight.

"It's nice teh meet another earth pony from the big city. Ah lived there once when ah was lil. Came back here and got mah cutiemark the same day." AJ smiled

'Cutiemark!?' Luna inwardly cursed looking down to her cutiemark only to gawk. It had been changed as well as her form. It was now two crescent moons placed inside one another surrounded by stars.

"What's wrong Aurora?" Twilight asked noticing her look at her cutiemark.

"Oh..... Nothing, just remembering when I got my cutiemark." She smiled sheepishly.

"What's yer special talent?" AJ inquired looking to Luna.

'Oh no. I can't tell them its moving the stars...........wait............ stars............. YES I've got it." She thought inwardly before speaking.

"Stargazing." She smiled.

"Stargazing? That's kind of silly." RD smirked leaning back in her seat.

"It is not silly, It is very difficult to map all of the stars since one can only see so far." Luna spoke out a little flustered at the response.

"Sorry, didn't mean to upset you. It was just a joke." RD recoiled slightly causing Luna to sigh.

"No, I'm sorry, I'm not used to jokes due to my upbringing. My family was rather strict and demanded excellence." She sighed.

"That's ok, they aren't here so feel free to cut loose." RD smiled raising her forehooves up and placing them behind her head, leaning back into her seat.

"Yea, relax and have fun, that's what a vacation is for." AJ smirked as she poke RD gently in the ribs making her giggle.

"Hey, no tickling." RD laughed flipping AJ's hat down over her face causing Luna to giggle.

"Awright ya big baby. Ya'd think being the fastest Pegasus around would make ya a lil bit more open to a lil tickle ever so often. But nooooooooo, yer more uptight than a cork in a cider barrel." AJ smirked flipping her hat back upright.

"I'm not uptight, I just have to keep my sheer awesomeness in check at all times otherwise my fans would go crazy." RD smirked.

"You mean Scootaloo? That poor filly tries so hard to keep up with you, You should be a little nicer and let her tag along with you more often." Twilight said giving a sense of sternness.

"Yea yea, that kid does have it bad for me though. Anyway, lets get back to Midnight. Do you guys know why he flew off like that?" RD smiled as she looked around the table.

"It seems he was fleeing our new friend here earlier. I saw her on his back trying to strangle him while she was biting him." Twilight giggled causing Luna to slink down into the booth from embarrassment.

"He just made me mad is all." Luna squeaked out.

"Yea, he has a tendency to piss off a lot of ponies at times. But he is an all round GOOD guy, in more ways than one." RD grinned looking to AJ.

"Yea, He might talk a bit strange at times, but boy howdy can he rut like no other." AJ Smirked back giving a wink to Twilight.

Luna's face burst out into a crimson red, only slightly being hide by her coat as she spoke. "Wh-what?"

"Yea, I told you he is in an open relationship with me. My two friends here as well as I, have rutted with him. Being the only Alicorn male makes it soooooooooo much better though since he can use magic to change his overall size." Twilight looked away dreamily.

Luna gawked at the forwardness of the conversation before her. Never had she thought that anypony would ever be so open to discuss such a thing to anypony else. Especially that of such a private nature. Twilight noticing Luna's sudden change in demeanor pipped up.

"We aren't offending you are we?" She asked looking at Luna in concern.

"NO! No. I'm sorry, it's just that I was raised to never speak so openly about such things, and you three seem to just spit out the words like it was nothing to be bothered about. It is a little refreshing and curious at the same time.

"Well, better to be open than to be a tight flank and be all uppity about conversation." AJ smirked.

*growl*

Conversation stopped as they looked to Luna who recoiled in embarrassment.

"I guess it's time to make our order." Twilight giggled as they all picked up a menu, Luna taking a minute to finally get hers up and open.