Twilight woke up slowly. She moaned and tried to clear her head. Last night she had once again been visited by Discord. And this time now she had met a pony named Moonlight Chaos. Now what was going to happen? Was she going to take her aunt away too? The Princess rolled over to the other side of her bed and saw Spike staring at her.

"Uh, good morning Twilight."

"Good morning Spike, if it is morning anyway...."

"Yeah, well everypony is in the dinning hall having breakfast; Oh! And Prince Sombra is down there too!"

At the mention of Prince Sombra Twilight perked up. "Spike! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

The Princess rushed out of the room and down the staircase. When she came to the silver doors open ing up to the dinning hall, she stopped, took a deep breath, and went inside. She found all her friends around the Prince, except for Luna. When Sombra noticed Twilight he walked towards her, and smiled.

"Twilight Sparkle, good morning...."

"Um, good morning..... It's so nice to see you again."

Sombra's smile grew bigger. "Indeed, I couldn't wait to see you again. And I also brought a few gifts for you with me."

"Oh Sombra, you shouldn't have! I'm not worth it!" The Princess replied in awe.

"Nonsense, you are and beautiful and smart pony; a princess at that! You deserve to be treated, besides these are just early wedding gifts."

Sombra stompedhis hoof on the ground and three servants came in and brought in six small gifts wrapped very neatly. Rarity sighed at the sight of them; four of them were embroided in jewels and lace. One was covered in a sparkly texture, and one was wrapped in a fine white cloth. Twilight shook her head.

"Sombra, they are all beautiful; I haven't even seen what's inside yet! I can't accept this...."

But Sombra refused to take no for an answer. "I am not leaving this room until you open all of them, and I expect you to keep all of them."

Twilight giggled. Sombra could be a bit stubborn at times, and he was always so generous. "Very well Sombra."

Pinkie Pie smiled. "Come on Twilight! These are your presents, open them!"

Everyone gathered around the Princess and watched as she unwrapped one the gifts. Inside was a small, solid gold statue of a sun, with Twilight's cutie mark on it.

"Sombra, it's beautiful....."

The Prince nodded. "Yes, but it's being given to someone much more beautiful."

Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy sighed. "Awww!"

Twilight chose the next gift that was covered in the glittery case. She took the top off and found inside was a small pile of very expensive jewelry. Rarity gasped at the sight.

"Good heavens, Prince Sombra! Where in the wide world of Equestria did you get those beautiful prices of jewelry? They look fabulous!"

"I had them specially made by the finest jewelry maker in the Crystal Kindgom." Sombra replied with pride.

The next present from the Prince was three dresses made from the finest cloth and silk. Fluttershy smiled at the sight of them while Rarity was about to faint.

"Oh my, the dresses are so lovely. Prince Sombra, you are so generous!"

"Thank you Fluttershy, it's not hard to see why they call you such a kind spirit." Prince Sombra complemented.

This caused Fluttershy to blush, while Twilight moved onto the fourth gift. This was Twilights favorite; two whole sets of brand new books! Twilight squealed with joy.

"Sombra! Where did you get do many books?!"

The Prince smiled. "These books are all first edition of a brand new series that won't be released until the next six months! I knew you would like them, I know how you are about books!"

The fifth present was flowers wrapped in the white cloth. Sombra told her that these were very rare flowers that never grew old and died. There were purple flowers and pink flowers, red and blue flowers, and there were even a few black flowers.

"Well, I'll be..... Ah've never seen anythin' like it!" Applejack remarked.

"Mmmm! And they smell so prettyful!" Pinkie Pie added.

The last gift was small, but it was one of the best presents of all. Twilight found inside was a tiny lavender and black book. Both Twilight and Sombra's signature colors. Twilight found inside the pages were all blank and new.

"Sombra, what is this book for?" The Princess asked.

"Allow me to show you," The Prince said.

He used his magic to make th book become bigger, it grew three times it's original size! Sombra began flipping through the pages. "It is for you to write down all your own stories and adventures; I will be sharing this book with you. It's for after we are married."

Twilight felt tears of happiness form in her eyes. She hugged Prince Sombra. "Oh thank you Sombra! I love the gifts. Thank you so much!"

Then Prince Sombra and Princess Twilight Sparkle both shared a small kiss. Queen Luna smiled at the young pair. She had always dreamed of seeing her niece finding happiness with someone she loved, as she once did long ago. Since Luna never had any children she never could experience the joy of watching her own foals grow up and go through the wonderful journey of life.

Afterwards she said, "Twilight, why don't you take Sombra out into the gardens; I'm sure your friends would love to join you. Besides, we have something we must attend to first. Then later I'm certain lunch will be served."

The Princess nodded. "Of course Aunt Luna!"

Twilight and her friends trotted out of the dinning hall and into the garden, Sombra stayed behind.

"Queen Luna? May I have a word with you?"

Luna nodded. "Of course young prince; what do you need?"

Prince Sombra looked up at the Queen. "Is something troubling you? You seem a bit worried...."

Queen Luna simply shook her head. "No, we are fine, we can assure you. Go into the garden, and spend time with Twilight. We shall join you momentarily."

The Prince nodded. "Very well, your Highness."

As the Prince turned and left Luna sighed. There was a lot that was troubling her and she needed information. Fast.....

Moonlight was about ready to fall asleep from boredom. All anyone was doing was watching the Princess opening the gifts that Prince Sombra had given her. When she had finished and were heading out to the garden she sighed.

"Finally!"

She flew around to other side of the castle where the garden was. It was completely different from the kind of plants Moonlight was used to; plunder vines, and more oddly shaped plants. If there were any flowers they were either dark colors or almost dead. She slowly moved along the thick vines and hedges along the side of castle. They all had such strange scents, some of them didn't smell quite bad, they were fresh and clean. Others had strong, scents that the blue Alicorn didn't like and stayed away from. Finally she spotted Princess Twilight and Prince Sombra walking around the areas with the plants that had strange smells. Moonlight watched as Twilight sniffed a small patch of what looked like weeds.

"Mmmm, Rosemary!" The Princess said.

Moonlight made a disgusted face. Yuck! What was she doing?

Prince Sombra walked towards an area filled with blue and purple flowers.

"These are new, when did you have this part of the garden made?"

Twilight smiled. "About three weeks ago, a few days after you left from your last visit. They are called Forget-Me-Nots I believe."

The two walked towards a large tree with sagging branches, creating a small closed in area. Prince Sombra parted the branches and allowed Twilight to walk through he quickly followed behind. Moonlight dove out of the plants and flew up to the higher branches and watched them from above. The inside was huge! The branches had tiny crystals growing on separate branches giving the tree a dim glow. Surrounding the trunk of the tree was a large pond, filly with small lilly pads with small fish swimming around. Prince Sombra and Princess Twilight sat at the edge of the pond.

"This is one of the most beautiful places in the garden..." Twilight sighed.

"I can agree, though it may look like an old tree on the outside, it has sparkling treasures on the inside." Sombra added.

"That's one of the reasons I fell in love with you, though you came from a kingdom with slightly darker accustoms, you still treated me with kindness, and you can see beauty in things most ponies can't."

  Prince Sombra wrapped his hoof around the young princess.

"I'm glad you came Sombra, it really makes me feel better knowing your here." Twilight said.

"That's all I want; knowing your safe and happy is good enough for me. And soon you and I will be together and nothing will get between us." Sombra replied.

Moonlight Chaos noted everything that happened. She watched as the two walked back outside and finished walking around the garden. She watched how the Prince knew every one of Twilight's favorite kinds of flowers. The Alicorn watched the two for so long she was beginning to get leaves and petals in her hair. After thy went throught the whole garden they rested on the soft grass. Twilight used her magic to bring a few books out. They read to each other and told stories, Moonlight watched and noticed how close they were to each other.

"Hey Twilight!" Pinkie Pie called out.

Moonlight went deeper into the plants as soon as the Princesses friends came over.

"We were wondering if you wanted to play a game with us?" Rainbow asked. Then She turned to the Prince. "Oh! Your welcome to join us too; that is if you want to."

Twilight turned towards Sombra. The Unicorn Prince considered the offer, then smiled. "Why not?"

The smile on Twilight's face grew bigger every minute she spent with him.

Moonlight Chaos decided this was her cue to leave. She climbed out of the flowers and vines. And flew past the Sun Kingdom, and into the Everfree Forest. She moved swiftly throught the narrow and barely visible path. Just as she reached the old castle where Discord was, she heard a crackling sound. The Alicorn turned around and narrowed her eyes. Suddenly a Timberwolf leaped out of the bushes, Moonlight growled at the creature showing him her fangs. Her screech caused the creature to back away and run. The blue Alicorn shook her head and smiled.

"Timberwolves......"

She flew in through the doors and down the hall, she found the long staircase that lead her down into the room Discord told her to meet him in. She found him waiting for her holding a tall, thin candlestick.

"What did you find?"

Moonlight sighed. "Most of what they did was a lot of boring things. The Prince brought her gifts, they went outside and talked to each other. The Princess kept talking about how she loved because he was so generous and could see beauty in life. Then her meddling friends came and they began playing and they were talking to each other for the rest of the evening."

Discord smiled deviously. Then he stopped, he looked up at inhaled through his nose. He turned to Moonlight and took a small part of her hair and gently sniffed it. Moonlight tried to hide her face; she was beginning to blush.

"Sorry, I had to hide among the plants. They were in the garden most of the time."

Discord gave her a slightly confused look. Then he quickly flew out of the room. This caused the Alicorn to fly towards a nearby wall and purposely smack her face against it.

"Ugh, why am I so stupid?"

She banged her head against the wall again.

"I can't do anything right."

Discord flew back into the throne room. Something wasn't right, he wasn't quite feeling like himself. He had left the room because he didn't want Moonlight to see he was beginning to turn red. Discord had no idea why, nothing like this had ever happened before. He had lived with her almost all his life, she didn't annoy him, and she was someone he could talk to. She did as she was told and she respected him. But just now when he had smelled the scent that was in her hair. It was a new scent he had never known, it gave Moonlight's hair a fresh scent that he rather liked. Something turned on that he never noticed before.Thinking about it made him turn red again. When he realized it was happening again he shook his head. Once again he held out his claw in front of him and made an image of Twilight appear, draining the thoughts he felt a few moments ago.

"Moonlight!" He called.

In less then a minute Moonlight was right behind him. "Yes Discord?"

"You have done enough for me for now. Get some rest, this evening I have another job for you."

Moonlight nodded. "Yes Discord."

After she left the Draconequus laughed. Prince Sombra was hardly a threat to him at all! The more Discord began to think about it, the Prince could actually be useful for the next phase of his plan. He would have to do this as soon as the moon was in the sky, that's when Moonlight's power was at it's greatest; at sunrise and at moonrise. The only problem was that's when Queen Luna turned into Nightmare Moon, that's when her power was at its greatest. But her magic only lasted half the night while Moonlight's lasted until after sunrise. Slowly a new plan began to form in his head. This time he was going to lead the Princess into the forest, and he, himself would guide her the rest of the way.

"Soon little Princess....."

Twilight looked up at the sky, just barely she could make out the sun!

"Everypony look! The dark clouds are starting to disappear!"

Everyone looked up at the sky and saw the sun. They all cheered, it was now sunset! And soon the moon would be in the sky.

Just then Luna came down, "Twilight, it's almost ten; you, your friends, and Prince Sombra should get some rest. Besides we have to lower the moon very soon."

The Queen of the Night guided the seven ponies into the castle, as soon as she knew her niece and her friends were asleep she led Prince Sombra into an empty bedroom not very far from Twilight's.

"Thank you Queen Luna."

"Your welcome young Prince Sombra. Pleasant dreams." Luna replied.

As soon as Prince Sombra was in his room Luna went outside. Strangely enough most of the clouds were now gone! Raising the sun had been a bit more difficult for the past few days, but she would get it soon enough. Besides now it was time for her to raise the moon, she flapped her wings and used her Unicorn magic to push the sun down and raise the glowing moon. The stars twinkled behind. Luna looked at herself to discover she was now Nightmare Moon, as usual. The black Alicorn walked inside to get a little more rest, before sunrise she wanted to look up a little more information about what her sister had said.

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