(Special note: This chapter does have clop near the end. While again I do not recommend skipping it, I've marked where it goes from saucy into adult and where it ends. Enjoy!)

Starstep gaped in awe of the stark beauty of his world, hanging above in the star-dusted blackness of space. His mind was reeling from the view and knowledge of where he was. Even the moon's surface itself was of alien beauty, a monument of simplicity in light and shadows.

“Wow” He gasped though no sound reached his ears. His mind registered the problem a few moments later causing him to place a hoof to his throat. The blue-grey pegasus turned to the Princess of the Night cuddled up to his side, one eyebrow raised slightly. He asked her a question, but again there was no sound.

The alicorn giggled, her soft laugh echoing in Star's head rather than his ears. “There is no air for sound to travel, my dear Shadow-Guard.” Her voice coolly caressing his mind. “Tis magic that allows us to breathe and resist the cold of the moon.” She gestured with a hoof towards the bright orb far off in space that illuminated them. “Tia's sun may provide us some warmth, but we would perish without my protection.” Luna nuzzled at the pegasus' cheek. “I am certain thou hath concerns, but trust in me. Thou art safe at my side.” She kissed his fur. “Save thy questions for later. I hath brought thou here for a few reasons.”

“Foremost, perspective.” She gestured with her unshod hoof towards the hanging marble of their world. “Knowth that we art but a tiny speck upon the world's surface. That for all our troubles and hardships, within the grand scope of things, tis rather insignificant.” She noticed Star's smile wither and pulled him tight against her side with her blanketing wing. “Tis not to say what we do is not without merit, my dear Starstep. All that we do is important to somepony, just not often to the world as a whole.”

Star turned his gaze from the planet to his Princess, her eyes reflecting the world as she continued. “I mayth seem cold upon occasion and I am certain there wilst be times in the future where thou dost not understand my reasoning. If thou truly wishes to be my consort and my love, thou should knowst why I act as I do.” She nodded her head towards the world. “Perspective.” Her face turned back to Star, a gentle smile upon her lips. “Thou art but the fifth pony I hath ever brought here. I wished thou to know how special thy company has been to me. How much I hath grown to treasure thy humor and affection.” Her eyes sparkled with the backdrop of stars. “Tis been an age since I hath allowed myself to listen to my heart. To truly believe that a pony could love me, for me. To knowth I could cast aside all mine power and wealth and knowth that thou wilst stay at mine side.”

Luna leaned her head down, nuzzling along Star's jaw-line, Star returned the gesture kissing her fur lightly whenever his lips grazed the silky coat. The alicorn's body vibrated against his ever so softly as she giggled, a strange sensation that the colt never noticed when he could hear her. The pegasus shifted his head up to take one of her blue ears in his lips, tugging on the velvet surface causing the faintest hiss of pleasure in his head, like a light breeze in fall.

Suddenly, the ear slipped from his grasp and the alicorn stood, looking down at him with a mischievous smile. “Come, run with me.” The alicorn stepped back a few paces, her hooves shifting the white moon dust. She threw back her head and laughed, her merriment like pure chimes in Star's head, then she turned on her hooves and dashed off across the white emptiness, kicking up light sprays of dust that tumbled through the vacuum.

Star chuckled as he pulled himself up onto his hooves. He took a moment to notice that the moon-dust, though loose as powder, never puffed up from his steps, but moved like damp sand. With a grin, the pony bounded from a start to catch up to Luna and found himself gliding across the surface a few feet off the ground, slowly descending back towards it. He fought the urge to panic at the low gravity, kicking at nothingness as he began to spiral in mid-air. Unfortunately it only made it worse and he bounced across the cold surface of the moon a few times before tumbling to a soft stop.

The pegasus shook moon-dust free of his spiky mane, flicking sprays of weight-less dust from his wings as he regained his footing, noting Luna grinning at him about ten paces off. She trotted in a circle, as though teasing him, then lifted her tail towards him with a wink. “One must walk before one can hope to run, my Shadow-Guard.” Her soft laugh chimed in his head as she bolted off once more.

Carefully, like a foal taking it's first steps, he started across the moon in cautious movements. One hoof in front of the other, getting a feel for the light gravity before moving on to a slow trot. Luna watched him, galloping off to maintain the distances between them whenever he made progress, her joyful laughter often ringing in Star's head. It lightened Star's heart to see Luna in such high spirits, to see her let loose and become a young filly at play.

Ever so slowly, he worked himself up to a fast trot, then even an awkward gallop, never quite catching the blue alicorn as she toyed with him. Across the stark cold surface they traveled, long lines of hoof-prints in the dust. She led him up the slope of a rocky crater to it's lip and halted. Just as he reached the top, she dashed off along it's edge, leaving him reeling from the size of the impact hole. It could easily swallow Ponyville. Deep black shadows stretched from one of the walls down into the bowl of dust and rocks, hiding the very center from his sight. He shook his head, wondering what could cause such a hole before carefully trotting along the edge to follow Luna.

The Princess led him around the crater to the opposite side then down again towards what appeared to be a small dome made of the grey moon rocks. There were no windows, no doors, just rough walls and ceiling. Across the open expanse of the moon he raced to catch the running alicorn, til she stopped at the dome's edge, stamping her hoof in excitement as the colt sprinted the last few feet to reach her side, panting hard.

Luna rolled her head back, laughing delightfully in Star's mind, then nudged him with her hoof. “Seem thou hath been neglecting thy guard exercise routine. I hope thou hath been working on thy wings at the very least.”

The pegasus nodded, beginning to regain his breath. Though he was still cool, at least Luna's spell kept his now lathered coat from freezing him. He smiled to Luna, then glanced up at the fifteen foot wall in front of them. It seemed so much smaller from the crater's edge.

The blue alicorn smiled, noting the questioning look in Star's eyes. “A refuge. A place I built before that rather unfortunate time with Nightmare Moon.” She turned her gaze to the shallow-domed building. “I wanted a place I could retreat to when one needed time to think, or relax...” She hesitated, her mouth down-turning ever so slightly and the joy softened in her eyes. “Or cry.” Star nuzzled at her neck, unable to comfort her with words. His affection had the desired effect and the alicorn perked back up to her playful self. “Twas a time long past and for now is the present.” She gestured with a hoof as her horn glowed bright blue. “I welcome thou, dear Shadow-Guard, my Lunar Sanctuary.” Brick like shapes in the wall glowed in sharp cyan before pulling free of the wall and hovering off to the sides. Luna nudged the colt with her wing, following behind him into the blackness that awaited them in the gap. Once they were past the threshold, the stones resealed behind them, leaving the pair in pitch blackness.

Star fought down panic, a fleeting memory of a dream nibbling at the corners of his mind, then he felt silky lips kissing down his neck, chasing away the dark thoughts. He turned and tackled the alicorn, hearing her exclamation of surprise in his mind followed by a playful laugh. The two bounced and tumbled in the low gravity until in a tangle of limbs, came to a rest against a wall. The colt nibbled at what he thought was her neck and shoulders in that utter darkness, loving the feel of her short blue coat between his lips, cool and smooth as satin.

“Starstep, Ooooh, haha, not there thy naughty thing...Mmm...my rather bold pony...oooh...Hahha, eeek!” Her last exclamation of surprise came as Star took some of her skin in his mouth and sucked firmly. There was a flare of blue light as Luna's horn began to glow, shimmering ever so faintly on their bodies. The colt paused to look up, then down and blushed hotly, realizing it wasn't her neck he was tormenting, it was her belly.

He froze, embarrassed and afraid she might punish him for being so incredibly forward, but his fears were dashed as Luna's gentle laugh twinkled in his mind. He could feel one of her fore-hooves begin to caress his cutie-mark, tracing the horseshoe shape, relaxing the tension between his shoulders.

“Hold thy enthusiasm, my Shadow-Guard, for we art not within the sanctuary yet. This is more the...” She hesitated considering the proper word, “Antechamber.” Her horn glowed more brightly and cracks appeared in a wall nearby. Star could detect the faintest sound of air, growling louder over a couple of minutes till he could hear his hooves scuff the ground and the sound of Luna's feathers ruffling against her sides.

“Air?” He blinked then smiled, when he heard his own voice. “How do we have air?”

Luna caressed his rump with a hoof, smiling mischievously. “Perhaps if thou wilst remove thyself from betwixt mine thighs, thou shalt discover.”

Star glanced down at the soft blue belly that invited his attentions and the silky thighs just beyond. “I donno. I rather like it down here.” The brick-like shapes in the wall slid inward, bathing the two in pale blue light. Shading Luna's soft belly and thighs in such a way it cause the colt to blush fiercely and think unsexy thoughts to prevent too much arousal.

“Oh-ho. Indeed, tis much treasure to find within the crevasses of the moon.” She smirked, grabbing his tail with her magic and sliding him off her body. “I quivering in anticipation of thy explorations, however hold thy eagerness for a spell longer. To grope at one another in what may be referred to as the 'coat-room' is most unladylike.” She rose up on those long slender legs, stepping into the new opening that was coolly lit from within. The pegasus rolled to his hooves, shaking his charcoal mane from his eyes as he rose up beside the Princess.

Inside was a chamber roughly a hundred paces across, capped by the shallow dome above them. Except for a circle clearing at the center, the floor was filled with a strange blue-hued grass and night-lilies. Little silvery lights floated amongst the flowers, dipping and weaving through the stems and petals. The circular walls were coated in purple moss, dotted with tiny cyan flowers. Hanging by silver chains from the dome in a wagon wheel-like pattern were small light-blue glowing orbs that gently pulsed, illuminating the room in their gentle light. Luna turned her head to look at the pegasus, smiling affectionately.

“Welcome, my Shadow-Guard. My home is thy home. Explore and ask what thou will.” She beamed, gesturing with a wing at the sanctum as the pair stepped into the chamber. Behind them the stones ground back into their place, sealing the ponies inside.

Starstep smiled at Luna, noting her slight nod of approval before he bent his neck to sniff at the lilies at his hooves. They had a slight sweetness to their scent that tickled his nose and reminded him of Luna's natural smell. Feeling warm from the memory of the Princess' coat, he turned his attention to the moss hanging down the wall to his right, reaching out a hoof. It was damp to the touch, the tiny cyan flowers sprouting from the clumps of violet strands closed and pulled themselves back into the moss at the pony's approach. He tilted his head in confusion before glancing back to the alicorn questioningly.

“Are those flowers alive?”

Luna giggled. “In a manner of speaking.” She held out a fore-hoof for a moment, letting one of the silvery lights land on the tip. “Come forth and look.”

Doing as she bid, Star slipped up to her side, peering down at the glowing little light. It was round with little wings and large friendly eyes, pulsing with a silvery light. “A bug?”

“A glow-sprite. Ancestors of the infamous parasprites.” She gave her hoof a gentle shake and the little glowing creature flitted back to the night-lilies. “This entire room is but a contained ecosystem. Long, long ago, I had an earth pony lover.” The alicorn smiled fondly at the memory. “She was most in tune with the circle of life. I hath never known another earth-pony so in touch with nature and natural earth-pony magic.” Star looked out at the collection of flowers, grass, moss and glow-sprites as she continued, fighting back an urge to be jealous of Luna's long past lover.

“She desired to share her own magic with me. And thus, this garden from a time long past remains as her legacy. Creatures and plants that no longer exists in all of the world. Lost to ages and evolution. A circle of life ever rotating here on the moon.” She looked down at the colt. “This is the second reason I hath brought thou here. To share mine greatest treasure with thou and to help thou see that even in death there is life.” Luna spread out her wing to drape across Star's shoulders, then stepped amongst the flowers, coaxing the colt to follow at her side with the gentlest of nudges with her primaries. The stems of the lilies bent the petals away from them, parting around their hooves as they walked as though they were a passing wind on an open field.

As Star carefully moved through the field of flowers, laughing at the bursts of lights as glow-sprites scattered in the pony's wake, he pondered on Luna's words. Part of him really didn't want to know who fed what in this ecosystem. The other part of him was genuinely curious how it had maintained itself for a thousand years while Luna was locked away with Nightmare Moon. He put aside the thoughts as they reached the center clearing amongst the sea of flowers and they halted.

Luna leaned her slender neck down so she could nuzzle Star's cheek. “Now, for something rather special.” The alicorn lifted her head up, closing her eyes as her horn began to glow brightly. The roof went transparent, much like the wall in Luna's room had the other night. The chains holding the glow orbs remained suspended by nothing, the effect messed with Star's idea of reality, forcing him to shake his head to clear his thoughts. Still, the alicorn channeled magic and a white glow curled in over the walls and through the invisible dome. The beams of light flickered and danced as they rolled through the flowers and grass, consolidating in the center of the room in a swirl of pale light. Faster and tighter the glimmering mass spun until a circular shape was noticeable. A few moments later and Luna's magic ceased, leaving a round disk of light floating just above the ground, large enough to fit three alicorn's comfortably.

Starstep tilted his head in confusion at it, blinking when Luna stepped from his side, playfully patting his nose with her tail-tip as she slid up onto the glowing surface. She seemed so picturesque on it the glowing light, sprawled out with her hind-legs to the side, her upper body lifted to face him, glowing mane and tail dancing about. No regalia, no crown, only the silvery chain around her neck with his old blue feather attached. He forced himself from tracing the curves of her body with his eyes and focused on the glowing bed. “What...what is that?”

The blue alicorn grinned mischievously as she settled onto her side, stroking the shimmering surface with a fore-hoof. “Hath thou no suspicions?”

The colt took a couple of cautious steps forward to put him within reach of the odd substance, lifting a hoof to poke at it's side curiously. It had a lot of give, but there was a firmness under all the gentle light. A part of him recognized his natural pegasus magic reacting to it, though he couldn't quite figure out why. “Hmm...feel like a really thin cloud. Is it moon dust?” Star lifted his eyes to meet Luna's.

“Haha, neigh, my dear Shadow-Guard. Dost dust glow?”

“Uh...if you cast a spell on it, it probably would.”

“Hah, tis very true.” She leaned out to rest a hoof against his cheek, cool and soft. “Close thy eyes, and truly feel it.”

Doing as he was bid, the colt shut his eyes trying to ignore Luna's touch as he once again felt the strange cloud of light with his fore-hoof. There was no warmth, only a cold sensation, though not unpleasant. An odd sense of nostalgia washed through him and for a moment he was a little colt, staring wistfully up at the glowing moon and her companion stars. Marveling at her beauty and bathing in her...

Star's eyes snapped open. “It's a bed of moonlight.” His pronouncement was met with a loving smile.

“Tis indeed. I hath made it as dense as a cloud and so with thou being a pegasus, thou mayth lay with me.”

“How is that possible I mean...wow...” A hoof pressed to his lips.

“Some things art more beautiful, if left to wonder and mystery. Simply know that I hath made it so. For us.” She reached a hoof towards him which he took without question. Luna pulled the colt up onto the moonlight, giggling at his startled expression as it began to give under his weight then settled. The alicorn rubbed noses with the pegasus, closing her eyes as her fore-hooves wrapped around his sides.

“Starstep, whatever mayth transpire tomorrow or the day beyond, I wish thou to remember this night for all of thy days. The final reason I hath brought thou to the moon, is...I wish to make love to thou. I wish thou to make love to me.” She pulled him close so their chests were tight together, still nose to nose. She could feel the colt trembling slightly in her hooves, his own eyes closed as he listened. “Despite mine terrible pranks upon thou and doubts of thy sincerity. Beyond the hard lessons thou hath endured at my hoof, thou hath remained steadfast in thy dedication.”

Luna kissed him, which he returned gently. “Starstep, know that there willst always be lessons, and at times, perhaps a prank or two.” They shared a smile and a light laugh. “Know that my ways mayth be firm but fair and remember the perspective through which I see the world.” She exhaled as she paused, one hoof caressing Star's back. “I wilst never change. Thou wilst never change me. Ever.” The Princess opened her eyes. “Look at me, Starstep, my Shadow-Guard.” He did, staring into her deep cyan eyes. “I giveth thou a choice, neither of which wilst result in a punishment of any kind. I seek only honesty. The very thing I asked thou for at the very beginning. Dost thou understand?”

Star gave a slight nod, his nose rubbing Luna's as he kept eye contact with the blue pony. “I understand, Luna. You will get an honest answer.”

The Princess of the Night smiled warmly, a twinkling in her eyes. “I giveth thou two choices. Lay with me this evening as a friend or a true consort. If thou chooses friend, thou wilst be free to date whomever thy wishes, to go forth and meet new and interesting mares. Thou wouldst still remain mine Shadow-Guard, and perhaps I wilst still share my bed with thou from time to time. I wouldst still care for thou, we would simply be more...casual about our relationship. There is certainly no shame in this and would giveth thou much freedom.”

She put a hoof to his lips to keep the colt silent. “If thou chooses consort.” She took a deep breath, her chest rising to rub against Star's. “Thou wouldst be mine consort in every meaning of the word. Neither of us would be allowed to engage in sexual play with other ponies without the others consent. Thou wouldst be thrust into the spotlight beyond just rumor. The mantle of being my true lover may prove tiresome and difficult. Ponies from all walks of life will treat thou differently. For now, they only suspect. If I publicly announce thou as my official consort and lover, that wilst change rapidly.”

She sighed softly. “Tis not a fairytale, my dear Starstep. To truly be my love, my dearest pony in all of Equestria, there art responsibilities and duties. I mayth ask thou to do things thou wilst not enjoy, but I would expect thou to do them. Though know that nothing I would ask of thou would be without reason.”

Starstep smirked. “Well, tartarus, you make being your lover sound like such fun.”

They shared a soft laugh before the alicorn's expression turned serious. “I only wish thou to have no illusions of what it means.” She gazed down into his soul. “Starstep, thou wilst be with me tonight, no matter what thou decides, but I must know how far thou art willing to go. There must be no doubt.” The last sentence was soft and pleading.

The colt paused, thinking for a moment as Luna's eyes watched him intently. “You know I call you Mistress, because I want to serve you, Luna. I want to make you happy whatever it takes.”

“Starstep, my dear pony. This is not about me. I wilst be happy whatever thou chooses.” She sighed. “Thy life is short compared to mine and if thou dost not live it as thou wishes, I will forever be regretful.” She tilted her head slightly, eyelids lowering as she glanced away. “I could not bear to see thou wither and die unhappy. I cannot have that be the last memory I have of thou. Do not make it so.” Her cyan eyes returned to his, damp and near tears. “If thou wishes to make me happy, thou must be happy. Thou hath had a taste of what life is like at mine side. While I vow to do all within my power to be thy guide and to love thou with all mine heart, I cannot shield thou from what may cometh.”

The pegasus tilted his head, kissing the Princess and slipping his hooves around her sides to pull her in tight. At last he released the kiss, nuzzling affectionately. “Luna, I got my cutie-mark because I found my talent lost in the stars. I learned everything I could from Professor Twilight, obsessed with constellations, nebula and your moon. When I fly in the sky at night, I only wish I could dance among those twinkling lights, then rest upon your moon's surface.” He gave a little chuckle. “And here I am. On the moon under the starlight and in view of all of Equestria.” He reached up a hoof to wipe away moisture from the corner of his eye. “Luna, the more I learn about you, the more I want to know. Since that fateful day in front of Celestia's door when you taunted me with a rump-wiggle,” They shared a embarrassed laugh. “It's been a whirlwind of...I don't even know how to describe it. I've learned more about myself recently than I have my whole life. And what I've learned is that I love you so much it bucking hurts.”

He took a shuttering breath. “Luna, I love you. I respect you. And I'm slowly beginning to truly understand you. I want to be there through it all. The hard times and the fun times. If that means public scrutiny or being monogamous with you, then fine. If it means doing terrible things for you, fine. As long as I know you love me, use me. Let me serve you in anyway I can. I want to be a pony you can depend on. A pony you can trust with anything. I want you to remember me for the rest of your days as a pony who wanted nothing more than to love and be loved by you. My beautiful moon-pony.” He lowered his head to rest it against her chest, choking back tears. “Let me be your lover. Consequences be damned and I swear I will be happy at your side. I swear it.”

Luna smiled, gentle and warm as she coaxed the colt to lift his head and face her. Both of them had tears leaking down their cheeks. “Then so be it.” She leaned in, closing her eyes as she kissed him. Long and deep the kiss lingered until she pulled back, a sultry look upon her face. “No more tears, my love. Come, show me thy passion unhindered.” The alicorn wiped away the traces of Star's tears with her hoof, then kissed each cheek, giggling lightly at the colt's growing smile. “I only ask that thou be....gentle, my love.” She blushed, her cheeks darkening to a cobalt blue. “The transformation after my release from the moon has reborn my body, as it were.” She flicked her eyes at him shyly. “I suppose, thou may sayth, I am a virgin once more.”

Star's mouth gaped. “I...is...is that even possible?”

The alicorn laughed, her cheeks still darkened. “Tis amazing what being changed into a demon mare and back into a young mare afterwords can do to one's body. I suppose I shouldth offer it as a service to mares that wish to regain their youth?” She smirked.

“Haha, no, I can't imagine it would go over too well.” His grin softened as he leaned in to nuzzle at her. “Jokes aside, I understand and I swear I'll be gentle.” He felt Luna's grasp loosen as she slid from his grasp to lay on her side, looking up at him expectantly.

“Well?” She grinned, eyes sparkling mischievously.

Star met her grin with one of his own, his wings beginning to rise on his back. “Just wondering which end to start on.” Luna giggled at his comment, her ethereal tail drifting up to stroke his chin.

“I shiver in anticipation of thy decision.” She gave a mock shake as she bit her lower lip.

Starstep planted gentle kisses down Luna's long neck, sprinkling the light touches of affection from chin to shoulders. The alicorn laid still, giggling occasionally when his lips found a sensitive spot along the length, curling her fore-hooves up to her chest to keep them out of the colt's way. When Star leaned around to take the back of her neck between his teeth and bit firmly, she sucked in breath between her teeth, trembling.

“Ohhh...Star.” She moaned as he relaxed his bite, glancing down at the smug colt. She shot back her own smirk. “Dost not gain an inflated ego, my love. I am simply...out of practice.” Her tail curled around to snap his flank playfully.

The pegasus barked a laugh, grinning at Luna's playful nature. “So much for this being soft and gentle.”

Luna closed her eyes and exhaled. “Apologizes, I still wish it to be, but thou started it.” She half-opened her beautiful cyan eyes and smiled sweetly at him. “Let us try again, my love.”

“Yeah, sorry, I'll remember that spot for later.” His comment prompted a soft giggle from the alicorn.

“By all means.” She grinned as she uncurled a fore-leg to rest a hoof on his cheek. “Tell me, Star. How dost thou desire to take thy consort for the first time?” She ran her hoof down his neck to his chest, lingering over her own feather on the silver chain. He noticed she had brushed aside Scootaloo's feather so that only his was being touched with her hoof. But now was not the time or place to get into that. Tomorrow she had said and for tonight all he wanted was Luna.

The colt lifted her hoof from his chest to kiss it, causing the alicorn to close her eyes and give a light moan. He ran his tongue along the soft frog between the hard portion of the hoof, then spat and gave a little gag. “Oh, bleh, I'm sorry, Luna.” He wiped his tongue rapidly on his fore-leg. “Moon-dust, bleh, I'm so sorry, that kinda killed the mood didn't it.”

Luna was laughing hard, her eyes squeezed so tight a tear rolled down her cheek. At last she caught her breath, gazing up at the pony who sulked with injured pride. “Oh, Star, my dear pony. Thou dost knowth how to keep me most amused.” She leaned up to slip a hoof around his back and pulled him down into her embrace. “I dost apologize, I knowth thou were seeking to bring me pleasure. I promise to remember to use my magic to...cleanse myself before our next time.” She nibbled on his bottom lip, making the pony squirm before she relented and tucked her muzzle under his chin. “I swear that in our future private moments thou wilst be able to explore every inch of mine body without surprises.”

Star relaxed in Luna's arms, knowing she didn't mean to hurt his feelings. “Sorry, I'm trying to make you feel good and have our first night together memorable.”

“I knowth, Star. As I hath said, I am most out of practice. In a way, we wilst both be relearning much together.” She nibbled at his neck, noting the colt's soft moans. “Mmm...for tonight, perhaps we shouldth dispense with overly elaborate fore-play and keep it simple?” She plucked at his coat with her lips, her tongue teasing the flesh between.

“Oooooh....yeah....alright.” He ran his hooves along her back, rubbing the hard sections around her wing-bases. The alicorn exhaled into his damp neck-fur in a pleasurable sigh. “I'll just go with what feels natural.”

The alicorn nodded, rubbing her nose through his coat. “Mmm...yes.” She tilted her head, nibbling at his neck ever so gently with her flat pony teeth, making the colt shiver in her fore-hooves, feeling his wings firmly stiffen on his back.

The colt returned the gesture by taking one of her ears in his lips, pressing down with his own teeth onto the velvety surface to hold it in place as he sucked on the tip, causing Luna to gasp out.

“Oh, thou wicked colt. Thou always attacks mine ear.” She hissed pleasurably, wiggling her slender body up against his, closing her eyes as she kissed and licked along Star's blue-grey neck. The pegasus nodded, giving her ear another tug before releasing it to nuzzle along the top of her head, feeling the curl of her mane tingle his skin and caress his nose on it's own accord. His lips bumped against the side of her horn, so he turned his head to wrap his lips around it's base and tease it with his tongue. Luna went rigid in his hooves, giving a slight whimper. “Neigh, neigh.” She pushed his back with her fore-hooves, pulling his lips free of the blue fluted rod.

Star blinked in confusion as he watched the alicorn pant for breath, her eyes closed as she fought for self-control. “What's wrong, Luna?”

A moment pasted before she reopened her eyes, smiling seductively, her hooves running down his chest and along his belly and sides. “As I hath said, I am most out of practice. To have an uncontrolled magical discharge here...” She glanced at the room around them before her eyes returned to his. “May hath undesired, even dangerous consequences.” Her smiled broadened. “Besides, thou hath yet to learn the finer arts of pleasing a unicorn safely.” Her hooves found the beginnings of his excitment, her cool firm hooves tracing it's sides making the colt quiver involuntary. “Allow me to demonstrate.”

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The alicorn pushed the colt onto his back, helping him shift so his wings were not pinned and rested on her haunches pressed up against his rump, leaning her neck down to kiss along his belly, her cheek rubbing against the side of his rapidly hardening erection. When she was at his sheath, she turned her head to pluck at the light fur with her lips, making the colt whimper in building pleasure. Her dexterous tongue slid around his shaft where it met the velvety sheath, then curled so the tip of her broad pony tongue was running up the very center of his arousal. Over the ring near the middle of it and up to the head. She teased her teeth around the edge of his tip, just letting the hard surfaces slide across the delicate flesh.

“Ahhh, Luna, I wont be able to hold it back long. Please, stop, it's too much.” Star panted, feeling that tightness build between his legs. He heard her giggle lightly, ceasing her intense teasing to nuzzle lightly against the rigid member.

“Mmm...indeed. It appears we both hath much to learn about longevity.” She smirked at him as he glanced down his under-belly. “Tis to prove a point, my love.” She kissed his shaft, making it jerk in response. “My horn, is much like yours. Sensitive to a lover's touch.” The alicorn rubbed a hoof down his belly and cupped his fuzzy sack. “Dost thou not wish to climax in mine muzzle?”

Star blushed. “Y-yes...I do. But not now. I don't want that as much as I want you for real.”

Luna giggled, lowering her face so only her eyes peeked over his rod. “Thou sayth thou wishes to mount me more than make used of mine talented tongue.”

The colt gave a faint nod. “Is that wrong?”

“Not at all, my love. I want to feel thy embrace and take thou into my body.” She used her hoof to trace a pattern in his belly fur. “However, I suspect thou wilst not last long.” Luna noticed Star look away, embarrassed at the truth. “Tis only natural, be not ashamed, my love.” She kissed the tip of his member, licking away the pre-cum. “This night, and this night only, I shalt use a spell for thou.”

Star's ears perked up, trying to focus on her words as he watched her toy with him and taste his early seed. “Magic? What kind? Not the burning kind I hope.” A faint memory of Twilight's spell caused him to grimace.

“Haha, neigh. A spell that shalt rejuvenate thou after climax. Because this is our first night together as true consorts, I desire it to be memorable to the point of exhaustion.” She giggled, a faint blush on her cheeks. “Beyond this evening, I expect thou to work upon thy self-control and longevity. Is this agreeable?”

The pegasus nodded hurriedly. “I'll do research or whatever I have to do.”

Luna smiled knowingly as she turned and lowered her chest and neck to the bed of moonlight, her rump raised into the air for Star's eyes, though her tail still covered her backside. “I also wish thou to promise to visit some of the sexual toy shops and ponder upon what items thou mayth wish to learn about.”

The colt rolled over onto his hooves, turning to face the presented alicorn's hind-quarters, his eyes lingering on the sleek curvature of her rear. “I...uh...yeah, ok.” A thought struck him. “Wait, why?”

She giggled, her head turned to the side so she could watch him with one eye, cheeks darkened from a blush. “My love, I have experienced many fetishes and desires throughout my years. I hath had millennium to learn what I enjoy, thou hath not. I seek only to broaden thy horizons and help thou to discover what things thou takes pleasure in behind closed doors.” Her ethereal tail curled up to caress his chin. “Besides mine backside.” She smirked and raised her tail up and to the side, exposing her pucker and damp mare-hood. “Twould be most exciting to me to teach thou about sexual play. Just the thought hath aroused me so.” She wiggled her backside left and right, biting her lower lips as her eye-lids lowered. Her wings flared out in all their glory, stiff and trembling, a pegasus' sign of sexual excitement. “Now, do what comes natural, my love.”

Star blinked, realizing a moment later that he'd licked his lips and was prancing slightly on his hooves, the moonlight under-hoof giving some spring to his step. He closed his eyes, taking a calming breath to steady his nerves before leaning forward to sniff between Luna's thighs, inhaling deep of her flowery scent. He could sense her tremble as his breath washed over her damp fur, giving the faintest of moans. He raised his muzzle till his lips met hers, kissed the delicate flesh a couple of times before licking their edges from bottom, to top and back again. Luna gasped, pressing her rear towards him, urging him to give her more. He rubbed the blunt of his nose through those folds, back and forth until the alicorn was panting heavily, her moisture beginning to pool and drip from the bottom of her mare-hood to the moonlight between her legs.

Instinct told him she was ready and with the fire in his loins burning he had no doubt he was too. The colt lifted himself up on his hind-legs, forelegs wrapping around her sides, noting it was a little more awkward with the slightly taller pony. He shifted about a few times, his hips rolling forward to prod at the back of her legs and rump, leaving little trails of pre-cum to thin and break when he pulled back to press again. After another half-a-dozen attempts he growled in frustration, unable to quite align himself to the alicorn.

Luna smiled over her shoulder at him, reassuring the colt as her horn glowed, raising the bed of moonlight's surface under Star's hind-hooves a handful of inches. Then she gave a little nod to him. “Remember thy promise...” She whispered, closing her eyes as the colt's member prodded right against the side of her vulva, wedged between her rump.

Glad the Princess had not mocked his shorter stature, the colt relaxed a hair, rolling his hips about till he could feel something give, the tip of his cock slipping a few inches into the alicorn, making her gasp. He held himself still, loving the tight feel of her just around the head and tightened his grip on her sides. “Luna, could you raise up and lean back your neck?”

She nodded, a knowing smile on her face as she lifted her front and leaned so her the back of her neck was in reach of the colt. Star arced out over her back, pressing his muzzle through the caressing ethereal mane to take her coat in his teeth. The alicorn hissed in pleasure, pressing her rear n instinct towards his prodding, taking a little more of his shaft. Pulling back on her neck and gripping her sides tight, he rolled his hip at the mare, groaning at the effort to wedge into her a few more inches. She was slick, but so tight with a strange feeling of tingling heat that soaked into his aroused flesh. A bit further in, he was panting from effort and Luna was moaning with her head pulled back as it was.

He paused, pulling back and pressing a bit more forcefully this time, making Luna cry out and shake between his hooves. But he was in to the hilt, the mare of his dreams shivering under his body, her tunnel was squeezing at him as her black cutie-marked flanks quivered.

“G-gently, my love...” Luna hissed, her eyes closed tight as she pressed towards his body.

He nodded, tugging at her neck, making the mare moan again before he rolled his hips back, groaning into the flesh pinched between his teeth at the dragging tightness. Then he eased himself back into her, rewarded with a soft whimper from the Princess.

For a few slow, long minutes he kept his thrusts controlled and smooth. After a while, Luna's whimpers at his thrusts turned to deep moans of absolute pleasure. Her sleek hind-quarters were now pressing back at his hips, eager for him to impale her.

“Faster now...mmm...I...I dost wish to feel thy seed inside of me.” She said in a trembling voice. Star felt his self-control beginning to slip away at her pleading, his pace picking up, and slightly sharper thrusting mixing into his gentle steady ones.

Minutes passed, more moaning and shivering from both of the ponies, more of his control lost to instinct and lust till he was riding her like a wild stallion. Luna didn't complain, she even whinnied at him a few times, grinding back at his hips whenever he rammed into her, attempting to hilt on every thrust. She was as lost as he in the grip of passion, both of their coats lathered, their breaths panting and short.

“Unnngh...Starrrr...cum for me my stallion.” She arced her hips up slightly during his inward thrust, changing the angle enough so his tip ground along the walls of her tunnel. That was enough to tip the pegasus over the edge, biting down hard enough on Luna's neck that she cried out in pain, his fore-hooves gripping around her side so she couldn't escape as the tip on his cock flared and his seed gushed out inside of the Moon-Goddess. Around his member Luna's body responded, milking at his shaft and clamping down to keep that thick rod buried deep inside, letting his cum pool between his flared shaft and her cervix. She moaned and panted, “Ahhhhh....yes...my love.” Voice filled with heavy lusting.

Star felt his body relax on Luna's as his cock finished its last spurts of sticky goo into the mare. He could feel it slowly shrink in length till it pulled from Luna's mare-hood in a little gush of fluids, dangling under his belly with its slightly flared tip. He slid off her back, staggering side to side. “Oh....Luna...that was...”

“Star.” Luna's whispered pleading halted his dazed words. “I need more...” She looked over her shoulder, grinning through half-lidded eyes as her horn began to glow. “Mount me again.” The magic tingled between his thighs and a flash of panic brought the pegasus out of his after-glow, but as quick as it began, it faded leaving him feeling...rejuvenated and very, very aroused.

The colt glanced down at his soaked shaft then at Luna wiggling her rump side to side, oblivious to the furrows of juices running down her thighs and legs. “Huh...why don't we use this spell every night? Why do I have to learn control.”

Luna giggled and licked her lips, pressing her sleek backside towards him wanting. “Mmm...because all magic has a cost.”

Starstep shook his head free of the last of the dazed feelings. “Do I want to know what the cost is?” He nosed under her tail, sniffing at her heady scent.

“Mmmmmm...thou wilst know tomorrow, my love.” She noticed him jerk his head up to eye her over her rump, panic in his eyes. “Neigh, is nothing serious.” Her ethereal tail curled about to swat him on the flank, causing the pony to jump in fright. “Now, mount me, thy wonderfully endowed stallion. Fill thy mare.”

The pegasus exhaled, tucking away his fears for the spell cost for tomorrow, amongst other things, and did as the beautiful blue alicorn asked. Raising up to grind his shaft up against that waiting slit, feeling her vulva part more readily this time. He wasn't even remotely gentle this time, driving into her hard enough to nearly rock her off her hooves. She glared at him but while her eyes promised retribution, her hips ground back into his eagerly. Cum from both of them ooze around his cock and was forced out of their union, making a thick mess that dripped through the moonlight to the grass below. There's a reason no pony lives under Cloudsdale.

Again he rode her much harder this time, though Luna didn't complain, in fact, she cried out and climaxed twice as he thrust into her, pleading for him to climax himself each time. But his body wasn't quite up to it yet, her spell only fixing the arousal problem. In due time, and many tired thrusts later, he finally peaked, his climax caused him to cry out and tremble on Luna's back as his shaft gushed into her tunnel once again. He was in a daze, lost to the world when he felt somepony shaking his shoulder. He blinked away the fog to stare up into Luna's smiling face. She leaned down to kiss him, which he returned eagerly.

“Mmm...sorry, guess I passed out.”

“Art thou ready for more?” The alicorn asked, grinning ear to ear, mischief in her eyes.

“What?” Star blinked, not sure he heard right. She didn't answer, her horn glowing it's brilliant blue, sending a tingling between his thighs and through his body. He realized he was laying on his back with Luna standing above him, so he risked a glance down and saw his colt-hood rising to her magical touch again. “Oh, Luna, I'm too exhausted to mount you again. I really let myself get outta shape.”

The blue-alicorn giggled, her eye-lids lowering as she stepped over him. “Mmm...yes, we must fix that.” She leaned down to kiss the colt, keeping his thoughts occupied with her exploring tongue as her hind-quarters lowered, pressing herself up against his new erection. “And thou shalt not be doing the mounting.”

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A pounding on a wooden door shook Star from his sleep. There was somepony holding him tight and from the scent of the fur he knew it was his Princess. He kept his eyes closed, nuzzling into her chest as his ears flickered about, listening intently to determent if he dreamt the knocking.

Knock Knock Knock “Princess Luna?”A mare's voice called through the heavy doors.

He felt the alicorn stir in his hooves, lifting her head from the pillows. “I am here, speak.”

“Sorry to disturb you, Princess Celestia wishes to ask if you'd like to join her for breakfast before lowering the moon.” Said the messenger, muffled by the thick oak.

“Yes, inform mine sister that I should enjoy breaking fast with her. I shalt be there post-haste.” The voice on the other side acknowledged, leaving the two ponies alone once more.

Starstep looked up from the pile of blankets to Luna, who was looking back at him with a loving smile. “Morning, Luna.”

She closed her eyes to lean down and kiss him. “Indeed, my love.” Her hooves pulled him tight to her as she inhaled and exhaled deeply. “Tis been many an age since I hath felt so...content.”

“Or slept before lowering the moon?”

“Oh, haha, tis true. Our sleep schedule is most out of sorts this day.” She pulled from his embrace to roll onto her belly, tossing aside the blankets with her magic.

Star lowered his head, not sure where to begin. “Was...was that a dream or were we really there?”

Luna just smiled at him, eyes sparkling playfully as she slid off the bed and headed for the door. She paused there, lifting her tail to the side to show evidence that at least some of it was not a dream at all. “Come, my love. We must bathe before breaking fast. For we art rather...matted.” She giggled and lifted the latch from her door, not waiting for the colt to follow after.

One quick hot bath, with much mischief involving soap, and the pair made their way from the royal bathroom to the private dinning hall. Princess Celestia and Lighthoof were sitting by the window, watching the twilight sky as the moon hovered just above the horizon. One of her beautiful white wings draped over the tan pegasus. They turned their heads as they entered, Celestia sharing a smile with Luna, Star with Light.

“Hello, Lu-Lu, Starstep.”

They both nodded to the other pair before taking their seats at the small table set with simple silver utensils and white clay-ware dishes. There was enough room for just the four of them, already set with steaming piles of hay-browns, fresh vegetables and fruits and a pot of hot tea. Lighthoof and Celestia took their seats own seats, with Celestia immediately pouring cups of tea for them all.

“Thank you for coming to breakfast, sister. When I heard you'd left the fortress, I was a little worried, until I saw your old mirror in your room. I trust the trip was enjoyable?” Her smiling eyes glanced from her sister to Starstep.

Starstep's eyebrows raised, the conformation that it wasn't a dream making him feel warm inside. “It was...enlightening.” Star acknowledged, reaching out to grab a green apple from the fruit basket. He noticed Luna taking a small pile of blueberries with her magic and dabbing them with cream, content to let Star speak on the subject.

Lighthoof glanced between the three other ponies. “Mirror? Trip? What happened?”

Starstep glanced at Luna, who only smiled, popping a blueberry into her mouth and chewed. “Uh, well...” He paused. “The Princess took me to the moon.”

His friend and brother tilted his head, blinking a couple of times. “Is that a metaphor?” He said with a smug grin.

“No, we were actually on the real moon. Looking down, er, up at Equestria from space.”

Lighthoof whistled softly. “Holy...buck.” To this, Star could only nod in agreement.

Celestia sipped her little white and gold trimmed tea-cup held in her magic before she spoke. “Sister, I'm surprised. The last pony you took there was your-”

“My wife, Greenleaves. Tis no different now.” Luna said between blueberries.

The white alicorn's eyebrows rose. “Lu-lu, are you saying...?” Her bewildered expression flicked to Starstep while Lighthoof watched on in confusion, sipping his own tea.

Luna smiled, there was something challenging in her gaze at her sister, but the look shifted to pure love and affection as she turned to the blue-grey pegasus. “Yes, Starstep is my love, my royal consort. He is my husband.”

Starstep thought he heard Lighthoof choking on his tea but at that moment his mind was trying to wrap around Luna's words, or one word in particular, husband.

Author's Notes:

And so ends the Courtship arc. I'm going to attempt to begin working towards the end I have in mind, though how long that will take, I cannot say. Ten, twenty chapters? I suppose it depends on how much growth the events require. Welp, onwards!