A beeping came to my ears when consciousness hit me. I could remember everything that happened with their mother in that other place. When she told me that it would be two weeks later and what she had requested of me, I believed her. That was going to be fun. When my eyes opened, I was still in my Ninetales form, feeling ok, but still weak. Laying on my side in a large bed that wasn’t the normal hospital bed, thank goodness. It seemed to be the typical hospital room though that you might find even in the human world back home. A window was over my head and a wall to my left with the rest of the room to the right. Which consisted of the bathroom, small closet, and two chairs for company to sit in. A heart monitor was attached to me and was beeping away happily. However, I didn’t see any other attachments to me. Made sense because of the strengthening she did to me when I was out.

Dim light started to slowly work its way through the window and into the room. Must be the start of the morning. Moving my limbs wasn’t a problem, just slow and stiff due to the injuries. Surprisingly they didn’t feel all that bad, just rather weak is all. The medicine in this world is much better than back home. Remembering what she said about a cutie mark, I turned my head to look.

Sure enough, there was a mark of bright stars against a night sky background on my rump. The stars were situated in a shield pattern and outlined with a line in one of those connect the dot puzzles.

My musings were interrupted by the door opening and nurse Redheart walking in. She looked exactly like she did in the show. White coat, pink mane, and tail, with the hat and cutie mark to top it off. Because I’ve been out for two weeks my inner a-hole decided to play a little trick on her. To let her know that I’ve returned to the land of the living. She was walking up to my bed, her hooves lightly clip-clopping on the tile floor. She had yet to notice that I was awake, so my eyes were kept shut. With one eye partially open I waited for my chance. With no strength to use my abilities yet, that wasn’t an option. What was an option was a front paw. She had a tray in her mouth and walked over to the bedside table to set it down. Her back was right in front of my front paws and I had just enough arm length to pull it off.

Slowly and carefully, as not to tip her off, I lifted a front arm and paw then when it was over her back I let it drop.

Her head whipped around, giving out a startled, “Huh?” I could almost feel her gaze on me. She gently took my paw in her mouth, turned around, and placed it back onto the bed again. She hummed in dismissal and started to walk out, but I wasn’t done yet. This time I waited until she was passing the end of the bed to make my move.

When her body was passing the end of the bed, one tail tip touched and ran along her belly. Her reaction was priceless. She let out a loud “Aah”, then grabbed my tail, with her teeth, a second later.

A strong sharp pain ran up my body as her teeth clamped down on my tail making me lift my head suddenly with a loud, “OW.”

“AHA,” she exclaimed letting my tail go and pointing a hoof to me, “You are awake.”

“I am now,” I answered testily laying my head back down, “I woke up shortly before you walked in.”

“Decided to have a little fun I see,” I could hear the smirk in her voice and saw it a second later on her face when she walked back up to me. “How are you feeling?” she asked falling back into nurse mode.

“All things considering not bad. Just some soreness feeling like a huge cart ran over me,” I told her.

“Not surprising that you’re a little weak,” she acknowledged it with a knowing nod of her head, “You’ve been out for two weeks. What’s the last thing you remember?”

Besides having wild animal sex with the princesses’ mother? I smirked inwardly. I let that go and told her what came to mind, “I was trying my best to hold the mare down that had taken the foals. Then woke up here.”

“From what I understand the mare...just...exploded sending you crashing into Sugarcube Corner.” She cringed at her words when she said them; her body shuttering at the thought.

Tilting my head toward her I just blinked.

“Hard to believe I know, but that’s what supposedly happened. Now there are some ponies I must notify now that you are awake,” she said then started toward the door again. This time I didn’t stop her as she left with, “I know you’ve been asleep all this time, but try and rest. And don’t go anywhere.”

“Duh,” I told her with a chuckle. She blew raspberries at me when she left. And it wasn’t long before my first visit.

Luna popped into view in the middle of my room looking rather ragged I must say. Like she hasn’t had much sleep you know. I could see the uncertainty, hope, and confusion in her eyes when she locked them onto me. “Hey Luna,” I spoke softly with a smile, “I guess Nightmare Night didn’t go as planned did it?”

She was still just looking at me but shook her head slightly.

“Did any pony get hurt? Besides me that is?” I asked with a light chuckle.

Again she just shook her head slightly, still having the same look on her face. It also looked like she didn’t know what to say.

“Good.” She didn’t say anything and neither did I for a couple of minutes before she stepped up to me. Another flash a second later and Celestia was standing there. She too had a look of worry and confusion in her eyes. “Hey Celestia,” I smiled pleasantly to her after she appeared.

Luna continued to look at me as if she didn’t know what to say or ask. Celestia did though. “How are you feeling?” she asked me with a concerned smile.

“Like I got ran over by an overgrown cart,” I told Celestia with a light chuckle, “But I’m not in much pain thankfully.”

“That’s good,” Celestia continued softly, “You’ve been out for two weeks.”

“Yes, the nurse told me. Wish I could have stopped that mare from being killed. We might have been able to question her.”

“You saved the town Emmit,” Celestia smiled to me, “That’s enough.”

I nodded slowly against the pillow, “Thankfully no pony was taken or hurt. She used shadow magic and was under the command of another. Who can kill his or her underlings remotely. Which is rather disturbing, actually. That’s all I know and have no clue why she was planning to take those foals.”

“We may never know,” Celestia spoke sadly, “Thanks for the information, but for now just rest and recover.”

I smirked to her and gave a mock salute, “Yes ma’am.”

“Sister,” Luna finally spoke up softly, but didn’t take her eyes off of me, “Can we be alone for a bit?”

I watched Celestia put a wing around her sister and hugged her, “Sure,” she said softly before turning to leave. “I’m glad to see you awake Emmit.”

I just smiled with a nod to her as Celestia left, which left me alone with Luna. I waited. It was still a few minutes later before Luna spoke. “I’m pleased to see you awake and alright,” she said finally and even though I could tell that she meant it, that wasn’t what she wanted to talk about.

“Thanks, Luna, but I can tell by the look in your eyes that’s not what you want to talk about.”

She shook her head, “No. It’s about your cutie mark.”

“Yeah, with me being human I wasn’t supposed to get one,” I told her, taking a quick look at it.

She nodded before continuing, “In either case, what I wanted to speak to you about was the mark itself.” Her emotions were running high and raw, so I waited each time to give her the space she needed. “I’ve seen that mark before,” she finally admitted, “It’s the exact same mark that my former lover had before he was killed by King Sombra.”

“That explains why your emotions are so raw right now,” I said softly, “The look in your eyes is unmistakable.”

She turned to look at the mark then took a calming breath before gently setting a front hoof on it. “Why is it that when I have finally made peace with losing him,” she mused softly while gazing at my mark, “does it show up again, and on you, and when you are defending Ponyville?”

“Got me,” I responded, “I’m no expert, but shouldn’t that be impossible?”

“Up until now, I thought it was,” she agreed then put her hoof down to turn back to me again. “There must be an explanation,” she concluded.

“True, but you know that we might never find the answer,” I cautioned her, “You know that right?”

She opened her mouth to retort me, but then sighed and nodded her head.

“However,” I continued, “All that aside, now that I do have this mark, and one not of my doing, I must ask something.”

She looked at me, now curious.

“You know that I’m the masseuse for the Wonderbolt mares and that I do the same to them as I did to you, so how do you feel about that?” I had to ask. Even though I was enjoying it and didn’t want to stop, I also didn’t want to throw Luna’s emotions out of whack either. Having the mark of her former lover essentially having sex with many mares might just affect her. The look in her eyes told me that she wasn’t expecting me to ask that question. And by the same look, she also told me that she didn’t have an answer right now.

“I don’t know,” she confirmed to me.

“Tell you what,” I offered with a soft smile, “I won’t be doing anything like that for probably the next week while I recover here. So, why don’t you spend some time thinking about it and give me an answer by then? Because, in all honesty, if not then I have a job to do. And yes, to be totally honest I do enjoy it, but having this mark is adversely affecting you. So, it’s only right that I ask.”

“I wasn’t expecting that question,” she finally told me to which I just smiled with a nod, “That aside, I do thank you for asking me. That’s honorable of you, as you have shown to be.”

Because she stroked my ego, I gave her a wide smile, “Thanks. I may have a weird and sometimes sick sense of humor. I may have my faults, but I’m not cruel. And I know when things affect others.” I saw the faintest of smirks on her face when she turned to leave.

A few minutes after she left is when Celestia along with Twilight and her friends. Luckily for us, it was a large room, and I was laying on a large bed so all of them could fit around it. “Hey girls,” I slowly waved a paw at them with a smile.

“We can have a party now,” Pinkie cried out happily while bouncing in place.

“Hey stud, you’re finally awake,” Rainbow smirked at me, “He sleeps more than me.”

I had to laugh at that, which almost sent me into a coughing fit.

“Yay,” was Fluttershy’s normal soft response.

“Glad you’re alright sugarcube.”

“According to the nurse,” Twilight told us, “You should be up and walking within the week.”

“Darling Emmit that’s so good to hear,” Rarity was standing next to Celestia and was the closest to my head. Rarity leaned over and kissed my forehead softly, “I’m so glad that you will be ok.”

“Oh don’t worry Rares,” Rainbow girlishly chuckled, “He wants to get out of here asap. After all, he’s got all the mares of the Wonderbolts to please.”

“Is that right Emmit?” Celestia asked me with a surprisingly stern glare. Then Rarity looked at me with the same look. Fluttershy was blushing hard, Rainbow was grinning like the Cheshire Cat, and the rest of the girls were just confused.

After a quiet sigh, I looked up to Celestia, “I told Luna, and she will let me know.” The girls were confused while they looked between Celestia and I.

Celestia looked at me then slowly nodded to me.

“I’m confused,” Twilight said slowly and softly, “What did you tell Luna and why?”

All I did was look to Celestia with the unspoken question.

Celestia took a calming breath first, “It’s about his new cutie mark.” All eyes went to my ass. Felt weird actually. “It’s the exact same mark as Luna’s past lover, Starry Sky. They were together even before we defeated Sombra. We believe that Sombra killed Starry Sky because there was no body to find. He simply disappeared.”

“Oh dear,” Rarity spoke quietly and somberly, “So with Emmit having that mark Luna’s emotions must be rather erratic right now.”

“They are,” I told them, “Now add what I do with the Wonderbolt mares into the mix of all that.”

“Oh my,” Fluttershy said with a voice that echoed the sympathy in the room.

“This information doesn’t leave this room,” Celestia warned us gently, but firmly, “Understood?”

There were nods all around as they understood. However, Rainbow brought up another point. “But I called dibs on Emmit during heat season,” she almost whined out in disappointment.

I would have shaken my head if it wasn’t laying on a pillow. “Look Rainbow,” I chuckled, “Just go and talk to Luna about it, but it would be a good idea for you to go with Celestia to approach her with it.”

Celestia acknowledged that with a nod while looking to Rainbow, “Let’s go Miss Dash, but keep in mind that Luna might not let you have dibs anymore.”

I couldn’t help, but quietly chuckle when Rainbow pouted after Celestia mentioned that. And with a groan of disappointment, Celestia and Rainbow left together to go confront Luna. Which left me with Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Applejack.

“Everyone of the foals alright?” I asked them.

“They are sugarcube.”

“Yepperooni.”

Twilight and Fluttershy just nodded with a smile.

“Every pony is safe thanks to your bravery,” Rarity cooed and kissed my cheek slowly.

“Thanks, Rarity.”

“I know you’re tired and recovering,” Twilight hesitantly spoke up, “But I was wondering what you could tell us about that mare you fought.”

“Well, not much,” I told Twilight as my mind went back in time, “Other than she used shadow magic and was an underling of some pony that can destroy their minions remotely.”

“Oh my,” Fluttershy quietly shuttered.

“I agree Fluttershy,” Rarity echoed, “That is rather disturbing.”

“Not to mention that’s just not right,” Applejack agreed.

“But foalnapping is just being mean.”

“More than that Pinkie is why she was taking them?” Twilight wondered aloud in thought.

“Unfortunately,” I yawned out as my strength began to leave me, “with the mare gone there’s no pony to question.”

“In the meantime, you need rest,” Rarity cooed.

The rest of them agreed and each one bid me a good rest as they turned toward the door. However, but for one mare. “Fluttershy?” I spoke up softly to get her attention then yawned again. She stopped as the rest of the girls slowly filed out, then turned to look at me. “Would you stay with me?” I asked through another tired yawn.

“Oh um you have the nurses,” she offered, but for some reason I just wanted a teddy bear to hold and there’s none cuter and cuddly than Fluttershy.

I smiled at her, “Yes there is, but I would like it if you stayed with me. To be perfectly honest I just need somepony to hold, so please?” I did my best to give her that puppy look. It must have done some good because she giggled at me then walked back over and carefully climbed onto the large bed. She curled herself up against me with one front paw under her and the other over her while I used my nine tails as a blanket to cover her. “Thanks, Fluttershy,” I thanked her as she began blushing as I covered her with my tails.

“You’re welcome Emmit,” she cooed at me softly.

“Would you sing softly, like a lullaby or something?” I wondered, “No one is going to hear.”

She nodded and started humming softly to me. Sighing contently I held her against me as I enjoyed the feel of her in my paws and her soft musical voice in my ears. She quickly put me to sleep.

^_^

(Luna’s POV)

I canceled night court and spent all night on my room’s balcony just looking up at the night sky. There are so many unanswered questions now regarding Emmit. What that mark and why now? How do I feel about him doing those things to those mares with Sky’s mark on him? And now Rainbow wants him during heat season, which is in a month. Right now I just don’t know. I know he’s not my old lover, and he never will be, but he has his mark. So, what does that mean? Emmit does act a lot like Sky. He even has his twisted sense of humor. Is it possible that Emmit is some reincarnation of Sky, and he just doesn’t know it?

I just didn’t have the answers and, right now at least, I don’t know how I feel about him with the Wonderbolts. And what about what Rainbow asked?

“Lulu?” came Tia’s soft morning voice hitting my ears, “Have you been here all night long?”

I just nodded while still staring up and the night sky as she walked up beside me. It was getting that time for me to lower the moon to make way for the day. I heard her sigh and then placed a wing around me.

“He asked me if I wanted him to stop his job at the Wonderbolts,” I told her simply.

“And?”

“I don’t know,” I replied, “I just don’t know. I don’t know what to do about Miss Dash’s request either. Emmit’s not Sky, but having him wear his mark wherever he goes and does...”

“You feel like it’s Sky doing it because Emmit is?”

I sighed and shrugged, “Maybe.”

“It’s not like anypony else would know that mark,” she offered.

I nodded slowly, “True, but still...”

“Seeing Sky’s mark again is hard,” Celestia finished, which I just hung my head and nodded slowly as the emotions flooded me again. I felt her wing tighten around me with her hug. “As he said you still have a week to think about it, so why don’t you visit him and talk to him more?” she offered, “Maybe it’ll help you decide?”

“Maybe,” I thought aloud while leaning against my sister.

“Come, sister, we have duties this morning,” my sister told me as she prepared to raise the sun, so I prepared to lower the moon. While we were both doing our morning duties, I thought about going to visit Emmit before I went to bed.

^_^

I decided to fly there instead of the royal coach. Gave me time to think some more on what I would say. There were the usual bowing and greetings after landing in front of Ponyville hospital and walking inside.

“Oh good morning your highness,” the mare behind the counter greeted me as she bowed the best she could.

“Good morning my little pony,” I tried to channel my sister, “Is Mister Emmit awake? Is it alright that I see him?”

“I don’t know your highness,” she said a little nervously as was evident in her slightly trembling voice, “why don’t I go ask? If you will excuse me, your highness.”

“Of course,” I said with a smile and watched her trot down the hallway to go ask. After a couple of minutes, she came back with the news that he is up. So without waiting any longer, I went down the hallway to his room. I knocked a couple of times with a hoof before Fluttershy opened the door for me letting me inside.

“Oh good morning Princess Luna,” Fluttershy’s soft kind voice invited me in then shut the door behind me. Emmit waved a paw at me from where he lay on the bed.

“Good morning Miss Fluttershy, Emmit. How are you feeling this morning?” I asked and walked up to Emmit on the bed.

“I can move around,” he happily told me while moving his paws and tails, “and surprisingly I just feel sore.”

“And don’t worry,” Fluttershy added sweetly, “I’ve been here the whole time to make sure he obeys every nurse.”

“I’m glad Miss Fluttershy,” I smiled to her.

“Thought more on what you want me to do?” he asked me.

“I have,” I told him with a nod, “however I still have to think about it more.” I sighed and looked to his mark, “Even though I know that you aren’t him, you still wear his mark and I just don’t know how I feel yet.”

He waved a paw and smiled, “Oh that’s alright, you still have a few days before the mares drag me back to their locker room.”

“Oh I don’t know,” Fluttershy giggled, “I don’t think they would have to drag you there as you would probably run into it.”

When she said that I felt a pang of jealousy for the first time since I’ve known Emmit. Is it because of Emmit or the mark that I feel this way? That pang of jealousy only was reinforced when Emmit said, “If Luna doesn’t make a decision I might.” Of course, he said it with his usual carefree flare and a wink. Fluttershy just giggled then lightly kissed him on the cheek.

“I need to get back home and take care of my animals,” she said before turning to me with a smile, “Hope you have a good day Princess Luna.”

“Thank you, Miss Fluttershy,” I told her before she left then turned back to Emmit. I noticed that he was looking at the food on the table, “Do you need some help?” He looked at me sheepishly, then nodded. There was room on the large bed for it, so I lifted it with my magic and put it next to him.

“Thanks,” he smiled and started munching on it. I watched him eat while taking glances at his mark. Questions lingered in my mind about how this is possible and could it be some connection with how Sky disappeared? We never found his body. Is it possible he was just transported to another dimension or something? I suppose it’s something to look into.

“What are you thinking about?” he asked me now that he was done with his lunch.

“I was thinking about the possibility that Sky wasn’t killed, but transported to your world maybe,” I was basically thinking out loud, “If that was the case then it might explain your mark. Only ponies can get it, but you aren’t a pony, but you have a mark. So, what if he went to your world, mated, and started a lineage. Which you might be from and then you came here.”

He looked at me with a look of disbelief, which I didn’t blame him any. It was a wild theory. “That’s a bit of a stretch.”

I just nodded in agreement, “Yes, but there is a way to find out.”

He raised an eyebrow, “Oh?”

“Yes, I’ll get the head doctor and get him to perform a DNA scan on you to see if you have his genetic markers,” I told him, “And if so then that, at least, would answer some questions.”

“True,” he agreed with a nod, “but will it help you figure out what to do with me?”

“Probably not,” I shook my head, “However, at least I’ll know what happened to him.” I stood there silent for a minute in thought before speaking again, “It might also explain why you have his mark. You two are so alike. You have his humor, his honor, his sense of carefree living, and his sense of justice. All that is why I was attracted to him in the first place.”

“And are you attracted to me?”

I was thrown back by that question and if I was totally honest with myself then... “I am,” I said after some silence. I was blushing, though thankfully with my dark coat one could hardly tell.

Slowly he put a paw gently on my chest, “Honestly Luna, I’m attracted to you as well.”

I smiled. My heart skipped when he said it. Closing my eyes I gently put my hoof against his paw. “I’ll go get the head doctor,” my voice came out thick with emotion as I said it haltingly. He nodded with a knowing smile and let me leave. A short time later I knocked on the head doctor’s door of his office.

“Come in,” came her feminine voice. “Oh hello your highness,” she said bowing her head, “How can I help you?”

“I need you to check our human, Emmit, for some specific genetic markers.”

“Of course your highness,” the middle-aged mare stood up and with her magic straightened her tunic and followed me out the door and to his room. Emmit had finished what was on the plate and smiled when we entered. “What sort of markers do you want me to check for?” she asked and instinctively started to eyeball Emmit checking his bandages.

“Familial markers doctor,” I told her, “You see my old lover Starry Sky disappeared during King Sombra’s reign and I think he got transported to Emmit’s world. And if that was the case then he would share some of those markers.”

“That’s true your highness and I can run his DNA now and check it against the archives,” the doctor told us stoically, “Though because his records will be in the archive, even with putting a rush on the comparison at best we’ll know by tomorrow morning.”

“Hey I can wait,” Emmit chuckled at the doctor’s disclaimer, “Not like I’m going anywhere.”

That got some giggles out of the doctor and I before I nodded to her, “That will be fine and thank you.” The doctor nodded, closed her eyes, and performed the scan. Even though DNA scans weren’t my specialty I could tell that she was taking a little longer than normal. More than likely because of his...uniqueness.

“I have what I need your highness,” the doctor said at last, “I will have this written up, put a rush on it, and we should have the results by lunchtime tomorrow.”

“Thank you, doctor,” I smiled to her with my thanks then she bowed and left to go attend her duties.

“You can always stay and keep me company,” he mentioned to me with a smirk.

“As much as I would like to, I need sleep,” I told him while ignoring the obvious come on and turned to leave.

But he wasn’t done just yet. “That’s perfect,” I heard him say as I reached the door, “You can sleep with me.”

With a giggle I shook my head at him, “I’m not that easy so no.”

“Oh and gets shot down,” he chuckled in good nature, “Don’t worry I like a challenge.” He just grinned at me while I left him to recover.

^_^

(Emmit’s POV, hospital the next morning)

The rest of yesterday was pretty boring, except for the times when the nurse would come in. She would make me go through some simple movements to see how my strength was returning. By that night I could move around pretty well actually, all things considering. I wasn’t going to be fighting anytime soon mind you, but I could slowly walk around. I joked and even acted like an elderly stallion. She laughed and giggled when I pinched her rump pretending to be a sick minded old man. It was all in good fun.

Now though, it was the next morning. Luna and I were waiting for the head nurse to come back with the results. The odds were that I was his direct descendant, so I wasn’t nervous. Luna, however, was. That was plainly seen and even with my paw resting gently against her she was still lost in thought sometimes.

“Good morning your highness, Emmit,” the head nurse said as she trotted into the room shutting the door behind her with her magic. We remained silent. “Right onto business,” she said simply when we didn’t speak up, “In short Mister Emmit, you are indeed a direct descendant of Starry Sky.”

I wasn’t all that shocked. Luna was. Or rather she kind of just deflated.

After a soft sigh, I looked toward the nurse, “Thank you, ma’am. Could you give us a bit?”

She nodded setting down the report on the bedside table and left us. Luna hadn’t moved and I kept a comforting paw against her. Tears were slowly falling from her eyes. “All joking and silliness aside,” I began softly, “It’s obvious this news is a blow to you. I can’t imagine how you are feeling right now.” Gently I rubbed my paw against her, “But if you ever want to talk about it, you know where I am.”

She looked at me then to my mark with a few sniffles, “After all this time. Why didn’t he return home?”

“Luna?” I asked softly to get her attention then gently pulled her head over to look at me, “Listen, in my world there isn’t magic remember? When he got there most likely he turned into a human like me and lost his magic, so he had no means to return to you. He was simply stuck, so he had no choice, but to move on.”

Luna just looked so downhearted with her head down, tears slowly falling, and her ears laid back. Slowly I got up, moved to her side, and hugged her.

“Think of it this way,” I continued softly while hugging her against me, “If Starry Sky didn’t move on then I wouldn’t be here, you wouldn’t have known what happened to him, and Blueballs would still be harassing mares.” That last part got a weak soft giggle out of her.

“True,” she said quietly.

“But it still hurts though,” I spoke up after about a minute or so of silence. She just nodded while leaning into me as I held her. And after a couple of minutes, she was quietly weeping against my neck and chest. She let out hundreds of years worth of sadness and grief as I held her. And then, because she’s the mare of the night and stayed up so late in the morning, she fell asleep against me. Luckily for me, the mattress came off the bed frame, and I was able to lower it to the floor next to me. After that, it was relatively simple to lay down on my side positioning our princess of the night against me. From there she quietly snored away while I laid my Ninetales over her like a blanket.

I smiled when she wiggled to get a little more comfortable a few minutes later. Naturally, when the regular nurse came in and saw us, it was a bit of a shock, but I put a paw to my lips and whispered for a blanket. When the nurse came back in and lowered the blanket over us Luna mumbled something, wiggled a little and was actually now cuddling with me. Her two front hooves were now wrapped around me cuddling me against her with her head resting on my neck.

What else could I do, but lay there with Luna? Not that I minded any of course. Why would I? So far actually, I was having the best time in my life.

I must have dozed off because I woke up to the sound of hoof steps coming from the opening creaking door. Celestia and a nurse stepped inside letting the door shut softly behind them, then stopped when they saw me holding, a still sleeping, Luna. I looked down to Luna with an unsure look then waved at Celestia looking up to her with a sheepish smile.

The Nurse was cooing silently at us while Celestia wasn’t sure what to think. She had a look of mostly curiosity mixed with surprise and a little jealousy for some reason.

“She cried herself to sleep,” I whispered into Celestia's ear when I motioned her down to me.

Celestia nodded with a soft smile and used her magic to gently pull back the blanket that was covering us.

Luna, however, wasn’t having it and used her magic to pull it back over us while at the same time mumbling my name softly and rubbing her head against my neck.

I gave Celestia a shrug of my shoulders.

In return, she gave us a look like she was contemplating the problem. About a minute or so later she gave a happy smile, leaned down to whisper to the nurse. Another bed was pushed into the room next to mine with Celestia lifting us both from the floor and onto the two beds. After we settled, Luna hummed then wiggled slightly to get more comfortable before falling back to sleep.

I looked up to Celestia with a curious expression and all she did was smile, ushered the nurse out, then turning out the light before shutting the door. Turning back to Luna I just mentally shrugged while holding her against me. Not being sleepy myself, I watched her for a while before drifting off.

^_^

A loud scream is what woke me up later with a start that almost made my heart skip a beat.

“What? What is it? What’s wrong? What happened?” I asked while frantically looking around for something. After a few seconds, I only saw Luna staring down at me with an expression of embarrassed shock on her face.

“What am I doing here? How did we wind up sleeping together?” she asked in a hurried embarrassed fashion while standing over me. Her wide eyes with a deep blush, that I could see even in the dark, and the pounding of her heart in her chest told me of the mix of emotions ranging from startled, embarrassed, to maybe even arousal. I wasn’t sure on that last part.

“Well you fell asleep crying, so I just held you while you slept because I didn’t have the heart to wake you up,” I began telling her. “Later Celestia walked in, saw us, and tried to separate us, but you wouldn’t let me go. Even said my name,” I chuckled softly watching her confused and blushing face, “so she lifted us here so you can finish sleeping.”

“I...what?” she asked rhetorically then plopped her rear down onto the bed next to me. Still, with the embarrassed and shocked look on her face.

Relaxing on the bed again I just nodded to her stretching slightly as my body woke up, “It’s true, though if you want to hear it from your sister go right ahead I won’t be offended any.”

She blinked at me then slowly clambered down from the bed. “I need to raise the moon,” she said softly as she turned and walked toward the door, “Then I think I will talk to my sister.”

I watched her walked out of the room. Well, she’s not coming back for a while yet. Stretching again to test my body. It felt like I could walk around. So, out of the room I went to the nurse’s station at the hallway intersection. When I got there, nurse Redheart there. Smirking I walked up to the desk peering over it, “Don’t you ever leave?” The nurse’s desk was situated against the flush wall. She was sitting behind it, looking over some papers. Other patients, more than likely. On the wall behind her was various clipboards. Some with papers, some not.

She jumped slightly upon hearing my voice, “Oh Emmit, you startled me.”

“Good for the heart,” I chuckled.

“Unless you’re a certain age,” she giggled back at me, “Should you be up and about?”

“I’m hungry,” I replied.

She put her hoof out to shake my paw, “I’m thirsty, nice to meet you.”

I couldn’t help but laugh, “I walked into that one didn’t I?”

“Yep.”

“And that’s a hint isn’t it?”

“Yep.”

I turned and started slowly walking down the hallway toward the kitchen, “Alright well I’ll just raid the kitchen then.”

“In that case, I’ll get the stitching kit ready,” she said simply making wonder why? A short time later I was in the kitchen mixing up some scrambled eggs and taters with cheese. It didn’t take me that long to make it as I just put everything together. It smelled good after everything was done cooking. “Breakfast for dinner,” I muttered quietly while moving my breakfast from the skillet to a plate. It was right after I set the skillet down on the range and turned it off that a magical force pulled and turned my head an inch away from a mare’s upset glare.

“Uh...Hi,” I finally said when she didn’t say anything. She was a unicorn, with an off-white coat with a light pink mane and tail. And she wasn’t happy.

“Don’t you ‘Hi’ me,” she nearly growled at me.

“Bye then,” I said with a chuckle trying to leave, but she wouldn’t let me. “Guess not,” I whispered.

“What’re you doing in my kitchen?” she asked while keeping my head in front of hers, so I had no choice but to stare into her angry eyes.

“Uh...dinner?” With widening eyes and turned up lips, I gave her the best hopeful smile I could.

She didn’t say anything at first, then spoke softly, “For some reason that I can not understand I’m being generous. So, I’ll let you keep your dinner and take you to your room.”

“Thank you-”

“But,” she interrupted me tapping my head with a hoof accenting each word, “Not. Ever. Again. Understand?”

“Uh...yes?” I just gave her a sheepish hopeful smile.

She nodded curtly and lifted me, and my breakfast, into the air and back down the hallway toward my room. There was little that I could do while floating down the hallway toward my room. Besides, I still had my dinner, so I didn’t mind all that much. What I didn’t expect to see was Spitfire standing at my door with an amused smirk seeing me and the nurse.

“Once is all it takes for you to learn not to go into her kitchen,” Spitfire told me as the nurse set me on my bed, my dinner onto a table, and then left. “But hey,” she continued after the nurse left and closed the door behind her, “she must like you because she let you not only keep your dinner but didn’t try to cut you open.”

I paused in reaching for my food and just stared at her. My eyes blinking once at her in disbelief.

“I’m serious,” she said with a laugh walking up to me, “I made the mistake of doing that once, and like I said that’s all it took was once.” When I didn’t say anything, but slowly turned and started eating she continued with a giggle, “Anyway, I see you’re up and causing trouble. How do you feel? The girls and I heard that you were awake, so I came over.”

I smiled, “All things considering, not bad. I’m even walking, albeit slowly.”

“Good,” she cooed at me then leaned her head into whisper, “Because the girls miss our favorite masseuse.”

I paused with the spoon halfway to my lips and turned to face her with a somber smile, “I miss them too, but I might not be going in the future.”

“What?” she whined softly in disappointment, “Why?” Her bottom lip quivered as if threatening to cry.

I motioned to my cutie mark, “Because of my mark. This doesn’t leave this room and stays between you and me.” When she nodded I continued, “This is the same mark of Luna’s ex-lover long time ago. I’m a direct descendant of her old lover.”

It took her a couple of seconds to grasp it, then looked at me with sorrowful eyes, “Man, that’s got to be rough on her. No wonder she might not want you doing what you’ve been doing.”

Nodding I took a bit of the food, “No kidding. I asked her if she wanted me to stop. Seeing how it affects her and all.”

“It would yes,” Spitfire nodded then leaned in kissing my cheek lightly, then giggled and stole a bite of my food. “Considerate and a decent cook,” she smirked at me and licked her lips, “If Luna knows what’s good for her she’ll grab you before another mare does.”

I couldn’t help it. Smirking back I asked, “You offering Captain?”

She got nose to nose with me before kissing it lightly, “I might,” she cooed at me. “Let me know,” she cooed again before leaving the room with a sway in her steps.

^_^

Little did I know that today, the day I was scheduled to leave the hospital, that I would get Luna’s answer. It was after breakfast that I was waiting for the doctor to arrive to give his final word when both the doctor and Luna stepped into the room. “Morning doctor, morning Luna,” I smiled as they entered the room.

Luna just smiled while she seemed a little nervous.

“Good morning Mister Knight,” the doctor started, “I imagine that you are more than ready to leave.” After I nodded to him, he went into the final checks. Luna just watched as I gathered that she wanted to talk after he left. “Well Mister Knight,” the doctor announced to us, “You are free to leave. Your body has recovered enough, but I would still recommend taking it easy for at least a week.”

“I will doctor,” I told him, “I may be feeling alright, but I’m still far from normal.”

“Good,” he said, shook my paw then turned and left.

I was still in my Ninetales form sitting on the floor in front of Luna giving her the time she needed.

Her head was lowered with her ears laid back against her head. Then she took a slow breath, lifting up her head to look at me. “Emmit,” she finally said softly, “I...I don’t want you to continue being the Wonderbolts masseuse. I don’t know if I’m attracted to you Emmit, or is it me wishing for my old lover back.”

“Could it be both?” I asked softly.

She sighed with a nod, shifting her eyes to the side in thought, “Could be, but I need to know. I need to know where we will go together.”

With us alone, I used my telekinesis to grab her forelegs and started morphing into my human form. While doing so, I gently took her forelegs in my hands to put them on my shoulders. Now with her standing on her hind legs with her forelegs over my shoulders, we were now eye to eye. Putting my arms around her I hugged her to me gently laying my cheek against hers. “I understand Luna,” I whispered into her ear, “I won’t be the Wonderbolt’s masseuse anymore because I would like to see where this goes as well.”

Her hooves wrapped around my neck rubbing her cheek against mine as my hands ran down her slender form. She moaned slightly into my ear, “I don’t want you to be with any other mare either.”

“And Rainbow?” I asked softly as my hands rubbing her cutie marks firmly in circles.

She started lightly licking, and kissing my neck, “I told her that you are mine during heat season. I’ll know before then.”

I tilted my head to give her more access, which she took willingly, “In that case, I have a question.”

“And that is?” she asked with another light moan.

“What if you’re not interested when heat season comes?”

“Then I still want you during heat season.”

I pulled back to hold her at arm's length, “Luna, I will only have sex with those I’m interested in.”

“...but...”

I shook my head before looking her in her eyes, “Anyone I have sex with must be interested in a committed relationship with me whether it be in heat season or not, but especially during heat season.”

She nodded, “I understand Emmit.”

“Good,” I said softly and pulled her against me again, “Know that I’m attracted to you and would like to see where this goes as well.”

“Then shall we go tell my sister?”

“We shall,” I said quietly and let her go so I could morph back into my Ninetales form.

^_^

A short time later we found Celestia walking down the hallway away from us with some papers floating in her magical grasp. Luna informed me that the hour for day court wasn’t upon us yet, so this time is when she would walk and read up on the coming cases, and or requests. “Tia,” Luna called out making Celestia stop and turn toward us then smile.

“Lulu,” she called out walking over to us, then smiled to me, “I’m glad to see you out of the Hospital Emmit.”

“Thank you,” I nodded with a smile as they nuzzled each other in greeting, “It’s good to be out. The hospital is a nice place to visit, but I don’t want to stay there.” Both of them giggled at that one.

“I’ve talked with Emmit,” Luna began after the giggling ended.

“Oh?”

“Yes sister, I told him that I didn’t want him with any other mares or doing what he was doing for the Wonderbolt mares anymore.” Celestia looked at Luna with a curious look, but a pleasant smile on. “Yes,” Luna continued, “We want to see where this will go.”

“Which means,” I said when Celestia looked over at me, “that, for now at least, we are dating.”

Luna nodded, “I need to see if it’s the memory of Sky or Emmit that I’m attracted to.”

“A wise decision Lulu,” Celestia cooed gently to her sister, “And I hope you find out. So, what are you two going to do now?”

“I’d like to take her out, but I don’t have the money-”

“Oh don’t worry about that Emmit,” Celestia smiled waving a hoof, “For what you’ve done I’ll give you an allowance to use.”

I blinked at her a little dumbstruck, “Really? Thanks, that solves the problem.”

“You’re welcome,” Celestia giggled again, “However, I was referring to right now. You going to bed Lulu?”

Luna’s body answered that question with a yawn and a nod.

With a smile, I scooted over and pulled her into a hug with a couple of my tails, “Goodnight then Luna, sleep well.”

Celestia walked up doing the same, “Yes sleep well, and if you don’t mind I’ll borrow Emmit for a bit. There are things that we must discuss.”

“Ok,” Luna smiled now looking rather tired then simply turned and walked back down the hallway.

“Please come with me Emmit,” Celestia told me gently, but firmly, “There’s still time before court.” I nodded to her and started walking side by side. It still amazes me a little that I’m now slightly taller than Celestia. Everything that’s happened to me since coming here, thanks to the Tree of Harmony, has...well, I’m still processing some of it. I’m actually living parts of the series, which is mind-boggling, though slightly different from what I watched. I wondered if that was because of my presence or because this is a real world thereby it must be different I wasn’t sure. The general events were happening, so at least I could anticipate somewhat.

“What are your intentions?” Celestia asked bringing me out of my thoughts. She sounded like a father questioning a guy about dating his daughter. We had turned a corner and was now walking down the long hallway of stained-glass windows. The one that Twilight and her friends are in. The rhythmic clip-clop of her hooves was like soft taps against a drum, reminding me of a drum beating before a person’s hanging.

“Celestia,” I said looking over to her, “I’m attracted to her and if she wants me to focus on us for right now then that’s what I’ll do. I’m not the kind of guy that sneaks around if that’s what you’re asking.”

“That’s one of them yes,” Celestia confirmed with a nod.

“And if she wants a relationship,” I continued without hesitation, “Then I’ll welcome it and not just because your mother, but because she has some great qualities.”

“Like?”

I chuckled, “Well she’s just plain fun to mess with. And I don’t know how she puts up with me.”

Celestia hummed at that, “I don’t either actually. Sometimes you can be a little foalish.”

Turning my head up I laughed loud at that, “Yeah, I can be at times. Then again, that’s what makes me fun. On the other hand, or hoof rather, I know when to be serious.”

“Good,” she said then stopped to face me fully, “because I don’t want her heart broken again.”

I sighed silently knowing why she was saying this, “Listen, Celestia, I don’t want to break her heart either. And I won’t do it intentionally anyway. I’m still a guy after all and I can tell you that I will make mistakes.”

She started walking again, smirking at me, “Like all males do yes you will.”

“You want me with you during day court?” I asked after a few minutes of silence as we approached the throne room double doors.

She looked at me for a minute, then nodded with a smile, “Yes.”

Which I was, a short time later. Celestia was sitting on her throne, that looked exactly like it did in the series, and I was sitting there beside her looking like one of those lion statues. “What’s the first case?” she asked while looking at one of the guards by the door that held a few sheets of parchment.

The typical armored guard looked down at his parchment looking like a monkey trying to do a math problem. “Uh...It’s a lawsuit, your highness.”

“Alright, but why me?” she asked curiously, with a tilt of her head to one side, “Surely the lower courts could take care of it.”

“I think they would,” he replied, blinking at it before looking up to her with confusion on his face, “However, this one is a little...strange.”

“How so?”

“Well your highness, he’s trying to sue himself.”

You know at times like this, I’m glad that I was only supposed to listen, because at this point I had nothing to say about it anyway. And my mind was still in WTF mode when a lanky looking pony with a gray coat and black mane and tail walked into the room. He was also in chains which were held in the magical grasp of two guards with some ring around his horn. Worst was his eyes, they were the eyes of somepony half mad.

“Is this pony a prisoner?” she asked now confused.

“Yes your highness,” the guard stated, “he’s currently listed in Black Hills Maximum Security Prison.”

She just shook her head, “Why do you want to sue yourself?”

“I broke a law when I was drunk,” he started saying as his voice was just how he looked, course and lanky. “Thus putting me on the path which led me here, I want to sue myself, so I can be put into a mental institution.”

This makes no sense at all. Celestia was sitting there staring at this pony that sounded crazy. Why would this pony want to transfer out of a maximum security prison to be put into- I stopped as a thought hit me. He wants to transfer out of a MAX prison to be sent somewhere with a lot LESS security.

“Well, my little Pony it looks like you’ll get to-”

“WAIT”, I shouted then stood up, leaned over, and whispered into her ear, “I think I know what’s going on.” She looked over to me and nodded slightly. “Ok,” I continued, “Think about this, he wants to be transferred from a prison that has maximum security to a place that has a lot less security right?”

She nodded, “Yes.” I waited while the gears turned into her head. And a few seconds later her eyes widened when her light bulb went off, “It’s an escape attempt.”

I nodded slowly, “Easier to escape from a mental institution then it is a max prison isn’t it?”

“Indeed,” she whispered with her eyes narrowing giving a hard look as she slowly stepped down from her throne. I watched as the prisoner got hope as she slowly walked up to him.

“I deserve to be in a mental institution,” he said while shaking slightly. I think he knew that the jig was up when he lowered himself to the floor, tucking his tail between his legs, and his ears laying back against his head.

Celestia was silent for a couple of seconds before her horn glowed brightly as she shouted, “DENIED.” The pony’s eyes rolled back, and he fell to the floor, “He is to be put into solitary confinement with another twenty years added to his sentence.”

“Yes your highness,” the guards, that were holding the chains, saluted and proceeded to take the prisoner away.

As Celestia was walking toward me I could see that she was still peeved. “Take a deep breath and let it out slowly,” I said softly. She did so, a few times I might add. “Better?”

She nodded to me, “Thank you, Emmit.”

“Anytime,” I smiled to her as the next case was announced.

“Miss Breeze verses Canterlot Cafe,” the guard announced with the door opening and two mares walked in. Both were dressed nicely in pretty dresses. One was younger looking, probably in the early twenties with the other looking middle-aged. Both walked up and Celestia motioned toward the younger.

“Your Highness,” the younger mare spoke up, “I ordered hot tea.”

“Which you got,” the older one quipped.

“Yes, I got,” the younger continued testily, glaring at the other, “I got it all over my forehoof giving me a slight burn.”

Celestia sighed, hung her head, and face hoofed herself with a groan.

I chuckled and leaned over, “May I?”

She nodded to me giving me a wave. I bowed to her, “Thank you,” then I stood up and walked forward. “Now then young lady,” I said in my most regal voice I knew, “I have a question.”

“Yes?” she asked, and she was a little nervous. She tried keeping her eyes on me, but with little success. Her body was shaking slightly as if she wanted to bolt out the door.

“Did you order hot or cold tea?” I asked simply and sat my rump down in front of them.

“Hot.”

All I did was shrug my shoulders with my arms out wide in a “Well?” gesture.

“Lawsuit denied, dismissed,” Celestia groaned out shaking her head. The young mare didn’t look happy, but the guards were chuckling or giggling slightly when they were escorted out. Meanwhile, I went back to my spot beside her. “It’s going to be one of them days,” she complained softly, “I can tell.”

I nodded with a chuckle, “It reminds me of an old comedy series called ‘Night Court’. A play of sorts that told of a court which had all these wacky cases.”

“Next please,” she nearly begged to hope that it would be better. It wasn’t. Here were some other cases.

A convicted burglar tried suing the pony he robbed for injuries as he committed said crime. It was dismissed.

A stallion that ran in and begged for Celestia to marry him. He was dragged away kicking and screaming.

An elderly mare was suing her young stallion neighbor for singing too loudly. It was dismissed because the elderly mare was actually mostly deaf while the young stallion couldn’t speak and had to use hoof language.

That last one was the straw that broke the camels back, so to speak because when those two left she stood up in a huff, stamped her hoof, and yelled out, “Day court is over for the rest of the day.” After she got up, I did as well. Poor Celestia nearly banged her head against the throne with that one.

“Why don’t you teleport us down to the bath, so I can help you relax?” I asked her with a small smile. She looked over to me, and with all the frustration and even a little anger in them, she nodded to me. I watched her horn light up and a second later I was back in the underground bath.

I morphed into my human form, “Let me help you out of your regalia alright?” Celestia blushed to see me naked again but nodded. So, I took off her crown and set it down on the floor. She had on a thick golden collar with a purple gem on it. I had to look behind her and fiddle with a catch in the back to loosen it. Her breath tickled my neck. Then I set that aside. Then came her front golden hoof shoes. They just snap on and off, so I set them aside as well. And did the same with the back ones.

Then I stood up, gently took her head into my hands and lifted her face to look up to me. “Now then,” I spoke softly to her looking into her eyes, “Close your eyes.” It pleased me that she did without hesitation. I leaned down and gently kissed her, but not in a passionate way, “Take some deep breaths and let it out.” She did so but was also blushing because of the kiss. I didn’t stop there and kissed her forehead as well, “With each breath you take let all your worries fade away, just pretend they’re leaving your body.”

Slowly I pulled her head into my chest and held her. Her eyes were closed and I could feel her long exhales against my skin. “Let it all go,” I whispered to her and felt her relax into me with a soft hum.

After a minute or so, I pulled back and lifted her head. I smiled down to her as she looked up at me with a soft relaxed smile, “Now go and lay down and I’ll massage your worries away.” She nodded slowly making her way over to the lowered portion of the floor. I got into the water and knelt down in front of her after she laid down. “Close your eyes again and just breathe as you did before,” I said while taking one of her front forelegs in my hands and massaged.

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(Adult Section)

(Celestia’s POV)

Luna was right about him. He went from one front leg to another. Those digits of his ought to be outlawed. My eyes were closed and with the deep breathing plus those hands of his made for a relaxing experience. Why just being held with his arms around my head and leaning on his chest was enough to wipe away most of my frustration.

He moved in the water, then felt him kiss the back of my neck, “Allow me to care for you as a friend.” Then felt those fingers massage my neck and withers. A friend. Is he somepony that I’d like to be my most trusted friend? Somepony else, other than my sister, then I can let my guard down? That I can be myself with? That I don’t have to worry about judgment kind of friend?

His fingers slowly ran down my back toward my wings as he kissed my back between my shoulders. “I want to be your friend,” he whispered while massaging just above my wing joints, “I want to show you I care, that you have no fear from me.” His kisses were light, his voice soft and soothing. And with how he was massaging me I felt myself letting my guard down. Completely down that is. Which I so rarely do.

He moved down to between my wings kissing there gently before massaging. He was letting his fingers do the talking. As a princess, I’ve had many groomers and staff that did all of this. For some reason this was different. Even when he bathed me before, this was different. He didn’t speak anymore as he massaged down my back and to my haunches. I was blushing as he started massaging my cutie mark areas and went on to my hind legs. And kissed each spot.

He moved in the water again and didn’t say anything when he started rolling me over. After he rolled me over and spread out my legs I realized that I was completely relaxed and trusted him. A being, human, from another world with all his faults had this caring endearing quality to him. The message he was telling me, and asking me really, was for me to be his most trusted friend. With no boundaries between us. I remember Starry Sky, and even though this human is much like him. Sky didn’t have this quality to him.

He kissed and massaged my neck again, my chest and barrel, and then slowed down when reaching my marehood area. Slowly he put his lips around a teat while his fingers massaged around it. He was gentle, slow, and caring like I was the most precious thing in the whole world to him. He sucked on it lightly, sending a slight shock to my system. I moaned softly when he did the same to the other. No other pony that I knew could do something as simple as this and seem soo intimate. He didn’t just feel and touch. Each stroke, each kiss was getting to know me more intimately than almost any other pony in history. It was like he wanted to know each curve by taking time to explore and commit to memory.

A soothing warmth flooded me as his fingers roamed around my marehood. However, he didn’t just do that but kissed me there lightly. His fingers were slow, firm and sent waves of heat through me. This time I was breathing deeply for a different reason. And even was disappointed when he started kissing up my body again. Lightly he placed kiss after kiss up my body until he placed a kiss on my neck, one cheek then the other, and the last lightly on my lips.

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(Normal)

I opened my eyes when I felt his hand on my cheek. And saw a smiling face that showed the kindness that his hands spoke of. And I knew one thing. Yes, I want him as my most trusted friend, other than my sister. I smiled back with a light hum of contentment. “Thank you, Emmit,” I nearly slurred because of how relaxed I felt, “And just call me Tia because I do want you as a friend.”

“I want that too,” he said to me then smirked laying down putting one arm over me, “Someone that you can be yourself with, someone that you can rant and rave all you want.”

I smiled gratefully.

“Haven’t had that many to do that with huh?”

He’s perceptive. I shook my head, “No, unfortunately. Because many just see a princess.”

His fingers rubbed my cheek gently, “And either not see, or choose not to see, the simple woman...er mare underneath.”

I nodded and for the first time in a long time, I felt my heart open up.

“Will you allow me to be that friend? Someone that will see the mare underneath all that regalia?” he asked as he gently rubbed my cheek.

I sighed with a smile, “I would like that Emmit.”

“Good,” he said and then my stomach decided to ruin the moment.

GROWL

We both looked downward as I heard him chuckle and pat my belly. “I think somepony is hungry,” he grinned comically at me.

I tried to look serious but it didn’t work and giggled anyway. “Am not,” I said sounding like a pouting filly and turning my head to the side, “It’s just a traitor for wanting me to get up.”

“You could go ahead and feed it anyway,” he said with a mile wide grin after turning my head to face him again.

“I don’t wanna,” I whined. I really didn’t want to move.

GROWL

“Shut up,” I looked down and giggled. Then sighed, “Alright let’s go feed the monster.” After helping me up he morphed back into his Ninetales form again and tried me off before I teleported us directly into the private dining room.

^_^

“You might want to think about taking a nap after lunch.” Looking to him with a thoughtful expression I sipped on the soup that was served.

“Oh?” He was having something that he made himself in the kitchen. He called it a quesadilla.

“Yes. Because if you want to spend even most of the night with Luna then you’ll need sleep.” After thinking it over, he let me try his creation. And after taking a bite, I found it pretty good and seemed to like my comment. “Interesting. One of the foods from your world?”

“Oh yes,” he chuckled with a nod, “Thought most of the time it also has meat in it, but sometimes it doesn’t. There is also something else that is an easy make called a burrito.” He said “burrito” with a slight trill to the ‘r’. “It’s basically the same idea of this,” he continued, “but having the tortilla wrapped around the filling instead of flattened in a half circle. People of my world fill it with practically anything. Makes for a great breakfast on the go with eggs, cheese, and potatoes.”

I hummed in thought liking the idea, “I might try it tomorrow morning.” There was a pause while we finished lunch, “Now in the meantime, why don’t you take a nap? I’ll even help you get to sleep.”

We both got up with me escorting him to a vacant room next to Luna’s. “How will you help me get to sleep?” he asked while we walked down a hallway toward the royalty wing.

“Oh, that’s easy my dear Emmit.” Looking at him I smiled lighting my horn for a second to emphasize my point, “I’ll use a simple sleep inducer. All it does is induce sleep. It doesn’t keep you asleep.”

“Well that’s good,” he said as soon after we reached his room. After stepping inside he went right over to the bed and laid down for me.

“Have a good rest Emmit.”

“Thanks, Tia,” he said up to me with a smile while I activated the spell, “Hope you have a good afternoon.” Then he was asleep. My horn glowed and a sleep spell was put into his mind that would last just an hour.

“Oh, I don’t know about the afternoon. But when you wake up with my sister my evening will be very entertaining.” Using my magic his body lifted off the bed, out the door, and to my sister’s room. My face held a knowing grin the whole time while opening the door and quickly putting the same one-hour sleep spell on my dear unsuspecting sister. “I love you my sister,” chuckling softly with mischief while setting Emmit down and watched my sister immediately start snuggling with him, “However, you should have seen this coming.” One thing was apparent. She was sleeping rather restless before I laid him down with her. After she started snuggling with him, she slept rather well with a pleasant smile on her muzzle.

Interesting.

Later, it would be obvious when my sister would wake up.

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