I casually strolled through the dimly lit halls, not exactly paying attention to the staff who were doing patrols, or late night maintenance. Heading straight to the kitchen, I hoped I could at least find some sort of leftovers. If they had any leftovers that is.

I didn't see Blueblood, or anyone else for that matter. I hoped that I wouldn't have to talk to anyone, I just wanna grab something to eat for and Luna and go back to her. Maybe I could cuddle her tonight, if she didn't mind being the little spoon.

I made it to the kitchen and began rummaging through the large fridge, not being quiet since it was, in a way, also my fridge. It was almost night time, and I had to get something for both me and Luna.

I found that there was mostly vegetables here, and I didn't take anything. I could see a couple other fridges and went into the one next to mine.

Opening it I found a large cake. The whole fridge had no room except for that one mountain of it, besides some large pieces already taken out of it. I pulled out a knife and began cutting off a piece for me and Luna. Making her piece slightly bigger than mine.

Closing the fridge I took both slices and made my a back to my room. I thought I felt another person in there with me, but I passed it off as another patrol.

I was about halfway back when I felt a breeze, which was weird, since I was inside of a hallway with no windows.

Feeling slightly worried, I walked a bit faster, making sure to balance the plates with our food on it.

"Oh Fraaanzzzzz...."

My ear twitched. I thought I heard someone calling my name. Looking around I pulled up my visor and checked the hallway. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, and checked my motion tracker. There wasn't anything there except my blip.

Continuing I almost made it to the room when I was suddenly pulled aside.

My scream was silenced when a white hoof covered my mouth, and pushed me into the wall. I was surprised as to who it was, but at the same time, somehow wasn't.

"What are you doing with my cake?" Asked Celestia, looking at me with a frown. I pushed her off of me and levitated the pieces back over to me.

"I thought it was for everyone, since there were already pieces taken out of it." I countered. She only looked at me with a smile.

"Not exactly." She said, earning a look of confusion from me.

"I was saving it for myself when I could get to it. And I'm not very fond of sharing." She said. I smirked.

"Is this why you're dummy thicc?" I asked. She reddened slightly.

"At least they didn't let out a thunderclap while I sneaked up on you." She said, looking back at her thighs. I didn't follow her gaze.

"Well... I...I need to get back to Luna. She's literately down the hall." I said, motioning with my head.

"Why go so soon? I thought we were having fun." She whispered into my ear, earning a shiver from me. I made a can of spray with the label "Bitch-B-Gone" and sprayed her with it. It was only water, but she must've thought it was something else, and punched me in the face.

*Whap!*

I didn't feel it, since my body hardened on it's own. I guess I learned a thing or two, given how I reacted faster than myself.

She, however, thought she had hurt me.

"Oh! Franz! Are you alright?! I didn't hurt you, did I?!" She asked, now checking my body and getting a bit close to my face. I shied away and shielded myself.

"I'm fine! Don't touch me!" I yelped as her hoof came awful close to my rear.

"I thought I hurt you." She said, looking like she was going to cry.

"You just bother me with your antics sometimes." I said bluntly. She seemed a bit offended, and smirked at me.

"At least I have antics to keep me entertained." She said, looking at me with an amused look. I just rolled my eyes at her.

"So I'm just gonna take this cake to Luna and go now. Okay?" I said, moving away from her and back to my door.

"No."

"No?" I asked.

"No." She smiled.

"No u." I said, pulling out a reverse card. She took it and burned the card, much to my displeasure.

"Hey! That's not how it works! You're supposed to hold onto it and use it." I said. Celestia came very close to my face, and smiled.

"I don't like playing by your rules." She whispered.

"You can have the cake this time, but next time, you have to let me have something of my choosing." She said, smirking at me.

"No u." I said, making another card. Celestia pulled up the one she had burned, somehow, and I let out a sigh of annoyance.

"How did you do that?" I asked. She laughed lightly and walked away.

"It's simple, but knowing won't be much fun now would it." She said, disappearing into a different hallway. I huffed and carried our pieces of cake back to us. Walking in I found Luna in a laying position, seemingly waiting for me.

"Hey Luna." I said, making over to the bed. She turned to me and smiled weakly.

"H-hello." She said, sounding nervous.

"I brought you cake. I had to fight Celestia for it though. She can be just as annoying as you can be. Sometimes, that is." I said, hoping I saved myself.

"Thou brought us, cake?" She asked, after giving me a small stare. I nodded and jumped up on the bed with her. She quickly straightened herself and sat up next to me.

"You didn't get the cake that Tia has been saving for the last few days, right?" I nodded again, and began eating with a fork.

"Are you sure you were allowed? She does not normally allow anypony to have her cake. I found that out the hard way." She said. Wait, what?

"What do you mean, the hard way?" I asked. Celestia wasn't known for violence, so I couldn't imagine her doing so to Luna.

"Well, she cast a spell on me that would make me ready to bear a foal....." She trailed off. Hold up.

"And that means?" I asked, not entirely sure what she meant by that.

"It was during your mission to seek out Pen's mare and return her. And by bear a foal, I meant, sexually active." She said, looking down at the ground. Oh. OH!

"So, she got you pregarient?" I asked, mispronouncing it intentionally and getting confused. How would that work?

"If you mean pregnant, then no. I had to... um.. stimulate, myself." She said, looking outright ashamed, and turned away from me.

"Oh, you mean slapping the salami?" I said, not thinking. People do it all the time, so it's not a really big deal to me.

"This is not something to take lightly! How could you even say something like that!" She said, looking at me with a glare. I laughed, confusing her.

"It's alright, almost everyone I know back on earth does it. The males more so than the females. It's totally normal and I won't shame you for it. In fact, I did it myself a few days before I left to take care of that Pen situation." I said, nodding towards Ponyville's general direction. She turned red, and I tilted my head.

"What? Is it that frowned on?" I asked. She nodded lightly, and hung her head.

"Back in the olden days, it was often considered taboo to try and do so without help. And with me and Celestia being Royalty, it was even more so. Not to mention that with you being there to help, there were many opportunities for you to aid me. You never did, much to my displeasure." She said, getting slightly more red. I thought it was pretty cute how she looked.

"And how long were we together?" I asked. She took a moment to think.

"We were together for the better part of three years. Before my banishment and your disappearance." She said. It took me by surprise and raised my eyes in shock. Three years? Damn, no wonder she was being so adamant on the whole sex idea. I practically forced her into chasity.

"Oh. Jeez, I'm.. I'm sorry Luna. I didn't realize you were suffering in that way." I said, shrinking down a bit. I looked at our cake. I managed to eat around half, while Luna is yet to touch hers.

She leaned into my side, and rubbed her cheek into my neck. It took me by surprise, and I just sat there.

"Don't. Let us be glad we are together once again." She said, giving me a peck on my cheek. I frowned. Does she not like cake? Then why didn't she stop me from getting it?

"Aren't you going to eat you cake?" I asked. If not, then dibs.

"Not as much as I'll enjoy eating thee." She said.

"... Is that a fucking threat!?" I yelled. She let out a sigh of annoyance.

"We were flirting with thou." She muttered.

"Oh, I see." I said, materializing bandages around my eyes. She took notice and slapped my side with a wing playfully.

"Thou art humorous." She said, leaning back into my side.

"No I'm not, I'm Franz." I said.

---

BOOM

I managed to dodge another attack from this little shit. His eyes were glowing bright and he wore an white robes with sandals and a golden vine on his head.

I shot a blast from the suit's arc reactors and he held out his hand, blocking it with ease. I willed it to turn into a corruption blast and turned the intensity up. He sidestepped and waved his hand at me.

"Why do you continue to fight? You have no reason to, so why?" He asked, a hint of aged wisdom in his voice.

"Shut up! Just shut UP! You don't know what I've been through!" I yelled, my power flaring and expelling uncontrollably. He looked at me with sad eyes.

"You shouldn't do that. you might injure yourself in the process." He said, impassively.

"Fuck OFF!" I screamed, my power reaching super Saiyan levels. I wanted nothing more than to kill this 'God'. He was just a fragment, after all.

"You should not say such things, I am you superio-" I cut him off as I suddenly appeared in front of him. He didn't move, and only looked at me with a frown.

"Don't force my hand, young one." He whispered. I threw a punch and it connected with his face, altering it and launching him back at great speeds. He crashed into the mountains far off, splitting it in half. I sped after him and a bright white light came at me.

I slapped it away and watched as it destroyed the site I was at, effectively reducing it to nothing more than a crater as a large meteorite crashed into it. I was pushed back from the force and my anger flared even more.

My body was overflowing with power right now. It was a burning blue color, flames that consumed my body, and intensifies my power.

And I used it all into one attack.

Pointing my finger at him I released it and watched as the blast carried out in a spectacular explosion like no other. I was sure the planet would be scarred for the rest of time.

I was charged by him again, and he punched me in the gut. A powerful shock wave erupted and cracked the ground, even though we were several hundred feet in the air.

I stared at him, his clothing partially destroyed, multiple cuts along his body, and a horrible burn in his chest. He was bleeding from the nose, with a busted lip and warped forehead. He looked surprised, and I smirked.

I slapped him back into the ground, shattering the ground even further. I floated down to him and saw he was struggling to get back up.

"I thought you were god. Or are you some imposter mocking him?" I said, smiling at him darkly. He turned and looked at me with horror, and launched another attack with multiple white lights.

"I AM GOD." He yelled, summoning several lightning bolts and making some distance.

"Not anymore." I growled, summoning my energy staff again.

It was fun killing gods. Who knew they were this... pathetic.

---

I awoke suddenly, as I fell out of bed. I yelped out of surprise and got back up. I saw that Luna had accidentally pushed me off, with her being so close to me and gently nudging me towards the edge. I let out a huff and went around the other side.

It was still dark out, so I decided to slide up next to Luna, who in mind, was asleep with her horn glowing softly. I made sure to have my back against her to avoid any unintentional spooning.

Clearing my mind of what I was dreaming of earlier, I closed my eyes, and slowly felt myself be drifted away into a more, peaceful rest.

---

I was in a void this time. I realized that this wasn't another memory, and I just stayed put. I didn't know about what was going on, and I didn't want to try anything.

I felt something behind me, and turned carefully.

"Luna?" I asked, my voice echoing throughout the empty space.

"Dear Franz? What are thee doing? I thought I gave you a dream already." She said, her voice also echoing.

"Well, I don't exactly know what I'm doing. Am I asleep?" I asked. I looked around and didn't see a floor, which startled me.

"Well, yes, but you're not supposed to be able to dream walk like I can. It's impossible!" She said, looking over me.

"This is dream walking? I thought I was dead again." I said, looking around. This place did seem familiar.

"What does thou mean, again?" She asked. I thought for a second.

"Well, you know your corrupted form? After she beat me around, I think I slipped into a coma thing. Basically, I died, but was brought back somehow." I explained. She looked shocked and quickly gave me a hug. I was confused as to why she would in the first place, but remembered how she cared about me.

"I apologize for any pain and misery I may have caused you. I did not realize that we have brought you that close to death." She said, tightening the grip. I just gave her a pat on the back.

"It's not that bad. I mean, this happened before, right?" I joked. She let go and glared at me.

"We said you were brought close to death, not actually die! What caused thou to think that?" She asked. I just shrugged.

"I dunno, I literately fought a god and won. There's not much else that will get me closer to death than fighting one of those guys." I said, looking around. This abyss was starting to bother me, and I didn't like it.

"Hey, is there something I can do about this darkness? It's starting to intimidate me a bit." I said, looking back at her. She looked surprised, and nodded. In an instant, the abyss was replaced by a dimly lit room full of objects. Most of them were small things, like coins or watches. Maybe an occasional trinket of sorts.

"Where are we?" I asked. The scheme was dark blue with black traces. I wasn't sure where we were, and I had a feeling it was where Luna was familiar with.

"We are in our quarters. We believed that thou would like to see it, since we visit thou so often." She said. Ooh, nice.

"So this is your room? I like it. Though, it could use a bit more brown in my opinion." I said. She smiled and brushed up against me, flicking me with her tail as she walked by. I turned away from her small attack, and raised an eyebrow.

"Thou art only saying that because your eyes are that color." She said. I rolled my eyes and snorted, making my way over to the bed.

"So how long do we have until we have to wake up?" I asked. I saw her horn glow for a bit.

"Ten minutes time." She answered.

"Cool. So what are we going to do?" I questioned. She pondered for a moment, and gained a sadistic smirk.

"We could always relieve our stress together." She said, wiggling her eyes. Oh!

"Alright. Where's the gym? I felt like working out with some music actually." I said, acting innocent and pulling it off magnificently.

"Nay, since we are in a dream, thou should receive what you should've long ago. I was just so embarrassed from your unintentional peeking, that I didn't think that I was ready to mate with you." She said.

"What? Sorry, I was busy trying to find the right gun to shoot myself with. Think a plasma pistol is enough?" I asked, pulling up the weapon to fit in my hooves.

"What? No, don't do that! If you kill yourself in your dreams, then you will possibly die!" She shouted. I looked her dead in the eyes without blinking.

"Ratio." I said, pulling the trigger and testing it out. A loud crack rang out and I flinched from it hitting the ceiling and starting a fire.

I was immediately tackled to the ground and pinned by Luna, who had a look of anger in her eyes.

"Don't even think about testing your abilities in the dream realm! You have no experience on what it does to the body!" She screamed into my ear.

"Okay, Okay! Fuck! I was kidding, holy shit!" I shouted back.

I heard her sigh and get off of me, pulling me up as well with her magic.

"Do not scare us that way ever again, doth thee understand?" She said, glaring at me with sad eyes.

"Sure, just stop poking fun at me, I have the durability of a potato chip." I said, not noticing the bag of chips I made while I was thinking.

I was distracted by the bag, that I didn't notice the burning ceiling beginning to spread. And when I did, Luna was on the bed in a sitting position.

"Come join us, Dear Franz." She said, in a tone I didn't normally hear from her.

"What about the burning ceiling?" I asked, looking up at the growing fire. She turned her head and got a startled look.

"Franz, move!" She said, raising her hoof at me.

"No, I don't think I wi-" I was cut off as the ceiling collapsed on me, waking me up in the process.

---

I woke up and found that Luna was hugging me from behind, basically spooning me. I tried to get out from under her, and woke her up in the process. She was still slightly tired, and then snapped awake to check the foot of the bed.

"Franz!" She cried, almost desperately.

"Yo." I said, popping up from the side of the bed and scaring her. Her hoof was launched towards my face and I raised mine to block it. She hit my hoof with a loud thwack, and I pushed her hoof back down.

I noticed that the sun was just beginning to rise, and Luna also saw it as well.

"So, about last night." I said, turning back to her. I was pulled into the bed and snuggled by Luna, who began holding me tightly so that I couldn't escape.

"Do not do that again. I don't enjoy seeing thou get hurt." She said, burying her head under my wings, which began twitching.

Raising the wing she was hiding under, I saw that she had a few tears in her eyes. I felt bad about it and tried to poke some fun.

"It would be funny if one of my friends walked in on us together in bed." I said, trying to get into a better position.

"Then it is a good thing that they won't be here until seven." She said. I levitated my visor to me and put it on. It was 6:10, so we had a while before we had to worry about anything.

She then began worming her way down under and I did the same, not letting her get to my sensitive parts. She was pretty annoyed, and then grabbed me and planted another kiss on my cheek. Thinking quickly I tapped my forehead with hers and she smiled.

And then she grabbed me and tried to make out with me. I dodged all her attempts and nearly broke my neck from how far I was leaning away from her.

"Can thou just let us be affectionate with each other?" She said, after a few minutes of her trying. I smirked.

"Your gonna have to work for it." I smirked, bumping my nose against hers. She blushed cutely and I flipped her over on her back, throwing the covers off in the process. She blushed brightly and I laughed.

We both heard a gasp and saw Celestia looking at us with her mouth open, a tint of red in her cheeks. Aw shit.

"Tia! Tis not what it seems!" Called Luna from under me. I noticed that even though I was slightly smaller than her, I could still manage to overpower her.

Hopping off of her I noticed that Celestia had a small smile on her face. Aw hell.

"I thought I should visit you before the first shift of Day Court began. I didn't expect that the two of you would already be trying for a foal already!" She said, entering the room with both Marble and Summer. SHIT!

"Uh, hello girls...What are you doing... here?" I asked them, looking over their blushing faces. Summer looked excited, while Marble just smiled happily.

"SISTER! LEAVE THIS INSTANT!" Yelled Luna, her voice being louder than usual. It hurt my ears, and I winced from the amount of volume she expelled, growling as my head pounded lightly.

They also had similar looks, except for Celestia, who had a smirk.

"Alright, but at least marry each other before you guys do something like that again." She said, walking out the door. Oh right, someone was coming to probably help me with Luna.

"Should we leave as well?" asked Marble. I looked over to Luna, and saw her scowl.

"I think it would be better if you did." I said, nodding my head towards the door. They bowed and left, closing the door behind them.

I let out a sigh of annoyance. Great, more rumors.

I turned back to Luna, who's cheeks were glowing out of embarrassment. We just can't catch a break, can we.

"So, uh... Should we continue where we left off?" I asked, hoping she would say no. I didn't really want a child yet, mostly because I wasn't ready. But Luna kept throwing curve balls at me with all of her stunts. Hell, we basically almost would've done it had it not been for Celestia!

"Nay. Sister already ruined the moment with her ridiculousness. Perhaps tomorrow?" She said. I smiled nervously. Maybe we should try going on a date first before we do anything that's permanent.

"How about a date first? I'll do some research on restaurants we can go to. Sound fun?" I asked. Since when did I start getting charismatic?

She smiled and nodded her head.

"Tis a fun thing to do. Perhaps we can set the mood before we do anything." She said, hopping off the bed and walking over to me. She gave me a hug, and I returned it, only for her to kiss me on the lips.

It took me by surprise, but I eventually started to kiss back. I felt her heartbeat get faster through our rubbing chests, as did mine. She then began trying to get more in there, and use her tongue to get into my mouth, but I didn't let her.

She broke off and looked me in the eyes, looking happy on what she accomplished. What it was, I didn't know.

"Let us guess, we have to work for this as well?" She asked, her eyes getting slightly desperate. I frowned.

"No, I'm just not used to anyone getting into my mouth. It feels weird and I'm not... ready, for that yet." I said, taking my time to think of a response. She frowned, before she bumped her head against mine. I did the same, so that she wouldn't stab my eye with her horn.

"It seems as though we have much to work on." She said. I chuckled.

"It's like a video game. You just don't have the necessary experience to do this action." I replied.

She opened her eyes and looked at me, before planting one last kiss and breaking the hug.

"Hey, you managed to get this far! That means something, right?" I asked. She thought for a second, before she smiled again.

"Yes. When we met again, I tried to kiss thee, and thou didn't want any of that. And a week later, we are able to stay in the same bed without you being so awkward." She said, smiling happily.

"Yeah. You did manage to somewhat bring me out of my shell again. So thanks." I quickly gave her a peck on the cheek, which she turned slightly pink from.

"Love ya." I said, smiling and heading towards the bathroom. She looked surprised and smiled at me warmly. I didn't know Luna had an affectionate side. Then again, I also didn't know that Celestia also had a small crush on me at the moment, and it took me god knows how long to figure that out.

Closing the bathroom I quickly ran through my routine and made sure to make my mouth extra minyt for her. I had someone to actually impress now, and I was going to make it worth it for us both.

Leaving the bathroom, I called over my capsules and watched them wrap around their respective places. I picked up my visor and stared at its somewhat reflective surface. I had a purpose now, and it was to make her the happiest pony in the planet.

Leaving the room after realizing Luna wasn't here anymore, I went into the kitchen and had the staff make me a simple oatmeal. They happily took my order and left quickly, leaving me with my own thoughts.

I erased everything I made during my thought processing once I heard the door click open and they came in with my food. Eating quickly I thanked the chefs and made my way to my room. I wouldn't have to meet Celestia and her friend until later. It was still only 9:12, so I had a bit of time to make some adjustments for our date later on.

After I made some plans for us, which weren't quite set at the moment, I made my way over to the throne room where Celestia and Luna would be. I had about three, maybe four options on where we would go, but I wanted to surprise her with a specific place in mind.

I saw the doors to the throne room still had at least one pony there. I didn't care much, since it was a noble, who I hear, like to only get richer.

After a few minutes of waiting around, they called him and I was the last one. I waited patiently, looking through my memes and laughing at the funny ones. While they were slightly offensive, I found it to be an ironic kind of humor. Especially the Avengers: Endgame memes.

Pulling down the mask I saw Celestia looking at me with a smile. I gave one back, and followed her into the throne room. I saw Luna, Shining armor, and the other Alicorn. She had a pink coat and a multicolored mane and tail. The strange part about her were her wings, which looked like they trailed off into a purple color instead of staying pink. She had a small crown, slippers, and chest piece, and I quickly glanced at her Cutie Mark, which was that of blue heart with some golden thing underneath.

'So this is Shining's marefriend.' I thought. They noticed me and they all smiled.

"Hey man! You still work here, right?" I asked Shining, tilting my body to the side slightly for more of a friendly effect.

"Yes, I still work at the Royal Guard. Nice seeing you again, Prince Franz." He said, walking up to me and bumping my hoof with his.

"Hey Luna!" I said, waving at her. She smiled and nodded.

I turned to the new Alicorn. She smiled and extended her hoof to me.

"Hello, it's both a pleasure and an honor to meet you, Franz. I am Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, but you can call me Cadence." She said.

My stomach and smile suddenly dropped. What did she say? Her name was... was what!?

I didn't realize that I was shaking lightly, and tensed my muscles to not look bad, but couldn't control myself.

"Are you alright?" She asked, noticing my shaking.

I felt as though I wanted to hurt her, but didn't know why. Memories flashed through my mind. Of her.

'Franz, I'm gonna be late to work!

Franz, you can't keep scaring me like that, It's not even Halloween!

Franz, please stop tickling me! Stop! Aah!"

"Franz, where have you been? Is that a fucking snake!"

"You know I love you, right?"

"Right?"

All I could see was her, and I felt rage, see blood, and all I looked at her.

I saw that they were all backing away from me, seemingly scared. I focused on the pink Alicorn, glaring at her even.

I then blurred out of existence, and in front of her, tears falling from my eyes as I reeled back my hoof for a punch.

"RAAAH!" I screamed.

I heard everyone's magic flare to life, and several domes covered Cadence.

My hoof struck the shield, and a bright white light filled the room.

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