Me and Luna sat by the stream that runs through. I washed my hooves in the river by continuously running them through the water.

"So, it's official now?"

Luna turns towards me. "Yeah, I guess." she looked at the sky. The moon was going to need to be set soon. I continued to play with the frigid cold water until Luna spoke again. "You know,"

"Yeah?"

"You're the first pony I've ever done that with."

I don't know what it was but something about that shocked me. "You've lived for thousands of years and you've never had sex before?"

Luna shook her head. "I've never been close enough to a pony to want to. I'm always cautious about not getting attached to somepony."

"Why's that?"

"Well, when you're an alicorn and the pony you want to be with isn't that tends to cause some problems. They aren't even just royalty standards, sooner or later, that pony will die. I'm going to outlive everypony I ever get close to."

My heart sinks. "If I may ask, what makes me different?"

Luna slightly shook her head. "I don't know. When I kissed you, I felt a connection. It was stronger than anything I'd ever felt before."

I smiled up at her. "I felt the same thing. It was like a rush going through my body. It was the feeling that I wanted to be by your side forever."

Luna nodded and then stood up. "I best be off. The sun must rise soon."

I sighed deeply. "Don't remind me." I suddenly had a weird idea. "Hey Luna I have a question..."

Luna looked back at me. "What is it Emerald?"

"Can I stay here tonight?"

Luna looked a little confused. "I guess. Why?"

I gestured towards the castle. "This place is exactly what I need. A place where I can be alone and not be bothered by anypony. Not be judged. Besides, you have to go set the moon and get some rest. It's dangerous to walk through the forest alone at night. At least in the morning, it will be safer to go."

Luna nodded slowly. "I.. Guess that makes sense? I'll meet you back in ponyville tomorrow. Sound good?"

"Perfect." I said smiling. With that, Luna kicked off and left for Canterlot. I retreated into the ruins of the castle. Sure there were some holes in the roof, but it was enough to keep out the timberwolves. I went to the same bedroom me and Luna were in an hour before and laid down in the bed.

My mind was flooded with thoughts from tonight. You kissed a princess! That was the big thing my brain was screaming at me. Then it began screaming a warning. You had sex with a princess. What will her sister think? I dismissed the thought and prayed that Luna wouldn't tell Celestia about our night out.

Instead I decided to focus on tomorrow night.

Things continued like this for about a moon. Although, with the thought of Celestia's reaction in my mind, I was a lot more cautious with what I was willing to do with the princess. We never had sex after the first night. Whenever it was brought up, I made some dumb excuse.

Luna never told Celestia about our late night meetings, which I was thankful for. We both knew that Celestia would not take kindly to Luna dating somepony who wasn't an alicorn. It wasn't like there was a good reason for it either. She believed that ponies who weren't alicorns were not worthy to be connected with royalty. It was a very old ideal that was always passed down to the next generation.

I continued to sleep in the castle every night. One day though, I was called out on it...

"Where were you last night?"

I recognized the voice from the purplish-pinkish mare behind me. I turned around with an awkward look on my face. "Oh! H-Hey Cheerilee! What's new." She looked unamused.

"I saw you last night! You went into the forest and never came back! Where did you go?"

"Nowhere! Just going for a walk!"

"Really?" Her voice was skeptical. "In the forest? You walk the town all the time but you suddenly decide to walk in the most dangerous place within ten miles of here? Why?"

"Why not?" I asked. I know it's a stupid answer but I don't have anything better at this point.

"There was another thing..." Cheerilee said putting a hoof to her chin.

"R-Really? What?" I asked, my voice shaking. I was hoping she didn't see the princess.

"There was somepony with you wasn't there?"

"N-N-No..." My voice was shaking and I was stuttering. That's not a good mix for trying to convice somepony that you're telling the truth.

"Who was it Emerald?" She looked at me with a serious look on her face. "I didn't see any colors. All I saw was a shadow."

I couldn't take it anymore.

"NOPONYGOTTAGOIFEELREALLYSICKCANYOUCOVERMYSHIFTTHANKS!!!"

I ran out of the diner and back to my house. I locked the door and pushed a bookshelf in front of it, just in case Cheerilee decided to try to follow me. Nopony can find out I'm dating Luna. She'll be so embarrassed.

I only exited my house that night. I knew Luna would be waiting for me.

"Hello Emerald!" She said enthusiastically. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah." I breathed a sigh of relief. "I gotta warn you. I had a little bit of trouble today with-"

"I KNEW IT!!!"

Me and Luna both jumped and turned around. Cheerilee was standing there, holding an accusatory hoof in my direction. "Nice try Emerald, gaslighting me into thinking that there was nopony with you. All along it was..." She turned at this time and bowed down to the ground. "Forgive me Princess. I was just exposing a liar!

When she said liar, She shot a glare at me. "Luna we should go now." I whispered over to her." She nodded and turned to Cheerilee. "Miss Cheerilee. You are forgiven. Please return to your house and do not speak of this interaction to anypony."

Cheerilee nodded and left, shooting one more glare my way as she walked away. Luna turned to me as we began to walk towards the forest. "That is... problematic to say the least."

I nodded. "She's too smart for her own good. I should have seen it coming."

"I hope this doesn't become a problem."

For the first time in a moon, me and princess Luna decided to have sex again. I was still pretty hesitant but we figured it would take our minds off things.

Afterwards, we were laying in bed. Luna was snuggling up to me, on the verge of falling asleep. I closed my eyes, taking the moment in. I remembered three moons ago when I wished this moment would happen. For the first time ever, fate has favored me. I thought as I hugged Luna just a little tighter.

I looked down at her. "Luna?" I whispered.

"What is it my love?" She asked.

"I think we should tell Celestia."

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