Chapter 11: Forgetful

Another three days had passed since the beach, marking two weeks since Luna has been with her new friends and culminating half of her necessary time unless more was required. Luna had enjoyed every minute of it so far and she was not going to attempt to lie about it. She loved her new friends with every ounce of her being and she loved the results of it all. Luna had just woken up at about eight-thirty and was just lounging in bed in one of those mental deliberations, trying to decide if she wanted to get up or not. In that state, she was also listing out, once again, her accomplishments and all the good things that have come out of her forced eviction.

Made amazing new friends, check.

Casual attire is now my favorite attire… double check.

Danced and worked out in front of other people… fantastic.

Fluttershy is now a fairly confident young lady… the boys better watch out!

Bikini on the beach… fucking sand!

Excellent results to say the least. Luna rested her eyes once more, but something was plaguing her thoughts. Something told her that this day was going to be interesting… but how? Then again, she had come to see all days as potentially ‘interesting’ considering how Celestia liked to give suggestions. Nevertheless, it was time to get up. She slipped on a tank top and some sleeping shorts before strolling out into the common room where Twilight was eating breakfast while reading a book. What Luna didn’t notice was that when Twilight saw her enter, she hastily moved some papers elsewhere so they wouldn’t be seen.

“Morning, Luna!” Twilight greeted from across the room. Luna yawned and stretched as she waved back.

“Good morning as well, Twilight. Have we any plans today?” Luna asked as she walked over and took a seat next to her friend. Twilight was pensive for a while on the thought.

“Ummm, not that I know of right now. The other girls are busy with their own… stuff, and Celestia asked me to do some research on magic binding that she’d like finished by today. This should take a few hours, but we could probably do something a bit later if you like,” Twilight responded. Luna took this to heart and nodded.

“Very well then, then I shall attempt to occupy myself until then,” Luna said, patting Twilight’s shoulder before getting up.

“You could go around the town again for a few hours. Ponyville likes you as you can tell and I’m pretty sure they’ll appreciate another visit from their princess,” Twilight said over her shoulder. Luna smirked and accepted that.

“Alright then,” Luna said before she disappeared to shower and dress herself in more appropriate attire for an outing. She reappeared half an hour later dressed in shorts and a red short-sleeved shirt, also fixing her tiara out of habit.

“Righto! I ride… to Ponyville!” Luna said as she waved bye to Twilight and shut the door after exiting. Twilight looked over her shoulder and went to the window to see that Luna was walking away. Satisfied that she was, she opened a mental connection:

“She’s gone!”

“Excellent! Now we can do this uninterrupted,”

“Are you sure she doesn’t know?”

“Positive. She’s so occupied with other important things, she forgets entirely. She’d forget her own boobs if they weren’t attached to her,”

Twilight laughed out loud before she got to work.

Luna walked no more than a hundred yards before her stomach demanded that it be satiated.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day… breakfast it is then, she mused. Luna walked into another café and took a seat on one of the stools at the counter.

“Good morning, Princess! Can I get you anything?” the girl behind the counter asked.

“Yes please… ummm how about some black tea and… I don’t know, what whets your appetite today?” Luna asked, looking up from the menu and making eye contact with the waitress.

“Ummm… I’m personally in the mood for some eggs and strawberry pancakes…” she threw out apprehensively. Luna pondered that for a moment and nodded.

“Sounds delicious. I’ll have just that!” she responded with a grin. The waitress nodded and went off to get that done. In the meantime, her tea was brought to her. Luna then thought to say good morning to her sister and attempt to get on her nerves.

“Hey Tia! You’re in the castle doing royal business and I’m out here enjoying breakfast with our subjects. I know you’re super… what do they call it… ‘jelly?’ I’ll be sure to spread some on toast with my other breakfast. I’ll order a side of sausages just for you because I know you like the sausage… huehuehuehue” Luna said while snickering to herself. However, there was no response… just… blank.

“Tia? Are you there? Isn’t it a little early to be drinking?”

Again… nothing.

“Or flirting with your guards?”

These would surely have ticked her off by now. It was as if something was in place to keep Luna out of her mind. She tried someone else.

“Hey Twi? Have you been in touch with Celestia?”

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. She opened simultaneous connections with both of them:

“Answer your fucking minds you mangy whores!”

If that didn’t do anything, something surely was up.

“That’s interesting… huh,” Luna thought before she closed the connection.

Her breakfast arrived at that time and Luna began to munch away, thoroughly enjoying the suggestion that was given to her.  Satiating her stomach, she paid her tab along with a generous tip and headed back out into the town. It was a beautiful day out with just the right amount of clouds to offer ample shade. Luna strolled around the streets, striking up random conversation with anyone that would approach her. She ran across one of her newer friends, Ditzy Doo, or ‘Derpy’ as she would often refer to herself as; A somewhat clumsy girl but nevertheless very friendly and quite cute. Luna found her company to be very enjoyable and they shared many stories and thoughts over a stroll and eventually lunch time, speaking of which, she had spent already a couple hours with Derpy! Time does fly when you’re having fun. Eventually, Derpy had to tend to her mail routes again and she bade the Lunar Princess goodbye. On that note, Luna decided to walk back towards Twilight’s place, but being careful to take the long way home.

"Ah Ponyville… how I adore you so. I’ll probably have to commission a safe house out here for me when I need to get away in the future… yes I’ll do just that!" Luna thought to herself.

The blue-haired princess continued to almost skip along happily, admiring the town and its people until she came across Twilight’s place again. Looking at the large clock-tower that was in the town, it was about noon-ish… a fair time to be home. However, Luna noticed that the tree house seemed almost barren.

“Odd… Coupled with Twilight’s and Celestia’s mysterious mental absence… Although Tia always has a mental absence… hehehe”

Luna then opened the door to get a better look inside… seemed darker than normal.

“Twilight, if this is an idea along with Tia, Dash, and Pinkie to try and prank me, I swear I will get you-”

“SURPRISE!” Luna was cut off immediately as the lights switched on and all her friends busted out from where they were hiding.

“AAAAH!” Luna screamed as she backed against the door and held her chest, panting heavily. While her friends laughed at her reaction, Luna noticed a giant banner above them: “Happy 19 (+1000 something)th  Birthday!” Luna actually laughed out loud when she saw the parenthetical. There were also streamers everywhere and tons of food set up. Pinkie sure didn’t let up on the decorations.

“Happy Birthday, Luna!!” They all said in unison as they went to collect her in a giant group hug, her new friends and sister squeezing her to death and planting kisses on her cheek. After Luna was able to regain her composure she stared at her friends dumbfounded.

“Did I really forget that today was my birthday again?” Luna asked.

“As you do every year,” Celestia added in.

“And… you all threw a party… for me??” Luna asked meekly, her eyes glassing over and threatening to spill moisture in the form of tears. You see, being as reserved as Luna was, she didn’t really find a need to celebrate her birthday. Celestia, of course, would always ensure she and her would do something together to celebrate regardless. However, this is the first time that her friends (her first true friends) went out of their way to plan a nice sized celebration for her. She was letting her feelings and emotions get to her way to much and she jokingly cursed herself for that.

“Awww of course we did! You’re one of our bestest friends!” Pinkie shouted out, jumping up and down.

“Quite, darling. We wouldn’t have thought otherwise. You’ve done spectacular work for yourself and for Ponyville… you deserve no less than an adequate celebration!” Rarity chimed in.

“I… I don’t know what to say but… Thank you. Thank you all, my great friends,” Luna said with sheer gratitude.

“Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s party!” Celestia shouted as everyone there shouted in approval.

And party they did! All of Luna’s friends plus her sister and other people she had grown fond of in Ponyville proceeded to include her in what Luna would describe as her best birthday ever. Food, drinks, dancing, and even a Jacuzzi in the middle of the common room that none of the girls had any idea how Pinkie pulled that one off. Nevertheless, they weren’t complaining. After about six hours of party games, dancing, and anything else you could imagine at a birthday party, the extra guests filtered out and it was time for what the other girls were looking forward to: Giving Luna her presents. They all sat down in a circle as they decided what order to give them.

“You girls didn’t have to! The party was more than enough!” Luna protested. The girls would have none of it.

“Oh we will not hear such things, Luna! You are getting presents!” Fluttershy added in with a higher tone of inflection in her voice, further accentuating her building confidence. Luna conceded and gave a mock tone that she wanted to “get this over with.”

“Here you go, Darling! I’m sure you’ll absolutely love it!” Rarity went first, pushing a medium sized box into Luna’s lap. Luna opened it and “squee’d” with joy when she pulled out the most beautiful navy blue dress she had ever seen. It matched her hair perfectly and sparkled at the right angles.

“I thought you’d need some formal dress-wear, so I personally made this for that purpose!” Rarity beamed.

“Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!” Luna said very excitedly as she hugged her fashionista friend. Next was Twilight.

“Here you go, Luna. Celestia told me you didn’t have this so I just had to get it for you!” she said, handing Luna a package. When she opened it, it was a book on the Moon and Cosmos. Luna’s smile positively beamed when she read the cover.

“This is going to occupy me for too long, Twilight. Thank you!!!” She said, giving her a nice hug as well. Rainbow Dash stepped up.

“Here you go, Luna. I saw these and immediately thought of you!” she said, eagerly pushing a small package into Luna’s hands. It was a pair of gradient blue mixed martial arts fighting gloves that exposed part of the fingers. Luna had been looking for a replacement and Dash found the perfect ones.

“Oh wow! Thank you Dash! We’re going to have to test these out,” Luna said with a smirk. Dash was overjoyed that she loved it. Applejack was front and center.

“Ah made a special batch and saved it just for you, Luna,” she said as she handed her a jar and a vial. The jar contained their famous zap-apple jam that had been perfectly preserved (which Luna would gladly get sent to the moon for again for some) and the vial contained about three mugs worth of Apple Family cider. Luna was wide-eyed at this.

“You made this for me?!” Luna asked

“Of course Luna!” Applejack said. Luna gave her another crushing hug. She’d be sure to savor this gift as it was consumable.

“Here you go, Luna!” Pinkie shouted as she handed a small box to her. Upon opening, it was some new… very pink… clothes that Luna had looked at (albeit not pink when she eyed them). Luna admired her friend’s audacity of getting her pink clothing, but, she thoroughly enjoyed them last time.

“Thanks Pinkie! These are definitely going in my wardrobe!” Luna said with a smile as she hugged her hyperactive friend. Fluttershy was up.

“Hey Luna, I saw this and it just screamed that it was you. I had to get it. I-I hope you like it,” Fluttershy said as she handed a small but long package to Luna. It was a cobalt blue necklace with a teal crescent moon stone as the pendant. Luna’s eyes twinkled at this thing. She scooped Fluttershy up in an amazing hug.

“It’s beautiful!! Thank you so much Fluttershy!” Luna exclaimed.  Fluttershy, this time, instead of being withdrawn, eagerly returned her embrace and giggled.

“Now, dear sister, I have something for you!” Celestia said excitedly as she pushed another wrapped box into Luna’s lap. Luna opened it only to find a paper, which she grasped to read.

“Mah dick?” Luna read verbatim. Celestia was snickering and just died laughing on the spot. The others reluctantly joined, Luna giggling as well. How could she expect anything less from her sister?

“Oh lord… your reaction was priceless. But no, that’s not it. This is for you!” Celestia said as she turned Luna towards a mirror and removed her tiara. She then adorned Luna’s head with a radiant and shining teal blue tiara that had Luna’s crescent moon in the middle. It was also adorned with other stones of various colors of blue. All the girls gasped at its beauty and Luna was blown away at how amazing it looked.

“Well? Did I do good?” Celestia asked. Luna didn’t answer but merely tackled her sister to the floor in an air-evacuating hug.

“ohmygodohmygodthisissoamazingthankyouTiathankyou!” Luna spat out with almost tears of joy coming from her eyes. She pecked her sister on the cheek several times before releasing her and adjusting her new tiara with a giddy smile on her face.

“Well then… that answers my question,” Celestia said with a giggle as she fixed her own hair. Everyone then looked at Luna who stared back in pure love.

“You’ve all made this journey and transition even better and easier. Thank you… thank all of you… for everything,” Luna said with a beaming smile before all her friends plus her sister enveloped her in a giant group hug. She was loved, and she loved them back.

A glorious day indeed. From this day on, Luna started looking forward to the next days.