Clare, house on the beachfront:

‘Well at least I get my cereal, what’s left of it anyway’ I thought to myself as I looked over to Luna who was wailing back the espresso coffee like an alcoholic with beer. She was going to be so hyped up that I might just lock myself in my room for the day.

The TV show ended, somehow the mare had managed to stop the goldfish with some weather machine thingy that froze the water in the machine but somehow the fish survived with only a minor cold.

“Let’s go shopping” Luna said excitedly, I looked over to her with a raised eyebrow. “Shopping?” I asked and she nodded. “I always wanted to go to a mall and go shopping” she informed me. I thought to myself about the idea of going shopping with Luna, it couldn’t be all that bad, sure she’d still by hyped from the coffee but the caffeine rush would soon wear off.

“Alright” I said, she bounced over to me and squeezed me tightly, “Ohh I love you so much Clare” she squealed. I rolled my eyes, as I stood up and placed my bowl and spoon in the sink. “Alright… I’ll just go get dressed” I muttered as I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed tiredly. She bounced around the kitchen and even when I was in my bedroom I could hear her squealing in delight. “I’m going shopping, I’m going shopping” she said happily then let out another squeal of delight.

I strapped the chest holster to my body then holstered the Desert Eagle, I really hope no-pony noticed, but then again they would know that Luna was the princess so they should know that I’m her bodyguard. I slid the duster coat on then rolled up the sleeves and grabbed my Stetson hat.

“Okay Clare… let’s go shopping” I muttered to myself as I walked back into the hallway and looked for Luna who had disappeared. “I really hope that” I began but Luna came up behind me and interrupted me. “How do I look?” she asked in a relatively calm voice, I turned around and looked at her. She had somehow managed to change into a pair of clothes faster than I had put my coat and holster on. She had a casual pair of blue jeans and a white t-shirt that concealed her wings. “You uhm… are you uncomfortable?” I asked and she nodded her head.

“Yes, these clothes are actually quite comfortable… well I can’t stretch my wings but I have a feeling that ponies would scurry about if they saw the night princess” Luna told me. She was right about that but now if some-pony caught sight of my handgun it wouldn’t end well.

“Okay… where to?” I asked as we turned off the lights in the house then left. “Uhm well… how about we hit the mall first, then we can go to a fashion designer and get some real nice clothes” she suggested. “Whatever you want” I replied as we walked along the sidewalk of the city.

Luna’s disguise worked, I think. Ponies wouldn’t look and when they did I think they were looking at my outfit which was out of style for the area. Whenever some-pony looked I was praying that they hadn’t noticed the slight bulge in my coat from the handgun but luckily no-pony panicked.

The sounds and smells of the city were thick, it was so much different from Canterlot but in the same thought it was the same. “So uhm…” I trailed off and Luna looked to me. “Yes?” she asked and I shrugged, she scrunched her nose. “What do you mean?” she asked as she mimicked my shrug. “Well I was just trying to start a conversation” I replied and she snickered.

“Not much for talking with mares huh?” she asked and I shook my head. “Yeah ladies neither, military took up most of my free time back on earth” I replied as we continued on. “Ever had a marefriend?” she asked, I shook my head “Nah, been spending all my time either on guard or sleeping” I informed her. “How about lady friends back on earth?” she asked.

“Yeah, I had a few relationships but they never lasted” I told her and she gave me a curious look. “Why not?” she asked, I simply shrugged. “They usually said that they couldn’t handle a distant relationship and that I either had to give up my career or they’d leave me so…” I trailed off, not needing to say the rest.

“Ohh… that’s too bad. They never knew how lucky they were” Luna said as she started to trot closer to me. “I don’t know. Maybe they made the right choice. I never really around that much and when I did come back I didn’t really want to go out or anything” I told her. “Regardless I think you are a wonderful man Clare err Carl” she said, correcting herself to try and make me feel a little better.

“So how about you?” I asked and she let out a depressed sigh. “I only ever loved once… we were so close and eventually he passed away” Luna said sadly. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bring it up” I apologized, she shook her head. “It’s okay, I needed to tell someone other than my sister” Luna replied and I nodded.

We walked for a while and talked about happier things then finally reached the mall. We walked around the mall which was relatively busy and Luna chose a store to shop at which was a brand name store that sold leather apparel. Even in Equestria leather was expensive but I had enough money saved up to buy whatever she wanted, though she could probably get it for free if she just showed that she was the princess.

“Ohh Carl you have to try this on” Luna said as she levitated over a black leather jacket. I grabbed the jacket and looked at it, it kind of reminded me of the terminator jacket. “I need your clothes, your boots and you motorcycle… actually speaking of which we should get a Harley to commute around town” I said as I handed her the jacket. “Well try it on, I want to see how you look” Luna told me in a joyful voice.

I leaned towards her to whisper to her but I guess she took it as a romantic gesture because she began kissing me. I broke away from the kiss but kept my face close to hers, “Well that’s not what I meant but…” I trailed off and gave her a wink. “Well then try the jacket on” she laughed. “This place doesn’t have a change room and I’m wearing my gun” I whispered and she remembered that I took the pistol with me. “Ohh yeah… okay well buy it anyway, you can try in on later. I think you’d look handsome in it” she said, I chuckled “I don’t think I’m all that handsome, but thanks for the compliment”.

She wrapped her foreleg around my neck. “Well I think you’re cute” she whispered and we began to kiss again in the store. We stopped kissing and I grabbed a pair of leather pants and some boots then looked to Luna. “You want to get something?” I asked and she browsed around then picked out a more feminine pair of brown leather pants and a light brown leather jacket. “What do you think?” she asked, I pictured her in the leather clothes and for some reason it kind of turned me on but I think that was the fact that she was already pretty cute and the leather clothes kind of gave her that sexy devil sort of look. I nodded “Yeah I’d say get it”.

An hour later:

Clare, motorcycle dealership:

“Ah yes an excellent choice sir, The Harley Davidson is an all-time classic. this particular model includes the redesigned hard suspension kit to allow more weight as well as the saddle bags on the rear” the sales-pony informed me, the Harley I was looking at was a matte black and had that terminator look to it..

“How much?” I asked and he pulled out a notebook. “Well for you sir, I’ll give you a deal. $14,000” he offered and I nodded. “I’ll take it” I told him and he led us into dealership for the financials. “So sir how would you like your payments?” he asked as he brought out his notebook once again. “All” I replied and he scrunched his nose. “All?” he asked and I nodded as I brought out my debit card. “Uhm… you want to pay in full?” he asked and I nodded so he brought out a little card swiping machine and we began the transaction.

After about a half hour we finished the transaction, Luna and I drove out of the dealership in a brand new Harley Davidson. We had put our old clothes in the saddle bags and were wearing our leather clothes, luckily I found somewhere to change without any-pony seeing my handgun. I supposed we looked like bikers except we weren’t wearing our helmets. Partially because we didn’t buy any but also because Luna had a horn and me, well I had a pair of sunglasses that I purchased and I was sporting the terminator look.