Chapter 5: Rematch

Luna woke up at around eleven-thirty in the morning with the biggest smile she sported yet, waking up much later than usual. Seafire woke her up at around eight to tell her that he needed to rush out and tend to some important business related matters, and that he’d catch up with her later. She was in a very groggy state and Seafire was only able to catch “Yeah… yeah, eat… dick, Tia,” before she passed out again, him leaving her while laughing. When Luna woke up she felt more refreshed and rejuvenated than she had in ages. Needless to say she was extremely elated and in no small part due to the events of the previous night. It really was something. Today, though, Luna and Celestia had communicated that they would get brunch by themselves at around noon before Luna had to have a training simulation with the Guard… a combat simulation to be precise, and something Luna always looked forward to. But of course, meals with her elder sister were always pleasant, which goes without saying. Luna forced herself out of her comfy bed in order to quickly shower and get dressed. A teal shirt and some jeans would do nicely… screw the tiara.

“I’m all set, Tia. Where do you want to meet?” Luna asked via mindchat.

“Ummm… I’m not feeling anything specific. How about a traditional diner or something?”

“Sounds good to me!” Luna replied, enthusiastically.

“Cool! I’ll teleport us bot there…” Celestia began to say.

“Teleport? It’s a nice day! Let’s walk!” Luna said.

“Nah I don’t feel like it…” Celestia whined. Luna pouted.

“Fiiine. Remember the diner I told you about? There.”

“Righto. Prepare for teleportation,” Celestia informed.

With that, Luna felt herself enveloped in her sister’s aura and she found herself standing in front of her at the designated diner. The two smiled when they saw each other and embraced heartily, giggling.

“How’re you, sister?” Luna asked with a grin. Celestia only sighed dreamily, making Luna raise her eyebrow inquisitively.

“I’m quite well this morning, thank you for asking. And what about you?! You look positively radiant!” Celestia exclaimed. Luna colored slightly at the question and observation. Celly picked up on this immediately.

“What happened…? Did my little sister finally become a woman?!” she asked jokingly. Luna colored more, but not for the reason Celestia was thinking, obviously.

“I’m a woman by Equestrian Law, actually,” Luna pointed out. Celestia seemed way too… happy right now.

“Mhmmm. So… what went down?? Actually, I think I already know the answer to what… or who ‘went down,’” Celestia winked. Luna facepalmed.

“Tia, firstly, you’re mistaken on your thoughts. Secondly, can we not discuss this out here?” Luna asked her, to which Celestia grinned sheepishly.

“Yeah… good point. Come on, let’s get a table,” she replied, walking inside. Before Luna followed her, she noticed that Celestia lightly stumbled in her step, with her legs shaking very slightly… indicating a weakness and fatigue in her lower body. Luna’s thoughts processed for a whole two seconds before she put two and two together… her smile becoming very smug as she walked inside after her sister.

“Sooo Tia, did you fall on the metal supports by the stairs? Because it sure looks like you got railed!” Luna exclaimed, Celestia’s blood draining from her face, and Luna ending up laughing heartily. In truth, Tia had nothing to say to that.

“Oh shut up!” Celestia replied, a bit red. Luna merely sipped her water in victory with a smug look on her face.

“And what the hell are you so smug about? You’re not completely innocent yourself!” Celestia pointed out. Luna bobbed her head in agreement.

“Indeed… I’m not entirely innocent in this aspect anymore. But now that I think about it, I’m perfectly okay with that,” Luna reasoned with a grin. Celestia rolled her eyes with a chortle. A waitress came by to take their orders:

“Good day, your highnesses! What can I get for you?” she asked in a jovial tone, obviously aware of who they were but not apprehensive in the slightest. That made things more the merrier.

“I’ll take the chocolate chip pancakes with a side of Crystalian bacon and a glass of strawberry milk, please,” Luna said with a smile and warm voice.

“Hmmm… I’d like a glass of chocolate milk and I’ll try your hay and cheese omelet with no eggs,” Celestia said, holding back a chuckle. The waitress blinked a couple times and stared off into space, attempting to comprehend what she just said.

“Oh good lord, Tia…” Luna thought, facepalming while chuckling to herself.

“I’m just kidding about the last part. My order still stands though,” Tia restated with an enormous ‘trollestia’ smile on her face. The waitress laughed a bit at the corny joke as well.

“You got it, Princesses!” she said before strolling off. Luna rolled her eyes before turning back to her sister.

“So… does that mean you and Windfire are…?” Luna began to ask.

“If you’re into labels, I suppose you could say that.”

“Good. He’s a good guy. Gentle, tender, caring, and sweet.”

“Oh he’s tender… I’ll tell you what…” Celestia quipped.

“That’s very friggin’ funny, sister. But in all seriousness, he’s got a great heart,”

“And a great c—”

“SHUT UP,” Luna said more forcefully, albeit while attempting to stifle her laughter.

“But seriously, treat him well.”

“Treat him well!? Shouldn’t you have to talk with him about treating me well?” Celestia asked with mock anger.

“No, I don’t think I have to. You’re co-ruler of this nation, so I doubt he’ll attempt to get on your bad side. I’d personally have his ass if he did such a thing, which he won’t. Secondly, if living my entire life by your side, save for my banishment, told me anything, it told me that you’re an ass. Try not to scare him away with your forwardness,” Luna retorted with jest readily apparent in her tone. Celestia couldn’t help but giggle at that. Their food arrived and they continued making playful, sisterly conversation.

“So, what’s on your agenda today?” Celestia inquired as she gracefully shoveled pieces of her omelet into her mouth.

“Well, there was hanging out with you today for a couple hours, then a combat simulation with the Guard at about three, then the rest of the night to hang out with Twilight and whatever she has planned,” Luna listed as she drank down some of her milk. Celestia was clearly thinking about something to do.

“You know… we never had our rematch…” Celestia prodded with a knowing grin. Luna stopped mid-eating to look at her and grin back.

“Dear sister, do you wish to quarrel?”

“Maybe I do… Because I need to beat your ass this time around,” Celestia stated with conviction and a grin. Luna put her fork down and just stared at her. Them’s fightin’ words.

“Miss? Check please!” Luna shouted, holding her hand up. The waitress almost immediately laid the bill down, to which Luna pulled out her wallet and dug out a large quantity of bills, undoubtedly more than the cost, and slammed them on the table.

“Thanks!” Luna shouted out before turning to her sister with a sadistic smile.

“Castle. Now.”

“Someone’s horny.”

Luna merely flipped her off as she walked out of the diner, Celestia laughing her ass off before teleporting them both. Their server looked at the table and saw eighty-three bits on the top. The bill was twenty-one.  

The two arrived at the castle and looked at each other. Not much needed to be said.

“Arena. Ten minutes,” Celestia stated with a smile.

“See you then.”

The two parted ways to get ready for their rematch brawl. Once they got ready and dressed appropriately, the arena was lighted. It was a large, indoor coliseum-esque structure that held many viewing platforms and seats. It was used primarily for magic shows and performances, although Celestia and Luna used them for their own nefarious purposes.

The lights flicked on and the two emerged from their opposite ends of the coliseum. Luna sported her military leotard which was sleeveless and essentially left her legs exposed, martial arts foot-wear and greaves as well as the gloves Rainbow Dash had given her for her birthday. Her hair was also notably in a ponytail.

Celestia emerged donning a sports midriff which was oddly long sleeved, as well as yoga pants along with gloves and appropriate footwear. Her hair was put up in a bun. The two met their gazes and started towards the middle of the arena, meeting directly in the center. A few guards who were patrolling the area happened to walk in and spectate. Celestia waved her hand and her aura engulfed the arena.

“While you were on hiatus I made some adjustments to the arena. The magical field I just put up prevents any and all serious injury from occurring to any occupants on the inside. It doesn’t dampen pain, however, so it gives a realistic training session if that’s what the arena is to be used for. In short, no serious injuries and all the pain.” Celestia explained.

“That’s… awesome. No holding back then. So, how do you want to do this?” Luna asked.

“One round, no magic. Victory is obtained by fatiguing the opponent, or a clean KO.”

“Traditional. Excellent,” Luna said again, sporting a devious grin. A few more guards, solar and lunar, had trickled in to see what the princesses were up to. They could tell they were in for a show. Lulu and Tia clasped their hands together once in a show of sportsmanship before backing up a few steps and getting into their unique fighting stances.

The two began to circle each other, watching, grinning, and anticipating what to do. Already, the guards were starting to cheer them on:

“You got this, Luna!”

“No mercy, Celly!”

The two closed in on each other and Luna acted first. She shifted her weight and attempted a wheel kick on Celestia. She was fast, but Tia countered with extreme precision as she grabbed Luna’s foot in the air, using her momentum against her in order to bring her down hard to the ground. Luna landed chest first and gasped in the sudden pain. Many of the guards clapped and cheered. She didn’t anticipate the counter. She shrugged it off and flipped back onto her feet.

“Nice counter. You’ve been practicing, Tia,” Luna commented, wiping off her chest and face as she got back into fighting stance.

“And you’ve been out of practice,” Celestia joked. Luna dashed forward and threw a reverse hook, which Celestia easily blocked. Luna anticipated this and followed through with two jabs while catching Celestia’s legs in a hard low sweep, completely knocking her off of her feet and ending with her landing flat on her back, knocking the wind out of her.

“Damn! Your lower body is weak from some activities of the previous night…” Luna commented, noticing how easily she swept her. Celestia coughed up a garbled response of what was most likely a chuckle before she rolled to the side and got on her feet again. Tia went on the offensive and attempted a roundhouse right to Luna’s face. Luna pushed her leg away, attempting to follow up with a jab to her face. Celestia anticipated this and upon one full revolution of her body, parried her forearm upward with Luna’s fist. Luna attempted to follow up with a straight reverse, but Celestia caught that in her left hand as well. With both of Luna’s arms in Celestia’s control, she brought her leg up and side kicked Luna directly in her chest, sending her back a good few feet and onto her ass.

“UGH! My boobs…!” Luna yelled, grabbing her chest in pain. She looked up in shock to see Celestia charging her while she was still on the ground. Luna rolled just in time out of the way of Celestia’s foot. Luna got back to her feet and heel kicked Tia. She caught Luna’s attack in her hands and flipped her leg completely around, forcing Luna into a horizontal spin. Luna used this momentum to bring the heel of her other foot into Celestia’s cheek, forcing her away in pain.

“HA! Didn’t expect that, now, did—” Luna couldn’t finish her sentence as she was rudely interrupted by Celestia’s fist colliding directly with her jaw. Luna stumbled but regained her composure soon after to find Celestia bearing down on her. She was definitely not pulling any punches… literally!

Luna was forced into the defensive, having to block and counter what she could of Celestia’s flurry of coordinated attacks. It was very apparent that she had been practicing and was out for revenge for losing last fight. Luna was going to make sure that the ‘Warrior Princess’ inside her made itself known.

Celestia made an error in her onslaught and Luna capitalized on it immediately. She ducked low under Tia’s last punch and came back up, clasping her face with both of her hands before introducing her forehead to Celestia’s face, making her stumble furiously and in immense pain before following it up with an elbow to her temple, forcing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground, supported by her arms. The fight was definitely taking its toll on the both of them, as they were starting to show scratches, cuts, and bruises. No serious injury as per the magic field, of course, but still little souvenirs from the ‘friendly’ quarrel. Nothing medical magic couldn’t fix.

Luna dashed to Celestia’s body only to have Tia roll over and deliver a kick right to Luna’s inner thigh, right under her crotch. Luna was overwhelmed with a painful numbing sensation as her legs buckled and she fell to her knees. Celestia then wrapped her legs around Luna’s torso and head as she used them to drag her forcefully to the ground, Luna’s shoulder connecting nicely with the floor, and putting Celestia on top of her.  

Luna (in enormous pain right now) broke her arms free of the binding and brought her elbow down on Celestia’s thigh, forcing her to release her grip on Luna. Luna then picked up Celestia as she got to her feet and grappled her, throwing Celestia several feet in front of her. Celestia got back on her feet, only to find Luna on the counteroffensive. Luna was completely unrelenting in her attacks and Celestia was getting even more fatigued by merely avoiding her complex network of attacks. Eventually, Celestia faltered in her defense and Luna landed a swift uppercut. Celestia fell back and landed rather hardly; panting both from fatigue and pain… Luna fared no better as she dashed towards Celestia’s fallen form. This had become essentially a ‘war of attrition.’ In one final strike, Celestia mustered her physical strength and clenched her lower abdominal muscles, closing her legs together and lifting them up, only to swing them horizontally across with amazing force, her heel completely shattering Luna’s attempt to block and connecting with her neck. Luna went down as well. Both were spent from the twenty minute fight and had found comfortable positions on the ground; the pain finally getting to them.

“T-Tia…” Luna panted.

“Lulu…?”

“Draw?”

“Please…” Celestia replied with a tired grin. The two bumped fists and helped each other up. The guards cheered for their performance and they both gave a small curtsy and giggle. The two then looked at each other up and down… although neither of them had sustained a real injury due to the magic field, they still had several scrapes, cuts, bruises, etc.

“What do you say we get patched up, throw some swimsuits on and get some sun?” Celestia offered, still obviously fatigued.

“That… sounds lovely. A couple hours break before my Combat Training is well in order,” Luna replied. The two then nodded in agreement and strode out of the arena, an arm draped over the other’s shoulders.