I was visiting the library to catch up on some light reading, I figured that I could afford it with all the time on my hands now. I found some interesting books ranging from; Rise of the Elements to a documentary titled University Days. All these stories were interesting and housed the one thing I seemed to lack, Romance. The idea was depressing; but my thoughts turned the the tattered queen.

Her sweet smile, the way she always found the time to meet with me. The subtle movements she made whenever she was around me, and how my heart pounded whenever she was near. A small smile crept across my face as I recollected the fascinating queen, which caught the attention of the librarian, Twilight.

"What's with all the smiles?" She asked jokingly. the violet unicorn gave my book selection a look over and grinned. "I didn't take you for the lovey dovey type, this is very interesting."

I set the novel, Rise of the Elements Part two: Return of the Avatars, down for a moment and gave the grinning unicorn a warm smile,"I may have to be strong, but I like a good romance story every now and then."

"So Dark, I've been meaning to ask you something."

"Ok, Shoot. You got questions? I've got answers." I replied to the curious unicorn.

She retrieved a small book from the table and the title read; A Bubbly Hearth's Warming Eve. "it's about yesterday, in the bedroom."

"Yes, what about it?" I raised an eyebrow in suspicion.

"Well, I just wanted to know what you think about... me." she said through a deep red blush.

"Twilight, I'm sorry but I have feelings for someone else. To be honest, your a fantastic unicorn and your amazing with magic but this mare in my heart has been there for quite some time now."

"Oh." She put her hand on the back of neck in embarrassment. "Well that's ok, I was just checking." She let her hand down and sat at the table with me. "Who is this mare? Do I know her?"

"Well, from the scrolls in the Canterlot Archives and the file reports, you do actually."

"Is she dangerous?"

I drew back a laugh and smiled,"To some yes, me? Not so much." I stood from the table and walked over to the nearby shelf and grabbed another book. As I set myself down on the chair once again, I passed the violet unicorn the hard cover book.

"What's this?" she looked to the cover and raised an eyebrow,"Changlings: The studies and findings." she looked to me with a surprised expression,"You and the Queen, eh?" she broke a smile.

"Well, I don't know yet. I have housed feelings for the mare but I don't know if she holds the same feelings for me." I told Twilight to suffice her curiosity.

"Well, go to her and ask. Simple."

I looked to my book and set it down on the table. Placing my hands over my face, I spoke,"Alright, I guess it couldn't hurt. Well she could reject me, that'd hurt."

"Turn you down? Come on now, no mare could." She filled me with a sense of confidence and gave me the motivation to ask the changling leader for her affection.

As I returned to my feet, I gave twilight an approving nod,"Thanks Twilight, I should be on my way then."

I gave the unicorn a quick hug and made my way back home.

Once I finally arrived home and stepped inside, I found my armor on top of the mannequin rarity gave me and began strapping it on. I left the hood on the dummy, I only needed the basics. When my armor was finally fastened on, I took my leave once more. Upon closing the door, I took to the skies with haste.

As I flew through the skies, my thoughts turned to Chrysalis. I hadn't truly shown the affectionate side of me, and I hadn't shown the compassion in needed to for all the wonderful things she's done for me. Something inside of me continued to think that she was too good for a person such as myself. I steered away from those thoughts and focused on flying and remaining confident.

Nightfall had come and I was that much closer to my precious Queen, but my body felt weary so I made camp for the night. I stopped at the area Shadow and I stopped before. The little camp was still there, leaving the work out for the night. As I lit the fire with an inferno spell, I could hear slow steps coming from behind.

I turned to find Shadow, in his true form, standing in the shadows. "Hello brother, to where are you heading, may I ask?"

"Yes, I have come to... do the feeding..." I didn't wish to tell my equestrian counterpart my true intentions.

"But brother, that's not for another couple days and you know they can not eat until then." Shadow became suspicious of my actions. I could feel my heart slowly pick up speed. "Why are you really here?"

"I..I.. I'm just getting a head start on time. This way I can relax for a couple days around the castle." I continued to weave a blanket of lies but Shadow persisted.

"And this is so you can spend some time with the Queen, isn't this so?" my shadowy equal asked then broke a large grin.

"What's with all the questions?" I turned to my pack and retrieved some food, I broke a loaf of bread and tossed one of the halves to Shadow,"Now are you going to eat or would you rather starve?" I asked.

Shadow accepted his half and bit down on it, he sat down on the log near the campfire and chewed his food. After he swallowed his mouthful, he looked to me with a smile,"Thanks for the food, but you still can't hide your feelings for Chrysalis from me."

I turned to face him with a fearful smile,"How would you know what I feel? I know we're brothers but come on, that's not possible."

"We are the same person, I feel what you feel. See things as you do, but still retain my own mind. You can not hide your affections for her from me, and by your excellent and very convincing acting skills, I'm pretty sure everyone else knows too."

"Ah, who am I kidding. I have felt this way for her for quite awhile and figured I should tell her."

"Let us talk about this subject further then, Shall we?"

We continued to talk throughout the night about our feelings of love. I held mine on Chrysalis, and found that my equestrian counterpart held the same feelings for his fellow dream-weaver, Luna. I never took Shadow for the loving type, he seemed too straight forward to be hiding his feelings. We all have our secrets, I suppose.

Time finally called for sleep and as I laid my head on the grass and stared into the night sky, I watched as the stars flicked and shot across the sky. All hugging the area around the moon. I turned my head and saw Shadow staring blankly into the moon, his thoughts focused on her. I looked back into the night and I thought of Chrysalis.

"I'll see you tomorrow, My Queen."

Well, the next chapters to come are going to be interesting to write to say the least. The fearless and Mighty Darkmoon, frightened by his own feelings. Sounds like something you would hear in a kid story but I love it.

Love writing.

Keep it cool, Condemned.