Once in a Blue Moon

by Harmonybass

In a world... Where one middle school brony wrote his first fanfiction that was really, really bad... Will he find the courage to post it online without any editing? This is Once in a Blue Moon! Officially the longest line of a crap-storm that ever flowed from my typing fingertips... Seriously... It's so bad you could basically count it as a single run-on sentence. HAVE FUN!

1. Chapter 1

Once in a blue moon

This is a OC pony and Princess Luna fan-fiction. It is sorta/kinda wrapped around events in seasons 1-4 of my little pony but when I ran out of stuff to reference, being the shows, then I kinda made it up from there. Oh! Since I'm writing this now it might be out dated, by a lot. So enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Blue Moon(not even, he's just my idea).I give all credit to hasbro.

Characters: (because it's a story!)

Blue Moon: A highly ranked light blue unicorn guard with a bright, full, blue moon with a silvery shield behind it as his cutie mark, representing his destiny as guarding the moon Princess, Luna. Both his mane and tail are white with darker blue and deep purple streaks in between. (Spoiler alert) He also doesn't mind his job guarding the Princess of the night.

Strong Shield: a grey unicorn with a regular silver shield on his flank. He also has a silvery mane and tail. He is Blue Moon's best friend and also guards Princess Luna.

Blue Moon stood at his post at Princess Luna's part of the royal castle, just outside of her room. He had been assigned there after Luna's return from being nightmare moon. He chuckled to himself as he recalled his first day on the job. Him and Shining Armor had visited the throne room and Shining Armor had introduced him as Blue Moon, 'the new guy'. At first he didn't know what to make of Luna, she seemed to have come from another time period. Every time she seemed to feel the slightest bit of emotion, it didn't even have to be strong, her voice got so loud that it almost blew Blue Moon off his feet. Sometimes Blue Moon found himself staring at her, she was cute, in a slightly out-of-place way.

It wasn't long until Blue Moon had actually grown very fond of his post guarding the princess.

Everything was great, until one night

(dun Dun DUN!)he noticed Luna returning from a walk, which she went on late into the night, something was different than usual, she looked sad as if remembering something sorrowful. He padded up and said," Princess Luna, is everything alright." She just said sadly," nothing blue moon, just leave me and return to your post." Slowly, Blue Moon walked back to his post. The other guard, Strong Shield, looked at him curiously. "What was that about." He said,"just... Wanted to see if the princess was ok." Blue Moon replied. "Whatever." Said Strong Shield.

The next day was Princess Twilight's coronation and Blue Moon was to accompany Luna to the throne room, where the coronation would take place. As he walked beside Luna, he studied the way that her star filled mane flowed majestically. Then she suddenly spoke up and turned to Blue Moon,"Thank you, Blue Moon for being concerned, last night".

"It was all I could think to do your majesty", Blue Moon replied. Luna gave him a look as they neared the entrance to the throne room,"this is where we part, I must go be with my sister at the coronation now." Blue Moon started, had the walk really been that quick. "Of course your majesty." He said quickly, bowing his head. As Luna walked to Princess Celestia they joined with Princess Cadence and got in their places for the ceremony.

After getting back to his post in the castle later that night he and Strong Shield stood waiting for the Princess's return later that night. When she did return, she had the same, lonely face as the night before, though she tried to hide it with a little smile on the way in.

Later that night Blue Moon heard a small noise coming from Princess Luna's chamber. "Is that crying?" He thought, and he burst through the doors.

Princess Luna was laying on her bed with her head down, sobbing. "Your majesty, what's wrong?" Blue Moon asked urgently, Princess Luna had never struck Blue Moon as the crying type, nor did it make him feel any better not knowing exactly how to comfort her.

"Nothing Blue Moon," Luna said sadly.

"Are you sure Princess..." Blue Moon inquired. Then suddenly Luna turned on him, anger behind her tearful eyes,"You are a royal guard Blue Moon! You WILL leave me to myself!" Stunned, Blue Moon could only dip his head respectfully and return to his post.

"That sounded interesting" Strong Shield mumbled, frowning grimly to himself. "I'm just concerned for the Princess, she seems..." Blue Moon paused for a second.

"Different" He finished.

It had been a few months since the last "Luna related" conversation with Strong Shield. Every night Luna would come back to her room either by walking in or flying in through the balcony. It was soon going to be time for the summer sun celebration and everypony was looking forward to the big event. But earlier on the day of the celebration Blue Moon got a report that both Princess Luna and Celestia were missing, he also noticed that the sun nor moon would seem to set. Quickly, he reported this to the other guards. Two of them went to alert Princess Twilight, who was helping to plan the celebration. The rest stayed and searched hurriedly for any trace of the lost princesses. The two guards returned saying that the new orders were to search the castle for the two missing Princess's and report anything to Princess Twilight.

Blue Moon quickly went to Princess Luna's chambers to search for any hints that could give him more information on the missing Princess's. Of the two sisters Luna had become his top priority. Soon he came to find Luna's journal. He thought to himself,"should I read it?" and then decided it was the easiest and quickest way to search for clues. His blue horn sparked to life as he opened the book and he started to read.

Entry number 28, Today was the wedding of Princess Cadence and my good friend Twilight's older brother Shining Armor, which I am sorry to have missed. It surprised me to find the city of Canterlot in ruins when I arrived, but I was soon told by Celestia later that changelings had invaded. Also, I learned that the changelings had been banished from the city by Cadence and Shining Armor, with the powerful magic of their love. Then I thought to myself, will I ever find love, or will I be alone for another thousand years before anyone even notices me. Maybe it's just that everypony is just scared of me because I was nightmare moon. Can't they see I have changed! The ponies in Ponyville might have learned that I am good but the rest of Equestria still fears me! It's SO UNFAIR!

Blue Moon noticed that some of the page had darkened spots on it, as if Luna had been crying while she wrote the entry. He flipped forward a few pages to see if anything else was written to help with his search for clues.

Entry number 37

I was reminded again of the painful ache in my heart, by a couples in the streets they have each other, but for me the waiting is painful and hard to bear. I hope my love comes soon. But in the meantime, at least in public I must remain strong, I cannot allow others to think me an unstable ruler. Blue Moon read the pages and thought," Is this why she is so lonely at night, from all of the built up sorrow of hiding it in the day. Blue Moon flipped through a few pages and read on.

Entry number 46

Today was the coronation of my good friend Twilight. I am proud of my friend for she and her friends were the one's to teach me how to properly speak and act around my subjects after my return from nightmare moon. Also the most wonderful occasion made me the most light hearted that I had been in a very long time. But as the joyous occasion went on I noticed that one of the new guards, Flash Sentry, who had arrived with Cadence, was staring intently at her, VERY intently. To think that Twilight Sparkle had ponies that already showed affection for her is just a reminder that I may never find a special pony. Maybe I just need to wait for the right pony to come along. But waiting is no easy task, one of my guards outside of my room does show somewhat of something for me, but then again his job IS to keep me safe. So I don't know who it will be or how long I will need to wait. Waiting is painfully lonely.

Blue Moon thought to himself, was this why Princess Luna had looked lonely for so long and why the night after the coronation he had found her crying? She wanted somepony to be with and love. He felt slightly embarrassed about the part with him or Strong Shield but most of him was filled with sympathy for the lonely Princess. He will admit that there was more than one reason he liked his job. Suddenly nervous he thought that maybe he should have searched for clues elsewhere. Going through Princess Luna's personal journal just seemed wrong. Then Blue Moon was called out from the room. Strong Shield was standing in the corridor waiting. As he caught up with him Strong Shield said,"I have good news, bad news and one question, which do you want to hear first." Blue Moon thought for a moment ,"I'll take the good news,"He answered at last. "Ok, the good news is that the lost princess's have been found, they were tied up with vines all the way in the everfree forest of Ponyville. The bad news is that Princess Twilight and her friends had to give up the Elements of Harmony in order to save them." And the question is, why exactly were you camping out in Luna's room?"

"I-I was l-looking for clues,"Blue Moon said, which wasn't a lie.

They walked out to the courtyard where Princess Luna and Celestia had just arrived from the rising of the summer sun ceremony. Blue Moon rushed over as Princess Celestia walked off toward the castle, Strong shield went with Princess Celestia and Blue Moon trotted over to join Princess Luna. "Princess Luna, are you alright." Blue Moon asked urgently, bowing low for the Princess. Luna looked at Blue Moon with a distant look in her eyes, then glanced at her hooves. "I'm... I'm fine Blue Moon, thank you for your concern, but shouldn't you have gone with my sister instead of stay here?" She asked.

Blue Moon thought he wasn't as red as he felt,"Well, y-yes, but I... thought you would want an escort to your room." Blue Moon stated, not knowing quite why. Luna then paused like she was deciding on something important, and then quickly added, "I'm sorry Blue Moon there is something I must think-", she paused,"uh, think about" and then she flew up to her balcony and walked into her room. "So much for the escort..." Blue Moon thought to himself.

Blue Moon was standing at his post when suddenly Princess Luna burst through her chamber doors and looked around frantically. "Your Majesty?" Blue Moon began but Luna cut him off, "I'm fine, I must get to my sister!" And with that she raced off in the direction of Princess Celestia's room.

A day passed, and no news had been passed to Blue Moon about Princess Luna's bolt out of her room. Then later that day Blue Moon got a report saying that an unspeakable evil had been unleashed upon Equestria. A monstrous beast that devoured magic was coming for Canterlot. It supposedly had already taken out some other towns and cities. Only a few ever came back with magic. It had stolen the strength of earth ponies, the magic of the unicorns, and the flight of the pegasus, and now it was looking for Alicorns! As soon as he heard the news Blue Moon rushed to Luna's quarters and burst through the doors. "Princess Luna!" He said, and Luna looked at him, surprised. "Princess you are in danger!"

"Yes Blue Moon, I have heard the stories too." She calmly explained, and you must go to the outer wall and defend the city at all costs." Blue Moon quickly turned to go but stopped," Your majesty what about you? I cannot allow you to do anything that would threaten your safety!"he said, but then quickly added," A-As my sworn duty to the royalty of Equestria." Luna gave Blue Moon a look, something sparkled in her sea green eyes, beyond their usual starry glimmer. "Nevermind about me, I must go and meet the other Princess's in the throne room, where we will decide on our next plans. Which is why you and the other guardponies must hold the walls Blue Moon, for as long as you can." "Yes, Princess Luna." Blue Moon replied as he turned and left the room. He ran down the many corridors and passages that led to the outer walls, as he got there he swore he saw a purple and pink streak of color shoot across the sky.

Minutes later they saw a figure in the distance, it was walking leisurely down the road and not slowing down. Then as it stopped at the front gates Blue Moon saw it clearly, it had the four legs of a stallion, but where it's neck and head should have been a tall thing with arms and a horned head grew tall. Blue Moon heard some of the other guards gasp in horror. Then at the bottom of the gate he saw another creature, not much smaller than the first, that seemed to have no connection between its limbs at all. Then he remembered the creature Discord from the stained glass windows in the throne room. Discord chuckled as the other beast opened its mouth and an orange light poured out. Blue Moon ducked behind the wall and watched as all the guards surrounding him all stiffened as their magic was siphoned from their horns. Then all of a sudden the creature Discord suddenly appeared around him in a flash of light, "You missed one," he called joyfully to the monster. Then the monster walked closer. "Yes the more spirited ones do always last longest, but I still need their magic, what are you fighting for pony? Hmm, let me think. Oh, goodness your fighting for a love aren't you." it growled in a deep voice. Enraged, Blue Moon shot a beam of light into one of the monsters eyes, it screamed and covered it's blinded eye. "You will never harm her!" He yelled. Then it turned on him and opened its mouth, the orange anti-magic spread until it grasped his horn. He stood helplessly as the creature pulled all of the magic in his being out of him, he began to feel weak and struggled against the pull but to no avail. As the last of his magic left him he collapsed into a heap, then just before he lost consciousness he saw a dark pony staring wide-eyed in the thrown room window. "Princess Luna?" He mumbled, then closed his eyes and let the world slip from his conscious.

Blue Moon woke on the castle wall, confused he looked around. He saw the princesses walking around rousing the guards from their magic-less slumber. Then he remembered the horrible experience with the red skinned beast and realized that his magic had returned. He saw a rainbow disk expanding in the skies over him. Whatever it was it had given him all of his lost magic. As he looked around he saw the other guards waking and looking around in confusion. Luna trotted up to him, a somewhat pleading look in her eyes," Blue Moon are you alright?" He just nodded. Then Strong Shield stumbled up to him and said, "What in Equestria's good name just happened?" Blue Moon just stared blankly at nothing in particular," I don't know, Strong Shield, I don't know."

(This and everything that follows is stuff that is going on after the end of season four of my little pony and so I had no real storyline to bend my fanfic around at the time, so it might not be what you expect... Until season five comes out I just had to wing it.)

It had been the same thing for Blue Moon for almost a whole seven months and Princess Luna's attitude was still that lonely expression. Although the... beautiful, Princess managed to hide it for most of the day, she was still sad and lonely when she came back to her room. But despite the sadness in her eyes she always seemed to try and smile as she walked past him.

Blue Moon had been keeping track of time, for a lack of something better to do in the spare moments he had, and he realized that Hearts and Hooves day was only days away. Seeing Luna's sad expression one day gave Blue Moon an idea.

On Hearts and Hooves day Blue Moon watched Princess Luna slowly walk into her chambers, a little more lonely than usual. Then, as expected, he heard a gasp and Princess Luna burst back out through the doors to her room and looked around excitedly, then seeing Blue Moon and Strong Shield's stares, blushed and happily pranced back into her room a small, sheepish smile on her face. Blue Moon chuckled quietly to himself.

"What was that about?" Strong Shield said giving him a raised eyebrow. Blue Moon responded, "Oh I don't know." Blue Moon answered sarcastically. "Oooooookay." Strong Shield replied awkwardly.

Blue Moon remembered the gift and the note he wrote and then placed gently on her bed.

The following days Blue Moon realized a complete change of character in Princess Luna. For one, she certainly seemed happier, another thing is that Blue Moon noticed an amethyst necklace that Princess Luna had suddenly started wearing so often that he happily doubted that she hardly ever took it off. Blue Moon was so glad that she started wearing the necklace that had been mysteriously placed on Luna's bed along with a note saying to meet in the courtyard on hearts and hooves day.

The night of the romantic holiday had finally come and Blue Moon snuck out of his quarters to leave for the courtyard. He weaved in and out of hundreds of other pony couples that were headed for the grand hall, where the dance would be held. Hoping nopony would notice him without his armor, Blue Moon made his way to the courtyard. Blue Moon walked along the tree covered path to the center of the courtyard and found Princess Luna waiting with her back to him staring at the moon.

He slowly walked out of the shadows, "Princess Luna?" He said softly. She quickly turned around with a smile, her joyful look faded into surprise as she saw blue moon. "Blue Moon? It was you?" She asked quietly. Blue Moon padded closer to her, "Yes Luna, since I... Um... Read your journal-" "YOU DID WHAT?!" Luna screamed. "It wasn't because I was being nosy I was looking for clues!" Blue Moon said hurriedly. "Clues for WHAT Blue Moon?" Luna said impatiently. Blue Moon quickly explained, "Remember that day that you and Princess Celestia went missing, and where later found near Ponyville." Luna looked at him curiously, "well, yes." She said. "That was why I looked in your journal." Blue Moon said,"To see if it could help to find you Luna." Princess Luna looked down at her hooves, embarrassed. "I am sorry that I yelled", then she smiled,"Did I use the royal voice?" She said with a small smile. They both laughed. They sat for a long time looking up at the stars, Luna explained some of the constellations to Blue Moon. He was glad this was going well, but then he thought of something that he wanted to ask of her. "Luna." He said. "Yes Blue Moon." Luna looked over at him, starting to smile, as if she knew what he was going to ask. "Will you be... Umm... My special somepony?" Blue Moon finished sheepishly. "Blue Moon", Luna began, "you sound much like my friend Fluttershy, as shy as you're acting." Blue Moon looked up, confused. "Umm... Pardon?" He said. "Oh sorry Blue Moon, I'm getting off topic aren't I." Luna said, embarrassed, she looked down at her hooves. "So will you be my special somepony?" He said. Luna stared up into the stars for what seemed like forever," Well, it's not like we would be very far apart," she said quietly. Blue Moon looked hopefully at her lovely face. Just then a voice sounded behind them," Umm Princess Luna, shouldn't you be in the grand hall with every other pony in the entire city of Canterlot?" Asked Princess Twilight as she came out of the woods. Both Blue Moon and Luna quickly moved away from each other," Umm- we weren't-", Luna started. "I was just-", Blue Moon struggled to come up with an excuse. "Taking- me for a walk, yes!" Luna finished. "But we weren't- like, DOING, anything..."Blue Moon said trying hard to say something useful. Twilight looked at them strangely," umm, oooookaay. Well! Luna you're supposed to be at the dance with everypony else, remember?" Twilight said. "O-Oh yes twilight, I am sorry to have forgotten..." Luna replied reluctantly. "Princess Twilight turned to leave and called over her shoulder, " Oh, and guys, don't try to cover it up, you like each other, by the way you were looking at each other it was kinda obvious." She said with a smirk. Blue Moon and Luna both stared at their hooves, blushing a bright shade of pink. "You won't tell anypony, will you Twilight?" Luna asked in a quiet kind of voice. "Not if it makes you two uncomfortable. You, Luna are still my friend and and I'm the Princess of friendship, so of all ponies you can trust me."

It had been weeks since Blue Moon and Princess Luna confessed their feelings for each other. He hadn't really been keeping track of time because he had been "otherwise occupied" with something, or more preferably somepony, he thought with a grin. "Whatcha grinning about Blue Moony?" Strong Shield asked, looking almost ready to burst with laughter. "I-It's nothing!" Blue Moon said trying to hide his permanent grin.

"It's ok you can trust me, who is it?" Strong Shield asked. Blue Moon couldn't hold it in any longer, "Ok, I'll tell you, it's-" "Blue Moon!" Both Blue moon and Strong Shield jumped as Princess Luna walked toward them through the corridor. "What were you guys talking about?" She said, not looking truly interested at all, but the spark in her eyes suggested otherwise. Blue Moon was trembling inside his blue coat. She looked beautiful, her mane shimmering with starlight, her sea green eyes sparkled, and she was calling his name over and over again and waving a hoof in his face, it was sooooo, wait what. Blue Moon snapped out of his daydream to both Strong Shield and Luna looking at him intently, "Hey Blue Moon are you alright?" Strong Shield asked, "thought we lost you for a sec, where'd you go?" He said. "Oh me, I'm fine, I- I just need some water." He said quickly and trotted down the corridor. After he got some "water" he walked out to the gardens to where him and Luna sat and watched the stars on hearts and hooves day. He listened carefully until he heard the soft sound of hooves on the grass. He turned to see Luna looking a little irritated. "What?" He asked not remembering if he did anything wrong. "Blue Moon you almost gave us away, do you know what would happen if Strong Shield found out?" She asked with a worried look in her eyes. "No I can't think of anything at the moment." He said with a tiny smile on his face. But Luna was not smiling, "First you tell Strong Shield, then he tells the other guards, next they tell their friends, and then it's all over Equestria!" She finished breathing hard. "No more privacy." Blue Moon realized out loud, Luna nodded slowly. "I- Luna I'm sorry, I'll shouldn't have been that careless." Blue Moon said solemnly. She touched his chin with her hoof. "It's ok I know...

"Oh, Luna I'm so glad you agreed to come that night." Blue Moon said quietly as they were lying side by side in the soft grass. "The night that we met? I mean, officially met?" Luna said. "That's the night!" Blue Moon responded happily. They laid there and stared up at the stars for awhile. Then Blue Moon spoke up, "I should probably get back to my post, you know, before Strong Shield freaks out." He said. "Yes, I must get some rest as well." Luna agreed. "Maybe I could walk you home, after all it is my duty to royalty to protect them at any cost." Blue Moon joked while standing up and saluting, earning a smirk from Luna, and apparently Twilight who had just popped out of the bushes."Aaaand how are things going with you guys?" She said. "Things are wonderful Twilight, thank you for asking." Luna said glancing at Blue Moon. "My bodyguard has been taking very good care of me." She and Twilight giggled. "After all, it is my duty as I was saying earlier." Blue Moon said with a smile. Then as the conversation continued, one of the bushes started shaking and a muffled voice called out quietly," quiet, your gonna get us caught." The first voice said irritably. Then a second voice with a southern accent answered,"Ok well it wasn't ma idea ta follow Twilight." Argued the second voice. Twilight sighed and said regretfully, "I'm very truly sorry for this but I think we might be being watched." She pointed her horn at the trembling bush and her horn sparked to life and in a flash the two arguing, wide eyed ponies, revealed themselves. The first voice was a light blue pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail, the second one was an orange earth pony with a cowpony (cowpony- is that how you say it?) hat and a blond mane and tail. They looked like two of the ponies in some of the stained glass windows in the throne room of the two sisters. "How could you sneak around like this!", Twilight stepped forward,"Rainbow Dash, when I said that there's something I needed to check on that doesn't necessarily mean that you have to follow me around everywhere!" Twilight told the two ponies. "And Apple Jack if I had needed you I would have said so!" "Ummm Twilight", Apple Jack said,"We never said that you needed us to be here."

"Yeah," Rainbow Dash added starting to hover," and you've been gone for hours, everypony got worried, and Fluttershy wouldn't stop coming up with ways that things could go wrong." Twilight gave them an irritated look and sighed, "Ok girls I appreciate your honesty and your thoughtfulness but can you see now why I wanted to keep this a secret." They both nodded. Twilight continued,"Well I'm glad, but since your here, I would like for you two meet blue moon." "He is, um, special to Princess Luna." She stated.

"Blue Moon?" Both Applejack and Rainbow Dash said curiously while Blue Moon and Luna stood in front of them, casting awkward looks at the two elements. "If your so special to the Princess why is it that we haven't ever heard of you." Asked Rainbow Dash. "Because as you know, we wanted to keep it a secret." Luna spoke up sounding slightly irritated.

Applejack looked at Rainbow Dash,"If y'all don't want us to talk about ya then I promise y'all we won't." Rainbow Dash joined in,"Your secrets safe with us!"She said, doing a random unnecessary backflip midair. "Well you'd better get back with Twilight so you don't miss the train." Blue Moon said sarcastically. Then the two Ponyville ponies trotted/flew back into the woods towards the castle to search for Twilight. "How long?" Blue Moon asked. "Eeh, I'll say about about a week." Princess Luna said, then as they looked at each other they burst into laughter.

As the weeks passed Blue Moon found himself spending more and more time with Luna. Which was great for both of them. Luna was happy and Blue Moon got to be the closest one to her 24/7, because he was Luna's bodyguard he didn't really need an excuse to be with her and that made him all more happy.

One night while on his way back to Luna's room after his break, (which he spent with Luna) he saw something that sent fear throughout his entire being. An irritated looking Princess Celestia, blocking his path to his post. He tried to sound as calm as he could as he asked,"Princess Celestia, is there anything that I can do for you?" He said, just barely managing to keep his voice steady. "Yes Blue Moon, come I wish to speak with you." She said sternly as she started to walk down the hall towards him. Blue Moon peeked around behind Celestia and saw Luna staring pitifully at the floor, whatever Celestia wanted to talk about he thought that if it had something to do with the two of them, he had a pretty good idea of what it was going to be about.

Blue Moon finally arrived with Princess Celestia in her private quarters. "I've heard rumors from the other guards." She said darkly. "And I don't like them." Blue Moon started to get shivers. "I haven't heard of such stories." He lied, trying to keep his voice from shaking. Celestia continued as if he hadn't even spoken. "Do you want to hear what they are about Blue Moon?" She continued without waiting for a response. "These stories are about my sister in a relationship with one of the guards! And being that you spend so much time with her!" Her voice rose to yelling,"I assume it was you! Blue Moon sadly saw no loophole out of the conversation, so he sighed and said, "Yes, Your Highness, me and Lu- Princess Luna, are often together during the day." He admitted quietly. "Did you start these forsaken rumors!" She questioned angrily. "No Princess Celestia, but they aren't rumors! I- I love her!" Blue Moon hoped that Celestia, of all ponies would understand and relief flooded his being as her face relaxed to a more sad expression, not the rage filled one from earlier. She breathed in a shaky breath,"Then from now- sigh*- you must be relieved of your duties as royal guard." Blue Moon's relief faded to shock. Celestia looked at him sadly, as if to say, I'm sorry but it must be done, and his armor vanished leaving his light blue coat bare and his mane free. "B-b-but Princess, why?" Blue Moon asked starting to feel his heart tear. "Nopony can ever have feelings for me or my sister." She stated firmly, Blue Moon saw only the smallest flicker of pain in her eyes. He nodded solemnly and slowly walked out of the room. Then out of the castle. As he got outside he found his love sitting by the fountain in the courtyard, "Luna?" She looked over her shoulder as he called her, then looked away, tears in her eyes. "Celestia told me that you can't stay, that you have to leave." Tears ran down her face in steady streams as she continued,"She always tells me! No Luna, we cannot love, it will upset the balance. But I can love, and that is one of the things that caused the hate that turned me into nightmare moon." She looked up at Blue Moon directly, tears running down her face,"She never did and never will understand this, the sun is constant, but the moon is ever changing, I must live a life outside if the daily routines of Canterlot life." She hung her head and continued her sobbing. Blue Moon understood everything now, slowly he pulled her into a deep kiss. Luna's eyes opened wide in surprise then closed as she started to kiss him back. They stood there with each other for what seemed like eternity, neither one would break the , the comfort of Luna's grasp slipped away and Blue Moon realized that he was floating. Celestia was standing in the doorway to the castle, using her magic to lift him away from Luna. looking as angry as she had first been. "Blue Moon you must leave!" She said and dropped him. Just before he hit the ground Luna's magic aura surrounded him as she caught him and slowly set him down. "NO sister, you cannot make him leave!" She said with tears running down her dark blue face. Then as Blue Moon turned to Luna the sad truth came to him. "I am sorry Luna, but I must leave, I don't want to cause trouble in the royal family." As he said it Luna fell to the ground,"Why! Why can't I Celestia why!" her sobbing finally broke Blue Moons heart. As he slowly walked away towards the front gate Luna stopped him,"Have this" she said as she placed the amethyst necklace around his neck,"Something to remember me by" he looked into Luna's beautiful sea green eyes,"Even without this I would never forget my first and only love" he gave one last look at Celestia before he left,"I will never truly understand, but I know that you will make me leave if I don't comply" And slowly with his head down, he padded out of the castle.

As Blue Moon wandered the many paths between cities. He found that he wasn't heading in any specific direction and frankly he didn't really care. He wandered aimlessly for miles as he walked he thought of the things he had endured over and over again. Replaying the scene repeatedly in his mind. He found a roadside shop and bought a brown cloak. He pulled the hood over his head and mane and then continued his slow sad walk down the road.

Eventually the horizon shifted to reveal a small town. He looked up for a brief second to wonder if he'd already been there or not in his wanderings.

As he neared the town he was almost surprised when streamers and balloons went off in his face and a pink pony came prancing into view. "Hey-I'm-Pinkie-Pie-and-I-saw-you-coming-from-miles-away-and-you-looked-lonely-so-I-thought-I-would-throw-you-a-WELCOME-TO-PONYVILLE-PARTY!"she said all in one breath. Blue Moon stared blankly at the pony happily bouncing around him. "I'm sorry, thanks, but I've been through a lot and right now I just need some rest." He told Pinkie softly. (After he was first banished from Canterlot he had always been looking for a place to rest). The pink pony looked at the ground and seemed to deflate a bit, but then sprang back to life and said joyfully,"Hey! I'll show you to our castle! I share a castle with five other ponies in Ponyville! You wanna come!" She said enthusiastically. Blue Moon, not knowing what else to do just nodded absently and followed Pinkie to a giant tree-castle structure. When he got there a familiar light blue pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail flew down." Hey Pinkie, me and Soarin are going to race each other though the-" She broke off as she noticed Blue Moon,"Who's that?" She asked. Pinkie Pie giggled to herself,"Oopsees, I forgot to ask him his name and if he would take off that creepy hood of his!" She said with a happy grin. Rainbow gave her a curious glance."Ookay, so who are you?" She asked. Blue Moon thought for a second, what if the pegasus reported him? Knowing nothing could get him in more trouble that he already was in he flipped of his cloak to show the pegasus. Her eyes widened,"Blue Moon? What are you doing here?" She said with a shocked expression. "It's a long story, but as I said to Pinkie here I'm just looking for a place to rest." He repeated.

Rainbow Dash continued to pester him with questions,"I thought that being a royal guard you couldn't leave your post?" Blue Moon felt his heart breaking again. He turned his back towards them and sighed deeply,"I'm not a royal guard anymore." He admitted sadly. "And if you don't have a place to rest I'll just go to the next village I can find one in." Rainbow Dash suddenly looked panicked,"No No we have a place, just around sugarcube corner there's an inn." She said just before darting into the castle.

The next day Blue Moon woke as he normally did, in a place he wouldn't remember and the pain of his broken heart. There was a knock at the door, Blue Moon looked at it curiously and his magic opened the door wide open. There, crammed in the doorway on top of one another were Rainbow Dash, Princess Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and a couple other ponies that he didn't know, there was also a small dragon.

They looked at him, he looked at them. Finally he spoke, "I'll explain at breakfast." And closed the door. Once he got outside he saw them all sitting at a restaurant across the road eating hayburgers. They watched him as he walked over. He sighed and slowly told them the story, causing him to relive the sad experience again. As he finished Twilight looked confused,"I've never seen Celestia do something like that..." She thought for a moment, then seemed to remember something important,"Oh! Look at this." As she placed a scroll on the table. "I got it this morning."

Blue Moon couldn't believe his eyes. Luna was missing from Canterlot.

Blue Moon was frantic. Where could she have gone! He thought as he paced around the main room in Twilight's castle. Thinking of all the possible places where she might have fled to.

"Maybe you should rest Blue Moon, you've been here all day and you're starting to wear a hole in the floor." He stopped," maybe your right, but I've got to figure out where she might be!" He sighed, looking at the floor. "Well, you know I've heard rumors that Luna can sometimes walk in troubled ponies dreams, maybe she will come to you that way." Twilight suggested hopefully. Blue Moon finally obliged and walked to the spare bedroom, which Twilight let him have, climbed into bed, and drifted into a deep sleep.

Blue Moon found himself in ruins of some sort. He stood up and looked around,"Luna?" He called. No answer, "Luna!" He repeated. Nothing. Then just as he was about to give up hope, the amethyst necklace Luna gave him flickered and started to glow with a purple light. It pointed down one of the tunnels that led deeper into the ruins. Reluctantly, he followed its light. He started to run. Faster, faster, until he was going so fast that the world around him was all a blur. Then seeing the light from the necklace fading, he slowed down. When he stopped he found himself in a circular room with the remains of a bed against one wall with skylights on the ceiling and there were bookcases piled up opposite to the bed. Suddenly he realized that there was somepony sitting in the middle of the room crying softly. The pony looked up and joy flooded Blue Moons coat. The pony sitting in the middle was Luna. Her face brightened as she saw him and she ran to him. Their muzzles met and they stood close to each other for as long as they could stand. Then they backed away from each other. Blue Moon asked frantically,"Luna is it really you? Where are you? What is this place?" He stared at her awaiting an answer. Luna opened her mouth to respond but before she could talk the skylights lit up like it was morning, then she said quickly,"Time is short Blue Moon, tell Twilight to take you to the castle of the two pony sisters. Tell her to-"she was cut off as Blue Moon fell out of his bed, landing on the floor with a thump.

Blue Moon jumped out of bed and trotted down to the main room to find Twilight and find all 5 of the ponies talking around a table with a map on it. "Maybe if we search here and then make a grid", Twilight was saying," then we could search for the Princess throughout all of Equestria. Rainbow Dash looked at her curiously and crossed her arms, (legs, whatever),"So we just search blindly all over the place until we find her?"

Blue Moon walked up and all of them looked over at him,"Twilight, may I speak to you please." He asked urgently. Twilight hopped down from her throne/chair and trotted over. "I saw Luna," he saw Twilight's face light up," She told me you can take me to the castle of the two pony sisters." Twilight thought for a moment and then after what seemed like forever she spoke,"I know what your talking about, follow me."

As they walked through the Everfree Forest Twilight started up a conversation, Blue Moon was only half listening, he couldn't stop thinking about the dream. Would she really be there? What if she was hurt? He remembered that before he had woken up Luna had started to say something.

Tell twilight? Tell Twilight what?

Finally they arrived at a rope bridge that went over a deep gorge. Twilight started across the bridge and it rocked dangerously. "Are you sure that's safe?" Blue Moon asked cautiously. Twilight looked over your shoulder and said,"No, but it's the only was across." Blue Moon mumbled to himself as he slowly started across the bridge. It swung dangerously under his hooves. Then finally they reached the other side of the gorge. "You can breath now." Twilight said. Blue Moon glanced back at the bridge before he let out a long breath that seemed to last for hours. Then they started up the slope towards the castle. The front doors were even bigger than the ones in Canterlot, well, if they hadn't halfway rotted off the hinges by now, thought Blue Moon to himself. As they entered the main hall Blue Moon looked at his necklace, hoping it would guide him as in his dream. But as he went on the purple crystal stayed dormant. Twilight looked at him curiously,"did she say that the crystal would guide you?" Blue Moon looked back at her, uncertainty in his eyes,"no, it did it by itself" He then laid down and said sorrowfully to himself,"This is hopeless, the castle is so big that I'll never find her." He thought of Luna, of the mare he loved and how much he needed her, and then, angrily, he launched himself down one of the tunnels. He heard Twilight calling out from behind him,"Blue Moon stop!" But he ignored it, he was finding Luna if it was the last thing he did. He ran down many hallways, left, right, left, right. He made the turns without even thinking about it, even though he didn't know where he was going he found that the passages he took were familiar. Finally he saw light at the end of the tunnel and soon he burst out into the light of a giant blue moon and then crashed into Luna who was pacing around the room. They rolled through the room until they stopped and Blue Moon found himself standing right above her. "LUNA!" He cried as he pressed his lips to hers and they remained there until they heard Twilight say awkwardly,"Well, I guess you found her then!" They both looked over at her and Blue Moon let Luna get up. "Uhhhh, yes I found her" he said awkwardly starting to blush. He looked at Luna who was giggling to herself. "And just what are you laughing about?" Blue Moon said with a smirk, it had been forever since he had been this happy. Luna blushed deeply and continued to giggle as she said,"Blue Moon I almost forgot how good of a kisser you are."

That got all three of them blushing.

Twilight teleported them back to the castle and showed them to the room that Blue Moon was staying in. "Until I can save up enough magic to grow a new room into the tree (Idk how it works but it's a tree made of crystal for cryin out loud), you guys will have to share this one." Twilight said, but then before she could say anything else Luna spoke up,"No it's fine Twilight there's room for both of us" she said looking mischievously at Blue Moon,"Plus we have a lot of catching up to do" She added. Blue Moon wondered what she wanted to catch up on.

Later, after everypony had gone to bed, he found himself on the balcony staring at the stars. He turned as Luna walked up to sit beside him. "This reminds me of the night that we first confessed our love for each other." Luna put her head on his shoulder,"Yes, yes it does." They stared at the stars for a long time, then Luna gave a huge yawn and Blue Moon looked at her and said,"Hey, let's go get some rest" they turned from the balcony and walked back to their room. They found the room just as Blue Moon left it, empty, Blue Moon wasn't carrying anything with him while wandering Equestria so he didn't put anything in the room. They found the bed and crawled into it, they fell asleep in each others loving embrace.

Blue Moon woke up the next day with Luna still snuggled up against him. He slowly got out of bed so he didn't wake her and quietly went downstairs to see if anypony else was up. As soon as he saw who was down there he rushed back up, trying not to be seen. He got back to the room to find Luna sitting by the window. "Good Morning Blu-" Blue Moon interrupted urgently,"I'm sorry but we have to leave now! Celestia and the royal guards are here!" He said in a hushed tone. Then they heard voices coming down the hall. "So the Princess is here in Twilight's castle."

"Well... Yeah, that's the whole reason we came here."

Blue Moon recognized the voice as Strong Shield, his best friend from the royal forces. As he turned to Luna his fear reflected in her sea green eyes.

They had to get out of there.

Blue Moon stepped into the hall and intercepted the two guards.

"Blue Moon?" Strong Shield asked curiously, giving Blue Moon a hard stare, "What are y-"

Blue Moon just lowered his horn,"I'm really sorry about this!" He said as he shot the guards with blue jets of light, they fell down as Luna stepped out of the room."What have you done!" She said when she say the dazed guards.

Blue Moon comforted her,"sorry I didn't warn you, it's a stun spell I learned as a recruit."

After he explained they heard more voices and ran towards the balcony. "Can you fly both of us to the ground?" Blue Moon asked. Luna gave an uncertain glance at the ground,"Yes, I think I can but we must hurry."Holding on to each other they braced themselves as Luna jumped off of the edge they glided uneasily to the ground, they tumbled as they landed on the grass. "Are you alright Luna?" Blue Moon asked as he glanced at Luna, she nodded and together they ran for the Everfree forest.

The forest was not a good idea after all. By the time they reached the ruined castle they were tired and covered in leaves, vines, and many other kinds of thorn and plant material.

They slowly walked over the bridge and into the castle. Once in the throne room they collapsed on the floor. They rested until they had recovered some of their strength, they used their magic to pull a tapestry off the wall and lay it down for a more comfy place to rest. It had been a long day and so they settled down close to each other, Blue Moon realized that Luna had placed her wing gently over Blue Moon, protecting him from most of the midnight chill. Feeling reassured by Luna's comforting warmth ant the smell of fresh night air on her coat Blue Moon closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Blue Moon woke the next morning with Luna still asleep next to him. He nudged her to wakefulness. She blinked the sleep out of her eyes. Blue Moon looked at her questioningly,"What now?" He asked. Luna stared at him,"Why are you asking me?" She looked at him like she was equally confused."Well you are the Princess." He said. Luna looked offended,"That doesn't mean that I'm better than you." She said. Blue Moon scooted closer to her side."That's not what I meant, I meant that your better at making lead decisions than me, because you've had much more experience." Luna looked down at her hooves, "Oh, sorry Blue Moon" She said, looking down at her hooves. Blue Moon scooted closer to her,"It's ok Luna, it wasn't that big of an argument... But seriously what are we going to do?" Luna put a thoughtful hoof to her head thoughtfully, then was interrupted as six ponies trotted up behind them. Blue Moon stood over Luna and lowered his horn defensively. Then a familiar voice said,"Woah there partner, lower your guard, we ain't come all the way out here ta hurt ya." Then Blue Moon saw that it was just Twilight and her friends. "Sorry", He said,"We've just been through so much recently that I guess that I'm being a little jumpy." Then Pinkie Pie came bounding by yelling,"JUMPY PARTY!" And somehow streamers fell from the nonexistent ceiling. Everypony looked at her strangely for a moment until Luna spoke up,"Blue Moon I know that you've met Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash, but now I'd like for you to meet Fluttershy and Rarity." They both dipped their heads in turn. Then Twilight stepped forward,"And this is spike" she said as the little dragon Blue Moon saw before stepped forward. Then Twilight stepped forward," You should let me check you for injuries." Blue Moon gave her a quizzical look,"ummm... Why exactly do you need to check us?" Twilight rolled her eyes,"Do you want to have a broken bone or sprain heal awkwardly?" Blue Moon glanced at Luna, she nodded in return,"Alright" Blue Moon conceded reluctantly. Twilight sighed and her horn lit up as the preformed an x-ray spell. After she finished with Blue Moon she said,"you seem to be really bruised around your legs, especially on the front." Then she moved to Luna," you've sprained your wing and-" She gasped and Blue Moon rushed over, "What's wrong, what happened!" Twilight slowly turned to him,"you and Luna wouldn't have, um, 'done it', recently... Have you?" Twilight blushed a little when she said the words 'done it'.

Blue Moon looked at her awkwardly then turned to Luna's spot on the floor, he felt heat rising to his face,"weeeeell..." He said sheepishly. "Why do you ask?"

Twilight gave them both a concerned look,"because Luna's is in the early stages of pregnancy."

"Well that's great news!" Applejack said enthusiastically. Twilight shook her head,"It would be if the entire kingdom of Equestria wasn't looking for Luna and Blue Moon wasn't banished from Canterlot." She looked at Blue Moon,"You know that this is going to be a problem, right" she said to Blue Moon and Luna, who were still staring in shock at each other, trying to comprehend what they had heard. Twilight spoke again, stepping in between them,"Hey, what are we going to do about this, we can't just have Luna walk into a hospital to give birth, what happens then?" Blue Moon was still in a mix of emotions, shock, pride, confusion. He couldn't think past,"I'm having a baby-I'm having a baby-I'm having a baby-I'm having a baby" Although Luna on the other hand, was slowly coming around what she learned,"Yes Twilight, I can see your concerns, but we might need time to think about it, before we make a decision." She said casting a slightly concerned look at Blue Moon, who still hadn't come out of his trance.

When Blue Moon finally did come out of his trance he found himself alone with Luna sleeping peacefully in front of him. Her sprained wing in a splint made from some vines and boards that Twilight and her friends had found around the ruins. He looked at her as she slept and saw how relaxed she looked, like the night they slept together in Twilight's castle. He then thought about the child that would be born. What could they do?

He had pursued Celestia's forbidden love and now Luna was pregnant. As he thought to himself Luna started to whimper in her sleep. He walked over to wake her but before he could get there her head shot up and tears filled her sea green eyes. Blue Moon trotted over to comfort her and she laid her head on his shoulder. "What's wrong, did you have a bad dream?" He said as calmly as he could. She nodded and shuddered. He pressed up against her and waited for her to calm down. Eventually she had calmed to the a point where the tears stopped falling and she was able to wipe them from her face. Blue Moon looker her in the eyes meaningfully,"What did you dream?" She pulled back so she could look at him,"I dreamt that the foal was born and we were together as a family. Then Celestia took you and the foal and banished me to the moon again." She started to cry again. Blue Moon pressed up against her again and said,"Luna it's ok, I won't ever let anything happen to you or the baby.

They stayed in the ruins for about a week. They had moved a little deeper into the ruins thanks to Luna's knowledge of the castle, to a less exposed place. Luna's pregnancy was still thankfully not visible but she started to get tired quicker than normal. Eventually they made a difficult decision about the little pony luna carried. They were going to go back to Canterlot together and confront Celestia about their love. Luna was a little nervous until Twilight taught them both a spell that turned love into magic, that magic could shield them from anything as long as they still possessed a strong love for each other. (Yes she got it from Cadence)

The only problem was getting Luna to Canterlot without exhausting her or endangering the little unborn pony that she carried, and they couldn't take the train because, well Luna was slowly starting to look pregnant and frankly, still a Princess and being missing for so long would attract lots of unneeded attention.

Eventually Applejack said that she may be able to convince her brother Big Mac to pull a carriage that Blue Moon and Luna could take to Canterlot. So they relied on Applejack to pull through. Luna, Blue Moon, Twilight and her friends waited in the ruins for Applejack to return.

They waited till it looked like the sun was starting going to go down. Then finally Blue Moon sighted Applejack and a tall red stallion, that he assumed was Big Mac, come out of the forest. They carefully crossed the bridge, that swung dangerously under the larger pony's weight.

When they finally got to the entrance they were confronted by Rainbow Dash, who had taken up the job of "guarding" the Princess. Even though she just sat atop a crumbling wall and watched from there.

"Who goes there?" She called loudly from her perch. Applejack gave her an irritated look,"Rainbow it's me, Applejack." She said as she rolled her eyes and continued into the ruins. Rainbow Dash pursued them with an insulted,"Hey! Get back here I'm not finished with you." As they entered the part of the castle where Blue Moon and Luna were resting, Applejack said to Big Mac,"See this is why we need yer help, I wouldn't just drag ya down here for no reason." she said, pointing a hoof at Luna. Blue Moon laid down beside Luna and put his head over her protectively. Applejack turned to her brother,"so, will ya do it?" Big Mac sat for a split second then answered,"eeeeeyup." Applejack gave her brother a quizzical look,"ya hesitated..." Big Mac shook his head,"nnnope." Applejack sighed. Then Spike walked up and said,"ok so we've got somepony to pull the carriage, but do we have a carriage to pull." Everyone went silent, then Twilight smacked a hoof to her face and said,"I KNEW I forgot something!" Fluttershy padded up slowly and said in a quiet voice,"um, Twilight, do you happen to remember that spell that you used at the, um, Grand Galloping Galla to turn that apple into a carriage." Twilight's face lit up,"Fluttershy your a genius!" She said as she wrapped her hooves around the shy pony in a strangling hug. "Oh no, I'm not a genius, but thank you anyways." She said with a tiny sheepish smile on her face. Blue Moon felt Luna nudge him and then look at Fluttershy, and then he remembered the night where he asked her to be his somepony and she accused him of being like Fluttershy. He grinned and chuckled to himself. Twilight and Applejack got started on the carriage while Rarity and Fluttershy put together some cloaks so that the two wouldn't be seen getting into the carriage. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie kept the townsponies away to keep them from finding out. Pinkie decided to throw a random party party because she was Pinkie and everypony agreed to go. Once the carriage was done Big Mac got in the harness. Blue Moon and Luna quickly got into the carriage and they set off.

They arrived in Canterlot, it was a beautiful day. Blue Moon was secretly glad that Luna wasn't obviously pregnant, but she was getting there. The pregnant Luna would be less startling to Princess Celestia. Blue Moon tightened his cloak and walked towards the Front gates of the castle. Almost exactly after he got out of the carriage he found two of the three hundred new guards walking towards him. Luna walked past him,"Take off your cloak and leave this to me." He reluctantly took off his cloak as Luna flipped off her hood. Blue Moon heard gasps from some of the guards, most of them kneeled. She looked over the guards,"Me and my, companion, require an audience with my sister Celestia!" She said loudly, almost in her royal voice. The guards slowly parted for Luna and Blue Moon and they made their way to the courtyard where Blue Moon was banished from Canterlot. They sat and waited patiently for Celestia to emerge, Luna leaned up against Blue Moon,"I don't know if this will work." She said despite her act of confidence. Blue Moon said back to her,"Don't worry, Luna, it will." Then he mumbled to himself,"It has to."

When Celestia finally came out of the castle and saw Blue Moon her face changed into a scowl, then as Luna stepped out from behind him Celestia seemed to relax a bit. "Luna it's great to see your back, but why have you brought Blue Moon?" Celestia asked. It was obvious she was trying not to yell. Luna answered,"Sister Blue Moon and I both share a bond that cannot be broken." She stopped for a second and then more slowly added,"The birth of our foal will only make it stronger." Blue Moon moved closer to Luna's side. Celestia looked as shocked as Blue Moon when he found out Luna was pregnant. "Luna you don't know what you have brought on yourself, you are immortal, but Blue Moon is not." She paused a look of deep sadness had clouded her gaze,"You will be forced to live forever with an unbearable sadness, and with no way to bring him back or die with him you will regret it Forever!" She then ran back into the castle and the gates slammed shut.

Luna led Blue Moon to the familiar doors to her bedchambers. He stopped at the spot where he used to stand as a royal guard. "Come on Blue Moon lets get some rest." Luna said as she nudged him towards the door. He started to move towards the door but then heard a voice saying,"BLUE MOON YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO! He turned just in time to be tackled by an enraged Strong Shield. Luna ran over and shoved him off,"Do not threaten him Strong Shield!" Blue Moon just smiled at her and said,"Relax Luna it's ok. I'll just be a minute." She slowly backed into her room. Strong Shield looked from Blue Moon to Luna and back several times,"Ok now you have a little less to explain but still start talking" Blue Moon teleported out from under Strong Shield causing him to stumble as suddenly he was pinning down nothing. "Well, what do you want to know?" Blue Moon asked in a cool tone. Strong Shield sat and looked at him strangely,"First of all why were you hiding with Luna in Twilight's castle?" Strong Shield asked. Blue Moon thought of how to phrase his answer then said,"Well when your banished from Canterlot for loving a Princess you can't really be open to the world about it." He said and smirked as he saw Strong Shield thinking. Then he nodded and asked Blue Moon,"How long have you felt this way about...um...her." Strong Shield looked awkward about calling the Princess a "her" instead of using her royal name. Then he turned and slowly trotted down the hall. Blue Moon teleported in front of him,"You CANNOT, I repeat,Can-Not, tell anypony." Blue Moon said sternly. Strong Shield nodded and continued down the hall.

Blue Moon walked into Luna's room to find her laying on her bed. She watched him as he crawled into the bed and snuggled up against her,"Woah, I haven't slept in anything as comfortable as this in forever." He mused. Luna looked at him, stared deeply into his eyes and pulled him into a kiss. He started to kiss her back and brushed her wing with his hoof. He broke the kiss and thought for a moment,"Luna do you think the foal be immortal like you?" She looked up at him and said hesitantly,"I don't know", she answered, then a worried look crossed her face,"Blue Moon remember when Celestia said that I would regret loving you after you passed?" Blue Moon nodded,"yes". Luna pushed as close as she could to him. "I can't lose you, you know that, and what if she's right, what if we shouldn't have allowed ourselves to be together." Luna said with tears in her eyes. Blue Moon used his magic to brush her tears away with a tissue."It'll all work out, I promise." He said. Luna sighed and pressed up against him, they enjoyed each other's warmth as they fell asleep.

Chapter 11

Blue Moon woke up the next morning once again in Luna's hooves. He slowly disentangled himself and wrote a note, he put the note on the pillow next to her. He kissed her on the forehead and quietly Slipped out the door.

He closed the door as quietly as he could then turned around and almost ran into a stallion in the royal guard armor. "Your new, haven't seen you before."

The guard stayed silent. "Umm...Sooo what's your name?" He asked, starting to get suspicious. The pony still remained silent. "Ookay..." Blue Moon continued on. The guard gave him the chills. Then as he turned the corner he heard a scream. Quickly he teleported back into Luna's room. And found the guard standing over her, his horn glowed red. Blue Moon shot the stunning spell at the guard, but he deflected it with ease. So Blue Moon tried a more frontal attack. He slammed into the guard, knocking him from the bed. He and Luna touched horns and a shield immediately surrounded them. The guard got up, his helmet fell off to reveal a changeling. Blue Moon watched as it opened the window shifted into a pegasus and flew off.

Blue Moon collapsed on the bed and lay there with Luna."Are you alright Luna?" She nodded and shivered. "Now I'm going to go ask Twilight something and your coming no matter what." She nodded again.

Twilight welcomed them as they got to the castle, the tree seemed to be growing, but being that it was made of crystal and he wasn't there for very long last time he was here might be blurring his judgement. He and Luna walked with Twilight until they came to the main room. "So what did you guys want to talk about?" She asked casually. Blue Moon stepped forward,"I need your help finding a spell." He said. Twilight's expression lit up,"oooooh, what kind of spell?" She asked barely ably to contain her enthusiasm. Blue Moon looked at Luna then back,"Do you have any immortality spells?" As he said it Luna's eyes lit up and she beamed at Twilight. "You don't think it's possible do you?" She asked hopefully. Twilight thought to herself,"eh, I'll se what I can find." They followed her to a room filled with thousands of books. Blue Moon wondered how the seemingly endless amount of books fit into the castle. Twilight stopped and sat down, her horn lit up and books flew from the shelves. Twilight closed her eyes and the books slowly started to move, Twilight's eyes opened and glowed white. Blue Moon stared as the books flew faster and faster around the room, then they finally stopped flying and moved back to their shelves. Twilight looked discouraged,"I'm really really sorry you two, but there is no immortality spell, and this library has a copy of all books in Equestrian history." She looked at Blue Moon crestfallen. Then Luna spoke up," No it's ok Twilight, you tried to help, and that's what matters."

Blue Moon pranced down the hall to Luna's room in Canterlot, his magic securing the small package he carried. He slowly opened the door to find Luna on the balcony."Luna!" He called to her, She trotted up to him and kissed him,"Yes Blue Moon." She said with a smile. Blue Moon couldn't stop grinning,"This has been a long time coming," he said as he started to bring the small case from behind his back,"Luna, Princess of Equestria, will you marry me?" He flipped open the box to reveal a small moon-shaped diamond ring. Luna, stood and stared with a huge beaming grin on her face,"Blue Moon, how could I say no!" She magically put the case on her bed and they both joyfully kissed one Luna finally took out the ring,"It's beautiful Blue Moon." She said, tears of joy starting to appear in her eyes. Blue Moon spoke from beside her,"It doesn't even come close to you in that category." She leaned up against him, enjoying the moment. "I am so glad that I met you the way that I did Blue Moon." He just smiled and said," I also heard that Princess Cadence is finally pregnant." Luna laughed and said,"Ha! We won that race!" Blue Moon laughed. All was perfect.

The wedding, planned by Twilight (obviously) was wonderful. It was like Cadence's wedding but bigger and with more...Moons. Celestia was there to wed them and seemed happy, but left before the party. Cadence and Shining Armor were there too. Twilight's pet dragon kept rambling on and on about not knowing what a bachelor party was and everything was perfect.

After the wedding Twilight asked them to come to Ponyville and meet her in the castle. They took their wedding carriage straight to Ponyville and found all of the townsponies waiting with Pinkie to throw a second wedding party. They had everything, The Apple family made the best foods that Blue Moon ever tasted, and the cider (Blue Moon made sure not to drink too much) was excellent.

Luna came back after being pushed into Rarity's store in a stunning dress.

After the party Luna and Blue Moon trotted to Twilight's castle and found Twilight awaiting eagerly. "Quick follow me." She said and bounded off into the castle. They followed her to the library where she had a single book on a pedestal. She stood by it and said,"You guys are gonna love this!" They neared the book and Blue Moon got a glimpse of the heading: Reincarnation Spell, the everlasting life. He and Luna Looked at the book, to Twilight, to each other, speechless.

Twilight took their speechlessness as a good thing.

Blue Moon woke the in the morning, yet again wrapped securely in Luna's hooves. He noticed absently that while sleeping Luna's usually starlit, flowing mane and tail changed to a simple sky blue color. And to his amusement, could look really funny. It was completely tangled and out of control,Blue Moon took his time playing with it. He noticed that she was now obviously pregnant, her belly had begun to swell awhile ago and now she looked near ready to birth. He looked at her face and stifled a laugh at her wide open mouth he reached up to close it but then decided against it as she started to snore. Barely able to control his laughter, he saw that the sun was coming up and so woke her up by brushing her side with his hoof. She opened her eyes and smiled,"Good morning my Blue Moon." She said, then yawned and sat up. Blue Moon slid out of bed and watched as her mane slowly started to turn back into its star filled form.

She walked to the window and seeing the sun rising started to lower the moon. Blue Moon walked over to see her horn start to glow and watched as she lowered the moon.

When she had finished she turned to Blue Moon and crossed her horn with his. "So Princess Luna, what shall happen today."

As if in response Luna groaned and swayed on her hooves, she placed one on her swollen midsection. "Luna?" Blue Moon asked. Luna groaned again,"I think the foal is coming!" She gasped. Blue Moon was suddenly frantic. The foal was coming! Now!

"Blue Moon!"

Luna yelled at him. He snapped out of his trance and quickly stepped outside and informed the guards.

Soon he found himself in the Canterlot hospital. The doctors looked slightly worried, "I've never birthed an alicorn before."

One of the doctors said. Blue Moon looked nervously from Luna to the doctors. Luna had started to groan louder and Blue Moon trotted up to her and put his hoof on hers,"It's going to be fine." He assured her. She nodded and the doctors started to work.

Several suspenseful minutes later Blue Moon heard the soft whimpering of a newborn foal. Luna held a small unicorn foal in her hooves,it was deep blue like Luna and it's purple mane and tail were striped with white streaks and it also had Luna's sea green eyes. "Congratulations, you have new filly."Said one of the doctors. Blue Moon looked up at Luna and said,"Well, what do you want to name her?" He said as he nuzzled the tiny unicorn. Luna looked at him, her eyes filled with emotion,"How about Blue Starlight." She suggested. Blue Moon stared lovingly at the small filly,"Sounds like we have a little star to look after.