Chapter 4
The Moon Is Beautiful Isn't It

Ever since the fiasco years ago consisting of Twilight accusing Flareon of cheating on her after she saw him kiss Alice, a journalist from the Ponyville Chronicle, Flareon swore he would never allow himself to be caught in a similar situation like that ever again. Unfortunately for Flareon, his marriage bond with Twilight would once again be tested, this time by Princess Luna. It all began one afternoon in Canterlot Castle. Flareon had been asked by Princess Celestia to help Princess Luna with some important tasks that needed to be finished. However, these tasks took so long to finish that by the time they were done, it was already night.

"We're finally done," Flareon said as his body with aching all over, "I'm beat."

"Thank you for helping me Flareon," Luna replied, "My sister was right about you being really dependable. I'm impressed." Just as Flareon was saying goodbye to her, the chandelier above Luna suddenly came falling down.

"Look out!" Flareon yelled as he ran at her without hesitation and managed to push her out of the way just in time. "Luna? Luna! Are you ok?" Flareon exclaimed as he was trying to awaken an unconscious Luna. Luckily, she soon opened her eyes to see Flareon's face staring back at her. Suddenly, she began to blush as her heat beat furiously. Immediately, she tried to speak, but all that came out of her mouth was gibberish. You can tell the direction this is going can't you? That's right, Princess Luna had falling completely in love with Flareon. Whatever the reason, there was just something romantic about being saved from a falling chandelier. Eventually, Luna was able to regain her composure and watched in awe as Flareon used his magic to fix the broken chandelier. After replacing the rusty hook it had hung on, he lifted the chandelier back up to its original place. Even though she tried to find a way to force Flareon to stay a little longer, Luna could only watch helplessly as he said goodbye and started to return home.

"Flareon...I will make you mine. Oh yes...you will be mine" Luna muttered as she watched Flareon leave the castle. Little did Flareon know, tomorrow would consist of the most bizarre flirt attempts he would ever experience. The next morning, Flareon awoke from his sleep, went downstairs, and opened the front door. He was surprised to find Princess Luna was standing in front of him.

"Oh Princess Luna," Flareon said, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"You can just call me Luna. I don't mind," Luna replied as she giggled awkwardly and blushed. "Hey! How about we going to the bowling alley in town and play a couple of games?"

"Sorry Luna," Flareon said, "I actually have plans with my family today." Unfortunately, Luna wasn't about to give up quite yet.

"Oh I forgot! My sister asked for me and you to check out the Ponyville Bowling Alley for these suspicious ponies that are purposely cheating ponies out of their money. Come on! Let's go!" Luna yelled as she grabbed Flareon's hoof and pulled him along with her. Flareon decided that his plans would have to wait. He was sure Twilight and Solana would understand if this was an important task sent by Princess Celestia. After they got to the bowling alley, Flareon searched around the place for anything out of the ordinary when he heard Luna calling for him. "Flareon! Flareon! Come over here!" As Flareon rushed over to her, Luna forced a bowling ball into his hooves. "I got us three games!" Luna exclaimed as she smiled happily, "This is going to be so much fun!"

"Um...Luna? Aren't we supposed to be searching for the suspicious ponies?" Flareon asked.

"I already found those guys and handed them over to the Equestria Police while you were looking in the bar room," Luna replied, "Well...since we're already here. How about we have some fun?" She then moved closer to him as she began to blush, which forced Flareon to awkwardly take some steps back. Flareon was beginning to have an uneasy feeling about all this, but he decided it was just his imagination and took Luna's offer to play three games. Throughout the time they were bowling, Flareon was beginning to realize that Luna was acting weird. However, this weird was more like strange seductive weird. Luna kept blushing every time she looked at him, Luna purposely threw her ball into the gutters every time she got a lead on him, and Luna kept accidently putting her hoof on top of Flareon's hoof every time he went to pick up his ball. Two hours later, they finally finished their games. At that point, Flareon was ready to say goodbye to Luna and head back home. However, Luna wasn't ready for her time with Flareon to be over. Throughout the rest of the day, Luna kept bring Flareon along with her to the places like the ice skating rink, movie theater, park, and arcade. She said they had to do some important task for Princess Celestia, but every time Luna said she took care of it, even before they got there. Flareon was starting to have a sneaking suspicion that Luna was up to something and tried to talk to her, but she ended up dragging him to the amusement park. After she bought some tickets, an ecstatic Luna then brought him over to the Ferries Wheel. After they got inside a booth, the ride started to move again. At that point, Flareon decided he needed to have an explanation from Luna about why she was dragging him all over town for tasks that didn't really exist in the first place. As their booth made it all the way to the top and stopped, Flareon took a deep breath and turned to face Luna. Unfortunately, what happened next took Flareon by complete surprise. Just as he turned around, Flareon felt her lips touch his own. It took a while before Flareon realized what was going on and when he did, Flareon's eyes widened in shock as he broke contact with Luna and got back from her as far as possible. Luna was smiling and blushing at him. There was no way around it. Luna had kissed Flareon.

"Luna!" Flareon yelled as he tried to push Luna away from him as she was still trying to kiss him again, "What the heck are you doing?!"

"What else does it look like silly? I'm trying to kiss you!" Luna replied, "You're so adorable and hot when you're scared. I love it!" Now it all started to make sense. Princess Luna had been purposely taking him around town to these places just to spend time with him, not for the tasks Luna said Princess Celestia sent them on. It seems that Luna had fallen in love with him. Unfortunately, Flareon began to realize something he was overlooking. He was forgetting about what this meant for him and Twilight. If she found out he kissed Luna, Twilight would unleash her rage on him once again. Flareon knew from last time dealing with the Alice Dilemma that Twilight was a very jealous mare. Immediately, Flareon began to panic.

"Oh god! This can't be happening!" Flareon exclaimed, "Twilight is going to kill me! She is going to flat-out kill me!" He then turned to face Luna who didn't seem to fully understand the result of her actions. "Do you have an idea what you just did Luna?! I'm married to Twilight! I have a daughter for crying out loud! I can't be making out with you!"

"Flareon! I love you!" Luna replied, "I can't help it! There is just something about you that makes my heart flutter." She then slowly moved closer to him and smiled, "Now...where were we?" Unfortunately, the second kiss never came to pass as Flareon quickly jumped out of the booth and flew back home. No matter what, he couldn't let Twilight find out what happened. If she did, Flareon was sure to be sleeping at Applejack's house again. This time probably for an entire month. After he got back home, Flareon opened the door and rushed inside. He then quickly slammed the door shut. However, Flareon failed to notice that Twilight, Solana, and Spike were all present in the room.

"Oh Flareon...you're back. Where have you been? I thought we were all going to spend time together today?" Twilight asked, "Um...are you ok?"

"What?!" Flareon replied as he was fidgeting uncontrollably, "Oh yeah! I'm fine! I'm perfectly fine! Nothing to be suspicious about!" As Flareon laughed awkwardly, they looked at him baffled, but decided it was best not to ask and just leave it at that. Later on, it was getting late, so everyone decided to go to sleep. Flareon couldn't be happier as he desperately wanted this day to finally end and forget it ever happened. As Flareon got into bed and laid near Twilight, it wasn't long before he fell into an uneasy sleep. Flareon began to dream about him driving with Twilight in his Mustang GT along a road that was near the ocean.

"Don't worry Twilight," Flareon said as Twilight was happily admiring the ocean view, "We'll be at the beach soon." A couple of minutes later, they finally reached their destination. After Flareon parked the car in the parking lot, he got out and opened up the trunk. Flareon and Twilight gathered the beach equipment and took it out to the beach which was completely empty. Not a single pony was in sight. After they set up everything, Flareon and Twilight laid down on their chairs.

"This is perfect Twilight!" Flareon exclaimed as he stretched out, "It's just me and you." Unfortunately, when he turned around, it was Princess Luna staring back at him.

"Hey Flareon," Luna said as she smiled, "Fancy meeting you here."

"Luna," Flareon muttered in a serious tone, "What are you doing here? More importantly...how did you get inside my dream?"

"I have the ability to enter the dream realm at will," Luna replied, "It's a special trait I inherited from my father."

"Where did Twilight go? Luna...bright back Twilight," Flareon said. Suddenly, the smile on Luna's face disappeared as she scuffed at him.

"Twilight...what's so great about her? What does she have that I don't?" Luna muttered.

"Well for one...she's not some crazy love-stalking pony that purposely lied to me the entire day and then followed me into my dreams!" Flareon cried out angrily. Unfortunately, Luna appeared to be paying no attention at all to Flareon as she just kept staring at him while she had that same mischievous smile on her face again.

"You're so hot when you're angry," Luna giggled.

"Ok...that's it!" Flareon yelled as he sat up, "I've had enough of this nonsense!" Ignoring Luna's plea, Flareon punched himself in the face. As a result, he was able to quickly wake up from his dream, which had turned to a total nightmare at that point. He then cautiously got out of bed, trying hard not to wake the others, especially Twilight, and walked slowly downstairs to the front door. After he closed it quietly behind him, Flareon flew into the air and headed for Canterlot to speak with Princess Luna. No matter what, Flareon had to force her to understand the situation between them. Later on, he managed to make it to the city and flew right towards the castle. He then asked a royal guard to get Princess Luna and for her to meet him by the uppermost balcony. A few minutes later, at the top balcony on the castle, Flareon saw Luna walking towards him. She actually wasn't that surprised to see Flareon there. Moreover, Luna was happy that he had come all the way to Canterlot just to talk to her in person.

"Oh Flareon," Luna said as she very much wanted this to happen, "I knew you couldn't resist! You sly dog!" Unfortunately, Flareon wasn't in such a happy mood like she was. He then signaled for her to come over to the balcony with him. Flareon then took a deep breath and exhaled out slowly. Flareon had to make sure he didn't screw this up.

"Luna...this needs to end now," Flareon said calmly.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked puzzled as if she didn't know already.

"This absurd love crush you have on me!" Flareon replied, "Look...you are a beautiful, amazing, elegant mare. Every stallion in the world wishes he could be in a relationship with you. There's no doubt about that. However, I'm already married. I have a daughter that I need to take care of. I just can't break the bond between me and Twilight. When I married her, I pledged my everlasting love to Twilight with all my heart. Luna, I'm sorry, but this is how I feel. I hope you can understand."

"I see," Luna muttered as she was clearly disappointed, "You really love her...don't you?"

"I do," Flareon replied as he smiled.

"Very well," Luna said as she walked to the balcony's edge, "I'm sorry for acting so rude. I didn't realize how much you loved Twilight. Can you please forgive me?"

"Of course," Flareon replied as he walked over and stood by Luna, "If this makes you feel any better...I've always thought you were the better princess compared to your sister." In response, Luna began to blush. Even she wasn't expecting such a nice compliment, especially one like that.

"Thank you," Luna said as she looked upwards at the starlit night sky where a full moon was shining brightly. "The moon is beautiful, isn't it?" Flareon then looked up at the night sky too.

"Yeah..it sure is," Flareon replied. Suddenly, Luna began to laugh as if Flareon had just said something funny. "Luna...what's wrong?" She quickly tried to regain her composure.

"Nothing," Luna muttered as she slowly put her head on Flareon's shoulder. He decided it just his imagination and continued to enjoy the view of stars and moon with Princess Luna. Once again, Flareon's marriage bond with Twilight had been thoroughly tested and just like before, it had become stronger as a result. No matter what, his love for Twilight would last forever.