The Chronicles of Luna
Chapter 8
They had gone back to Rarity's boutique. "So what do you expect to find here?" Luna asked as Aqua started to sort through Rarity's stuff. Hmmm… Luna opened up Rarity's diary. She saw rarity's first entry. Well the trip back was uneventful…but at least I am finally back where I belong. After reading several pages Luna decided to skip ahead till after the date when she had arrived. 6/24/3248 I showed Luna my spot on the hill. I asked her about liking mares…I guess I was right. Luna and Rainbow Dash would be cute together, but Luna seemed shy about it…I wonder how long it will be before she gets the courage to admit her feelings. "That's it!" Luna exclaimed.
"What?" Aqua asked still sorting through the last of Rarity's stuff.
"The hill…I bet she put it there!" Luna answered him.
Aqua looked skeptical "The hill?"
"Me and Rarity used to go there to look at the stars" Luna started towards the door.
"Seems like a good place then…After all I don't think we are going to find anything here." He gave the mess in rarity's boutique one last look before the pair left.
The climb up the hill took longer that it had with Rarity…or maybe I just had more fun when I went with Rarity. Aqua let out a sigh snapping Luna out of her thoughts "Well here we are...I think the best way to do this is look for disturbed ground…"
The two immediately began looking for broken ground. It seemed like an eternity before Aqua called Luna over "I think this it!"
Luna walked over. The ground is broken up…it looks like grass has just started to grow back. Aqua began to dig before hitting something hard. "This is it" He pulled the case out of the dirt.
"Well…open it" Luna insisted. Aqua opened the case revealing a piece of a concrete statue. It looked like a piece of an alicorn's wing. "That's it…Now I just have to get it back to the north lands…" Aqua looked relieved.
"You mean the mountains north of Stalliongrad?" Luna asked the alicorn who now looked slightly worried "On foot? That's gonna take forever…"
"It must be done….Eclipse must be freed from his prison…" he looked determined.
"I want to go with you… I want to meet my older brother…" Aqua gave her a look of uncertainly
"Are you sure? This journey could take up to a month…"
"Yes" Luna answered stubbornly.
"Very well…but we will need several days to pack up supplies for our trip." He turned around to look at Ponyville.
"But I must ask a favor of you…I want to bring my fillyfriend Rainbow Dash." Luna gave him her best puppy dog eyes. Is he blushing? "Sure, but we can't bring anyone else otherwise we will have too much stuff to carry." He answered trying to act nonchalant. He is blushing…
Afterwards Luna flew home hoping that Rainbow was back from Fillydelphia. She was pleasantly surprised to find Dash waiting for her. "Hey lulu" Dashes new per name for her was cute…
"Hey…" She gave Dash a gentle kiss. "So how was fillydelphia?" Dash went on to explain what had happened with the wonderbolts, and how she got to participate in her first official air show. "Well I have news of my own…" Luna explained all that happened over the past few days.
"So Rarity was…a keeper of an ancient artifact?"
"Yes...Aqua and I are going to the northlands to return it to the statue. I would really like it if you came with me…" She gave Dash an alluring look. "Of course Lulu" Dash embraced Luna.
They spent the next week preparing for their trip. "So are you sure you don't want us to come" Twilight asked them closing Luna saddle bag for her. Their friends had gathered to see them off. "Yes, we can only have 3 people" Luna looked over the group.
"Well imma miss yall" Applejack said sadly as she gave Luna and Rainbow Dash hugs.
"We will be back Applejack" Luna replied before giving the rest of the group one last hug before beginning their long journey.
Several hours had passed, and the sun had begun to dip below the horizon. "So I think it would be a good idea to set up camp before the sun goes down." Aqua looked at the two ponies.
The trio set up camp just in time before the sun went down. They sat around the fire quietly eating before aqua broke the silence. "So how long have you guys been together?"
"We have been together for almost 7 months now," Rainbow Dash hugged Luna. Aqua looked slightly dismayed. "Oh…" He looked at the ground.
After a few minutes of idle chit-chat Dash got up and entered the tent, leaving Luna and Aqua. He looks nervous. "So…umm…Luna can I ask you something…" He stammered.
"Sure…" She was sure what he was about to say.
"Luna…Are you just into mares?"
"Yes…why?" She asked even though she already knew the answer.
"Oh…Well I have a confession…You the first mare that I've ever liked…I'm sorry I know you and Rainbow Dash are happy together." He looked slightly relieved to have said that.
"So you have never met a mare that you like?" Luna was surprised.
"I have never had the chance…I have always been busy working for the Hoof and Horn society." He's not even that old…So I guess it makes sense…"So how old are you?" Luna interrupted him.
"I just turned 15 a month ago…Why?" Aqua gave her a surprised look. He is really mature for being so young."Wow you are 15? Your parents sent you across Equestria?" Luna was honestly surprised at this. "It's part of being a retriever. It's my duty to retrieve the shards from the keepers" He looked somewhat proud. "Well I'm sure you will have many chances to meet that special mare" She tried to encourage him. "Well I'm going to get some sleep" Aqua walked over to the tent giving Luna a smile before he entered. It's getting cold… Luna entered the tent seeing that Dash was fast asleep. She snuggled Dash, and fell asleep.
She was back at Canterlot. What is happening? "So I wonder what Spectre was doing" Lace pondered as the two walked through the center of the small village. "I don't know…I think we should get back to the castle before Celestia notices we are gone?" Luna insisted.
"Luna it's time to get up" Dash nudged her gently.
"Good morning" Luna opened her eyes. It was still dark out.
"Aqua says it would be good to get an early start" Dash looked excited "We are almost to Mareville."
"Mareville?" Luna asked rubbing her eyes.
"Oh my gosh! You have never been to Mareville?" Dash gave her a smile. "Fluttershy and I used to go there all the time when we were in the academy."
"What's so good about Mareville?" Luna asked her sitting up.
"They have a huge selection of food…and some of the best restaurants in all of Equestria…" Rainbow dash nudged her again "Let's go"
She saw Aqua packing his stuff into the saddle bags. "Hello Luna" He greeted her.
Cpt. Eclipse
