When Meteora got the message from Mariposa she'd been so excited she'd nearly ripped through the bed to grab her phone. And after seeing the message she'd let out an excited roar before sending the one word answer.

Her mother hearing the commotion had burst into the room. "Darling what is it?"

"It's Mariposa! We start dating tomorrow… well kind of, she wants to do a trail period to see if it goes anywhere. But tomorrow is my chance to make her mine!"

Seeing the predatory smile form on her daughter's face made her laugh as it was the same one her father still got when men half heartedly flirted with her.

"Well that's wonderful news dear. Now have you thought about where the two of you are going? A stroll though the park? Or perhaps to one of the more dangerous places of our kingdom? I hear that they've finally reopened the new bounce lounge. Who would have though it would take a whole month to git rid of those giant spiders. All though from what I heard they did get quite a lot of silk out of it."

Meteora thought for a moment about dancing with Mariposa in the underground club, the flashing lights and loud music did sound nice.

"I don't know mom last time the two of us went there we kind of got a bit out of control."

"Sweetie please define out of control for me." After all she was one of the many people who no longer gave that phase as much meaning.

"Well last time I might have somehow gone from slam dancing to reckless violence and smashed a chair."

"Oh well that doesn't sound to bad."

"… into a vending machine."

"Still within the range of normal."

"That somehow caught fire… and then started shooting streams of soda in all directions. It was great for the first few minutes as people caught the streams, but then got caught to the soda covered floor."

She could still recall the hilarious sight of people trying and failing to get themselves free.

"Well I don't suppose this story had a happy ending?"

"I did get the chance to carry Mariposa out like a princess, namely because her shoes to stuck and she couldn't move. But one the plus side she said it was the most fun she'd ever had at the bounce lounge."

Eclipsa smiled as her daughter went on to tell her other times and places where she and Mariposa had fun. As she listened she had a thought.

Look at how adorable she is. Planning her first date, not like mine where I had to sneak past a castle full of knights and fly halfway through a forest just to meet up with Globgor. Oh but those were the days…

Before she could get lost in the nostalgia of her memories she remembered her original thought.

Oh yes nearly forget. If they do want something special there's always that secret chamber.

"Meteora if you want a helpful suggestion from your mother then perhaps you and Meteora should travel down to the dungeon."

She looked at her mother strangely for a moment thinking.

Okay why does my mom want me to take my best friend and hopeful girlfriend to the dungeon

Sensing her daughter's confusion he spoke up. "I know it sounds strange but I meant to say to take her to the secret chamber located just under the dungeon. In the last cell hit the stone that looks like a crescent moon. Follow the stairs all the way down and you'll find a room that made my teenage years special. If you take her there I promise that something good will happen" as she got up to leave a memory of the room popped into her head. "Oh! And whatever you do don't step on the second step."

If Meteora heard her she gave no indication as she was already thinking about all the things her mother could have done there.

As the sun rose on the faithful weekend Meteora burst out of the castle and ran full speed to her mothers garden being carful to only take a single flower lest she get an earful from her mother later.

Flower in hand she knocked twice on the door each second an eternity as she waited for it to open.

"Come on come on…"

Finally after what felt like hours the doors opened and all the courage and bravery went still as Mariposa smiled at her in the door way.

"Hey Meteora you ready for today?" it was a simple question that she'd been asked thousands of times before but this time was different. And with her nerves fighting the realization she mumbled the following embarrassing statement.

"You…pretty have flower"

She gently took the blue rose and brought it to her face inhaling the exotic fragrance.

Awww look at her, bringing me flowers like a gentlemen, er gentlelady I mean. It's kind of adorable how she looses her bravado just because we're dating.

Trial dating.

Friend dating.

Friends!

Both girls stood there for moments one frozen with nerves and the other frozen with embarrassment.

It wasn't until a roar from a passing dragon snapped them out of their states did the finally start walking away.

"So where are we headed on this trial friend dating experience?" Like Meteora she'd been up the night before trying and failing not to get to invested in this. Even now she had to tell herself it was just a trail and not to expect anything, but that thought was drowned out by the dozen of not so pg thoughts rapidly invading her brain.

"Well I've been thinking a lot about this and my mom did suggest something but if you want we can just play it safe and see a movie."

"A movie does sound nice, however it's been to long since the two of us went on a good adventure. So I'm in if you are."

"Great follow me!"

Both girls rushed as fast they could feeling the familiar rush of excitement as they crossed over the moat and past the various servants and into the massive half destroyed dungeon.

Once inside the last cell Meteora ran her hand over the dimly lit bricks until she felt the crescent moon pressing it and jumping back as she heard a whisteling sound followed by the symbol spinning as half the wall opened up to a secret passage.

"Alright let's see where this leads."

In her excitement she nearly forget her mother's warning. "oh don't step on the second step." She said a bit to late as Mariposa had already stepped on it.

Seconds later the torches leading down all went out as the steps folded down sending both girls hurdling into he darkness. They weren't sure just how long the spun and fell in the darkness but they did know when the finally stopped the landed atop one another.

"Owww." They said in unison as the lights relit themselves. Once the room was filled with light the girls each could only stare at not just the room but at the other as neither had bothered or to be more accurate couldn't find a real reason to move.

Why don't I want to move right now?

Mariposa thought as she felt her friends tail swishing underneath her. Meanwhile Meteora was having a similar thought.

I really need to move! Need to get free. Damn tail constantly moving.

They would have stayed that way had it not been for a brief flash of light that caused them to jump up and look around.

In front of them were various crystals that were faintly glowing. But both girls gazes were fixed on the large transparent one that now had two images burned into it. The first was of them stuck in their previous position while the other held a picture had nearly the same picture but in this one they were kissing.

"Uhhhhh what's with this crystal?" Mariposa asked trying desperately not to look at the picture.

Meteora looked at the picture and just below it where a message was carved into the bottom.

"To whomever finds my hidden sanctuary know that this room is magic and these crystals hold not only the memories of lovers but of possible and most likely futures. May you find love in all forms, also their should be preserved goblin dogs in the frozen cave to the left."

As she reread the message Mariposa went about looking at the various crystals and seeing the stored memories trapped within. "Wow look at this. I think this is your mom at our age."

Instantly Meteora ran to the image and couldn't hold back the laughter as she saw her teenage mother a flaming wand in hand looking embarrassed as her father jumped about his loincloth catching fire.

"Guess mom wasn't that good at magic at her age." She ran her hand over the image and for the hundredth time imagined what having magic felt like. She'd been told of course that she'd been able to use magic as a baby but she couldn't remember anything.

Mariposa seeing this hugged her friend knowing full well what she was thinking.

"It must have been fun to use magic."

"Star often told me it caused to many problems and not enough happy endings."

"Still though, could you imagine you or I using magic?"

As she spoke a image began forming on the crystals. In this new image it showed Meteora with green butterfly wings shooting lighting from her hands while a slightly annoyed Mariposa levitated a stone to block it before the image changed to show them laughing as the rock exploded.

"Woah, that's pretty cool."

"Yeah and check out our cheeks." On Meteora's cheeks were her clover marks while Mariposa had two yellow crowns on her cheeks.

"Looks like in every future your my princess." She said gently punching her arm.

Mariposa rolled her eyes but blushed as the image changed again. This time showing her using her powers to trap Meteora and pull her into a kiss before the image stopped.

"Oh that's… look another crystal!"

They explored the entire sanctuary seeing the various futures some normal and some extremely weird. Even one were they both blushed with adorableness as it showed them as kitten people playing with string.

With every passing hour they stayed there they began getting closer and closer until they were leaning against one another watching a mirror version of them before lost in the peaceful and joy of the moment turned and gently kissed the other while on the crystal the girls simply fell asleep while holding hands.

"Looks like we bored our other selves."

"Maybe but I think I like our current selves more." Mariposa said before kissing her now prominent girlfriend again. "Now how about the two of us hit up the bounce lounge. I heard their offering a special for couples." This was supposed to be a trial run but in the few minutes she'd been left alone while Meteora sought out these mystic goblin dogs she'd looked into the various futures and saw the various scenarios and how more often then not they began dating after this single day. By the time she got back she was sure that this was going to be the start of something great.

Meteora's eyes lit up as she picked up Mariposa and rushed up the stairs saying as she went. "Anything for my princess."