I don't own My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic! I just wrote the fanfiction! If any of the characters seem a bit OC-ish then I'm sorry. I also added characters of my own so no flame comments please; I WILL NOT READ THEM. (Italics – thoughts/dreams; "..." – speech) please enjoy and tell me what you think.

Chapter 4 – A Beautiful Night for Stargazing

The party continued into the night; just in time to see Luna raise the moon.

Everypony watched in awe as the Princess of the Night gracefully flew into the nighttime air and brought the moon up with her.

Shadow put his wing over Rainbow Dash's back and gently pulled her closer.

Dash blushed as she soon felt Blue Shadow's soothing warmth next to her as a slightly chilly breeze blew by them.

As Luna gently fluttered to the ground, her seven new friends walked over to where she was about to land and waited for her. Luna landed next to Blue Shadow and Rainbow Dash and looked at them.

"We'd be glad to have you come back and have some fun with us whenever you're free Princess Luna." Twilight said.

"Thank you Twilight Sparkle. That means a lot to me." Luna said with a warm smile.

Twilight returned the smile and looked at the others.

"Princess Luna?" Fluttershy started.

"Yes Fluttershy?"

"Not to be rude or offend you, but did you have friends before you became Nightmare Moon?"

Luna smiled a little, but then looked down at her hooves. "None taken, but no I didn't. I never understood this, but my sister didn't really give me a chance to make any; she always took them away from me unintentionally."

"Oh...I'm sorry."

"It's ok. I have you guys now so that makes up for before."

The shy Pegasus smiled sweetly. "Good."

"How about we stay up for a little while and have a small fire while we look at the stars?" Rainbow suggested.

"That's a great idea Rainbow Dash!" Twilight said.

The others agreed and they got some fire wood.

Applejack lit the fire.

Luna watched with a smile on her muzzle.

As soon as everything was done, everypony sat around the fire and looked up at the night sky.

Luna had sat next to the two ponies that she had taken a liking to the most: Blue Shadow and Rainbow Dash.

Blue had his wing over Rainbow Dash still.

Rainbow had her head on Blue's shoulder; a small and warm smile on her muzzle.

Twilight looked at Blue Shadow and Rainbow Dash and felt a knot form in her stomach. "What is this feeling I have whenever I see Rainbow Dash and Shadow together?" She asked herself. She decided to just look up at the stars like everypony else.

Luna felt Twilight's unease and got up and walked over to the purple unicorn. "Can I talk to you alone for a moment?"

Twilight looked confused. "Sure." She said with slight hesitation.

The two walked out of hearing distance.

"What is it princess?"

"I could feel your unease. What's bothering you?"

Twilight gulped. "W-well..." She started.

Luna stayed silent and looked into the unicorn's eyes.

"I can't help but feel a little j-jealous when I see Blue Shadow and Rainbow Dash together like they are now. I-I mean don't get me wrong, I love to see my friends happy; it's just that...I...I kinda saw him first, a long time ago..."

Luna was still silent.

"I can't help but feel like Rainbow Dash became friends with Shadow in the first place to just steal him away from me..."

"Why would you think that?"

"It's just this feeling I have."

"Do you like Blue Shadow too?"

"K-kinda..."

Luna looked at her friend; her eyes showing sympathy. "I shouldn't say anything about it..." She reminded herself. She held herself back from telling her feelings; unnoticeable to Twilight however.

Twilight looked at the lunar princess. "What should I do?"

"I-I don't know. I don't know much about stuff like this..." Luna simply answered; still keeping her secret safe.

Twilight thought for a minute.

Luna glanced back at the others who had gone back to looking up at the stars. She smiled a little. "It feels nice knowing they appreciate my night...and that they're all my friends." She thought as she looked back at Twilight.

Twilight sighed. "I think I need to talk to Rainbow Dash and Blue Shadow, separately of course..."

"If that's what you feel you must do then do it." Luna simply answered.

Twilight nodded. "Thank you for the help you were able to provide me."

"You're welcome. Now, let's go back to the others; they're probably wondering why we left like that."

"Right."

The two ponies walked back to the fire and sat where they were sitting before.

"What kept ya?" Shadow asked.

"There was just a small matter I need to talk to Twilight about." Luna answered for both herself and Twilight.

"Ah ok. Just making sure everything's alright."

"Yes, everything's fine. Thank you for your concern though Blue Shadow."

"Sure thing Luna."

"How come he doesn't give her formalities?!" Twilight thought.

"Wait, I don't need to give you formalities do I?"

"No, not at all. You're my friends; just call me Luna."

"Okay good. I just wanted to make sure you were ok with that."

Luna smiled.

"Now that is a beautiful smile!" Blue Shadow thought; returning the smile.

Dash yawned and was almost half asleep on the stallion's shoulder.

"It's getting a little late for us to stay out like this..." Rarity said with a yawn.

Luna smiled. "It's fine. I appreciate you staying up this late; nopony's done this in a long time. Maybe we can do this again sometime?"

"Sure thing princess." Applejack said.

The others agreed and stood.

Luna put the fire out. "I guess I'll be heading back to Canterlot Castle now. Thank you all for a wonderful time. I'll surely come to visit more often." She said with a sweet smile.

"Alright then, good night Luna." The other seven said returning the smile; only theirs was more like a sleepy smile than a sweet smile.

Luna waved as the other seven walked home.

"Hey Blue Shadow?" Dash started.

"Yes Dashy?"

"Do you think that maybe I could stay at your house tonight? I'm a little too tired to fly."

"Sure."

Dash smiled sleepily. "Thanks."

"No problem."

The two pegusi got to Blue's front door; not knowing that they had a set of dusky purple eyes on them.

Blue opened the door for Dash to go inside first.

Rainbow nodded in thanks and went inside; Blue following soon after.

The cobalt stallion closed the door behind him. "Oh I forgot I don't have a guest room...damn..." He thought.

"So where's the guest room?" The cyan mare asked.

"I uh...I actually forgot that I don't have one, but you can sleep in my room and I can sleep on the couch if you want."

"No-no...that's ok. I'd rather have you with me actually..." Rainbow Dash said with a blush spray painted onto her cheeks.

Blue's entire face became red. "R-really?"

"Yeah...you wouldn't mind would you?" Dash asked innocently.

"N-no...I guess I wouldn't." He said with a stutter. He led Rainbow Dash to his room.

Rainbow Dash looked at him. "Are you positive that it's ok?"

"Yeah..." The stallion said before laying on one side of the bed. He waited for Dash to join him before covering up.

The rainbow-manned mare walked over to the other side of the bed and got in.

Blue covered them both up as he turned over to face Rainbow Dash.

Dash scooted closer to the stallion and put her face against his chest. "Good night Blue..." She whispered.

"Good night Dashy..." Blue whispered back. He closed his eyes and put his hooves around the mare; taking in her scent as he did so.

Rainbow closed her eyes too and slowly started to fall asleep to Blue Shadow's heart beat and his steady breathing. She smiled gently as she got closer to the stallion; putting her hooves around him afterwards.

The two fell asleep in each other's hooves; each with a gentle smile resting on their muzzles.