Yooooo! It's been like...forever since I updated. I know, you all must be like: "Why'd you do this to us" and "Please update sooner". Well, worry not. I have almost finished my university, which means more time to write! I'll be posting with my bro, MinecraftMax every two or three sundays. Please enjoy this chapter of realization and the fluffyness.

Pinkie: I liked the chapter.

Celestia: I agree. This made a good impresion on what's happening with Lulu and Jethro.

?: Let us stop this nonsence and let the readers get what they want, will you!

Pinkie: Discord?

Discord: Yes my party planning friend. Let this chapter begin!

"Ohhh, so that's what happened..." Pinkie Pie blowed on her third hot chocolate while looking at Jethro. A few moments of silence helped him remember what he wanted to ask the party pony all day. " Hey Pinkie Pie, I've been meaning to ask, could you give me a ride to my house on the balloon? It's pretty far from here, and I can't walk all the way there like this." Pinkie downed her drink in one gulp and placed her cup on the tray. "What? You can't go back to the castle, you can stay here. I got extra rooms." Twilight interrupted Pinkie, who for some reason had begun looking at a notebook. "No, I can't bother you Twilight." Jethro tried reasoning, but he wasn't getting too far. "You should stay here Jethro, it's closer to the doctor and everything else. Although it's farther away than the castle from my house, it's easier for me to come here, and better for you."Fluttershy said, not helping him.

"*Sigh* Alright, I'll take your offer and stay here." Twilight clapped her hooves and left quickly to fetch a few things, a book included. He asked Fluttershy to accompany him to the room, and after clearing the massive misunderstanding that was caused mainly by Applejack, he decided to sleep on the floor of the library on the first floor, the Mane Six having retreated to the rooms; Twilight had decided to take the opportunity and have a slumber party, something she wanted to try.

The night was quiet, and everyone had a good night's rest, well mostly. At first sleep eluded Jethro, but after midnight, he managed to find it and rest. Sunlight shone through the second floor windows, waking up the Mane Six somewhere after 10 am. Twilight was the first to wake up. She trotted down the stairs, deftly avoiding furniture, and reaching the kitchen. 'Hold on...Why is the library so dark?' Returning to the dark room, Twilight noticed that the furniture she dodged was not even there. 'Wha...' The lavender mare looked around, noticing the closed windows and curtains, the blocked front door by a desk, and a lump near the fireplace. The darkness didn't let her see what the lump was, but getting closer allowed her to see that the lump moved up and down rhythmically, like a calm breathing pattern. Finally a few feet away from the mysterious object, the light from the fireplace revealed that the lump was crimson colored and scaly.

'It's only Jethro. I shouldn't wake him up.' Using her magic as quietly as possible, she tried opening the curtains, but they wouldn't move. She used her hooves to push the curtains up, but forgot one crucial detail, she was trying to open the squeaky curtain and it didn't fail to squeak. Freezing up, she looked back at her guest, and saw his head craned directly at her. "Hehe, sorry for waking you. I was just trying...to...open this window..." He yawned, and stretched a bit. "It's ok. It was time to wake up anyways." Jethro walked up to the window and with a push opened the curtain, repeating the process with the rest of them. "I'll fix up the library, you go ahead and fix breakfast for the girls." Twilight walked away to the kitchen, but stayed at the door frame.

She watched as he lifted the furniture with his claws and lowered them to their place effortlessly. Just before he finished fixing up the library, he cast a spell and transformed into the pegasus hybrid, the wing cast he had asked Fluttershy to fix last night in place. He kept his dragon tail, but the end had hair like a pegasus' tail; his rear legs were hooves, while his front legs had claws and a bit of scales. His face had the dragon's frills; he had his orange mane drawn back, his horns exposed, and at the top his orange scales pointing up. After finishing, he used another spell and he turned into a pegasus, the dragon traits hidden. 'That was cool...' From the stairs, Pinkie, AJ, Rarity, and Rainbow thought; the same train of thought as Twilight who watched from the doorframe. After breakfast was done, Rarity had asked for everypony to go to her boutique to start making the dresses.

At Rarity's place, she had begun pulling out the different fabrics for the dresses. The Mane Six chatted away, while the two dragons played a game of chess, Spike was winning. "How come you're winning?" Jethro looked at the board, only five of his pieces left. "Chess is a game of strategy. Twilight taught me that." Spike moved a rook, and eliminated another piece. "Three moves." Spike's comment put Jethro on edge. Minutes later, Spike won. "Well, it was fun." With a huff, Jethro looked to a side. "Not for me." Spike patted his back. "Don't worry, with practice, you can get better." Both downed their sodas, and exhaled happily. "~Spiiike! Come here!~" The small dragon floated up and left towards Rarity, leaving the crimson dragon alone. 'Well, since I'm not up yet, I can take a nap '

At Canterlot(2 weeks before the Gala)

The two royal sisters were in a big room filled with fabrics, inserts, ribbons, and many things used in the crafting of dresses. Celestia had managed to get her sister to the room, but now the problem was to convince her to have another dress made for her. Sadly, the Moon princess wasn't very cooperative . "Lulu, you need to do this. You don't have any dresses for the Gala." The younger alicorn of the two had been avoiding the seamstress for a whole week now. "Tia! Thy have other dresses, thy'll have thou know!" She said, not really pleased. "It's been a millennia since you were here. The dresses are probably dust by now." With a huff, the Moon princess sat down on a cushion and let the seamstresses do their work. "So, who did you invite to the Gala?" Celestia began, trying to strike a conversation. Luna was still mad, but she answered. "No one special, just a friend of mine."

Luna began looking over the fabrics for the dress, but none caught her eye. "Mmmm... Did you invite that pegasus stallion you met back in Ponyville? What was his name...Jethro?" The question made her stop the searching of a fabric, and she nodded, not too surprised at the question, but at the fact she remembered his name. Looking back at the fabrics, she noticed that she had stopped on a teal blue silk that had wind-like patterns ghosted on the fabric, a very beautiful piece. One of the seamstresses saw how she observed the fabric, and approached the princess. "Oh, that's a nice color, and it matches your eyes. This would make a lovely piece." The mare waited patiently until Luna handed her the fabric and walked over to a table so she could start drawing different dress designs. "After all he did on Nightmare Night, thy wanted to thank him. An invitation to the Gala was the first thing thy could come up with."

"Mmm..." While nodding, Celestia hummed. 'There are many ways to thank somepony, a ticket to the Gala isn't a bad idea, but there are easier ways.' Celestia picked up a few fabrics, and inspected them for her dress. "You could have told him to come for a tour around the castle or something similar..." While two seamstresses worked on Luna's dress, two more came to do Celestia's. "True, but Gala's are usually boring. Thy thought that having a friend to chat with could improve thy enjoyment of this dreadful event." The eldest sister smiled. "I must admit, that's same reason why I invited Twilight and her friends." There was silence at first, then both began laughing.

"We're all done princesses. The dresses will be done in a few days. We shall ask later for what kind of decorations you want on the dresses." Both sisters thanked the seamstresses, and exited the room. "*Yawn* Well, thy'll return to thy chambers to sleep. G'night Tia." Luna hugged her sister, and groggily trudged to her room. "Good night Lulu." The mentioned alicorn waved a wing without looking, and disappeared from view after turning a corner.

The white alicorn teleported out of the castle's east wing and reappeared at the eastern gardens, the guards at their posts. They all bowed and greeted her kindly when she walked by. "Greetings Princess. Could I speak with you for a moment?" A guard asked. Turning her head, she saw the guard, a white unicorn with bright yellow eyes and combat knife as his cutie mark. She nodded, and sat down on a nearby bench. "Before I continue, I would like to thank you for the commendation on my promotion. I'm..."

"Lieutenant Commander Chang, am I right?" Celestia smiled down on him, causing a lump on his throat. "...Yes. I never expected that the Princess would remember my name." He looked down slightly and avoided eye contact. "Well, with the way Shining Armor spoke about you, it would be hard to forget. If you keep working like this, you'll have a bright future." Celestia could see a faint smile on his lips. "Thank you for the praise. I wanted to talk about the security of the palace with the upcoming event. I believe that we should be increasing the amount of guards at the entrance, not leaving them in their current state."

Celestia summoned a tea cup and sipped, listening intently to the young new guard. "It's a valid point Lieutenant Commander, but there is no need for an increase of guards. It's been millennia, and nothing drastic has happened requiring the guard's presence. It's better to give the excess guards a night off, improve morale. I suggest you take it off too, in light of your recent promotion." Celestia commented, catching Chang off-guard. "I can't do that! I must live up to the expectations set over me!" Celestia wasn't surprised, she had seen this many times before.

"Taking a day off won't grant you a demotion." "But Princess!" With a sigh, Celestia teleported the tea cup elsewhere. "Don't be so stubborn young guard, enjoy your life a little. I, Princess Celestia order you to take the day of the Gala off." Chang opened his mouth to speak, but promptly closed it. "Yes Princess." Celestia smiled satisfied. "You are excused Lieutenant Commander." Chang bowed and turned to leave. 'Damn it! I need to find another way to be at the Gala, or Gary will...' Chang shuddered, not wanting to suffer whatever Gary had in mind; so with a steady pace, he left the gardens.

(Somewhere around Ponyville)

'Two weeks down, and my wounds have healed marvelously. I might even be able to fly for the Gala at this rate...' Jethro walked happily through the Town Square, having gotten out of his second check up visit. He and the doctors were amazed at his healing speed. Wounds that should have take two months to heal took two weeks. He didn't know what to do today, so he was looking at the different shops around town. "Look! It's Haru! The wandering trader!" A random pony shouted. Most ponies in the shops came out galloping to the street, stoping near this Haru fellow. He was pulling a wagon, and when everypony gathered around him, he opened it revealing a ton of foreign wares.

"I thank ye for receiving me today. Most of me wares this season are from the north of Prance(France), except for the botanics that come from an island that's between here and Saddle Arabia."

Jethro POV

I looked around the wagon, curious as to why there was so much, uh, how should I say this...junk. The redeeming bit was the vast amount of spices. Some of them actually smelled good, so I picked the one that I felt irritated my nose the most. 'Man, this would make a good condiment for chilly...' My mouth began to water at the thought of spicy chilly. "Well, ah didn't know there was someone brave enough ta buy me my Diablo Ghost Peppers. I gotta warn ya, they're very spicy."

While Haru talked to me, a pale magenta pony with a pale, light grayish lime green mane approached us. She had a saddlebag with two daisies, most probably the same as her cutie mark. "Haru, it's wonderful to see you." She approached him and draped her front hoof over his neck. "Ah, Daisy. Long time no see!" He said, looking back at his wagon. "I couldn't find what you asked me to bring you." Daisy settled down and waved her hoof. "Don't worry. I can make it without it. I really came by to say hi because of this." She rummaged through her saddlebag for a moment and pulled out a flower. "This here flower you brought last time beat me. I couldn't even make it bloom once."

The flower was in a small clay pot. The stem was thicker than average, and its leaves looked puffy. The flower bud was large, it was probably a corsage, with purple-blue petals that had dark blue veins. It had an odd tear shape, and I couldn't shake the thought that I knew it. "Well, not a single pony that I give the flower to manages to make it bloom. The one that traded it to me told me that just before it blooms, it has a very strong, putrid smell, but when it opens it smells like mountain breeze, a bit of honey, and firewood." 'Ohh! Its a Midnight Blaze!' Mom had a whole garden of this. "It's a Midnight Blaze!" Haru and Daisy looked at me with big eyes. "...Yes... Are you a botanist? I haven't met anypony who knows this flower by its name and not be a botanist."

I unconsciously scratch my neck. "Jejeje. No, but my mom had a whole garden with this flower. I know how to make it bloom." Both were surprised. "Really?" I nod at Haru, and he hands me the flower. "Here, if you can make it bloom in the next two days, you can have it. I'll be at the Honey Bee Inn." Haru hitched his wagon and walked away. Haru is a brown pegasus with a blue mane, a brass scale as his cutie mark. He comes around every six or seven months; Fluttershy told me that the last time he came I was at the cave in Tim...the Everfree Forest.

I wrap the pot with my wing and walk towards Twilight's tree home. 'I'm surprised. Never expected to find you here...I think like I'm talking to the flower... That's somewhat sad...'

(The day of the Gala, just after lunch.) Normal POV

After lunch at Pinkie's place, Jethro walked to Carousel Boutique, to pick up his tailored suit from his fashionista friend. *Knock knock* He tapped the door with his claw/hoof loud enough for her to hear. "Jethro darling, is that you?" A tired sigh escaped his maw. 'Well, let's get this over with.' "Yes, and I brought Spike." Both of them could hear the unmistakable clip clop of horseshoes, and a few moments later, the door opened. "Good. You smell better than usual, it's great you followed my advice about wearing perfume." She led them inside and closed the door. Inside, the girls are getting ready for tonight, in different stages.

Twilight was applying make-up with her near surgical precision, Flutters was putting on her hair ornaments, Pinkie was dressed as a candy corn for some reason, Rarity was doing...something to her hair and Rainbow was struggling to stay put while AJ tried to comb her mane. "Would you be a dear and get your suits. They're on the rack near the back." Jethro walked carefully through the crowd of mares, reaching his destination and pulling both suits out. "Here ya go Spike." He handed the small dragon his clothes, and proceeded to get dressed himself. 'Putting this on was easier than I thought.'

Having finished, Rarity looked at me and smiled. "Well, you look dashing! Princess Luna will certainly like it." Rarity had tailored the suit for his dragon form, sure it had added to the difficulty of the job, but she enjoyed a challenge every once in a while. He had a grey fitted button down shirt with a crimson red bowtie and a navy blue suit. Spike had a similar arrangement, except that he had the more traditional black and white color scheme. "Maybe, but I wont be looking like this." A moment later, he looked like a pegasus, still looking as dashing.

"Well, no matter what shape you show her, she'll still like it." Rarity said, confidently. Slightly embarrassed, Jethro turned to the door. "Well, I'll be leaving now...Twilight! Did you prepare the container like I asked you?" Stopping the application of her eye liner, she looked at him. "Yep! They're near the flower pot." "Thanks Twi." Exiting the Boutique, he closed the door. "What's the container for Twilight?" Fluttershy asked curiously. "Well, he plans to transport there the flower Rarity suggested he give Princess Luna." Fluttershy had her mouth in a small 'o' shape, soon replaced with a smile.

At the Gala(7:45 pm)

The apple shaped carriage pulled up in front of the Castle of Canterlot, two guards standing in attention at the door. Spike hopped down from the driver's seat and opened the door like a gentle colt. The Mane Six got off of their ride, each looking stunning in Rarity's work. Not a minute later, a cloud flew over them lower than usual. They watched as it spiraled down and landing just in front of the carriage, Jethro hopped down. "Hello." Jethro had two small containers under his wings, not bothered to hide them from sight. "Jethro! There you are!" Twilight saw him, and began dragging him.

"Come on, let's go meet Princess Celestia." He struggled a bit to follow her, but he managed either way. He marveled at the impressive high celling, the well decorated marble columns, and the refinement of the place. Then, he saw something that caused a knot in his stomach: the amount of ponies in the room. "Come on Jethro, it's this way." He focused on Twilight instead of the amount of ponies, and managed to push through until meeting Twilight, who was talking to Celestia. "Princess Celestia, this is the friend I've been talking about in the letters. His name is..." Twilight stopped talking when Celestia began speaking.

"Jethro Firebrand, it's a delight to finally meet you. Lulu speaks wonders of you." Jethro, surprised, kneeled and bowed. "There is no need for such formalities young stallion. As my sister's guest, I welcome you to this event." Jethro's mind went blank. 'She knows my name? Luna speaks of me... I don't know if it's good or bad.' He pulled out one container and gave her the flower that was inside it. "This here is a gift. It's a Midnight Blaze. Around 11:45 pm, it will start to develop a strong, putrid aroma, which is totally normal. If a spell is cast to remove the stench, the bud won't bloom, so please refrain from using spells on it." Celestia looked at the plant curiously, and smiled at him. "I'll do my best to keep your gift safe." He nodded, then began looking around for the dark blue alicorn.

The white alicorn smiled. "My sister is in the other room. Have fun." Listening to the white alicorn, he walked to the other room, the amount of high class ponies overwhelming. "Jethro! Thou hath managed to come!" Luna called from the end of the room, he thanked his enhanced senses that allowed him to hear her. "Princess Luna..." He had opened his mouth open to greet her, but no words came out, he just stared at her. She was dressed in a teal blue dress with silvery sleeves and shoes. The dress had a wide V neckline that framed a corset styled blouse, connected to a long flowing skirt that extended to the back.

Her tail was concealed by the dress, but her mane wasn't. She had silvery eye shadow, with a small amount of blusher, and mate light pink lipstick. Her hair had a single bang that curled and partially framed her right eye, giving her this exotic look. Her black crown still rested on her head, and the rest of her flowing mane was held by a silver headband with two diamond shaped pieces that hung at the end of the headband. It gave her mane a low ponytail look (no pun intended), while the rest swayed like smoke.

All the time Jethro walked to her, he didn't stop staring, and that made Luna a bit self conscious. "...Please don't stare, 'tis embarrassing..." She whispered, making him feel self conscious. "Sorry." He looked away flustered, too nervous to speak. "Would thou want some punch?" She asked him. He, still mute, nodded. She ushered him to follow her, and he did, feeling his nerves start to betray him.

From the other side of the room, Celestia observed. 'He seems to be uncomfortable around a big group of ponies, or enclosed spaces...or both.' She watched with a smile as her sister fetched both punch cups and handed one to him. They had a chat, but he was still tense. 'Better help him somehow.' Celestia's horn glowed for a second, then it stopped. "Princess..." Twilight called her. "Yes, my faithful student..." The lavender unicorn doubted for a second. "I don't want to meddle, but what did you do just now?" With a smile, Twilight's mentor answered. "I just did my part in helping Lulu." Twilight smirked. "You mean, you played matchmaker?" Celestia had a satisfied smile, looking as the message had reached her sister. "You could say that." She winked at her pupil, a grin plastered on her muzzle.

Luna POV

'Thy can't believe it! How didn't thy notice?' Thy was chatting with Jethro, and Thy noticed that he was tense the whole time, but thought it was nothing. A little bit into the conversation, Tia sent me a telepathic message. 'He doesn't feel comfortable around crowds, why couldn't thy piece it together.' Not thinking what other ponies might have thought, I grabbed his hoof ('He actually has claws...should Thy call them claws?' ) and brought him to a balcony, coincidentally it was the same one Thy had lunch that time Thy visited Tia's dream.

Thy could see him sigh in relief and smile. Then, I could see a kind of box between one of his wings. 'Hold on, didn't he have a wing cast?' "Jethro, might thy ask what happened to thine wing cast?" He looked at his wing and smiled at me. "The doc removed it. I have fully recovered from what happened that night." He flapped his wings to demonstrate, and the box fell, almost hitting the ground before Thy caught it with my magic. "This is yours." Thy placed the box closer, but he shook his head. "Nope. I wanted to give it to you, it's a gift." Curious, Thy opened the box to find a purple blue flower inside. "I thought you'd like it...do you?" Thy couldn't believe it, it was gorgeous. "Shard, it's wonderful." A mere moment later, Thy brought a hoof to my muzzle. "I-uh-didn't mean to..." Thy had never heard anyone call him Shard, and at that moment he seemed like he was somewhere else. "...It's ok Luna, you can call me that when we're alone. I don't mind." Thy could feel the repressed sigh escape my lips.

Then he did something I won't forget in a long time. Stepping closer, he used a hoof/claw and moved my bang to a side, then after grabbing the flower, he placed it behind my left ear. "There, a beautiful flower for a beautiful mare...although the mare is beautiful without it." Thy could feel thine cheeks alight with heat, and had to look slightly to the left, bringing a wing to cover thine face. My mane had covered part of my face while thy looked at him. "Thou art quite the gentlecolt." My face felt like on fire with his compliment. When thy thanked him, he blushed slightly and looked up, avoiding thine gaze.

Normal POV

It was 11:50, close to midnight, and Celestia noticed the foul aroma that began emanating from the flower a few minutes ago. She had reassured the other ponies that it was normal, but one pony in particular didn't want to buy it. At a distance, Prince Blueblood was looking at the flower with seething hatred. "That's it!" With heavy hoof steps, he approached Celestia. "Auntie Celestia! Can you please do something about this retching aroma?!" Calmly, Celestia spoke. "Nephew, this smell is normal for this flower, so there is nothing we can do." Blueblood flinched. "What?! This stench is not normal. Something must be done!" Not even taking a second, he charged a beam and shot it at the flower, effectively removing the foul aroma, but at the same time causing the bud to wilt.

Blueblood looked as Celestia's face changed to a raged look. "Blueblood!" The area around them suddenly turned quiet. Looking up, he saw the sadness in her eyes. "This was a gift from Jethro, Luna's guest. And now thanks to your recklessness, it has been destroyed. I'm very disappointed in you." Using her magic, she grabbed the flower and proceeded to walk away, looking for the one that gave it to her. Soon, the clock struck midnight, and the bells rang. In that instant, Luna could feel the bud opening. Throughout the whole hall, the retching aroma changed to a soft mountain breeze, with honey and a touch of firewood.

Celestia, with a glow of her horn, teleported out of the crowd of ponies and appeared outside close to Luna and Shard. She waited for a moment, then cleared her throat. "Jethro, I must apologize." Celestia was bowing her head slightly, and this caused some of the high class ponies that could see her to gasp. "Princess, please. There's no need." He reassured surprised that one of the dyarches would bow down at him.(A dyarchy is similar to a monarchy, but with two leaders instead of one.) "There is. I failed to keep the flower safe." The white alicorn sat down and showed the wilted bud. "A spell was cast to remove the smell, wilting the bud." He walked closer and inspected the dead flower. "You didn't use magic on it, it was someone else. If you crush the remains and burry them in a flower pot, the flower will grow again." Surprised, Celestia looked at him, her expression speaking for her. 'How does he know I didn't cast the spell?' "The flower doesn't have your smell, so someone else did it. I'm not mad." Now her eyes were wide open. 'Can he read minds...that's impossible...' Shard laughed a bit. "Worry not Princess, I can't read your mind. I'm just good at reading faces, a survival skill."

She relaxed, her easy going smile returning to her face. "Well, thank you for being so understanding, and for the directions on growing the flower. I must return to the party now. Excuse me." She did a respectful bow and left. From the bench where Luna and he were sitting, the stage inside the hall was visible. Shard saw as a group of ponies walked up and whispered something into the ear of the musicians. They nodded and left with their instruments. The ponies had bat wings, and had all the instruments needed for a light rock band. There was a bat pony with a red electric guitar that came up to the mic. "Greetings everypony, the band Night Life here. It's already past midnight, so it's time for some quality entertainment. Those of you who want, get ready to shake your flanks! We'll begin with some Rock and Roll, then near the end we'll slow down for some calmer dancing." Pinkie Pie was the first to cheer, already dancing and shouting to the unheard beat.

Shard POV

They began playing a Beetles song that I didn't really know. I wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings, but when the song was close to end, I noticed Luna was dancing on her spot, gently moving her wings to the beat. Just as the song was over, a new one began, and this one I knew well. It was an up-beat jazz, Lissa loved to make me dance these types of songs with her. Luna seemed to have gotten slightly more impatient, so I stood up and extended my hoof. "Care for a dance?" She placed her hoof on mine and stood up from the bench at my question with a broad smile. "Thy thought thou'd never ask." I began leading her to the dance floor, and when it was in sight I pumped my wings, taking to the air and bringing Luna with me. She then flew on her own and we were 10 feet from the floor.

(Play song Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Barry)[Hope I got the name of the guy right, if not sorry]

~Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans,

Way back up in the woods among the evergreens

There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,

Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode

Who never ever learned to read or write so well,

Bu the could play a guitar just like a ringing bell.

Go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Johnny B. Goode~

We began the more complex dance while flying. 'Thank you Lissa for making me dance this so many times with you.' With a hoof/claw on her back and the other on her hoof, I led her with the twirling and lifts, sometimes jumping over her(more like flying higher). I had a huge grin plastered on my maw.

~He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack

Or sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.

Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade,

Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made.

The people passing by, they would stop and say,

"Oh, my, but that little country boy could play!"

Go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Johnny B. Goode~

I could see her smiling, maybe grinning, I don't know what it was. Never mind, I was having too much fun, and she was too for what I could see. I spun her around over me, she would pull me to where she was. We kept dancing in the air, not a care in the world about the rest of the guests who were most probably watching our display. I could feel a soft gaze over me, and in a moment when Luna was over me, I could see the one gazing. She was white, with a rainbow mane. 'Why is Princess Celestia looking at us?' I dove down backwards and Luna followed.

~His mother told him, "Someday you'll be a man,

And you will be the leader of a big old band.

Many people coming from miles around

To hear you play your music when the sun goes down.

Maybe someday your name will be in light

Saying 'Johnny B. Goode tonight'."

Go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Go, Johnny, go, go

Johnny B. Goode~

Just when the last verse of the chorus ended, I held Luna in a dip. One claw/hoof on her back, the other with her hoof, we gazed at each other, grins on our faces. There was a round of applause, and I righted her, letting her stand on her own. She bowed gracefully, unfazed by the attention while I waved, I most probably looked awkward. Time passed like a breeze with her, being an hour and a half of great dancing later.

I've had a few...you could say a lot...of this sweet grape liquor, and didn't feel buzzed in the slightest. 'Good thing they don't serve Ansal, or I would have been real drunk by now.' Luna had her glass of wine surrounded by her cobalt blue magic, smiling at the sky. "Thy must say, thy'm impressed. Thy never though thou could hold thine liquor like Tia, or dance classic rock like that." I chuckled, and we both laughed. "I never knew a Princess drank so much, and my sister made me dance a lot. Dragons have high metabolism, so alcohol doesn't affect us. The only thing strong enough to buzz us is Ansal." She had a devious smirk on her muzzle. "Really? Thy find that interesting."

We continued chatting, deep into the night. It was now 2:15 am. "Can thy ask something?" She didn't look very happy, and that wasn't good. "Yeah, sure." She played with her glass for a moment. "Art thou...unhappy at the party? Before coming out here, thou were nervous and tense…" I looked at her with my mouth open. "Uh, I wouldn't say unhappy, its more like overwhelmed by the amount of ponies...I'm not good with a lot of ponies around." She giggled and I could feel my heartbeat increase.

"Well everypony, it's time to slow it down. Get your partner and move to the rhythm." The bat pony said. They played a Michael Bolton song, so I tried looking at the sky. Those minutes felt a lot longer than I wanted, until the song ended. With the edge of my eye, I could see her as impatient as before or more for a dance, but I didn't know how to dance to this slow music. The song now was 'Stuck on You' by Lionel Richie. He is my all time favorite singer, and I knew the song by heart. I began mouthing the lyrics silently until I felt a tap on my shoulder. "Could thou dance with me?" Luna asked me. The moon outside gave her eyes this strange shine, and I couldn't help but feel drawn to her gorgeous teal eyes that silently asked for a yes with all their might. I don't move, I just looked down. "I don't know how to dance to this music..."

~Stuck on you.

I've got this feeling down deep in my soul that I just can't loose.

Guess I'm on my way.~

These lyrics said perfectly what I felt in that moment. Her eyes had this happy glint as she smiled at me. "Do not worry Shard, Thy shall teach thou." Trusting my heart yet again against my mind's rant, I let her lead me to the air close by, not even going to the dance floor. That was actually good for me. I held her just like I did before in the other dances, but she shook her head. "Thou don't dance these songs like that. Thou hath to hold me closer, like this." Grabbing my hoof/claw, she repositioned it and moved far closer than before, our faces a few inches apart; our bodies in a warm embrace. "Now just let the music take you." She was smiling the whole dance, and all I could think of was her: how nice she was being with me, how patient and observant, the way she smiled at me when we danced; how beautiful she looked with that teal blue dress with her silver accessories, her mane that added this etherial mood to the moment, and her eyes that could easily peer into my soul while at the same time showing me a different side to the beautiful alicorn dancing with me called Luna.

I didn't notice when the song ended, or if we danced to more than one song, I was transfixed by her. When we alighted down, I let her go, the warmth she left feeling good. "Thanks Shard, for the marvelous evening." She hugged me, and I felt fuzzy on the inside. She turned around to leave, but came back quickly. "Thy hope thou enjoyed the night." She then did something I never thought she would do. She approached me and planted a miss on my cheek, it didn't last more than a few seconds, but it was an eternity for me. She then blushed with this cute smile on her muzzle, turned around and left. "..." I could feel smoke rising from my nose. 'Did she just...nah, she couldn't have... Unless I'm seeing things...It could have been my imagination...then again, my eyesight is great. Maybe the alcohol got to me...because seriously, I could swear I just saw her blow me a kiss...yep! It's most probably the alcohol! I need to lay off of it.'