Deadly Nightshade

by EGO_


Incredulous

Luna's perspective:

It is nighttime, our favorite time.
We have sat down, posture straightened, as we use our horn to maintain thou's quill, that is lightly brushing against the paper with the black ink that is thick.

Against the gentle pages,
we write in a journal;

''Twilight,
Have you ever noticed our emotions? Our feelings towards you?
Nay, we have to say.
You have not.
Although, it is obnoxiously clear that we hold such affection.
Your voice, much like honey.
Your soft mane, we wish to touch ever so dearly.
And your personality, which we are striken by.
All of the traits that make you yourself, Twilight, are most ecstatic to the eyes of Equestria.
And to our eyes the most.
We have seen the world, far and wide.
Kingdoms through the ages,
beholding only myself and I,
many creatures dancing in the nightly sky. But none has captured our heart like you do.
We continuously wonder if we can ever be one as lovers do...
But why do we feel a sense of guilt coursing through our veins? Perhaps it is shame? Or perhaps it is doubt?
Only time shall tell...
We just wish we can say all of this out loud without it backfiring or having the possibility of ruining our friendship.''

We sigh,
placing the quill down,
the glowing magic fading away from our alicorn horn.
With our right hoove,
we softly closes the journal,
looking deeply into the starry sky that is peering through the window where the curtain remains still to the sides.

"Could it be that were simply exaggerating ones emotions...?"

We speak as if asking the night.

"Tomorrow morning, a royal dinner will be held. Tia, oneself, Cadence, and Twilight shall be there...but...one is most nervous about it...about seeing ones dear Twilight..."

Suddenly, out of nowhere,
one hears a "ahem!" from behind.
We quickly turn around,
seeing a pale white princess standing there, snickering.

"Dear sister!"
One shouts out of surprise
"How long have you been awake?! And how much of that did you hear?!"

Tia only continues to snicker,
giggling at one’s nervous antics.

"Oh Luna, I'm so sorry to have eavesdrop. Were you talking to yourself?"

Our cheeks begin to flush,
dumbfounded by all of this.
"N-No...I mean! Yes...!"

"Correct me if I'm wrong, Luna, but did you nickname Twilight 'dear'?"

We gulp,
stuttering uncontrollably as anxiety raises in our chest.
"Y-You heard th-that?"

Tia only smiles and nods before exiting our personal room,
shutting the door behind her, and leaving the room to become dark once again.

"There is no way Tia knows..."
We mumble,
pacing the shadowy room.

~~~~

It was first thing in the morning.
After our everlasting, and exhausting, events of looking out for ponies in their dreams,
one will admit that were not yet ready for this royal dinner.
Mostly due to the fact that one’s magical crush will be attending…

“It will not be so bad…”

One has never been the most talkative pony. Always a anxious mess in social gatherings, constantly running away to a totally different room in fear of judgement or rude comments from others.
But Twilight Sparkle had made sure we feel comfortable.
Twilight had always welcomed one with open arms, making socializing an easier task when with her.
But on ones own? one freezes up, and it’s unbearable. Perhaps that is why no pony would ever want to be around oneself.
The ponies of Equestria are so lively, so happy. We stand out in a crowd of ponies.
It is truly a sore sight.
Was it one’s lack of energy? Enthusiasm? Appearance?
One is most definitely considered ‘different’ from the rest.
The insecurity is disturbing ones backwards mind.
But what is so disturbing is oneself among the ponies when they look at oneself.
One supposes that nothing will ever change, no matter the progress of ‘development’.

Okay, enough being depressed, Luna. We have a dinner to attend to.
And it would be a disappointing shame if the ruler of the night sky should be late.

Later that said morning, Tia and I stand at the sides outside of the castle entrance,
waiting for Princess Cadence and Princess Twilight to arrive.

The sun is bright, the weather hot.
The heat feels like it is burning ones navy blue coat.
How much longer til they show up?

Thou looks up at Tia, who has not moved a muscle,
nor has she stopped smiling.
How does ones big sister do it? She just continues smiling, no worry in the world.
One is truly envious of her ability to keep marching onwards like that…

With a loud huff and a stomped hoof,
we look forward once again, away from facing Tia.

Finally, the fellow princesses come along with large smiles on their faces.

“It has been a while, hasn’t it?”
Tia asks Cadence and Twilight, to which all of them agree.
“Thank you all for joining us for this spontaneous occasion!”
Tia welcomes them into the castle,
where a large table is met with different varieties of vegetarian food options.
One makes sure to sit at the seat that has been placed the closest to Twilight,
which makes our heart want to pound out of one’s own chest.

Twilight had been trying not to seem so nervous, like oneself is doing.
Cadence and Tia on the other hoof, look just fine, as the both of them have what seems to be a lovely chat.
Twilight and oneself converse with each other the most.
Twilight passionately spoke of all the light novels that she has read thus far.
It has always been a treat to watch the beautiful pony babble on and on about what she loves, as she tends to get so lost in the sea of love for what she enjoys for her hobbies and interests.
Beholding her eyes light up with fascination for knowledge is truly inspiring to us!

One does take a bite of a piece of fruit, that had been Twilight’s favorite.
With delight, we happily chew.
“Mm!”

“Do you like it, Luna?”
Twilight eagerly asks one’s opinion.

One does answer,
“My, Twilight Sparkle. You didn’t lie to us when you told us that this was an excellent food choice!”

Twilight let’s out a cute little giggle
“Would you say I have good taste then?”

Blushing at her teasing remark towards oneself,
we answer once more.
“Why, yes, of course! One hasn’t had the time for such healthier food preparations, considering one sleeps throughout the day.
So, this was a nice surprise.”

Twilight’s smile might as well be the death of oneself.
Because when she looked into ones eyes without any hesitation,
one knew right away that the two of us had potential to deepen our bond and connection.
.
.
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