I looked out over the jungle from high in the tree, lounging on my stomach on the thick branch, one foreleg dangling down beneath it.
The sun was rising somewhere behind me, casting its lights across the jungle stretching out towards the horizon, the river glittering in the increasing light below.
One day a week, Sunset and Twilight were staying up and out during the day. As inconvenient as it was, it was just good for Dayponies to be beneath Celestias Sun.
It did wonders for energy levels we found and most ponies had taken to doing something similar. Including some bat ponies actually.
I suspected it had something to do with vitamins, but in any case it was healthy. In the case of bats, it usually just involved sleeping outside a day or two a week instead of staying up.
Sunset used the time to inspect the guards serving during the day.
Twilight used it as a day off.
“You should try to get some sleep,” Twilight said from next to me, a book resting on the branch before her, “It’s getting late and you do know you have an early meeting tonight with the griffon ambassador..”
I sighed, “I know, Sparks. I know,” I said and shifted slightly to admire her for a moment, “Anything planned for today?”
She smiled, “Going to the lab later to join Midnight. Have some work to do and a potion batch to finish that needs sunlight,” she said and leaned in to give my nose tip a small kiss, “Now go sleep, bat. You can barely keep your eyes open.”
“Mmm,” I admitted and slowly stretched, raising my wings and pushing myself up to sit, blinking a bit and suppressing a yawn.
Sunny and Sparks could sleep in tonight.
I couldn’t.
So I leaned in and gave Sparks a kiss on the cheek, touching my horn to hers before I slipped off the branch, my wings spreading as I caught the air and flew back towards the village.
It wasn’t far, we had stayed well inside the shield and I flew off towards the so-called castle. It was still funny to me that ponies called it that, there were non-noble houses in canterlot larger than it. Buck, night to night we lived in two rooms!
We didn’t use a kitchen and had one living room and one bedroom and the rest was made up of the ‘throneroom’ and administrative spaces.
That was the realm of Flower and Starlight and I was not allowed.
Literally, last time I went exploring, Flower very politely but firmly chased me out. I had not even seen the kitchen, the head chef was a large earth pony and I had only tried once.
I didn’t dare try again.
He scared me a bit.
Glancing back, I spotted the very familiar shapes of Leaf Shade and Shade Leaf flying around behind me in formation.
Sparks had her own two guards along with her which made me feel a bit better about the entire thing. I’m used to being followed by now, barely even thinking about it by now.
Swooping in above the balcony, I landed on the railing easily before jumping down and stretching a bit. Then I looked up and flapped my wings once, bouncing off the railing again and hooking my wing across one of the rafters in the bedroom.
There was plenty of sunlight filtering inside and I got myself comfortable, pulling my legs to myself as I wrapped my wings around my body, still swinging slowly back and forth.
Suppressing another yawn, I let my eyes drift closed and it was not long until I opened them again, looking out over the sparkling expanse of the dream realm.
“Good morning, My Page.”
I smiled and turned around, stretching a bit, “Good morning, My Sky,” I said and stepped closer, looking into her eyes as her star filled mane flowed around us, “You looked exceptionally beautiful this morning.”
Luna smiled and brushed her lips against mine, “How are things in Nocturnis?”
“Well enough,” I said and shifted a bit closer, “It’s a Sun day.”
She nodded, “I’ll look in on Sunset and Twilight later when they go to bed,” she said and shifted around, her wing brushing across my back.
I shifted a bit against her, smiling up at her.
“And speaking of Sunny and Sparks,” I said and smiled, “I have an idea.”
Luna smiled and looked down at me, “Just one? I can think of several.”
I smirked, showing her a bit of fang, “Oh, well I have those as well. About you as well, My Sky.”
She leaned in to kiss me and I kissed back before she smiled, breaking it, “We can explore those later, my Page. Now what was your idea?”
“Vacation.”
“That would be very nice,” Luna admitted and sighed, “But I’m not sure it’s possible at the moment.
I nodded, “I know. And I wasn’t thinking of us. I’m thinking of Sunny and Sparks. They haven’t taken real time off for years. They even covered for me when your plan with Celestia went into effect. They deserve it and more.”
Luna smiled, “I think that’s an excellent idea, Page,” she said and nuzzled at the base of my horn, “Do you have any plans for a location?”
“Well,” I admitted, “I thought somewhere warm and sunny, but we live somewhere warm and sunny. I want it to be somewhere nice, somewhere Sparks will find interesting and where Sunny can get the treatment she deserves.”
Luna smirked, “Somewhere with room service then?”
“Roomservice, massages, the lot,” I confirmed, “So I was actually thinking of a suite at one of the nicer hotels of Manehattan?”
Luna made a thoughtful sound, “Plenty of museums, shows and other things to keep Twilight engaged there,” she agreed.
“I considered just a nice mountain cabin somewhere,” I admitted, “And I think they would enjoy that for a couple of days but then get bored.”
“Possibly,” Luna admitted as she nodded, “I think your idea has merit. Are you sure you would not like to go with them?”
I nodded, “I’m sure I do want to go with them,” I admitted, “But they also deserve time to just be together as well. And they definitely deserve to relax and just disconnect for a while away from Nocturnis and somepony needs to keep an eye on things..”
Luna nodded, “If you’d like, I could make some inquiries, My Page, easier to do so from Canterlot than Nocturnis,” she said with a smile, “I believe we can find something very nice. But it will be up to you to convince them.”
I smirked and shook my mane back, “Oh, I think I can handle that part.”
“Could you now? Perhaps we should discuss some of those other ideas you had then?” Luna asked and pulled me closer.
A devious bat is best bat
Page left unsupervised? In a week Nocturnis would be on fire and lamentations of it's stallions would be heard well outside of the jungle
So, Twi and Sunny on vacation, meanning flower gets even more power in the castle.
...FEW WEEKS LATER...
Page: Get out.
Twilight: Oh Page! Don't be like that!
Sunset: We only came back from vacation a few days early because we miss yo--
Page: Skitter. Chrysalis. I know its the two of you and I'm NOT going to play along! GET OUT!
*Both pseudo-waifus slow blinked before getting rid of their disguise*
Chrysalis: Well now you ruined MY vacation, little predator! I was looking forward to improving your pony guards' training...among other things.
Page: Enjoy your vacation elsewhere in town. OUT!
Skitter: You didn't have to be mean about it...
Page: Yes I do. OUT!
Chrysalis: FINE! Be that way! We will entertain ourselves some other way. Come along Skitter. Since we are nearby, we can check if the wingspan of that statue is accurate according to the reports..
Page:
Bat snu snu and Lunar snu snu are the best ~♡
Probably a feast for Changelings as well
Probably practice from trying not to think about the changeling guard he's had ever since chucking a glorified fruit knife at Chrysalis.
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That is priceless and unexpected. Very nice 👍
Chrysalis:
"Curses, we have lost the perfect chance for Alicorn level of cuteness and strength, maybe next time..."
Skitter:
"You where to eager, if you just cuddle up to him he would have come on to us instead of you trying to get him going..."
Chrysalis:
"But all i wanted is to paint me white in all his delight!"
Skitter:
"If you had been Sunset than it might work, Twilight is more wordy, so he see through it, instantly."
Griffon leader:
"Greetings ladies, might i offer you a drink tonight?"
Skitter & Chrysalis:
"Pass, if we wanted Changelings we go to our subservient followers instead of a rival Hive."
Griffon leader pouts at being found out already:
"You are really taking the fun out of it lady's..."
Chrysalis & Skitter:
"Meh..."
Fake Griffon:
"Spike, Talon and their filly friend are very affectionate, maybe you want something as sweet like their blossoming love to wash down this bitter defeat?"
Both Changeling Queen ignore their rival and proceed to mope somewhere undisturbed.
Griffon leader:
"Meh... More for me and my Hivemates...
Until later ladies~♡"
The following vacation Sunset burns down a part of the Mafia in Manehatten that annoyingly tried to mess around, while she and her marefriend has a vacation in the area.
The criminal underworld decided than and there never to mess with the pyromaniac of Nocturnis and the Alicorn of Magic that turned their hide out inside out.
The 9,5/10 from the spirit of chaos showing up to rate their flanks getting royaly bucked wasn’t helping either...
Not to mention that half their higher ups currently enjoy the hospitality of the Manehattan guards ponies that wasn’t bribed to assist them escape.
Somewhere deep in the Jungle did a certain Alicorn statue received a crack...
Discord wondered if someone stole his big entry gig into the story, he was the first to escape a statue through a cracked stone imprisonment.
Meanwhile Fern had become best doggo and Alpha of some Dwarf Raptor females, that Angel Bunny Alpha mate had introduced him to.
Besides fluffy dwarf Raptors, now also Timber Dwarf Raptors started to make a appearance and Discord teaches his daughter Eris about the wonder that life was. Chaos was created through every lifeform, because chaos always finds a way...
Great chapter
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I would love if this happened
I think they'll agree as long as Page is around for their heat week.
Did you all remember Twilight Sparkle and Midnight getting her first guard?
A magical times ~♡
Isn't there a way to end the boring every day monotonous days all peacefully in some action...?
Wait... What is that soundtrack?
Dr. WHOoves comes out the Tardis with a photography album.
Dr.Who: "Sorry we are late, the traffic was murder..."
Chrysalis: "What is this?"
Dr.Who: "Your 12 Larve who just hatched a day ago, didn't you get the message?"
Chrysalis: "What? What message?!"
Derpy Hooves comes out the Tardis:
"Delivery for Queen Chrysalis!"
Dr.Who: "Why didn't you deliver the message sooner?"
Derpy: "You said deliver this to Queen Chrysalis as soon as possible, but than we had to stop the Cyberman invasion. Also the Weeping Angel's incident keep us busy for a few days..."
Dr.Who: "I guess better late than never..."
Chrysalis: "Sooo... You want me to show my hives future nymph cocoons on the ceiling... why?"
Dr.Who: "Yes, no need to press the issue. Everything will work out... eventually."
Chrysalis: "Wait this Nymphs are not all from my hive or the hive we take over"?
Dr.Who: "Exactly, things have yet to happen."
Chrysalis: "So my hives nymphs future are all save and...?
Dr.Who: "Now you need only, stay prepared for shenanigans to come that I can't twll you about... and everything will be perfect. Also you might want to give back the diary you liberated from Page bedroom. Sunset Shimmer will leave you mostly...unharmed. today or the days after today, if not sooner.
Chrysalis: "Why?"
Dr.Who: "Reasons... that mare can be scary..."
Derpy: "Look, we used a Time Travel wibbly wobbly device to save your familie insecurities to spiral out of cobtrol, just do it please... Also don't tell Twilight or Starlight Glimmer.
Especially Starlight Glimmer!
Chrysalis: "...OK..."
Than the story continued normaly just with Blank Page having a bigger familie and Chrysalis not going Doomguy vs Demons on other Hives and Twilight driving metaphorical over Chrysalis with a train.
The - End ♡ ... Until next chapter
When do we get some more 'umpf' into Blank Page getting visited?
Would be pretty impressive...
Maybe someone we have not yet enough encountered?
Abesinian, Diamond Dogs or Breezee♤