Forbidden Love

Part 3

Forbidden Love

Chapter Three

Now having reached close enough to the Castle to teleport, Luna did so as it would be too risky to attempt flying back to her balcony as she would most likely be seen by the Solar Guards who would be coming to take the places of their Lunar counterparts.

Within the blink of an eye, there she was, standing on her balcony and looking out of it. She lowered the moon slowly and then turned to enter her bedroom.

However, as she turned around she came face to face with one of her Guards. Her personal Guard, if one were to be specific.

Naturally, she was startled and let out an undignified screech at the same time she jumped back. "Sh-sh-Shadowlance?! What art thou doing here?! "

The Guard did not look amused. "Princess." He ran a hand that was somewhere between golden and light brown in coloration through his dark brown hair, revealing his blue eyes, and sighed.

Even if he hadn't sighed, Luna would have been able to tell his displeasure. Normally he would address her by her name (as she had told him to) and would make a joke. But right now...

"Where in Equestria were you?! I was looking for you everywhere. I swear, I only took a bathroom break for five minutes or something, and when I returned you were gone! And then I remembered the lecture you gave me in my first year of joining the Lunar Guard. Actually, I only remembered one sentence which was the most important one, in which you said that a Guard shall not leave his Princess at any time unless she is in her bedroom or specifically tells them to, and that even though taking bathroom breaks are good, we are putting the lives of our Princess at risk by leaving her for even a second!"

He took a breath. "So, where did you go?"

" Out. "

"Princess, that's obvious. I meant, where did you go? "

"To the land of Crystals." She didn't know why she was telling him. The words simply slipped out of her mouth .

"A land of Crystals sounds awesome! I'd love to go somewhere with crystals sometime! Where did you even find it? "

"I meant the Crystal Empire."

" Oh..." He said in understanding. "I've heard of it once or twice but never actually saw the place." A grin of mischief crossed his face. "By the way, I can see a rose in your hair. Did you find anyone you like? "

Luna rolled her eyes. "I surely did. But I'm not sure what I see them as, a friend or other, though there is a strange feeling that I felt around them, and I felt at ease and as if they were familiar to Us. "

"Give me a clue?"

" Nope. "

"Even their gender?"

" Nope. "

"Come on."

" Nope. "

Shadowlance was bored, seeing that this would lead nowhere. He noticed the sun rising. "I think it would be best to go inside, Princess, as the Sun is rising."

To this she did not say anything, merely opening the door that separated her balcony and bedroom, after which she entered it. Shadowlance followed her.

To his surprise, Luna did not tell him to go; on the contrary she asked him to stay a little, and they talked.

Luna, for the most part remained quiet, listening to Shadowlance telling her about what happened beyond the walls of the Castle.

The people strayed further from the night, and bat pony villages were often being attacked by the ones who remained awake at night.