Hours pass, and it is now 5 in the morning. PMC is sleeping soundly in her room. Fyre wakes up groaning. Luna is sitting by his bed. "Good, you're up."
"Wh-where's MoonCatcher? Is she okay?"
"She's fine. I just left her room. You should've seen the scar on her flank. She kept complaining that it ruined her beautiful cutie mark." She smiles.
"Thank Solaris she's okay. It was the only way to stop the bleeding."
"I heard what happened from Scales." She smiles wider. "Thank you for saving my daughter. I think that she deserves you more than Artemis."
He smiles. "Thank you. But I want her to choose."
"I'm sure she'll choose you. You made your move."
"Aye. But I don't want to rush it."
"I know, I know." She fiddles with her shoes, then says, "Why don't you go check to see if she's awake?"
He nods and gets out of bed. He quickly buckles down because of his burned hooves.
"Are you alright? Do you want me to teleport you there?"
"No, I'll be fine. Just tell me what room she is in."
"Room D16. It's not very far."
He nods and hobbles to her room and goes in quietly. She is sipping out of a apple juice box with a silly straw while watching a show that looks like it's for little kids. "Princess?" Her eyes don't leave the TV. "Mhm?"
"It's me. Fyre Mane. May I come in?"
"Sure." She quickly changes the channel to the news. He trots in slowly. "Hi." She sits up.
"How are you?"
"I'm fine. But just look at my gorgeous cutie mark!" She moves the sheets and shows her flank with a long slash over it. "It's horrible!" She whines.
"I'm sorry about that. I ordered Scales to do it."
"It's fine. Maybe I can get rid of it." She recovers herself. "What happened? All I remember is me fighting, then falling off the rock....." Her voice trails off as she tries to remember.
"The wyvern hit you hard and caused you to bleed. I killed them both with my fire. I then told Scales to seal your wound with his fire while I held it shut. Then this happened." He shows her his burned hooves.
"Oh my. Then what happened?"
"I almost died trying to get you here."
Her eyes grow wide. "You did?"
Fyre nods.
"I don't know what to say-I-well....."
"Take this a thank you for my mark."
"Thank you so much. I just, wow....."
He smiles and tries to hug her. "I have something better." She brings him in with her magic and kisses him passionately. He gasps but accepts it. She deepens the kiss and brings him even closer. He kisses her deeper as well. Her tongue pauses at his lips, begging for entry. He opens his mouth and lets her in. Suddenly fireworks go off in his head. Her tongue explores his mouth excitedly, poking in every corner. He moans as she dominates him. She smiles and wrestles with his tongue aggressively. He plays back and smiles. She lets out her own moan and uses her magic to put him on top of her. He stares down at her and breathes through his mouth. She smiles up at him and kisses him again before he could get his breath back. He kisses back and moans again. She puts her wings around him, forcing him to lay down. He realizes what she is doing and says, "Stop. Not here. Not now."
"Oh, I-I'm sorry." She lets go of him.
"It's okay." He says politely as he climbs down. "I know you want to thank me. Just, please continue teaching me."
"I will. But, um....." She fiddles with her hooves and bites her lip.
"Yes?"
"If you enjoyed that, would you like finish it sometime?"
"A-aye..."
She blushes. "Heh, nice...."
"Well, get well soon."
"Yea, thanks."
He trots out slowly. She shyly waves to him. He smiles at her as he leaves. Once he is gone, she whisper-screams happily to herself. "Yes yes yes yes yes!" He trots into the hall and bumps into Artemis. "Oh, it's you. I guess you came to visit MoonCatcher, haven't you?"
"I brought her here."
"What?!?"
"Aye. I saved her life last night and almost died getting her here." He says calmly.
"Well, I must say....."
"And before you ask, yes I will fight you tonight."
"Oh, but, I can't. I can't fight a injured opponent. I need you to be strong and ready. It won't be fair if I get a easy win."
"You'll get an easy win anyways. Besides, I'll be fine. Our kind heal quickly."
"Well, if you say so. But either way, I'll defeat you." He walks into PMC's room.
Fyre sighs and slowly trots back to the castle. Scales and a small three-headed hydra is busy cleaning her room. "Hello Scales. Who's this little guy?"
"That's Snappy. Moony caught him herself." The colt "prince" gets down and calls it over. The head in the middle hisses, but it reluctantly waddles over to him. "Don't worry, I'm a friend." The heads sniff in different places until the middle head, which seems like the leader, shrieks and the other two rub against him. He smiles and lets them.
"They seem to like you more than me." Scales smiles and stops dusting the bookshelf.
"Maybe it's because I saved Princess MoonCatcher."
"Probably. But I got her flank out of trouble so many times I lost count."
"Well, I don't know what to say to that." He says as the hydra gets on his back.
"Well, she sometimes gets herself in a lot of trouble."
"I can tell."
"Yep."
He stands up and laughs, noticing the hydra on his back. Snappy crawls on his head and all of the heads clamp their mouths on his horn to stay steady. It doesn't hurt him as he trots to the balcony. The only things there is a potted plant and a very expensive-looking telescope. "Scales?"
"Yea?"
"Do you think the princess likes me?"
"Well.....I guess so."
"I hope she does..."
"Why ya say that?"
"Because... I like her..."
"Really? Well, to be honest, I think both of you would make a cute couple. Like, setting the moon on fire." He thinks about it, and chuckles.
"Really?" He says smiling at him.
Scales nods and drops down on the floor, putting the feather duster in the shelf. "Yea, you two are like, a yin-yang."
"On N-uh Emerald Island we call it 'Sol et Luna'."
"Interesting." He pauses for a moment, then asks, "Is this your first time meeting a wyvern?"
"That and when those others attacked you two. I thought that was unusual. I mean, why would they attack their own kind?"
He comes up to his side and stands on his hind legs, making him MUCH taller than Fyre. Fyre leans on the balcony and listens to him.
