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Princess Luna (mare_inthe_moon) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2015-05-04 10:37:00

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!closed, ~princess luna

Who: Harry & Luna
Where: Luna's Castle
What: Rehearsal? Shenanigans.
When: Afternoon
Closed
Ongoing

The princess had started to make day time her thing, but only in part. She spent half of her waking hours in the daylight with her friends and half of it through the night overseeing dreamers. It was not tiring for her, as one might expect, for she enjoyed her company and her job. It felt good to her to be needed, wanted, and that kept her own nightmares at bay.

Now, she stood in the grand entrance of the castle where she was trying to convince Harry to perform his show. She wore nothing more than her sparkling silver princess regalia, black wings inky like the darkest of night skies hanging behind her, long hair doing the same. Her house. Her rules. No one had yet complained, either.

"I think we should do it here," she said in a bright voice as she held open her arms, wings moving with them for emphasis. "It will be plenty of space for all of our guests and I would like the island to see the castle. Don't you agree, Harry?"

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escapingdeath
2015-05-04 07:49 pm UTC (link)

Harry was starting to get used to life on the island, and he didn't hate it anymore. He was lucky, really, to have swapped bodies with Luna. It had brought them closer, and now he felt that he really had someone here, in a place that could be so darn lonely.

He liked that she wasn't too fond of clothing, because he wasn't very taken with it himself, and it was good to know that he could wander round the castle in a state of semi dress without her thinking he was being inappropriate.

As he looked around the grand entrance, he smiled and nodded along with her words. "I do. I agree. It's perfect," he grinned. "And we shall treat them like royal guests, yes?"

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mare_inthe_moon
2015-05-04 07:58 pm UTC (link)

Her only complaint is that he looked thin! Luna was not a very good cook, however, so she had no means to feed him save for dragging him out to the diner. Otherwise, she was pretty fond of him, herself. Back home she hadn't been able to just be herself, she had to be the princess. Here, she was getting used to being herself but it was still hard to let go of somethings.

"Yes, though I don't have any servants to treat them...." She frowned a bit as her wings closed but she took off, circling around slightly in the large space before landing close to Harry with a bright smile.

"Are you excited?"

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	escapingdeath 2015-05-06 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	"That's all right, we will greet them ourselves. And the place alone will make them feel royal, I should think," he assured her. He grinned widely as she circled the room, unsure if he'd ever get over how lovely it was too watch. "Very. Are you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mare_inthe_moon
2015-05-06 05:16 pm UTC (link)

The idea of treating guests was foreign but not unfriendly. Luna smiled up at the much taller man and in that moment she wished she was more like her sister. Taller. Beautiful. Graceful. Personable. Taller.

"I am overjoyed! Although I am also very nervous....I have never done something like this before. I am used to being a public entity but I have not performed..." She blushed, pushing some hair away as it seemed to flutter on its own, magical accord.

"I do not wish to make you look bad or harm you."

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escapingdeath
2015-05-06 06:00 pm UTC (link)

"Well, of course. Of course. That's only natural," he assured her. "I still get nervous. But then it mixes with excitement, and... the excitement wins," he grinned. "You're nervous because you care, and that's a good thing," he told her.

He sighed softly, and gave her a little nod, stepping forward and holding onto her shoulders gently for a moment. "You won't. I trust you," he insisted.

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	mare_inthe_moon 2015-05-06 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	"I do not believe you," Luna replied with a cheekyittle smirk as her wings flipped open once more. "I do not believe you get nervous, however I do believe you trust me. Should something go wrong I will use my magic." She looked to his hand, then back up at his face. "Shall we practice once more?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	escapingdeath 2015-05-12 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	"You don't?" he asked, with mock-hurt at her distrust. "I do. I do get nervous, on the inside. But staying calm is all part of it. To keep breathing, to keep the heart steady- but it's an illusion, I do get nervous," he smiled. "Real magic," he grinned, and then gave her a nod. "Yes, let's do it," he agreed, enthusiastically. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mare_inthe_moon
2015-05-13 02:24 pm UTC (link)

The princess smiled back softly at Harry, tilting her head slightly toward the hand that had been on her shoulder before she stepped back and took off, moving across the area toward the stairs so they could retreat to their practice space. Her wings were large when they were spread open for her flight, folding like a cape with a cathedral train behind her when she landed on the second to bottom step.

"Harry?" she then asked, looking back at him. "Are you happy here?"

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	escapingdeath 2015-05-20 01:32 pm UTC (link)
	Harry followed her through the castle in a miserably human manner, although he always admired the way she floated about like an ethereal being. It was beautiful. He considered her question for a moment, giving a bit of a smile. "Um- yes, I think so. I'm getting there, anyway. I'm content, how about that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mare_inthe_moon
2015-05-20 01:35 pm UTC (link)

She wait at the top of the steps for Harry, smiling softly as she listened to his response. Luna then gave a nod, her wings closing so she would walk with him. She hated walking on two legs. She would rather crawl around on hand and knee than walk on two feet.

"You do not think it is nice?" she asked, still curious. "Or do you miss home more?" Her head tilt to the right just slightly as he ascended. "What is your home like? I have not been to that time period before."

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escapingdeath
2015-05-20 01:40 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, it's nice, certainly," he smiled, although there was still a certainly nostalgia to his tone as he caught up to her. "I suppose I do. I'm used to moving about a lot, to being surrounded by people- it's very static, and sometimes lonely here," he explained. "But I am glad to have met you," he added quickly.

It was difficult to explain what one's own time was like when it was all that one was used to. "It's um- not as magical as where you are from. We don't have all the gadgets and so on that are here- no uh- television, or internet, or- tablets?" he tried to remember the correct word.

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mare_inthe_moon
2015-05-20 01:48 pm UTC (link)

"It is very lonely," Luna replied as she looked up at him once he made his way to the landing. "However, not quite as lonely as the moon," she told him with a motion to the sky. "I like it here, too. I...sometimes, I feel very useless, because I am no longer a ruler of a kingdom and I do not even need to use my magic on the moon. Yet, I quite like the people and this castle. I like spending time and playing magical games with you," she smiled at him sweetly. "I would not be allowed to go and make friends and spend time with people if I were back home."

She then laughed. "We do not have those things, either," Luna explained. "Equestria is a land of ponies and griffon and buffalo and dragons, many animals far and wide. There are no humans. Our magic takes care of many of the things that gets done here. Art, performance, is very important to us. My ponies are hard workers. There is no time to sit around and watch moving pictures. Mail is sent by pegasus, unless you are my sister, then it is sent by dragon flame. We have trains that take most pony from one town to another, and my sister and I travel by flying carriage pulled by pegasus. We have some gadgets...strange things scientific ponies play with. We have the weather factory! It makes the weather."

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escapingdeath
2015-05-20 02:04 pm UTC (link)

Harry always only half-understood much of what she said, but he still listened curiously and attentively. "This will sound stupid, but- when you say the moon, did you actually live on the moon, or-?" he trailed off, with a soft laugh at himself. "I understand- it would be the same for the royalty in my world. I got to spend time with some royalty because I was an entertainer, but generally they wouldn't mingle with society," he explained.

He grinned, watching her animated expressions as she spoke about her home land, some of it sounding so alien and curious to him. "A weather factory?" he repeated in confusion. "Weather just... happens to us. Although I am working on being able to make it snow!" he told her with a slight thrill in his tone. "I should like to see your land some day," he mused softly.

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mare_inthe_moon
2015-05-20 02:36 pm UTC (link)

"Yes, the moon," Luna smiled at him with pride. She then held out her hands, having ceased walking, to show him an illusion. Above her aloft palms came an image, a great creamy white circle that held its shape with some wavering as if the wind were blowing softly. Then in the image a figure appeared, rising from the bottom toward the top of the circle. It was dark and horse shaped, save for the pegasus wings and long horn from her head. It was a moving image of Luna herself raising the moon. As she showed this to Harry she explained, "I raise the moon, it is my task as princess. My sister raises the sun...however, I did live upon the moon....within the moon...."

Her voice then took on a new tone as she told the "fairytale" story of how she got there and became Nightmare Moon. It looked difficult for her to talk about, but she soldiered through.

"Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one’s heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon."

The image became anew as the pony that had raised the moon now grew taller and cackled. Her coat grew dark, she revealed fangs with her laughter and took on a new, mature, villainous appearance. She wore shining battle armor and her mane seemed to exist forever.

"She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to ponydom: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since."

Luna then put her hands down and the image disappeared entirely, after showing Harry Nightmare Moon's defeat and transformation back into the precious and kind Luna.

"And yes, we have a factory for the weather. It creates rain, snow, clouds, tornados...etc...etc...the pegasus ponies are the weather ponies. They usher in new seasons as well as weather to make sure we always have bountiful crops and good weather."

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