Two Moons Munch Some Burgers [Luna]

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Luna looked at Trixie with some amusement, wondering if she would ever learn. It was the alicorn wings she desired, or at least the pegasus ones. The princess could give her the spell, but Trixie wouldn't be able to master it for some time. She could give the unicorn the wings themselves, even if only temporarily, but Trixie likely wouldn't be able to fly with them, at least... not without practice. Unlike those wings of Morning Dew her student so scorned, the other wings didn't work on their own. It was something about butterfly wing construction... Ah well. Here was Trixie looking at her with shining eyes. Her friend, who had even, completely of her own accord, brought her the kind of repast the alicorn longed for most. And her companionship, besides. Who had patiently sat through her lectures and, if she didn't exactly pay close attention, at least could not be called inattentive. It was not a night for lessons, nor any further wet-blanketing. Luna felt a kindly, magnanimous feeling welling up and she smiled as one who delights to grant a favor. "Very well, Trixie." Luna said cheerfully, "Do you know what kind of wings you would like to try? Such as these, perhaps?" Luna unfurled a dark wing with its arching lead feather. "Or perhaps you would have such as our dear sister possesses, sometimes referred to as an angel-wing. Or one of the several styles of pegasus wings? Speed wings, agility wings, endurance wings- I can even do a griffon wing. Bat wings and Morning Dew wings of course, though I know that you were aiming towards the feathers. The spell lasts a full three days. We can begin whenever you are ready." Inwardly, Luna was a little amazed at herself. Though she had perfect confidence in her ability to cast the spells flawlessly, it was not like her to be so casual about granting it upon a pony without taking many long hours for both of them to reflect first. It was a thing that could sew discontent into the hearts of ground-bound ponies. Then, too, was the lengthy period of time it took a pony to manage even the rudiments of flight. And if word got around that this was done lightly, she would never be done casting this spell. But tonight... tonight she would make an exception. Tonight was a special night.

[Trixie Lulamoon]

Wait, she was actually going to go for it? Despite the fact she had been pouting like a puppy, Trixie blinked in surprise at Luna actually going for it. If anything, her expectation had been that the princess would go all “mentor” on her and put in some speech about responsibility or patience or whatever. Instead, she agreed to an impromptu begging to use advanced magic for nothing but purely entertainment reasons.

Mental Note: if you ever need anything from Luna, bring her junk food.tt

The secret to Luna’s favor found, Trixie found herself facing a very important decision: what kind of wing did she want? Her eyes followed Luna’s wings as they were extended forth. They were large, regal, very stylish wings. She almost said to go straight for that, but some of the other options sounded intriguing. A basic pegasus wing was what she had thought about. She didn’t realize, however, that there were generally different types of pegasus wings. But she hadn’t even thought of bat or griffon wings! Ehhh, griffon wings would probably be a little too out of the ordinary.

”That’s a lot of choices….” Trixie said, putting a hoof to her chin and tapping in thought. After all, she was going to do have these for three days so she better think carefully. Even if she didn’t achieve flight in that time, she had to at least look good in them.

Glancing at Luna’s wing again, she figured what she wanted.

”I think I’ll go with your wing style. We can be wing buddies…..that’s a thing, right?” Trixie said, laughing a little bit.

”So, uhhh, what do I need to do?”

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Wing buddies... was that a thing? It sounded ridiculous, but then again, Luna had never been 'buddies' with anyone, wings or not. It warmed her heart that Trixie would suggest such a thing, even just in fun. Wing buddies. Well, perhaps. For a few days at least! ”So, uhhh, what do I need to do?” "Hold very still whilst I work this magic," Luna replied, and then added, with naughty humor, "For there is a very real chance that a sudden twitch might cause a wing to grow crooked, and you would not like it if I have to pull them off and try again~" The Princess laughed, as though to show that she wasn't serious. But she studied Trixie's back with a serious earnestness, all the same. "You might also take off your hat and cloak, as well, so as not to get in the way of the spell." she added. While waiting for Trixie to divest herself of the garments, Luna studied her own wings thoughtfully for a time before selecting a feather to pluck. These spells needed something to build off of. Wings made of morning dew, or bat wings made of the things ponies were already made of were fine, but for feathered wings on a non-feathered pony- and alicorn wings at that- There had to be a base feather to start with. Luna realized that there might have been a problem if Trixie had asked for wings like Celestia's. That would have taken some explaining to her sister! Or some very clever bit of pluck-and-run. "You may wish to close your eyes, but whatever you do, hold still!" Luna commanded again as she floated the midnight blue feather over to Trixie and at once began the spell. She didn't even give her student a chance to declare herself ready- or not! A swirl of glittery silver magic slowly encircled the unicorn, lifting her ever-so gently off her feet before encapsulating her entirely. Two tingly points formed upon her spine, which suddenly burst into an indescribable feeling of nerve-awareness as twenty different bones, along with countless muscles and tendons, sprouted almost instantly from her back. And then, before Trixie could even register this as pain, it was just as immediately followed by one moment of incredible itchiness before a froth of soft blue feathers seemed to explode out of the skin, each growing to the proper length and shape in but a second. There was a blinding crackle and flash of light, and the magic dissipated in every direction, dropping Trixie rather abruptly. Luna stood, swaying slightly, head low to ward off the wooziness that followed such an expenditure of magic. Power she had in plenty, but the technique, steadiness, and fine control were enough to shake even an Alicorn's composure. Slowly, warily, Luna lifted her head to observe the final effect of her spell. Suddenly, the Princess of the Night smiled. "It becomes you, Trixie" was all she said.

[Trixie Lulamoon]

It was fortunate that Trixie was already relatively light colored, for it didn’t take her long to go from blue to pale white as Luna mentioned the possibility of a crooked wing. She was trying to grow new limbs after all. Why did it not even occur to her there could be the possibility of physical harm? But, she was a princess right? If there was anypony who could be trusted to get a tricky spell it would be her, right? The laugh helped calm Trixie a little, but not too much.

”Oh, uh, got it….” Trixie replied as she followed Luna’s instructions to set aside her clothing. Better safe than sorry after all. The last thing she wanted was her wing to somehow mutate and fuse with her clothing. That just sounded…unpleasant.

So with that, Trixie simply sat, ready for everything to happen. She had sort of wanted to keep her eyes open out of curiosity, but the glow of magic surrounding her and lifting her forced her to do otherwise. Why did it have to lift her in the air? More importantly, why in the blazes was her back tingling like there was a million ants crawling on it?! It was taking all her willpower to try and reach back to scratch it, but the image of fleshy, bubbly skin and crooked bones due to a mistake was doing a terrific job of freezing her in terror. Although the fact she could sort of feel a whole lot of squirming and moving behind her didn’t help with the image. She really didn’t want to know what this looked like, and she was quite glad to now have her eyes closed.

And before she could even focus on it much longer, there was a flash of light and the sound of an ”Oooof” as she fell onto the floor. Well, that was kind of an anticlimactic end to it, wasn’t it? Feelings out of a horror movie as she grew new limbs, and then just dropped on the ground like a sack of potatoes.

”Is it over?” Trixie asked hesitantly, eyes still closed till she got a confirmation from Luna that all was clear.

”It becomes you, Trixie.”

Opening up an eye, Trixie looked and…didn’t see anything. Blinking, she then remembered that wings were on her back so duh, of course she wasn’t going to see anything looking forward. Standing up, a little wobbly-legged, she took a breath to prepare herself and…

”They’re….”

Trixie’s jaw dropped as she turned her head, wings spread wide out. She could feel them twitch just a little bit…boy, that was a weird feeling. Just, the whole thing felt so weird to her that even her great and powerful imagination couldn’t exactly describe it all. Almost as if she didn’t believe it all, she gently lifted a hoof up to them and touched it, feeling her wing twitch and retract a little bit at the touch. Was it possible to surprise yourself? Apparently so, but when she tried again it seemed to stay in place.

”They feel so soft….” Trixie said as she gently rubbed at her feathers. It was about the only coherent thought she could form at the moment…

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Trixie’s awe was really quite adorable. Such wonder and breathlessness. That incredulous, hesitant reaching out and stroking of the limb, as though Trixie were not quite sure it were really there… It was not the first time the Princess had observed such a reaction, and yet… and yet it affected her in a way that no others transformation had quite done. It was more… personal, somehow. Yet that was strange too, for it was Trixie who had received the wings, not herself! For a moment, Luna regarded her own wings, admired their deep, glossy, midnight blue hue. admired the way they arched and curved and the nearly perfect matching of all the feathers. Yes, she felt pride in her well-kept wings, but she detected no trace of that same wonder and awe. No doubt she was too accustomed to having them, She’d been born with them. and yet… just for a moment, the moon-mare felt a twinge of sadness and jealousy. She would never experience a moment of wonder like that, would she? Luna sat down abruptly. The spell must be making her tired and silly. She had wings all the time, she knew how to fly, she did fly. What in Equestria was she envious of? If she wished to magic herself a pair of wings, a dozen pairs of wings, a hundred wings growing all over her back, she could do so. She need not begrudge her student her temporary, new wings. ”Let us see your range of movement with them, my dear Trixie. Try bringing them up and forward, down and back. Almost as though you were rowing a boat with them.” Luna didn’t mention that this was a typical flight stroke. If she could get the hang of that motion, she might yet manage to learn to fly before the time was up. Which brought up a question. ”Now that you have your wings, my student, what are you going to do with them first?”

[Trixie Lulamoon]

It took Luna saying something to finally snap Trixie out of her wonder and awe at her new limbs. She had gotten so into simply looking at them that she had almost forgotten about actually using them. A slight blush confirmed her embarrassment at being a little too caught up in the moment, and then she nodded….and then blinked. How exactly did you move wings? So far any movement they had seemed to be instinctual. That made sense, right? Trixie never had wings before so of course they would probably work on instinct at first.

Maybe it worked a lot like a tail? Tails usually just kind of sat there, but if you wanted to you could control it yourself. Yeah, that seemed to be a good way to think about it…even if there were two of them.

”Alright, like rowing a boat…”

Trixie almost started the motion with her hooves from sheer habit before stopping. She glanced over at a wing, trying to imagine it doing as Luna instructed. It moved a bit erratically at first, but after a few seconds it slowly but surely started making the right movements. Before Trixie could grin, however, she realized something. There didn’t seem to be any movement on the other side of her. Glancing at the other wing, she saw it was just kind of there. Giving it a slight glare, she took a movement to get it going as well….and then the other wing didn’t go.

It took a few moments before Trixie could get the two of them to start actually moving at the same time, and even then there a bit of synch. Still, it was progress! For a pony who just got their wings, it had to be a record time, right? Well, Trixie would think of it that way for now. Make her feel better about having trouble just moving them.

”Oh, do first? Uhm…..”

Finally stopping them, Trixie realized she had never actually closed them since she got them. Once again embarrassed, she looked up to Luna.

”First, could you tell me how I’m supposed to close them?” she said, rubbing the back of her head.

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There were ponies who seemed to grasp the rudiments of flight at once as though they had been born flying, and ponies who… didn’t. Seeing the trouble Trixie was having keeping her wings in synchronization with each other, the princess was going to hazard a bet that her student was one of the ones who…didn’t take to flying as easily as they took to things like breathing. She didn’t say such a thing, however. If Trixie didn’t know she was in for a difficult time already, she soon would. The annoyance on the unicor- well, Alicorn’s now...had vanished when she turned to Luna and hesitantly asked how one might close their wings. Although they felt very natural and ‘at rest’ when they were closed, Luna supposed that the first few times must feel rather strange. This might explain why new wings had a habit of ‘popping out’ at random. She stepped to Trixie’s side and took a seat as she reached out with gentle hooves. ”Fold the elbow of the wing here, and press this part of the wing tight against your back. Now relax it. Feel how it seems to fall naturally into place? Now drape the wrist of the wing down and over. Just so. Now try it on your own, with the other wing.” Luna rose to her feet gracefully but swiftly, and took a few subtle (she hoped) steps backward. If those wings were to spring open suddenly, The princess would prefer not to be ‘popped’ in the face! ”One thing I had better warn thee, Trixie. When the spell begins to wear off, you wilt first feel a tingling in your new wings. Naught severe, just a minor tingle. but then you will lose feeling all together. Do not attempt to fly after the wings lose sensation for they will literally ‘poof’ into a cloud of feathers minutes later. A very bad thing to happen whilst you are in the air!... But you should have a good two days with them. I only wisht to tell thee while I yet remembered.” Luna finished with a warm smile. Better sooner, rather than later, right?

[Trixie Lulamoon]

Trixie paid attention to the feeling as Luna worked on her wing to try and make it close down. Too bad the spell didn’t come with a working knowledge alongside working wings. Still, it seemed a simple enough. So when Luna stepped back, Trixie got to work. Fortunately for the princess, Trixie picked up the trick a lot faster than she did the synchronizing thing. Within about a minute, and some grumbling, she was able to get it down and rested. Excellent! Now she would just need to not open them up again!

Apparently her body really liked the new limb, however, and she could feel them just ruffling at her sides a little. In some ways, it was sort of like how you just kind of randomly kicked your hooves if you were sitting and didn’t know what to do with them. It did feel kind of nice, but she made sure to keep it small. Hopefully it would end once her body got used to them. She didn’t want to give the impression she was some anxious little bundle of energy all the time.

”Tingly feeling, lost sensation, then poof of feathers….well, at least I’ll get a souvenir out of it when it’s all over,” Trixie said, chuckling a little bit.

So, she had wings now and seem to have at least some of the basic controls down. Later she would get Flash to try and teach her about flying. Now what?

”Sooo, uhm, on the topic of wings….were you born with them or did you get them through magic too?”

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After admiring Trixie with wings for a few moments,(or was she just admiring her magical handiwork?) The alicorn stretched, cat-like, and paced lightly over to a very large pile of cushions to plop down on and relax as she digested her delightful dinner. She snuggled into them and sighed, happily. ”Sooo, uhm, on the topic of wings….were you born with them or did you get them through magic too?” Luna grinned. "There are many, wildly varying, legends of my dearest sister and my own origins." The alicorn remarked, casually. "Almost as many as surround an even older, less beneficial character. Some would have it that we were gifted our wings by the very sun and Moon themselves, the ability to lift ourselves into the sky as we do for them." Luna's smile was almost cat-like as she considered this. "Another story would have it that we were just formless spirits, whom upon uniting the races, was given a gift from each. From the earth ponies we received our shape. From the pegasai, we were granted our wings. From the unicorns, we received our magic. Yet another myth claims that order and chaos were one being, and in an attempt to bring about utopia, chaos and order were cut into two. But when chaos was banished, Order began to cast a shadow, and was divided again. The insinuation you are supposed to draw from that is that Discord was the being of chaos, and Order and Shadow were Celestia and myself- Completely fabricated, by the way." Rolling onto her back, The moon princess looked up at her star-painted ceiling. "Sadly, the truth is far less interesting. Celestia and I were born with our wings. We do not exactly know why. We are different from an alicorn such as Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. We do not age, but we can certainly be injured, perhaps even..." Luna let that thought tail off. It wasn't a thought most ponies liked thinking about. And certainly she didn't want to think about it! "Are you going to learn to fly before you show off your new wings?" Luna asked suddenly, hiding something that looked suspiciously like a smirk.

[Trixie Lulamoon]

Apparently the time to admire the Great and Winged Trixie was winding down, and time to relax and digest the meal was arriving. Trixie simply watched as Luna apparently went feline for a moment in how she cuddled into her cushions. Not exactly sure what the decorum was, Trixie stayed where she was. To maintain the casual atmosphere, however, she did lay down on the cushions and relaxed. Her hope, of course, was that story time was about to happen.

So with anticipation towards what she hoped to be a long-held secret, she listened as Luna discussed the many theories that ponies had for their existence. Trixie had pretty much heard them all of course. Contemplation on the nature of alicorns was a common “bored as Tartarus” conversation at the academy. Combine that with the normal workings of gossip, and you would hear weird things. And it was because of the sheer mythicalness of these stories she wasn’t surprised Luna dismissed them as fabricated.

”Yeah, I figured as much. I mean, you two are pretty powerful and stuff, but the way ponies talk sometimes you’d think you two were almost like goddesses.”

And so the moment came for the truth, and Trixie leaned in just a bit closer…only to be told that basically ‘cause we were born that way’ was the answer. There was a moment’s pause as Trixie contemplated that thought. Sure, she didn’t believe all the spirit mumbo jumbo stuff, but she had expected something a little more interesting than that.

”Wow that’s…kind of anticlimactic. Honestly, I thought like maybe you two had been some normal ponies or whatever and got gifted alicorn status for, like, defeating Discord or something. But seriously, you two were born that way?”

Another second past before that caused another revelation.

”Wait, that means you two had parents, doesn’t it?! Are they alicorns too?! Or were they normal ponies and…oh…..uhhhhhhh, forget I said anything,” Trirxie said, shyly sinking into her cushion as she realized the possibility of bringing up some bad memories.

At least her embarrassment could go away with the return to the discussion of her wings.

”Ehhh, I’m gonna try and get more control over them first so I don’t smack ponies with them, but I think if I waited till I could fly I might lose them before I get to show them off,” Trixie said with a bit of a chuckle.