Aurora of Love
Chapter 9: Reflections & Rewards Part II
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThe party continued, the midnight hour drawing closer with only 15 minutes left. Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash had all said their pieces about Sunset Shimmer and Twilight and soon it'd be the rest of the girls turn and currently the next one up to share her relationship both fun and not fun was of course the master of the ceremony; Pinkie Pie. Sunset braced herself both to die of embarrassment and of laughter because she just knew Pinkie had to have some juicy story about something embarrassing that had happened to her or that she did; there were quite a few to pick from. Sunset was a bitch and thus karma even after her redemption was a bitch in return.
However very much thanks to Pinkie Pie, Sunset had learned to laugh at bad situations and even herself if the going got tough. The party girl was living proof that a good laugh could get you through anything and that a bright smile can help shine your way through the toughest of times. Sunset for a long time in her earlier days before her redemption sought to make everyone her puppet, her slave, her tool, smiling wasn't allowed unless she would allow it and that wasn't fair. She robbed so many people of their happiness and that hurt Pinkie inside very much back then especially when she had that big falling out with the other girls. Sure she had tons of friends; but those four were the bestest most super awesomerffic friends that she'd ever had!
When she didn't have them she still remained good 'Ol Party gal Pinkie Pie but her smile was noticeably less bright without her four bestie's with her. Sunset in her cruelty even made it a point to have Pinkie be the laughing stock of the entire school on more than one occasion and had Twilight not shown up when she had? Safe to say Pinkie would had become and remained Pinkamena for the remainder of High School and NO ONE wanted that in any way shape or form. Old Sunset Shimmer was bad, raging demon Sunset was terrifying but a Pinkie Pie that never smiled and was more than a little insane?
It'd be a cold day in Hell before Sunset would ever purposely make Pinkie frown ever again, ESPECIALLY after having witness how Pinkie flipped when she ruined Pinkie's birthday party during her second year and managed to pin the blame on everyone but herself until she came clean when they'd become friends.
However right now? Pinkie was Pinkie; and she had a speech and an embarrassing story to tell about her fiery haired best friend. Hopping up from her seat next to the siren Sonata Pinkie as usual, smiled a winning and bright smile as it was her turn to speak.
"Well guess I'm next up for story-time! Gather 'round everyone; cause this is a juicy one!" Pinkie chirped with a smile that was laced with devious and playful mirth as everyone gathered around her in anticipation some more tipsy than others and it showed.
"This oughta be gooood" Dawn grinned just as devious with Pinkie as she leaned in to hear the party girls tale. She had spent a small amount of time with each of the elements of harmony of Equestria and she found Pinkie Pie vastly puzzling but infinitely amusing, certainly the kind of pony or person who could get a roaring laugh out of anyone she spoke to or told a story to and she couldn't wait to record this little gem in her memory to tease her daughter with later.
"Oooh joy, more chance to make my face look like your hair mom" Rolling her eyes and revealing in the pouty little scoff her mother made, Sunset for her part was wondering in her mind what embarrassing and incredibly funny story she had in mind to reveal and while she didn't mind some there were a few she was hoping would be avoided but then she heard Pinkie begin the story.
"So when Sunny first arrived at CHS I had tried to throw her this really big party to welcome her to school! Everyone was there and was super excited to welcome her! There was music, games, dancing and I even made the most super delicious cake to-!" Pinkie began to recount the first time she met Sunset and her efforts to make the once mean girl smile and feel accepted at CHS. To Pinkie's credit thought? Sunset was smiling by the end of it, albeit an evil smile followed by sinister laughing at the misfortune of everyone else around her after her act of vindication all the while shoveling cake in her mouth behind the scenes as she recorded it all.
"Bathroom!" Sunset shouted.
'Oh Horseapples; No! Nope, not sticking around for this one!' Sunset screamed internally with a massive blush on her face as she tried to slip away but was halted by a magical grip on her ear and she was very surprised to see it was her mother, a crimson aura around the woman's hand as she yanked Sunset back by her ear.
"Oh I think you can hold it, I had you potty trained by the time you were two and a half!" Dawn retorted with a grin almost as evil as one Adagio would make and it got wider having seen Sunset's reaction to hearing her recount the age in which she had totally potty trained her.
Sunset yelped and struggled flailing her arms in distress a red blush burned into her face. "Gyah! Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Mooooom?! Lemme g-oommfoph!" Sunset yelped and then her protests were silenced as her face was held against her mother's very ample chest and she was surprised to find out her mother had quite the physical grip as well as magical grip.
"Ah bup, bup; that's quite enough out of you little filly!" Keeping her grip on the girl strong Dawn wouldn't let the young woman go anywhere ." Now you're gonna sit here and eat all this humble cake; understood?" Dawn said with a teasing smile and pushed her bosom into the young woman's face and chuckled as she saw her blush increase.
" This'll be a wonderful story to tell your children someday sweetie, so I don't want you to miss a thing; cause I know I won't!" Dawn said with a devious smile that Sunset had often worn herself when she knew she had the upper hand.
"Hehehe whatdya know? Your face really DOES look the shade of my hair when you blush!" Dawn pinched her daughters blushing cheeks to show off to the others and she could tell Sunset was trying so hard not to smile and put on that adorable little scowling pout she'd use when she was embarrassed but Dawn was having none of it.
"T-Twiiiiii?! Heeeeeeelp!?!" Sunset pleaded with her wife to be with her voice as well as her eyes struggling to try and escape her mothers grasp putting on her best puppy dog face that usually melted Sci-Twi in particular into doing what she wanted.
Sci-Twi for her part gave an innocent whistle from where she sat next to Cadence and Shining Armor with Sunset now in her mother's embrace next to Celestia, Luna and Princess Twilight. Sunset clearly could see her 'wife' was playing against her currently but she'd surely remember that later. If Sunset was ever vindictive anywhere anymore it was in bed and she could be as cruel and cunning a mistress as one would think...Adagio was a very good teacher in that aspect.
"Mother knows best Sunny" Sci-Twi said with a teasing sing songy tone and a stuck out tongue at Sunset. "Suck it up and take your lumps like a big girl"
"Aaaargh you're the worst!" Sunset whined struggling to try and escape her mother's grasp. "I swear I'll get you for this later!"
"I love you too Sunny" Sci-Twi giggled and shot her fiance a stern but playful gaze. "Now behave and listen to Pinkie's story, I remember this one being very funny" Sci-Twi replied having heard this story from Pinkie before. Twilight had gotten very good at balancing being cheeky and being cute and it was a very vicious combination when she choose to unleash it. Taking a gentle sip of her cider she eased back into her seat to listen to Pinkie's tale like it was none of her business.
"Why you cheeky little-!" Sunset could not believe what she was seeing, Sci-Twi was really being the queen of smug?! 'I don't deserve her' Sunset thought with an inward smile but her face remained contorted in a pouty scowl as her mother continued to press her face into her chest.
With an excited nod Pinkie would continue her story. "-Soooo anywhozzle where was I? Oh yeah! Cake! So I made this super big cake for everyone but it was mainly for Sunset. It took awhile to find out exactly what kinda cake she liked but I am the QUEEN of cakes so there is no love of cake that is unknown to me! NONE! None I say!" Pinkie proclaimed somehow having dawned a crown and cape that were themed after cake and desert. Smiling still she'd twirl a scepter with a cupcake on the top and point it at Sunset and her grin turned just as devious as any cartoon super villain.
"Aaaaand THIS naughty little filly here thought it'd be a good idea to 'get me to 'back off' by prematurely setting off the fireworks I had stashed in my hair-!" Pinkie said as if putting Sunset on trail.
"Diiiick move Shims" Lemon Zest spoke up with a laugh
"Seriously dude, not cool; I mean Hell even at Crystal prep we had snobs yeah but no one dared to try and ruin one of Zest's jams-" Indigo zap pointed out reaming when one time Neon Lights tried to prank her during one of her parties and Lemon Zest somehow turned it all on him loony toons styles while still maintaining the party.
"Well they made it so easy! And I STILL don't know why on Earth you would have fireworks in the-mmmph!!" Sunset was silenced by her mother pressing her chest into her face so she couldn't speak.
"Hush!" Dawn snapped and smiled "Please continue Pinkie dear" Dawn said keeping her daughter in a headlock and bosom press.
"So there I am running around the whole gym with my head on fire and fireworks spitting out of my hair, everyone is laughing at me and then someone started throwing cupcakes and then the whole party turned into a full scale food fight! One I had to sit out on because I was cooling my head off in the cake!" Pinkie laughed holding her sides, she was sad about the cake back then but long since laughed it off. "Heheheheh the whole thing got recorded and put on viewtube! It's still got tons of views! I had to wear a wig for a few weeks while my hair grew back too but luckily I had plenty for just such an emergency!" Pinkie fondly remembered the varying hairstyles she wore for that time period. Except when she wore her hair down straight, A LOT of people didn't seem to like her hair down like that for some reason and neither did Pinkie to be honest. It reminded her too much of her depressed time at home when she was little.
"Such a waste of good cake and ice cream" Principal Celestia lamented sighing with a pout. "I didn't even get one slice!"
"Oh let it go Tia" Vice Principal Luna said rolled her eyes.
"Says the one who cried in her office for hours when Sunset rigged your in office game system to crash during your silly little tournament!" Celestia retorted glaring at the younger sibling.
"WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT CECILIA!" Luna shouted surprisingly loud. " THOU SHALL SHUT THY CAKE EATING CAKE-HOLE PUCKER UP AND KISS THE ROUNDEST HALF OF MY FULL MOON!" Vice Principal Luna was drunk but she gave not one fuck.
Celestia had no response and everyone was left starring at Luna for a moment until the vice principal settled down a bit and blew some of her midnight blue star pattern hair out of her face and she gave a pouty and very drunk 'hmph' and a stern glare in Sunset's direction.
"I'm sorry" Sunset squeaked lower than Fluttershy somehow and her blush made her face match her hair.
With a gaze locked on Sunset as well, Princess Celestia replied "How large was it?" Princess Celestia asked.
Sunset felt completely frozen, stunned, Luna's cold glare and Celestia's growing hot glare were only making her blushing worse and she was squirming still trying to escape her mothers grip.
"I have a picture of it!" Pinkie said pulling a picture of the cake before its destruction out of her hair. It was a large six layer ice cream cake that was themed after Sunset's color scheme namely her hair which was red and yellow and the bottom layer was lined with cupcakes which if anyone knew pinkie? They had fried ice cream in the center of them. Celestia's eyes went wide and almost started drooling and dreaded to imagine such a delicious pastry being destroyed. Casting a glare at her former student Celestia would shake her head.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk; for shame my faithful student...for shame" Pouting her lips Celestia huffed. "How could you Sunset? What did that cake ever do to you?" Celestia genuinely asked as if Sunset had committed a murder. If there was one thing Celestia would never stand for it was the destruction of baked goods, particularly cake...she really didn't like pony's messing with her cake or any cake she found worth defending...which was most types from cupcakes to ice cream cake.
"I was a bitch okay?! Ow! Ow!!! You are all toa-mmmmph!" Sunset howled as her mother pushed her face into her chest again and roughly yet playfully noogie her on the head and this time it was both Princess Celestia and Sci-Twi who'd delivered a magic spanking to the former villain, both grinning broadly as everyone shared a laugh at the girls improvised punishment.
"So after all that I had to clean up the whole gym and I got teased a lot and laughed at for a while; but after I laughed it off a good few times it wasn't so bad and then that's when pony Twi comes to school and wants to dethrone the queen meanie!" Pinkie rambled as she recounted the events of the fall formal from her point of view.
"I only really wanted my crown back; knocking Sunset down a peg or two was an added and very pleasant bonus" Princess Twilight affirmed with a smug grin toward her friend.
"Oh you're loving this too aren't you 'princess'?" Sunset said managing to get her words out clearly almost spitting the princess' title at her.
Feigning innocence, the princess of friendship gasped and placed an offended hand to her chest. "Why Sunset what ever would give you that silly idea?" Twilight said with a very obvious line of sarcasm.
"Know that I will not be the least bit gentle with you later 'princess'! That goes for you too missy!" Sunset said setting her gaze upon the princess and her nerdy wife to be. 'Oh I am going to enjoy myself way more than I should when we get in bed!'
"Bring it on" The two Twilight's said in unison each giving each other a look of encouragement and smugness that said 'Challenge accepted'
"-It was soooooo good to be working with the other girls again, we'd forgiven each other for all the mean things we thought we did to each other and we're all besties again and we helped Twi beat Sunny at the fall formal! Sunny was all like 'Rawr I am the queen meanie and you shall all bow before my demonic magical whim!' And we we're all like 'Friendship is magic! Taste the rainbow!' " Pinkie exclaimed giving a quick reenactment of the incident.
"I was NOT that dramatic!" Sunset protested with a pout.
"Oh c'mon! You super villain laughed after you transformed and were all like 'I am your princess now; and you will be loyal to me!'" Rainbow Dash taunted doing a very spot on impression of Sunset Satan as she was called back during her magic tantrum.
"I was trying to be intimidating!" Sunset argued.
"You looked like fucking bat out of Hell!" Rainbow pointed out. "Least Twilight looked kinda hot when she did the whole she demon thing" Rainbow teased once more with a grin.
"Hey! I was gorgeous when I transformed to stop her!" Sunset pointed out. "And for the record? Some people said I looked sexy in a evil kinda way when I transformed the first time so nyeh! Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!!!! Gyah I why did I agree to this?!! I knew you girls were gonna make me blush my face off into marriage but c'mon!! I thought it was just gonna be a quick roasting then we eat and maybe have a few strippers! OW OW OW OW OW OWWWWWWWWWW!" Sunset yelled in protest wiggling around in her mothers grip as she was spanked some more by Princess Celestia and Princess Twilight respectively, both of whom grinned in triumph.
"I'll admit I'm probably enjoying this far more than I should." Celestia replied chuckling behind a hand. As a mother figure she'd never once physically punished Sunset always sticking to giving her a very stern and disappointed gaze or at worst a very stern talking to. However right now? She was getting tipsy and was technically not a princess in this world so by all accounts she could break tradition just a little.
"I agree and I can't say this thought hadn't crossed my mind when we first met." Twilight grinned and stuck out her tongue. "This is what you get for being so mean!" Twilight was really just teasing and she knew Sunset knew that, this was really all in good fun and it was Sunset's idea for them to 'Haze her' during this time.
Stifling a giggle with a hand Rarity replied"That and we felt strippers or an orgy would be in poor taste since your mother(s) are here and you've had this coming" Rarity pointed out with a teasing grin of her own.
"You're all in on this?!" Sunset shouted, she felt slightly betrayed but also proud of her friends at the same time.
Her friends all looked to one another and then back to Sunset and simply replied in perfect harmony.
"Eeeeeyup!"
"I hate you all!" Best friends ever! Sunset thought as she thought in equal measure how to exact her revenge.
"I thought I told you to hush!? Do continue Pinkie" Dawn stated as she herself delivered a powerful spanking to her daughters ass with the palm of her hand and grinned at the delightful squeal of surprise the young woman made. "Come now, you always use to love story-time when I used to read starswirl tales to you so you could fall asleep at night; I see no reason why the same can't be true here!" Dawn revealed yet another embarrassing tidbit about Sunset in her foalhood.
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM?!?!?!" Sunset whined and writhed and wiggled more. Just how many little fun facts did she have?! Was I really THAT adorable and capable as a baby!? If so...HOW DID I END UP SO...No, no Sunset, you've let it go. Don't focus on that...FOCUS ON GETTING FREE OF THIS BLUSHING TORTURE!
"Righti-o! So.. we blasted her with that rainbow, she was back to normal and was all sad and crying and for the very first time I saw Sunny for what she really was. She was someone who'd lost her will to smile and laugh, she was someone who needed friends to help find her way again, she was someone in need of a super big friendship hug and a party to say 'Everything from here on out was gonna be okay!'. For awhile I tried to reach out her but she kept avoiding me or kept telling me to go away but welllll...you know me!" Pinkie giggled remembering her many efforts to track Sunset down and bring a smile to her face after the fall formal. While Sunset didn't resist in any malicious way those times she was always vocally clear that she didn't want Pinkie's 'pity party'.
"I just couldn't leave someone who clearly wanted to be happy make themselves miserable! So after weeks of trying she finally came to meet up with all of us right here at Sugarcube corner in that corner booth right over there!" Pinkie pointed out the exact spot where the girls had all sat and had a nice long heart to heart.
"And what was is it YOU had to say to my little filly hm?" Dawn asked with mirthful curiosity.
"She said smiles were nice and I should do it more that's all, whose next?!" Sunset tried to change the subject quickly but sure enough Pinkie would reveal the truth.
"Well pretty much what Sunny said buuuuuuut I had to prove to her that a good laugh and a smile was the cure to just about anything!" Pinkie grinned deviously again at the former pony villain. "And it was that day we all learned a special little secret about Sunny here! Right girls?" Pinkie asked to her friends. "Twily knows what it is too cause it's the same for her!" Pinkie giggled teasing the bookworm a little and it both a blush out of both her and her princess counterpart.
"Please don't-!" Sunset begged with her eyes and tried to put on her best puppy dog pout but Pinkie Pie was one of the few who could become resistant to it. That is until it seemed to have worked? Huh guess I still got it!
"Okay, okay fiiiiiine" Pinkie relented for the moment and pouted in a small huff and crossed her arms. "Party pooper"
Inwardly and outwardly Sunset sighed in relief "Thank y-" Why Sunset even thought letting her guard down was a good idea was beyond her. Especially considering there were currently two of them.
"WE'LL JUST SHOW YOU!" The two pink menaces shouted and jumped at Sunset whom cowered in her mothers grip.
Sunset squirmed and tried to somehow vanish into her mothers chest."MOMMY SAVE ME!"
Dawn thought about it for a moment and then put the pieces together and her lips turn up into a villainous smile that somehow only a mother could make toward her child when she was about to do something really embarrassing on purpose or punish them. She knew of Sunset's little weakness to, she'd often used it against her when the young girl was but a foal and needed to be calmed down. Sometimes a bottle of milk or a lullaby wasn't enough to put little Sunset to sleep or calm her crying; she was always an energetic girl no doubt about it though if there was one thing that ALWAYS got her to be silent? It would be this.
The girls eye plead for her not to release her to the two giggling monsters below however her pleas fell on blind eyes and deaf ears. The woman would look around to her daughters friends who all nodded in approval; even the princesses agreed. Turning her gaze back to her daughter who was just out of reach of the two Pinkie's who giggled like hyenas Dawn said.
"Long live the Queen!"
Sunset's eyes went wide with a few emotions: Surprise, horror, betrayal and secretly? Excitement. While she'd never outright admit it? She absolutely loved what was about to happen to her next and while her words would probably say otherwise? Her incoming laughter would certainly betray her.
Releasing the girl to the two menaces they sprung their trap and all that could be heard next was the wild laughing and screaming of Sunset Shimmer as she was tickle assaulted by not one but two Pinkie's and to ensure that she couldn't escape she was magically held down by both Rarity's crystal magic. She couldn't escape, she couldn't only take her punishment and a double tickling from Pinkie would be considered cruel and unusual to anyone else though Sunset secretly(not so much a secret anymore) loved being tickled. They made sure to be careful though since Sunset was with twins.
"AAAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA N-N-NOOOOOOHOHOHOHOOH! P-P-P-PINK-IEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH S-TAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHP IT!!!" Sunset screamed and thrashed but to no avail as her limbs were held down by crystal chains. Rarity was strong in her use of magic otherwise Sunset probably would've been able to use her own magic to escape but this was a punishment after all.This would also to prevent her from thrashing about as to not harm her babies to be. She was still very early on and wasn't showing in the stomach yet so she still held her figure but she still wanted to be safe now rather than sorry later.
"Heheh eeyup; while we ain't have magic at the time Pinkie had ol' Sunny pinned in the middle of the floor and tickled the daylights out of her" Applejack chuckled as she watched Pinkie tickle torture Sunset.
"Heheh yes quite; in fact she tickled her SO thoroughly that-"
It was hard to hear the conversation over her own wild giggling in tune with Pinkie's own however she knew where this story was going and she cringed, blushed and felt incredibly embarrassed every time it was brought up.
"D-D-D-D-OOOHOHOHOHO D-DOAHAHAHA DON'T....Y-HOHOOOOOOO D-AARRRRRE!!!!!!" Sunset struggled to say but it was too late as Rarity replied.
"-She had a bit of an accident and she had to borrow a pair of panties for the day and she only had two choices...Pinkie or Fluttershy; guess who she picked?" Rarity asked to everyone listening who didn't already know. However the massive blush that came from human Fluttershy already confirmed it as she tried to vanish behind her hair and Rainbow chuckled and patted the shy girl on the back.
"She had to wear Fluttershy's pretty Pegasus panties for the whooooole weekend!" Rainbow laughed much to the embarrassment of Sunset and Fluttershy.
Everyone in the room had a rip roaring laugh at Sunset's expense and at seeing the girl get tickled to near exhaustion by Pinkie Pie. After a full five minutes the pink tormentors released Sunset and Rarity released her magical grip with a smug smile as they all watched Sunset come down off her gigglefits. She would one day have her revenge and given she'd soon be popping twins? She had the perfect idea who would be taking up a babysitting job for her and Twilight when they needed them. While she always had made an effort not to be spiteful or petty for any reason sometimes in a friendship as close as theirs? Sometimes it was called for and hey not for nothing? Pinkie and Rainbow loved to babysit and it'd be good practice for them given Rarity's prediction about who was probably gonna wind up pregnant next.
'My money is still on Rainbow and 'Shy but then again Pinkie is such a wild card she could be pregnant know and none of us would know' Sunset thought as her giggling finally subsided and she was able to stand again. Glancing at everyone around the room her eyes said it all especially to the two Twilight Sparkles in the room and they simply said 'You're all toast'
"We love you too darling; now sit down, I do believe Pinkie has a present for you." Rarity said with a cheeky smile as she sat with one leg crossed over the other next to Applejack.
Sunset huffed and said nothing taking a seat next to her mother and Celestia again and the entire time she wondered which one would be the one to 'betray' her next. She still couldn't believe that her own mother tossed her to Pinkie like that! She could see Sunset also got her slightly malicious and vindictive side from her mother too; there was a lot about Bright Dawn that Sunset didn't know even with her magic vision into the woman's memory however she'd soon fix this with some well deserved mother-daughter quality time once the wedding was finished and she and Twilight returned from their honeymoon.
Fully aware of the type of punishment she and her princess counterpart were in for upon their leaving this party Twilight decided to speak up this time.
"So what do you have for us Pinkie Pie? I would assume this party is our present right?"
"Clooooose...but nope! This party was just half of my gift; the other half-?" Pinkie grinned alongside her own pony counterpart as they looked back and forth to one another and nodded.
"Look a distraction!" Pinkie shouted and then the other pinkie tossed down a glitter bomb which she promptly vanished behind and this got an irritated huff out of Trixie as everyone looked to see what Pinkie was referring to only to play along given it would be confusing if they didn't. Once Pinkie vanished and reappeared she came back with two simple cupcakes that were skillfully decorated in the pattern of the sunset into the twilight with sprinkles of different colors of the rainbow.
"Ta-da!" Both Pinkie's exclaimed with a smile both of whom revealed in the expression their friends made.
"Cupcakes? Huh I was expecting something a bit more-"
"Over the top? C'mon Sunny gimme a little credit; I've grown a little after high school and college" Pinkie giggled with a slightly somber tone both in her smile and her laughter. "You taught me that not everything is fun and games, you taught me that not everything has to be big and over the top and super duper and out of the ordinary; that it's okay just do something simple to make someone smile."
Pinkie explained and then her grin grew brighter and even small tears formed at the corners of her eyes.
"Seeing you both together like this, knowing how happy you both make one another; knowing that I get to be apart of that, to bring smiles and joy to you and you little babies to be! That's why I...well...we-" Pinkie looked to the rest of the girls and to her pony doppelganger. "Decided to go with me tickling you like that; Not really to punish you exactly...okay well maybe a little but you get the idea; I wanted to give your little ones their first tickle of joy and happiness so that when they finally shine upon this world when its time?" Pinkie smiled warmly and her body shined a bright pink and her hair glew out and her ears ponified.
"I know that they'll come out to this world smiles wide as the one that was on your face the moment you conceived them and trust me Sci-Twi told us just how big THAT smile was" Pinkie ended with a teasing grin at Sunset and Twilight who both ended up flustered and then the entire room roared with laughter and Pinkie in typical fashion had to do a rimshot.
"Thank you, thank you; I'll be here all year!" Pinkie replied. "So go on ya couple of sillies; take 'em. We made 'em special!" Pinkie said as she pushed the tray the cupcakes lay on closer to the soon to be newlyweds.
Sunset and Twilight trusted that Pinkie wouldn't do anything malicious of obscene to their food; no that was more of a prank either Trixie or Aria would pull. Pinkie would never dare taint ones cupcake and so with that in mind they took the baked goods off the tray and smiled at one another blushing and both of them began to remember why having cupcakes was so significant.
'She never misses a beat does she?' Sunset thought as she looked to Pinkie with a 'Oh I cannot believe you remembered' look and all Pinkie replied with was a 'oh yes indeedy I did!' smile with her arms crossed as she bounced up and down giddy with excitement.
"Pinkie this is so sweet of you...for those of you who are unaware, it...took me awhile to choke up the nerve to ask Sunset out-" Twilight stated with a sheepish blush.
"A WHOLE YEAR AND A HALF!" Shouted various other members of the rainbooms.
"I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE MYSELF OUT AND ALL THOSE MAGIC ATTACKS KEPT...COMPLICATING THINGS!" Sci-Twi defended and groaned trying to stay on topic. "Anyway! I was nervous and well...I knew Sunset had been rooming with Adagio and that they'd um...'done things'." Sci-Twi's blush increased further as did Sunset's but Adagio just grinned through the whole thing.
"Ohhh the look on your face when you found us in that lib-" Adagio was promptly cut off by magic way of having a telekentic muzzle around her mouth by princess Twilight.
"Continue" The princess said glaring at Adagio and then at Sunset for a moment raising an eyebrow and sunset shrugged with a sheepish grin
Dawn playfully with motherly sternness shoved her daughter in the shoulder and shook her head.
"Do I get that from you or dad?" Sunset asked cocking an eyebrow.
"Mmhmhmh...I'll say this...I was always the more 'adventurous' one when it came to the use of magic" Dawn replied with a sly grin and saw Sunset's face light up along with the face of a few others who may have heard what she said but the most obvious was Vice Principal Luna who Dawn noticed more than once had her eyes zeroed in on her rear and the middle aged woman threw the starry haired woman a wink, her magic aura making a heart appear as she did so.
"Oh gag me..."
"Hm funny I tried to get you father to try that but he wasn't very-" 3...2...1.
Triggered "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM?!?!?" Sunset shouted in embarrassment and Dawn threw her head back and laughed. She was drunk too.
Allowing them to finish Sci-Twi continued "Anyway...I was still well let's be blunt...an awkward dork with magic who just discovered that she was never really into boys and that the perfect girl had been staring her in the face the whole time was possibly going to never get with her because she had the hots for someone else...or so I thought..." Sci-Twi took a moment to compose herself. "But then I started to ask the girls what I should do; how I should ask her...of course you all gave me your suggestions but the one that stuck out to me the most was Pinkie's...she told me to do something both of us could smile over...and go from there." Sci-Twi chuckled and rubbed the back of her head.
"For a few days I did what I always do...Research. Sunset was my friend yes but there was still much I hadn't known about her because often times I'd spend my time working in my new lab, doing homework, hanging out with all the girls whenever possible of course and even having one on one days with them...except Sunset for some odd reason; back then I chalked it up to scheduling and bad luck, to an extent I still do but...part of me knows its because I was afraid..." Sci-Twi revealed.
"Afraid that she would reject me, afraid that she would be forced to pick between me and Adagio; I was so panicked and stressed that I just couldn't think right and well ever since I was little my mom used to make me sweets when I would um..."
"Go into queen freak out mode?" Sunset said with clear tease in her tone.
"Yes 'dear' that...and so I thought that maybe just sharing a sweet snack with Sunset would open the doors a little more and so one day during spring break I invited Sunset here for you guessed it...cupcakes. I had pinkie make them special, just for us." Twilight smiled looking down at the pastry as if it were the same one she'd shared with Sunset that day.
"And you wanna know whats really funny?" Sunset added and the memory got a giggle out of her every time. "That very day I was really just tired of waiting on Twilight to ask me out and Adagio was sick of seeing me not go after what I wanted so I was actually going to ask her out; imagine my surprise when she asks me first?"
"You asked at the same time?" Dawn asked with a playful coo in her voice as she looked to her daughter and her wife to be. "Awww how sweet! Oh you are just the peak of adorable aren't you Twilight Sparkle?"
"Mmmhm, and we both had the exact same reaction and we both agreed that it was the most either of us had ever smiled in our lives" Sci-Twi smiled giggling sheepishly at the memory. "We were SO happy in fact our jumping squealing and hugging knocked the cupcakes Pinkie made to the ground and we never got to enjoy them.
"And the look on Pinkie's face? I'm sorry but Pinkie that was probably the most hilarious shocked, joyful and crushed face I have ever seen you make and I...I just couldn't!" Sunset laughed heavily at the memory and Twilight laughed in tune.
"Yeah it was wasn't it? But theeeeese are-" Pinkie's mouth was covered by the other pinkie who shook her head.
"No spoilers!" Other Pinkie hissed
Twilight and Sunset took the cupcakes and looked to one another and grinned. It was a shared smile, one of many the two lovebirds shared; it was a useful trait to have, being able to speak to one another without speaking, merely a look at the eyes and the facial features and it was like a form of telepathy only Twilight and Sunset shared on the level in which they had it. Pinkie and the rest of the girls had this skill too, it was one of the many things that made them all such good friends. They had a sense of seamless harmony and that was something truly rare.
Turning to one another the two scooted a bit closer to each other and held the cupcakes to one another. Each reaching over to take a bite of the cupcake held by the other. Around the room camera clicks and swoons, and 'awwwwwws' could be heard as the two shared the treat made by Pinkie and they marveled in the smiles coming from both Sunset and Twilight; Pinkie most of all.
"These are delicious Pinkie! And fried ice cream in the middle like usual! You HAVE to teach me the recipe someday!" Sci-Twi pleaded, she wished so bad for Pinkie to teach her how to bake but given the last time she baked in Sugarcube corner? She could understand why she'd be wary.
"I'll give you a special crash course when the little ones are born pinkie promise!" Pinkie announced and made the motions of the sacred promise.
"Mmmm seriously pinks you always manage to outdo yourself, I can literally taste the magic in these and-"Sunset's eyes went wide as she saw the bite mark in her cupcake vanish and reform as if she'd never taken a bite at all.
"Holy horseapples~yah! haha! Missed m-ow! Fuuuuuuu-" Sunset shouted as she dodged a swing from her mom but got one to the rear from Celestia instead and was trying her hardest not to be vulgar. "Thank you for the cupcakes Pinks."
"How did you get such a foul mouth?!" Dawn demanded to know
"Guilty!" The three siren sisters shouted with devious laughter the loudest coming from Adagio. "Your little pony has one helluva potty mouth Mrs.Dawn; why the amount of times she can say fuck in a matter of 20 seconds?" Adagio waggled her eyebrows and gave an impressed whistle and teasing sneer at Sunset. "Spend enough time with me and it becomes part of you vocabulary real quick, enough time with Aria? more so and Sonata? Well...she's an airhead who'll make you say either fuck, shit, dammit or any other curse word be that through pleasure or pain...sometimes both!"
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGI?!?!" Sonata whined her face now flushed a bright pink.
Everyone in the room erupted into laughter and Pinkie Pie couldn't be happier to see that everyone despite all the jabs and the shade being thrown, still laughed and loved each other and not for a moment did her pony up form simmer down. Through it all she bounced over to the crystal heart and put in her geode as it took her cutie marks shape and then rejoined her friends to share more laughs and make more good memories.
Next Chapter: Reflections & Rewards III Estimated time remaining: 15 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Abrupt ending because writers block lol the next chapter will hopefully close things up and get closer to the wedding, writing this myself lately has been a struggle but I hope you all like what I managed to put out. Now excuse me while I go pass out
Awww poor baby
hold me please waifu