Alicorn of Music: Adolescence
Chapter 17: Chapter 16: The Date
Previous Chapter Next ChapterPinkie Pie was joyfully bouncing towards our destination, the so-called Path of Love. As for me, I want to punch myself in the face. Why? Because I don't know what to do next. I've not planned it through. Yeah, I want to take a stroll through the forest, but then what? I need some stuff to talk about, after all. I've never had such a problem with Moonshine, I was always comfortable around her and we just did whatever we wanted to, talked about different stuff, but I don't know what to do with Night Breeze. Sure, we're friends, kinda, but I don't know much about her in terms of personality and all that.
So, what should I talk about during the date? Sex is out of the question, I'm sure she had enough of it. Uh... girly stuff? I don't really know what it is. So... politics? Yeah, we can praise Luna together, she's the best princess out of the three, but it'd be weird to worship living beings. Speaking about worshipping, maybe we should discuss religion? I think that a fair amount of ponies believe that alicorns are actual gods.
According to Oxford Dictionary, a god is the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being. According to monotheistic religions, anyway. So, alicorns don't really fit this definition.
The second definition goes as follows: a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity. Discord fits the definition but alicorns don't.
How do I know these definitions? Well, I used to spend a lot of time arguing over religion on the Internet, I know a lot of stuff about beliefs so that I could trap believers in their own bullshit. It was fun albeit it was pointless and unproductive. The Internet is full of trolls anyway, I was just a lesser one and I'm not really proud of it. I don't think I've ever managed to change anyone's outlook. I guess it doesn't matter anymore anyway.
Alright, back to topics of discussion. I don't think that I should talk about religion with Night Breeze. It's a good way to ruin the mood, and she's already carrying my foal. I don't think that their fate should be decided by anything religion-related. I just don't want them to grow up into Discord worshippers. For all I know, he might make me into a mare and then make me pregnant by changing Moonshine into a stallion and then do some other stuff to make us have sex during heat season. And voilà — another foal or two or more. How would I even explain all of that to them? "Hey, I'm your mom and dad, Moonshine is your dad and mom." That'd be... something. The only comparable thing on Earth would be, hm... I guess a gay pair explaining to their adopted children how it all works? I don't know probably something like this. My birth-world doesn't have magic, certainly not gender-changing one, so I can't really say anything
Ugh, my mind's going places once again. And all I'm trying to do is to come up with something to talk about during the date! I can come up with hundreds upon hundreds of topics to talk about to myself, however crazy it may sound, but I can't find a single thing to talk about on a date. It's embarrassing, really. Or maybe not, considering that I've dated only with Moonshine and it wasn't exactly about getting to know each other, it was just spending time together in a good way. Aside from that, I don't know a thing about dating. I stayed away from the topic for a long time, after all, and prostitutes don't count as dates, obviously.
Actually! Actually... Yes, I do know what to talk about! What do I excel at? What do I like just as much as I like sex? What thing have I spent a lot of time on learning?
Music! Dang, I'm so stupid to not come up with it in the first place. Music is probably the only hobby that I will ever really like. I wish I brought my guitar... Oh wait, I still can! I can just teleport it from my apartment all the way to me. Though, not now — I should keep the guitar part a secret. Besides, I can show the two fillies the distorted, overdriven guitar. I'd keep it low and not too heavy, it's not heavy metal club meetup, after all. I'll play something light. Besides, I don't have drums to give me a beat, so I would need to improvise. It's not that hard, my fingers usually find good notes to switch to, and so does my magic. I guess it's an inner feeling of sounding good. I can always find just the right note to continue the improvisation until I get bored with it.
I still need something more to talk about. But what? I can't really figure it out...
"Here!" Pinkie Pie said as we reached our destination. She walked to me and put her hoof behind my ear. Um, what? "There's something in there... These!" she exclaimed and pulled out three cookies.
...
I shouldn't question it. Nope. Totally shouldn't.
Aaaand, my mouth is stuffed with that cookie. Thanks, Pinkie! And so, she bounced away.
Alright, now the three of us just need to chew the cookies and continue moving forward. And hey, these cookies aren't bad! While we eat them, I might as well think about what we should talk about.
So, now I date Night Breeze. So... since we're kinda close now, should I reveal my wings to her? Hm, revealing the wings on the first date... Sounds a bit dirty for some reason.
Anyway, should I or should I not? I need to think quickly, I'm running out of my cookie!
Ugh... I mustn't lie to someone who's going to be the mother of my foal or foals, but how do I approach this situation? Should I just say "Hey, I'm an alicorn, ta-da!" and then wait for a reaction? No, that'd be pretty stupid. But still... I need to do something about this whole thing. Well, I can probably trust her with keeping the secret... probably. I mean, she has kept the secret of me being able to do some really good sexy stuff. I assume that she has because I'm not constantly followed by horny fillies wishing to be plowed until they can't feel their fields.
It's not the best time to make puns. I need to do something.
Oh no, I've just eaten the last of the cookie! Damn, now I need to say something. Uh... Er...
I looked at this Path of Love, finally. It's a tunnel made of flowers, vines, and trees.
"This looks lovely." I commented aloud as the three of us walked into the tunnel.
"It sure does." Night Breeze was the first to reply, nodding. "I wish it wasn't spring. I wouldn't mind snatching a fruit from somewhere around here."
She likes fruit. Note taken.
"Yeah, this place looks pretty." Moonshine added and then grabbed a flower with her mouth. And then she ate that flower. "Flowers are certainly good!"
I still need to get used to it. Eating flowers just like that... Well, aside from sniffing flowers, I painted my skin yellow once by using dandelions. It was actually fun! Hm, can it be used for disguise? My fur is white and I can definitely paint it.
"I don't really like flowers." the lunar unicorn replied, breaking my line of thought. Also, another note taken. Hm, am I taking this too seriously? "But they're okay, I guess. I prefer to sniff them." are you a human in disguise, Night Breeze?
"I've heard that all lunar pegasi like fruit." Moonshine commented. She's doing me a favor by making this small talk. "Is this true?"
"Pretty much." Night Breeze nodded in confirmation. "We grow a bunch of fruit, actually! My favorite is orange. You just peel them with the wings and then you sink your teeth into it and suck out all the juice!" not the way I eat oranges but hey, now I know that lunar pegasi and this one lunar unicorn are fruit vampires!
"That's funny." Moonshine giggled. "I just imagined you doing that! That'd be cute!"
"C-cute?" the lunar unicorn blushed. What do I hear here? Is my fillyfriend accepting the new fillyfriend? I'm speechless.
"Yeah!" Moonshine teleported an orange and held it in her grasp. "Like—" and she suddenly dropped it, her eyes widening. Before the orange could hit the ground, I snatched it. Alicorn reaction for the win! "Wait... Did I just... teleport something?" her eyes shifted from her horn to the orange. "Where d-did I even get that?"
"Hey, you're making progress with teleportation!" I congratulated her, peeling the orange to take a bite. I can't allow this good-looking fruit to be wasted, after all. "That's pretty good!"
Also, I'm pretty sure we don't have oranges around the apartment. Not in our room, not in the fridge or anywhere in the kitchen... Really, where did she get one?
Anyway, I gotta try this juice-sucking technique. But before I do that...
"Hey Night, wanna some orange?" I asked.
"Yeah, sure!" she replied. I gave her a third of the orange, and she bit into it. Yeah, it does look kind of cute... and she's giving me a somewhat sexy look. Uh. Why?
"Um, Moon, what about you?" I turned to my fillyfriend, avoiding that somewhat sexy gaze of Night Breeze. Moonshine just nodded, and so I handed her the rest of the orange, leaving the last third for myself.
After Night Breeze sucked out all the juice from her parts of the orange, she chewed the rest of it. I followed her steps and, well, it wasn't that bad. Though, I'd rather eat oranges like I always did.
"So, guys..." Night Breeze spoke after she swallowed her parts of orange. "You've been dating for a while, right? I, uh..." she scratched the back of her head. "I've not really dated before."
"We just do things that we like." I replied and Moonshine nodded.
"Huh... and how did you even get together?" the lunar unicorn asked.
"We just... click together, I suppose." I answered. "I've helped Moonshine a bunch of times, and, well... It's hard not to love someone like her." I kissed my fillyfriend, making her blush. "She's cute, beautiful, pretty smart, and... she is who she is, and I love her for that."
"Aww, that's adorable!" Night Breeze commented, this time making me blush. I mean, she's not wrong...
"So, um, Night, do you like music?" I asked, deciding to go to another topic.
"Yep, all kinds of it but it shouldn't be too loud." she nodded. "That's why I've never been to a concert or anything like that. My ears are pretty sensitive."
"Alright." I replied. I also noticed a cave... well, not really a cave, just enclosed space in the middle of all this green. It had a long and thick log lying nearby, perfect for sitting, obviously. "Hey, I think I can show you some music you might like."
I led the two fillies into this little green cave and we all took a seat. I teleported my guitar and held it like I did as a human. Well, without using my arms since I no longer have them, obviously. I just placed the guitar in between my forelegs.
Girls like guitarists, but why? I know the answer. We guitarists have very dexterous fingers, and said fingers can be used for many things if you catch my drift.
Unfortunately, now I only have magic. But hey, using magic with a guitar is easier than using hands!
"This guitar looks weird." Night Breeze commented. Yeah, it was the guitar that Moonshine gifted me on my birthday. It's thinner than acoustic guitars and doesn't have a hole for the strings to resonate into.
"Yeah, but look at what I can do with it." I replied, adjusting the knobs, bringing out some distortion. And so, I started playing, making sure that the volume wasn't too high.
It was a rather slow solo in the major scale, having a ton of vibrato, as well as sweeps and slides. Why not show off when I can? Besides, it's my true skill and I didn't practice it for nothing, after all. What musician would I be if I didn't practice?
So, doing a solo like that felt a bit weird because I almost always had some drums in the background and a prerecorded rhythm guitar track, making my improvisation time pretty much a complete song. But now I didn't have any of it, and so the only thing I could add was my voice. I'm still quite too shy to sing, especially around girls, and so I just hummed softly.
Both fillies seem to enjoy it, tilting from side to side slightly, smiles on their faces as they looked at me with admiration. What can I say, playing the guitar does give you girls. You just need to play well, and my own skills are pretty high. All those hours of practice do pay off one way or another someday, trust me.
Maybe I should play a metal version of Careless Whisper someday, it'd be... interesting.
Anyway, I soon finished the solo as not to make the fillies bored.
"That was pretty good!" Moonshine was the first to comment.
"Yeah, it was!" Night Breeze added soon after. "It sounded like some of the electronic stuff but it was, I don't know, softer and more... lively? I've not heard anyone doing anything like that with a guitar, though."
"I didn't invent it—" I can't take the credit for something as big as this, nope "—but I really like it. Maybe I'd be able to make it more popular here."
"Please do that! More variety in music wouldn't hurt." the lunar unicorn said. "What you do sounds pretty unique."
And then I received a kiss on the cheek from her. Uh, okay... I guess. I looked at Moonshine and I could swear that there was some jealousy in her eyes. To dispel it, I kissed her on her cheek.
"By the way, there's a thing in our culture..." Night Breeze said with uncertainty. "Well, um... Basically, it involves sharing of a fruit. Which we just did, right? So... I don't know if you knew it, but it's a huge act of trust." she looked at me.
"Well, I don't think I can trust you more than I already do." I replied, and then quickly added: "You're carrying my foal, after all. I don't think there's anything beyond trusting you to carry them."
"Yeah, you're right." the lunar unicorn nodded. "And since we're on the topic of trust... Maybe we should share some secrets?" her eyes shifted from me to Moonshine and then back at me. "I'll start, I suppose. Are you two game?"
"I am." I nodded. I have a really big secret to share and it will come up eventually. Though, I'll try not to overwhelm Night Breeze, and so I won't speak of my alien nature. Not yet, at least.
"Me, too." Moonshine nodded as well.
"I'll start, then." Night Breeze said. "So... My brother and I are from two different mares. We usually don't talk about it but... here it is, I suppose."
That's pretty interesting. They look pretty much like twins, but... I don't know.
"I'm a few years older than I am officially." Moonshine spoke next. "My parents, um, weren't that nice, and so... My granddad had to do a few things for me, and to make life easier for me he had to manipulate the papers a bit."
All of sudden, Night Breeze hugged Moonshine, patting her on the back.
"Um... Thanks..." my fillyfriend blushed, hugging back the lunar unicorn, soon, the two separated and looked at me.
"Well, uh..." I nervously looked around. I saw no one, I guess we were safe... I was safe to reveal one of my biggest secrets. "Night... I'm an alicorn."
With that being said, I released my wings, unfolded them for the filly to see. Her eyes widened, her ears perked up. For a few seconds, everything was silent. I was quickly becoming nervous, too. What was Night Breeze thinking about all of this? I couldn't bear this silence for much longer, certainly.
"I... I..." she stuttered. "Oh my gosh..." this is becoming awkward. "I'll be a mother to a foal of an alicorn!"
And then she fainted. I quickly caught her and gently placed her on the log.
Well...
...
Fuck.
Next Chapter: Chapter 17: Date Gone Wrong? Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 22 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Sorry for not updating more frequently. Unfortunately, my mental health is in a steady decline but I will try to deliver more chapters over shorter timespan without affecting quality in a negative way.
I hope you're all having a happy New Year.