My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Starlight, Starbright

Chapter 36

Happy Belated Hearth’s Warming Eve

…… If you read the last chapter, you obviously know what Bass and Starlight are doing right now so… um… let’s skip ahead 3 hours.

*presses fast forward button*

Bass and Starlight looked out into space, caught by surprise on how good it was. “That… was… amazing…” Starlight gasped, having had the time of her life.

“Yeah…” Bass said.

“so that’s what *beep* feels like…” what? You didn’t expect me to say the word, did you? This is a E-Rated fic. Blood and swear words are pushing it. this would send it into M. heck, just talking about it is sure to put it into T.

“Caught me off guard.”

“Ditto. … did you know that would happen?”

“No, no. that surprised me.” Bass tapped his hooves on the messed up blanket that barely covered him and Starlight. most of the bed sheets were spread on the floor, some torn in half. Geez, what did these 2 do? “so… what do we tell the others?”

“nothing, for now. I’m not sure how’d they take to us… shagging up.”

“yeah. So, does this mean we’re now officially colt and marefriend?”

Starlight looked to her lover and smiled. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. “yep.” she snuggled up next to him and held him close. “thanks… for coming into my life…”

Bass lightly smiled and held her as well. “thanks for coming into mine…” he gingerly kissed her on the forehead.

The two then fell asleep in each other’s embrace.

“Oh, man…” Daring moaned. She and her hubby Silverbolt, a Gryphon prince and brother to Gilda, came to Baltimare to investigate the stories of the Wyrm Pass, only to find it completely destroyed. “How this happen?”

Bolt bent down and picked up a rock. “must’ve been a big earthquake.”

“Still…” Daring kicked a rock. It bounced off a tree and bonked her in the head. She went ‘ow’ and rubbed where it hit. “I wished I could’ve investigated it.”

The two turned to head back to Baltimare when a pair of Changelings came from around a corner, flying like their lives depended on it. They saw each other but barely had time to move. Both groups collided and fell down to the slushy ground.

“ow…” they all moaned. One of the Changelings got up and rubbed her head. “that’s gonna smart.”

“tell me about it.” Bolt moaned, rubbing his wing. “think it’s sprained.”

The other Changeling rubbed it’s leg when he opened his eyes. He recognized the mare from somewhere. “Wait. Are you Daring Do?”

“Yeah. And you must be a fan of my books.”

“never read them.”

never read them? “Then how do you know who I am? And just who are you two?”

“oh, right. My name is Leon. This is my comrade Friction.”

“hi, now why are you here?” Bolt asked.

“Straight to business. I like that.” Friction said.

Leon used his magic to pull out the letter from Derpy. He then handed it to Daring. “Read this as we fly. We don’t have a lot of time.” he and Friction spread their wings and took off.

Daring and Bolt looked at each other with curious expressions. Just what the hell were they talking about? Wondering that, the two took to the air and flew after them. In mid-flight, Daring opened the letter sent by her sister and shared it with Bolt.

……….

“WHAT!?!”

It seemed like hours that they were asleep, but Starlight and Bass didn’t care. They had each other… and that’s all they wanted. They wished to be with the other forever, not to move at all. Just to be in each other’s embrace.

Bass caressed his hooves though Starlight’s fire-like hair when…

Leopold suddenly appeared out from a wall. “Mistress Starlight…” both Star and Bass heard him, yelled, and fell out of bed.

“Ow!” they both said.

The way they were sleeping, and their reactions… these two must‘ve have relations. “un… am I… interrupting something?”

“yes!” they both exclaimed.

“My apologies. That wasn’t my intent.”

Starlight grunted as she got up. She felt weak from the fun they had last night, making her knees buckle. She quickly regained her posture and cleared her throat. “so… what’s worth the interruption, Leopold?”

“Lady Eris, the Draconequus, is throwing a party for you all in the audience hall. She’s keeping what a surprise.”

Bass went ‘OH.’ “a surprise party. Wonder what it is?”

“now I’m curious.” she used her magic to send the barriers away and open the curtains. “you’re… gonna keep what you saw a secret, right?” Star asked Leopold.

“my lips are sealed…” Star and Bass breathed a sigh of relief. Glad they weren’t gonna be revealed, the new couple walked out of her bedroom. “…least to your friends.” he finished before disappearing.

Sombra looked over his machine for the zillionth time, making sure that everything is the way it is. He sensed his little associate come into the same room. “Leopold. Tell me the good news. Did she decide to stay here?” Leopold opened his mouth to speak but didn’t. he’s not sure how he would take this. “Leopold?”

“Un… there… may be a slight hitch…”

Sombra turned to him, ready to turn him into shadow soufflé. “hitch?”

Leopold gulped and snapped his fingers, bringing up video from Starlight’s room. “this hitch.” he nervously said.

Sombra watched the video of Starlight and Bass, as Leopold said, hitch up. Sombra’s anger boiled. He let loose a powerful spell that hit the side wall and exploded. To those up above, it felt like a small earthquake.

“This is not what is supposed to happen!” he angrily exclaimed. “she wasn’t supposed to fall in love!”

Leopold, nervous that his master would kill him, had to say it. “y-you can’t stop nature. It’s only natural she would fall for someone. Were you able to stop any of your other children from falling in love?”

No… he didn’t. and he also failed at preventing them at having kids of their own. “this is gonna make the plan a lot more complicated.”

To keep their relation a secret, Starlight walked into the audience hall where her friends are first, forgetting that her hair is a jumbled mess. 3 minutes later, Bass walked in. hopefully, their friends won’t ask where they were for so long. They didn’t have time to make a story.

Being a artificially made Pony, he had a heighten sense of smell and Chaos Gun smelled something funny. Really funny. “what’s that smell?” he asked. “it smells like sweat and fear.”

Starlight and Bass twitched then looked at each other with gulping fear. “really?” Season asked. “I don’t smell anything, and I have the best nose in the group.” seems only Chaos can smell it and nobody’s believing him so that’s a good thing.

“Okay Eris. What did you call us in here for?” Golden Day asked.

The Draconequus snickered. “This.” she snapped her fingers.

Red and green lights appeared along the walls, stretching all throughout the hall. Wreaths and ribbons hung down from the ceiling, dangling 10 feet above the floor. A great, big ol’ Pine appeared tucked away in a corner near the throne with a ton of colorful wrapped boxes underneath it. Lights and ornaments wrapped around the tree. A single heart-shaped star appeared on top.

Everyone in the group happily and mesmerizing gasped ‘whoa’ at the decorations sudden appearances.

“wow…” Starlight gasped.

“you did all this, Eris?” the Alicorn Erys asked.

“Well…” the Draconequus put her hands behind her head. “I had some help from Peppy.” Peppy hopped up next to her.

“Peppy?”

“did you forget, Star? My special talent is making things nice for Hearth’s Warming Eve. Heck, one could argue it is Hearth‘s Warming Eve.” Peppy explained. “I had this little setup in my head when we arrived. Just needed Eris to get up to snuff to bring it up.”

“Speaking of which…” Eris said. She snapped her fingers, bring up a stool with the jolly red giant on it, though he’s been ponified. “every Hearth’s Warming Eve needs gifts, right? Just speak into ol’ St. Nick’s ear here and *boop* your gift will appear.”

“really?” Sym asked. “well, one way to see if it works.” he hopped on up to the plastic pony and stopped near him. “un… how exactly do I talk? Which ear, what tone…”

“Just talk!” they all yelled. Sym jumped at the yell and stuck his tongue out at them. “ehm… can’t I just write it down and stick it in his mouth?”

That’s not a bad idea. Much less embarrassing then whispering into a plastic nobodies ear. She snapped her fingers and the necessary changes were made.

A pen and paper appeared in front of Sym. He grabbed the pen and thought about a nice gift. He got it and wrote it down. Once that was done, he put it into the plastic mouth. For awhile, nothing happened. The plastic pony didn’t do anything and there were no flashing lights or anything.

“Thing it’s busted, Eris.” Sym said.

“Give it a moment.”

So they did and… still nothing. Yeah, the thing is a--

A sudden flash of white appeared around Golden Day, surprising them all. It only lasted a second and when it disappeared, G.D. had a BEAUTIFUL jeweled dress draped over her with a pair of sapphire earrings hanging from her ears.

G.D. looked herself over, completely mesmerized by her new dress. “Whoa… wha… how did you…”

“remembered when we were passing by Rarity’s shop and you saw that dress she made?” Sym asked. “well, I thought about it and figured, ‘hey. She deserves something nice.’ so…”

Golden Day cut him off with a sudden kiss on the lips. “WHOA!” everyone yelled in surprise. That was unexpected.

Pretty soon, everyone clamored up, hoping to get the same result. Starlight and Bass, however, stayed behind. “You don’t want a gift, Star?”

Starlight smiled and rested her head on his shoulders. “you already gave the best Hearth’s Warming Gift of all; you came in my life.”

Bass, knowing no one was looking in their direction, kissed her. “ditto…” the two watched their friends clamored to get the next gift. “although… I think Sombra would like one.”

Starlight hadn’t considered that. “oh, right. It might cheer him up; get him out of his rut.” she went over, thinking of a good gift for him. Bass sat down and got comfy. This was gonna be awhile.

“Hey! I’m first! I’m the youngest!” Fire Ruby exclaimed. She climbed up onto the plastic pony, only the slip and fall. towards Eris. The dragon/pony hybrid yelled as she fell right on top of the Draconequus. They fell down the stairs and landed on the awning below.

The two of them opened their eyes in pain to see that the two of them were in a... awkward position. “…Aaaand just like that, I’m gay.” Ruby said.

Sombra walked though the corridor leading to the audience hall. He is busy trying to think of a new plan, now that Starlight and Bass are in a relationship. “with her in love, it’s gonna be harder for her to stay.”

As he neared the hall, he heard laughter. That’s a sound he hasn’t heard in a long time. He upped his speed to see what’s causing all the hub-bub. He entered though a side-door and saw Starlight and her friends laughing, exchanging gifts, and having good times. It’s been a long time since he heard laughter and saw smiles. It was… odd to hear and see it again.

Starlight saw her father and got up, gulping down her drink as she did. “Oh, Dad. There you are.”

“Starlight… what is all this?”

“what, this? You never had Hearth’s Warming Eve before?”

“Hearth’s Warming… Eve?”

Starlight moaned and rubbed her head. “oh, brother. We got a lot of work to do to get you reacquainted back into society. Hearth’s Warming Eve is a celebration we have celebrating the founding of Equestria and the unification of the Pegasi, Unicorn, and Earth Ponies.”

“Very Popular!” Peppy called out with Soarin’ nuzzling next to her.

“Hehe. And as you can see, it means romance. But that would be best reserved for Hearts and Hooves day.” she said out loud.

“We missed that as well!” Sweet Song yelled, getting cozy with her chaos-filled boy toy by wrapping a scarf around the both of them. “This is a double holiday!”

“right. That reminds me.” Starlight ran over to the tree to grab something. Sombra looked around the hall, seeing it dressed up for the holidays. He wants to vomit so much. “here.” Starlight said, returning with a small present.

“What is it?”

“A present. From all of us. For letting us stay.”

A thank you gift? On a present holiday? Curious, he used his magic to grab it. He ripped it open. The present was a group shot of them all in the hall, with the words ‘thanks, dad’ written on the bottom. He didn’t show it on the outside, but inside… he actually felt happy. For the first time in decades, he was happy.

“Starlight… I… I don’t know what to say.”

“it’s nothing. This is Hearth’s Warming Eve, after all.”

“but… I never got a gift before. From anyone.”

“well, let us be the first.” Starlight said with a wide smile.

Sombra looked at the picture again and almost smiled, but didn’t. “thanks, Starlight. I appreciate it.” he used his magic to set the photo on the throne. “Now, if you mind, I have something to give to you. Or rather, show you.”

“Show me? Show me what?”

Author's Notes:

wha... is Sombra's black heart melting? .... NAH!