//------------------------------// // New world, new parents: // Story: Afterlife // by Star Sparkle //------------------------------// A few ten meters away from the Golden Oak Library Apple Bloom stopped, I looked at her as she said ‘’Remember your promise, have fun.‘’ ‘’I will, bye Apple Bloom.‘’ ‘’Bye Star.‘’ We hugged before Apple Bloom was on her way back into the city. I opened the door, walked inside and called ‘’I’m home!‘’ Before I saw Spike as he sorted out some books as he had a bowl of something very shiny. As the sound of hoof steps came, I looked to the stairs and Twilight walked down with a warm smile and said ‘’Perfect timing Star, Velvet and Night Light are upstairs.‘’ I nodded and followed her upstairs, but Spike decided to not join us. Upstairs I saw two unicorns with warm smiles, one male with a blue coat and short dark blue mane and tail, the other pony was a female with a light gray coat and violet and white mane and tail, in the same-ish style as Twilight. My heartbeat became faster as the two ponies came over to us and the female one said sweetly ‘’Hey sweetie, I’m Twilight Velvet, but you can just call me Velvet.‘’ I felt as Twilight placed herself behind me and placed her front legs on both my sides, it helped as my heartbeat slowed down and I responded more shy than I liked it ‘’Hi Velvet, nice to meet you.‘’ She gave me a smile as the male, came down to my eye height, his voice was definitely that of a goofy dad as he said ‘’Ohh, Twilight, you weren't kidding, she’s just as cute as you described her.‘’ I felt as my head became warm, he let out a small laugh before he said ‘’Aww, it’s okay Star, I’m Night Light.‘’ I only smiled in response before Twilight suggested that we should sit on the couch. We walked over to the two couches and I sat next to Twilight, as she said ‘’So Velvet, Night Light and I have talk a bit before you came and I have told them what happened, when you didn’t want to eat the broccoli.‘’ ‘’And don’t worry sweetie, we want you to be comfortable before going any extra steps.‘’ Velvet said with a warm smile. I smiled and as I said ‘’Thanks, I don’t want to sleep in a crib again.‘’ Twilight giggled a bit before she asked ‘’Star, will you be okay, if I shared our little secret with Velvet and Night Light?‘’ Before she whispered ‘’About your plush.‘’ I was surprised, but as I remembered Twilight told me, that she would tell if I didn’t want her to, but slowly, I nodded and Twilight held me as she said ‘’Because of the transformation, we believe that Star have gotten an obsession with her bunny plush, of which I gave to her, due to her always finding something to either hug or suck on when she sleeps. So Star doesn't necessarily like her plush, but something is making her love it.‘’ ‘’That’s horrible, what can we do to help?‘’ Velvet asked. ‘’Tomorrow Star has been invited to the castle, to spend the night, so Star and Princess Celestia will discuss what can be done, but unfortunately there is nothing I, or we can do to help.‘’ Twilight answered. ‘’Well it’s good to hear it‘ll been looked into.‘’ Night Light responded. ‘’Exactly. But where is this plush, just so we won’t forget?‘’ Velvet asked. ‘’She’s in my saddlebag.‘’ I responded. Velvet and Night Light smiled before Velvet said ‘’Twilight have also told us that you’re a bit nervous about going to another place to sleep, but don’t worry sweetie, even before we knew why, we understand that going to a new place can be difficult.‘’ I gave her a smile, even though something about this conversation felt weird, but I could place my hoof on it. ‘’And as of yet, I have always helped Star with her teeth brushing and bathing.‘’ Twilight said. ‘’And in Canterlot, we will both help Star brush and bathe.‘’ Velvet responded. ‘’That’s right honey, it’ll be like when Twilight was a little filly and she made such a huge mess whenever we bathe her.‘’ Night Light responded. ‘’Daaad!‘’ Twilight yelled embarrassed, but I only pictured Twilight as a filly and splashed water all over a bathroom and I couldn’t help but giggle. After I was told Twilight would come and pick me up in Canterlot on Sunday about noon and I was about to pack my saddlebag, Twilight had already packed it, with the letter from Princess Celestia and the dress I got from Rarity two days ago, somehow it survived the cute, hungry creatures, else I got the quill I had practiced with and then we were off to the train station with Spike. When we came to the train station, there was still five minutes to the train departed. When the train was in sight and stopped in front of us and as it was ahead of time, it was said that it would stay here for a few minutes. I then turned to Twilight to hug her goodbye, but when I turned around Twilight pulled me into a hug and nuzzled my mind away. I got out of the nuzzle by more chatter at the train station from other ponies and I said ‘’Twilight? I also want to say goodbye to Spike before going.‘’ She sniffed as sat me down and said ‘’Of, course…‘’ I then turned to Spike, hugged him and said ‘’Take care of Twilight for me, promise?‘’ ‘’I promise Star, just promise to have a good time.‘’ ‘’I promise Spike.‘’ One more tight hug and he let me go, but Twilight’s muzzle was there and nuzzled me. I couldn’t resist and I nuzzled back. I was called back to reality as a male pony called ‘’Train to Canterlot is departing in one minute! All aboard!‘’ As I pulled back and was about to say goodbye, Twilight pulled me into another hug as she sniffed ‘’Remember, if she gets cold, then she’ll just need to snuggle in a warm blanky and if she is sad, then- then give her, her bunny, then she smile so cute and-‘’ ‘’Don’t worry Twilight, we’ll take good care of her. But we need to leave now or we’ll miss our train.‘’ Velvet said. I nodded, gave Twilight one last hug and pulled away ‘’Bye Twily, see you Sunday.‘’ I walked with Velvet and Night Light onto the train as Twilight yelled ‘’I’ll miss you sweetie!‘’ The door closed and the train moved and out the window Twilight and Spike waved, I waved back until I couldn’t see them anymore. We walked deeper into the train cart and quickly found a place to sit, I sat in the middle of Velvet and Night Light, with Velvet towards the window. It only lasted a few minutes before we went up the mountain and out the window, I saw Ponyville but as it was difficult to see from where I sat, I got up and got my front hooves on the window to get a better view. Ponyville was way bigger than it looked to be on the ground, I guessed there were maybe between fifty and a hundred buildings. As I admired the view, I felt my front hooves were lifted and Velvet held me where my front legs and my chest connected, as I leaned on Velvet’s front right leg she asked ‘’You like the view?‘’ I nodded as I said ‘’Yeah, I’ve never seen Ponyville from this height before.‘’ I looked back towards Ponyville and thought it would be weird to be away, but maybe it wouldn't be so bad ‘I will get to know Velvet and Night Light, meet the Princesses again and explore the city.’ Ponyville disappeared from my view, as the train entered a tunnel and as I wanted to get back to my seat, as I tried to get back down again, Velvet lifted me down to my seat and I laid down again, it felt nice to lay down again. A few minutes went by before the tea from Fluttershy’s wanted to come out, I looked around and hoped to see a bathroom sign. I saw that one was available on the opposite end of the train cart and I got up, but as I was about to jump down, Night Light asked ‘’Where are you heading sweetie?‘’ ‘’Bathroom.‘’ I answered instead of jumping. As I felt two hooves, I heard Velvet ‘’Then we better go.‘’ ‘’We?‘’ ‘’Yes of course, you’re our little filly.‘’ I knew I had no chance to get them to stay, so I nodded and got on Velvet’s back as she walked me to the bathroom. At least got her to stay outside, until I was done and she washed my hooves, just like Twilight and we walked back to Night Light. Back on my seat I took the cupcake from my saddlebag and Night Light curiously asked ‘’Where did you get that from sweetie?‘’ ‘’Sugar Cube Corner in Ponyville, they said it was a, welcome to Ponyville treat.‘’ I answered before I took a bite and I knew that I would be back for more. The cupcake was long gone as the train slowed down and we arrived in Canterlot. As we walked to their home, we walked at my speed so I looked around as I walked. Canterlot looked very different to Ponyville, all the ponies in Ponyville mostly smiled, but these Canterlot ponies were odd, some had their muzzles up in the air and most of them wore clothes of some sort, dresses for the mares and tuxedos without pants for the stallions, it was so different from Ponyville. As we came to a water fountain, a stallion came over to us, he had a white coat, blue mane, wearing a tux and a monocles, as he came closer he said ‘’Twilight Velvet, Night Light, so lovely to see you again.‘’ ‘’Thank you Fancy Pants, it’s lovely to see you too.‘’ Velvet said. He noticed me and asked ‘’Now who is this little filly?‘’ ‘’She’s our newly adopted daughter.‘’ ‘’My my, I didn’t know you were looking, but you found a nice little filly.‘’ As he looked at me, he said ‘’Names’ Fancy Pants, it’s a pleasure to meet your acquaintance.‘’ ‘’I’m Star Sparkle and it’s a pleasure to meet you too.‘’ I answered with an awkward smile. He gave a small chuckle ‘’She sure is a bright young filly.‘’ ‘’Thank you Fancy Pants, we do hope to also give her a good time as she lives with her sister in Ponyville.‘’ Night Light said, but I was bored, I looked around. By luck we were in the middle of the town square and the shops here had all different things, a donut shop, a tailor dress shop, a store that sold vases and one they really wanted to sell was a white one with some blue stripes on it, it looked rather nice, but so did the dress in in the window displayed, else there were some cafes and restaurants. As Velvet and Night Light had finished, we continued our walk back to Velvet and Night Light’s home.