Octavia tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She looked over at Vinyl, and felt jealousy seep into her as Vinyl snored loudly.
How is it possible she is able to sleep so easily after dropping a proposal like that? My mind is so active right now I couldn't sleep if they drugged me! Octavia sat up in bed and trotted over the window. The sun was beginning to peek out over the horizon. Great, I lost an entire night's worth of sleep... She reached into one of the old cabinets she had when she was living there, pulling a coat from it and slipping it on.
She made her way quietly down the hallways of her home and exited out onto the back porch. She smiled widely at the sight before her: the fields were covered in white, the first snow of the season having finally fallen, snow slowly falling in the peaceful silence of her father's fields. "What a beautiful sight to wake up to..." Octavia said to herself quietly, taking a seat in one of the chairs that sat on the porch.
"Aye, this is tha' season A' live for."
Octavia turned her head to see her father sitting in one of the other chairs. "Papa? What are you doing up so early?"
"A' do this every day, Octavia. Nothin' nicer than watchin' the world come to life every mornin', especially in the winter season. Celestia's sun reflects beautifully off o' the snowflakes...watch." He pointed out back towards the fields. Sure enough, as the morning sun began to rise, light began to glint off of each individual snowflake, creating a cascade of filtered light over the fields. Octavia sat in awed silence, the only sounds being her and her father's breathing, and the distant chirps of birds calling out from their nests.
"How beautiful..." Octavia murmured.
"Ye know, Octavia...A' have ta' admit. A' am extremely proud of ye." Kester said.
"What do you mean, Papa?" Octavia asked.
"Well, A'm proud o' the fact tha' ye've managed ta' come this far, and managed ta' muster up enough courage ta' stare down both sets o' parents and tell 'em yer havin' a baby. Takes guts, and fer tha' A'm proud," he smiled, leaning over and stroking her shoulder. "...But A' will warn ye." His expression became serious. "Yer mother an' ma'self maybe acceptin' of yer relationship with Vinyl, but tha' doesn't mean tha' everypony else will. Yer goin' ta' get a lot o' looks from now on, and not all o' them'll be kind. There are goin' ta' be times where it's goin' ta get rough, but A'm confident ye two will be able ta' overcome whatever's thrown at ye."
"We just want you to know that no matter what happens, you will always have this home to return to. This home will always be a refuge for you." Madeline said as she came up from behind Kester, wrapping her forelegs around his neck and resting her head against his. "We are a family, and family takes care of their own." Madeline winked.
"Thank you...both of you. You have no idea what this means to me. Especially now that-" Octavia was cut off by the sound of loud yawning as Vinyl trotted out to join the rest of them. Her mane was even more messy than usual, making it look like she had had a cattle prod taken to her.
"Why aren't you in beeeeed? It's so eeeearly. Come back to beeeeeeed." Vinyl whined as she trotted up to Octavia and practically threw herself against her, almost falling back to sleep where she stood.
"I was about to tell them the good news, Vinyl." Octavia said, trying to push Vinyl off of her. "My goodness, Vinyl you need to lay off the sweets!"
"You really wanna go there? You had three danishes back in Ponyville, and you're calling ME fat." Vinyl retorted, looking at Octavia with a deadpan expression.
"Says the one who, after eating an ENTIRE stack of pancakes, went after MORE food at Bonbon's house." Octavia returned with a smirk.
"Hey, when you've got looks like mine, you can eat whatever you want." Vinyl huffed.
"Well you look like your tail got stuck in an outlet."
"A sexy outlet."
"That doesn't even make sense!"
"Doesn't it, Octavia? Doesn't it?"
"You are clearly still half asleep. You are just babbling whatever comes to mind- oh wait, how is that different from how you are normally?" Octavia laughed, proud of herself.
"You were babbling random things last night- wait, how's that any different from every other time we- GACK!" Vinyl was stopped short as Octavia's hooves latched onto her throat like a vicegrip.
"You did NOT just say that in front of my parents!" Octavia yelled. Suddenly, she heard snickering. She looked up to see both her mother AND father laughing to themselves at the display before them.
"Ain't it a wonder how much they remind us o' when we were datin', love?" Kester chuckled.
"Absolutely. Only I won every argument." Madeline said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.
"Ye may have won tha' arguments, but A' dominated tha' bedroom." Kester laughed. He felt Madeline's hooves trying to crush his neck like Octavia was doing to Vinyl, but simply chuckled. "Ma' neck's too thick for ye' ta'-" Kester felt himself go airborne for a moment as Madeline tackled him into the snow, beating on him with her hooves.
"STOP SAYING THOSE THINGS! Do you have ANY IDEA how EMBARRASSING THAT IS?!" Madeline yelled, blushing wildly in embarrassment as she rained hooves down on him. Kester didn't respond- he was laughing too hard.
"Hey, that kinda looks like fun!" Vinyl said, rushing out into the snow. "Come on, Octy! You gotta come join me!"
"That is quite alright, Vinyl. I am perfectly content sitting here-" She was stopped when a snowball hit her square in the face. When she wiped it off, she saw Vinyl winding up to throw another one.
"...YOU ARE GOING DOWN!" Octavia yelled, diving into the snow and returning fire. After a quick exchange of snowballs, Octavia threw one that tagged Vinyl right in the face.
"OW! That one had a rock in it!" Vinyl yelled, clutching her face. Fearing that she had actually hurt Vinyl, Octavia rushed up to her to see if she was okay.
"I'm so sorry, Vinyl! Are you al-" Octavia's mouth was suddenly filled with snow as Vinyl pegged her at point-blank with a snowball. She spit out what she could, and frowned. "That was a dirty trick, Vinyl!"
"All's fair in love and war, and I don't see any love here!" Vinyl said, winding up for another throw. Before the snowball left her hoof, Octavia pushed her down into the snow, pinning her where she lay. "What was that for?!" Without warning, Octavia leaned down and kissed Vinyl, feeling her breath as well as her blush warm her down to her very bones.
"We have news to deliver, remember?" Octavia said with a smile.
"Oh, right!" Vinyl quickly squirmed out from under Octavia, the two walking back towards the house. Octavia found her parents sitting near the fireplace, leaning against one another. "Mother, Papa, we have more news."
"What else could you possibly have to tell us that is more exciting than the baby?" Madeline questioned.
"Well...um..." Octavia blushed, having a hard time finding the right words.
"We're getting hitched!" Vinyl said cheerily.
"...Subtle, Vinyl. Real subtle." Octavia said, looking at Vinyl like she was about to lay her out.
"Oh, this IS wonderful news! When are you planning on the wedding?" Madeline asked.
"The spring, Mother. It was Vinyl's idea. She asked me what season I liked the most, and she used my answer as an opportunity to propose." Octavia blushed as Vinyl beamed.
"She's a smart lass. A' remember when A' proposed ta' Maddie. It was pretty romantic, don't ye think?" Kester said, reminiscing with a smile.
"If by 'romantic' you mean 'absolutely mortifying', then yes. Yes it was." Madeline said, remembering every moment of it.
"It was not mortifyin'! A' had ta' build up tons o' courage just ta' do wha' A' did!"
"You knocked over the karaoke singer, stole his microphone, and screamed 'MADDIE! MARRY ME, MADDIE!' over and over until I said yes."
"A' still don' see why tha's so bad."
"You got us kicked out of the restaurant. I LIKED that restaurant."
"It wasn't all tha' great." Kester grunted, remembering back to the day. "The waiters were rude, the food took forever ta' get served, an' tha' portions would've let a mouse starve!"
"Either way, while it was not exactly romantic, it was memorable." Madeline said, leaning against him. "I guess that counts."
"You are right about that." Octavia said, nuzzling Vinyl affectionately.
"Anywho, let's jus' sit around the fire an' get warmed up. Sound good?" Kester offered, scooting over slightly to make room.
"Sounds good to me!" Vinyl said, taking a seat in front of the fireplace. Vinyl looked at Octavia, patting the ground next to her with a hoof. Octavia smiled and took a seat next to her. This time, it was Vinyl's turn to lean against Octavia, who looked surprised.
"What? I think I'm allowed to do this every now and again." Vinyl grinned.
"I suppose I can allow it...every now and again." Octavia smiled.
The two couples sat in front of the fire, warming each other's hearts not with the flames burning before them, but with each other's presence.
Kester keeps geting more and more cool with each chapter I'm loving it
Yaaay :D again you post this before I go to bed!
This is like a birthday present every night.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR !!!!
YOU UPDATE THIS EVERY DAY!!! HOW U DO DAT?!
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH!
(Ha ha... Tha' swhat she said)
SO GOOD. Kester! y u so cool??????
"Hey, when you've got looks like mine, you can eat whatever you want." Vinyl huffed.
"Well you look like your tail got stuck in an outlet."
"A sexy outlet."
"That doesn't even make sense!"
"Doesn't it, Octavia? Doesn't it?"
*still laughing*
Once more, Kester is best pony. Can we get some fan art?
HOW DO YOU UPDATE SO FAST?! I want a realtime video of you typing these to prove that you aren't a machine, a time-traveler, or 4 midgets in an overcoat.
So...cute...
I envy your ability with word.
I can't put into words how entertaining, amusing, cute, and moving this story is.
BTW, KESTER is BAWSS, but VInyl is best pony.
Every night right becore i go to bed you happen to get out an other good chapter. how do you do that? Time machien or your god powers?
42781 well there's more ways maybe there's 2 people making story while a third uses dragons natullay speaking (if you don't know that is a software that after teaching it your accent you can say something and it types it
but yes I want a video to
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Okay, and now imma have to go back to waiting for DeviantArt uploads, unless you continue to update on here before 8:00 EST, then i will read on here :D
As i will prolly say this anyways when you upload this to DA when i get that link for friends, Another great chapter, please continue to impress :3
And i agree on that video :P
Spike approves.
So.......Heart warming.
jeez, this can't get any bet--- wait, I'm sure it is.
I now have a new word for awesome, and that word is Kester
Kester reminds me a lot about my uncle
"What? I think I'm allowed to do this every now and again." Vinyl grinned
"I suppose I could allow it... every now and again." Octavia smiled
Anypony see the error?
sooo awesome i hope you update tommorow cause thats me birthday hahaha
i'm afraid......
an addiction to reading has (as far as i know) never happened before!
more please
Such a wonderful story, and it keeps getting better and better.
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Look it says 'every now and again' see it now?
I will be ded of Diabetus... is so sweet~
42923 ...what about Twilight?
42947 eeNope. What error?
Vinyl has some of the best lines :D
Now is it going to be wedding or baby first?
God I hope Kester Makes a toast at the wedding!.. wait.. I wonder who can make a better toast, Kester , or Trixie?
ether way, I know I said this before great chapter, all the chapters are great, every time you post I know I am going to me entertained.
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took me a while, but I finally found it out. It's every "Now and THEN" Just saying
Awesome! Those two last chapters were absolutely wonderful! They were the funniest since the beginning!
Keep up the good work
Ive come up with a formula for the rating of this video ∞/5 +1 for every new chapter
good job!!!
And so my journey of reading this fanfic begins i just hope this ifc is worth a few sleep less nights
Lol.
Wake up the morning, get yer IPad, turn on yar WIFI, go to ze internet, entar FIMfiction.net, check yer trackin' list and read da storyz!
Quick, somepony who can draw good draw Kester! NOW!
I really appreciate that he/she has the time to post a chapter every day.
Every chapter is filled with squishy!
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I've seen/heard it both ways before. "Every now and again" is less formal (more colloquial) though so one could argue that the phrase would be more likely from Octavia than Vinyl, considering their upbringings.
Kester seems more like Vinyl's dad
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The consistent quality and the rapid pace at which you're writing these... depress me greatly. BAAWWWW I'M A BAD AUTHOR.
You, on the other hand...
and I love this line-- "You knocked over the karaoke singer, stole his microphone, and screamed 'MADDIE! MARRY ME, MADDIE!' over and over until I said yes."
Kester is Bucking AWESOME!
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"A sexy outlet."
so... much... joy...
new chapter was awesome read last knight thanks for continuing the story
How to get a girl for Dummies
1: Use Kester's plan
2: ???
3: PROFIT!!!
Ah, This chapter had me laughing on occasion. Considering I don't laugh often you've done something else awesome for me, Thanks!
Only half way done reading this D:
On the offside, Kester is a... sex knigh- err... stallion!
He and Halifax are just that cool.