Playfight

by Gleaming

Sometimes you can live with them

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Playfight

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As the sun was setting off in the horizon, the shadows from the sun's reflection crept up behind trees and all of the ponies outside. Everypony enjoyed the activities that they did today and felt it was the right moment to call it a day, they retreated back into their homes to rest up for the next day. Only one pony stayed outside to show off her brave bravado, Starburst grasped the edge of a sword with her mouth and brought it forward into the wood of a tree, cutting a long, visible mark on the tree.

Starburst has been training hard to fulfill her dream of becoming a Royal Guard, doing whatever it takes to show that her hard training was all worth it. Her friends understand that training means everything to her, but they do tell her if she needs to take a break every now and again. She edged another mark into the tree bark and heard her mother call out for her, still continuing to cut away at the bark.

''Starburst, it's time for dinner!'' Twilight called out to her, she retreated back into the castle.

''Coming in a minute, mom. I just have to cut this tree down to size!'' Starburst exclaimed, she swung the sword forward at the tree and sliced the tree as fragments of the tree laid in front of her. ''Done and done, I'm coming mom!'' She ran over to the front doors of the castle and walked into the dining room, the large dining table was in the center of the room.

''Hey mom, where's Nighty?'' Starburst nonchalantly asked, waiting for an answer.

''Your brother is in his room upstairs, might want to knock on his door before you go in.'' Twilight couldn't stress that enough when it comes to her daughter, always entering her brother's room without permission.

''Whatever you say, mom. I'll totally do that.'' Starburst skipped up the stairs and walked over to her brother's room on the right, she leaned her body against the wall.

Eager to know what her brother was up to, she pressed her ear against the wall, hearing the music from the inside of the room. Her ears perked up at the sound of her brother's voice, the loud sound of the music suppressed most of what he said and his hooves tapping on the floor registered once she heard the music being turned off.

''I'd better head downstairs before Twilight blows a gasket,'' Night Light said, trotting out of his room. Before he could go downstairs, he taped a sign on the center of his door that said 'Keep Out, especially you, Starburst.' He proceeded downstairs to the dining room when the smell of food whiffed into his nose.

Starburst saw that the coast was clear and she slithered into the room. Looking around in her brother's room, she saw a stack of dancing instruction papers on the floor with a disc laid adjacent from the papers. Starburst tapped her chin, thinking about what Night Light was really up to that nopony should discover his secret. ''Looks like I'll be going undercover tonight.''

At the dining room table, Twilight chewed away at the hay burgers that she prepared for dinner. She munched on the burgers with her puffed up cheeks filled. As Night Light used his fork to poke at his food along with his hoof slumped against his face, his mother looked across at him. ''Night, how was your day at school?''

''As average as every day that I spend at school. Can I be excused?'' Night Light requested, pushing his food-filled plate away from him.

''Sure Night, if you need to talk to me later don't hesitate to tell me what's wrong.'' Twilight answered, taking the plates on the table and walking over to the sink.

Night Light made his way up the stairs leading up to his room, he turned the corner to see his door open with a sliver of light coming from the door. If he had guessed who would be in his room at this hour, his sister is the only guess that comes to mind for her reputation of sneaking in his room stealing his stuff or teasing him. There is a good side to her that only he knows, a protective guardian who beats up anypony who hurts him and he always looks up to her.

''Starburst, what are you doing in my room?'' Night Light swung the door open and caught his sister reading the dancing instructions, he lunged himself at Starburst and tackled her down to the ground. He pinned her forelegs down and breathed heavily on her with anger, holding her face up to him. ''Explain yourself.''

''I was going to ask you the same thing, about these dance instructions and the disc.'' Her hoof pointed down at the disc and instructions laid askew across the floor, using her hind legs to kick him into the wall. His back rammed into the wall of his room as Starburst sped up to him in succession and pinned his forelegs to the wall, ''Tell me now!'' she demanded.

Night Light panted for air against the wall, his breathing slowed down. ''I'll tell you. I have a secret that I've been keeping from you and my friends for a while, I dance alone by myself in my room when no one is looking.''

Starburst laid her wing over her brother's back to comfort him, ''I'm sorry, I didn't know. If it makes you feel any better, I used to take ballet lessons when I was younger to actually pursue a dancing career. That is, until the Royal Guard dream came into my life.''

Night Light tried to hold back his laughter, his mouth opened with a burst of laughter. His hind legs kicked up into the air and his face turning red from the embarrassing secret. ''I promise not to tell anypony.''

Starburst released her brother from the wall, catching his body in the feathers of her wing. ''Good, because we wouldn't want you to get hurt for spilling the secret. Can I see you dance at least?''

Night Light thought for a moment and came up with this answer, ''Sure.''

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Night Light turned on the music in his room with the rhythm flowing through him. Starburst sat with her back against the wall watching her brother dance around and spinning on the top of his hoof, he lifts his hind legs up in the air. Starburst shrugged her shoulders and decided to join in with him, their mother covering her ears with a pillow tossing and turning in her bed in an attempt to suppress the loud music. ''I almost question why Flash wanted to have a filly and a colt.''

They concluded their dancing and turned to each other. ''Let's never speak of this again,'' Both of them said simultaneously as they laid on the floor and crossed their hooves.

''You know that I expected you to come in my room, to look around at my stuff right?'' Night Light furrowed his brow, giving Starbust a smug grin.

''I thought we said never to speak of this again....but yes.'' Starburst admitted, rolling her eyes.

Author's Note:

First try with the Next Gen characters made by kilala97, another addition to the collection of stories made by the writers on the site and to show that we appreciate her and her characters.

Done and done, hope you enjoyed this! Constructive criticism and feedback are appreciated!

Comments

[rikusouleater]

[Gleaming]

4762350 Enjoyed? I hope so.

[Shaleclaw]

Not bad. I noticed a few sentences where you could have replaced words with pronouns to clean things up, though, like the section where Starburst is carving up the tree.
Overall pretty good. Earned a green thumb from me! Glad I stopped by to give it a read!

[Gleaming]

4762436 Well I'm glad that you gave it a read.

[SageBrony07]

That was a sweet story. I love the idea that Star loves to dance, or did dancing before the training to be a Royal guard. Great job.

[Gleaming]

4762492 I agree, thank you! Glad that you enjoyed it.

[Nugget]

Chaotic,

As much as I want to say it's a "good story," I actuality think it's a "under-done" and "rushed" story with A LOT of exposition and a plot that shows up towards the end with brief, lack of context paragraphs that don't really dissect the situation out that well. While I will not complain about the fact that the vast majority of this story does help set-up the climax, I just wish for more brother-sister interaction when Night Light gets caught. To which, this story COULD have expanded on the emotional connection towards the reader that might have had that brother or sister (or parents for the matter) who has walked in on them doing something stupid. To which, this story could have scored if it completely played out what happened and how they formed a stronger bond between each other since they have come to a better understanding for each other. Also, they share the same passion for dancing! Holy Crap! That would excite each other and make themselves start moving around the room, twirling, spinning, and jumping all over the place until their feet get tired (I can just picture that right now).

Anyway, it's still not terrible though. I just think it missed the mark. 3.5/10

- JR Black Wing

[Gleaming]

4762661 For some reason, I keep ignoring what I should have done in the story instead I do the opposite. I wish I could've taken this story back. Thanks though.

[Dleifragcat]

I liked it a lot, though it would've been better if it weren't so rushed in its pacing.
Still a good story regardless

[Gleaming]

4762766 I've been trying to work on that for the longest. Sadly, I don't have the guidance to put me in the right direction.

[The Masked Mare]

I liked this!
It was a view of Twilight's family that I've never seen before; Starburst and Night Light, the two teasing siblings, and Twilight being the reflective parent. It was an interesting take on what the next generation would be like. The details were vivid, and I could hear the voices of the characters in my mind, although it might have been a little rushed. Keep being a genius!
I BAKED YOU ANOTHER APPLE PIE!

[Gleaming]

4762840 I'm happy that you enjoyed this story! I do agree that I could have slowed the pace down, but still a solid story that needs more work. Thank you.

Yay, apple pie!

[Poppyman65]

I like it

[The Cosmic Consciousness]

I have a feeling that a similar thing happened to you.

[Gleaming]

4763402 Thank you!