TLaTU final chapter teaser · 12:57am Mar 24th, 2018
Hey folks--I’m sorry for the delay in getting this teaser out. I know I promised yesterday, but work has been very unpleasant of late, with me in no less than ten hours of meetings over the past two days and really sapping my energy and time to work on this. But better late than never, here it is...
“So please, my little ponies. Be seated and allow your princess to serve you for a change…” Celestia invited from the kitchen, resuming her efforts to prepare breakfast, turning on the stove but not waiting for the heat to build, instead heating the griddle herself instantly with her magic so she could immediately pour the batter, where it landed on the hot surface with a sudden sizzle.
“Wow. So you clop and you cook, Celly?” Vinyl asked with a teasing tone, though her voice was genuinely impressed she took a seat beside Maya, hopping up on the human-height chairs, which offered her just enough room to sit on. “Think I’m falling in love with you now myself!”
Celestia grinned. “I’ve… been known to dabble in each…” she admitted with a fresh blush as she flipped three pancakes while pouring three more on the griddle, her aura also whipping heavy cream in a separate bowl while snagging plates from the cupboards and arranging them on the dining room table for her guests. “With regards to food, I am no gourmet chef, to be certain, but there are certain things I enjoy making. And in truth… I rather enjoy playing host, but I regret I do not get to do so in a meaningful way very often back in Equestria.”
“You’re all in for a treat,” Twilight confirmed as she poured glasses of juice and coffee for those who wanted it, except Maya and Pinkie got cherry cola, her weakened aura strong enough to hold a carton and a few cups, at least. “The Princess’s pancakes are really something else!” she said as they all assembled at the table.
To his surprise, she also served Phoenix a full rack of pork sausage links she had obtained from a nearby store, explaining with a wink that “he needed to replace all that protein!” he lost the previous night and that morning, to the giggles of the others. Though surprised anew, the smell was very tempting and Phoenix indeed ate them ravenously, along with Maya, who had likewise lost a great deal of energy while channeling her sister for an extended period of time.
The smell was appetizing even to most Pony noses, and Pinkie decided to try a sausage link as well, biting down and then chewing, her eyes going wide as the flavor hit her. “Wow! Pigs are good!” she licked her lips happily, but her rare foray into meat-eating didn’t stop her from eating a very large stack of pancakes slathered in syrup and topped with tons of whipped cream as well as various fruit, and then downing half a box of the store-bought donuts and washing it all down with an entire two-liter bottle of cherry soda. “It’s all good, Princess!” she told her regent eagerly.
“Thank you, Pinkie Pie. As you work at a confectionery, I consider that high compliment given your standards for sweets are quite high.”
“Yeah, they are! But you know, I’d really like to take this cherry soda back with me! I bet it’d go great in cake batter!”
Celestia ate last, sitting down to enjoy her meal and allowing Phoenix and Twilight to clean up at their insistence, the pair piling the dishes into the sink and washer for another cleaning. The unicorn mares had been able to use human silverware with their magic, but Pinkie had shown surprising skill using her hooves for the task, grasping a knife and fork with it—when she wasn’t just using a spatula to flip individual pancakes into her seemingly bottomless maw one by one.
“Great breakfast, Princess! Thanks!” she burped and licked her lips happily. “Hey! Do you think I could go out and explore a bit?” she asked hopefully. “I wanna check out that fairgrounds and Mare-is wheel you said was next door!”
Celestia smiled, but shook her head as she transported her plate to the dishwasher as well. “I appreciate your eagerness, my subject, but I’m afraid I must instruct you not to. I would have to turn you human and find clothes for you first, and there is simply not enough time for you to adjust to your new form or see much before we return to Equestria. I am due back in under an hour.”
“Don’t worry, Pinkie. We’ll bring you back here for a full weekend at some point, and turn you into a human for it!” Twilight promised. “The Mare-is wheel will still be here, promise!”
“What Sparkle said. When you come back, I’ve got plenty of places to take you, Pinkie! Including a malt shop you wouldn’t believe!” Maya called out as well, helping Phoenix clean up the Villa before checkout.
“You will? And you do? Cool! I can’t wait!” she pronked again, acceding to Phoenix’s relief and then helping them put the Villa to rights.
“You know, Princess, we really should get some souvenirs before we leave,” Twilight suddenly remembered. “With everything else going on, I didn’t think to do that before…” the rest went unsaid.
Celestia smiled again. “Fear not, my easily distracted student. I have Ferro attending that even as we speak,” she told them somewhat coyly, Vinyl quickly explaining to Pinkie Pie who ‘Ferro’ was, causing Phoenix to suddenly and belatedly worry about how he would take the events of the previous night. “He is checking me out of the Gatewater, and will be arriving shortly, bringing young Pearl with him. I have given him my credit card and instructed him to purchase what I hope are appropriate--and Equestria-safe--gifts here for each of you, and even for some of your friends back home.”
“Wow, thanks, princess, but… what about you? Don’t you want something too?” Twilight asked her.
“I already have it.” Celestia closed her eyes and smiled. “I have already received the greatest gift imaginable, Twilight--myself made whole. I leave with a warm heart, new partners, some very fun experiences and a far better understanding of myself now. It never ceases to amaze me that even after eighteen hundred years of life, I still learn and grow,” she nuzzled Twilight, Phoenix and Vinyl in turn, hugging them with her head. “Thank you all for being there. Thank you all for being a part of this. Even for all my years, this week and this past night has given me the memories of a lifetime.”
“Well, at least you still have your memories…” Phoenix told her, though he returned the gesture, accepting her affection for him. “I don’t, and just like last time, I don’t think there’s any way to get them back.” He was surprised to feel a pang of disappointment.
“Oh, I wouldn’t say that, ‘Feenie’...” Vinyl grinned, producing a series of three crystal orbs from the second bedroom. “I’ve had these benders before, and when I know they’re coming, I always like to know what happened after. So I developed a spell to record my memories to crystals just like my songs! That way, I can experience all the fun again later and I don’t miss a thing afterwards!” she told them with a grin. “And since there are three crystals here, looks like I must’ve told you guys about them sometime last night as well. This one’s mine, but there’s ones here for Twilight and Phoenix too!” she announced, causing Celestia to shift nervously.
“Really…?” Twilight was both intrigued and worried.
“Really. So how about it, fillies and Gentlecolts? Want to find out exactly what happened last night right now?” the pony DJ asked with a salacious grin
No adult action here, but believe me, there’s plenty in the chapter! Expect some surprising final sexiness, and more than a little fanservice. Still aiming for a Sunday release, though it’s getting a bit more dicey now. I’ll do my best to deliver. Until then, enjoy the season 8 opener and have a good weekend!
Yay, more princess pancakes!
I really don't know what's coming. Looking forward to reading that draft!