//------------------------------// // One more time // Story: Quite Possibly, The Best Snuggle Ever! // by Blueberry-Dash //------------------------------// As you look around the room, you notice a clock sitting just above the fireplace. A rather quaint looking clock with a half moon and sun symbol at its center. The time read 6:30 pm. The door opened and the Princess came in levitating a great number of items into the room. Within the various clouds of mist you see; A trolley with various refreshments being wheeled in, a telescope, a pile of books and a set of pajamas. The garments you are looking at are very cute indeed, with patterned crescent moons and stars going up the seams and sleeves. You wonder if those are hers? "Would you mind putting these on? I had Rarity make these for you while I was out, don't worry she just thinks its for a weather experiment I told her I was working on, which partly true, just the pajamas are actually for you not the experiment." She said blushing a little again. Although you felt a little embarrassed, a grown human and here you are having to put on pajamas. You sort of feel like this is okay since this is a magical universe, no one's really going to care if your dressed in these or not. It was really sweet that she had done this, and as you begin to slip them on. You realize the attention to detail she must have gone to in having it made. It was a perfect fit, everything felt so comfortable and sat neatly together around your joints you wondered if you'd ever buy clothes again. "How do they feel? Are they a good fit, I hope I didn't make the sleeves too long" she said sounding like she was worrying about all those little details. Unknowing of the perfection she and her friend had put into it, and so quickly too. You reassure the lavender alicorn that everything is more than fine. "Come sit with me, seeing as we have a few hours to kill I thought I'd show you some of my favorite books" She said clapping her hoofs together. She starts to lay out each book in a line in front of you, in it you see titles such as; -The Castle of the Two Sisters 'A History of Equestrian Princesess' -Margery Mop's magical mystery cures -Spirits in the loom 'A study of rare tree spirits of the Everfree forest' You ask her about the 4th book, as it had a very interesting front cover of an old looking pony with a large white beard. "Ahhh this ones my favorite she said, its actually why I brought my telescope in. Its 'A study in the stars' by Starswirl the Bearded, and we'll be using this to map out the sky above, follow me" she said trotting over to two large glass doors that opened up onto a balcony, taking the telescope and book with her. As you walk outside onto the balcony, it is even better than the pictures you saw on the show. Simply because you are there, you get to see Ponyville from a real perspective instead of an animated one. You look across the town which is surprisingly quiet, but you sort of assume bedtimes here must be early for ponies since Twilight already is getting you ready for bed. The air had a lovely flowery smell to it, as if the flowers themselves produced such pungent heavenly smells within them to which the best plants back on Earth surely couldn't muster. Little puffs of smoke could be seen coming from some of the chimneys in the town, and the horizon had a faint crimson sort of tinge to it, as if to say farewell to its passing sun and welcoming in this lunar night. The sky above you was littered with stars, it was a perfect clear night. No light pollution like back on your world. Twilight started to set up the telescope and when it was finished, got you to peek into it. This was like no telescope you had ever seen before though, unlike ours this one had two looking lenses, allowing both parties to be looking through the same scope simultaneously. "Can you see this one up here?" she said moving the scope 90 degrees to the left. There was a huge blue luminous glow coming from this area, what looked like a halo emitting layers of ringed beams of light from its ring. "This is our galaxies warding marker. Princess Celestia put this up as a defense against threats that might come from outer space" she said. Although you thought this was cool, you did question how on earth even a magical being could defy the laws of physics and somehow put such a device into their outer atmosphere, then again this was a magical world so you might not understand everything about its universe or its laws of physics for that matter. "And these stars up here make up the Starswhirl constallation, named after the great Starswirl himself of course" she giggled to herself, in a way that expressed her passion and love for her favorite author. You tell her how beautiful it all is, and certainly very different from any space you had seen before. "Would you like to go see them?" she asked eagerly. But how is that even possible you think to yourself, I mean this place looks semi medieval at best, very magical sure but you can't see anything short of a space rocket nearby, so you decide to tell her about how space travel works back on your world and how very few humans get to go because of the whole fuel and lack of oxygen problem. "Pffffft, that's not a problem for us ponies you know, especially the ones that can fly" she snarked. "Here climb onto my back and you'll be pretty surprised, don't worry you won't be too heavy for me". She said with such confidence it gave you enough assurance to climb on. You gingerly walk over as she lowers her back for you, and you gently climb onto her back. "Okay now [Your name here] hold on tight okay, don't want to lose while were up there" she said in a joking sort of voice. The alicorn began to spread out her wings, this time at full capacity as her span came across several feet each way, then suddenly. She began too flap hard onto the ground, the waves of air being pushed and tossed against the ground creating that frictional lift off needed in relation to their weight. It was surprising even at this stage just how powerful her flaps were given her overall cute appearance, this mare certainly could pack one hell of a punch, feeling a little uneasy of whether she would actually take off, Twilight began to rise up from off the ground. "Now hold on tight!" she said raising her voice over the loud flapping noises. Giving it all you have, you clutch onto her mane for dear life. Twilight took of quicker than a fighter jet up into the night sky. The g-force was intense, but not painful for some reason. Your going at such speed you wonder how your even staying on. You start to wonder as Ponyville gets smaller and smaller, how your even going to breath up there, probably some oxygen spell like how she does in the TV show. But as you get closer and closer to space, she shows no signs of any space bubble to be protected in. Just as you reach the darkness you close your eyes tightly shut. But the two of you slow down, you find you are still able to breathe. Whatever this weird type of physics was, this universe seemed perfect for space travel, way better than ours. Looking all around you as you lay across Twilight's back, you see murals of constellations all around you. All kinds of beautiful nebulas with rich colors that flowed into one another, galaxies with swirling clouds and the odd shooting star could be seen every now and then. But the most beautiful if not strange thing of all, was the music. It seemed to be coming from all directions and played the most melodic of tunes, what sounded like a mixture of male and female angelic sounds could be heard all across the heavens. "I thought you would like it, Princess Celestia used to take me up here all the time when I was just a filly. Twilight shouted as she turned herself around to head back to the planet. The planet itself was quite small, Earth was certainly a lot bigger than this. But still it looked rather cute just sitting there in the colorful expanse of their universe. The two of you race back down to the surface in a light breeze, how the Alicorn managed to slow down like that without ripping her wings is a mystery to you. As you dismount you feel a cold shudder come over you as you realize how cold you were up there flying at such high speeds. Twilight was quick to notice this. "Oh my you look so cold, you must have been having so much fun up there you forgot you were even shivering, let's get you inside. I think a warm drink is greatly needed" she said trotting happily into the room. "Here, this will help warm you up" As she said this her horn began to glow bright purple. In an instant you could feel your pajamas being encased in this purple light, as if it was entering the very fabric itself. Suddenly you feel a warm temperature rising from within the silk and flowing all around your garments. It doesn't just end there either, it's as if you now have a perfect and constant toasty little temperature that immediately negates the icy chill you were just feeling. "Sorry don't mind me, a little charm I learned from Sunburst a few weeks ago." she said with a happy cheeky sort of expression. Twilight hovered a little tea tray over to the bed, on it were two mugs, a teapot and a plate of cookies like you had never seen before. Although the smell coming from the tea pot smelled a lot more like hot chocolate, a hot chocolate pot perhaps? Whatever it is, you hop onto the bed to investigate further. "These are moon cookies" she said hovering two up in the air and levitating one your way. As you examine it, you can see the texture of the white cookie dough which looked very much like a moon, with little asteroid like chocolate chips embedded into its surface. Some parts had cracks and little craters which very much made a detailed picture, way beyond any level of human baking ability you had ever seen. "Pinkie Pie made these for me while we were out flying, don't worry while I was out I quickly prepared a little list and Spike helped me with the rest" she said in a joyful manner, as if all of these amazing activities she had put together were no effort to her at all. You take a sip of the hot chocolate, and are blown away by its taste. You know the times in your life when you have something so rare, so chocolatey and nice you could only ever taste something like that once? This was like that only you were endowed with 100 chocolate flavors all at once! The two of you lay there on the bed, talking away into the night. Sharing with her your life experiences, your highs and lows, the people you've met and lost along the way, even sharing a few tearful moments now and then. They say in the human world that Twilight is the Princess of Friendship and boy is she! With everything you say she listens intently, often at times comforting you and generally just being nothing but supportive. It was really quite captivating just how much effort she puts into things, especially her relationships with others. It just made you want to give something back and if anything be a better person overall. You suddenly look over at the clock worried that with all the wonderful events you have experienced, that the time has slipped you by just like it did before. But It's only 9:30 pm so you still have plenty of time left, they say time flies when your having fun but apparently here that fun and utterly blissful feeling just seems to last and last. Twilight shifts closer to you as you put your arm gently around her as she rests her head softly against your chest, bringing her hooves and curling her tail, making herself into a nessled little ball shape, much like the way cats do when they are about to fall asleep. With your other arm you bring it around to stroke her mane and the back of her head. Her soft little ears running beneath your fingertips, letting out little twitches now and then. You could feel Twilights chest moving up and down against yours as the two of you lay there, and the soft furry texture against your warm silky pajamas complemented each other perfectly. This feeling inside of you was so perfect you actually thought for a moment that you might physically explode from too much happiness, and what's more, the happier you were the more time seemed to pass slowly! Pondering on a many great things, what you will do with your life when you return back home. On this new found experience you have had something of a spiritual awakening, something so profound and beautiful you feel almost that you have discovered what life is finally about. Even though youll miss her when you go, you see that its about the little things in life. Putting the kettle on and sharing a brew with your loved ones, going out into nature and gazing up at the stars. To read and experience life, and to love and to be loved. For a long time now you felt like life was getting a little meaningless, as if there might be no point to what you do at all. But through the help of your new friend, have discovered a treasure that will stay with you until the end of your days. The lavender alicorn wasn't heavy at all, despite the fact you had just ridden on her back in outer space, she was very light indeed. Another oddity to the laws of physics here you suspect, you feel your eyes getting heavy as you try to fight it to stay awake. Managing to beat it you get yourself a further 3 more hours of ultra cuddlyness, Twilight is snoring in a way that is hard to put into words and too cute to describe. The two of you fall softly asleep into a deep slumber, still aware of your loving embrace somehow, you drift off sweetly into the night. "Hey, wake up" says a voice coming from above you. "You've been muttering Twilight for the past ten minutes, is everything ok?" It said as you pull the sheets from over yourself. "Oohh boy, ima get my camera" the male said laughing as he went to complete his action. Coming back into the room, you realize your housemate has just taken a picture of you holding your purple plushie. "God damit George!!!"