//------------------------------// // Jealousy and movies // Story: A touch of youth // by Raised_on_Shoegaze //------------------------------// “I don’t think this is what Twilight wanted us to do.” Fluttershy said to her pink friend who sat in front of her in a folding chair staring at the kitchen table where Scootaloo and Celestia sat with a camera placed beside her. The pink pony seemed to pay no mind to the shy pony beside her and continued to stare at the two fillies in front of her eating the breakfast Spike had made for them before he left with Twilight and her friends to locate the Aitselec flower. “Come on!” Pinkie shrieked into a megaphone that seemed to appear out of thin air. “This is supposed to be a heart-wrenching documentary slash romance movie, and you’re giving me nothing!” Pinkie Pie yelled at the two fillies in front of her who started to exchange nervous looks with each other. “Should we...kiss?” Scootaloo asked the youthful princess who blushed and looked down at her hooves beneath the table. “I would prefer it if our romantic activities were done in private.” Celestia said, before casting a glare towards the pink pseudo-director and her unwilling accomplice. “Without any witnesses or cameras present.” Celestia said as her horn started to glow. “This is pure movie gold.” Pinkie Pie whispered excitedly to her accomplice, unbeknownst to the look of apprehension on her face as she stared at the small alicorn in front of her. “I think we should put the camera away.” Fluttershy said to her friend, who gave her an over-dramatic look of shock, before wrapping her forelegs around the camera in a protective embrace. “Are you crazy! I can’t get rid of the camera, it has to be filming at all times in order to capture every heartwarming moment and tragic twist in their doomed relationship! I can’t just...hot..hot...HOT!” Pinkie pie screeched as she removed her forelegs from the camera as it burst into flames in front of her. Scootaloo let loose a giggle at the sight of the pink pony running around the room, presumably searching for water to extinguish the small fire on the end of her tail. Celestia, seemingly oblivious to Pinkie’s distress, turned to the scooter enthusiast on the end of the table and gave her a smile. “You asked about a kiss earlier if I remember correctly?” Celestia asked the filly in front of her, who lowered her head as a blush formed upon her face. “We don’t have to If you don’t...mmmf!” Scootaloo started to say before her lips were captured by Celestia’s in a kiss which Scootaloo participated in with glee, and possibly a little more enthusiasm than the current situation required. “This is pure movie magic!” Pinkie Pie shrieked as she poured a cup of water from the kitchen on the small fire on her tail to extinguish it. “And I can’t film it!” Pinkie Pie shrieked again, before dashing towards her charred camera and started randomly banging on various places on the machine in a futile to force it to film the scene in front of her. “What does she have that I don’t?” Luna asked herself as she lay on her sister’s bed with warm tears sliding down her face as she sobbed. She considered calling a guard or a servant and asking them to bring her a box of kleenex to dry her tears, but decided against it upon realizing that she probably didn’t want anypony to see her in her current state. “It’s not fair!?” Luna sobbed, possibly a little louder than she should have as another wave of tears started flowing from her eyes. “I deserve to be the one sleeping beside her, not that scooter-obsessed brat!” Luna said with a sneer as the thought of the orange filly sleeping contently beside her sister flashed into her mind. “Scootaloo Bue Hoo.” Luna said with a sneer as her face started to heat up in anger and evaporate the tears on her face. “Even her name sounds stupid.” Luna said as a small smile formed on her face before she started to lay her head on the bed. “What am I so worried about?” Luna said to herself as a yawn escaped her mouth as the fatigue brought on by sobbing for most of the night started to take control of her body. “She’s probably just confused by the situation and when she changes back into her old self.” Luna paused, snickering slightly at the pun she had made. “She’ll abandon that filly and come crawling back into my loving embrace.” Luna said with a smile as she started to close her eyes to let sleep claim her. “And I’ll live happily ever after.” Luna said with a smile as she allowed herself to dream of her and her beloved sister playing in the garden enclosed within the walls of the castle, away from the judgemental eyes of her many subjects. Author’s note: I apologize for the briefness of this chapter.