Burst woke with a smile. He got up, and stretched before taking a deep breath as he gazed at the morning sky. "Today's the day." Burst smiled as he turned his gaze to Moon's still sleeping form. Burst walked over and gently nudged her. "Wakey, wakey sleeping beauty." Moon stirred as she opened her eyes. Burst smiled as her cat-like eyes fell upon him.
"Mmmmm. How wonderful. It's rare a girl can wake up to her personal alarm clock." Moon then had a cheerful smile on her face. "I had trouble staying asleep last night! Today's going to be my first day at the beach!" Moon leaped out of bed as she began to pack her beach bag.
"Heh heh! Glad to hear you're excited! Gold said he'll be pulling up within the hour. Also, guys and girls will be going in separate vehicles."
Moon pouted. "I was hoping I'd get to snuggle against you during the drive."
"Hey. You'll get your chance for contact at the beach. Besides..." Burst blushed. "...I can't wait to see you once you're fully decked out for the beach."
Moon smiled as she kissed Burst. "And I can't wait to see you shirtless for a good period of time." The two ate breakfast, and got dressed. Gold soon pulled up with two vans.
"Hey you two! You gonna keep us waiting?", Gold called out. Burst smiled as he got in with the guys while Moon went with the girls. "So Moon sure seems to be happy."
"Yeah. It's her first time at the beach.", Burst said with a smile.
"Looks like we'll all be in for quite the sight.", Inferno said with a nod. "Let's not forget, all of us are going to be with our respective girlfriends. Any of you guys got specific plans? I'm gonna spend some time with Rarity."
"Something tells me Dash is going to have us compete in a volleyball match.", Steel replied. "Don't know how she'll set up the teams thoguht. Here's hoping it's not boys against girls. As cute as she is when she's mad, I still can't stand seeing her hate me."
"Sonata and her sisters were thinking of going for a swim. Fang, Veenus, and me were thinking of joining them.", Ace added.
"Fluttershy said she was interested in getting a look at some of the crabs. I thought I'd also help her pick out sea shells.", Tyrannus said with a smile.
"Twilight and I are probably going to have our noses in books.", Nightfall said with a bashful smile.
"Hey. You do you man. Pinkie and I are probably going to get the surprise we have ready.", Akage said with a nod.
"I'll be helping Applejack with the food.", North said with a smile. "The lass always appreciates an extra set of hands."
"Looks like we'll all be pretty busy today.", Burst said with a chuckle. The two groups soon arrived at the beach. "Well. No sense in delaying!" Everyone got to work setting up their areas. When the girls got out, all the guys had one thought running through their heads.
How'd we get this lucky?
The girls smiled at the guys admiring them. "So? You think our swimsuits are doing their job?", Moon asked with a playful smile.
"If we've already got them speechless, I'd say they're working.", Sunset said with a shrug.
Moon giggled. "In that case, I think I'll have some fun with my beloved." Moon walked over to Burst with her hips swaying. "Burst? You wouldn't mind helping me out with my sunblock, would you?"
Burst smiled. "Not at all." The other guys' jaws dropped when they heard how casually Burst replied!
"Dude! Your girlfriend is an ex-princess! Shouldn't you be a bit more dignified?!", Inferno blurted out.
"My, my. I see why Rarity likes you so much. Despite your rocker nature, you're incredibly well-mannered.", Moon said with a smile. "And emphasis on the word 'ex-princess." Anyone can be as casual around me as they please. Don't keep me waiting Burst." Burst followed Moon, and instantly set to work applying sunblock to Moon's back. "Mmmmhhh. Please. Take your time getting it in good."
Burst smiled. "Will do. Just a few more seconds...there! You're all good! Now the real fun can begin!" Burst was about to make a break for the water when Moon grabbed his arm. "Huh?"
"Not so fast." Moon smiled playfully. "I want to return the favor. You don't mind, do you?"
"Heh. Rub away.", Burst said with a loving smile. Moon smiled as she applied sunblock to his back. "Wow. You're hands feel pretty good."
"And it's about to get better..." Moon then pressed her body against Burst, and then drapedher arms over his shoulders. "How's this?"
"It's...like when we sleep together..." Burst smiled as he grabbed hold of Moon's arms. "It feels warm. Kind of like I'm sinking into a pillow. I guess after today, you could say I don't have that much to imagine. But you're already the girl of my dreams."
Moon smiled lovingly as she kissed Burst. "My beloved. You make an excellent pillow. Now let's hit the water!" Moon leaped to her feet. "Hope you're not afraid to get wet!" Burst and Moon made a break for the water, and began splashing each other! "Heh heh! Is that all you've got? I was expecting a much larger splash!"
Burst laughed. "Oh, trust me! I'm just getting started!"
"Well, I'd say those two have got the right idea!", Inferno said with a chuckle! "C'mon! Time for some fun!" Inferno ran up to Rarity. "So? Want me to be your shade boy?"
Rarity giggled. "How charming of you. No need for a parasol. Your wings shall be more than enough." Inferno summoned his wings and shielded Rarity from the sun. "Thank you darling. Shall we take a stroll?"
Inferno took her by the hand. "It'd be my honor." As the two strolled, Fluttershy walked over to Tyrannus.
"So Ty? Ready to help me find some sea shells?"
Tyrannus offered Fluttershy his back, and smiled at her. "All aboard." Fluttershy blushed happily as she climbed onto Tyrannus's back. The two walked along the shore. Tyrannus set Fluttershy down whenever she saw a seashell that caught her eye. Tyrannus managed to pick out a shell or two himself. "Having fun?"
"Oh yes! It's very nice being here with you. And...it's very nice of you to carry me so much."
"Hey, it's no problem.", Tyrannus said with a smile. "You can always count on me to pick you up."
Fluttershy blushed as she tackled Tyrannus to the ground and kissed him! "Thank you so much..."
Tyrannus closed his eyes and smiled as he hugged her. "You're welcome Fluttershy."
Rainbow Dash scratched her head. "Darn. I didn't expect to get a shot of cuteness overload today."
"Dash? Don't we have more pressing matters?", Steel asked with a smirk.
Rainbow Dash returned the smirk with one of her own. "Oh, heck yeah! Everyone gather around!" As soon as everyone gathered, Rainbow addressed them once again. "Alright! Listen up! I've got an EPIC game of volleyball planned! Here's how it's gonna go! It'll be couples against couples! Me and Steel will be one team, and Sunset and Gold will be the other! Each of us gets to pick a couple to help us out!"
"Sounds like fun Rainbow Dash.", Sunset said with a smile. "Hope you don't mind, but I'll take the first pick. I choose...Burst and Moon."
"Then I get Tyrannus and Fluttershy."
Sunset contemplated her next decision. "Next up for us should be...Twilight and Nightfall."
"I'm taking Inferno and Rarity then!", Rainbow boasted.
"Then I guess we'll take Veenus and Adagio next.", Sunset said with a smile.
Rainbow grinned. "Next I'm going with Akage and Pinkie!"
Sunset nodded. "We'll take Shadow and Starlight."
"Aria and Fang are with us then!", Steel said with a smile.
Gold chuckled. "In that case, we'll take Applejack and North."
Rainbow pouted. "That means we get Ace and Sonta. So both of us have got even teams! But who's gonna keep score?"
"Maybe we can help?", Celestia asked with a warm smile as she and Sombra arrived. "Also, how about we set some more ground rules?"
"What'd you have in mind?", Sombra asked.
Celestia smiled. "Simple. No powers!"
"Aw man! And I wanted to pull off an awesome hit with my wings!", Rainbow groaned.
"She's got a point Dash. Wouldn't be much of a close game with us using our powers. It'd be more like a battle. Wouldn't want anyone getting hurt now would we?"
"Yeah. It's no fun if somebody walks away from today hurt. Now let's play!" Both teams assembled on their respective sides of the net and made game plans. Soon, both teams were staring each other down. Rainbow's team made the first serve! The ball was sent flying into the air, and came flying down with great force!
"I got it!", Burst called out as he jumped and sent the ball flying back! "Right back at ya!"
The ball was flying in Fluttershy's direction, but Tyrannus blocked it and passed it over to Fang who headbutted it! Applejack ran as the ball began to fall on their side of the net, and spiked it as hard as she could! Ace and Sonata sent the ball flying back as they hit it back at the same time!
"Time to mark this package return to sender!", Shadow boasted as he ran over to the ball! But he tripped and fell flat on his face! Starlight winced as his face hit the sand!
"Here goes...nothing!" Starlight hit the ball back as hard as she could! As the ball flew over the net, Rarity caught it and passed it to Inferno! Inferno then sent the ball back as hard as he could! Burst leaped into the air in an attempt to intercept, but he missed!
"You can leave this one to me!", Moon cried out as she sent the ball flying back! Aria and Fang were in the ball's path, and were knocked back a little by the force of the strike!
"This is probably the most intense game of catch you've ever played.", Aria joked.
"....I was BORN for this moment.", Fang said with a determined gaze as he served the ball!
"My turn!", Rainbow boasted as she sent the ball flying over the other team's net!
"I don't think so!", Sunset cried out as she and Gold pushed the ball back together! Steel sent the ball flying back! Night and Twilight scrambled to keep the ball in the air, and passed it to Adagio and Veenus! Veenus spiked the ball into the air, and Adagio sent it flying over the net!
"And all this is WITHOUT their powers?", Sombra asked.
Celestia nodded. "Yes. They've been training with special weapons called Duelist Arms. So they've been able to strengthen their physical abilities as well. This is getting to be pretty exciting."
"Almost as exciting as when your sister cornered me last night." Sombra shivered at the memory.
Last night
Celestia had revealed him to Luna. While all three of them were together, Luna acted quite cheerful. But when Celestia left, Luna's gaze turned cold. "I know you're not the same creep who messed with Tia's heart, but you still share his face. So I'll give you this one promise." Luna put her face so close to Sombra so that it was as if her eyes were piercing his soul. "If you ever break her heart, I'll break YOU."
"Luna? Is everything alright?", Celestia called out.
"It's all good Tia!", Luna called out happily before turning her head back to Sombra. "Do. You. Understand?"
Sombra gulped. "Y-Yes ma'am!"
Luna beamed. "Good! Now come on! Tia wants to celebrate with ice cream!"
Note to self: NEVER make Luna angry!, Sombra thought to himself as his mind returned to the present. "Anyway, things are looking pretty even between the two of them. They're still going at it pretty hard! Do you think we're going to have a sudden death round?"
"I think that's the only way for either team to win at this point." Celestia and Sombra called out the sudden death rules. "The first team to score a point wins the game!" Both teams waited with their hands twitching as Celestia tossed the ball into the air! Rainbow jumped, and sent the ball flying over the net! Both teams began a desparate struggle to keep the ball in the air and send it hurtling to the ground on the other's side! Neither side was holding anything back!
Man! This is WAY more fun that letting loose with our powers! But I'm gettin' hungry!, Rainbow thought. Gotta end this with one final spike! Rainbow leaped into the air, but her grumbling stomach sent her falling onto the sand! "Aw man! Not now!" The ball went flying at Fluttershy who smacked it away as hard as she could! It came down so hard it almost made a crate in the sand! When Fluttershy opened her eyes, she found the ball resting on the ground on the other team's side of the net.
"Um...yay?", Fluttershy asked nervously as she was hoisted up by her team!
"AWESOME! Now how about we celebrate with some lunch?", Rainbow Dash cheered! As the others went off to eat, Fang met with Veenus and Ace.
"The plan's all set! Get our girls!" Fang turned into his puppy form, and began to bark at a specific spot! Ace and Veenus came with Sonata, Aria, and Adagio in tow. "I found something!" Fang then dug in the sand, and pulled up a small box. Ace and Veenus opened up the box, and presented the contents to their girlfriends.
"Here Sonata.", Ace said with a smile as he handed her a necklace with a single blue pearl.
"For you my rose.", Veenus said with a loving smile as he presented a necklace with an orange pearl to Adagio. "A little piece of home you can take with you."
Fang scampered over to Aria with his tail wagging and the carrying the necklace in his mouth in puppy form. Fang smiled as he presented Aria with the purple pearl necklace. Aria teared up as she hugged Fang tightly as he returned to his normal form. "Good boy Fang." Fang wagged his tail happily at her compliment. Then his stomach grumbled. Aria giggled. "Come on. I'm sure you're dying for a burger." Fang nodded.
"Burger, here I come!" Fang and the other rejoined the group, and got their lunch ready.
"Ah'm glad you could help me out with the cooking North! You sure know your way around food!", Applejack said with a smile.
"It was also nice of your granny to prepare the patties and hot dogs we needed. We should have some extra let over. Should make for a tasty snack for later! Hope you brought enough fizzy apple cider for everyone!"
Applejack chuckled. "Sugar cube, I brought two whole coolers!" Applejack popped off the cooler lids as each of the friends grabbed a bottle.
"Here's to the best spring break ever!", Burst declared as he raised his bottle!
"Best break ever!" Everyone cheered! As the group let their stomachs settle, Sunset had an idea.
"Hey. I've got an important question. We're all in pretty good relationships so far. But I've gotta wonder, who would any of us date if we were still single?"
Adagio smirked. "That's easy for me. If none of the guys met you, I'd have a whole harem with all of them. You're all quite lucky that Veenus is more than enough for me. I used to live for everyone's attention. Now I only live for his." Adagio carressed Veenus's face lovingly.
"I wouldn't give Rarity up for anything!", Inferno said proudly!
"I hope you don't mind me saying this darling, but if I could, I'd have you AND Burst. The two of you are quite dashing, and the two of you would be my dragon knights!" Rarity blushed at her fantasy. "Oooohhh~!" Rarity then fainted, but Inferno caught her. "But no one quites light my passion like you darling! I can always count on you to catch me."
Burst chuckled. "If it were up to me...well...I'd probably have both Celestia and Moon." Moon then grasped Burst's hand as she looked into his eyes.
"And there's no one else I'd rather share you with. That is, if she wasn't so happy with Sombra's mirror counterpart."
"Who knows? Maybe I had to leave Burst so I could find him.", Celestia said with a loving smile as Sombra held her close.
"Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I'm sticking with Steel!", Rainbow Dash declared proudly!
"I think the rest of us wouldn't choose anyone else.", Ace said with a smile as he gazed at Sonata sleeping on his arm. Aria smiled as Fang lay in her lap in puppy form while Veenus and Adagio snuggled up to each other. "We've all found someone to love." Fluttershy was cozying up to Tyrannus, Pinkie was hugging Akage tightly, Sunset and Gold were watching the waves, Shadow and Starlight were enjoying their bottles of fizzy cider, Inferno and Rarity were holding each other, Rainbow and Steel were arm wrestling, Applejack and North were just lying down as the sun hit them, Night and Twilight were curled up with their books, and Burst and Moon were just enjoying each other's company.
"Yeah...", Burst said with a smile. "Moments like these are all worth it."
Moon sighed happily as she hugged Burst tightly will gazing into his eyes. "You know what would make this day really sweet?"
"What's that?"
"SURPRISE!", Pinkie shouted as she brought out a full-on sundae bar! "Wouldn't be much of a beach trip without ice cream! Akage helped me hide this just for today!"
Akage blushed. "Well, I AM good at hiding things! I figured I could help Pinkie with this little surprise. I suggest you all get your sundaes ready before Pinkie devours all the toppings and ice cream." Akage then looked at Pinkie as she began to drool. "I don't think I'll be able to hold her for long!" The others made a mad dash for the sundae bar before Pinkie could wriggle out of Akage's grip! As soon as the others were done getting their sundaes, Pinkie scrambeled to the sundae bar and got the biggest scoop of ice cream possible! She then showered it with chocolate syrup and sprikles before digging in! Akage smiled as she ate away. "That's our Pinkie. And we wouldn't want her any other way." Akage then walked over to her. "Pinkie? You've got a little something on your face."
"Huh? Where?!"
"Right about..." Akage then put his face close to Pinkie. "...Here." Akage shared a kiss with Pinkie. Pinkie giggled as Akage soon broke the kiss. "Glad I could make you smile." As the couples enjoyed their time with each other, Adagio had an idea.
"Hey Sunset.", she said with hre trademark smirk. "I know we're all happy with our relationships, but that got me thinking."
"Of what?", Sunset asked.
Adagio smiled. "What parts of us do our boyfriends like best about us?" All the guys and girls were flushed red save for Adagio and Veenus. "So Veenus, dear? What part of me do you like best?"
Veenus gave her a flirty smile. "To be honest, you've got a lovely set of hips. You always sway them so confidently. It's almost hypnotic. They also give me something to hold close. Like this..." Veenus pulled Adagio in close.
"I guess it's my turn.", Sunset said with a sigh. "What do you like about my body Gold?"
Gold blushed! "Well...it's your hair. It looks just like your namesake. There's no more beautiful than a sunset." Sunset smiled as she kissed Gold on the cheek.
"W-Well Ty? What parts do you like about me?", Fluttershy asked nervously.
Tyrannus smiled as he pulled her close. "Those eyes of yours. They're so clear." Fluttershy blushed as she smiled and nestled her head against Tyrannus's chest.
"So Ace? What do you like best about me?", Sonata asked.
"Well...I can't say much aside from the fact you're every cute anime girl rolled into one.", Ace said with a blush. Sonata squealed with joy as she takcled Ace to the ground with a hug! "And now this has become a running gag."
Aria looked down to Fang who was gazing at her from her lap. "Anything you like about me in particular Fang?"
"Well, you've got a nice smile. Even if it is pretty rare..." Fang blushed as Aria kissed him on his ear.
"Thanks.", Aria said with a small smile.
"Well darling?", Rarity asked as she struck a pose. "Any specifics?"
"You've got a lovely figure Rarity. No wonder you're able to model some of your own works.", Inferno said with a grin. "And your swimsuit really shows that off." Rarity smiled as she kissed Inferno.
"Oh! Me next!", Pinkie chirped! "So Akage? What about me?"
"Your laugh is nice.", Akage said with a smile. "No one can really stay in a bad mood for long with you around." Pinkie then pulled Akage into a tight hug! "And then there's your hugs."
"In my case, I'd say the nerdy charm Twilight has.", Night said with a smile. Twilight blushed as she held his hand. "It's pretty cute."
"Not much to say for Dash except her awesomeness.", Steel said with a shrug.
"Come on! As if there needs to be anything else!", Rainbow boasted.
"...And she's got a great butt.", Steel said with a smirk. Rainbow Dash blushed furiously! "All that time training paid off."
Shadow looked to Starlight. "Well Star, you've got a nice smile." Starlight smiled to prove the point.
North turned to Applejack. "Well lass, I'd say I'm quite fond of your muscular build. You certainly know how to make strength look beautiful."
Applejack smiled. "C'mere sugar cube." She pulled North into a hug as she kissed him. "I love it when a guy is honest with his sweet talk."
"I say we leave these young couples to their game.", Celestia said with a smile. "You don't need to say a thing about what you like about me. Today was lovely. See you all after break!"
"Well, there's nothing needs to be said.", Sombra said with a fond smile as he and Celestia left.
Moon crawled up to Burst and gave him a seductive smile. "Well Burst?", she purred as she draped herself over him. "Which parts of me do you like best?" Moon ran one of her hands along her body.
Burst blushed a little. "To be honest...I can't pick one part. But...your voice is pretty sexy. Your eyes are quite enchanting. But in terms of your body, is everything an option?"
Moon blinked, and then giggled. "I'm just making sure you love all of me. Just like how I love all of you." Moon then made out with Burst for a bit as she held onto him. "Maybe we should wait until we're back home."
"I certainly wouldn't that. You probably have no problem with waiting. What's a thousand years compared to a couple hours?", Burst said with a loving smile as he held Moon close to him. The rest of the couples awwed at that line. "I'd say we've had a good day. Let's head home."