“Are you kidding? Now it stops raining?” Sunset groaned and looked up at the sky, “Come on!”
“A couple of hours ago would have been nice,” I agreed and shook some water off my wings, “We need to find somewhere inside to do this.”
Sunset nodded and shook her mane back, twisting the excess water from it with her magic, “No kidding. Nice for winter too.”
“Then again, being able to do this in any weather is good practice,” I said and spread my wings, casting a spell to dry myself off fully.
Sunset scowled at me before she did the same, running her magic across herself, “…True.”
“Well, look at it like this,” I said with a grin, “Now you don’t need a bath before your date.”
That got me a dry look, “The hell I don’t,” she said, “No way I’m going on a date with Twilight without a real bath. I’m sticky and covered in dust.”
“Looks fine to me.”
She rolled her eyes, “You are as messy as I am, Page. You really want to wake Princess Luna up like that?”
“…I suppose not,” I submitted with a nod, folding my wings again with a sigh, “Royal baths it is.”
While I might not wake up next to her like this, I could still be there when she woke up.
“So, bath?” she suggested and picked up her bag with her magic, slipping it across her back.
“Sounds good,” I agreed and yawned before trotting along with her, “So, what have you and Twilight got planned?”
Sunset smiled, “Thinking to take her to the theater, she doesn’t go very often. Might be a nice surprise, I think.”
“Oh? What play?”
“The one by that new playwright, Rosespear,” She said, “It’s said to be a rather funny and romantic play.”
“I heard of it,” I said and held the door open for her, “Let me know if it’s good? I have been looking for something to take Luna to.”
“Will do,” Sunset agreed and dropped her bag on the floor before slowly wading into the water, “Oh, that’s nice.”
I watched her for a moment, dropping my own bag before I smirked and got an idea.
“No! No No No!” Sunset quickly said as she noticed my look, “Not today!”
“…You’re no fun,” I grumbled and aborted my run towards the pool to move slowly into the water, instead of doing a cannonball into it, “How did you know, anyway?”
Sunset stuck her tongue out at me, “I know you.”
I most definitely didn't pout as I moved into the water with her, slowly moving my wings through the water to get the worst of the dust from them, “Whatever.”
That got a giggle from her and she poked my shoulder.
I poked back.
She splashed me, and I splashed back before I tackled her.
Five minutes later, I relaxed at the shallow end, letting my wings float on the water beside me.
“I still say you cheated,” Sunset complained and sent a small wave in my direction, “No fair using earth pony strength.”
“Shouldn’t have started something then,” I countered with a smirk.
“Oh, please,” she said and poked my wing before floating a book over from her bag, "Have you read this, by the way?”
“Hmm?” I asked and folded my wings, moving next to her.
“A book on fire magic,” She said, “Twilight loaned it for me a couple of weeks ago. It has some really interesting spells in it, like a swarm of fireflies.”
“Huh, really? Never heard of that one,” I said and then frowned, “…I’m not that good at fire magic, that’s more your thing. I can do a spray of fire, but anything more advanced takes more than I can do so far.”
She nodded, “Well, still good to read about. I read your ice magic book. Not that good at it, but it was interesting.”
“True,” I agreed and moved closer to read over her shoulder as she opened the book as she turned it to the spell of fireflies.
Sunset glanced at me, “See? I never seen a spell like this anywhere else.”
I frowned, “Neither have I…” I agreed, “Where did she find this book?”
“No idea,” Sunset said with a shrug and turned the page, “The language is old though, I bet she got it as a gift at some point.”
Nodding, I hmmed, “Mind if I borrow it for a couple of days? Maybe it’ll let me figure out this entire fire thing a bit.”
I actually found ice magic easier. While generating thermal energy was easier than compressing it, I found controlling it more difficult. It just tended to spiral out of control and just… devolve into a general ball of flame.
She shook her head, “No, that’s fine. Just be careful with it.”
“You mean like not bringing it into the bath?” I teased and bumped my side against hers.
“…Exactly like that.”
AN// Many thanks to TransientLunatic for betaing this part.