//------------------------------// // Chapter Five // Story: Reaching For The Sun // by Foals Errand //------------------------------// Twilight sat there, stunned as Celestia clung to her and cried. In the many different scenarios, she had gone through, either in her own head or while during the monthly meetings, this had never been one she had considered. None of them even reached the joy she was feeling as the human woman clung to her. A joy that seemed to grow as Hunter joined the hug.  After a few more minutes, Celestia pulled back, still smiling as she used her fingertips to wipe away Twilight’s own tears. Hunter glanced between both of them as Twilight began to grin as well.  “I did tell you that I would never give up, Tia.” A blissful laugh filled the room as Celestia nodded. “I never thought you would, Twilight Sparkle. Never.” She stood up, lifting up Hunter and balancing him on her hip. “Have you been here very long?” Twilight shook her head. She once again tried to stand on all fours, but winced and sat back down. “Ouch!” Celestia frowned as she kneeled, She set Hunter back onto his feet. “Are you all right? Were you injured getting here? Is it an unsafe manner to return with?” “N-no it’s quite safe. I just er, well I snuck into your lovely home and saw Hunter coloring at the table. I didn’t want to disturb him and well…” Twilight trailed off, not wanting to get the colt into trouble. “It was my fault, Mommy. She tripped on my car, I’m really sorry!” Hunter looked up at his Mommy his bottom lip jutted out. “I took care of her owie though! I got her my Boo-boo Buddy and everything, Mommy!” Celestia sighed and blew her blonde bangs out of her eyes. If it wasn’t Luna, it was Sunset, or Twilight, or now Hunter. She had no defense to a little one’s sad bottom lip. Luckily, I do not have that same weakness when it comes to nobles… “I’m sure Twilight Sparkle does not blame you, Hunter, she is well aware of what it’s like to get so absorbed in your own things that you forget everything else.” Celestia smiled fondly at the blushing mare. “In her case though, it was more often than not books.” Twilight couldn’t help but watch the beautiful bond between the two of them. Hunter has to be the great joy that Cadance felt from Celestia five years ago. I’ve only ever seen that adoration on the face of a mother “I was backing up to find a spot to use my magic to become a human. Admittedly, I wasn’t paying attention when I should have been. I think in this case, Hunter, no one should be placed at fault. It’s only fair.” After a moment of thought, Hunter nodded in agreement. “Okay, Twilight Sparkle. Um, should I call you Princess?” Twilight quickly shook her head, “Oh, no! If you did that then I would have to call you Prince and that would just mess us all up, wouldn’t it?” She smiled as Hunter seemed to consider before he nodded his head. “Instead you may call me Twilight. All my friends do.” Neither Twilight nor Celestia would have been able to be angry with the colt as a beaming smile filled his entire face. His eyes shone as he hugged Twilight around her neck. “You’re my friend too, Twilight!” Celestia swallowed down the happy squee that strained to escape. She placed a hand on Hunter’s shoulder. “Sweetheart, could you go play in your room for a little while? Twilight and I need to discuss some things.” Hunter hesitated a moment before he nodded and picked up his hot wheels from the floor. “I’ll see you soon, Twilight! Don’t talk boring stuff too long, Mommy. I wanna show Twilight my room!” With that, he scampered out of the kitchen and up the stairs as fast as his socked feet could go. “Don’t run in the house, young man!” “Sorry, Mommy!” Hunter’s little voice called out before a door loudly shut, causing Twight to wince. “Sorry about him. He’s a wonderful little boy er, that is what humans call colts, but he is a very outgoing one as well. Now, let me take a look at your fetlock.” Celestia gently moved the ice pack away and clicked her tongue. “Well, I think you managed to sprain it, but I can’t say for certain. Is there enough magic for you to transform to look similar to me?” “Similar? What’s wrong with my normal human form?” it suddenly hit Twilight. Celestia did not look at all like Principal Celestia did. “Oh...oh my, how many different forms of humans are there?”  “I don’t think I care to consider it,” Celestia stated after a few moments of thought. “This house is built close to the largest ley line I was able to find…” She trailed off as she watched Twilight’s horn light up. A moment later there was a naked caucasian woman with long dark blue hair with streaks of purple and pink. Celestia glanced away as Twilight covered her bare breasts with one of her arms.  “W-well, that seemed to work fairly well though my ma… er, hair remains the same. Will that cause much of a problem?” Twilight looked up from investigating her new form to see Celestia looking away, her cheeks flushed. Twilight internally wanted to cry out with joy She still feels for me! Her own cheeks became flushed as she glanced over again. And seems to still find me attractive, double win! “N-no it should be fine… I um, I-I’ll go get you some clothes to put on. Just s-stay here? It won’t take me more than a few moments.” Celestia got to her feet and soon vanished up the same stairs that Hunter had raced up. Celestia sat on her bed and took a few deep breaths. “Celestia, you need to relax...Get ahold of yourself. You are a grown mare! Stop acting like a school filly.” She shook her head and grabbed a pair of jeans and a shirt she hoped would fit Twilight. She hurried back downstairs, hoping that her blush had died down. “Here you go. I think these should fit you, Twilight.” Twilight eagerly took the clothes from Celestia. “Thanks, so um... “ She paused a moment as she got dressed, taking care to not further injure her ankle “I uh… when I came in I saw shoes of an adult and of a foal, er a child. Does that mean Hunter’s father isn’t around?” Twilight didn’t honestly want to know the answer to her query. She was already growing fond of the boy, but even she knew about the birds and the bees. “No. You don’t have to worry about Hunter’s father, Twilight.” Celestia said after a moment quietly. “I promise I will explain everything. But first, Hunter is not my biological child. I adopted him very shortly after he was born. Will that suffice for now?” “I-I didn’t mean to pry Pr-Celestia. I just...after so long of searching, of wanting to bring you home. I was worried…” She trailed off as Celestia’s hand took hold of her chin and gently raised it so Twilight was forced to look into her eyes. The younger woman’s eyes were wet as a single tear trailed down her cheek.  “Twilight…” Celestia wiped away the single tear. “Before I was taken away… I knew what you wanted to say to me. And I hope you understood how much I wanted to return the sentiment.” Celestia smiled as Twilight simply nodded. “That feeling has neither lessened nor departed. And as you have never given up in the search of me, am I correct in assuming your feelings for myself have neither lessened nor departed?” Twilight shook her head, nuzzling into Celestia’s palm which she lightly held against her cheek. “Then with your permission, I’d like to do something I have been waiting ten years to do. More than ten if I am, to be honest with myself.” Celestia smiled as Twilight stopped nuzzling into her palm and simply looked deep into Celestia’s eyes. Taking the silence as permission, Celestia brought her lips to Twilight’s. She lightly brushed against them as her eyes fluttered close. After a moment she started to pull back before Twilight reciprocated the kiss, pressing more fiercely against Celestia’s, desperate to continue their first kiss. After a few more moments both women pulled back, their lips tingling.  “I...wow.” Twilight stated feeling as if her IQ had been drained into the single digits. Celestia smiled, feeling just as giddy as her love but better able to hide it. “Was that worth waiting ten years?” “Uhhuh...Can we do it again?” Twilight asked, grinning.  Celestia laughed. “Why don’t we first  go get your ankle looked at?” Celestia raised an eyebrow as Twilight winced, remembering rather painfully that her ankle was still throbbing. “Er, that may be a good idea...Though your kiss did make it feel much better!” She grinned as Celestia rolled her eyes and helped Twilight stand up. “I am very thankful that I’ve been human enough times to gain at least some balance.” She laughed as Celestia wrapped her arm around her shoulders to support her. “Guess I’ll have to thank Sunset Shimmer for stealing my crown?” Celestia simply hummed for a moment. “Maybe,” she finally stated quietly. “Did Sunset Shimmer help you find me?” “Mmhmm her, Starlight, Luna, Cadance, Rarity, and I worked non-stop for almost a week once Spike was able to point out something all of us failed to realize. You see, Luna was able to sense your aura. And Cadance could hear your heart. So we kinda all knew about Hunter. Not about him, per se, but your joy of him. A-anyway.” Twilight blushed as Celestia raised an eyebrow to get Twilight back on track. She delicately coughed. “We reworked Rarity’s gem finding spell and were able to create a portal spell. that would place whoever used it within a mile of you. Luckily, you had a farm out in the middle of nowhere!” “Well to be honest, and this is just a bit of a very long story. My being here was purposeful. I detected that this city’s largest ley line was right here. So.” Celestia shrugged. “I figured staying beside it gave me my best chance of being found. And I always hoped that it would be you who would be the one to find me.” Twilight stared up into Celestia’s eyes until a little voice startled her back to reality.  “Are you and Twilight going to kiss again, Mommy?” Hunter asked, coming back into the kitchen a little backpack rested on his back. Twilight began to stammer as she realized Celestia’s son had seen them kissing. She was quickly silenced by Celestia’s gentle lips upon hers again. Celestia turned back to her little boy, who was grinning up at her. “Oh, yes. I would say that Twilight and I are going to be kissing a lot. Does that bother you?” Hunter seemed to consider for a moment before shaking his head. “Nope! Because Twilight is your knight in shining armor! Right, Mommy?” Celestia couldn’t help but laugh at how pale Twilight quickly became at the mention of her brother’s name being used in such a manner. “How about we call Twilight Mommy’s ‘Princess Charming.’ Okay?” “But why…” He trailed off before facepalming. “I forgotted! Shining Armor is Twilight’s brother!” He poked his tongue out in apparent distaste. “I’m sorry, Twilight. Shining Armor is a good pony, but you’re much better!” “Heh...right um...Hunter you’re coming with Celestia and me to see the doctor about my ankle?” Twilight said, quickly changing the subject away from her brother that she did not need his image in her mind the next time she kissed Celestia. “Yep! I packed my backpack all up so I won’t be bored while we gotta wait and wait and wait!” Hunter raced to get his shoes on. “You can borrow my shoes, Twilight. I wear my boots. I know they won’t correctly fit, but it’ll hopefully only be for a few hours at most.” Celestia paused for a moment “Twilight… thank you again for coming for me.” Twilight sat on the bench to get the shoe on before she smiled up at Celestia. “I was always going to come for you. I’m your Princess Charming, remember?”  Celestia smiled before she nuzzled into Twilight’s sweet-smelling hair. “I love you, Twilight Sparkle.” Twilight stopped trying to lace up the sneaker and raised her head to look at Celestia. A beaming grin tugged at her lips “I love you, Celestia!” She wrapped her arms around Celestia as the older woman held her just as close. Their lips met again in a far more passionate kiss. She eventually pulled back. “In three days the portal will reopen. We’ll go home and I plan to never let you out of my sight again.” Celestia pulled back to pull her boots on. “Promises, promises.” She grinned as she grabbed her keys. “For now, let's go get your leg checked out and make sure we’ll be able to go home in three days. All right?” Twilight rubbed the back of her head “Er, yeah. That’s a really good idea. Oh uh, Sunset Shimmer promised if I didn’t send any message when the portal reopened she was going to come through and bring us home, ready or not.” “That is a very good thing to know,” Celestia laughed, supporting Twilight as she helped her up into her truck. Hunter was soon buckled into his car seat, and they were on their way.