"Whew! Was that an awesome festival or what?" Smolder asked as she entered her and Ocellus' bedroom, Ocellus following behind.
"I still can't believe you guys talked me into getting a kitten." Gallus grumbled, entering the room behind the two girls with Sandbar. Cradled in his claw was a tiny blue-gray furred kitten, who was sleeping.
"Aww, come on Gally, she's cute." Sandbar said, smiling at the tiny cat.
"Heheh, yeah... a little..." Gallus chuckled.
"And you two picked a great name." Ocellus remarked, setting the saddlebags she'd been wearing on her bed.
"Yeah, little Mistpelt there went to great couple too." Smolder added, grinning at the kitten.
Gallus chuckled, blushing, and pulled the cat closer. Sandbar kissed him on the cheek. He blushed harder. Ocellus giggled softly and turned to her saddlebags, pulling out some of the stuff they'd bought.
"Smoldie, here's that gay flag you bought for your brother." Ocellus said, holding out the rainbow flag to her.
"Thanks for carrying it Celly." Smolder took it and put it on her side of the room.
"Of course Smoldie." Ocellus then continued digging through the bag. "Oh, Sandbar, Gallus, here are the Bi and Gay scarves you got."
"Yes!" Gallus took the rainbow striped scarf and put it on. "Thanks 'Cellus."
"Yeah, thanks for holding onto them Ocellus." Sandbar said, folding his own scarf and laying it on his back.
"Oh, of course you two, I was happy to!" Ocellus said, pulling out the lesbian patterned hoof bracelet from her bag and slipping it on.
"It was great hearing all those speeches too." Smolder said, sitting down beside Ocellus on the changeling's bed. "I mean, I'm not one for lectures or anything but it was really great."
"Yeah, and it was great to meet all those creatures too." Sandbar agreed, he and Gallus taking seats on the floor.
"Yeah, though I admit I didn't expect to see the Fangs there..." Ocellus said "Heh, but it was wonderful to find out Dagger had come out."
"Yeah, like you Celly." Smolder pulled Ocellus close and she giggled.
"And I also saw Spitfire and Fleetfoot from the Wonderbolts." Sandbar added
"Yeah, that was pretty cool." Smolder said "Did you see Spitfire had a Bi flag on her cheek and Fleetfoot a Lesbian one?"
"Heheh, remind you of anyone Smoldie?" Ocellus asked, kissing her on the cheek.
"Heh, yeah. Pretty cool coincidence."
"What was really cool was finding out one of Professor Pie's siblings is Trans." Sandbar remarked.
"Heh, yeah. Her brother seemed really happy to have a place to be accepted." Gallus agreed.
"And did you see those cakes they had? Rainbow frosted cakes!" Ocellus squeaked
"Heh, yeah, you wanted one, didn't you?" Smolder asked, and Ocellus blushed, nodding sheepishly.
"All in all, I'd say it was a great day." Sandbar said
"Mhm..." Gallus yawned, stretching out on the floor and setting Mistpelt in front of him.
The little kitten opened it's mouth to let out a tiny mew. It opened it's eyes, revealing them to be silvery blue. Sandbar beamed and reached to scoop Mistpelt up.
"Aww, who's a cute kitty? Who is?" he cooed
"Aww, it's not me?" Gallus pouted playfully.
"You're a cat-bird, isn't there a difference?" Smolder asked
"Whatever." Gallus waved a claw in dismissal.
"Heh, don't worry Gally, you're the cutest kitty here." Sandbar said, kissing his cheek. The griffon blushed.
"I'm so glad Headmare Twilight told us about today's Pride Festival." Ocellus murmured, leaning against Smolder.
"Yeah. I'm never going to forget this day..." Gallus sighed.
"Really?" Sandbar asked.
"Yeah... I'm finally free... Gruff's not my legal guardian anymore, Gilda and Gabby have become like sisters to me... and I got to spend the whole day with my boyfriend in public, and no one said a thing other than how cute a couple we were." Gallus said, putting a wing over Sandbar.
"Heheh, I had fun too Gally." Sandbar said, leaning into Gallus.
"Yeah, and I feel the same way." Smolder said, pulling Ocellus into her lap, ignoring the startled squeak from the changeling. "I just wish Garble got to see it..."
"Why wasn't he able to come again?" Ocellus asked, looking up at her.
"Heheh, Gar-Gar finally got a boyfriend." Smolder replied. "Some drake named Geode, moved to the Dragonlands from the Dragontown in Fillydelphia."
"Really? What's he like?" Sandbar asked
"Well, Gar-Gar didn't go into too much detail. He said Geode was a drake his age, black scales with purple accents, and that he was really nice. That's about all I know."
"Anyway..." Gallus looked to Smolder. "The festival give you any ideas?"
"Oh, tons!" Smolder began ticking off things on her claws as she spoke. "White dress with transparent skirt to reveal a rainbow underskirt, black fake leather jacket with rainbow highlights, maybe some pride themed accessories, like a metallic rainbow mane clip or a lesbian flag themed headband."
"Well then to commemorate this great day for us all, I say we celebrate." Gallus flew out of the room.
"Where's he going?" Smolder asked, and Sandbar shrugged.
Gallus soon returned with a cake box.
"Gally, what's in there...?" Sandbar asked
"Heh, only... this!" Gallus opened it to reveal a cake. It was covered in white icing and decorated with three flags, the Bi flag, the Lesbian flag, and the Gay flag. They were in front of a rainbow stretching across a light blue frosted part.
"Rainbow cake!" Ocellus exclaimed
"Had Professor Pie make it." Gallus explained, smiling. "It's chocolate."
"Yes!" Smolder cheered
The cake had already been sliced, so they each took a corner piece. Gallus held up his slice.
"To LGBTQ rights!" Gallus proclaimed
"To Love is Love!" Ocellus added
"To Respect for All!" Smolder cheered
"To us!" Sandbar finished
"To us!" they all chorused, bumping their slices together.
The four creatures then began to eat, laughing and talking with each other. The only emotions they felt were happiness and love. Their trinkets they'd bought at the parade and one sleepy kitten laid beside them, mementos to a day they'd never forget.