//------------------------------// // Chapter #19: Daybreak // Story: My Little Pony: Dark Star // by WestRail642fan //------------------------------// Chapter Nineteen. Daybreak. The mid-morning sun was beating down on Pipp as she slept. Breathing shallowly as her wings draped over David as he slept. The gentle tweeting of a dove in a nearby tree stirred Pipp from her sleep. "Well, well~" She yawned, gently nuzzling David's cheek with her nose, "Good morning, my love." She added as David slowly awoke as well. "Good morning to you too." He smiled, kissing Pipp's forehead, causing her to giggle. "Oh, stop it, you~" She purred, nuzzling his cheek once more, pulling out her phone from under her wing, her eyes widened in surprise, "Uh, It's 10:30!" She raised her voice in alarm. "Right now, I just wanna stay laying here, with you, a little while longer." David smirked, causing Pipp's wings to flair out instantly, her face turning red. "Ok, one more hour, you handsome rogue..." She smiled, laying back down, now resting her head on his chest, humming as she heard his heart beating softly. *25 Years Ago* A small fire crackled as the three pegasi sat close by. "Princess?" Zoom asked, placing her sword against a nearby tree, "What are we doing out here exactly?" She added, removing her helmet, her purple mane dropping down to her shoulders. "Well... Father said I wasn't to tell you both until the time is right." Princess Haven replied softly, "But, what the hay, it couldn't hurt." She smiled, pulling out an object from her saddlebag wrapped in canvas. It was a shiny object that reflected the moon’s night light. "Is that a gem?" Zoom asked, "It's so pretty." She cooed as the shiny object reflected the endless ocean of stars above. "The royal crystal!" Zephyr said with awe as Haven unwrapped the canvas that covered the teal crystal, "But that's... From your mother's crown..." He added. "Mhmm..." Haven hummed, "This isn't just any old crystal. It is the key to restoring pegasi flight." She said, holding it close to her chest, "But not just our flight, but Equestria's magic as a whole, Unicorn and Earthpony alike." She continued, "That's what we're doing out here. My father has been in contact with an earth pony and a unicorn, and they both possess crystals that complete this one." She looked down at the gem as it lay in her hoof. The clearly very ancient gem glistened in the moonlit sky. A few hours passed, Zoom and Haven had turned in for the night, leaving Zephyr alone with his thoughts as he sharpened the blade of his sword near the campfire as it crackled in the night. He kept a watchful eye on both of the mare's tents whilst he also monitored the area to make sure nothing got too close to the campfire. Although he was fresh out of the academy and was tough as a rock. He still felt scared as he was in unfamiliar territory. Looking towards the sky in an attempt to calm his nerves "Can't sleep, huh?" He heard a voice speak next to him, he jumped in surprise when he saw Haven sitting down next to him on one of the fallen logs they were using as a bench. "Well... I guess you can say that your highness." Zephyr replied, avoiding eye contact with the princess as per his training. "Please, call me Haven." She smiled, scooting closer to the stallion, giggling to herself as she felt him trembling, "Come on~ I'm not that scary am I?" She looked at him, fluttering her eyelids. Zephyr tried his best to not make eye contact, but the warmth coming from Haven was too much for him, letting out a sigh, he turned to face the princess. He was taken aback by how her vibrant sapphire blue eyes reflected the night sky, he was lost in her gaze. "Now, that's better." The mare smiled, blushing slightly as she looked up to Zephyr, booping his nose with her hoof, "Boop~." She giggled as his face went red with embarrassment, "You know, Zephyr, I've had a crush on you from the moment I first met you all those months ago~" Haven smiled, biting her lip slightly. Zephyr's flushed cheeks changed to an even deeper shade of red as he thought over what the princess had said, "You... have a crush on me?" He stuttered, Haven giggled more at this. "Yes, you goofball~." She smiled, poking his chest before freezing, "Oh my~." She purred when she felt just how muscly he was without the bulky armour on., "A-and I know you have a crush on me too. I've seen you catch a glimpse at my flanks when I've been walking by.~ She wiggled her eyebrows whilst sticking her tongue out. "I-I-" Zephyr stuttered before being silenced by Haven passionately kissing him, not wanting to disobey the will of the princess, he kissed her back. Haven pulled back, breathing heavily, "Wow~." She purred, her face a deep red. The mare wrapped her forelegs around the stallion's neck, "Who knew you were such a good kisser~." "Well... I had to... You're the princess..." Zephyr chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his head. Haven nuzzled into his neck, "I love you, Haven..." He spoke softly enough that he hoped Haven did not hear those words leave his lips. "I love you too, Zephyr." She smiled, making him aware that she heard it all, pulling back from Zephyr, "Wanna take this to my tent?" She smugly suggested, fluttering her eyes at him. "What are you implying?" He tilted his head in confusion, Haven let out a soft giggle and put her mouth to his ear. He flushed bright red once more as she whispered in his ear what she wanted the two to do, "R-really? You want me to..." He stuttered, Haven once again cut him off by kissing him. "Yes, Zephyr." She gave him a toothy grin, her tail flicking to her side. "But your father would have my head mounted above a fireplace if he were to find out." Zephyr trembled, Haven saw this and gently stroked his cheek with her wing. "My father isn't here, besides what he doesn't know can't hurt him." She smiled reassuringly, finishing with a wink. The mare stood up from the log and led Zephyr to her tent, zipping the flap shut behind him. *Present Day* Pipp hummed in the morning sun as her head rose up and down with every inhale and exhale from David. "I love you, Pipp." He said softly, stroking her mane gently with one hand, whilst the other scratched her ear. "I love you too, David." She smiled, scooting closer to him. They kissed each other passionately. "Ahem!" They heard a voice shout. Pipp stopped kissing David and looked up briefly, "Oh, hey Zipp." She spoke before returning her gaze to David. Her eyes shrank as she quickly looked back up, "What the what?! Zipp?!" She shouted, quickly grabbing a blanket and covering herself with it. Standing in front of her, was Zipp and her friends, and none of them looked happy, except for Izzy, of course. "Firstly, what are you doing?" Zipp pinched the bridge of her nose, "Secondly, we normally don't wear clothes." She gestured to Pipp's attempt to cover herself with the blanket, "And thirdly, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!" She screamed. "Yeah, I'm just gonna go and let the queen know we found you, Pipp..." Zoom chuckled to herself nervously as she slowly backed away from the scene unfolding. "I'm with you on this one." Sprout added, backing up with Zoom. "Uh, Pipp..." Sunny stepped forwards, placing herself between the sisters, in a vain attempt to defuse the tension before anything worse were to happen, "What is the meaning of this...?" She pointed towards the lipstick kiss marks all over David's cheeks and neck. "Well, this is awkward." Hitch groaned, covering Sparky's ears from hearing anything no baby should hear. "Oooh! Pipp's sparkle is all different now!" Izzy giggled, hopping on the spot, "Before it was Aquamarine, but now it's hot pink!" She added. "Now is not the time, Izzy." Dazzle butted in, placing her wing over Izzy's mouth. "Pipp." Zipp stepped forwards, glaring at her little sister, "I'm doing to ask in the most delicate way I can muster right now, but did you and the human, just FUCKING MATE?!" She shouted, Sunny had to cover her ears in pain from the outburst. "Why yes." Pipp gave the biggest grin she could muster, "Yes we did. Are you jealous?" She smirked, cheeks a light red. "That's disgusting." Hitch spoke deadpanned from the back of the group. "Are you fucking serious Pipp?" Zipp stomped the ground, wings flaring out, "Mom is gonna kill both of us if she found out!" She added. Unbeknownst to her, Haven had heard everything from the phone. Haven was stunned by what she had just heard. Part of her wanted to believe that this was all a misunderstanding, but upon Zoom turning the camera on, it showed her that it was all true. She hated seeing her daughters fighting but this was something even she wasn't sure about what to do. "PIPPARINA!" She screamed over the speaker, causing both daughters to flinch in surprise. "Oh no..." Both said in unison as Zoom slowly approached them, phone in hoof, Sprout following close behind, pushing a small range-extending satellite dish on a cart. "Whilst I'm glad you're safe, what were you thinking? Mating with somepony you've just met a few days ago, and someone who isn't a pony on top of that?" Haven spoke sternly, both Zipp and Pipp avoided eye contact with the screen, "I expected more from you, Pipp, you should know better than this." She added, to Pipp, this just felt like she was stabbed in the chest, with the knife being twisted for good measure. "Yes, mother. Sorry, mother." Pipp looked down, her chest filled with pain. "But." Haven paused, "You are an adult after all. So, I'm going to let this slide, only once. You hear me?" Haven waited for a response from her daughter. "Yes, Mother, I understand." Pipp said with her head down. "You can not be serious, mom?" Zipp said with wide eyes, "I've done stuff less bad than this and I've been punished." She flailed her hooves around. "Zephyrina..." Haven spoke, raising an eyebrow, this caused Zipp to cease her whining. Before turning back to face Pipp. "Now, Pipp. I trust your judgement here, just please, don't go doing something this brash again? I doubt your father would be happy if he were in my hooves..." Haven sighed. "Yes, Mother, Sorry, Mother." Pipp continued to avoid eye contact, instead looking at the grass under her hooves. "Alright then. Now, just keep me in the loop from now on. I must go now, the royal court is expecting me shortly. I'm going to try again to get that ancient law removed, I just know I can if I try hard enough." Haven said, the camera shaking as she stood up. "Bye, Mother..." Pipp said softly as the video call ended. She looked up as Zoom folded her phone and placed it back under her wing. Her face changed back to grinning, "Well, look at that." Pipp smirked, eyeing up her Zipp with a sideways glance, "Mother is on my side." "You faker!" Zipp shouted, tackling Pipp to the ground, kicking up dirt and dust in the process, "I'LL TELL MOM ABOUT YOUR FAKE ASS APOLOGY!" The no longer white pegasus shouted in a mix of anger and frustration. "Um, maybe now is not the best time to fight." David spoke with slight concern and hesitation, the fight was a bit too close to him for comfort. "Stay out of this you freak! This is between me and her!" Zipp screamed into the human's face. Suddenly, she felt as if all the air had been sucked from her lung. "DON'T YOU DARE CALL HIM THAT!" Pipp screamed in retaliation, delivering another powerful blow to Zipp's belly, this was enough to cause the larger pegasus to fall over onto her own back. Pipp quickly jumped, landing belly first on Zipp, using all her weight to weigh her sister down. "Oof!" Zipp let out as Pipp's full weight landed on her, "Get your fat ass off me, bitch!" Zipp wheezed. "How dare you call me fat!" Pipp shouted, wrapping her hooves around Zipp's neck, in an attempt to strangle her. "Should we stop them?" Sunny looked on with concern, Zoom held out her hoof. "Just let them get it out of their systems." Zoom spoke bluntly, "This isn't the first time this has happened..." Zoom proceeded to sit down, "So just give them a few minutes, they'll get tired and hug it out." She added as her phone started to ring once more, "Hello your majesty. Oh, your tiara? It should be on your dressing table. What's that? Oh, just Zipp and Pipp getting it out of their systems." Opaline, meanwhile, was watching this all unfold from the Sprouticus, "Well, well. This trip just got a lot more entertaining." She spoke, mid-chew on a chocolate bar she had 'borrowed' from Izzy's bag. Zipp proceeded to flail her hooves around, hoping to wiggle free from her under her sister. She wasn't paying attention to where her hooves were and she felt her hoof connect with something hard. Pipp let out an ear-piercing scream as blood began to pour from her nose. "YOU BROKE MY NOSE!" The smaller pegasus screamed like a banshee. End of Chapter Nineteen.