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// Chapter 4: The Impending Storm 
// Story: The Strongest Kind of Magic 
// by Shadowswipe 
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        The train screeched and came to a halt. You break the kiss with Twilight and look into her eyes. She’s blushing intensely.

        “Looks like we’re here.” You say with a smile.

        “Yeah.” Twilight says, her voice shaky.

        You look at Twilight with a nervous smile.Your eyes meeting Twilight’s, her eyes were trembling and her cheeks are a flushed red. You stare deeply into her eyes and she seems to just stare back. The two of you are ripped back to reality by a pony knocking on the door to your booth. Twilight opens the door with her magic.

        “We have arrived.” The pony at the door said.

        “Thank you.” Twilight said happily. She stood and left the booth, you slowly stand and follow her.

        Steam rolled off the train as you exit. The Canterlot train station was very crowded, ponies coming and going are everywhere. The station was a mess, waves upon waves of ponies pushing to get on the train, and to get off. Both you and Twilight have to fight your way through the crowd to get to the front of the station. You both sigh in unison when you exit the station. You look over at Twilight and smile.

        “Well this is it. I have to go to the palace. Where are you going?” Twilight asks, smiling back at you.

        “I’m heading to the business quarter. Chance should be waiting for me there.” You reply.

        “Okay, when you find where you’re staying send me a letter, I’ll come and visit you.” Twilight stands a little closer to you.

        “Yeah, I will.” You say. You lean over and kiss Twilight. Twilight blushes and lets out a small giggle.

        Twilight pulls back, breaking the kiss. She looks deep into your eyes and smiles brightly. She turns and begins to trot away. Once again your eyes fall upon her plot. You watch it sway as she walked; many thoughts flooded your head, most of which would most likely get you banished to the moon. You’re brought back to reality when you’re shoved aside. You look over at where the push came from; two ponies walked by with their noses towards the sky, they scoffed in your direction. You glare at them and curse under your breath.

        You take a few steps forward and look around the crowded streets, trying to get your bearings. There was just a constant wall of noise in the streets, this was completely different compared to Ponyville. You quickly find out where to go and head in that direction. While walking along you fall into your thoughts as you often do.

        Your thoughts brought you back home, back to Fillydelphia. When you left, it was the middle of the day, your brother was out in the city buying food and other essential items. You were sitting in your room most of the day, just staring out the window at the birds that flew by and the ponies who roamed the streets. You sat in front of that window for an eternity; that window had become your best friend. At half past noon you began to pack your saddle bags. Paper, crayons, a water canteen and a compass. You wrote a goodbye letter after packing your bags. You quietly trotted down the stairs to the main floor of your house. You slowly trotted into the kitchen and placed the note on the counter beside the sink. Your brother had a small strongbox on the counter, that’s where he kept all the money he made, and you knew he only locked it at night when everypony was asleep. 
        
        You slowly opened the box and took forty bits. You tucked the bag of bits into your saddlebag and left through the back door. Once you had left the house you took the alleys and backstreets to the train station. Avoiding the main roads for fear of running into your brother along the way.

        You walk the streets of Canterlot silently. As you approach the business quarter. You look up at the tall buildings, some looked as if they were made of glass, others looked magical. It was very clean and tall in the business quarter. You looked around, looking for any sign of Chance or the others. Suddenly you feel an arm wrap around your neck. You begin to breath heavily and your ears droop down.

        “I’ve been waiting for ya.” A deep voice says from behind you.

        Your eyes dart from one side of the street to the other, trying to see a reflection of who it is grabbing you. You finally see a slight reflection; you can see an ugly, tall brown stallion. You start to smile and quickly tackle the stallion to the ground.

        “Chance you ugly bastard.” You say with a chuckle. The stallion looks up at you and smiles. 
        
        “You always were a sharp one.” Chance says. You lift him to his hooves and smile at him.

        “It’s nice to see you, it’s been a while.” You say.

        “Yeah it has. Ugly bastard eh? That hurts.” Chance says with a smile and a chuckle. 

        “Don’t flatter yourself, you know you’re an ugly mother bucker.” You say, giving him a punch on the shoulder.

        “Yeah, but it still hurts.” Chance laughs.

        “Right, anyway...” You trail off.

        “Right, you’re staying at my place.” Chance said. 

        “Okay, where is that?” You ask.
        
        “It’s in hightown.” Chance says with a bright smile.

        “Hightown? What did you do to get a place in hightown?” You ask with a surprised expression on your face.

        “I’ll tell you when we get there, now follow me.” Chance began to walk through the business quarter. You followed close behind him.

        “What happened to the others, Moonstone and Flounce?” You ask as you walk.

        “They live with me.” Chance said. He walks around a large patch of ice, you follow the same path around.

        “I see the band is still together,” You chuckle. “What do you do now Chance? Still in the stealing business?”

        “No way, I gave that up years ago. I’m an accountant now.” Chance says, he points his nose upwards, trying to look more civilized than he was.

        “You always were good with managing our bits and making them last. What of the others, what do they do?” You ask.

        “Moonstone still steals. She hasn’t changed much. Flounce, well Flounce hasn’t been the same since you left.” Chance says, a more sad tone besetting his voice. His lead lowered slightly and his brow became wrinkled.

        “What do you mean?” You ask, trotting closer to him.

        “She changed. She’s not as open, she’s not as friendly with Moonstone or I.” He says.

        “Hmmm...” You begin to think.

        After a few moments of awkward silence you finally arrive at Chances house. It wasn’t a house, it was a mansion. It had four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a basement and a grand dining room that could comfortably fit twelve or more ponies. It was an impressive change from the little cardboard shack you were used to.

“Wow.” Your jaw dropped.

        “I knew you would like it, now come on, lets get out of this cold.” Chance said. He shivered slightly and trotted for the front door. You follow Chance to the door.

        Chance raises a hoof, but before he can open the door it swings open. Inside was a familiar purple mare with a black and red mane. She smiled at Chance then looked at you. She blinked a couple times before jumping towards you. You jump back slightly, but the mare wraps her arms around your neck and hugs you tightly.

        “I missed you bro.” The mare says. You return the hug and smile.

        “I missed you too Moonstone.” You sigh and release her from the hug. Moonstone kisses you on the cheek and you light up. You smile at her and head into the house.

        It is cozy in the house. Your eyes wander across the walls and ceiling. It had tall cathedral style ceilings and large wooden beams the ran the height of the walls. It was a very nice interior. From the entrance you could see four doors and the living room.

        “Follow me and I’ll show you your room.” Chance said. He trotted to a door on the left side of the entrance hall. He opened the door and walked inside. You followed him in; once again your eyes wandered. It was all so grand. In this bedroom there was a large dresser, two standing mirrors and a large two pony bed. 

        “This is only the guest bedroom.” Moonstone said. You look back and see her leaning on the jamb.

        “Wow, it’s all so grand. This is a major upgrade.” You say in amazement.
        
        “Yes, yes it is.” Chance said before exiting the room.You follow him out.

        Chace trots into the living room and sits on a chair. You follow him and sit on the couch, Moonstone sits beside you. You look over at her and smile.

        “So how’ve you been?” Moonstone asks.

        “I’ve been good, I have a house of my own and I have a job.” You say proudly.

        “Do you know, what is your job?” Chance asks.

        “I’m a runner for the mail ponies,” You say.

        “Wow, a runner. I thought the mail ponies only took pegasi.” Moonstone says with a confused look on her face.

        “They hire earth ponies every once in a while to do the heavy lifting and ground transport.” You explain.

        “I see...” Moonstone leans back into the couch.

        “So, where’s Flounce?” You ask, looking around the living room.

        “She’s out, she should be back soon though.” Chance says.

        “Alright, is there paper and ink in my bedroom? I have to write a friend a letter.” You ask.

        “Yes, it’s in the bottom drawer of the dresser.” Moonstone says.

        “Thank you.” You say.

        You stand and head for your room. You raise a hoof and push the door open; you trot inside and close the door. You trot over and open the bottom drawer, inside is a small stack of paper, a capped inkwell and a large writing quill. You place them on the desk in the corner of the room. You pull out the chair, sit down and begin to write.

        I found my friends, I’m staying with them. I’m staying in a mansion, it’s actually really awesome. Come find me at 2732 Mustang Alley. 

        When you finished writing you folded the paper and wrote Twilight’s name on the front. You stood and trotted over to the door, opening it and heading out to the front door. You place the letter in the mail box and raise the flag. You trot back inside. On your way in something catches your eye, or somepony  to be correct. You look over at the living room and see a red maned, yellow coated mare sitting on the couch. The mare looks over at you.

        “Flounce?” You say. The mare stands and gallops towards you, she leaps and tackles you to the ground; wrapping her arms around you and hugging you tightly.

        “I’ve missed you.” Flounce says in a cracking voice. You hug her back.

        “I’ve missed you too.” You say. Flounce stands and picks you up.

        “It’s been too long, how’ve you been?” Flounce asked, tears welling up in her eyes.

        “Busy. I have a house now, and a job.” You say with a smile.

        “That’s good.” Flounce leans forward and hugs you again, you hug her back and smile.

        “We need to catch up, maybe later today. There’s someone I want you to meet.” You say, releasing Flounce from the hug. 

        “Okay, who is it?” Flounce asked.

        “It’s a friend of mine, she’s really nice, I think you’ll like her.” You say.

        “Alright, what time will your friend be here?” Flounce asks, she leans against the wall.

        “I don’t know, she said she had to see the princess.” You say, patting your chin and thinking back.

        “Well it’s getting kinda late, so she shouldn’t be too long. Hopefully.” Flounce says.

        A smell wafts past your nose, causing your mouth to water. You look towards the kitchen. You can hear pots and pans being moved and bumped. Moonstone trots out of the kitchen and looks at you and Flounce.

        “Come on love birds, supper is ready.” Moonstone says. She sticks her tongue out and trots back to the kitchen.

        You blush and look at Flounce, she smiles at you and walks towards the dining room. You follow her. When the two of you enter the dining room you look at the table and your jaw drops once again. A long mahogany table sits in the middle, above was a chandelier that looked like it’s made of diamonds. The table had a row of food down the middle. Large bowls of salad, plates upon plates of sandwiches, massive pots of soup. All of it looked so inviting. At the head of the table was Chance, beside him was Moonstone. Flounce sat more towards the middle; you sat beside her.

        You took some plates and bowls and started to shovel food on to them. Flounce looked at you and let out a little chuckle. She began to get food. You look down the table at Chance and Moonstone, they seem to be whispering to each other. You shrug start eating. All the food was very good and very filling. 

        After you finished eating Chance began to speak.

        “Moonstone and I are going out for a little while. You and Flounce are welcome to come.” Chance offered.

        “No thanks, I’ll stay.” Flounce said.

        “No thanks, I have to wait for my friend.” You say.

        “Alright, well try not to stain the couch, it’s expensive to clean.” Chance said in a joking tone. You blush look over at Flounce. She smiles and stands. You stand and walk to the living room, Flounce follows you and sits on the couch.

        You watch Chance and Moonstone leave. You sit on the couch beside Flounce, the room is quiet and awkward.

        “So when is your friend going to get here?” Flounce asked.
        
        “Hopefully soon, it’s dark out.” You say, looking outside.

        The sky was indeed dark, but there was a slight glow from the moon. The moon reflected off the buildings and the snow on the ground. The street lamps are lit and are throwing an orange hue over the ice and snow.

        “Maybe she’s not coming.” Flounce said.

        “Yeah, maybe. But she’ll be here tomorrow, I know it.” You say, you lean back into the couch and sigh. Flounce places her hoof on your shoulder and you look up at her.

“You look tired, you should get some sleep.” Flounce says with a soft tone to her voice.	

        “Yeah, I’ll see you tomorrow,” You say. You slowly stand and walk to your room. You sit on the edge of your bed and look out the window. “Come on Twilight.” You whisper.

        You hear hoof steps approaching your door; you look over and see the silhouette of a mare in the doorway.

        “Flounce,” You nervously say. The silhouette got closer, you can see it is Flounce. “What’re you doing?”

        “I missed you, and I want to welcome you back to Canterlot.” Flounce’s tone was soft and seductive. She got closer to you.

        “I missed you too, and can’t this welcome wait until tomorrow?” You ask, leaning away from Flounce.

        “Oh no, trust me, you’ll want this welcome right now.” Flounce sat beside you and licked her lips. You scoot down, further from her.

        “Flounce, what are you doing?” You ask, your heart pounding like a drum, your thoughts racing by. You begin to breath heavily.

        “Don’t be nervous, I won’t bite.” Flounce pushes you on to your back, she crawls on top of you and looks you in the eye.

        “Flounce, don’t. I’ve already found somepony.” You say with a trembling voice.

        “She won’t find out, I promise.” She lowers herself, you feel her chest on yours, you squirm to get away, but she’s got you pinned to the bed.

        Flounce lowers her head and begins to kiss you. Lust takes hold of you, all your thoughts are screaming stop, but you can’t. You bring your arms up and wrap around Flounce. She kisses you deeper, you feel her tongue against your lips, you open your mouth and grant her entrance. All of this is out of your control. Her tongue brushes against yours, you push it back. Your tongues begin to dance with one another.

        Flounce pulls back, breaking the kiss. Soliva all over her lips.

        “See, told ya you’d like it.” Flounce winks and rolls onto her back. Bringing you on top of her.

        You begin to kiss her again, being more bold. You bring your hoof down and begin to rub her cutie mark, this sent a wave of excitement through her body; she shifted under you and gasped. She pulled you closer, you felt her body rub against yours. You start to tenderly kiss her neck, she fidgeted, gasped and moaned. This was giving her overwhelming pleasure. You mind went blank and you acted on instinct. You began to kiss her neck, lower and lower until you got to her chest. You began to lick her, and she began to moan more and more. 

        Flounce ran her hooves through your mane. You looked up and met her gaze. The only thing in her eyes was lust. You begin to rub her plot with one of her hooves, and she begins to pant. You get lower and lower.

        You close your eyes and lose yourself in the moment.