Vinyl woke up instantly. There had always been a few things that could wake her up in an instant. For example, if a small ray of light managed to get on her face, she would snapped her eyes open, that's why she had the thickest curtains at Sweet Apple Acres. But that couldn't be the reason she was awake, Octavia had told her that her windows gave view on the West, ideal for watching the sunset, not the sunrise.
It neither could be Applebloom wailing in the middle of the night, that had stopped when she started to walk. Except when she had nightmares. But, it was still not the reason! If her little sister was indeed having a nightmare, there was no way that Vinyl could have heard her in Octavia's bed at her hotel, despite all her protective sisterly instincts.
It wasn't Octavia either. Her cellist was peacefully sleeping in her arms. Last night had been tough for her, so Vinyl was glad that Octavia managed to get some sleep. Vinyl took a small glance at the clock on the nightstand. It was six-thirty AM. Today's trials started at ten-thirty. She still had a lot of time to get back to her home in order of getting prepared for the Games. Heck, she could also arrived late since she didn't have to participate in any trials today. She could sleep in with her lover, waiting a bit longer to wake her up, getting breakfast wit.....
GRRRRRUUUMMMBLE
'Now, I know why I'm awake.' Vinyl internally sighed as her stomach started to grumble rather loudly.
She was a bit scared that her belly noises would wake up Octavia. Thankfully, they didn't. She slowly and delicately got out of bed to search for something to satisfy her hungry stomach. She didn't realized at first why she was feeling that much hungry. Then she remembered what happened last night.
'Right, we did skip dinner last night.' Vinyl thought grimly.
Last night had been a total fiasco in its attempt to make Vinyl appreciated by Octavia's family. Well, maybe not with her uncle and aunt, that might have gone well with them. And Vinyl couldn't really have an opinion about her father, since she only saw him shocked at his wife's attitude. The only thing Vinyl was certain, was that she hated Octavia's mother. And her brother, but that wasn't really new for her. She had been hating him since she saw him whipping Alizee, and her on top of things.
Anyway, Vinyl's quest for something to eat was met with a bitter disappointment. She was resolute to simply go back to bed and wait for Octavia to wake to get breakfast. At the thought of breakfast, her stomach started to grumble again.
"Easy there, pal! I know what you want, but I'm not leaving Octavia alone to satisfy your urge!" Vinyl whispered with resolution, her hand on her rumbling belly.
She heard someone knocked softly at the door. Wondering who would come to see Octavia, this early in the morning, Vinyl peeked through the peephole and saw a young teenage boy with spiky green hair wearing a green and purple hoodie and holding a clipboard on the other side of the door. He wasn't a staff member and certainly not a journalist, so Vinyl opened the door. The boy was very surprised to see Vinyl.
"Oh, sorry." He quickly said, his cheeks pink from embarrassment. "I must have knocked at the wrong door."
"I'm not sure about that." Vinyl said softly. "Who's room are you looking for?"
"Octavia Philharmonica's!"
"Well, in that case, you didn't knock at the wrong door." Vinyl chuckled.
"Oh, good! Wait, who're you?" He asked with suspicion.
"Vinyl Apple!"
"Apple..Apple...Wait! Aren't you supposed to date Rarity?" He asked eagerly. "Doesn't that mean you broke up with her if you're in Octavia's room?" He asked with hope.
"Wrong Apple, kid! The one dating Rarity's my sis'!" Vinyl said with a raised eyebrow. "And, they're going steady at the moment!"
"Drats!" He muttered to himself. "Well, Rarity was alone this morning so there's still hope for that fling doesn't work out." He added with a small grin.
"I'm still right in front of you, you know." Vinyl said slowly, startling the boy who let his clipboard fell on the ground. "So, who're you and how do you know that Rarity was alone this morning? Come to think of it, what the hell are you doing here?"
"Well, I'm Spike, Twilight's number one assistant!" The boy said with pride. "And, I'm the one who takes the Council's order for breakfast, during their stay at the hotel!"
"At six thirty in the morning?" Vinyl blinked with confusion.
"Yeah, I know!" Spike shrugged. "But, I follow Twilight's schedule for the morning. You know how 'crazy' she can get with schedules."
"Can't disagree with that!" Vinyl nodded. As she felt a light pain in her stomach, she decided to give in into hunger. "Anyway, you mentioned breakfast, is it possible to get it served in the room?"
"Sure, what do you want?" Spike asked, picking up his clipboard and his pencil, ready to take note.
"Okay, so we missed dinner last night," Vinyl pondered. "So, it'll be four scrambled eggs, two hash browns, some baked beans, a loaf of whole wheat bread, six...no eight slices of bacons. Extra-crispy for the bacon!" Vinyl insisted vigorously. "A pitcher of apple cider, butter, Honeycrisp's jam and for good luck, two blueberry muffins!"
"Are you sure it's gonna be enough for both of you?" Spike chuckled.
"Right!" Vinyl face-palmed. "I almost forgot Octavia's breakfast!"
"What?" Spike blinked in confusion.
"So for Octavia, four oatmeal pancakes with strawberry sirup. I know those are her favorites." Vinyl continued with a small smile. "Actually, I'm hungry for pancakes now. Make it eight, I'll eat what she can't. And a jug of orange juice and a mug of strong coffee, no cream, no sugar." Vinyl concluded. "Oh, and if they have some, two small lemon tartlets. She's just crazy about those."
"Ooookaaay!" Spike said slowly. "It should arrive shortly." He added before going to continue his wake up round.
"Thanks! See ya." Vinyl waved at him, before going back inside.
She walked slowly back toward the bed of the room, in which she found a half awaken Octavia looking at her lazily. Her sleepy face lit up with a small smile when she saw Vinyl taking her spot back in the bed. She nuzzled Vinyl's nose before gently pecking her lover's lips.
"Who were you talking to?" Octavia asked, repressing a yawn.
"Twilight's assistant, Spike!"
"Oh, it's already passed six-thirty." Octavia said, rubbing her eyes awake. "I suppose you ordered breakfast, considering how noisy your stomach was earlier!"
"You heard that?" Vinyl said sheepishly, scratching the back of her head in embarrassment
"Vinyl, it sounded like I was sleeping next to a roaring lion!" Octavia giggled. "I'm sure that Twilight who's in the room above mine heard it as well!"
"That loud, huh?" Vinyl awkwardly chuckled.
"Quite!"
Octavia straightened herself in bed. As she lifted her face from her pillow, Vinyl caught a glimpse of her left cheek. While it wasn't as red as when Octavia bumped into her outside her parents' living room, Vinyl did notice a small purple dot that indicated the presence of a bruise. She delicately brushed it with her finger, causing Octavia to wince a bit.
"Let's take care of that, shall we?" Vinyl said slowly, before leaving the bed to fetch a tube of arnica cream in the bath room, along with some bandaids.
"It's that bad?" Octavia asked as Vinyl sat next to her, putting some cream on her fingertips.
"Not really, it's just to make it go away faster." Vinyl said softly, gently applying the cream on her lover's bruise, causing Octavia to wince a bit.
"Vinyl, what exactly did you do when I was waiting for you with my aunt and Brass, yesterday." Octavia asked hesitantly, after pondering about it while Vinyl was treating her.
"I was having a little chat with your mother." Vinyl said with contained anger. Vinyl used her magic place a small square shaped bandaid on Octavia's cheek. "There, good as new." She added with a lighter tone.
"Did you..." Octavia started.
"No, I didn't hit her." Vinyl answered her lover's unfinished question, shaking her head softly. "Not that I didn't want to, but I was more concerned about coming back to you as quickly as possible. You're way more important! But, I did warn her about what she can expect if she touches you again."
Octavia rested her forehead on Vinyl's. She closed her eyes as she sighed in contentment. She wouldn't have minded much if Vinyl had lost her temper back then. Had she been in the same situation, she wasn't sure she could have refrain herself. And Vinyl was a lot more hotblooded than her. Knowing all that, she couldn't not appreciate the fact her lover had chosen to take care of her instead of giving in to her anger.
"You're incredible, you know that." Octavia whispered. "I keep on causing problems to you and you keep on going through them for me." Octavia added softly, nuzzling Vinyl.
"What problems are you talking about?" Vinyl chuckled, nuzzling Octavia back. "As far as I'm concerned, the only things that I might suffer from because of you, are that I tend to blush a lot more than before and that my heart rate goes a bit faster every time I hear you speak."
"You know what I mean. The argument with your Grandmother, the accident with Amadeus, my brother, my mother. Even at the wedding, you endangered yourself for my sake." Octavia slowly said, with a saddened voice. "I've only caused you trouble so far..."
Vinyl interrupted her with a kiss. While a bit surprised at first, Octavia quickly started to kiss back. It was a bit rougher than usual, as Vinyl kept pushing forward, making Octavia lie on her back in bed. After a few minutes, Vinyl broke the kiss, standing on four on top of Octavia who was panting heavily.
"I don't want to hear that from you, Octavia." Vinyl said firmly. "You're one of the two best things that has ever happened to me. You don't cause me trouble at all, don't you forget it! Forget about my situation with your brother and mother, I'll take care of it."
"OK." Octavia nodded with a small smile.
Vinyl bent her neck down in order to peck Octavia's, quickly enough, the pecks were replaced by small love bites, much to Octavia's pleasure.
"Say Octavia," Vinyl said softly, not interrupting her actions. "How much time does it take to have the breakfast delivered here?"
"I'll say about half a hour." Octavia answered with difficulty. She was having a hard time gathering her thoughts under Vinyl's touch. "Why?"
"A bit short, but I can make it!" Vinyl muttered to herself. "As for why, I just got hungry for something else." She added in a sultry tone.
"And what would that be?" Octavia asked, blushing profusely.
"I'm craving for a cellist right now." Vinyl answered simply as she licked Octavia's neck sensually, sending happy shivers to her lover. Her hands slowly making Octavia's dress' braces go down her shoulders. "And just like my salad, I think I'll have her naked."
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A bellboy knocked at Octavia's room, a rather large trolley with a copious breakfast in front of him.
"What now?" A raspy feminine voice snapped angrily from inside the room.
"Huh... Room service, Miss!" The bellboy said with hesitation.
"Oh! Cool! Come in." The woman inside shouted happily. The door glowed in a light blue aura, before opening itself. "Push the cart in front of the bedroom door, will you? Perfect!" The woman said happily from the bedroom as the bellboy did as instructed. "On the hatstand, there's a black jacket. In the left pocket, there's a bit bag! Take it, that's for your tip!"
"Are you sure, Miss?" The bellboy blinked in amazement at the content of the bit bag. "There's at least fifty bits in it."
"Fifty nine to be exact. And yes, I'm sure. Now, get out!" She shouted.
On normal circumstances, the bellboy would have frowned at the shout, but for a nearly sixty bits worth tip, he could let it pass. He complied to the woman's demand who used her magic to lock the door behind him. The food trolley shined in a magic blue aura before gently rolling inside the bedroom, stopping softly right next to the bed.
"AWWW Yeah! That's what I'm talking about!" Vinyl clapped her hands together happily, watching the food trolley with a hungry look. A heavily panting Octavia lying next to her, her cheeks red from effort and excitement.
"Vinyl, you'd better not start to eat! We haven't finished yet!" Octavia said angrily.
"I never said we have."
"What are you doing with that bottle of sirup, then?"
"You remember what I said about my salad?" Octavia nodded with a confused look. "Well, sometime, I do like it with strawberry sirup!" Vinyl added with a low purr in her voice, licking her upper lip in a very sensual way.
"Oh!" Octavia blinked in surprise. "Well, I do like strawberry sirup as well!" Octavia said sheepishly.
"I bet you do!"
A muffled sound coming from outside the bedroom of Twilight's suite awoke Cloud Kicker. During a few seconds, she had no idea where she was, but that was before she took a glance at the dark skinned woman with purple hair with a pink streak in it, lying next to her. Twilight was sleeping with a happy smile on her face. Cloud Kicker grinned as she remembered all that happened last night!
'Good to know that two months of abstinence didn't make my skills rusty!' Cloud Kicker chuckled internally.
Cloud Kicker kept on watching Twilight sleeping, she didn't feel like moving from her spot. Watching her date sleeping wasn't a thing Cloud Kicker ever experienced before. In the past, it was her or her date leaving before the other would wake up. It was incredibly relaxing to simply watch her girlfriend asleep.
Girlfriend, was that what Twilight was to her? Probably, she wasn't sure how to call her, maybe she should talk with Twilight about it! She knew that Twilight liked to talk. Okay, maybe more about scientific and magical stuff but it was talking nether the less! Cloud Kicker noticed Twilight fluttering her eyes open.
"Good morning, Lady Sparkle." Cloud Kicker said softly.
"Good morning, Lieutenant Kicker." Twilight answered sleepily, before yawning a bit. "Glad to see you're still here." Twilight said before gently kissing the guard.
"Why would I even want to leave?" Cloud Kicker chuckled. "Beside, you kinda worn me out last night, I'm not sure I could have left even if I wanted to!"
"Sweet talker!" Twilight said before kissing her again. "Anyway, I'm going to take a shower." She added before stretching her arms. "You want to join me?"
"Go in already!" Cloud Kicker said with a yawn. "I'll join you in a few minutes!"
Twilight nodded happily, before going out of the bed. She walked slowly toward the bathroom without even bothering to put a night robe on, swaying her hips sensually to offer a good show for her one person audience. A show that Cloud Kicker gladly watched with attention, feeling herself growing more awake at every step her latest conquest was making. While she closed the bathroom behind her, Twilight winked at Cloud Kicker with a sly smirk that Cloud Kicker returned eagerly.
Soon after, the only sounds that Cloud Kicker could hear in Twilight's suite, were the muffled sounds of the shower running. Cloud Kicker slowly got up, popping her back as she stretched her arms toward the ceiling. She took a glance at the scattered clothes around the messy bed and sniffed it before opening a nearby window.
'We sure need fresh air in here!' Cloud Kicker thought, as she caught a glimpse of the clock watch. 'Six fifty, I got time, the swordsmanship trial is in the afternoon.' She gave a little more attention to her clothes. 'Should I pick them up before joining her? Nah, it's not like….'
KNOCK KNOCK
'Dang it!'
"Twilight, are you up? It's me, Spike." Spike said from the other side of the suite's door. "I knocked earlier but you weren't up yet so I woke the others up, first!" Spike explained. "There's only you left. Twilight? Twilight?" He added before knocking at door again, a bit louder.
'Damn it, just go away!' Cloud Kicker thought angrily as she was busy putting her clothes back on at top speed. 'Hang on, why I'm freaking out like that, it's not like it's the boss who….'
"What's going on Spike?" The voice of Shining Armor said softly from outside the room.
'Sweet FAUST! What in the wide land of Equestria did I do to deserve that?'
'Maybe you should ask Who instead of what… And then the answer would be obvious.'
'Shut up, Brain!' Cloud Kicker snapped internally. 'Think about something useful! What to do? What to do?'
"Weird that she's not answering." Shining Armor pondered. "The staff did tell me they hadn't seen her coming back yesterday when I asked them."
'Why did he ask them about that?' Cloud Kicker thought in bewilderment.
"Why did you ask them about that?" Spike asked in a surprised tone.
"I always check that she's come back safely." Shining said firmly. "Twily, open the door." He asked, knocking vigorously. "I should've come and check on her last night, instead of listening to Cadence. Twily, answer me or I'm coming in."
'Damn the Captain and his unfounded paranoia and overprotectiveness about his sister!' Cloud Kicker thought angrily. 'Well, maybe not totally unfounded, since I'm here but….Aaargh Not the time for this, Kicker! You gotta to hide somewhere! Stat!'
"That's it! Spike, we're going in!" Shining shouted as the door glowed in a deep purple aura.
"Roger, Captain!"
The door slowly opened thanks to Shining's magic, letting a clear way for him and Spike. They both walked in slowly in silence, Shining made a sign to Spike to go left, while he went to the right of the suite. Spike jumped in the bedroom, holding his clipboard like it was a throwing star. He looked around the room, noticing that the bed was a mess and Twilight's clothes on the floor.
"So far, nothing unusual." He muttered, rolling his eyes.
He turned around, ready to go back to the other part of the room, when the bathroom door opened, letting a frowning, soaking wet and naked Twilight come back in the room. She froze with a blank expression when she saw her assistant who froze when he saw her lack of clothing.
"I swear I didn't see anything and I can explain!" He quickly said, covering his eyes with his hand.
"KYYYYYAAAAAHHHH!" Twilight shrieked before magically tossing Spike against the dresser, earning a small grunt of pain from her assistant.
"What's going on?" Shining shouted as he entered the bedroom quickly, being alerted by his sister's shriek and the crashing sound, only to be zapped out of it by one of his sister's magic beam.
Twilight quickly put on a bathrobe from the bathroom. "WHAT IN TARTARUS ARE YOU TWO DOING IN MY ROOM?" She bellowed in rage.
"You didn't answer when we knocked so…" Shining started, stammering nervously.
"SO WHAT? YOU CAN'T BE PATIENT FOR A FEW MINUTES? THE TIME FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THE SHOWER?" Twilight shouted. "OUT! BOTH OF YOU!"
She levitated both of them without ceremony out of her suite.
"Twilight, wait! What do you want for breakfast?" Spike asked, trying to recover from his mistake. Twilight only answered by slamming the door shut! "I'll take it you don't want breakfast, then." He chuckled awkwardly. "This is the last time I listen to you, Shining!"
"Oh! Shut up, Spike!" Shining muttered in anger and shame.
Inside the suite, Twilight casted her soundproofing spell, not wanting to hear from them for a while. As her anger came down, she started to worry about Cloud Kicker. She looked around and saw no trace of her lover.
"Thanks a lot, Shining Armor. I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to her thanks to you!" She sighed with a mix of anger and sadness.
"That can be easily fixed!" Cloud Kicker grunted. "At least, if I manage to go out of this shit!"
Twilight snapped her head toward where the voice came and saw Cloud Kicker trying to extirpate herself from the small cupboard she had been hiding in. Twilight rushed at her side to help her
"How, in Titania's name, did you manage to fit in there?" She asked with bewilderment.
"Silly, she did it just like me." Pinkie Pie said, coming out of an other cupboard. "But she's got more curves on her butt than I do, so she got stuck!"
Cloud Kicker, who had finally come out of her hiding spot, and Twilight's faces went blank when they saw Pinkie Pie standing in front of the cupboard.. The pink haired inventor tilted her head in confusion.
"What? I got a pimple on my nose?" Pinkie asked with worry.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, PINKIE?" Twilight shouted with flames in her eyes, literally , and in her hair.
"DID YOU JUST SAY I HAVE A FAT ASS?" Cloud Kicker asked with anger as she stood up.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go down for breakfast with me." Pinkie said innocently. "And for you Cloudy, I simply said that your butt has more curves than mine. Look." She added pointing her backside at the two others. "Mine's a bit flat compared to yours. Ideal to hide in narrow spaces while yours is ideal for seduction."
"Oh my gosh! That's so true." Twilight whispered softly as she eyed Cloud Kicker's butt with a rekindled interest.
"Well, I'm glad you like my ass, Twilight." Cloud Kicker chuckled with a wink. "But, that's not really the moment."
"Right!" Twilight said, shaking her head to get her thoughts clear. "How long have you been in there, Pinkie?"
"Oh, I'll say about eight or nine lines of dialogue." Pinkie pondered out loud, earning a crooked eyebrow from the other two.
"So, you don't know what happened last night?" Twilight asked, completely ignoring her previous answer.
"No, why? Something happened?" Pinkie asked.
"No, nothing happened!" Twilight said vigorously. "And to answer your question. No, I'm not going down for breakfast with you and the others. I'm mad at Spike and Shining for the moment."
"What did they do?" Pinkie asked with curiosity.
"Ask them." Twilight said venomously.
"Ok!" Pinkie said before bouncing away."Lalalalalaaaalala!"
"Wait!" Twilight shouted. "You must promise me that you won't tell anyone that Cloud Kicker was here!"
"Why? Can't a friend visit another in the early morning?" Pinkie asked.
"Just promise me!" Twilight pleaded.
"I'll do better! I'll PinkiePromise." Pinkie nodded happily. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" She added fervently, doing the special gestures that accompanied her promises.
"Ok thanks!" Twilight smiled. "See you later."
"Bye!" Pinkie said before going outside of the suite.
"Are you sure that a promise was enough?" Cloud Kicker asked with worry.
"One does not simply break a PinkiePromise!" Twilight assured with a nod. "Especially Pinkie Pie."
"If you're sure, then" Cloud Kicker shrugged, before passing her arms around Twilight's waist. "Didn't you mention a shower?" She asked in a whisper.
"I've already had it." Twilight said matter-of-factly, not getting the hint.
"Too bad," Cloud Kicker sighed in defeat, breaking her embrace on Twilight before heading toward the bathroom. "You'll not get a chance to see this.." She slapped her butt."…sparkling under the hot water of the shower." She concluded before closing the bathroom's door.
"What was that all about?" Twilight blinked in confusion for a few seconds, before face-palming herself. "HUuurgh! Twilight, you're such an idiot sometimes!" She groaned in frustration.
She tossed her robe on the ground and nearly ran inside the bathroom. She magicked the shower curtain open, threw herself in Cloud Kicker's arms and started kissing her passionately. Their tongues wrestled for the dominance of each other's mouth for minutes. Twilight felt water becoming colder and colder every seconds, she quickly realized it wasn't the water but her whose temperature was changing. She could feel the fire inside her growing more and more intense.
Twilight never felt so alive before, and never in her life had she been out of her control habits. She always lived in an environment that was restricted by rules. Her rules, yes, but still rules she had to obey. Cloud Kicker had been the first one to really break her out of her bubble, two months ago at Bon-Bon's tavern. Her friends had tried to do that before but never succeeded. The only one who ever did that was Cloud Kicker.
Twilight had always been a good girl, wanting to please her parents, her brother, her mentor, everyone. She'd always complied to everyone expectations, fearing every single remark as if it was the most horrible thing that could happen. Because of that, Cloud Kicker had fascinated her. Cloud Kicker never seemed to care about what people thought about her, she simply did the things she wanted and how she wanted. "How does she manage that?" was the question Twilight had been trying to answer for two months.
She didn't get the answer, the enigma that she called Cloud Kicker was still an enigma for her. But, she didn't care about that, she had classed it out as a small detail. There was one question she didn't find the answer, big deal! Her parents might not approve her choice, her brother would certainly not. Twilight had mixed feelings about the Princess' reaction, Celestia tended to be a little blasé about certain things, probably because of her age. She had always looked their approval, but, right now, she didn't care about it and she loved it.
She loved how daring she was around Cloud Kicker. She loved how Cloud Kicker had the ability to make her uncomfortable by just standing next to her. She loved how Cloud Kicker's eyes always bore that playful glint along with that incredible sternness that suited a high-member of the Guard. She particularly loved Cloud Kicker's round and firm butt. Sure that was fairly recent compared to the others, but it had its importance! She reminded herself to thank Pinkie Pie for making her notice that. She loved everything about that blonde with those dark purple eyes. It came down to five little words!
"I love you, Cloud Kicker!"
Twilight could see it in her eyes, Cloud Kicker had been very surprised by Twilight's declaration. Cloud Kicker stood there under the shower jet, holding Twilight in her arms with her eyes slightly wider than usual from shock. Twilight was starting to regret her words as Cloud Kicker didn't seem to react, she was about to look away in shame, fearing to have been too much forward too fast.
But her doubts erased themselves when she saw that playful glint taking its place back in her paramour's eyes, the small growing smile that was one of the most beautiful thing she had seen in the world. Cloud Kicker was looking at her with the outmost affection, she let out a small breath before opening her mouth to speak. The next words that came out of this mouth were words Twilight would remember for the rest of her life.
"I love you too, Twilight Sparkle!"