The scent of stale sweat and old sex lay heavy in the bedroom as the two mares were starting to wake up the next morning. Their noses twitched and scrunched up due the scent of last nights activities. But to them it had not been as unpleasant as it would have been to another. Groggy by sleep they had reserved to snuggle closer to the other. A invein attempt to reduce their headaches.
But finally after having spend around a hour of drifting in and out of sleep and cuddling it came to a point that they would not be able to postpone their waking any longer. A gentle smile appeared on Twilight's face as she looked up from the chest she had buried herself into. “Morning sleepyhead”
Roseluck looked down at the mare in her hooves and a large blush appeared on her face. It had not been the first time she dreamed of such a night only to find out she had snuggled up close to a pillow or that oversized stuffed animal her granny got her when she was still a foal. But this time it had not been a dream, it had been very real. And that caused three sides of her to clash; one side want to jump out of bed screaming in fear of what had happened, a second wanted to repeat it and a third wanted to give a casual reply. Luckely for the mare in her hooves, the third side won albeit with a very small fraction from the second.
“Good morning to you aswell, or should I say afternoon. Because looking at the sun I’d say we missed the morning entirely.”
Both mares shared a look out the half closed curtains and the shining sun out side before looking at the other. Almost asif it had been planned in a play they bursted out in giggles. But not long after it the laughter died and grudingly they untangled themselves from eachothers embrace to get out of bed.
It was about half a hour later when both were atleast at presentable level that they were finally started talking again.
“So euhm Roseluck, you`re heading back to Ponyville now arn't you?”
A small nod and a “Yup” were the reply before the Earth Pony turned to face the other. What she saw there made sure her 'thanks for the incredible night and I would very much like it if we could maybe go to dinner sometime soon? ' died in her troath even before the words had formed. Twilight had stood before her, blushing like a madpony and akwardly shuffling her front hooves. She was at the brink of hiding her own face for Celestia's sake. It had been behavior one could expect from a pony like Fluttershy, not the normally so outspoken Twilight Sparkle. Something was wrong, and quite frankly it worried her a bit.
“Twilight, is- is something wrong?”
In a small but still very clear voice came the reply “Would you. Could it be possible that.” The scholary mare swallowed once before closing her eyes “WouldyoulikeittostaywithmeuntillIleavemyselftomorrowevening?”
A few blinks and a somewhat lenghty thoughtsession were the initial response. Slowly the still hungover gears of Roseluck's brains began turning as they processed the question.
The silence hung for a moment until a coy smile came on her face. “Did I hear that correctly? Becouse if I heard what I think I did, you just said you might want this to go beyond a little one night stand?”
The embarresed look on Twilight's face had not been worth the small joke, the mare looked like she was ready to sink trough the floor. Not a sound came out of her. It had been reason enough for Roseluck to start feeling a small knot forming in her gut.
'stupid Rosy, after all you talked about last night you should have known she would not be able to pick up social clue's like that.'
Still wanting to slam her head against the wall for potentially ruining the very thing she'd been wanting for quite a while she carefully walked towards the dejected Unicorn. With a small nuzzle to the others cheeks she hoped to get the lost attention back.
It was not until Twilight had raised her head a bit to look at Roseluck that the reply came in a soft whisper. “If that is what you want, of course i`ll stay with you.”
The raspberry maned pony was not prepared for the tackle-like hug that followed. Resulting in the both of them being send to the floor. Twilight had been the lucky one, her fall had been caught by a nice semi-soft Roseluckpillow. The 'pillow' however had not been so lucky, but the soft fur and warmth of the mare on top of her made up for a lot of the landing.
A few moments passed with simply being content with being close to the other when a thought entered Roselucks mind. If she were to stay for nearly two days longer she would really need to contact her sisters. Making sure they would not be worried to much. Especially since Golden would most likely be telling them what happened somewhere this afternoon.
“So Twilight, not to interrupt but I have a question i`d like to ask.”
The lavender mare raised her head and cocked it slightly to the side in a questioning manner. Curious to what the other wanted to ask.
“I need to contact my sisters. By now they would have learned about what happened. And need to let them know that I will be staying a day longer.”
A moment later a quill with ink and paper had placed themselves infront of her and within minutes the message had been written and send.
Twilight had explained that she had been linked to her assistant for years, it had allowed them to communicate by letter. Just as she had always done with her mentor. A mentor who's name Twilight had yet to mention. Something Roseluck had been more then a bit curious about. The other mare had mentioned this teacher a few times but always eluded on the details everytime she had asked about more information. Either it had been a very closely guarded secret or it was something she didn't want to be known.
A loud rumble almost shook the room, a quick scan of the room revealed a very embarresed looking Roseluck. “So very late breakfast?”
-*-*-
Down at the local flowershop two mares had been hearing quite the tale. Golden Harvest had stopped by to return Roseluck's saddlebags to their owner. Only to be very surprised to see she was not there, even more odd was the fact that she hadn't even arived yet.
And now the two co-owners were hearing that their sister had basicly been kicked out by Brazen Force and Silver Wind. Altough Golden had admitted that it was mostly Brazen.
Their combined worry had reached almost the level of which they would set out and hunt their little sis down as Golden Harvest had left them to drop a rather heavy message at the doorsteps of her old friends commander. They had already been planning to close up and go home to pack for a trip to Canterlot when the shopdoor openend and a small purple dragon rushed in clutching a scroll and a small bag of writing utensils.
Spike had clearly been in a hurry, completely out of breath he huffed “Message for Daisy and Lilly. Don't ask whats in it, Twi just told me to deliver it and wait for a reply to send to her.”
A comfy chair and a large mug of tea for the dragon later both Earth Ponies had opened the lavender seal on the scroll. Instantly their eyes fell on the near hieroglyphic scribbles they knew to belong to Roseluck's writing.
Dear sis's,
First of all, don't tell Spike whats in the letter. He'll learn sooner or later if all works out.
As you might already have heard, things did not work out as planned and have let to a major falling out with my friends. Altough Golden is still on my side ( truth be told, I think she's secretly playing for both teams if you catch my drift)
But enough of that depressing talk. I'm dropping a line to let you know that I am doing better then just being ok.
Last night I decided to visit 'the Rose' anyway, even if my friends were not there with me. Altough the plan was to sit the time out until the first train I met somepony there.
A rather cute libririan, you know who I mean, and we got talking a bit. Talking over a cider let to something a bit more then just talking.
Just now we talked a bit more and I have decided to stay for a day longer to get to know eachother a bit better and very much hoping for a chance with her.
Please send let Spike send a message back to let known that you got my little note.
Rose
The two mares looked at eachother both thinking about the same sentence in the letter 'let to something more'. The more they thought the more of a blush appeared on their faces. But when their eyes met they both knew what to do.
Moments later Spike went home to go back to sleep with a job well done, not knowing he had just send his friend/sister a rather teasing message with a confirmation that Roseluck could stay for as long as she'd like if it meant her to be happy. But still, in the back of the minds of its writers there had been a slight doubt. They really hoped that it would work out becouse they could not bare to have their little sis's heart to be broken.
-*-*-
In the middle of a rather extensive brunch the two mares had been talking about themselves a bit. Altough it had mostly been Roseluck doing the talking about her studies in botany and her dreams of cultivating rare flowers from the Everfree in order to cultivate a whole new culunairy experience.
They had been talking for a while when the message came back by means of a rather violant burst of purplish red magic.
A few switfly scribled lines were all it contained. But it had been enough for Roseluck to develop a serious blush before dropping the note. Luckely she dropped it on the written side so that Twilight could not read it.
Hey little sis,
WOOHOOO! You finally got some tail eh. Or should I say under some tail?
Don't worry about your shopduties Lilly and I will cover for you.
But remember we want details......
Love,
Daisy
One could almost hear the older siblings's sing song voice in the last bit. “So what did it say? Can you stay? Cause I already have the day fully planned. Altough it was scheduled for me being alone. But i`m sure we can manage to create a perfectly sound schedule from what I already posses.”
The blush on Roseluck's face faded a little. “Yes, they said they would cover for me while i`m away.
So whats the plan chief?”
A small scroll leviated from Twilight's saddlebags revealing a tightly fitting schedule. Even going as far as scheduling toiletbreaks and the time it would take them to reach their destinations.
It had amazed Roseluck that somepony could actually achieve such a planningfeat, and there had been no doubt in her mind that the Unicorn would actually be able to pull it off, but she on the otherhoof was only a mortal pony. There was no way she would be able to keep up. Hesitant as she was she knew something had to be done. Otherwise there would be a lot of sightseeing but absolutely no time for the two of them to get to know eachother.
“Twilight, I don't think we can manage all of that in one day. How about we go to the highlights you selected. Like after brunch we head to the national museum, then we go to take a late tea at the gardens take a look arround there before we go look for a place to eat?”
The scholar looked a bit dejected at the rejection of her planning. There had gone a lot of work into it. Ponies often underestimated the time it could take to precisely micromanage one's time. When one had only so few hours in a day but so much to do. Why not take advantage of every minute? And by strickt planning one could do juist that. Besides the fact that less room for dillydallying meant less room for mistakes and tardyness.
But a small part of her mind could see the reason in the request made, it had the side effect of getting to know the other mare a bit more personal. And a slower pace of things would be a nice change.
A small sigh escaped as she decided to trow out her carefully made schedule in her mind.
“Alright, we`ll do it your way. First the museum then the gardens.”
About an hour or three later both mares exited the museum grosely disgusted by what they had seen. Twilight had wanted to go there becouse of the large exhibit they had just recently created regarding the elements.
But it had turned out to be a masive waste of time. Of course therehad been many items regarding them, but almost 99% had been very recent and under heavy artist interpretation.
Some had the six mares pictured in the heavy armor of the royal guard standing infront of Celestia in defence. Others had even pictured them as a group of noble stallions, all em them had been the supposed 'elite' of society. Obviousely those who made those pieces of 'art' had been heavely sponsored.
Other exhebitions had been a huge letdown, even Twilight had been caught sighing out of boredom. But atleast now they had something to look out for as they wandered into the castle-gardens towards the secluded private gardens for a late afternoon tea.
Altough they had no idea a set of light magneta eyes had been following them from the moment they had entered the secluded grounds from one of the many castle windows.
Neither did they know about the large almost smirking grin appearing on the owners muzzle as they saw the two mares walking flank to flank.