Chapter Twenty-three... (In case you didn't find it, there's a new tie-in fic. Check it out via my profile. Too lazy and ill to linky link)
The club had been rocking back and forth for the best part of an hour, and Firenze had left with a mare with a blonde and red mane. Pinkie had disappeared into the crowd, and Soarin' had followed her in. Fluttershy had found herself a booth that was out of the direct line of fire from the speakers, and Twilight had joined her. AJ had been collared by the landlord, who was in dire need of a cider supplier. Rarity was sat with Elliott, discussing something or other. Rainbow was, of course, on stage with Vinyl. I was sat on my own, happily humming along to the familiar tunes Vinyl played. Suddenly, I caught a flash of a familiar magical aura.
"What do they have planned, eh?" I muttered to myself, tapping the table with my hoof. I reached over to my glass of cola and took a drink. The glass slipped from between my hooves, and shattered on the floor. "Well shit. That was smart." I complained aloud sarcastically. I scraped up the pieces with my wing, careful not to cut myself. I crushed the remains of the glass into a powder, and dropped then as far away from myself as possible. Just as I turned back to the stage, Vinyl stopped the music. "Here we go..." I whispered to no-one in particular.
"There's someone I'd like you guys to meet. You're gonna be seeing a lot more of her at my gigs in the future..." she paused for dramatic effect; "The one, the only... DRAAAAAAAAAAAKE!" the club erupted as 'Drake' stepped onto the stage. I laughed, giving her an over-exaggerated wave. She winked at me from the corner of her eye, and started her set list. She had the crowd completely pumped, and the floor was so full several pegasi had decided to hover above the crowd to get a better look at the new kid on the block. She held the crowd for the remaining two hours of the set, and she was bearing up pretty well. She finished the gig with a flourish, unveiling her new track, 'Rebirth', to the club goers. Once it was finished, the club slowly emptied as it approached closing time. I walked up to the stage where Vinyl was packing up after everypony had left.
"Hey Vinyl, how's Skye?" I asked.
"She's fine, but she's a bit tired out." Vinyl responded.
"Well it is about 3 hours past her bed-time..." I said, grinning mischievously. Vinyl giggled a bit, and I went through to the backstage area. Skye was back in her human form, and was leaning heavily on Luna.
"Let's get her home, she's barely able to stand." said Luna. Skye grunted in agreement, and hauled herself up onto her mother's back. Luna adjusted her wings until they were holding Skye tightly enough to stop her falling off her back. We then walked back to the palace. We arrived back at the palace, and between us we just about managed to lift Skye onto the bed in Luna's chambers. We climbed in next to her and she snuggled up between us. We fell asleep after a few minutes of blissful peace.
(A/N: from here on out, this will be typed using my phone. Sorry about that but my laptop isn't going to be acsessible for a while. I'll put in another note once I get it back.)
A ray of light from the rising sun had somehow managed to slip between the curtains and strike me directly in my eyes. I grumbled to myself, and decided to go pay my lovely sister-in-law a visit. I plodded theough the corridors of the palace until I arrived outside, and after a stop in the kitchens for something to eat, I finally arrived outside the sun godess' chambers. The guard didn't try to stop me, recognising the look of someone who had been awakened by the affectionately named 'trollbeam'. I didn't bother to knock on the door, knowing full well that Tia would be awake by now. I walked over to her bed where she was sniggering away under the covers, and shouted at the top of my voice.
(A/N: I'm on my laptop again!)
"Hey Sunshine, time to get up!" I pulled the covers off her and yanked her out of bed. Not as subtle as the beam of light, but it got the job done. Tia shot me a look of pure malice, and pushed herself onto her hooves.
"I guess someone was going to get me back some day." she grunted, wandering towards her en-suite bathroom. I walked back outside, smiling to myself. I had confronted the god of the sun and come out the victor, and with no time at all on the moon. I made my way back to Luna's chambers, where Luna was trying to wake Skye. I walked over to the bed, and laid a hand on Skye's head.
"Wake up sleepyhead, it's time to get some breakfast." I said softly. She yawned, and opened her eyes slowly. I smiled down at her, and she rolled onto her back to lever herself up. I put my hoof under her arm to help her up.
"Mornin' dad." she said, wobbling to her feet. Luna walked over and put her wing around our daughter to support her. I walked behind them as we made our way down to the kitchens. Luna and Skye made their way over to the chefs, and I found a small table where we could sit and eat. I cleared the empty bowls from the staff off and carried them over to a sink. I balanced them on my back, and pushed them off using one of my wings. I was happily scrubbing away, when I felt a presence behind me. I could see a glowing blue glob flowing off to one side. It wasn't Luna, as she preferred her more ordinary, light blue mane. Tia's mane wasn't blue anyway, so there was only one other person it could be.
"Morning Ali, I see you've found your calling already." I remarked, and my sister giggle behind me.
"Awww, you always guess right. You never give me a chance to surprise you..." Alison said, gently hitting me with a hoof. Her coat was a light green-blue colour, that of the sea.
"I see you are in control of the sea now." I remarked, still surprisingly calm considering my sister had just managed to sneak up on me.
"I still don't know how you do that..." she muttered. "I'm going to find my niece now." she wandered off to find Skye. I heard a fourth set of hoofsteps, and noted Tia's presence in the room.
"Grub's up dad, come get some!" Skye called, and I turned to see her hands full of more plates than I believed it would be possible to carry as a human, but then I noticed the multicoloured aura surrounding some of the plates. I laughed, and walked over to the buffet that the girls had whipped up. I reached out and tipped a few wheat biscuits into a flat bowl, and somehow managed to pour milk over them. I made my way over to the table and slotted myself in on the end opposite Tia. We ate and chatted back and forth, discussing the world in general. Once we had finished, we put our things in the sink and walked out into Canterlot proper. The crowds parted before us as people tripped over each other to get out of the way of the three princesses and their alicorn friends. Alison was in the centre of our little group, as she was nervous about being seen in public. Celestia led us down to a metalwork shop. As we entered, I noticed a stout unicorn holding a large piece of iron in the centre of the furnace with his magic. Once it was just a ball of molten metal, he levitated it out and poured it into a large scythe blade mould. He then dropped the entire thing in a large barrel of water to cool it. He then turned to look at us.
"Good mornin' yer highnesses. Anythin' in particular yer wantin' me ta get ready fer ye?" he asked in a heavily accented voice.
"Could you bring me the Royal moulds please." Tia said, and the small blacksmith walked over to the wall next to the furnace. From a rack of other nondescript moulds he pulled a trio of other moulds. He placed them on the counter in front of Tia. She took them in her magic, and began to work them into a set of vices set around the shop. She stoked the furnace, and began working a large piece of iron into the heart of the flames.