Rarity was diligently working away in her boutique making works of art out of the various dresses; Spike was snoozing away in the corner of the room asleep. Rarity let out an amused giggle at the sight of Spike, she had offered to get him a proper bed but he surprisingly refused her offer claiming that there was no need to but considering how adorable he looked curled up in that basket he slept in Rarity knew fine well what the real reason was.
Since Twilight Sparkle’s coronation as a princess, Rarity had been taking care of Spike. She had to let Spike down giving him the fact he was way too young for her, it took a while for him to accept that but they remained close friends despite that. Rarity turned her thoughts to her offer towards Hearth Fire she had hoped the mare would accept her offer, but Rarity knew fine well that it wouldn’t be an easy decision to make.
The apprenticeship was one thing, but what she was really asking Hearth Fire to do is to build her confidence so she could go full time as a mare. She had seen what living a double life did to Glitter Shell, it was utterly heart breaking to see Glitter tear herself apart with the fear and stress of being found out.
“I do so hope she comes to a decision soon.” Rarity muttered to herself before continuing on with her work.
Silver Wind sat in the living room of our apartment thinking over what I had said earlier that day. He knew the day would eventually come were I would decide to go full time as Hearth Fire, and that it would be a very long road to be who I really am. Despite what most ponies think even with magic Silver Wind knew fine well that it was next to impossible to just change myself into a mare, as far as he knew the only possible pony that could cast such a feat would be one of the princesses and even then that would be a stretch.
From what he understood about the medication involved they would increase the amount of Estrogen while lowering and supressing Testosterone, what this meant physically that after a period of time of taking the pills Hearth Fire would eventually the develop the secondary characteristics that are common place in other mares. This Hormonal Replacement Therapy would continue over a number of years before she would have the final operation.
Hearth Fire had explained what she knew about the process before the operation and what would happen during it, he just didn’t understand most of it and heck to be honest he couldn’t quite understand why somepony would want to do that to themselves. He may not understand why but he wants to for Hearth Fire’s sake.
The mare in question was lying cuddled up asleep between her bed sheets hugging her pillow in her sleep, Silver Wind allowed himself a small smile at the adorableness of the sight in front of him. It was sights like this that made him fall for her and to think it was only two years ago when they first met.
Silver Wind originally met Kindling Spark through Flash Lance; he was a quiet, almost meek and shy stallion so he never paid him much thought. At the time there was a rumour going around the college campus about a mare that nobody on the campus had ever met, while Silver Wind never really cared at the time but he was observant. You see the few times he had seen her she would seemingly disappear if you took your eyes off her for a second, while this was an unusual talent in itself Silver Wind came to realise that Kindling Spark did the exact same thing when he didn’t want to be found. When it did finally click Silver Wind found himself wanting to find out who exactly this mare was.
It was exactly three months after that Kindling Spark had asked him for a huge favour; he told Silver Wind that he had been kicked out by his parents and giving Silver Wind’s current situation with his new job as a courier they came to an agreement.
One day after a frustrating job Silver Wind came home to find Kindling Spark dressed in mare’s clothing, it didn’t take Silver Wind long to put two and two together while she just stared at him frightened beyond all possibility. Seeing the distressed mare in front of him Silver Wind reassured Kindling Spark that he thought no different of him, but that seemed to upset him even more.
“…M-My…n-name is…H-Hearth Fire.” She told him in between her frightened sobs; Silver Wind was completely confused by this turn of events, so he asked her to explain…
“…I-I’m a mare…” Hearth Fire told him, “Kindling Spark was nothing more than a name that I used to hide myself.” Having listened to Hearth Fire’s explanation, Silver Wind knew without a doubt that at least physically Hearth Fire was a stallion. He took a moment to consider how to handle the situation in front of him.
“You’re transgendered?” Silver Wind told her, Hearth Fire said nothing but nodded slowly.
“…You’re not disgusted?” She asked, “…You’re not going to throw me out?” Silver Wind just shook his head.
“Why should I? This is your home as it is mine.” He answered, and thus this was the start of something that would lead them both to where they were now
Silver Wind snapped out of his thoughts and considered his options of dealing with the matter of Hearth Fire coming out, and how to deal with Flash Lance and Midnight Gleam. Their reaction, Flash Lance’s especially would be…unpleasant at best. Silver Wind cursed under his breath either way he looked at the problem it didn’t end well for both of them.
Silver Wind had realised that there was no way of solving this problem without upsetting Hearth Fire,
“It might be a good idea to see Rarity when Hearth Fire goes to visit her.” Silver Wind muttered to himself, “It might be for the best if I found out a bit more information before making a plan to deal with this.”
“What plan honey?” Hearth Fire asked her coltfriend; He just smiled warmly at her.
“…Nothing much, I’m just trying to wrap my head around something.” He reassured her.
“You mean with Rarity’s offer?” Hearth Fire replied, wrapping her forelegs around Silver Wind in embrace, “I’m aware of what could happen and how everypony might react…”
“I know the idea of coming out must be frightening for you, not everypony is going to like the news.” Hearth Fire said nothing in reply; Silver Wind took the silence as confirmation of her unease.
“Silver…it’s 2 in the morning, come back to bed with me.” Hearth Fire pleaded with him. Silver wind just couldn’t help but chuckle; despite how independent Hearth Fire acted the majority of the time she couldn’t resist cuddling up to the nearest thing when she’s sleeping and he couldn’t say no to her when she acted so adorable.
It was just how they are at the end of the day.