//------------------------------// // Blackout // Story: Friendship, Love, and Shenanigans // by Lightning Spear //------------------------------// As I stepped out from my room, suddenly the lights of my house were no longer shining. Moments later, my house's emergency lights came to life. "Um, Nate? what just happened?" Twilight asked. "Blackout." I answered simply "They must be turning off the lights to save more energy. Besides, the entire suburb is practically empty." "Owh..." Twilight said. "So...no PS4 tonight?" Luna asked. "No PS4 tonight princess. Sorry." I said "But hey! We can do fun stuffs even without electricity!" "Okay!" Cadance chirped. "So, ladies-- er, mares first. What do you girls want to do?" I asked. "Perhaps we could just chat I think?" Celestia suggested. "Yeah, I agree with my auntie." Cadance said, Luna and Twilight also agreed. "Alright then, let's just talk and see how this goes." I said as we went downstairs and sat on my living room. "Um, Nate maybe this is a little bit late; but who are these humans?" Luna asked, pointing at my family picture with me, my dad, mom, brother, and sister with formal attires "Are they your family?" "Yeah, they are." I smiled and started introducing my family members to the Princesses. After approximately five minutes, I finished the introduction. "Wow, you have such loving family members Nate." Twilight stated. I just smiled in return. Suddenly my phone rang. "Oh, it's my mom!" I said as I slide my finger on the screen to answer the call. "Halo Nathan, bagaimana kabarmu?" (Hello Nathan, how are you?) "Halo ma, aku baik-baik aja. Ada apa ma? Oh iya ngomong-ngomong bagaimana keadaan di Belanda? ("Hey mom, I am fine. What is it? Oh by the way, how's it going there on the Netherlands?") "Iya mama menelpon karena mama dengar di rumah mati lampu. Denger suara kamu mama yakin semuanya baik-baik. Disini semuanya baik. Tante Lucy dan Oom Ferdinand nyariin kamu, katanya pada rindu sama kamu." ("I called because I heard there's a blackout at our home. But hearing your voice, I am sure things are fine. Things are fine here. Aunt Lucy and Uncle Ferdinand were looking for you. They miss you they said.") "Owh hahaha, aku titip salam buat mereka. Oh ma, sekarang aku lagi sibuk nih; salah satu lampu emergensi kita rusak jadi sekarang aku sedang memperbaikinya." ("Send them my warmest regards. Oh mom, I am kinda busy right now; one of our emergency lights got damaged so I am repairing it as we speak.") "Okay, I'll leave you to your work." My mom said with a friendly tone "You sound like your father." "Alright mom, like father like son." I said "Tell dad and the rest of the family I said hello,okay?" "I will, don't worry." My mom said "you take care of yourself okay?" "Don't worry mom. I will." I smiled "You too, okay?" "I will. Love you Nate." "Love you too mom." I smiled as I hung up the phone. "Wow, what language was that?" Twilight asked "I've never heard that language before." "That was Bahasa Indonesia, Twilight." I explained "It's the native language of Indonesia, the largest archipelago in South East Asia; the country where I was born." "Can you tell us more about your birthplace?" Luna asked. Strangely, she seemed to be eyeing me all the time. Her eyes were not filled with hatred, but...great curiosity. "Girls, lets just move to the reading room. I have a large world map for all of us to see." I said as I pointed towards my reading room. "How large?" Twilight asked. "Large enough." I smirked as we walked inside the reading room. As we got into the reading room, I pulled down my roll-up world map. Twilight seemed to observe the map into the very last detail, before giving a nod of approval. "Yep, the map of the planet is the same like Canterlot High's." She said. "So before we go any further, I want you girls to know where we are." I said while picking up a laser pointer and made a circle mark with its red beam at North America; specifically the USA, before moving the beam to San Francisco. After making sure they understand my explanations, I taught them a lot of history, how the country works, etc. The Princesses were very attentive and asked a lot of interesting questions, such as why people are killing each other endlessly; even though I told them the reasons like a million times already. But what the hell, in their world; a war could come to an end before it even started by simply apologizing. So, I just went with the flow. After that, I told them all I knew about my birthplace; starting from giving them the general picture of Indonesia, my life back in Indonesia, and the most recent updates from my birthplace as my dad and I kept on watching the development of the country even after we left for America. "And that, Your Majesties; concludes my presentation about pretty much everything I know." I said as I returned my books to their respective shelves. To my amazement I just realized I used eight books to aid me in my lecture.Twilight was finishing her notes with the writing kit I gave her. She noted my explanations in thirty sheets of white paper. "Please tell us more!" The Monarchs declared. "Jeez, after two hours of lecture you girls are still curious like cats." I said with a playful smile; much to their amusement "I think that's enough lecture for tonight." Then me and the Princesses exited the room. "So, when are we going to meet your friends?" Cadance asked as I took them to my backyard to get some fresh air. "I don't know about that..." I told her "but sooner or later they will have to know about you girls." I told her. However before any of us could react, someone knocked on my front door. "Nate? You in here?" Jenny's voice echoed from the other side. "Hide!" I told them. "But--" "NOW!" With that, the Princesses turned invisible once more. Seeing all things set, I headed to the front door. "There you are!" Jenny said "What took you so long?" At that time she was wearing a long-sleeved grey T-shirt and light blue jeans. Complete with her watch and running shoes; her casual style if you ask me. "Toilet." I quickly answered "What are you doing here? What's up?" "To check on you." she said "It's blackout and remembering your condition earlier today I don't want you to tumble down the stairs because no one can fetch you a glass of water." "That's very kind of you, but thank you; I am fine." I replied "By the way, where's Mike?" I asked, trying to change the topic of the conversation. "He is asleep." Jenny snorted "I can't get to his cell. Why are you sweating?" "W-what?" I nervously asked "My shit was hard so it took more force to shit it out." I laughed nervously. Shit, that was sloppy. Of course she knew I was lying. My drowsiness from the previous two-hour lecture didn't do me any better. "What's going on Nate? why are you acting so weird?" Jenny asked while walking pass me and into the house. Everything happened in an almost slow motion rate as Twilight de-cloaked in front of Jenny with a wide smile. "Hey there! My name is Twilight Sparkle! The Princess of Friendship. You must be Jen--" she was cut off when Jenny collapsed on the floor with a dull thud. "Yep, good job Twilight here's a medal for you." I said sarcastically as I carried an unconscious Jenny in my arms before setting her down on my couch. "I was just trying to be nice!" Twilight retorted as the rest of the Princesses de-cloaked next to me. "Give us some space." Celestia said and the Princesses backed away and came to my side. "She is still breathing, that's a good thing." I said as I elevated her legs, loosened her belt, unbuttoned her tight jeans, and gently tilted her head, lifting the chin (Not molesting her, standard procedure!). Celestia's horn glowed with her signature golden aura and she placed her glowing horn on Jenny's forehead. Moments later the light disappeared and she pulled away "Now, she is sleeping." "Alright, thanks Celestia." I said while patting her shoulder. "You are welcome." she smiled. "So, what do we do now?" Cadance asked as she observed Jenny carefully "Is she going to be okay?" "Now...we wait. Jenny's a tough lady, she will be okay." I said as I sat down on my other couch "You girls should go to bed, I will stay here with her if she wakes up." "If you don't mind, we'd like to stay here with you." Luna said. "I owe her an apology and all of us owe her an explanation." Twilight said. "If you girls say so, then go ahead." I smiled. After fetching some blankets, and covered Jenny with one; Luna sat beside me while Cadance, Celestia, and Twilight sat on the other couch. The cool temperature of the room made it very easy for us to fall asleep, and true; moments later the Princesses fell asleep. As I listened intently to the sound of their breaths, I realized all of them have very cute snores and soft breathing patterns. I smiled softly at the sight. I stood up and covered the other three Princesses with a large quilt before going back to my spot and unfolded a quilt over myself and Luna. As I gazed at the mare sleeping next to me, I realized this was my first time of sleeping with a lady; a princess for that matter. But as long as no intimate physical contacts were made, things should be fine right? I stared at the ceiling, folding my arms in front of my chest, and let a combination of exhaustion and the room's cool temperature to whisk me away to my dreamland. As my eyes closed, I felt something soft and warm wrapping around my body; similar to a hug. I let the sensation continue as sleep was taking over my body and frankly because I enjoyed it. All that remained was a wonderful sensation of peace and tranquility of the night.