Ponyville, friendliest place in Equestria. It is home to many ponies including the Elements of Harmony, and Princess twilight Sparkle.
It was home to Sweet Apple Acres, home town to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and was even a cultural hotspot for visitors.
One thing it wasn’t was home of Twilight Sparkle’s parents. Thus like an annual migration Twilight and her number one assistant, and closest friend, Spike make a distant travel by train to Canterlot to celebrate Mother’s Day in Canterlot. This time was going to be different. This year she would be spending the entire day not with her whole family but just her mother and herself.
It was going to truly be a mother daughter bonding experience.
Twilight sat alone on the train heading for Canterlot ready to tackle the day. For she had the one sure way, in her mind, to make this the best day possible. A check list!
Yes indeed Twilight loved her check lists to the point of absurdity. She scanned over the list making sure everything was in order and planned out to the very seconds she’d be spending with her mother. Her eyes ran over each line and word like lightning as she mumbled to herself chewing on the end of a pen.
“Nine we go the the… then at ten we… mmhmm… Later we’ll have lunch and then…. Mmhmm…”
Yes, Twilight had it all planned out, but fate would have something else in mind for her this day.
As the train pulled up to the station at Canterlot Twilight noticed her mother was there waiting for her. The older mare had a wide grin plastered on her face, positively beaming with joy as the train passed her. Twilight gasped seeing her mother on the train dock and scanned over her delicately planned schedule and groaned loudly.
“Ugh… why does mom always do this?” The poor mare complained. “Every year she does the samething and I always forget!”
Rolling up her scroll Twilight exited the train cart to find her mother near the opposite end of the car waiting for her. Velvet waved to her daughter and ran over embracing her daughter in a bear hug.
“OH, my little Twilight how have you been?”
Twilight sighed hugging her mother back, feeling embarrassed by the attention she was getting from ponies watching them.
“Mom, come on not in public.” She whispered.
Velvet laughed heartily at her daughter's expense. “Now is that anyway to talk to you loving mother?”
Twilight sighed hugging her mother back and rubbing her back tenderly. “Oh, mom.”
The two mares separated after holding a moment longer. Once apart the two mares left the station to head into town. Twilight stood by her mother's side as they walked onward.
Twilight turned her head to face her mother. “So, mom how’s life been?”
Velvet giggled at her daughter. “Oh, you know the usual. Teaching students at Canterlot University. Getting love letters from a few young bucks, the usual.”
Twilight gave her mother a sly grin, “Geez mom, laying it on thick with the students? You cheating on dad?”
“Oh, good heavens no. Twilight you are so bad.” Velvet laughed nudging her daughter.
Twilight pulled out her scroll and opened it thus earning a loud groan from her mother, which went unnoticed as they approached Velvet’s home.
The two entered and twilight wiped her hooves while her mother went to the kitchen but Twilight cut her off.
“No, mom. This is your special day and I won’t have you doing anything except sitting and letting me pamper you today.” Twilight said in a mock scolding manner.
Velvet waved her hooves in defeat and sat back down on her couch while Twilight retreated to the kitchen. A few minutes later the smell of something burning and the smoke alarm going off, followed by the scared shrieking of Twilight, made Velvet roll her eyes and get up from her comfy spot on the couch.
The mare went into the kitchen and saw nothing but chaos ensue. The stove was on fire, pancakes with tiny wings were flying around, the hay bacon was trying to eat the pancakes while Twilight was frantically trying to put the fire out with the extinguisher wearing a frilly pink apron. The poor young mare sprayed the stove which only seemed to somehow make the flames bigger.
Twilight screamed as the hay bacon suddenly turned on her and started munching on her entire body. Velvet giggled watching her daughter roll on the floor trying to get the devilish bacon strips off of her.
Velvet couldn’t contain her laughter anymore. She gripped her side and laughed loudly as twilight tugged at one particualr bacon stripe eatting her mane. Velvet walked over to her disgruntled daughter and used her magic to pull the live hay bacon strip off and ate it.
She then glanced down at Twilight who was panting heavily with the rest of the hay bacon gnawing at her. “Guess you still haven’t read those cook books I sent you?”
Twilight whimpered. “Cooking, is the devil's art, mother.”
Velvet sighed shaking her head. “That’s why I always worry about you Twilight. Cooking was never your forte.”
Twilight whimpered again. “Sorry mom.”
“It's fine dear,” Velvet said lifting Twilight up and brushing the demon bacon off her. “Now, how about you let me help you this time?”
“But it’s your special day mom! You shouldn’t have to-”
Velvet held a hoof up to her daughter’s lips silencing her. She gave a warm smile and pulled Twilight into a hug rubbing her violet mane. “Twilight, you know I love spending time with you. That, is the greatest gift I could ask for.”
At that moment Twilight felt a surge of happiness run through her as she nuzzled her mother. “Thanks mom. I’m sorry about the kitchen.”
“Don’t worry sweetie,” Velvet said shaking her daughter gently. “You just made my day better with the laughter I needed after a long stressful week.”
Velvet chuckled patting her daughters mane. The older mare looked around at the chaos that was once her clean and orderly kitchen seeing the pancakes flying around with their little bird wings. She caught one with her magic and it gently settled down on her shoulder. It reminded her of the tiny finches perched on a branch in the park she use to see walking home.
She then rubbed the pancake and looked down at twilight reassuringly, “Twilight, how about we clean up and we make breakfast together? Won’t that be fun?”
But Twilight didn't like the sound of that. She wanted to make her mother not have to work at all today. It was Mother's Day after all.
“Are you sure mom? You don’t have too.”
Velvet narrowed her eyes at Twilight, making the poor disgruntled mare feel small.
“Now Twilight, what did I just say?” Velvet asked. “As long as we spend the day together it doesn’t matter.”
Twilight looked down at the hay bacon that had come back to try and devour her again. This time nipping at her mother’s ankles. She sighed stomping the bacon strips.
“Let’s get this mess cleaned up then, mom.”
Velvet perked up at her daughter's enthusiasm. “Now that’s what I like to hear!”
Thus the two mares set out to prepare a traditional breakfast, one where they didn’t have to fear being eaten by the very food they desired. Twilight learned that cooking with magic isn’t always a good idea and even learned how to make toast. Velvet kept the one pancake bird as a pet and fed it chocolate chips.
And so it was the Sparkle’s had a hearty breakfast and after vanquishing the hay bacon army set forth to spend the rest of their day together.
Trixie
On a lonely road outside of civilization a lone mare of azure blue walked alone on the dirt road. She was small and dirty. Her snow white mane covered in dirt and grime