From the isles of Avalon

by The Drifting Bard


Chapter 16: Mangetsu

On my way
Looking for a moment with my dear


The sun was slowly setting in the horizon, the moon was soon to rise and take it's place among the stars. "I'll probably never get used to that" I mused to myself, remembering the conversation about my world. Losing my self to my thoughts for a moment, I looked up. Turns out, I was already standing outside the library.
I knocked on the door with a jaunty little beat, I opened the door. As I took a few steps in, I looked around.
The sound of a stir fry hit my ears, the smell of the ingredients perfectly perforated my nose.
Closing the door very quietly behind me, I snuck around, placing the cake box on the table. Sneaking up behind her, I snaked an arm around the chef's waist. She squeaked in surprise, then swiftly turned around. "Don't mess with me, I have a..."
She looked at me for a moment, noticing the lack of tie around my neck. "You look better without the tie" she said with a small blush. I simply scratched the back of my head nervously. "Glad someone agrees" I chuckled.
It was when she took off her apron that my jaw dropped to the floor. She was wearing a slinky black dress, which perfectly accentuated her natural curves. I watched as her hand glowed, and felt my jaw being lifted up. "You'll catch flies"

I grabbed the box on the table and put it in the fridge, then i set the table. Finding candles in a nearby draw, I placed them on the table, lit them and turned off the lights. "hey," Twilight said behind me, "you stole my idea" she gave a small giggle.
As I turned to look at her, I could see she was smiling. She had a twinkle in her eye I hadn't noticed before.
I simply gave a cheesy grin as the timer on the cooker went off. "I better go see to that" I simply watched her walking to the kitchen, hypnotized by her swaying hips. Hearing the clinking of plates being placed on the kitchen top, I simply chuckled.
"Need a hand?" I walked in to the kitchen and took the two plates of vegetable stir fry and placed them on the table.
Pulling out a chair, I simply waited. I heard the fridge open, she was levitating two glasses and 2 bottles of wine. "Pulling out all the stops, I see" the wine and glasses landed peacefully on the table.
"well.. I do want tonight to be special" she smiled sheepishly.
"heh, you certainly made it special" I looked over as the candlelight illuminated her face. "also.... Your seat Mademoiselle"
She blushed, noticing I had pulled a chair out for her. I looked over her and simply smiled. As she sat down, I took my shoe off. "What are you doing?" she asked, as I placed the bottom of the bottle in the shoe. I began to gently knock the shoe against the wall, using the kinetic energy to push the cork out.
she started to giggle. "And thats how you open wine without a bottle opener" I grinned triumphantly.

I poured out the wine in each glass, and then sat opposite her. "so... how did you get rid of spike?"
"He's helping Rarity out with something tonight" She said with a small giggle.
I took a mouthful of the stir fry, taking in the flavors. "wow..." I looked up and smiled.
"What? too much soy sauce?" she asked.
"nope, its delicious, Kinda reminds me of home a little bit"
"oh... I'm sorry" she looked down at her meal.
"hey... I've alredy accepted I probably can't go back.. and why should I? I have you" yeah... Real smooth Alan
she took a glance up to see me smiling at her.


Dinner went with out a hitch, and before long we were both well on our way to becoming a little bit drunk.
she had told me about how Pinkie Pie once started a Cupcake eating competition only to be beaten by some champion eater. "ahah, and to make matters worse she offered him a slice of pie" Twilight began to giggle uncontrollably.
"well, get this," I spoke between bouts of laughter. "Rainbow Dash was chasing me around town earlier, wanting to ask me out," Twilight looked over at me with a slight scowl. "but was then told by Rarity I was dating someone else" I continued, Twilight giggled slightly. "and Rainbow asked who's the lucky man?" needless to say, Twilight joined me in rapturous laughter.

We were sat on her sofa, in front of a fire. she sczootched over towards me with a half drunken smile, and simply snuggled up to me. I lazily placed an arm around her, resting my hand on her waist. "I could get used to this," I said quietly.
She saw the smile I had as she looked up at me. "umm... Alan?"
"yeah Sweetheart?" she turned around, and gazed into my eyes for a moment. She began to lean towards me.
I leaned down to meet her halfway. Our lips met each other again, like old friends. I held her in my arms for what seemed like an aeon. as we broke apart, she gave me a very coy smile. "do... do you want to move this up to the bedroom?"

"buh gah fa" My train of thought crashed once again as she took me by the hand and dragged me off.
"I'll take that as a yes" She said with a giggle. she began to undo my shirt buttons, but was soon caught of guard by a passion filled kiss. I reached for the zip at the back of her dress, letting it fall to the floor quietly. she pushed me down on the bed. I looked up at her, standing confident in nothing but her bra and panties, but its when I stood up and brought her close to me. "heh, knew you were wearing those clothes to make them look better" I said as I began kissing her neck.

it was going to be one hell of a night.