The Operatic Angel

by misskoifishpony

Chapitre Douze

Chapitre Douze

"Oh Butterscotch, we shouldn't be doing this."

Eris sighed out lovingly with a smile across her blushing face. Her eyes are closed, and her face turned away from Butterscotch. She sat upon her round, red velvet bed with her lion paw resting on her forehead. Her white mane was once again fluffy and luscious like a cloud and draped over her cape less body. She had no dress on either. She looked like a vulnerable, precious gothic damsel...waiting for her lover to take her.

Eris then added "It just wouldn't be proper."

Butterscotch, just a foot away from the bed, replied in a unusually deep seductive tone "I don't care if it's proper."

Butterscotch fluttered slowly to Eris and her bed. He crawled on her bed like a small cat stalking it's prey. Then, he grabs her by the shoulders and dips her head with his hooves. Eris opens her eyes gently and saw Butterscotch...with a smoldering sexy smile on his face. His beautiful light gem eyes glistened in the candlelit.

Butterscotch whispered into Eris's ear "What I care about is you. I want you Eris."

Butterscotch's whisper intoxicated Eris. She felt like she could melt in his arms. Eris sighed in reply "Oh Butterscotch, I'm just putty in those strong hooves of yours."

Butterscotch uttered in a dramatic yet mournful tone "But...my hooves can't hold you all at once. What kind of stallion am I if l can't do that for the one he loves? You deserve some pony who can do that...some pony better than me."

Butterscotch closed his eyes and turned his head away from Eris, but while still holding her in his hooves. Eris used her eagle claw to bring his face back to her. When Butterscotch opened his eyes, he saw Eris staring at him with sweet love and passion in her eyes.

Eris cooed at her little Pegasus "I don't need somepony to hold me tonight...I only need you to hold me. Only your touch can make my heart soar..."

Eris whispered into Butterscotch's ear while smirking "Besides, I rather be the one to hold all of you tonight my dearest. In other words,..."

Eris quickly grab a Butterscotch by his shoulders and flips him over on his back. Then, she wraps his hind legs and waist with her tail. She towers over her lover on her bed. Eris, still wearing that adorable smirk on her face, proclaimed in a seductive tone "I'm on top."

Butterscotch chuckled softly "As you wish."

Eris lowers her head towards Butterscotch's face. Both of them closing their eyes...and allowed their lips to meet in a passionate and warm embrace.

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"Good Morning Mistress!"

Dopey exclaimed happily beside the sleeping draconequus.

Eris's legs and tail were spread out all over her round, soft, red bed. All her blankets and sheets were kicked out and on the ground. Her mask was slightly crocked on her face. Dopey knows that his mistress never takes her mask off, even when she's sleeping. Dopey has never seen her without it. It's been this way ever since he was little, but Dopey wasn't the type of pony to get bothered by things like this. He just accepts ponies for who they are. Her head and arms were snuggled closely into her cushiony pillows. While her eyes were still closed, Eris was peacefully kissing...and drooling...into her pillow. Her mind still enraptured by her dreams of Butterscotch.

Dopey exclaimed again with glee while lightly poking Eris "Mistress! Wake Up!"

Eris groans before groggily waking up. She props herself on her elbows and turns her half awake eyes towards Dopey. He had a silly, too joyful face for the morning. At least in Eris's mind anyway.

Eris whispers "Ugh, what time is it?"

Dopey replies with glee "It's a quarter till six."

Eris then pondered to herself Good, I have time to get ready before he gets. I'll need all the time I can get.

Eris then tells Dopey "Good, you're dismissed."

Dopey bows at his authority figure and answers "Yes Mistress." Then he quietly leaves Eris's room in order to attend to his morning chores.

Eris yawned and stretched out of her bed like a cat waking up from a nap. She slowly crawled out of her bed on all fours. She rose up, one long vertebrate, into a standing position. She sluggishly went to her golden vanity not too far from her room.

The first thing she did was magically summon a boiling highly caffeinated tea for herself. Her tea was in a china mug that looked like a wooden beer mug. She rapidly chugged down her tea and poofed away the mug. Then, she gently adjusted her mask so that it was straight on her face once more. She pulls her hair out of her mask's strings before tighten the strings.

She surveyed all the objects on her vanity and noticed a small brown pouch near the mirror. Eris evilly smirked at it. It was the fake payment that her dear mangers gave her three weeks ago. Zircoro tried to convince her that they were real coins, but she knew better. She didn't live to be a thousand years ago as a fool. Their fake craftsmanship was poor and the coins had hardly any weight to them. She was angry at first about this insulting payment, however, she decided to release her anger through revenge. Very clear yet wonderful revenge. Not only would she benefit from it, but Butterscotch and the rest of her opera would benefit too. It was a win-win situation.

Eris snapped her talon and her magical talking hairbrush appeared once more. The hairbrush bowed and sweetly squeaked "Good morning Mistress."

Eris groggily answer "Morning."

Her hairbrush then asked "Will it be...?"

Eris groaned "Yes yes, the one from before. Less chit-chat, more brushy."

Her hairbrush smile and bowed again "As you wish milady."

Then, Eris's hairbrush floated to the middle of the draconequus's long mane and began the process of making her mistress's hair fluffy...luscious...shiny...and new. Eris has been wearing her hair like this ever since her first "date" with Butterscotch three weeks ago.

Butterscotch always blush and stares at her mane when she styles it this way. For some strange reason, Eris always found deep satisfaction in catching Butterscotch's eye. Was it because of...her building feelings for him?

It would explain why she would always try to be intimate and close to Butterscotch during their lessons...why she thinks their lessons together are the best part of her day...why she can wake up early in the morning for him...and why she keeps having these dreams about Butterscotch every night. Each dream becoming more passionate and personal than the next. The first dream started off with Eris receiving her first kiss from him in a innocent and shy manner. And now, her dreams are leading her into sexual fantasies in bed!

Eris then thought to herself Could it be? Could it be that...I am in...? No! It can't be! I can't be in love! If I fall in love with him, and tell of him of my feelings, he'll...

Eris looked deeply into her reflection in the mirror...with fear and sadness in her eyes. She finished her thoughts with reject me...

She closed her eyes and sighed quietly to herself. And her hairbrush continued to smooth out her hair with tenderness and care.

Eris knew that she can't let that happen. Even if she had to face an eternity of bottling up these feelings, having their relationship the way it is will always make her happy. Just to have him in her life...to have him as her Tenor in her opera...will always keep her heart full.

She let out a small smile and opened her eyes back to her reflection in the vanity. Her hairbrush finished it's job and floated back to the front of her mistress. Eris sweetly thanks her creation and poofs her away. She grabs her black cape and puts it on. She heads towards her Bebe...her sweet organ. Her Bebe was almost as sweet as...Butterscotch.

"Um hello Eris, good morning."

Eris turned around, knowing exactly where that soft whisper came from. She smiled sweetly and whispered "Good morning my dear."

Butterscotch turned into a light shade of pink. He still wasn't used to Eris calling him "dear" or "dearest". What especially catches him off guard is when she calls him "darling". Just the thought of it made his whole face heat up. But luckily, she didn't call him "darling" often.

Eris then remarked "Is my little protege ready to start?"

Butterscotch answered happily "Indeed, I am."

Eris clapped her hands together and exclaimed "Excellent! But first, let's warm up with some scales...shall we?"

Eris turned around and faced her grand organ. She flipped her cape out before she sat down. Butterscotch climb on to the organ stool and sat next to her...with an excited but shy smile on his face.

But before Butterscotch could place his hooves on the keys and play, Eris's tail wrapped itself around Butterscotch's waist. Her tail lifted him off the stool and placed him softly on her lap.

Butterscotch's flustered face expressed his sudden shock and his beating heart. He looked up at Eris...and she was smiling sweetly at him. He could have sworn that he saw a twinkle in her eye. But how could that be?

Then, she leaned forward and placed her chin over Butterscotch's shoulder. She gracefully placed her claws on the organ keys...ready to play.

Butterscotch nervously asked "Um Eris? W-What are you doing?"

Eris whispered into his ear "I thought we could play the scales together this morning. Just go through what I taught you and I'll take the sides."

Butterscotch gulped before placing his hooves on the keys. He could feel her smooth mask against so nicely against the side of his face. He could feel her fuzzy warm fur all over his back...his shoulders...and his forelegs. He felt like he was sitting on a smooth yet fluffy pillow when sitting on her lap. Her full yet soft chest was pressed entirely against his shoulder blades. He could feel her heavy yet cashmere-like hair drape over his shoulders. He couldn't help but smell her mane...it smelt like marzipan and roses...a strange yet wonderful combination. How could he possibly focus on the scales when his sense were being overwhelmed in all directions?!

Butterscotch tried his best to ignore all this by closing his eyes and imagining the notes in his mind. Eris followed in his lead. Soon the lair was filled with beautiful simultaneous harmonies. The couple at the organ were completely lost their music. Sure it was simple notes, but playing side by side in different directions...added with the energy flowing from the creatures playing on the keys...made the song sound like a symphony.

Butterscotch was drawn out his musical state with Eris humming beautiful to the tune. The yellow Pegasus opened his eyes and turned his eyes towards Eris. But he never stopped playing. Eris's eyes were still closed while she was playing and humming the melody. She didn't notice Butterscotch staring at her.

She looks so...sweet...when she sings. Butterscotch thought to himself.

Another perk about these lessons was having the opportunity to hear Eris singing. As beautiful as her voice is singing dramatic yet fiery songs, Butterscotch loved it when she sang softer songs. Songs like the one he heard when they first met. Truly, there's great magic in the softer tone of her singing voice. She sounds like the Angel of Music in his dreams.

Butterscotch pondered on what would his own mother would sound like. Would she have a voice like Eris's? Or something different? Would his mother approve of what he doing now? Would she approve of Eris?

Butterscotch turned his attention to the glimmering gold shining off Eris's mask. In his mind, her mask is a thing of great craftsmanship and beauty. However, this beauty was tinted by the mystery and tragedy of her past. It was the barrier that separated them...the wall that kept them apart.

He slowly and carefully reached to touch the side of her mask. His touch made Eris quickly open her eyes and blush slightly. She stopped playing. Eris removed her chin off his shoulder and faced her head in Butterscotch's direct gaze. Eris was surprised by Butterscotch's willingness to touch her.

Butterscotch rapidly apologized "I-I'm sorry, forgive me. I just..."

Eris replied meekly "It-It's alright. You may continue." Then she brought his hoof back to the side of her mask.

Butterscotch couldn't believe it. She wanted him to unmask her...right before his eyes...she trusted him. This is it. He replied with utter disbelief in his voice "Ar-Are you sure?"

Eris smiled meekly, feeling butterflies flutter in her stomach, "Yes."

She couldn't believe how excited she was. Butterscotch wanted to caress her face...just like in her dreams. She always thought her mask would drive him away,but...it didn't. He wanted to touch her mask.

And his touch was what she anticipated and more. Having Butterscotch lightly tracing the sides of her mask sent shivers down her spine. She melted into his touch, and closed her eyes to enjoy the sensation. Her heart started to beat faster when he placed his other front hoof on the other side of her mask. Her face was in his hooves. She was sighing and grinning like a puppy dog being petted. But she didn't care. This moment was about Butterscotch...and how close he was to her.

Butterscotch gently slides his front hooves into Eris's white mane. This made Eris's mind into a whirlwind of thoughts and feelings she had never experienced before. These thoughts and feelings were happy and joyously. Eris couldn't remember a time where she was this happy.

Butterscotch carefully moves his hooves around in her hair in order to find the mask's strings. He quickly finds it and...slowly un-ties the knot. Eris doesn't pay attention to this, for she was already in a blissful world of her own. And Butterscotch was in this world with her.

Once the knot was no more, the mask strings fell to the sides of her face. Butterscotch places his hooves on the sides of her face once more, feeling incredibly nervous. He could feel the sweat already building. He carefully holds and removes the mask like he was handling a baby bunny in his grip.

Time passed way too slowly during this process...

Butterscotch slowly brought her mask towards his chest...and takes a moment to see the scars of her past. Eris instantly felt a breeze blowing across her now naked face. Her eyes opened and widened to their fullest capacity.

"HOW DARE YOU!"

Eris slapped Butterscotch across his face, and this slap made Butterscotch fall hard off the stool. Eris's mask flew out of Butterscotch's hooves and far to the other side of the room. Eris rose furiously from the stool and towered over Butterscotch...with great darkness and fury in her eyes.

Eris shouted "HOW COULD YOU!"

Butterscotch uttered while holding his sore cheek...and his tears, "B-But Eris,I-I don't understand."

Eris screams out while blocking the left side of her face with her lion paw...tears streaming down her face "You're right! You don't understand!"

Butterscotch replied in a more hurt tone, "But I thought you were giving me permission to...see your face."

Eris screams once more, "Well I wasn't! So there! That's what you get for assuming!"

Then, she turns her back towards Butterscotch. The small pegasus pleads "I'm so sorry Eris. Please, I didn't mean to hurt you. I just wanted to..."

Eris exclaims "You just what?! Wanted to solve the big mystery?! Wanted to reveal that the Phantom is a big old monster after all?!"

Butterscotch chokes out with tears streaming down his face, "I just wanted to be closer to you."

Eris perked up when Butterscotch soft voice spoke those words. He meant it. He truly meant it. Eris never thought he would say something like that to her...but he did. All that she can choke out was "What?"

She slowly turned herself around and witnessed Butterscotch carefully getting on his hooves. He wiped away his tears before lifting his face to return Eris's gaze.

Her heart ache when she saw her dearest's face red with her slap and his cheeks stained with tears. Butterscotch then explained "Baba told me everything. He told me how you and he came from the same...traveling show."

Eris retorted "You mean freak show."

Butterscotch's eyes widen and felt speechless when Eris said that. He was about to say more, but Eris interrupted him with "It's alright, it's a fact of life that I have accepted long ago."

Butterscotch continued his explanation "But still, that show...that horrible show...and it's ring master...were the true freaks. Not you. Not you and my Baba. He told how you were there for too long and how you saved him and..."

Eris interrupted Butterscotch once more...only in a spiteful tone, "Did he also tell you how we were truly escaped the ring master? Did he tell you that I turned the ring master into stone?"

Butterscotch whispered "Yes...but you only did it was because...he abused you." He felt his tears returning, but he had to stay strong...for Eris and what she had been through, "He abused you Eris. He hurt you. He did unspeakable things to you!"

Eris was silent. She removed her face away from his gaze.

Butterscotch continued but in a more determined yet loving tone, "Eris...they're just scars...nothing more."

Eris mumbles angrily while holding back her own tears, "You wouldn't say that if you actually saw my face."

Butterscotch whispered gently "You and I will never know if you don't let me in."

Eris returned her attention back on Butterscotch...she almost lost her breath in that moment. Tranquility and sweetness filled the atmosphere around them.

Eris kneeled onto the cold stone ground, while Butterscotch immediately went up to her. While Eris was still covering the left side of her face, Butterscotch tenderly cupped her head in his hooves.

They stared into each others eyes...trying to figure out what the other is thinking...trying to find the right words to say...trying to understand the feelings coursing through them.

Butterscotch comforted Eris with "Eris, it's okay. You can trust me. I'll only see you...I promise."

Eris couldn't bottle it in any longer. Before she knew it, she was crying. She was sobbing right in front of Butterscotch. She didn't know any other way to express the pain of her scars and the fears about what will happen. It's been so long...since she has felt this vulnerable and weak.

Butterscotch placed one of his hooves over her lion paw and soothed her crying with "Shhh. Shhh. It's okay Eris, I'm here. No pony else, just me."

Eris opened her tear filled eyes and saw her beloved's sweet smiling face. His smile...gave her the courage to do the unthinkable.

With Butterscotch's help, she slowly slides her paw off her face. She closed her eyes...and took a cleansing breath in.

She waited for the worst. She waited for his scream. She waited for his sounds of disgust. She waited for his hooves to harshly pull away from her grotesque scarred face. She waited for all the usual things...but none it came. Just a moment of pure silence.

Eris opened her eyes to see what was going on. She saw Butterscotch...smiling at her. That sweet bright smile that he only shows when he's really happy. She couldn't understand all of this.

Butterscotch whispers happily while pulling some of Eris's hair away from her jawline, "There you are."

Eris's jaw dropped. He wasn't afraid. He wasn't running away. He was still in her life. He's staying. He's really staying! He was taking in all the details of her horrid face and admiring every single part of it! He was happy.

Butterscotch added "Like I said Eris, it's just scars."

Left side of Eris's face did have scars...more scars than one can imagine. They were long, deep but they were also healed. They weren't red or covered in stitches. There were so many of them that there was little fur to cover them all. It was all skin. Grey skin. The grey furless skin,with the scars, revealed the skull outline of her eye socket and her jawline. Making the left side of her very sunken in and almost hollow. The scars especially brought her left eye out, making it stand out versus the right eye. However, Eris still managed to have both her eyebrows, both full and white. This brought character and personality to her face. The scars went all the way to her scalp. The scars covered only three inches of her scalp. That part of her scalp had no white hair on it. It was furless and grey skin tight. Butterscotch could see why Eris would part her mane to cover the left side of her head.

In Butterscotch's opinion, the left side of her face didn't look hideous at all. She didn't look like a monster at all. It didn't deformed the rest of her face. It didn't change how he saw her. To Butterscotch, she was still the mischievous yet kind Eris he come to know.

Eris couldn't believe her own ears. Even when witnessing her terrifying face, Butterscotch still saw her scars as just scars. She could tell that in his eyes that he was seeing all of her face. He could still see her through it all. She thought that one of her impossible wishes had just came true. She had found not only somepony who has accepted her, but also...somepony to love...for the rest of her eternity.

Eris couldn't deny it to herself anymore! She was in love in Butterscotch Daae! Her heart felt so full, new, and light! She felt like she can fly with Butterscotch without wings or magic. Her dark and lonely days were over, now there is a bright future with Butterscotch ahead.

Eris felt a rush of joyful tears break through her eyes as a warm smile sprouted upon her face like a young flower. Butterscotch asked with concern in his voice, "Oh dear. Eris, did my words upset you?"

Eris whispered in her wonderment "No my darling, your words did the exact opposite. Your words...gave me heavenly joy and bliss."

Before Butterscotch could register in Eris's words, the draconequus pressed her lips aggressively against his. The small pegasus muffled through the passionate kiss to show his astonishment and shock. His whole body stiffened like a straight board. His wide surprised eyes were on Eris's closed eyes and her lips. The Phantom placed both her paw and talon on the sides of his face so that Butterscotch couldn't escape. For an added measure,her tail wrapped itself tight around his waist and back. This brought Butterscotch close against Eris's curvy, glass hour shaped, serpent body.

Butterscotch kept screaming in his head over and over again WHAT'S GOING ON?!

Butterscotch's body became over-sensitized by the feeling of Eris's body and tail against his. Kissing her lips felt like kissing the soft flame of a firework. Even her large fang sticking out of her mouth was soft against the side of his mouth. Were first kisses always this way?! Or...was this experiencing Eris's kisses?! Or both?!

Butterscotch began to realize Does this mean that...she loves me?

That question put Butterscotch's mind in a massive chaotic whirlwind of a headache.

Meanwhile, Eris was lost and consumed by the soft embrace of Butterscotch's lips against hers. His lips were beyond what she could ever imagine them be. She wanted more. She wanted the full experience of kissing his mouth. She wanted to fully express her undying love for him.

Eris then slightly parted her mouth and used her tongue to open Butterscotch's mouth. And it worked quite easily. This petrified Butterscotch even more and his body felt as stiff as a stone.

Butterscotch wondered if he was actually doing this right. Wait...why am I even thinking that?! He exclaimed to himself.

Eris wasted no time. She immediately explore the inside of his mouth with her tongue. She covered every inch and corner of it,...and he tasted like caramel with just a hint of butterscotch. It was glorious. Sure the taste made her giggle in her mind, just because of the irony of it all. But tasting his mouth just aroused her even more. She moaned in her pleasure.

Her tongue even twisted and interacted with his tongue. And Butterscotch...let it happened! And in return, his tongue shyly explored the inside of...her mouth. She tasted like...honey. Sweet honey. He wasn't expecting that kind of taste from her. Then again, he never knew that each mouth had a taste of their own. His eyes almost fluttered half close when he tasted the sweet nectar of her kiss. Completely unaware to him, Butterscotch was slowly relaxing into the kiss.

Eris instantly felt this relaxed ease in Butterscotch's kiss, and took it as a sign to begin the next step. Eris slide her hands away from Butterscotch's face and placed them on his waist. She quickly released her tail and stood up,thus carrying Butterscotch in her arms. She continued her passionate yet fiery kiss with him while walking. She continued to moan in her blissful kiss.

Butterscotch's eyes widen once more when he noticed that he was moving. Or should he say when they started moving. She was taking him away from the organ.

Butterscotch panicked in his mind What's going on?! Where are we going?!

He muffled in their kiss "Mris! Mris!"

Eris's eyes were closed, but somehow her body knew where they needed to go. Butterscotch tried to look behind him just to see where they were heading. But the draconequus didn't let him. She held his body so tight that Butterscotch had no choice to but face their kiss head on.

Meanwhile, Eris relish in the feeling of his soft mane in between her fingers and the softness of holding his body in her and and claw. Everything is playing out her deepest fantasies and more. This moment was just taking her breath away.

The couple were soon approaching the destination that Eris had in mind...her bed. Butterscotch turned his head slightly and saw in the corner of his eye Eris's bedroom curtains.

Butterscotch uttered in his mind Oh no...

Butterscotch tried to reason with Eris during their kiss "Mris! Mrait!"

But Eris didn't hear his cries over the sounds of her own groans and moans in the kiss. The Phantom used her tail to remove her cape off her shoulders and neck. She pushed the curtains out of the way...and passionately dipped Butterscotch into the bed.

Butterscotch couldn't let this play out any further. He used all his might to push Eris away from his lips. But her desire to embrace him and caress his lips made her incredibly strong. But he kept trying.

After his third push, he was able to separate his lips from the kiss and exclaimed "WAIT!"

Both the shy pegasus and the draconequus were panting. They were out of breath, flustered, red-faced, and their manes unraveled by the fiery make out session. Butterscotch's hooves were pressed against Eris's chest, while she was towering over him with her palms on the spaces next to Butterscotch's head on the bed.

Eris panted out in a worried tone "What's wrong darling?"

Butterscotch quickly responded with "This is going too fast!"

Eris moved herself little bit away from Butterscotch and asked "What do you mean?"

Butterscotch innocently answered with a deeper blush glowing on his cheeks, "I'm not ready."

Eris whispered "Not ready for what?"

Butterscotch turned his head towards the pillows to the top of Eris's bed. Once she saw what Butterscotch was looking at, she knew what he implied.

She smiled sweetly at him and said "But it's okay sweetie. You see, I'm a virgin too. So..."

Eris took one of Butterscotch's hooves off her chest and placed it on the top of her rib cage on the side. She continued with a innocent blush on her face "It's my first time too."

Butterscotch felt his body heat up and tingle when Eris placed his hoof on the side of her. She was a virgin...just like him. But she didn't seem scared. Why?

Eris slowly brought her lips towards Butterscotch's lips once more, but he interrupted this with "I'm sorry Eris, but..."

He crawled out from underneath her, looked straight into her golden and ruby eyes and said "I want to take this slow. I hope that...you understand."

Butterscotch then felt Eris's tail slow wrapped itself around his waist. He looked up and saw Eris smiling softly towards him. Her eyes gleamed...as if she was staring into a beautiful sunset. Butterscotch wondered why her eyes gleamed that way...especially towards him. Mysteries never end with Eris.

She softly commented "I understand darling."

Butterscotch then squeaked when she put her arms around him. He felt the fine fuzziness of her fur against his face. Plus, she was also extremely warm. This strangely comforted Butterscotch. Eris then sighed in a peaceful tone "We can take things slow my dearest. As long as we can be together...like this...I'll always be satisfied."

Eris pulled Butterscotch away from her chest and brought her face close to his. She whispered tenderly "Don't worry, I can wait for you."

Author's Note:

Author's Note: MissKoi doesn't own MLP and POTO, for they belong to their respective owners. Sorry that I posted this story late. It took long to write this chapter, plus I was working on my Gryphon story, and I was also writing a one-shot. Please go check out "Comfort Zones" on my account:) What did you guys of this crazy yet steamy chapter? Was it soon for their relationship? Too out of the blue or unnatural? Let me know. Next chapter will be up next Monday.

Comments

[A M Shark]

Okay, here’s my thoughts on this chapter:

First things first, let’s look at the major part of any Phantom adaptation: The Unmasking
I was curious to see how you were going to handle that considering it’s an important part of any PotO adaptation. One thing I noticed that differs between this one and the original novel is the trust between the characters. After learning that the teacher she thought was an angel was actually a man who had been stalking her and lying to her, Christine tore off his mask to see the face of this voice she once believed she could trust. Interestingly enough—before she unmasked him herself—Christine does demand that he take off his mask, to which he informs her that she’ll never see his face, but gives her no reason why.

Butterscotch, on the other hand, knows at least a bit about Eris and why she wears a mask. And as far as I remember, they never really got onto the subject of whether or not touching the mask is off-limits. Though I can see why Butterscotch might think it was ok to unmask her, I sort of wonder why he would feel the need to if he already knows what’s behind the mask.

Still, that aside, I think the actual unmasking worked well, and I can’t say I’ve ever seen it played out like that quite before.

Now onto the steamier parts:
Steamy scene is steamy. Still, I’m glad they didn’t go all the way, as I prefer that sort of thing to be saved until after marriage. I find it much more romantic that way. (*chuckles* Reading a lot of Robin Jones Gunn in your impressionable teen years will do that.) And I have to say that when it comes to being in love, Eris and Butterscotch in this story are certainly a lot quicker on the uptake than Fluttershy and Discord are in mine.

[Inkquill]

Could it be? Could it be that...I am in...? No! It can't be! I can't be in love! If I fall in love with him, and tell of him of my feelings, he'll...