Firedancer
Chapter Twenty-one: Firedancer
“I’ll never forget Fluttershy’s or Rarity’s expression,” I laughed.
“Oh, shush! She wanted to know all the effects, so I told her!” Twilight answered me with a blush.
“You still want to let me try that potion?”
“Maybe some other time,” was the answer I got, accompanied by a heavy blush, “You should visit Luna today,” she quickly added.
“Just me? You mean both of us should!” I corrected her with a smile.
“I don’t want to bother you, and-,” She started, but I quickly stopped her with a kiss.
“You know, it’s mean to interrupt me all the time,” she whispered breathily after I broke for a pause.
“Want me to stop?” I asked teasingly.
“Don’t you dare,” she growled before pressing her lips back against mine.
We stayed exactly like that for a while, undisturbed, together in bliss. That was, until Twilight recognized that we were still in public and quickly broke, blushing and taking a few steps away from me.
I sighed, slightly annoyed, "Twilight, I know that you want to tell everypony once you’re ready, but this is ridiculous."
She stopped dead in her tracks and looked at me. I knew that I looked hurt and annoyed at that moment, but that was just a given. After all, my marefriend had just pulled away from me as if I were made of red-hot iron.
It took a few seconds before she looked at the ground, “I’m sorry,” she mumbled, a chastised look on her face as her ears folded back against her head.
I was satisfied that she apologized, but as soon as I saw the first tear meet the ground after flowing down her muzzle, my feelings did a one-eighty. In not even a second, I was at her side and embraced her in my wings.
As soon as she felt my touch, she broke down and outright sobbed, “I’m sorry! I’m just so afraid what everypony will say. I’m afraid what they think about us, not to mention that I’m a princess and you are my guard.”
I strengthened my grip on her, “Twilight, I understand that, but everything is fine! You know what Celestia said about relationship with guards, and she even agreed! Besides, I’m pretty sure that all of your friends would be okay with this.”
“How can you know?”
“Because I know your friends, Twilight, and I know that they care about you no matter what you do in your private life,” I replied with a comforting smile, giving her a little nuzzle to reassure her, “They’d never be upset at you for doing something that makes you happy.”
She hesitated, giving me an undefinable look, as if she was asking for my sanity, but I was serious on that one. After a moment, though, she breathed loudly and closed her eyes before leaning into my coat.
“I love you,” she whispered, her muzzle gently nuzzling along mine.
“I love you, too,” I replied, enjoying her touch dearly.
“You know we should talk about this at some point? About us, our future,” she mumbled into my coat.
“Yes, I know. Can we just enjoy the day for now?” I asked, and could feel her nod, “Besides, if we want to visit Luna today, we should get going.”
“I don’t think I want to join you on that trip. Not because of you, but of Luna,” Twilight sighed.
“Don’t tell me you are jealous,” I giggled.
“I’m not!” Twilight exclaimed defensively, shaking her head far too quickly.
“You are!” I replied with a little chuckle, giving her a lighthearted squeeze.
“I’m not,” she huffed, “And your princess says that topic is over now.”
“Not gonna work, we’re out as marefriends right now,” I reminded her.
“Ponyfeathers,” she cursed silently with a pout that caused me to grin.
Before she could shy away, I quickly wrapped her in my wings, pulling her tightly up to me, “Hey, you come with me. It will be fun, and you’ll meet some of my old team as well!” I exclaimed enthusiastically, a smile on my muzzle as I pulled her along with me.
“That does sound like fun, actually,” she said, rubbing her muzzle in thought, “But what will I get for joining you there?”
Smiling, I leaned in and whispered three words huskily into her ear, “Sweet, intense love.”
Immediately, her wings shot open and she yelped, trying to fold them back. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud and roll on the floor at her expression. Of course, my outrageous laughter didn’t serve to do anything but make everyone around us stare in surprise at my outburst. But at that moment, I didn’t really care, I was far too involved in my own laughter.
Twilight stood stock still, pouting for a few moments, but I could see the slight twitching of the corners of her muzzle as she tried to stop herself from laughing. She lasted a few more seconds before she broke into laughter and joined me, more likely laughing at my laughter than at her own situation. Our collective laughter lasted for a few more moments before she gave a good-natured sigh and reached a hoof down to help me back up.
Of course, I took her hoof and stood up when I finally collected myself, but I refused to let go of her hoof, a small grin on my muzzle as I held the limb in my own. Twilight didn’t say anything, a blush on her muzzle as she tried a few times to take her hoof back, only to be met by my grip around it. After trying twice, she surrendered her hoof to me without a word as her face turned a beautiful shade of red.
I could still swear I saw her trying not to smile.
We stood in silence for a few moments, looking at one another, Twilight trying not to smile and me trying not to make too much of a scene. With an unspoken agreement, we both started walking off towards the castle to pack whatever we needed for our small trip to Canterlot. The whole time, I refused to give her her hoof back, and she didn’t try taking it back either. It was peaceful, and nice after the small scuffle we had earlier.
We didn’t need to say anything, silence was more than enough as we walked back. I was content to be with her, and I’d like to think that she was content to be with me as well. I wasn’t about to put my wing back over her again, in case that was too much for her, but I was happy to walk back with her hoof in mine, at least for the time being. It was more than enough to vocalize our comfort to one another.
***
“Do you think we need some extra supplies? Should I pack some books or some scarfs if it is too cold?”
I faced Twilight with an amused smile as the alicorn paced around in our bedroom, collecting stuff from all drawers and places. It was typical Twilight, but also so very adorable in my book. Still, after a few minutes of this going on, I decided to put a stop to it. As much as I thought it was amusing, it was taking way too long for us to leave.
“Twilight, calm down, please. It’s just a small visit.”
She stopped, just to look at me, offended, “Just a small visit? We’re going to Canterlot, visiting Princess Luna. We can’t just go there and take it as it comes! We need to prepare! We need to make sure we’ve covered all of the possibilities! What if a sudden snow storm comes through? Or what if the train breaks down and we’re stuck with nothing to do? Or what if the princesses invite us to an impromptu ball?” with each possibility, Twilight’s voice raised in pitch ever so slightly, until she was practically at a panicking squeal with her final question, and quite out of breath.
“Twilight,” I whispered, stepping closer and nuzzling up to her, “Please, calm down,” I said calmly, giving her a reassuring nuzzle and a little smile.
She tried to squirm away for a few moments before resting into my touch, “Sorry,” she replied quietly, pressing up against me with a little sigh.
“No need for that,” I chuckled, “I guess I know your antics by now. But now we should really get ready, huh?” I asked good-naturedly with a lopsided grin.
She hummed and pressed herself into my coat, a touch we both enjoyed before she broke away, “Alright,” she replied with an assured sigh and smile, showing she was calmed down enough to pack reasonably.
“On the ride, I’ll tell you a small story if you like,” I grinned.
“Ride? I thought we would just test out my long-range teleport,” she said, quite puzzled at the prospect of not just trying to solve the problem of transportation with magic.
My smile faded away. Teleports simply weren’t made for me. Well, or I wasn’t made for teleports. Anyways, I had other reasons for a smooth chariot-ride, “Nuh-uh, we’ll take the chariot. I want to spend the time at your side,” I suggested with an eager smile, ready for the short but close journey that we’d be spending together.
She just stared at me, “But… my new teleport,” she stammered, as if it were the most logical thing in the entire world.
I gave her the best puppy stare I could muster, but I had no idea if it was enough. She looked at me, no emotions in her gaze, but soon her lip started to tremble, before she looked away, sighing, “Alright, we take the chariot, you unbelievably adorable mare.”
As she turned, I quickly pumped my hoof triumphantly into the air, then lowering it again before she would notice it. Moving to the saddlebags she was packing, her tail playfully swished over my muzzle, “You are a tease,” I pouted, but with a noticeable grin. Her only reply was a little scoff, and a tortuous grin on her muzzle as she picked up the saddlebags and loaded the last of her items into them.
“Now, what are you waiting for?” she asked me, “You promised me a story, and I need either you or a blanket at my side, and I don’t have place for both on my chariot,” she winked at me, a grin pulling at her muzzle.
Such a tease!
“Okay, a story it is,” I huffed, “And I’m much better than a blanket!”
“That is still up to you to prove,” she smiled at me, “Now, come,” she said in such a way that suggested it was definitely not up for discussion. The implications made me laugh a little, but I gathered my things and followed along with her anyways, choosing not to push my luck by making even more innuendos.
The treck to the chariot was a short and sweet one. Considering the fact that the chariot was just waiting outside for us, all we had to do was trot down the stairs and hop in the back. But even in the short distance between the front doors and the chariot, Twilight was assaulted by two chariot handlers, asking for her baggage so they could take it from her. I could tell how unused to the attention Twilight was, based solely on the tiny twitch in her right eye as she tried to refuse the assistance.
Instead of laughing at her, which I was quite tempted to do, I instead decided to shoo the handlers away and offered a hoof to Twilight, “Here, let me take your things. At least that way you’re not going to be pestered by the handlers the whole ride there,” I said with a little good-natured chuckle.
Twilight looked a little uncomfortable at the idea of having someone else deal with her baggage, but after a moment of gazing at me, she sighed and nodded, levitating her things over to me, “Ugh, you’re all so tenacious with wanting me never to carry anything in my life ever again! Fine, here,” she said, giving a small scoff, “But you’re the only one I’ll let treat me like royalty without getting flustered about it,” she added under her breath, pointedly looking the other direction as I took her things.
“Without getting flustered? Then what do you call that?” I teased with a coy little grin, nudging her playfully before making my way down to the chariot to make sure all of our things were properly secured away for the journey.
I swear I could hear Twilight’s mental scream, which contradicted her embarrassed looking smile, “Yeah, yeah, laugh it up,” she said as she accompanied me, taking her place inside the chariot and waiting for me to join her.
When I was finished locking the luggage away, I climbed in next to her and settled in, “Well, I plan on it. But, maybe later,” I replied, smirking at her as I wrapped a wing tightly around her barrel, pulling her closer against my side as the drivers got ready for the final takeoff, “Now, my Princess requested a story?”
“I want to hear a story about Fire Breeze and you,” she said, completely taking me by surprise.
“W-what?” I asked, baffled as to why she would ask to hear a story about that.
“You heard me,” she replied, fixing me with a completely straight look.
“What exactly would you like to hear?”
“How did you two met, or more important, how did you fall in love?” Twilight smiled.
I hummed, trying to bring it up without digging too deep, without bringing the memory of my last time with her up, “I met her at the training classes under Luna-”
“Luna taught you?”
“Yes, indeed,” I chuckled, “She took a large part of the responsibilities in training and teaching her personal guards. She liked to do most of it in person. Anyways, Fire joined quite late into the classes, but she stole my breath right away. In a word, beautiful. Her midnight blue fur and her fiery red mane. She was unique.”
“Love at first sight,” Twilight giggled.
I laughed, “Not quite. Definitely not on both sides. Damn, she was a cheeky little mare. Always teasing me for the heck of it. We quickly became friends, but that was it. Everything I tried failed. Letters, sweets. I thought she’d never love me, but she never understood that all those things were from me,” I gave a good chuckle before sighing, “She was new to love, just like I was. Three years younger, but hell, quite a mare,” I blushed heavily as I became aware of what I just said, “Sorry.”
“No need to be,” Twilight smiled, “Cadance once told me that you never forget your first real love, and that it will always have a place in your heart.”
“She’s a wise pony. Well, one day, I decided to leave the academy. My heart was broken, rejected. At least I thought so. As I packed my stuff, she smashed the door in with one of her firebombs.”
“Firebombs?”
“You remember how I told you that she was a firedancer for the Lunar Guard? That sneaky mare stole one of the bombs once she heard that I tried to leave. By Luna, she was pissed that I was about to just leave her.”
“What happened then?” Twilight asked.
“Well, after she burned the whole door, including half of the wall, she crashed into me and kissed me,” I smiled dreamily, “It was kinda magical. Kissed by the mare you loved most in the fire. I loved it,” I said happily before trailing off, “That was, until we realized the room was on fire, and then Luna took the cost of the repairs out of our paychecks,” I concluded with a little laugh, shaking my head.
Twilight clapped her hooves, “That’s such a sweet story! But the poor door!” she added with a pout, “This was rather short though, how about another story?” she asked, looking rather hopeful that I’d tell her another one.
“Mhhh… Something funny, maybe?” I asked with a grin, to which she nodded eagerly, “Alright, how about Luna? You should know, she is simply adorable when she is all pouty and annoyed!”
“Really?” Twilight asked, quite surprised to hear that Luna could be anything but serious and imposing.
“Yep! Do you know that Celestia loves cake?” I asked with an added exaggerated conspiratory whisper.
“Of course I do,” Twilight blushed.
“Well, you can easily hook Luna with candies or cookies. Anyways. One day, we - that means the Solar and the Lunar Guard - actually ordered a chocolate cake covered completely with cookies for the princesses.”
“What happened?”
“Cake fight,” I laughed, “Celestia stole the cookies from it and Luna took the cake. It ended in lots of cake and cookies being thrown,” I explained with a laugh, shaking my head at the recollection of the ridiculous events.
Twilight blinked a few times as if she couldn’t completely comprehend, and then as if something flicked, she started laughing at the thought of the princesses having a food fight over cake and cookies. I couldn’t help but join her in the laughter, enjoying the jovialness we shared together.
“Anything else? Canterlot is still a bit away,” she smiled, leaning against me.
“Do you play chess?” I asked with a smug grin.
“Princess Celestia played it from time to time with me, but since I moved to Ponyville, I haven’t really had the chance to play it very often,” she replied, looking a little bit regretful that she hadn’t been able to play as often as she’d like.
“Want to play it with me then?” I asked, giving her a wide smile as I leaned back against her.
“Really?” Twilight asked, blinking a few times in surprise at the suggestion.
“Of course only against high bets to my advantage,” I laughed, “After all, I’m an old, old mare.”
“You look still nice for a thousand year old mare,” Twilight chimed into my laugh.
“Hey, I’m only one-thousand two hundred and sixty six, I’m young,” I scoffed playfully, giving her a little prod to the chest with a hoof.
I nearly didn’t heard the next two words she whispered.
“Still sexy.”
“What was that?” I asked, blushing.
“Nothing.”
She looked away, doing her best to not meet my gaze, so I unfolded my left wing and brought it over to her side, gently tickling her, “Nothing?” I asked with a grin as she started to thrash in my grip as a result of my tickling.
Through her laughter and squirming, she managed to call out, “I said you’re sexy!” as loud as she could, which made the two drivers turn their heads to look back at us with looks of curious disbelief before returning to their jobs. I couldn’t help but laugh as loud as I could as I stopped tickling her, but continued holding her tightly against me.
“You think everything will be alright with Luna?” she asked suddenly as her laughter faded away, and she took on a more serious look.
“Why not?” I asked, concerned with a brow raised in question.
“Maybe because you two were fighting a few days ago, and Luna nearly took you from me,” Twilight suddenly whined, looking worried as she spoke.
I was shocked, “Hey, you know what happened in Ponyville. Everything is fine. As long as you’re not jealous, at least,” I explained hopefully, giving her my best supportive smile.
“I don’t care that you were in bed with Princess Luna. You’re here now with me,” she smiled through her worry, nuzzling deeply into me.
“Twilight. I’ll always be with you. Until the day I die. I promised it, and I’m a mare that holds her promises high,” I whispered gently, “I love you.”
“And I love you, too,” she whispered back, her smile brightening.
“Princess, Captain, we’re arriving in Canterlot,” one of the drivers said before quickly turning his head away, not before I caught sight of the deep red blush on his muzzle.
“Please take us down directly in front of the castle,” Twilight said before squirming out of my embrace.
The drivers descended quickly, and within a few moments, the chariot came to a stop outside of the castle. What surprised me the most was that Luna was actually already waiting for the chariot, along with a few Lunar Guard, who all seemed to be squirming in the uncomfortable sunlight. I couldn’t help but smile at the display; leave it to Luna to know when she was going to get a visit without even being told.
Among the collection of guards standing in a semi-circle around the chariot, I only recognized two of them from before the banishment, which actually came as a surprise to me. There was Night Breeze, one of my old bat pony friends, and Moonlit Sparks, another one. They were both in their modern Lunar Guard armor, which made me feel more than a little nostalgic, but still caused a smile to cross my muzzle as I helped Twilight step out of the chariot.
“Twilight Sparkle! Night Glider! We are so happy to see you!” Luna exclaimed, a little more eagerly than the situation really warranted, but it was nice to see her happy, at least. As per usual, the guards didn’t say anything, but I did catch a few smiles and grins on the muzzles of the guard who presumably knew me to some extent. It was like an extended family; even though I hadn’t met most of them, they still seemed excited to meet someone who was a part of their fold.
“We’re happy to see you too, Princess Luna,” I replied with a grin, working to remove the luggage from the chariot for Twilight as she stepped off and went to greet Luna on her own. I didn’t think that Twilight was going to smack her or anything, but I was sure to keep one eye on them just in case.
“I’m glad this is under better circumstances,” Twilight said respectfully, giving Luna a smile that conveyed forgiveness and understanding. I breathed out a quiet sigh of relief, pulling the luggage along with me to stand next to Twilight in front of Luna. That was at least one crisis averted.
“Let me take some of it, Captain,” Moonlit Sparks smirked as she stepped up to me, grabbing some bags, “Good to have you back, at least in some way,” she added in a whisper.
“It’s good to finally remember most of it, Sparks,” I smiled back.
“Where is she?” Luna suddenly asked, much to my surprise. Who’s missing?
“I don’t know, she said she would be on time,” one guard to her right spoke up, “Maybe she overslept again?”
“I’m here, I’m here! Wait for meee!”
The voice was familiar. Way too familiar. So soft and warm, but yet sneaky with a tomboyish edge. I knew that voice.
The bat pony that came in sight was as tall as me, her fluffy ears twitching as she caught my gaze, her crimson eyes lighting up. As she approached us, her fiery red mane danced in the wind, highlighting her midnight blue fur that much more.
“Fire Breeze?!”
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....Wait wat?
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Never expected that, huh?
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Especially since if I remember right she was not one to get the blessings or whatever.
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We'll come to that in the next chapter
6859181 but...but...but...
*Goes back to "Dreams and Memories"*
HOW!? I need answers for i am now confuzzled
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We'll come to it in the next chapter, don't worry
6860467 but when will that be!?
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Not far away, I'm already on Twenty-two
6861335 yay. I just cant wait to see what happens
...You know, I'm usually pretty good at guessing when a plot twist like this is coming, but for some reason this hit me out of left field.
ScratchnTavi, keeping me guessing as usual... somehow.
Of course I love the chapter and I'm more than happy to see this up and running again!
Though I think I need to go back and read the other chapters... I think I'm missing something here... Or maybe...
... Idk... I'll find out though.