Enchanted to Know You

by Teal

Chapter 6: Camping

“Welcome to Ponyville!” Twilight greeted gleefully, as she raced towards the mare who just got off of the train.

Rushing towards her, she quickly pulled the unicorn mare into a tight hug. Wrapping her hooves around the unicorn, she felt the other mare’s hooves close around her too, making her blush lightly, as she got a whiff of the warm and fragrant scent of the other mare. The scent was intoxicating, and Twilight could not believe how much she missed it.

It had nearly been a week since their first date and Twilight was glad to have Sunny with her again. For days she wondered if the mare liked her as much as she did, with the wonder soon turning into an anxiety that pestered her every day. For Twilight, the day after the date was spent pacing around the castle, trying to review the whole date and pick out any negative moments that could have squandered her chances for a second date. As if it were a test, Twilight scrutinized her own actions, trying to calculate if they were proper or were satisfactory to prove that she was a serious mare to be with.

Despite Sunny’s statement at the station that she would love a second date, Twilight’s worries did not stop bothering her. It was only after a letter from Sunny came in from the mail did she feel somewhat reassured, as the mare said that she would be visiting in a week’s time.

Ever since then, Twilight had done nothing but prepare for the second date, making an itinerary, getting all the materials, and daydreaming about the fun the two mares would have. Now that the day had come, the alicorn couldn’t help but feel relieved to see that the mare was actually here in front of her.

A senseless part of her had been nagging her mind that the unicorn would not come, so it was too good to see that proven wrong the moment the white coated and pink maned pony stepped off of the train.

“It’s good to see you again, Princess.” Sunny replied, as they broke off from the embrace.

“Are you still going to keep on calling me that?” The alicorn asked giggling.

“Yes.” Sunny said, sticking out a tongue. “Now, what do you have in store for us today?”

“Camping of course! After all the talk about camping last time, it would be a crime not to do it now on our second date!” At the mention of the occasion, and after realizing how loud her voice was, the lavender mare couldn’t help but blush, making her partner giggle. “Sorry, didn’t mean to proclaim that to the whole town.”

“Don’t be...” Sunny said, a sly smile on her face. “...I want the whole town... Nay. I want the whole of Equestria to know that you are mine.”

After hearing these words, Twilight couldn’t help but sweat and blush even brighter. Twilight still hadn’t gotten used to the idea of publicly displaying each other’s affection, let alone loudly proclaiming it to everypony around them. Sure, talking to one another and hugging in public was something she was comfortable doing, but that’s because such things were activities that could also be done with friends.

But shouting that she was on a date with the most beautiful pony in Equestria, well that was an entirely different level.

It wasn’t like she was embarrassed going out with Sunny, in fact it was quite the opposite, as she felt happy knowing that the wonderful unicorn had chosen her. No, it wasn’t embarrassment, but instead it was her preference towards privacy regarding such important things in her life. She was the kind of pony that preferred to keep her private life to herself, friends, and family only. She didn’t like being placed in the spotlight and, being an alicorn princess, that was a hard thing to do.

The last thing she wanted was to attract the paparazzi and fans toward her and Sunny. She already had the feeling the local newspapers were catching wind of her date last week, so it was only a matter of time before they start stalking the two of them. Because of that, she wanted to keep their attention as far away as possible, and, she knew, that openly proclaiming her dates won’t help that.

Feeling slightly embarrassed, as her ears and cheeks burned red, Twilight gave a sheepish smile and tried to stammer out a reply.

“Well...ummm...maybe declaring it the whole of Equestria is a bit too early at this stage don’t you think?”

Sunny giggled in reply and nodded. “Yea... You’re just so easy to embarrass you Princess of Blushing.”

“Ha...ha...at least somepony is happy about my embarrassment.”

“Of course! Because you always look so cute when you’re flustered, it makes me want to kiss your blushing cheeks.”

“Wha...what?” Twilight said, feeling her ears and cheeks glow an even brighter red as the unicorn stared at her with an amused smile. “You’re never going to stop doing that, aren’t you?” She finally said, an exasperated look on her face.

“Never!”

Rolling her eyes, Twilight soon let out a small chuckle as she slowly started to regain her composure. “Anyways, how was the train ride?”

“It was quite-“

Before Sunny could finish her sentence, a loud growling sound echoed by them. Turning towards the unicorn, Twilight saw her blushing red, with her ears pressed back in embarrassment. For a moment, the lavender alicorn couldn’t help but stare at awe, as she realized just how cute the other mare was while blushing. It was then that she realized why Sunny teased her a lot.

“Sorry about that.” Sunny said. “I may have skipped breakfast to catch the early morning train here.”

Stopping her gawking and shaking her head, Twilight decided to be the better mare and not tease the unicorn. At least, not now.

Instead, Twilight beamed with a smile and proudly gestured to the unicorn to follow her lead.

“Well, have no fear, because I have prepared for this exact circumstance.”

“You have?” Sunny asked, an amused look on her face.

“Yes!” She chirped, as she went down the mental list of the itinerary she had planned out. “I asked one of my friends at Sugarcube Corner to whip us up some breakfast before we go out camping, so there should be some delicious pancakes and hot cocoa waiting for us there.”

“Oooo, I love pancakes!” Sunny said, her eyes filled with joy as she skipped in place. The sight of this only made Twilight’s heart beat fast, as she wondered how a pony could look so cute by doing such a simple act.

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go before they get cold.”

The trot from the train station to Sugar Cube Corner was not that long, but it was enough for the two to catch up on each other and learn how they spent their week. Twilight was quite interested to learn that Sunny’s freelance job currently had her writing an article on why Celestia’s early economic reforms had helped pull Equestria out from depression and into a new age of growth after the chaos sowed by Discord’s reign. This was a history topic that piqued a lot of her interest, and she was sure that she could help the mare out if she needed any assistance.

Sunny seemed to be very adamant at pointing out how Celestia’s system was superior to all and how it should have been adapted by the pony tribes earlier. Although Twilight would have liked to point out some flaws in Celestia’s old economic system, she decided that now wasn’t really the right time to debate over such things and instead listened and marveled at how much the other pony knew about this part of Equestrian history.

Arriving at Sugar Cube Corner, Twilight was kind enough to open the door for Sunny and usher her inside. However, as the two entered, both alicorn and unicorn were surprised at being greeted by a shower of confetti that seemed to erupt from everywhere.

Eyes wide and confused, Twilight looked around in panic, before having her eyes fall upon a large banner that hung on one of the walls. “Happy Second Date to Twilight and Sunny”, the banner said, for everypony to see.

Staring at the banner, Twilight felt confusion suddenly turn into frustration, as she realized what this was. To her, it seemed like a certain pony went against her wishes and decided to throw a little party directed towards a certain date that she did not want to become public knowledge yet.

As if to further reinforce her suspicions, the certain pony in question suddenly popped out from behind the store’s counter and waved at her excitedly. This was followed by her friends greeting her and Sunny with enthusiastic and proud smiles.

“Congratulations you two!” A pink coated and maned earth pony said, which was echoed by everypony else

To this, Twilight could only reply with an annoyed, and loud, scolding yell.

“PINKIEEEEE!”

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“Sorry again about the surprise party, Twi, I just couldn’t resist.” Pinkie Pie apologized, although a mischievous smile still stayed plastered on her face.

To this, Twilight gave a roll of her eyes, before eventually shaking her head. Sighing, she then gave the earth pony a small smile, as she felt her frustration slowly melt away.

“It’s alright, Pinkie, I can’t stay mad at you. At least it was only us who were here to see it.” Twilight finally said, noting how the party pony at least made sure that only their close friends were there to greet her, while also momentarily barring the entry of any outsiders from the store while the short party occurred.

Turning towards Sunny, she gave the unicorn an apologetic smile. “I’m sorry that you were thrust into something like that. I guess my friends are a little bit too enthusiastic about the fact that I am now dating somepony.”

Glaring at her gathered friends, she watched as each one of them gave her sheepish smiles.

“Hey, don’t blame us.” Rainbow Dash said. “Seeing an egghead go on a date is a once in a lifetime event. We were already bummed out that we missed it last time, so we’re making sure that we get to see this one.”

Twilight wanted to speak up and point out that their second date hadn't even technically begun yet, but before she could Sunny spoke up from beside her.

“Well then, I think we’ll just have to go on more dates to make the occasion less of a rarity.” The white coated unicorn mare said with a giggle.

To this, Twilight felt her eyes widen, as her ears and cheeks suddenly felt hot.

Burying her head in embarrassment, she tried her best to shut out what was going around her. However, her attempts were fruitless, as the bombardment from her friends continued.

“Please don’t tell me you girls are going to stalk us all day?” She eventually said, knowing that such a thing was not above them.

“Of course not, darling.” Rarity said, giving her a reassuring smile. “We were just here to greet your date and wish you two luck before you go out camping. Besides, we all wanted to meet this wonderful mare you couldn’t stop talking about all week.”

Once again, Twilight found herself blushing madly red, as her friends seemed to have the intent of humiliating her in front of Sunny.

“Celestia, kill me now.”

“Be careful what you wish for, Princess.” Sunny remarked with a giggle, but the meaning of the joke seemed to be lost to Twilight.

Giving out a sign, she then stared at each one of her friends and shook her head.

“Well, I guess since we’re all here now seems like the perfect time to introduce you all to Sunny.”

“A pleasure to meet Equestria’s heroes.” Sunny said with a smile. This was returned by Twilight's friends, who enthusiastically greeted her.

However, after initial introductions, the flood gates soon burst open. Rushing out in one large wave, Twilight was unable to comprehend what had just occurred, let alone prevent it from happening. Almost all at once, her friends crowded and bombarded Sunny with questions.

Staring at them, and feeling embarrassed from her friends actions, she felt paralyzed as she looked on and listened in horror at the questions they asked the poor unicorn.

At first, Sunny seemed overwhelmed, if not nervous about each question. Hesitating a bit, as if thinking her response through before speaking, she initially gave slow and well-thought reponses. But as the question kept on coming, she soon relaxed a bit and Twilight felt a bit happy seeing how comfortable she was with her friends.

However, the lavender pony did frown upon the fact that their conversation soon moved away from Sunny life and started focusing more towards her. To be more specific, her friends soon began talking about the many quirks and embarrassing moments the alicorn has, as if they were intent on humiliating her in front of her date.

Of course, Twilight knew that it was all good natured, and yet she couldn't help but glare at her friends as she blushed red like a tomato. From claiming she was a pancake to the many panic attacks over simple things, they told it all, much to Sunny’s amusement. Twilight couldn’t help but groan at the idea that the unicorn was now going to use this new information to tease her with later.

By the end of the conversation, Twilight felt like she was feeling sick from how hot she was from embarrassment. Luckily for her, her friends couldn’t keep it up forever and had to soon leave to do their own chores and tasks for the day.

“So, you're ‘Pancake’, huh?” She said in a teasing tone, once the two of them were left alone at the table.

“Oh, please, don’t remind me of that…” The alicorn groaned in dismay.

Seeing a mischievous smile form on the unicorn’s face, Twilight watched her wearily as she leaned forward till her muzzle was up against her ear. “May I remind you that I love eating pancakes.”

Twilight could only squeak in surprise as a reaction.

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Breaking through a thick layer of foliage, Twilight let out a sigh of relief to see a flat open clearing in front of them. Turning towards her date, she saw the equally relieved expression on the face of the unicorn, as she smiled, before plopping herself on the ground, tired and exhausted.

Giggling and shaking her head, Twilight offered her hoof to the unicorn.

“So, do you still want to lead the way next time?” The alicorn asked, as she helped the other mare up.

“No!” Sunny said, eyes wide as stood rigid and firm. “Never again! I’ll leave the maps to you from now on.”

For the past two hours, the two of them had been wandering around the Everfree forest, going through rough paths and detouring through thick patches of jungle trying to find their chosen camping site. Normally, the trek to the site would have been an easy trot, since Twilight had made sure to meticulously study the trails and mark it well on the map. However, due to Sunny’s insistence, Twilight agreed to let the unicorn navigate them through the forest.

The lavender mare had to admit that she was a bit hesitant at first, knowing that the Everfree forest was still a danger to get lost in, even if the Tree of Harmony was taming some of the danger it posed. But Twilight was weak and was unable to resist the enthusiastic begging eyes of the other mare, who wanted to navigate a camping trip for the first time.

Both Twilight and Sunny would soon regret the decision quickly, as it turned out the unicorn was bad at following maps. Ending up in muddy paths, heavily forested areas, and narrowly avoiding a patch of Poison Joke. Only after the unicorn admitted defeat and accepted Twilight’s help did they manage to get back on track and arrive at the campsite sometime past noon.

Now, tired, dirty, and hungry, all the two wanted to do was set up camp and relax after their journey. Managing to drag themselves to the center of the clearing, the two wasted no time at dropping their bags and laying down.

“Let’s take a fifteen break before we set up camp.” Twilight said, as she began the tough task of removing twigs, leaves, and mud from her mane, fur and wings.

“I think we’ll need to clean ourselves up first before we can do anything, Pancake.” Sunny said. Looking up towards her, Twilight saw the unicorn using her magic to pull off leaves that had been glued on her normally pristine white fur.

“Need any help?” The unicorn asked, noticing the alicorn’s stare.

“I think we both do.” Twilight said, giving out a chuckle as she realized how ridiculous they both looked at that moment.

Sunny nodded, before turning her head to the side. Moving her gaze towards the same direction, Twilight soon noticed a small pond that was a few hooves away from their camp site. Realizing that it could prove useful, she turned her head back towards Sunny, who was now smiling with excitement.

“Let’s go!” She said, before galloping towards the pond.

Giggling at how impulsive the unicorn always was, Twilight soon followed close behind the mare until they were both jumping into the pond, splashing water everywhere. Giggling, Sunny soon gave Twilight a mischievous look and started splashing water at the alicorn.

“Hey!” Twilight said. “I thought we were supposed to be cleaning up?”

“Yea, but there’s no reason not to have fun while doing it.” Sunny said, before using her hoof to splash water at Twilight again.

The alicorn rolled her eyes at this but then grinned. “Well, in that case…” She then used a wing to scoop up water and shove it towards the unicorn’s direction, soaking her more than she already was before. Getting into the spirit of things, the two mares spent the next few minutes waging war with one another, as they acted like little fillies lost in the fun.

It was only when they felt their exhaustion take over once more did they finally settle down and begin focusing at the task of removing the twigs in their manes, as well as washing away the mud mated on their fur. Mainly minding each other’s business for the moment, they soon cleaned themselves up before wading to the side of the pond to get dry.

Once out of the water, Twilight couldn’t help but twitch her wings, as she felt the fether ruffled after the quick cleaning session. Sighing and knowing what had to be done, she prepared herself for the tedious task of preening.

However, as she was about to stretch her wings and reach behind herself to fix her feathers, Twilight momentarily glanced towards the direction of the mare in front of her and soon felt her gaze stay. Staring at Sunny, the alicorn couldn’t help but marvel at how wonderful she looked. Thanks to the water, both her mane and fur were soaked and matted down, which gave off a certain beauty that Twilight found hard to keep her eyes off.

For the first time since they got into the pond, Twilight just realized how intimate the situation they placed themselves in was. Ponies don’t normally bathe in front of one another, not unless they were with somepony special. Then again, Sunny was special to her. But she wondered if the unicorn viewed things the same way.

Finding herself staring for far longer than she would have liked, she quickly attracted the attention of the other mare, who gave her a small smile. Staring at her eyes, Twilight found herself holding the gaze, until she noticed Sunny’s attention move towards something else.

“Would you like me to help preen your wings?” The unicorn suddenly blurted out, catching Twilight by surprise. That was something she had never expected.

Suddenly feeling shy, she fidgeted her wings and held back a reply. Darting her eyes left and right, Twilight soon fixated her eyes on the other mare’s face again to see that she too was now blushing, as if she now realized the implication of what she had just said. Had her delayed response made things awkward?

“I…” Sunny began, as she hesitated for a bit. Twilight was then surprised to see a blush form on her cheeks as she looked down at the water. “...I’ve preened other ponies before, so I think I can help you with it…if you would like that is.”

“Oh.” Twilight didn’t know why, but she felt somewhat jealous at the idea that Sunny had been so intimate with a pony like that. However, would she allow her the same opportunity?

She had never allowed anypony to preen her wings before. Even back in the day when Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were trying to teach her about proper wing maintenance, she had not once allowed her friends to preen her wings.

But she trusted Sunny. She felt safe with her and she was willing to lower her walls for her. She didn’t argue with the idea of her preening her wings, because she saw nothing wrong with it. Because of that, Twilight nodded her head and gestured to the unicorn to move towards her.

Moving towards her, Sunny soon placed herself beside Twilight’s left side. Feeling nervous, yet wanting to continue, Twilight lifted her wing, exposing her feathers to other mare. Quietly the alicorn waited until she felt the mare’s muzzle move closer until a tingling sensation shot through her.

Twilight let out a squeak at the sensation, causing Sunny to pause and give a glance of concern.

“Are you okay? Did I pull on a feather too hard?”

“No!” The lavender pony shouted in excitement, before softening her voice. “No…it’s just, I’m not used to being preened.”

Twilight noticed a blush form on the unicorn’s face, which she tried to play off by smiling and giving a confident reply. “Don’t worry, Princess, I’ll be gentle, I promise.”

The alicorn only nodded in reply, as she soon felt Sunny continue the task. Trying her best to relax, she found it hard to fight off the heavy beating of her heart. This was supposed to be a simple preening to fix her feathers and yet she was making it feel more intimate than it was supposed to be.

Feeling the unicorn’s mouth nibbling at her, she felt excited at having her so close. She had never had this happen before and was not too sure how to appropriately react. However, Sunny’s gentle and soft work managed to help a bit, as Twilight felt her feathers rearrange properly and neatly.

She soon noticed that the unicorn was doing things slowly, making sure to get each individual feather correctly. Whether she was doing this with the intention of making Twilight more flustered or so that the whole thing would be more gentle and comfortable, the alicorn was not sure. Whichever reason it was, the slow pace allowed the lavender pony to get accustomed to the feeling, as her heart rate slowed. She was now getting accustomed to the sensation.

Feeling the tension from her body leave, Twilight soon began to enjoy having her feathers moved around by their other mare’s careful work. She felt embarrassed to admit it, but it seemed like Sunny was doing a better job than she ever had before.

By the time the unicorn finished with the right wing and moved towards the left, Twilight knew that she would have to ask her to do this again someday.

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Twilight and Sunny lay comfortably on a blanket between their tent and the warm campfire. With their backs on the cozy blanket, they both gaze up at the beautiful night sky. Studying the stars and the stunning beauty they hold, Twilight couldn’t help but be awed at the site. It looked as if Luna made the night especially beautiful tonight, as the sky seemed to look like a wonderful masterpiece.

Sighing from her spot, she turned her head to look at Sunny, who seemed to be enjoying the view as much as her. The alicorn kept up this gaze until the unicorn next to her noticed and smiled.

“Thank you for this, Princess.” She said, her voice giving a genuine tone of joy. “I really enjoyed this day.”

“Me too.” Twilight, knowing that it was the other mare’s presence that made this trip amazing. “I hope we can do this more often.”

Sighing, Sunny nodded. “I know.” There was a hint of sadness in her voice, which made Twilight frown in concern. “I’m sorry I couldn’t make this trip longer or limited our camping location to the Everfree forest. If I didn't have so many important work-related matters to attend to at Canterlot, I assure you I would have extended my visit to more than just two days.”

“Sunny, it’s okay.” The lavender pony said in a reassuring voice. “I understand, so there’s no need to apologize. However, it does mean that you owe me another date.”

“Oh, guilting me to another date are we?” The unicorn said. “But of course, I accept!”

The two mares then giggled before letting their laughter echo into the night. They soon returned to gazing up at the stars, as they both enjoyed each other’s company. However, after a while, Twilight soon found herself thinking.

Laying there beside Sunny, she couldn’t help but feel something strong raging inside her. It started from her heart, yet clouded her mind with thoughts she had never imagined before. Images of her and Sunny doing this again, of her and Sunny walking side by side, of her and Sunny spending nights together, of her and Sunny being together, all of these and more filled her head.

As her thoughts distracted her, she failed to realize her body seemingly moved on its own, as she scooted slowly to the side until she was pressing up against the other mare. This brought the alicorn back to reality, as it also attracted the attention of the unicorn.

Turning towards Twilight, and taking her actions as a signal, Sunny quickly pressed up against her and brought a hoof across her chest to pull her into a hug. Twilight blushed at this but said nothing. Instead, she did what she thought was only natural and turned to return the hug. Now facing each other as they lay, the alicorn soon found her muzzle nearly touching the other mare’s own.

Letting the moment play on, Twilight stared at Sunny, as the other mare stared back at her. The alicorn’s mind was a storm of thoughts at the moment, as so many things circled around her head. Not to be outdone, her heart tried to keep up with the pace by beating so fast that it seemed that even Sunny could feel it.

Sunny really was a mare that Twilight liked, maybe even more than simply like. There were so many things about the unicorn that made the alicorn complete. Nopony had ever made her feel like that before. Being with her truly made her happy.

Twilight felt a connection form between them and she wanted to keep it going.She didn’t want to let the other mare go. She didn’t want to lose what they had. She wanted the connection to grow and she knew that such growth would have to result from one of them taking the next step.

She wasn’t sure if Sunny wanted to take that step, but Twilight was sure that she wanted it.

Maybe she was rushing, maybe she was not, whichever one it was she knew what she was feeling was right. She had to do this, she had to follow her heart.

“Sunny…” Twilight began, her voice a bit shaky from nervousness. “...may I ask you something?”

The unicorn raised an eyebrow out of curiosity. “Oh? What is it?”

“Will…” She paused, feeling her throat dry out. She wondered if it was like this for everypony. Was it really this hard? “...will you…”

She bit her lip, then looked at Sunny’s eyes. Her eyes were beautiful and Twilight knew that she wanted those eyes to be a part of her life.

“Will you be my marefriend?” She finally squeaked out, before closing her eyes shut in fear. She was scared of what the reply would be; she was scared that it would be rejected.

However, instead of a negative response, Twilight felt a hoof gently brush her mane.

Slowly opening her eyes, the lavender pony saw a wide smile on the other mare’s face.

“I would love to be your marefriend, Twilight.”

With that Twilight pushed her muzzle against Sunny’s and kissed the unicorn on the lips.

Author's Note:

Comments

[Zhafran]

Burying her head in embarrassment, she tried her best to shut out what was going around her. However, her attempts were fruitless, as the bombardment of

“Please don’t tell me you girls are going to stalk us all day?”

Incomplete sentence?

“A pleasure to meet Equatria’s heroes.” Sunny said with a smile.

[Xalok]

one word for this and that is adorable, Just adorable great update Cheers

[readsponies]

Giggling and shaking her head, Twilight offered her hoof to the unicron.

After many, many years of reading pony fanfics, it's a real shock that I've never seen this typo before. Especially when it's referring to a giant cosmic pony transformed--a pony in disguise, as it were.

[MrInfinity69]

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Lmao

[Thyrrnatf]

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while we know sunny to be Celestia it seems this chapter was from Twilights view, so referring to Sunny as an Alicorn wouldnt make sense while its true.

but damn it is adorable

[Maulet Paya]

The fallout of this is gonna be catastrophic

[RDFan628]

I love how adorable those two are together.

[Anonymous Changeling]

“Well then, I think we’ll just have to go on more dates to make the occasion less of a rarity.” The white coated unicorn mare said with a giggle.

Both Rarity and Celestia/Sunny could be white coated unicorn mares and I initially mixed up who was talking.
Loved the chapter and I eagerly await the next,

[The Weaver]

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The longer Celestia puts it off the bigger the explosion will be. She had a perfect opportunity to hold off on the marefriend until she could drum up the courage.

[Commander Darklight]

SO who's ready to watch the world burn once twiggle's finds out