Mothers we love
The train trudges off slowly down the tracks. Twilight takes one more look back at Ponyville before it disappears into the distance. Even though she is truly scared of the events that are about to unfold she will face them with courage. She breathes a big sigh before levitating a bag of food prepared by Spike. She takes a look inside to see sandwiches and a note inside.
She levitates out the note and reads it to herself for the umpteenth time. She does it for the encouragement. Every time she reads it she imagines Spike sitting in front of her lecturing her. She chuckles to herself wondering why she had to make Spike so smart.
She shakes her head and leans against her seat trying to relax. But she just can't do it. She hasn't seen her in so long. She only got to see her at her brother's weddings years back now. Now with everything calming down, she's just happy today is the day she decided to visit her.
As Canterlot comes into view out her window she rubs her hooves together nervously. She also wonders if she'll see her bbbff there with her. If so than it'll be even better. It would be even greater if he was there but. She chokes back tears and brings her thoughts away from that subject. Its always been hard to think of that subject.
Now with her mind empty she focuses on the scenery. It's nice and all. The rocky mountains, the abundance of forest the birds that fly about. She allows her eyes to close and her thoughts to drift.
And at that moment she wonders to herself what is Spike doing?
Spike sits at the train station staring at a picture of Twilight. He loves her with such a burning passion that it makes today even weirder. The passion of love he feels is both sexual and mental. But there is another love inside of her. A son that wants to please his mother.
Spike sighs and looks after the train that trudges off. He smiles as she waves to him from her spot, but deep inside a war rages of his feelings. He bites his bottom lip not sure of what to do. He shakes his head and heads for home hoping to find advice there within the confounds of a dozen books.
He even considers going to Fluttershy, his yellow peagsus friend, and seek her advice. She tends to know more about his feelings than anyone else. Rarity is good with pony advice, but lately he's been seeking dragon advice in the form of books and Fluttershy.
Returning to the home and stops before the front door to look about. He considers cleaning up the entire place before she gets back.
"Yea that'll work!" He exclaims to himself giving a fist pump, "I'll get started right now! Maybe I'll finish before she gets back!"
Twilight stands at the balcony in front of Canterlot Castle. Standing here reminds her of another mother she should visit.
Celestia.
Celestia has always been like a second mother to her. Always watched over her and making sure she makes the best choices. Twilight smiles remembering the times of Celestia holding her close wrapped in the embrace of her motherly wings. She remembers the feeling of the heat and warmth of like the actual sun.
The times she got scolded and the times was appraised fill her mind. Her parents approval. Both her parents approval. It fill her with a certain joy and longing. Celestia doesn't have a daughter so Twilight considers herself to fill in that roll. She decides first to visit her birth mother in order to make sure she pulls through with this.
She starts off her mind no longer filled with fear, but anxiousness.
Twilight stands just the whiskers of a hare away from the door her hoof lifted to knock. She hesitating. She doesn't know what to say other than Happy Mothers day and how are you doing. Other than that just a complete blank. She considers leaving when the door opens in front of her revealing her mother.
Her sweet gray coated self standing before her.
"Hello Sweetie!' She exclaims and wraps hooves around Twilight's neck, "Shinning said you would be on your way here!"
"How did you?"
"Mother's instinct hun!" Velvet says backing up looking her daughter up and down, "Look at you! Come inside and let me get you something to eat! You almost look like skin and bones."
Twilight chuckles and says walking in, "Spike has been keeping me well fed even when I don't wan to eat."
"Speaking of him have you gotten around to sprouting out kids yet?" She asks walking into the kitchen making Twilight stop and stare after her.
She babbles out insensible things, "Bu-but Mom! He's a dragon and I'm a unicorn! I don't think I could actually-"
"Have you tried hard enough?"
By now a deep red blush is across her face, "N-no...I've been using a spell to prevent that cause I was afraid if it did..."
"You shouldn't be afraid. As a mother you'll love your child no matter what."
Twilight shuffles her hooves in front of her not sure what to say. Her mother has always been the type to try out everything before saying impossible.
"But I'm afraid..." She breathes out after a moment of entering the kitchen, "I'm not sure if me and him are ready for..."
"Don't worry hun I won't rush you. But you better be having kids by the time I'm on my death bed."
Twilight's face darkens, if that's possible, to an ever redder color, "Mom! Can we just not talk about that?"
Velvet chuckles and continues cooking using magic, "I'm sorry hun. So how have you two been by the way?"
"We've been alright. I've finally gotten him to stop being a diamond dog in heat." Twilight says rolling her eyes, "I don't really want to know how dragons handle that in the wild."
"But I do have to say he gave you a better workout than your father did."
"No! Stop no no no no no not listening!" Twilight says freaking out covering her ears.
Her mother's teasing always got to her the best. It's what made her such a great mother and a great practice for trying to block out things she REALLY doesn't want to her. Twilight shakes her head frantically why her mother laughs at her dismay. The environment is so light hearted and natural that all that Twilight planned has been thrown away, except for the chocolates and flowers on the table, and the conversations begin going nicely. All the nervousness is leached away by her mother's nature.
At the end of Twilight's visit she walks out the door with a big smile across her face.
"Now stay safe hun!" Velvet says standing in the arch of the door.
"I will mom! Happy Mother's day!" Twilight says waving back
Velvet nods her head and heads back inside satisfied with her gifts. With that Twilight makes her way towards the train station as the sun begins to dip down towards the horizon.
As Twilight walks towards the train a certain Princess crosses her path to meet her half way. Twilight stumbles back and bows before her, "H-Hello Celestia."
Celestia, a tall alicorn of white coat and long flowing magical mane and tail, chuckles at her most loyal of students, "Rise Twilight no need to bow to me."
Twilight rises shuffling uneasy, "Why are you out here?"
"I heard that my student would be in the neighborhood and decided to see if I could find you. I wish to ask have you been with your mother lately."
Twilight nods her head, "Just got down, but also I nearly forgot to visit you Celestia."
Celestia raises a brow a small smile touching her lips, "And why would you need to visit me."
Twilight walks up and rubs her head against Celestia chest, "Because you've been like a mother to me to."
Celestia smiles sweetly down at Twilight and nuzzles the top of the unicorn head with her own. Twilight enjoys the warmth of the sun without having to get burned.
"Come let us sit down." Celestia says using one of her wings to point towards a nearby bench, "Lets talk for awhile."
"R-Right!" Twilight replies walking over with Celestia and sitting.
As they sit and rest Celestia wraps a wing around Twilight keeping her close like how she once did when she was only a foal. Twilight snuggles into the warm body of Celestia and they begin to talk.
The reminisce of the past and all the fun they've had together. Celestia brings up mistakes and curious questions Twilight once had which only makes the mare blush. They speak of the more recent events of Twlight and Spike's love as well as what Celestia has been up to. The sun lowers and lowers in the sky every so often during the conversation by Celestia's will.
The light finally disappears below the horizon and Celestia gives a yawn showing that the conversation is about to end.
"Twilight. You have grown a lot over the time I have known you. You surprise me with how quick you adapt and handle a situation. Though sometimes you may be stubborn, "She nuzzles the top of Twilight's head, "You see it out through the end. That's why I'm glad you call me a mother for I very well consider you my daughter."
Celestia stands with Twilight, "Now hurry and get on a train or Spike might become worried of you."
"Yes mom." Twilight says in an exaggerated way a smile on her face.
Celestia nods her head and approval and watches at Twilight buys and board the train that begins to pull into the station. Once all the ponies are loaded in the train lurches forward and Celestia watches as her most faithful daughter heads back home.
"Spike I'm.... Home?"
Before Twilight lays the most clean room that she has ever seen. Spike lays on the floor sleeping cleaning supplies all around him. On the circle table in the middle of the room a letter lays. She levitates to herself as she begins putting the cleaning supplies away.
Twilight Sparkle my lover
You are greater to me than you will ever know
You are something I will never let go
You hold me through the night
and fill me with warmness
that no cover could ever give.
I love the way we live
claw and hoof walking across the land
so with this poem
I wish to tell
How you are my lover
and a mother as well.
Twilight smiles at the poem. Many words are crossed out and scribbled over and it even seems this isn't the last version either. Twilight looks upon her lover and kiss him upon the head.
"Sometimes you still act like my baby dragon Spike, but I guess you'll always be my baby."
She goes to their room and bring down the comforter and wraps it around her and Spike as she lays against him. She didn't like sleeping along and she be damned if she started to again today.
Placing the poem back upon the table she lays her head upon Spike's back whispering, "Good night my sweet dragon."