Chapter 1 (Chatper One Remake!)
Twilight cringed as the first rays of the sun blasted into her room, the unforgiving beams stirring her from her peaceful slumber. It would actually would have been a nice wakeup call, that is if she had not had opened her eyes to see what it was that was bothering her. She quickly shut them as the sun beamed directly into her retinas and pulled the covers over her face in a vain attempt to protect her from the attack of the sun. It was too late however as she had felt the full effect of the sun’s rays and she was subjected to stars dancing around in her vision, despite her being enclosed in her dark barrier.
With a heavy groan she decided to ride out her self-induced pain in her bed before pulling the covers off of her slowly, facing away from the rays of the sun as not to have a repeat performance. To her relief the throb of her eyes focusing was the only pain she felt this time around.
She stifled an oncoming yawn before taking stock of what was around her. From the start she knew she was in her room, it’s where she slept after all. Still it was nice to know that she was in her own bed once again. Her frequent trips to Canterlot did talk a small toll of the lavender unicorn. As she shifted in position her ears suddenly perked as they focused on the light snoring coming from beside her. Turning over she could see a lump in the covers rise and fall gently in time with the snoring. She smiled softly, a light blush appearing on her cheeks as she gazed at the lump with both love and affection. Perhaps she would forgo getting out of bed for now. Maybe cuddle up to the one beside her. It was a Sunday anyway, the library would be closed for the day. For once, just this once, maybe she would sleep in and nuzzle-
“Twilight! I’m starting breakfast!”
The sound of a boyish voice from somewhere outside her room caused the mare to rethink her position of just sleeping and cuddling the day away. Still, it needed a scientific approach to it. Running the numbers in her head she came up with the notion that despite how much she loved to cuddle, and she really loves to cuddle she found out, it could wait. Food was more important.
Pushing the covers off her body, she slipped from off her bed and trotted on unsteady hooves towards her personal bathroom, the motions of her getting out of bed, coupled with the earlier shout, caused the lump that slept next to her to stir slightly.
After making her way inside the bathroom the mare glanced at the being that stared back at her. She cringed at the sight of her copy’s blood shot eyes and bed wrangled mane. While looking at her mane as if it had displeased her greatly the mare activated her magic and turned her shower on, knowing exactly how much she had to turn the nozzle so that it was at the perfect heating temperature. As she continued to contemplate on what to do with her mane, something pressed from behind her, making the unicorn mare jump slightly in surprise before relaxing and forming a playful smirk on her lips. “Shouldn’t you be leaving for work soon?”
“And miss seeing your flank I the morning?” A deep yet playful male voice spoke up, “I say nay to you milady.” Black hooves slowly draped around her waist pulling her close so she could feel the soft pecks along her back and flank. The mare shuddered softly in pleasure before pulling away from the one behind her, and turning to face him completely. She was met with his lips pressing into her own, a gentle but deep kiss pulling her into a since of expected pleasure. Pulling away from the kiss after a moment later with closed eyes, Twilight gave a light “Mmmm” of satisfaction as she covered a hoof over her lips as if to hold in the flavors of her lover. “I’m guessing you’re going to be late…again…” She said after opening her eyes, gazing at the black pegasus smirking down at her.
“Hey…I worked overtime last night anyway. That rainstorm was brutal to get under control. Besides, clouds comeing in a little late won’t hurt anypony, and what Rainbow doesn’t know won’t hurt…Me right?” He said with a snicker, running a hoof through his white mane.
Twilight shook her head before smiling herself. “Don’t get on Rainbow’s bad side Thunderlane. Remember, despite you being my coltfrined we still are…well…Keeping it quite for now.”
The stallion rolled his eyes but smirked none the less. “I know I know. I’ll try to be in on time at least but I’ll have a tough time getting anywhere with such an amazing mare in front of me.” He said before looking back to Twilight. Leaning in, he caused their lips to meet again, the mare pushing in to him to cause the kiss to become more intimate.
As they continued to kiss, Thunderlane felt magic gently grip the back of his head, slowly guiding him while keeping the kiss locked in place as Twilight began stepping backwards into the shower. He could feel the heat of the water wash over his fur as he fully entered into the tub with her; though he felt that the kiss did his body more justice then any amount of hot water that assaulted him had. Much to his discontentment, she pulled away from the kiss, turned, and sat on her hunches.
“Back please.” She said with a coy tone.
Thunderlane gave her an annoyed look before rolling his eyes. “You’re a brat, you know that?” He told her before picking up the bottle of soap with his teeth and squeezing its contents onto his hoof. He heard her giggle as he began to lather the soap and run the suds though her mane.
“You know you love it.” She mused after her fit of giggles subsided. Thunderlane rolled his eyes once again before running his hoof from around her mane to her back. Despite how lame her jokes tended to be he couldn’t help but agree with the mare in front of him.
She wasn’t just beautiful, she was gorgeous to him. Sure lots of mares had their charm but none he had seem or been with before could match up to the infamous Twilight Sparkle. Even forgoing her reputation with knowing Princess Celestia, she had caught his eye way before he knew where she came from or why she was in Ponyville. All he saw was pure perfection wrapped up within the adorkable package.
He remembered it took him little time to approach her, and even less time for her to deny him that very day. Nopony can say he was one to give up once he sets his mind to a job he liked though. He remembered it took him a full month to ware her down, and another month for her to agree to a date, and a whole week to set it up. She had suggested they do it elsewhere though, where nopony would see the two of them. It was just a simple lunch in White Tail Woods. Little did the two ponies know it would grow into the way things are now.
Not that either pony was complaining though.
Of course, all of this came with one simple request from the mare.
The rest of the girls must never know…
Twilight pouted a bit as her friends came to the forefront of her mind. It’s not like Twilight didn’t want to tell them. It’s more like she didn’t know how to tell the girls. They always saw her as an egghead, much to her charging, and them finding out that she was not only in a relationship with a stallion but a sexual one at that, she was slightly afraid of what they might think, its why she moved her and his dating to Canterlot only. Yesterday was too hectic for a proper date however, which is why they both agreed that he would spend the night here…with her. She knew the girls were busy today, having looked into it before hoof.
Applejack was busy with applebucking, Fluttershy was at a picnic with her animals, Pinkie was out of town, Rarity had a dress order to complete, and she was told Rainbow was visiting Clouds Dell for the next few days. Yep. Today was just for her and Thunderlane.
Thunderlane smiled as he leaned into the mare, pushing his muzzle into her neck as he did so. She shifted slightly as she felt his lips press into her damp fur, her chin coming into contact with his wet mane as she did. “We really shouldn’t keep Spike waiting…and you really need to get to work…” She gently said before nibbling his ear. Thunderlane gave an feral grunt in response before nipping her neck gently, causing the mare to shudder in response. “W-Well…” She continued. “Just…a little late couldn’t hurt…” She said, before she felt herself pulled back with enthusiastic force, the mare laughing happily all the while before her happiness turned to coos of pleasure.
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A happy squeal from upstairs made a certain purple and green baby dragon to look up and raise an eyebrow before turning it to a deadpanned look. With a roll of his eyes he set about setting the plates for the three of them. “Another typical Sunday morning in Twilight’s…” He said in a slightly annoyed tone.
He had, for the most part, gotten use to Twilights and Thunderlane’s alone time ever since they came this far into their relationship. Sure it was…well…disturbing for the most part that the new stallion in Twilight’s life was…well…doing that with her for needing a lack of a better term, but he had never seen Twilight so happy before so it was a accepted by the drake. Even keeping Twilights love life secret was barely taxing on him, since he swore to take what he saw that first night he walked in on them to his grave.
Keeping it a secret from the rest of the girls seemed to be just as easy because…well…let’s face it, nopony expected Twilight of all ponies to have a coltfriend; certainly not one that seemed to be just as, if not more lazy then the Rainbow Dash. He had his good qualities too, he was super cool to hang around and almost as fast as Rainbow, just shy a few wings lengths if Spike remembered correctly. Plus he saved Rarity back at the Wonderbolt’s Training ground; bonus points for that. Spike wasn’t even jealous when he received the hug of gratitude from his crush due to the fact that he was already dating Twilight at the time. Plus he also had a friend in Thunderlane’s little brother Rumble. Yeah Spike was a bit older then him but the simple fact that he had a best friend now was super cool to the little drake.
Yep, for now he saw little downside to letting Twilight have her coltfriend. No complications in the-
KNOCKKNOCKKNOCKKNOCK!!
Spike’s eyes widened as he heard the door nearly pounded off its hinges. Ok…Think Spike! He said out loud in his mind. Who in Ponyville knocks like that? Applejack is strong but she wouldn’t do that unless there was an emergency and she would call out soon afterwards. Pinkie Pie is busy in Fillydelphia with Misses Cake. Rarity is too much of a lady. Fluttershy…Ok not Fluttershy. That just leaves…Oh crap…But shes…she can’t be…
He looked over to the window to see a cyan face pressed against it with her hooves framing her face. Magenta eyes looked around the room before locking on to the baby dragon, a bright smile playing across her lips upon noticing him.
Spike’s eye twitch. “Horseapples…” He looked upwards towards Twilight’s room before looking back to the cyan mare who was pawing at the window expectantly. With a sigh he made his way to the door, opening it a crack of the way to find Rainbow smiling expectedly towards him. “Ah…Sup Rainbow. Back from Clouds Dell I see? Have fun”
“Hey Spike, and yeah! It was a blast!” Rainbow said before looking past him and into the opened door. “Is Twilight around?”
Spike gave a nervous look backwards. “She’s currently in the bathroom…” He said uneasily. “Why do you ask RD?”
“Duh! Why else would I be here?” She said before pulling out a piece of paper out of her saddle bag. Spike grabbed it and began to read the parchment that had a colorful picture of the famous book adventure heroine and a caption that read, “Daring Do and the Trident of the Seaponies”. When Spike looked back up the Rainbow, the pegasus had a proud smirk on her face. “The next book of Daring Do is out of course. This is the book about one of Daring’s first adventures when she started work at the university!” She said slowly moving from proud to fan girl over the course of her explanation. “The plot is about her and her class on a trip to study ancient civilizations. Of course during the trip, Daring gets involved in one of Ahuizotl's plots and must find out more about her parents and what happened to the seaponies if she is to survive. It’s going to be so epic! I can feel it!”
Spike raised an eyebrow to the mare. “Ok…but why are you here? This says it doesn’t come out until tomorrow.” He said glancing at the poster.
“Well, I was thinking that Twi would allow me to have an early copy of the book.” Rainbow said after calming down slightly.
“Oh…Well she is taking a bath…but I can tell her you stopped by and-“ He was moved aside as Rainbow’s eyes began to widen and she sniffed the air. “Hey! Rainbow!”
“Is that pancakes I smell?” She asked ignoring the dragon completely. The cyan pegasus made her way into the kitchen finding a stack of the delectable food upon the table. “Aw sweet! Mind if…hey…Why is there three plates on the table?” Rainbow inquired, much to Spike’s charging.
“I…Ah…I mean…” He was relived from further explanation when the sound of hoofsteps made their way down to the lower level.
“See you downstairs!” Said a distinct and oddly satisfied sounding Twilight voice. Spike gave a relived sigh, happy to the fact that it was Twilight and not a certain black stallion. Still…
“Hey Twilight!” Rainbow called out as the lavender mare came into view. Not surprisingly, well not to Spike in any case, Twilight’s eye widened by degrees upon seeing her rainbow maned friend.
“R-R-Rainbow?” Twilight all but squeaked out of her throat. "Your...back?"
“Sure am! Now...See who downstairs?” She asked with a raised eyebrow.
Twilight’s eye twitched at the question and she gave a look over to Spike who was behind her. “Ah…Spike! Yes that’s it! I was…ah…Telling Spike that I would see him downstairs.” Rainbow looked at her for a few seconds longer before shrugging. Twilight visibly deflated with relief for a second before something else dawned on her. Rainbow was in the house at the same time as Thunderlane!
“Ah…Twi?” Rainbow said, waving a hoof in front of her face. “You ok? You’re kinda makeing a lot of weird faces.”
She quickly shook her head before giving a forced smile. “Oh! Ah…Of coarse…Um…Why are you here exactly?”
“Daring Do.” Rainbow said with glee and Spike said with apprehension. "I only went to Clouds Dell fo a day or two to make my reports. Ended up staying the night however. I almost stayed anohter day until I remembered that Daring Do comes out tomorrow, and I know that you are one of the first ponies to get the copy beforehoof."
“I see.." Twilight said as she lookied away, curseing her friends memory. “Well Its…ah…Still packed up in my room. I was going to get to setting it up later today. I know you like Daring Do Dash but getting a copy before everypony else isn't fair.” She looked toward the cyan mare who had an expecting look on her face. With a groan she rolled her eyes. “Ok fine! Your not going to go away anyway If I don't."
“Sweet! So Mind if I join you for brakefast?" Rainbow said before dashing to the table. “You have three plates out already anyway.” She looked towards the mare. “Why is that anyway?”
Twilight gave the mare a frantic look. “I…ah…well…I always put an extra plate out,,,just in case one of my friends join in." She said in an hopefully assured tone.
Rainbow squinted her eyes at the mare before smiling. “Cool! I'll have to come by more often then!” Taking twelve for herself, she began to dig into the delightful treat. Twilight gave a worried look to Spike, motioning towards the stairway as she did so. Spike nodded before making his way to the stairs as quickly as he could. His movement didn’t go unnoticed by Rainbow however. “Hey Spike, what’s up? Not hungry?”
“I…ah…um…bathroom!” He said before turning and bolting up the stairway. Rainbow watched him leave before shrugging and turning back to demolish her pancakes. Twilight gave a sigh as she looked back to the cyan mare. Motion in the window behind Rainbow however caused Twilight to look past her cyan friend. She could see Thunderlane outside, his gaze shifting from Rainbow to herself before turning from a far away look to smiling lightly and waving goodbye. She smiled as well causing the stallion to smirk and wink before flying off.
Her smile faltered a bit as she looked back to Rainbow Dash. She couldn’t keep lying to her...to any of them. This was the fifth time that she and Thunderlane had almost gotten caught. Its why she had to move their meetings to Canterlot. She had thought that today would be different, that they could spend some time together without much distraction, but an oversight nearly got them caught.
Twilight sighed as she bit into her own food, turning the bread into mush at a slow and agonizing pace. As much as it scared her to tell them she just couldn’t keep doing this. She liked…no…loved Thunderlane. Maybe…just maybe…they would like him too?
“Rainbow…” Twilight said softly, making the mare look up with a mouth full of food. “Um…Listen. There’s something I have to tell you…You and the girls.” Rainbow raised an eyebrow, giving Twilight her full attention. Seeing this, Twilight continued. “Could you…tell the girls to meet me here at, four this after noon.” She said looking down. “I have something to tell you all.”
Rainbow gave Twilight a worried glace. “Is something wrong Twi?”
“Yes…well…no…mabey? I’m not sure.” Twilight said. “Just…Please meet me here…Ok?”
“Ah…sure Twi I can do that.” She said with a smile. “If it’s important then I’ll make sure the girls get together.”
Twilight smiled and nodded before closing her eyes. Now, how am I going to tell Thunderlane…?
