The Super Avatar of Equestria

I was silent after telling my story, and Dad was looking through my memories. It felt like something was giving my mind little tingles in the back of my head.

“So you were alone for how many years?” Cadence asks me.

“Three years.” I answer with my eyes closed as my pain filled memories come back. I clench my fists as my anger at Hawk moves into the front of my mind, but then I remember that he is dead, and most likely burning in hell for what he did.

I sigh as I let my anger go. Cadence moves to my side on the bed, and embraces me.

“I’m sorry you were alone for so long.” She tells me. I just smile as her, and pull her in for a kiss. Our lips met, and we shared a tender kiss for a few moments.

We both pulled away from each other, and she has a soft smile on her lips.

“How do you do that?” She asks me.

“Do what?” I ask.

“How do you always make me happier than I was before?” She asks me with a slightly bigger smile.

“I honestly don’t know.” I tell her.

“Can you try to explain it?” She asks with a cute pout. I chuckle, and then look into my feelings, and how I somehow transfer them into Cadence with a touch, or word. Not finding anything I fall back on one word.

“I guess because supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” I tell her. She laughs for a few seconds.

“What did you say?” She asks me.

“I said super-cali-fragilistic-expialidocious.” I tell her in a slower matter. She laughs again, albeit for a shorter amount of time.

“And what does supercalifragilisticexpialidocious mean?” She asks me with a giggle.

“It is the word to say when you don’t know what to say.” I tell her with a smug grin.

“And is this word made up?” She asks me.

“Nope, back on earth it had a spot in the dictionary, and that was its definition.” I tell her with a smile.

“Well, what other unnecessarily long words did the human race come up with?” She asks me. I smile as I go through them in my head.

“Well there are four others that I know. Those four words are very hard to pronounce as well, but Jinkan taught me to do so. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis is one that is a term for a lung disease that humans can get if they inhale certain chemicals. Antitransubstantionalist is a term for one who doubts the validity of transubstantiation. Then there is the term for when something is estimated as worthless, and that is the word floccinihipilification. Then there is antidisestablishmentarianism, and that means the opposition of a person who opposes the link between church, and state.” I tell her.

“And the last one is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?” Cadence asks me. I nod my head.

Quick A/N: I did the freaking research on those words, and yes that is how they are spelled. Good luck pronouncing them. I cheated, and had my computer do it for me.

“Wow, if you two keep talking like that, I think my brain will melt.” I hear Rainbow Dash say as she walks up to the bed, and lies down on my other side. I chuckle at her statement.

“Well, it’s not my fault my dad was prepared for the zombie apocalypse. He wanted me to know my stuff.” I counter with sarcasm. She snickers at this, and I smirk.

“So, how long are we stuck on this boat?” Dash asks me.

“A couple weeks.” I tell her.

“How fast can this ship go?” Rainbow asks in shock.

“According to the captain, about seventy knots, so about eighty mph.” I tell her. She looks at me with her jaw on the bed.

“But this ship is HUGE.” Dash exclaims.

“Yeah, but you forgot something.” I tell her with a smile.

“And what would that be?” She asks with her hooves crossed.

“Magic.” I say as I dramatically sweep my arm in front of me.

“Oh yeah.” She says like Pinkie would.

“Alright girls, I think I need a nap, would you like to join me?” I ask.

“I’m going to go watch the ocean, but I’ll be here tonight.” Cadence says as she gets up, and off of the bed.

“I was going to go take a nap, but since you’re offering, I’ll stay here.” Dash says as she snuggles up to me. Cadence giggles.

“You to look so cute.” Cadence says with a smile. I chuckle, and Dash just snuggles up closer, and wraps her front hooves around my left arm.

“You should watch the crusaders sleep together. I almost had a heart attack from how cute they looked.” I tell her as she heads to the door. Cadence giggles again before she leaves. I sigh, and close my eyes, but open them as Dash moves.

I look at her, and she catches me off guard with a kiss. I kiss back after a few seconds of surprise. She moans a little, and I use my other hand to cup her cheek. She pulls away, and then snuggles closer to the point where she was basically laying on me.

“Do I feel that good?” I ask softly.

“Even better than you think, but I don’t here you complaining.” She tells me.

“I can’t with how soft all you ponies are. I mean have you ever had fingers before? You guys are softer than the softest material in my world.” I tell her. She giggles, which was extremely cute. It wasn’t very long before we were both asleep.

I was woken up by a knocking at my cabin’s door. I get up, and walk up to the door. I open it to see a unicorn stallion.

“Yes?” I ask as I rub the sleep out of my eyes.

“It is time for dinner your highness.” He tells me. I nod.

“Okay, give me a few minutes, and we’ll be ready.” I tell him.

“We Prince?” He asks.

“Me and my marefriend.” I answer. He nods a few times.

“I’ll wait for a few minutes so I can guide you to the mess hall.” He tells me. I nod, and close the door before walking back to the bed.

“Dash, wake up, it’s time for food.” I tell her. She moans, and covers her head with a pillow. I roll my eyes, and pick her up before I blow raspberries on her neck.

She wakes up with a giggle, and I stop.

“Good, now, let’s get ready for dinner.” I say as I pull out a different shirt that the royal tailors had made me. I then use my air bending to straighten Dash’s main, and tail. It still had its wind-blown look; just that it had a straighter look to it.

“Wow that felt strange.” Dash says as she runs a hoof through her mane a couple times. I chuckle as I walk over to the door. Dash was hovering next to me, and she put a hoof on my shoulder. I turn to her, and she kisses me. I return the kiss, and then pull away. She looks like she wants more.

“After dinner we can have some fun.” I tell her. She smiles before I open the door, and let her out. I pull the door shut as I exit. I lock the door, and then shift into my alicorn body. I turn around, and look at the unicorn stallion.

“Lead the way.” I tell him. He nods, and starts off into the sub-decks of the ship. Dash hovering along my side as I walked behind the stallion. We made it to the mess hall, and Cadence was already there with my kids, and Feather. I took my seat next to Cadence, and Dash sits next to me on my left. I give Cadence a quick kiss, and smile to my kids.

“So how are you three liking the trip so far?” I ask them.

“I’m having a mighty fine time.” Apple Bloom tells me. I smile at that.

“I’ve never been on a ship, so this is kinda cool.” Scootaloo says in a laid back kind of style. Sweetie just stays quiet. I look to her with a tilt of my head.

“Are you okay Sweetie?” I ask her. She sighs.

“I’m still wondering about my magic, and fire bending.” She tells me. I give her a soft smile.

“How about after dinner I give you all a lesson on bending?” I ask. This got Sweetie to cheer up a little, and the other to give me some form of agreement.

“Hey, can I get a lesson too?” Dash asks me.

“Sure, I guess I’ll give you a lesson as well as Feather, and since you’re both the same element It can go a little faster than usual.” I say with a smile that a teacher would have.

“Do you mind if I watch you six?” Cadence asks me.

“Cadence, you can always watch, and I can teach you as well if you want.” I reply as I wrap my right wing around her in a sideways hug.

I pull my wing back as a waitress brings our food out in her magical grasp. She sets the foods out in the middle out the table. She then gives us all a glass of water.

I motion her to come to me, and she walks up to my side.

“I was wondering if you have a drink called Saki.” I tell her. She seems to be in thought for a few seconds.

“We have a drink with a similar name if you would like to try it.” She replies. I nod to her, and she walks away.

“Artermis, can I ask you something?” Feather asks me.

“You just did.” I tell her. She blinks a few times before laughing a little.

“May I ask you two more questions?” She asks. I smile at her wits, and nod.

“How did you manage to get those two to love you?” She asks I blink a few times at the question.

“I don’t know how to answer that, as it was their decision to make. I just asked a question.” I tell her.

“I know how.” Cadence says with a smile, “He did something amazing for me.” Cadence has a slight glaze over her eyes as she remembers what I did for her when we were on top of the mountain.

“And I fell for him before he asked me.” Dash says with a smile.

“But what did he do?” Feather asks with a tilt of her head.

“He is himself, and he cares dearly for us, and always makes us happy before he worries about himself.” Cadence says with a dreamy smile.

“Yeah, he is always looking out for others, and making sure they have it better than before, and in my book that’s awesome.” Dash agrees with Cadence. I stretch my wings out, and wrap them in my aerial appendages.

“And I love them for who they are, not what.” I say with a smile. Dash, and Cadence both lean in, and give me a kiss on the cheek, and I chuckle.

“So, you can’t really explain love, can you?” Feather asks. I shake my head.

“Nope, so my answer is the word to say, when you don’t know what to say. The way I got them to love is because supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” Cadence and Dash giggle, and the others just look at me funny.

“Blame the humans.” I say with a guilty smile. Got a chuckle from my father.

Sure, blame the humans. He says with another chuckle.

Hey, we’re the race that came up with the word. I counter with a mental chuckle of my own.

It was then that the waitress returns with the drink I asked for, and sets down a cup in front of me. I air bend a chair to behind my body before I shift, and sit down in it. This causes the crew at the other tables to look at me.

I pick up my drink, and take a sip before I grimace at its temperature. It was Saki, but it was cold. I look to the waitress.

“Will you bring me the bottle so I may show you why this tastes horrible?” I ask her. She nods before walking away, and returning with a large crystal bottle. I raise my eyebrow at this, but hold my hand out all the same. She sets the bottle in my grasp. I take my hand, and hold the bottle by the bottom so the bottle is balancing on it.

I take in a deep breath before I remove the cap, and then run my chi through it. I make my fire bending warm the bottom of the crystal decanter, and steam starts to float out of the top.

I make my cup heat up, and then with my air bending float it up to the waitress.

“Take a small sip, and tell me how it tastes.” I tell her.

“I can’t drink on the job Prince.” She tells me.

“Then you are on break, and I will pay for what you miss.” I tell her with a neutral tone. She looks to the Captain who is at our table, and the captain nods to her.

The waitress’s magic takes hold of the cup, and then she takes a sip. She pulls away from the cup in what seems to be shock.

“How does it taste that good?” She asks me.

“It’s the heat. It makes the sugars in the alcohol sweeten the drink.” I tell her.

“So it is a hot served drink.” She confirms.

“Yes, and it was a perfect drink in a country called Japan in my world.” I tell her.

“I understand, sort of.” The waitress tells me.

“You don’t have to understand for it to be good. Just remember that this drink is to be served hot, not cold.” I tell her. She nods.

“Why don’t you join us for dinner?” I ask her. She looks to Graceful.

“Why do ya keep looking at me if you’re on break?” Graceful asks.

“I’m sorry Captain, I’m not use to choosing what to do on my own.” She says with while she looks to the floor.

“Cadence, is there slavery in this world?” I ask.

“Yes, but it is only aloud if the slave is paid, and is healthy. The owners cannot under any circumstances beat their slave, and one pony can only have a maximum of two slaves.” She tells me.

“I will be on deck at the bow of the ship. Be warned I will be relieving anger.” I growl as I stand up, and make my way out of the dining room. I found a stairwell easily enough, and made my way up on deck.

By now I was seething with anger. My ki was starting to stir, and I had to concentrate to keep my body from shifting. I was now at the bow of the ship.

“How the FUCK is slavery accepted here?” I ask. On the cuss word my ki skyrocketed. I see the ocean, and its gently swells. I grin as I lower myself into a horse stance. (For those that don’t know what a horse stance is, it is basically lowering the center of gravity by bending the knees while the feet are shoulder width apart. It kind of looks like your preparing to shit.)

I bring my hands back to my right side, and start to pull massive amounts of ki into a ball shape.

“Ka-me-ha-me…” I say as the ki ball gets compressed, and more powerful.

“HA!” I shout as I move my arms forward into a lotus strike, releasing the Kamehameha out into the ocean with a blue ki blast. The Kamehameha flies out away from the ship, moving the water with the energy. After two hundred feet the kamehameha touches the ocean, and explodes, causing a huge wave to head towards the ship. I pull my hands back, and start charging again.

“Ka-me-ha-me……… HA!” I shouted the last syllable, and shot another blast into the wave, and it explodes into a rain like effect, making the kinetic energy behind the wave turn back into potential energy. I was breathing a little harder now, and most of my anger was gone. I was still mad, but it was just like a nagging in the back of my head. I hear the clopping of hooves on the wooden deck, and turn to see the Captain.

She had an impressed smile on her face.

“Well, you’re the most powerful pony I’ve sailed for in a long time.” She tells me. She sees my unamused look, and chuckles nervously.

“Captain, is that waitress your slave?” I ask her. I could tell I was making her uncomfortable, but I was not going to let up.

“Yes, she is, but only because she didn’t have anywhere else to go.” She tells me. I close my eyes, and clench my fists.

Father, please take over so I don’t so something I will come to regret. I tell Dad. My body goes numb as Dad takes control. I was now the passenger of my own body, and I was brooding over the slavery in Equestria. My body shifts into my dad’s.

“Hello Graceful, I am Artermis’s father, and he is greatly upset about the slavery of this world.” My father explains to the nervous unicorn.

“I’m unsure why he is upset, could you explain please?” Graceful asks.

“Sure, but I must warn you. The history of slavery in our world is very dark. It was about a hundred years ago in our world had slavery. The slaves were only a different color of people in our world, and they were torn from their homeland to work farm fields for very little to no pay, and if they misbehaved their owners would punish them brutally. Some owners were good to their slaves, and only warned them, but others saw slaves a property only, and didn’t give and care to them, and only kept them alive. If the slave tried to escape from the harsh owner, and he was caught, the owner would either whip the slave, or had some other form of punishment. It took almost eighty years for slavery to become illegal in our world. And many more after that before the colored people would have equal rights as people, and not animals, or property.” My Father sums up the history of our world.

“That… I could never bring myself to harm any of my indentured servants like that. I’m mean, sure when the two of them act up I scold them, but to punish them with a beating is just… I don’t want to even think about how bad that would make me feel.” Graceful says.

“Either way, my son hates that slavery is legal here in this world.” Father tells her.

“I can see why now, but is he going to cause trouble because of this?” Graceful asks.

“That is not my place to say. He is his own person with his own thoughts, so it could be a problem, and it might not be a problem.” My Father tells her.

Are you ready to come back? Dad asks me.

Yeah, give her a goodbye or something so you don’t seem rude. I reply.

“Captain, it was good talking to you, but my son needs to come back into control, so until next time.” He tells her before he pushes me back into control. I regain feeling in everything at a quick pace, making me nauseous, so I go down onto my knees and take big breathes of air so I didn’t throw up what little I had in my stomach.

My nausea faded, and I stood up.

“Do you understand why I hate slavery now?” I ask her.

“Yes, I can see why, but this world is nothing like yours from what I have learned. We don’t treat slaves badly, and we don’t beat them. We pay them while they’re under our care, and ownership, and when the contract they signed is finished they can leave if they want. Ponies, and every other race that allows slavery, have very strict laws on what you can, and can’t do with your slaves. Hell, it was how I met my husband.” Graceful tells me.

I turn to the sea, and throw a very powerful punch with chi behind it, so I made the water pull away from the ship, and create a large wave traveling away from the ship.

“Please leave me so I don’t yell at you, or hurt you.” I say through clenched teeth.

“Okay.” She says with a curt nod before she walks away. I shift into my Pegasus form, and with a mighty flap of my wings, and a big push from my air bending, I launched into the sky. I flew up, and around the port side of the ship before I landed at the stern end with a rather loud landing. I shift into my alicorn form, and walk to the very end of the ship. There was a unicorn at the helm, and I paid him no mind.

How fast can a ship this size go? I ask my father.

In theory it could go about one hundred and twenty knots. Why? He asks.

I am angry, and I want to kill something, but I can’t so I am going to make the ship move. I answer as I shift back into my human form.

I turn to the bow of the ship, and do the breast stroke motion before I thrust my hands forward, and create tornado force winds moving into the sails. I continue to do this twenty more times, before I walk up to the helms pony.

“Can you keep this speed?” I ask him.

“Not without help from the captain your highness.” He tells me.

“What if you have more magic?” I ask.

“Then yes I could keep this speed.” He tells me.

“Don’t freak out as I give you this power.” I tell him. He nods, and I lay a hand on his back. He is about to protest, but I cut him off as I focus my anger, and them push all of my available ki into him.

I stop, and take my hand off of him. After a few seconds his horn lights up and the sails pull at their masts. We were probably going around seventy knots right now. That would mean the ship was sailing at eightyish miles per hour.

The ship was leaving a huge wake behind us, and the front of the ship was raised a few feet from our newer speed.

“How long will that last you?” I ask him.

“This will last me all night, and two hours into the morning when Captain relieves me.” He answers.

“Good, I’m returning to the mess hall to get some food, would you like something?” I ask him.

“Something to drink would be nice, but I could just send for one so I don’t trouble you Prince.” He tells me. I sigh at the title, and shake my head.

“I’m coming back up here anyways, so what would you like?” I ask him.

“Some nice hot tea would be great, but seriously I could just send for some.” He tells me.

“Just steer the damn ship as I go get me some food, and you a drink.” I tell him with an irritated tone.

“Yes you highness.” He says rather quickly. I nod to him as I make my way back to the mess hall. My stomach growls at me. I end up running into Feather Touch on the way there.

“Is something wrong prince?” She asks me.

“No, just go relax for the night.” I tell her. She nods, and continues to where ever she was going. I start moving again, and make it to the mess hall without running into anyone.

I walked into the mess hall and air bended a plate up to me. I hold it in my hands as I air bend food that I wanted up onto the plate. I look for a waiter, and find one at the doors to the kitchen. He sees me looking at him, and walks up to me.

“Is there something you need Prince?” He asks.

“Yes, ready some hot tea, and a bottle of Saki.” I tell him. He nods, and walks into the kitchen for a few minutes before returning with my requested items on a small silver dish. The tea was steaming slightly, and the bottle of Saki was most likely cold. I just air bended the dish off of his back, and onto my left hand.

“Thank you.” I tell him. He nods, and returns to his spot by the kitchen doors. I exit the mess hall, and return to the deck. I had twelve plaits following me with my air bending as I made my way back to the helm.

When I got there, there was a table, and a chair for me while the helms pony was steering the ship with his horn alight.

I put his tea on a railing near him, and he nods his head to me with a polite ‘thank you Prince.’ I just nod back, and put all the food I had on the table. The dozen dishes barely fit on the table, and I sat down.

“Stars bless this food for it to replenish my strength, and energy reserves. Bless those that worked to produce this food so they may do so again to earn their living.” I say with my head bowed.

The stars in the sky brightened a little before they returned to normal. I say my thanks in silence before I tucked in the entire twelve plates of food.

When I was finished the plates disappeared along with the table. The saki remained with me as did the chair I was in. I take the bottle of saki in my hands and the tray it came on disappears. I stand up, and the chair disappears.

“I’m going to my cabin.” I tell the helms pony.

“Good night Prince.” He replies with a nod.

“You have a good night as well, oh, and may I ask something real quick?” I ask him. He nods to me.

“How can you see where you’re going?” I ask him.

“Lots of years of experience in sailing on this ship.” He tells me.

“Oh, well goodnight helms pony.” I say as I make my way to my cabin.

I had finished the bottle of saki, and was waiting to get drunk, but I never did. I walk onto my room, and see Dash and Cadence there waiting for me on the bed.

Sex ahead, you can skip it by going to the next chapter.

Both Dash, and Cadence had lustful looks in their eyes.

Dad, I’m going to block you, for I am going to get personal with my marefriends tonight. I tell my old before I block him from hearing or seeing anything.

I give my mares a sultry look as I lock the door with a bit of air bending. This makes them smile as I walk slowly to the bed, and shift into my alicorn from.

I was almost to the bed, when a knock at the door stops me. I sigh, and quickly walk back and open the door. I see that it is Zecora.

“Yes Zecora?” I ask in a neutral tone.

“I hope I am not interrupting something, but I have a way to suppress your anger with a thing.” She tells me. I raise an eyebrow at her.

“I’m listening.” I tell her.

“Back in the empire there is an artifact. It can help you greatly and that is a fact. The cannibals have it at their home, but only you can get without breaking a bone.” She tells me. I sigh.

“Listen Zecora, can we talk about this later? I am in the middle of something personal.” I tell her.

“But of course Artermis. I will not block you from getting a kiss.” She tells me as she turns and leaves. I pull my head back into the room, and grab a paper quill, and inkwell. I quickly make a sigh that says, ‘Do not disturb unless we are either under attack, or the world is ending. Violators will be shocked by lightning without a word of why you disturbed me.’ Before I took a nearby knife, and stuck it on the other side of the door.

I then close the door, and lock it. I sigh as I turn to my bed, and start back to my mares.

“So, what do I owe the pleasure of my two beautiful mares tonight?” I ask Dash and Cadence. They both giggled at me, but didn’t say anything.

“Now Misty, you know that it isn’t fun unless you’re human.” Cadence tells me. I smirk as I shift back into a human. Now Dash came up and kissed me as Cadence used magic to remove my clothing by teleporting it off of me. I chuckle as caress both my mares. They both give a sigh at my touch.

“Mmm…let’s move on.” Dash sighs. I chuckle and start to move my hand to her flight muscles, and I do the same for Cadence.

“Ah, sooooooo, gooooooood.” Cadence moans. I slowly increase the pressure, in turn making them louder.

“Uhn, sl-slow down a bit, I-I-I don’t want to finish yet.” Dash says. I slow down a bit as requested, but keep the pressure. Dash was taking deep breaths. She looks a bit darker than her usual bright cyan. This causes a bit of worry to crawl into my mind. It was when Dash collapsed that I stopped and bolted upright into a sitting position. Cadence takes a few seconds to realize what happened.

I place my hand on Dash’s forehead, and pull it back.

“She has a massive fever.” I say as I pick her up.

“I need to cool her off, and I will need to be on deck to do that.” I say as I teleport my clothes back on. Cadence takes a few seconds to remake herself into the Princess the crew knows, and then we head out.

We got up on deck in less than forty seconds. I set Dash down on the deck as I summon my chi.

“I’m going to encase her lower body in ice so she’ll cool off. I think her chi is awakening.” I say as I bend a lot of water up around me.

“Please put her in a standing position.” I say. Cadence levitates Dash into a standing position, and I surround her lower body in water. I had it in a relatively cube-ish shape before I made my muscles clench, in turn freezing the water. Dash was now starting to burn from her chi. Her mane licked into flames, and her body temperature start to rapidly melt the ice, and boil it away. This makes me widen my eyes.

“She is too powerful to encase, I have to make a column around her. I can’t move that much water that fast though.” I say I try to refreeze the water, but it was a losing battle.

“Cadence, I need you to piss me off.” I say as I keep refreezing the water.

“What!? Why would I do that?” She asks.

“I need the avatar state.” I tell her. She is silent for a couple moments before she says flat out in a dead tone.

“I don’t love you.” That struck all the right cords at the same time. She said those four words without any emotion, and it sounded so surreal.

My eyes glow, and my tattoos light up. I couldn’t guide my body this time, but I knew what I had to make it do. I slowly forced my way back into my body, and it seemed to take hours before I reenter my body, and take control.

I move my arms in sync as I pull massive amounts of water from the ocean, and freeze it around Dash into a hollow cylinder. The whole that went up through the inside of the cylinder tapers out at the top, and then I fell to the deck right as Dash’s chi released itself.

I was lucky that I made the cylinder taller than the masts. The column of rainbow colored flame shoots into the sky before dispersing into the atmosphere.

By now I managed to move into a sitting position. Once the flames stopped flowing I waved my hand over the cylinder, making it melt, and flow off the ship. I’m now breathing hard as my chi is near depleted.

“Stars please help the fire bender.” I say as I slowly made my way to my feet. I push my ki throughout my body, and get strength from it. I make my way to Dash, as I was worried for her. The stars dim for a few seconds, which told me she was fine.

“Thank you for your help none the less.” I say with my head bowed as I kneel next to Dash. She was unconscious. I put my left hand on her to see what her temperature was.

She only had a small fever now, but she needs her rest, so I pick her up, and carry her.

“Let’s return to bed, as she needs her sleep. I will need all my strength to teach her tomorrow, and I can only assume you’re tired as well.” I say to Cadence. Right after I said that Dash cuddles into my chest, and Cadence yawns cutely. Cadence has a slight blush after she did so, and I give a quiet chuckle.

I was happy that I could make ki power my muscles, as Dash was about the same height as me if she was on her hind legs, and weighed around seventy pounds. I could carry her normally if she wanted me to, but as dead weight, and my chi basically gone I was weak as a child, and tired.

Once back in our room, Cadence helps me put Dash on the bed before she lies down, and waits for me. I remove the top of my clothes, and climb into bed with them. A soon as I was comfortable I stop focusing my ki, and start to breathe a bit heavier, but this calmed after a few minutes as my chi slowly came back as the stars slowly help my body recuperate. I was asleep as soon as Cadence snuggled up to me.