Little Dragon Tails

After spending the night with my daddy and mommy, we left and returned to Multiplex. I felt bad for tattling on Amethyst... but I think she needed to learn her lesson, and I think she did. I decided to go for a walk through Multiplex's Town Square, looking around at the ponies and their day. I loved pony watching them, and guessing what they did and what their talent was; some of the kirin or other mixed could get cutie marks, I might, but I don't know for sure. All I know is that the few kirin who do live here only one of them has a cutie mark.

I saw Potion walking through the town, a saddlebag across her back. She stopped when she saw me and trotted over.

"Hey'a kid! How's it going?" She asked nicely, the rumbling of thunder heard in the distance.

"You're in a great mood today, Potion! I'm fine, how're you?"

"I'm okay, just shopping before heading home to watch the rain. Wanna come with?"

"Potion, stop being such a creeper. You always molest the poor kirin." Flame growled as she trotted up behind us.

"I am not being a creeper, I am being neighborly. Of course you wouldn't know a thing about that, now would you?"

"Oh don't even get me started, you creep! You always harass poor Ember and I bet you always get on her nerves! She's just too sweet to say anything mean to some pony like you!"

"Take that back, you freak!"

"Oh, now I'm the freak?! Have you looked in the mirror lately?!"

"Stop it you two!" I yelled, anger and sadness clear on my face by what I could tell. "You both are ponies who've been cast out by the regulars, and we have to stick together and be a family. If we don't... then who will? It doesn't matter what species you are, it matters that you get along. I always thought you two could become best friends if you put your hearts to anything for more than five seconds!"

"Jeez, kid... when you put it like that..." Flame said, scratching her face with her hoof.

"Y-Yeah... and to be told something we should already know by a kid. Heh, makes us seem kinda silly, huh?" Potion commented.

A few drops of rain started to fall, and before I knew it I was running across the street and back to my house, shielding myself from the rain. After a couple of days, those two seemed inseparable, like they were best friends. I think I've hit a major milestone in my journey to unite the species of our world.

-A Few Days Before-

Ember ran off, leaving the two ponies by themselves as others scattered and closed their windows and doors. Flame pulled out her umbrella and began to walk away, when she noticed Potion just sitting there.

"Hey... come on, let's go back to my place..." Flame said, holding the umbrella over the snake pony.

"I...I'd like that, Flame, ol' friend." Potion replied, smiling softly.

-At Flame's Home-

Potion sat on Flame's sofa, curling her long tail around her body, getting nice and comfy. Flame came into the living room levitating two cups of cocoa, one for the both of them.

"I'm sorry I've been so mean to you lately."

"Yeah... me as well. Why did you all of the sudden become so..." Potion trailed off.

"Mean? After we were such good friends since we were fillies? I dunno. I guess I-" Flame stopped and started blushing.

"You... you what?"

"I-It's nothing, really. The point is, I'm sorry."

"Thanks... We were acting like little colts with a crush on a cute school filly." Potion laughed, not noticing the blush overcoming Flame's cheeks and face.

After she stopped laughing, she looked to Flame who had turned away from her friend. Potion came to the realization that was inevitable, and put a hoof on her friend's hoof.

"It's okay if you have a crush on some pony. Maybe you should just tell them how you feel."

"How would you want to get asked out if you're so smart with the subject?" Flame spouted, immediately regretting it.

"I would like my crush to just give me a hug and say 'I love you and I want us to be together.' Nice and simple."

"Okay then..." Flame leaned over to Potion and pulled her into a hug, the both of them blushing hard. "I love you and I want us to be together!"

Potion stared blankly at Flame, before laughing. "Nice and simple."

"What?" Flame said, brushing her mane out of her face.

"Just the way I like it." Potion replied, hugging her long time crush back.