"2" Phases

NEW MOON

The night was cloudless, but dark. The stars shown brightly as she gazed up from the hilltop. The night air had always helped clear Twilight mind and think. She just wished the moon was out. She used to think of how strange, how the small rock floating in space, reflecting the light of something so much greater, could be so important.

Now she thought it was beautiful, the relationship the sun and moon shared, much like the sisters who were their physical embodiments. Or a certain pink pony who had grabbed hold of her thoughts and reflected off everything she did lately.

She shouldn't have been so shocked, really, when she realized how Pinkie had started becoming the center of everything she revolved around. Even her latest experiment was full of the her. When Rarity had pointed it out, she had shook her head and said it was impossible.

But that's what Pinkie was, wasn't it? Impossible. Twilight could still hear Rarity's voice as she watched Pinkie walk away. my, you are quiet taken with her, aren't you?She smiled at the moonless sky. She was, and she just had to tell her. Simple.

WAXING MOON

Or maybe it wasn't so simple. She had been trying to think of the best way to express her feelings to Pinkie, but every time she thought she would say it, a different set of words would come out. Now, she had a plan.

She was on the hill again, looking at a beautiful half moon hanging among the stars. She had personally baked cupcakes and had two bottles of sarsaparilla chilling in a bucket full of ice. She had even talked to Dash and made sure the sky would be clear.

Everything was perfect. Smiling at hearing a gasp, Twilight turned. Pinkie's eyes were large as she took in the scene before her. Her mouth was fell into a small o as she turned her gaze to Twilight.

Pinkie took one step forward, then another, and then her hooves were wrapped around Twilight. She stood frozen, for just a moment, before smiling and wrapping her hooves around Pinkie.

"Is this for real, Twily?" she whispered.

Twilight pulled away. Any nervousness she had been feeling fell away. "Yes, Pinkie Pie."  Taking Pinkie's hooves in her own and looking into her eyes, Twilight smiled. "Will you be my special somepony?"

FULL MOON

Twilight had never thought Pinkie could be the romantic type. She had quickly found that to be the wrong assumption. Now she was blindfolded, holding to Pinkie's tail as she was lead to a mysterious location.

Pinkie instructed her to sit. She felt a tug, and the blindfold fell away. They were back on the hill, the full moon nearly looking close enough to touch.  A red blanket was spread out. A bucket with a bottle of wine and two glasses sat to the side, next to a telescope.

"Pinkie, you did this all yourself?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah, do you like it? I remembered you said you liked this wine, and that comet you were talking about is passing by and I thought you would wanna watch it so—umph"

Twilight caught Pinkie in a kiss, pressing her lips together. The slow movements sped up, as all the urban cry and passion the two felt poured out. Twilight pushed, finding Pinkie fell easily.

Panting, they broke. "I really, really like it. Thank you."

Giggling, Pinkie reached up and pulled Twilight down with her.

WANING MOON

Twilight wasn't sure how it had happened, or why, but it had. A crescent moon, just a few slivers away from becoming a new moon, provided very little light.

The tears streaming down Pinkie's cheeks glistened. Pinkie could barely see, but she knew Twilight was there.

Twilight wasn't fairing much better. She couldn't bring herself to look at Pinkie, so she looked at the ground.

"Hey, Twily." "Listen, Pinkie."

They spoke, then stopped, at the same time.

"You first," Twilight said. She looked up, seeing everything she hadn't wanted to see.

Pinkie sighed. "I am so sorry, Twilight. I shouldn't have said that."

"And I shouldn't have said or done what I did, either. I know you're...insecure about actually being needed. And I do need you. You're the most important pony in my life." Twilight took a few steps toward her, almost reaching out to for a hug, but stopping herself.

"I know. I know it's silly, but I get scared when you start spending a lot of time with other ponies. I shouldn't have accused you of...what I did. Especially with Princess Celestia. I just...I can't loose you." Pinkie closed the gap between them, so they were mere centimeters apart.

Slowly, they leaned their foreheads together.

"We sure are smart, huh?" Pinkie asked.

Twilight lifted her head, smiling at Pinkie. "We were smart enough to work it out." She leaned in, planting a soft, lingering kiss on Pinkie's lips that was happily returned.

"I love you."