Scaling Love
Visiting the fashionista
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"My my, dear human. It seems your not very good with the game we just played" Luna smirked. For the past few matched they played, Mike got utterly decimated every single time. For one of the matches, he almost won too. If not for Luna using her magic to tug at his left shoulder, causing him to drop his controller, ending up with him losing.
Mike sighed before looking at the lunar princess. "Shut up" he said, slapping his face, groaning in displeasure.
Luna playfully giggled before noticing that there is faint light and some distant giggling. "Well...It seems our session is over. I must say, it has been very fun playing with you Micheal. However, it seems you're waking up now" Luna said, looking at her new friend with a crestfallen look. However, she sprung back to happiness when she remembered something. "Oh right! I shall also be following sister with her visit. I'll see you soon Micheal" she spoke, her voice gradually becoming softer and softer, the light now enveloping most of his vision until he could see nothing but white.
Mike awoke a few minutes later, his eyes slowly opening. Groaned in discomfort as the light from outside was now seeping in. Even worst, his position when he slept allowed the light to hit his closed his dead on. He lifted his head, scratching his left ear as he gave off a giant yawn. He tried to sit up straight but found it hard to do so as there was a certain weight that was holding him down. More specifically, a dragoness. Barb was sleeping next to him on his left side, her left arm gripping his chest and her right arm, which was underneath Mike, gripping his back. She was certainly enjoying this moment as there was a soft, warm smile plastered across her face. 'She must be having a really pleasant dream' Mike thought, smiling when he noticed how cute she looked. She was certainly using him as her personal teddy bear.
But with all things, he knew he had to wake the dragoness up. So, with a soft and gentle voice, he placed a hand on her head and said, "Hey Barb. Time to wake up". And with that, nothing happened. Really. Barb still laid in bed, sleeping peacefully. Mike tried to raise his voice a little more. "Barb? Time to wake up" he said, getting a small grunt in reply. After a while, Barb's eyes started to open ever so slowly at first, letting the light seep into her eyes. Once her eyes were now semi-opened, she looked towards the source of the voice, seeing that Mike, her friend, had awoken her. She gave off a small shudder before doing something rather unexpected.
She released her grip on Mike and stretched both arms, hitting Mike in the face with a painful 'THUD'. This caused the human to slightly fly off the bed, hitting the wooden floor. Barb was now fully aware of what had transpired and went to the other side of the bed to see whether her friend is okay. "MIKE! I'M SO SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN IT!" Barb yelled out apologetically. This made the human groan in discomfort. 'Early in the morning and his face and body was now hurting? A great start if I do say so myself' he thought to himself, slowly standing up, rubbing his face.
Once he stood up, an uproar of laughter broke loose from the door. Barb and Mike both looked at the door, finding out that it was open, revealing a purple unicorn mare and a chaotic female being. Twilight and Eris were now lying on the floor, laughing their asses off. This only caused the human to groan more and the dragoness to blush. Once they stopped, Eris walked towards the unlikely duo, a huge grin on her face.
"Yea yea.....Laugh it up" Mike said angrily. Eris chuckled before making a camera appear from her claw-like hand. Mike looked at it, confused.
"Yes, yes. Well....Not only did we capture that moment on camera, but also this" Eris said, snapping her fingers, making a couple of photos appear. The human and the dragoness both looked at it confused at first, but soon became flushed with embarrassment. In the photo, showed both creatures lying in bed, hugging each other as if one was about to lose the other, both of which were pleasantly smiling. Not only that, but apparently Eris also took another picture, this one without the blanket covering them. It showed Mike being hugged by the purple scaled dragonness, her tail wrapped around the being, holding him in sort of a vice grip.
Silence soon followed. Twilight walked towards the group, standing next to Eris with a toothy grin, while Mike and Barb were now as red as a tomato. Eris chuckled before asking, "Awww, whats wrong? The two of you looked so CUTE when the both of you were sleeping!" Eris exclaimed, letting out a 'Squee', making a kissy face. Twilight chuckled, her gripping her face, trying not to 'Squee' as well from the intense cute that they saw.
"Sh-shut up!" the victims yelled out, pushing both Eris and Twilight out of the room, closing the door behind them.
"Oh right! Breakfast is ready as well! Twilight yelled from the other side, walking down the stairs and making her way to the kitchen, Eris following behind her. Both Mike and Barb stayed in relative silence as they got ready for the new day.
"So, what do we do now?" Barb asked, picking an emerald gem, munching on it.
"Right! Well, Princess Celestia said that she will be visiting us with Luna very soon. So it's best if we're ready" Twilight said, cleaning the dishes while the rest sat around the table.
"Well....In that case, I'm going to Rarity's then. I need new clothes anyways" Mike said, standing up and making his way to the door leading to the outside.
"Okay then! Tell Rarity I said 'hi' !" Twilight yelled from the kitchen, getting a "Okay!" in reply. When she was about to finish cleaning the last plate, she noticed Barb slightly crestfallen. She smiled before proceeding to what she was doing.
Meanwhile outside, Mike headed his way to Carousel Boutique, the place where Rarity lived with her sister. However, there was one teeny problem.
He forgot to ask where it was.
He sighed before heading his way to a new destination, Sugarcube Corner and to ask Pinkie where Carousel Boutique is. As he was walking along, several ponies looked at him with a smile, to which he smiled and nodded in acknowledgement. However, it wasn't the smile that was freaking him out slightly. No no. It was how most of the mares were checking him out. He wasn't wearing anything fancy. Just a plain black T-shirt underneath his grey hoody with a the same pair of pants he wore yesterday. The only thing he brought along with him was his iPhone and his headphones.
The mares were all looking at him with a form of expression he couldn't really comprehend. They were all smiling, yes. That meant that they were happy at least. But there was a nagging feeling at the back of his head that yelled "RUN!".
'I'm telling you man! They are not what they seem!'
'Huh? Who's this speaking?' Mike thought aloud before receiving a slight headache.
'It's your brain, dickbutt!'
Mike sighed before slightly walking faster. After a while, he finally reached his destination. He grabbed the handle and opened the door. Once inside, he noticed a pink blur zipping by around the shop as well as a voice that greeted him. "Hey Mikey! Watcha need?" Pinkie asked, still zipping by.
Mike tried to form a proper explanation as to how Pinkie was doing this but as what Twilight said yesterday, it was probably best if he didn't know. "Hey Pinkie. I'm just wondering as to where Carousel Boutique is. I need to meet Rarity. She said she wanted to make me some clothes" Mike told her, to which Pinkie stopped right in front of him. She had a huge shit-eating grin on her face.
"Sure! I don't have anything better to do anyways" Pinkie said, shrugging her shoulders. Mike smiled before thanking her, the both of them leaving the building.
As they walked along the streets of Ponyville, Pinkie told him that Carousel Boutique was just a slight 10 minute walk away, which was quite convenient. They walked along, telling short stories about their lives, telling jokes and just having a ball of a time. That was until Mike unexpectedly bumped into somepony. More importantly a child.
The colt let out a small "Oof!" before falling back onto his flank, slightly dizzy. He wasn't looking where he was going and had bumped into something tall. When he looked up, let out a gasp and his eyes bulged. There, standing in front of him, was the being that the entire town was talking about recently. He was slightly excited and nervous about meeting him.
"Hey there! Sorry for bumping into you" the human crouched down, so that he was at eye level with the colt and smiled.
Then from the distance, was a female voice, yelling out loud. "-TTON!! BUTTON!" the mare yelled, coming closer to the group. As she came to a certain distance, the colt then ran up to her, giving her a hug. "Button! You shouldn't do that! I had to stop for a while to gain my breath" the mare scolded the colt, to which he just said "Sorry mom". The mare forgot about the two ponies that her child encountered. When she looked towards where they stood, she realized that the other 'pony' was apparently the new talk of the town, the creature that Barb Sparkle brought into town.
"Thank you for stopping my child. He can be a bit troublesome at times" the mare smiled. The creature and Pinkie (the pink mare she first met when she and her family first stepped into town) smiled back.
The creature then began to talk. "It's fine. Seems like a nice kid", he said looking at the colt.
"He is such a sweetheart. My names Loving Care. And this is my child, Button Mash" she said.
"Names Micheal Lorenz, pleased to meet you ma'am" Mike said with a nod.
Once the small introduction was finished, Loving Care turned her eyes to Button. "Come on now Button, you'll be late for school" she said, holding her child's hand. She smiled at the duo before taking her leave.
"She seems like a nice mom" Mike muttered.
Pinkie nodded before the two continued their path towards Carousel Botique.
"...-and here we are!" Pinkie exclaimed, her arms out wide, showcasing the building that was now in front of them. The building in particular is 2 stories high, with a pink and light purple tiled rooftop and the outside wall is painted light blue. All in all, the building looked rather fancy. Inside however, may or may not be the same. But, since it is Rarity living inside, it would obviously have to be fancy to suit her needs.
"Well?? Why don't we go in?" Pinkie asked, opening the door, pulling on Mike's hand and dragging him inside. Once inside, Mike took note of the interior. The marble tiles her painted light violet, with a dark violet pattern going in a spiral. The wall was also painted light violet, with paintings of beautiful flowers made of different colors. There were 3 main places in the room that Mike had to take note of. The first one is a small stand with 3 mirrors attached below a cone that was attached to the ceiling with a yellow pole. From the looks of it, this is where ponies were to stand to look at how good their dresses or suits were.
The next one was a room next to the 3 mirrors with dark purple colored wall, different patterns were on it. The entrance was 'blocked' with a swinging doorway, a picture of a bouquet of flowers and a pink heart on it. If he could guess, that way must lead to the kitchen portion of the building. Lastly was a dark purple curtain obstructing something behind it. Inside would probably be the changing rooms and Rarity's workplace.
"Miss Rarity?! Are you here?!" Mike yelled, hearing a "Coming~!" as a reply. From behind the curtains appeared Rarity, wearing a white suit with a dark purple skirt.
"Ah! You came! Well then, time to get you out of those.....filthy clothes that you're wearing! I mean, really. Would you wear that when meeting the Princesses?" Rarity asked with a smirk, one of her brows was raised. This caused Mike to be shocked. How did she know?
"Don't bother asking darling. Twilight sent me a letter a while ago" Rarity said, disappearing from behind the curtains once again. Mike and Pinkie then followed behind her, Once they were behind the curtains, they were greeted with another room, this one filled with different clothes. dresses, business suits and even a......cheer-leading costume? 'Better not question it' Mike thought.
"Now! If you mind, please go to one of the changing rooms and take off your clothes. I need to take your measurements" Rarity said, magically bringing a measuring tape from the nearby worktable, pointing towards the empty changing rooms.
"Uhhh....Okay..?" Mike said, slightly suspicious. He did as told, going to the nearest room, Rarity following.
Pinkie just stood there, waiting for the two of them to finish, slightly bored. Up until she heard something. "M-My word....Ummm...." Rarity slightly stuttered.
Pinkie looked at the closed door, confused as to what might be happening. "I-It's.....so....big" Rarity said.
"Ugh...P-Please just do w-what you were supposed to do" Mike said.
Pinkie was now very confused. What were they talking about?
A few minutes later, Rarity left the room, her face evident of a blush. Mike left a moment later, his face also evident of a blush. "Well now....If you are so kind to wait over there, I will go now to make your attire" Rarity said, coughing slightly. Once that was said, she went to a separate room, which would probably be her workplace.
"So....What happened just now?" Pinkie asked, completely oblivious as to what transpired.
Mike just groaned. "You do now want to know Pinkie" he said, a hand covering his face.
"I am done!" the fashionista exclaimed, catching the attention of Pinkie and Mike. "Mike, if you could kindly go inside the first dressing room over there" Mike nodded, before proceeding towards the room he was told to go. Rarity came back a few minutes later holding some clothing, knocking on the door, giving Mike his attire.
A while later, Mike stepped out of the small room, shocking Pinkie while Rarity smiled. Mike was currently wearing a red suit coat with a wide gold-trimmed lapels and a tunic collar with a stock tie as well as a black waistcoat, as well as being edged and gold trimmed. He was also wearing a pair of red tuxedo pants, in addition to his black shoes that Rarity was able to expertly craft.
"How do I look?" he asked the mares. To which he got a "Super!" from Pinkie and a "Dashing~!" from Rarity. He laughed before walking towards Rarity. "Thanks Rarity. I owe you one" he smiled at her.
Rarity just gave a small huff before replying, "The only favor you have to do for me is to stop wearing such dreadful clothing!" she said, putting the back of her hand on her forehead, giving a dramatic sigh. Mike laughed once again, with Pinkie and Rarity joining in. Suddenly, a bright flash of light appeared on top of Rarity's worktable. Once it disappeared, a letter was now on lying on the table. Rarity hurried towards the letter, reading it before giving a slight gasp.
"What is it?" Mike and Pinkie asked simultaneously.
"The Princesses are coming soon! Twilight said to meet up at near Sucarcube Corner right now!" Rarity said, retrieving a nearby purple coat and a purple hat before signing both Pinkie and Mike to get moving.
The trio quickly made their way towards Sugarcube Corner with mike getting a lot of glances from the mares, to which he just waves back at them. Once they arrived, the rest of the gang was there. However, once the rest of the gang saw what Mike was wearing, they were surprised to see how dashing he looked besides his hair being slightly messy. Barb had the most reaction. When she saw her friend wearing that suit, she was at awe. 'Wow! He sure does look handsome' Barb thought to herself.
'Damn right girl. That's a mighty fine human friend you got there' her consciousness spoke to her, albeit rather teasingly.
"Once thing!" Eris said, snapping her finger, making a comb appear. The comb then made it's way towards Mike's hair, combing it so that it was now tidy. Eris smiled before snapping her fingers again, making the comb disappear. "Can't have a messy hair ruin the first impressions of the Princesses, now do we?" she said with a grin.
Then, from the distance, trumpets could be heard being blow, signalling that they were coming. "Well....Just be yourself and everything will be fine, okay?" Twilight asked, looking at Mike, getting a small nod in reply.
For the human, this could mean either staying in this world without worry or to be thrown in some sort of dungeon, to be treated as a pet of some sort. 'I hope I don't screw up' he thought to himself. He watched as the flying carriage soon touched the ground. He was still feeling a bit scared but all that fear was washed away when he felt something grab his right hand. Turning to his right, he saw Barb looking at him with eyes that comforted him. With that, he felt more at ease. In his mind he silently thanked Barb. All they did now was wait until the carriage door opened.
Finally, the door opened.
Author's Note
This is the longest chapter I have done so far.
Hue. Left ya'll in a bit of a cliffhanger. See ya next time folks!
(Btw. Try to guess where I got the suit idea from)
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