The Unknown Spell
Awkward Explanations and Mid-Morning Revelations
Previous ChapterTwilight lay in the warmth of Applejack, breathing deeply as a single ray of sunlight shone into the room. Gentle twittering rolled in with the light as birds flew lazily, basking in the warmth, the chill of the past few days generously dispelled by the weather ponies allowing any and all to relax lazily on the dawn of the weekend, most deciding to stay inside with loved ones but the more adventurous opting to go and seek lakes and beaches where they can play, Twilight was never one to stay in bed till late, normally going out early for a walk or merely reading throughout the entire day.
The lavender unicorn nuzzled further into her newly found partner with a relaxed smile, the almost magnetic pull of her presence forcing her to stay. She thought of the night before and remembered she never collected the results of her tests, for a second she was annoyed at herself and a nagging thought tempted her to write notes before she forgets. Twilight dispelled the thoughts as she gently kisses Applejack, "I'll never forget," she whispered as she pulled her head away and looked at her, her smile got slightly wider just before a loud roar like sound filled the room. Twilight flinched and began to focus magical energy into her horn ready to fight off any would be attacker.
The sound stopped as soon as it started and Applejack stirred, "Hmf, N-no I don't want no corn," Applejack's dream fueled speech quickly quietened down as she rolled over and away from Twilight, taking the unnecessarily warm blanket with her. Twilight ran a gentle hoof through Applejack's mane before quickly going down stairs and making herself a daffodil sandwich, she had just sat down with a newspaper and took her first bite when she saw a fidgeting silhouette, she sighed and walked over to the door looking back at her food considering the possibility of just ignoring the pony at the door.
Twilight opened the door, "U-uh Darling, so great to see you... May I come inside?" Rarity stood before Twilight in a ridiculously over sized white hat which seemed to reflect light in almost every direction, an uncommon, almost nervous look was in her eye.
Squinting Twilight stepped aside, "Yeah, of course," Twilight trotted back over to her usual seating spot for when she read, a cushion rested against the wall. She slid down the wall and onto the cushion, "What do you need?" Twilight took a small bite out of her sandwich and looked up at her friend.
"Well... that's the problem you see..." Rarity squirmed slightly as she visibly tried to work out how and what to say next a very faint blush on her cheeks, "Shortly after Spike had left the boutique-"
"Oh heck, I forgot about Spike" Twilight interrupted her
"Let me finish dear. Well he came running back shouting about how I needed to help you because... How do I say this delicately? He thought Applejack was trying to, eat you" Rarity squirmed slightly at the thought and looked at Twilight for an explanation.
"W-well me and..." Twilight paused, her face starting to flush, "I- We tried out a spell and... stuff happened."
Rarity gulped and glanced around, "Yes... I see, I was afraid you'd answer like that. I'm happy that you are happy but that doesn't mean I'm... comfortable with it." Twilight nodded not really sure on what to say or how continue the conversation, though that was the last thing she wanted to do,"You have to explain it to Spike." Rarity ended the conversation on that point and walked out the library without another word.
Twilight sat there in the her heavy silence trying to piece together what Rarity had just said, "I-is she? Can't be..." She stood and began to think, I guess it wouldn't be common for two mares to be together in Ponyville, The idea of same sex relationships was widely accepted in the capital and the larger cities but it wouldn't be insane to think that some of the more remote and less visited places would have been known to have difficulty coming to terms with the seemingly more common form of relationship.
A gentle knock dragged Twilight from her thoughts, she opened the door while she groaned, "Yeah," she looked down at the small purple dragon looking at the ground kicking the dust, "Oh, Spike..." the two were silent for a second, "You're allowed to come in ya know"
Spike walked into the library staring down at the floor, he didn't know why but he didn't want to look at Twilight. Once inside her stood motionless as if thinking, after a few seconds he spoke, "I'm going up to our room..." he said simply and started walking towards the stairs.
"Wait... she's still up there," Twilight looked at Spike, "Come sit down Spike." Spike did so slowly, taking the chair at the end of the table and Twilight to the opposite one, she looked at him for a few moments that dragged onto minutes, she gulped as she spoke at last, "Spike... you see when two ponies... umm" she froze not sure of how to continue, "Well. They. Uh, read this book," suddenly a book levitated and rested in front of Spike.
"Pony Love, a Guide for Foals" Spike read the title out loud and blushed, "B-but I'm a dragon"
Twilight groaned, "Just read it," She sat there occasionally glancing at the blushing Spike who sometimes stopped to look at certain pages, sometimes looking up as if to ask a question but only went back to the book. It took him a few minutes before he eventually finished.
"B-but that doesn't help!" The shy dragon complained.
"Uh... well then, I know go ask Fluttershy she knows about this stuff," Spike looked at Twilight and he wondered why she was avoiding the question.
"Mornin sugarcube, Spike" Applejack nodded at the two and walked over to the table and sat next to Twilight, "You explainin the thing?" She asked cryptically only furthering Spike's confusion and making him slightly annoyed.
"Uh no, I managed to deal with it though," Spike groaned and left the library once more and started the long walk to Fluttershy's cottage, Twilight sighed in relief as the door closed, "Wow.... That was awkward"
"I can guess," the two were silent, the constant silences starting to grate on Twilight, "Twilight last night... I wasn't myself, that spell did something to me." Twilight's face began to take on a sad appearance and her ears flattened against her head, she really did care for Applejack, "B-but that don't mean I'm not interested in you, Ya hear?"
Twilight happily wrapped her arms around Applejack, "You don't realize how happy that makes me," Applejack nuzzled into Twilight before standing.
"Sorry darlin' but I got get to the farm, I shoulda woken up earlier." Applejack kissed the smaller unicorn's forehead before
"Yeah, Cya," Twilight sat alone in the library in happy silence letting the fact that she had a special somepony, she went to her reading cushion and idly stared at the wall for a couple minutes as slowly wondered how much better her life would be now. She slowly dozed off with a gentle smile on her face.
When she woke up it had to be close to sunset judging by the fact a beam of light had shoot it's way through the window and right into her eye's, raising a hoof in front of her eyes Twilight groaned as she stood, her back bopping from the unorthodox way she had been lying. She shook her head to to help speed up her waking up, "Guess I'm not sleeping tonight," she complained as she head for the door. Twilight had decided to go for a late night walk, something she tended to do to relax and to also let Luna know some ponies appreciate her night, it was already decided that she'd probably go to watch the sunset and moonrise during her walk, with this in mind she started the long trek to the hills that lay a good distance out of town.
Twilight finally reached the top of the hill after around twenty minutes, she had a mild ache in her legs as she rested on her back and looked up at the sky noticing in her corner of her vision the sky had turned vaguely orange, she smiled as she sat up and watched as the sun set. The entire view beneath her bathed in a spectacular orange view, most of the area dominated by the scale of Sweet Apple Acres, the trees leaving long shadows as the sun descended further.
Twilight scanned across the entirety of the farm looking for any hint of Applejack but knew it was futile, Maybe I won't go home tonight, Spikes old enough to look after himself. she thought idly with a faint smirk as the sun was just about to fall beyond the horizon. Twilight turned and looked across a different scene, the land had no sign of civilization, many hills stretched far into the distance where they lay in front of a backdrop of distant mountains. The full moon slowly ascended from below the mountains, looking especially big tonight creating an almost imposing object against the visually minuscule land.
Twilight smiled at the moon and stood, she didn't know if Luna watched Twilight in a similar manner as Twilight watches the moon but she liked to imagine so, she liked to imagine that her act of respect to Luna goes noticed by the Princess of the Night. Twilight nodded at the rising moon and turned and faced Sweet Apple Acres. Once more she started her walk, her eyes focused on the small family home in the center.
Luna sat in her watchtower idly toying with the telescope, her eyes bathed in the clear white that was tell tale of any large magical feat. Most ponies don't understand how difficult it is to cast a remote viewing spell, when explained any pony would understand how difficult it is, the removal of one's conscious vision and moving it across the Plain's of Reality is not only dangerous but also strenuous. As far as Luna was aware even Twilight in her power isn't capable of casting and sustaining it for the long periods of time the Royal Sister's managed.
At first it wasn't very interesting, the usual almost tradition like process between her and Twilight, noting how she talked but had no way to hear it. She watched her closest friend stand and nod and nodded back though she knew the pony had no way of knowing that she had done it but as she watched her walk off she realized it was into a different direction as usual, "Where are you off to hmm?" She said out loud and smiled. Luna understood it was wrong for her to spy and snoop on ponies at night, this didn't stop her though. The way she saw it was that she has to stand as sentry to all ponies so the occasional check up is necessary, even if it meant looking into more private affairs.
At first the Princess had no idea where she was going but it dawned on her quickly that she was making her way towards Sweet Apple Acres, Huh, bit late to be going to see the Apple's she thought but a fiendish thought crossed her mind, To see Big Mac? Unlike Celestia who didn't like to peek and have a look around in the lives of the ponies, Luna has always peeked inside ponies minds while they were asleep, focusing on Ponyville because not many of the other towns and cities had such varied characters. Because of this had an almost intimate knowledge of almost all of the residents and knew that Big Mac had been thinking about Twilight a lot lately.
When she watched Twilight walk around the house a few times she frowned, No, that isn't Big Mac's room. Luna pulled back for a second, "Oh god I sound like my sister and her romance books, ugh." Luna pushed her focus back into the spell and watched as Twilight awkwardly flew into the sky and hovered close to Applejack's window, a mild surprise spread across her face and she raised an eyebrow at the sight.
Luna tried to think up a reasonable explanation to Twilight's actions but when she peered through the roof and into Applejack's room she saw an unmistakable movement in the bed, Luna blushed heavily and pulled her vision back to herself and gazed towards the general direction of Sweet Apple Acres. It wasn't the first time she had seen two mares do something like that but this was different, a very close friend and her sister's student, "I think that's enough spying for tonight then," Luna lay on her bed and lay there for a few moments before going to Celestia's room.
Luna's knock on the door was quiet and she was surprised to hear the always regal voice of her sister answer, "Come in," Luna walked into the room and saw Celestia lying in bed with a magical aura enveloping a book, "What is it Luna?"
She stood in the doorway, "It's about Twilight, she's... she's having relations with another mare,"
Celestia raised an eyebrow at Luna, "Oh really? How would you know that then?"
Luna squirmed awkwardly for a moment but answered, "I was spying again."
"You know it's wrong... Don't worry about Twilight, I know how she is, but remember it isn't that bad for you, apart from you Twilight is my closest friend, almost a daughter and all those years together as my student has exposed use to each other's magic for longer than will happen with most. Sometimes our streams of magic crossed and this created a link. I don't know if she knows about it but I get a faint idea of how she's feeling"
"Uh, Celestia, how does that make it any worse for you?"
"I can feel when she orgasm," Celestia said bluntly
"Oh"
Author's Note
No clop for you this time, don't worry, I might be genrous and give you some next time
