Equestria Girls: The Witching Hour

The drive out to Megan's family ranch had been longer than expected due to the snow that had started falling after Megan and Brianna had left the party. Megan was brushing Brianna's hair while she sat quietly at Megan's vanity in her room.

"I told you that there was nothing to worry about Brianna. You looked great just like I said." said Megan

Brianna sighed "I felt kind of overdressed after seeing what Adagio and Aria were wearing."

Megan giggled "Rarity's bathing suit was somewhat scandalous too. I would never have thought that she would wear something like that."

The two giggled in unison. "Well we have a lot to do tomorrow so let's get to bed okay." Brianna nodded and they went to sleep to rest for the long day ahead.

The next morning was cold, bitterly cold when Brianna woke to Megan's warmth beside her. She looked at Megan whose expression told her that Megan had been watching her sleep again.

"What time is it?" Brianna asked still half asleep.

"It's a little past nine." Megan replied

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier Megan?" asked Brianna

"Because I wanted to let you sleep a little longer today. Now go get in the shower and I'll get breakfast started for us okay."

Brianna nodded and sleepily shambled into the adjoining bathroom. Megan smiled as she got up and headed downstairs to make breakfast. The Ranch house was empty save the two of them for the moment. Megan's parents were in town to get more supplies for the horses and both Danny and Molly were out at friends houses. Megan smiled again thinking about Brianna had called it when she said that Danny had a crush on Surprise.

Brianna came downstairs after showering to hear Megan singing as she cooked the last of food for them. She laughed a little at the sight of Megan wearing an apron.

"What so funny?" Megan said upon hearing Brianna laugh.

"I was just imagining you as a housewife, it was kind of funny." Brianna replied

Megan placed the food on her plate and looked at her girlfriend. "Why is that funny Brianna?"

"Because I can't see either of us being a housewife Megan. We're not the kind of girls for that kind of thing. I mean I have no problem with any girl who wants to be a housewife, but it's not for us." Brianna said as she sat down at the table.

Megan sat the plates on the table and went to get some orange juice for herself and Brianna. "Oh? What makes you say that Brianna?"

Brianna giggled in reply. "Oh come on Megan, you're one of the toughest, most athletic, reliable, intelligent, and hard working girls in school. I mean you ride dirt bikes, horses, and it really amazes me that you can't quick draw a old timey revolver and shoot down targets without even looking sometimes. And, you grew up on a ranch and can corral a bull without even breaking a sweat. You're pretty much the living idea of an old western movie 'cowgirl'." Brianna said using air quotes on the word cowgirl. "It just looks weird seeing you in an apron is all."

Megan laughed at Brianna. "Oh Brianna don't you get it?" Said Megan with a smile. "Brianna it takes a real 'cowgirl' to be a good housewife, after all look at all my mom and yours do around the house. Raising multiple kids, keeping the house clean, keeping everyone fed, doing how many loads of laundry a day, and goodness knows how much more that we never notice. I think a housewife is probably one of the hardest roles a woman or a man can take on."

Brianna blinked "I, I never thought about it that way before. I don't know how mama does it, I mean really she works, and takes care of four girls as well as dating Ms. Heart Throb and she makes it look easy. Very easy in fact, it's like she is some kind of superwoman or something." Brianna just laughed. "That's just like you to take such a popular misconception about you and turn into a way to make a good point. I don't know how you keep doing that Megan, but it is amazing."

Megan giggled "That is why it is important to listen to other perspectives at times Brianna, no one can think of everything on their own. Not even me. So," asked Megan "what do you want when we're done with school Brianna? I know what I want, but I need to hear what you want to do with your life."

Brianna turned quiet for a few moments before answering. "I, I don't really know yet Megan. What I do know about it is that I want to be with you for the rest of my life. I can figure out what else I want to do a little later." Brianna laughed "Maybe I'll get an idea at some point, although..."

Megan arched an eyebrow. "Although what Brianna?"

Brianna turned away unable to meet Megan's gaze. She mumbled incoherently for a few moments and looked back to Megan with a very red face. "I want to have your baby" Brianna whispered at such a low tone that Fluttershy would be impressed.

Megan cocked her head. "You want to what Brianna?" Asked Megan, she knew she was pressing her girlfriend but sometimes Brianna reverted back to being the uber-shy little girl Megan had first met when they were five. This would still happen occasionally when Brianna was embarrassed about something.

Brianna took a deep breath trying to calm herself and looked at Megan. "I want to find a way to have your baby someday Megan." she managed with her heart thundering in ears and threatening to hammer through her chest.

Megan smiled at her. "That would be nice if you could Brianna, but we're both girls and that doesn't work for us. I think it's really sweet that you want to be a mother someday though, you'd be a good mother, if how you handle Ember is any indication." Megan reached out placed her hand on Brianna's. "We'd have to get our lives together and straightened out first though."

"Are you sure we can't have one? I mean Sunset, Twilight, and Storm are all really smart, and you never know with Storm. He's got that mad scientist kind of genius going on. Which does worry me a little sometimes. You are right though, we do need to get it together first." Brianna replied

Megan reached up and brushed Brianna's cheek with her hand. "We will Brianna, we will. As for what I want to do, well I want to make sure that you can have the kind of life you want to lead. I want to take care of you and make you happy. I know it might be a little old fashion but I want to provide for you and any family we have. And only a little? I worry a lot about Storm's genius sometimes."

Both girls shared a laugh and Megan looked at Brianna with fondness and love. "I am really looking forward to our eighteenth birthday Brianna." Megan said lovingly.

"I am too Megan, I don't think we can keep our hands off of each other until our wedding night." Brianna replied with a dreamy sigh. "That will be one of the most special nights in our lives."

Megan leaned to Brianna and whispered. "Every night I spend with you is special Brianna." Megan kissed Brianna for a long moment before the two broke apart. "Now you should get changed if you're going to help me with the chores, I'll be up in a minute after I clean up down here." Megan said lovingly.

Brianna smiled as she stood. "Okay Megan, I'll be back down in a bit after I find my winter work clothes." As Brianna walked back up the stairs Megan stood smiling and began to clear the table. Life with Brianna and their friends by their side was all Megan could ever want or need.

"It's too bad Mary doesn't understand this." Megan though to herself. "Maybe one day she will learn what love really is." Megan finished clearing the table and went upstairs to change into her winter work clothes.

After getting back to her room Megan saw Brianna sorting through her clothes left in Megan's closet. "Ugh! Where did I put those again?" Brianna let out an annoyed huff and resumed her search when Megan stopped her.

"It's here remember Brianna." Megan said pulling out a drawer full Brianna's winter work clothes.

Brianna facepalmed "That's right." Brianna leaned forward and kissed Megan. "I have no idea what I'd do without you sometimes Megan. One of these days I really need to get organized."

"It's fine Brianna, that's why I'm here after all, to help you out." Megan replied as she began to change into her winter work clothes. "Besides," Megan said "you're very organized in your games."

Brianna rolled her eyes in response. "Yeah so organized I forget half the stuff I need sometimes. If weren't for you I'd be lost sometimes." Brianna turned to face Megan. "I mean that, without you I would not be doing as well as I am. Even with our friends. you keep me going an keep me grounded. If I didn't have you, well I could have ended up like Mary or been even worse than she is." Brianna's eyes shimmer slightly as she spoke.

Megan moved to hold Brianna and whispered. "You're much stronger than you realize Brianna, and one day you will realize it. And after that day I'll be even more proud of you than I am."

Brianna looked at Megan. "Really?"

Megan smiled "Yes really. You are a special girl Brianna and someday you'll see it."

Brianna buried her face in Megan's shoulder and cried for a few moments. "I am lucky to have you Megan."

Megan smiled as they parted. "You're not lucky, you're special and all of us can see it. Now dry your eyes, I need you after all."

Brianna sniffled and dried her eyes of the remaining tears. "Okay, I'm okay now Megan."

Megan smiled as they finished changing and started out to the stables.

The stable was one Brianna's favorite places on the ranch. Here she and Megan had spent a lot of time together working and tending to the horses and ponies that dwelled within. "Hi T.J." Brianna said as she entered the stables just ahead of Megan. The pony stallion looked up at her and whinnied. Brianna reached out and petted his head. "Megan is coming, she just had to stop at the shed to get something." T.J. nodded as Brianna turn to the stall on the other side and her pony Lily. "Hey there Lily how is my sweet little pony today?"

Lily leaned forward and nuzzled Brianna with an excited whinny. Brianna petted her and baby talked to her. "Yes you're my sweet little pony aren't you?" Brianna babbled at the mare. T.J. however was practically rolling his eyes at Brianna's baby talk and decided a little mischief was in order. When Brianna was fully engrossed in her baby talk T.J. whinnied very loudly startling Brianna. "GAH!" Brianna yelped while losing her balance and falling on the stable floor. Lily snorted and glared at her mate as if to say "Leave my human alone T.J."

Megan heard this as she walked into the stable and saw T.J. laughing at a now prone Brianna who was being nuzzled by another horse whose stall she'd landed in front of. Megan glared at T.J. "T.J. you need to stop harassing Brianna like that, it's not funny." The pony lowered his head seemingly shamed by his actions. Megan pat him on top of the head. "I love you T.J., but you really need to stop being so mean like that. Brianna likes you so stop teasing her okay?" Megan said softly but firmly. T.J. snorted and nodded, but Megan got the feeling that he was nowhere near done with his mischievous antics. He had always been prone to such behavior and Megan didn't think that he would be done anytime soon.

"Come on Brianna, let me help you up." Megan said offering her hand to her fallen girlfriend.

"Uhg! Megan your pony is such a brat sometimes!" Brianna huffed indignantly.

"Oh come Brianna T.J. really likes you." Megan replied

"He has a funny way of showing it." Brianna responded bitterly. "So what did you need from the shed anyway?"

Megan smiled "I had to get the shovels so we can clean out the stalls silly."

Brianna lowered her head. "Oh yeah, that."

Megan smiled "Brianna everyone forgets sometimes, and it has been a while since we were out here."

Brianna sighed "I know, by the way where did the foal over there in that stall come from?"

Megan looked at the nervous little filly. "Oh my parents are watching her for some family friends that had a family emergency and couldn't leave her at their place. So they brought her here so we could take care of her until they get back."

"Oh, okay." Brianna replied "Um, I think I'm going to leave her to you then. I don't want to scare her and get kicked."

"That's best Brianna, I don't want you having to go to the hospital again." said Megan

Brianna looked at the small horse who could not have been more than a year old at the most. "Could she really do that Megan?"

"If you're unlucky and get kicked in the right spot yes. At the very least you'd have really bad bruises like Danny got when he accidentally spooked Molly's pony that time." Megan replied causing Brianna to shudder. Brianna remembered those bruises and how bad they were. She shuddered again and the sound of Megan's phone going off broke her from her reverie.

Megan handed a shovel to Brianna. "You go ahead and get started, mom is calling and I'll be back in a moment." Said Megan as she stepped outside of the stable to take the call. After a few minutes Megan returned telling Brianna that her parents were headed back to the Ranch with Danny and Molly.

"Okay Megan." Brianna responded cheerfully as she went back to cleaning out Liliy's stall.

Megan watched Brianna work for a moment and the looked over at Lily who was in front of T.J.'s stall. She was whinnying and nickering at T.J. making it seem like she was lecturing him about teasing Brianna. Megan smiled as she walked to the filly's temporary stall. Megan got down low and talked softly to the little horse. "Okay now Lickety-Split I need you to move so I can clean out the stall."

The foal gave a nervous whinny and refused to budge. "Come on now." Megan said softly. "There is no need to be stubborn. I'm not going to hurt you little one. No one here would do that." Still the foal refused to move. Megan stood slowly so as not to startle her and carefully moved around behind her to get her to move. Just as she got behind the small animal there was the sound of a bucket being kicked over causing Brianna to jump in Lily's stall.

The yearling was startled at the same time and gave a panicked whinny and suddenly kicked landing a one-legged shot right on Megan's upper leg. Megan cried out and the filly ran from the stall and hid in corner where she could see everyone in the stable.

Brianna ran to Megan as Lily whinnied and stomped her hoof at T.J. who hung his head and gave a pained whinny of his own. No one had ever gotten hurt because of him until today and that it was Megan made it worse for T.J. that it had happened. "Megan!" Brianna cried as she reached Megan.

"Brianna Call for an ambulance! I think my leg is broken." Megan said calmly while instructing Brianna on what to do.

Brianna was shaking as her fingers clumsily found the numbers on cell phone. As she made the call Megan's parents had returned home and made their way to the stable finding Brianna on the phone and Megan on the floor. Megan's father quickly got Lickety-Split into another empty stall and then they waited for the ambulance to arrive.

When the paramedics arrived they put Megan's leg in a splint to keep it from moving and after a nerve racking ride to the hospital Brianna was once again in a place she didn't want to be. A very familiar doctor took an x-ray of Megan's leg and found that it was in deed broken, but not badly.

"So the situation is like this." Doctor Candy Stripe began. "There are a couple of somewhat deep fractures but no clean break. It's a bad injury but not a very serious one."

"So when can Megan leave?" asked Brianna

The doctor sighed. "I'd like to keep her overnight just in case. Other than that she won't be going to school for at least a week so she can rest her leg. So she'll be home tomorrow at the latest though. More over she'll need to keep her leg elevated and we'll have to put it in a cast while it heals." Doctor Candy Stripe turned to Brianna. "You are going to have to take care of Megan when you're not at school this time Brianna. Can you do that for me?

Brianna nodded "Yes I'll take care of Megan." Brianna said half heartedly, she felt defeated in that moment. She honestly wished it had been her that had gotten hurt instead of Megan.

Megan sensed Brianna's distress and held her hand. "It's fine Brianna, I'll be waiting for you at your house tomorrow and you can bring me my school work until I'm able to get back. We'll get through this I promise, it's only going to be a couple of days after all."

"Okay Megan." Brianna replied

"Mom and dad will take you home and I'll call you before bed time okay?" said Megan

Brianna nodded and left with Megan's parents after the doctors placed Megan's leg in cast.

Later that night...

Brianna was laying in bed alone for the first time in a long time. She felt vulnerable without Megan there with her, and dreaded the nightmares that might come for her while she slept that night. "I don't want to be alone tonight." She whimpered softly. "I want to be with Megan." Brianna was nearly in tears when her phone rang. She quickly turned to her nightstand and picked it up to answer it.

"Hey sweetheart." Megan said from her end.

"Hello." Brianna answered

"Well the doctors confirmed that I'll be able to come home tomorrow for sure, and I won't be back in school for a while so I'll need you to talk to Principal Celestia about getting my classwork for me so I don't fall behind. I'll also need you help getting around when I get out and get back to school."

"It's not too bad?" asked Brianna

"No, the doctor said that I'm lucky I was not farther away and that it was only a one-legged kick or I could have been hurt much worse."

"Megan I don't want to be alone." Brianna whimpered

"It's only for tonight Brianna, and I'm still there with you. I'll always be with you no matter what happens okay?" Megan replied

"O-okay." Brianna sobbed

"You'll be alright." Megan soothed "Now come on Brianna, who's my strong girl?"

"I am." Brianna replied

"That's right Brianna you are, and you always will be." Megan replied

Brianna smiled "Thanks Megan, I love you."

"I love you too Brianna. Now get some sleep, goodnight" Megan said softly.

"Goodnight Megan." Brianna replied as she hung up. Brianna felt much better as she turned out the lights and crawled into bed. She could still feel Megan's warmth and even smelled her scent as she closed her eyes. Much to her relief nothing bothered her the whole night. It would be the next day that would bring its own troubles with it.