Dear Angus

“Watch as the Cosmic sneaks upon her prey, the Angus, who is completely unaware of the tragic fate that is about to befall him. The Cosmic is now hiding behind a book cart and within pouncing distance of her pray, things look grim for the Angus. The Cosmic is crouching into jumping position and-“

“EKK!” Angus squealed as I landed on him, in his panic he telekinetically threw the books he was holding into the air. “Cosmic what are you do-” BANG, a book landed on his head, “I’m trying to do my jo-” THUD, then another one, “and I can’t have you pouncin-” CLONK, there should be one more- CRASH, oh there it was.

“Hey there Angus,” I greeted, “What are you up to?” He shook a book off his head to glare at me.

“I’m getting beaten up by books, DO YOU MIND? Arg, why do books have to be so heavy?”

“Because books contain knowledge and knowledge is power.” He sighed,

“Alright Cosmic, what do you want?” He started picking up the books.

“Well you know that Independence Day ball this Friday?”

“Yes, Luna knows how many times that’s been mentioned this week.”

“Well Aunt Luna says I have to go with her and I’ll be sooooo bored if I have to go alone, can you come with me?”

“Is that even allowed?”

“Yeah, the invitations said everyone could bring one guest each.”

“So let me get this straight, you want me to put on a suit and tie and go to a boring party?”

“Pretty much, yeah.”

“Cosmic, no.”

“Aww come on!”

“Cosmic I’ll have to wear a tie, a TIE Cosmic, a TIE.”

“Please?”

“No.”

“There’s going to be free alcohol.” He stopped at this,

“What kind of alcohol?”

“Well the usual cider, some fancy wines, and some weird drink called Brit Ginger. Do you know what that is?”

“Yes, yes I do. It’s a cocktail of vodka, ginger extract, and other flourishes that vary from bartender to bartender, my brother makes the best.”

“So now do you wanna come?” He rolled the idea over in his head a bit,

“Alright fine I’ll go, but only for the alcohol, and Cosmic.”

“Yes?”

“Don’t pounce on me.”

“Oki doki Loki. Oh I got to go now, Luna says we’re going to the theater later on and I have to be ready.”

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The tea party was boring, the carriage ride was boring, and now Luna, the king, and the queen were now dragging me to a theater concert which was hopefully going to be less boring. The only up side to all this was the food and the fact that I finally got a chance to wear all my dresses, which were previously gathering dust in my closet.

As we all walked to the box and into our seats I decided to look for all the possible ways to escape. Climbing out a window? Too obvious. Turn off all the lights and make a run for it? I don’t know how to turn off the lights. Casting a sleep spell over every- hey wait a moment the lights are turning off by themselves! Which means the show is about to start.

The conductor walked to his podium and turned to the audience.

“Ladies and gentlecolts, the Octavian Symphony is now ready to begin, we ask that you don’t use any photography during the performance and please keep silent while the musicians are playing, thank you and enjoy the show.”

The piece started out slow and quiet and stayed that way long enough for me to start to drift off. Suddenly the brass instruments blasted out a note loud enough to put elephants to shame. That’s right, this piece is called Surprise. Hic! Oh no. Hic! Please dear sun and moon no! Hic! My hiccups sound like a dying bullfrog- Hic! And if that weren’t bad enough they were also really loud. Hic! Stupid song, why did you have to make this boring and embarrassing! Hic! Luna tapped me on the shoulder and nodded to the curtains, thankful she knew how troubling my hiccups could be and- Hic! –also knew they would stay for a while. Hic! Sweet stars make it stop! Luckily I spotted a water fountain near the restrooms, water normally cured me. Hic! As I finished my drink I heard a pony gasp behind me.

“What’s wrong?” I asked and turned around to see a gray mare with a pink bow tie.

“You’re Princess Cosmic of the stars! My name is Octavia Melody, I’m so glad to finally meet royalty!”

“Yeah that’s me, um aren’t you that famous cellist and composer?”

“Yes.”

“So shouldn’t you be on stage?”

“Oh heavens no! I’m on vacation. Say would you like to join me on trip to the café after the show? I know this one place that has biscuits that are just to die for.”

“Sure.” I went back to my seat and the show passed on with some good music, but most of the songs ended far too soon. Later after the show true to my word I met Octavia and we headed outside.

“Oh. My. Stars. Octavia you didn’t tell me you had a jet car!”

“Oh yes, well I usually only drive normally but if you want we can break the sound barrier and a few laws.”

“Heck yeah! I’m a princess, I don’t have to follow laws!”

“Oh! Oh! If we’re going to totally go against our personalities can I be a drunkie?”

“Why not Tavi girl! Have as much alcohol as you want! We can even have Brit Ginger!” She hopped in the car and so did I, when I closed the door she pulled a six pack of beer out from under her seat and handed me a bottle while grabbing one for herself.

“Go big or go home.” She told me, “If we’re going to completely disregard all that is good about ourselves then we might as well drink and drive too.”

“Well said sexy! Now pedal to the medal!” She slammed her hoof on the gas and we rocketed forward instantly breaking the sound barrier.

“Hey Tavi, you stopping at a bar?”

“That’s where we’re heading!” Octavia eased the car to a stop in front of a bar. “Look out city!” She jumped out of the car and ripped off her bow tie in a really sexy manner, “Octavia is the house!”

When we entered the bar I instantly ordered us twenty shots each of Brit ginger, it was very strong but I am an alicorn so no amount of alcohol could ever have any negative side effects on me.

Then my favorite song came on and I pulled Octavia onto the dance floor and we danced our hearts out. When the song ended our bodies were glistening with sweat as it pressed our fur and manes against our bodies, dubstep filled the air and the bass made our hearts beat loudly against our chests. In that moment all I could hear was Octavia and our heart beats, the sweet song of our hearts, everything else was just background noise.

“Octavia?”

“Yes, Cosmic?”

“I think I’m in love with you.”

“So do I.” We leaned in and kissed till we had no choice but to come up for air. If this is a dream I never want to wake up.

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“Cosmic, Cosmic wake up.” I woke up in my theatre seat and Aunt Luna was gently shaking me awake. “You nodded off during the performance.”

“So no sexy jet car?”

“What?”

“Nothing Aunt Luna, just mumbling to myself.”

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“Angus! Angus where are you?”

“I’m up here, just give me a minute I need to finish shelving these books, and for heaven sakes Cosmic stop shouting in the library you’re going to get me fired.”

“Sorry.” It would take him a few minutes to put the books back so I decided to find something to read while he was busy. “Hey what’s this?” I had spotted a book on the librarian’s desk, which was odd since the only time they were there was when they were to be shelved and that’s what he was doing right now. “Fear’s and how to- Hey!” The book was snatched from me before I could finish reading the title.

“Cosmic,” Angus said while giving me his death glare. “Don’t take books off my desk, I was reading it.”

“Sorry, I didn’t know it was yours, I thought someone checked it in and you just forgot to shelve it.”

“Well it’s mine so don’t touch it.”

“Aww come on, let me see.”

“No.”

“Pretty please?”

“NO.”

“Alright then now” I smirked mischievously, “I’m ordering you as your princess to-”

“You’re not my princess! My princess is a unicorn called Princess Rosemary.”

“Oh right sorry, keep forgetting” I blushed then cleared my throat, “As Princess Cosmic of the Stars and of Equestria I’m ordering you to give me that book, oh and I’m also ordering you stop shouting in the library.” He blushed at having to be told this just after telling me to do the same and now that his guard was down I yanked the book away from him with my magic.

“Give that back!” He snapped in a whisper yell sort of thing.

“Nope.” Placing the book in my mouth I flapped a few inches into the air and took off down the passageway of books.

“Come back here!” I ignored him and flew down a few more shelf ways until I didn’t see him anymore.

“Now,” I said to myself, “Let’s see what you say.” But the book was once again ripped from me by an aura of magic.

“You forget,” My friend bantered, “This is my work place and I know it far better than you do.” He now had a smug grin of satisfaction on his lips and looked at me like he was just begging me to answer his unspoken challenge. With a flap of my wings and a leap I was rushing toward him and collided with the book hard enough to break his grip on it and with it firmly clenched in my teeth I started towards and up the staircase to the second floor of the library. Laughing wholeheartedly he chased up after me but when he caught up with me I glided safely back down to the first floor.

“You’re going to have to do better than that Angus.” I waited for the sound of a snarky reply or hoof steps down the stairs but silence was the only reply. I turned around not really knowing what to expect but was caught off guard when I saw Angus staring down at the ground with a look of terror frozen on his face.