The Celestial Night and Dancing Stars

by Skylarking the Stargazer

Rating: everyone
Tags: Tragedy, Twilight Velvet, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Night Light, Romance
Length: 2921

A short story on the Rosy love between the two parents of Twilight Sparkle... It's short so don't expect much!

This is it... My mind whispered gently to me, I finally get to see my dream come true... The interstellar dust has led me to my destiny. I can leave all my pieces in scrambles, and still find that shining star...

Night Light is a uni-friended unicorn, who had spent very little time with his mother. On Mother's Day, everypony else had a mother to be with, except for him, but in exchange, he was in a trance of romance and wound when a unicorn named Twilight Velvet, was not sure whether it is time for her new mate to be made. The ill fated experience of this night will never be forgotten by anypony who witnessed the pure mixture of what was true euphoria.

Published 2015-05-10 23:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2015-05-10 23:10:01 UTC

Night's Twilight

Even to this day... I still would not forget what the world was like before I met *her*, the velvet was truly the fantasy to what my spirit flowed to... The stellar comets were divine, very divine... The Twilight was the right for my Night...

   It was Mother's Day.

   Every foal and even elders had at least a whole family with... Or a mother to be exact, everypony but me...

   My mother passed away when I was barely a colt, and even then I saw her face, it was foggy. The experience was too dim to be noticed and remembered. When I did become a colt though, my father told me that my mother, Silver Stream, was a unicorn from the Crystal Empire. Which explains why she still shines like an angel no matter what the condition was. She was glittered with gray, and even sometimes mixed with gold, like the compound of alchemy, her slick body is the ideal model for all stallions who saw her. It couldn't be better than this before I could've got attracted by my mother. But it didn't happen, because she was caught in Equine Influenza, the foolish doctors did not know how to handle even the simplest non-fatal disease that is not even rare those days. I still bear the bitterness on their stupidity, for that was the last time my mother breathed in Equestria...

   I asked my father why couldn't Celestia bring her back, the ocean blue stallion simply shook his head, and told me that bringing the deceased back to life is simply a drawback and strain to those who wanted to move on, but he just smiled and concluded that mother will be waiting up there, in the straits of burning stars...

   Now I knew, that bringing back the lost is the one of the only magic that cannot be created, it's simply toying with pony lives, it represents disrespect and restrictions of selfishness that one can do whatever they want just for their own desire, yet the other partner does not feel the same. I had accepted this theory and believed that my mother will be up there by the time I leave Equestria. That will happen eventually, and I could not wait for my heart taps rapidly on the hard surface of the drums...

   As fillies are enjoying their yearly sunny day with their mothers, I could do nothing but sit on the bench, wondering what made me come out for? I didn't have the gift that everyone else had to show, some fillies noticed my grief and wanted to soothe it off. I grinned a little, and ruffled their little manes indicating that everything is okay and well, but deep down I could not be honest anymore. Where can I ever find peace other than the dead end where all pony will fate other than the Princess? The childish and immature me took the role, and I could not help but to sob a drop, guess my blue skin inherited from my father did represent sadness and gloom, I wish I can just paint it yellow, but it will still not change who I am on the inside...

   It is still so unfair... My colt mind swarmed over my soul, and voiced over what I wanted to truly think.

   It was already afternoon, Celestia gently took the light bulb off the lamp, and slowly puts it back in the drawer, and sooner than that was dusk. I did not realize how dark the sky was already as I was in deep thought, thinking over and over about the same manure over and over again.

   I quickly got up from the bench and locked my destination to home, ignoring the bright lights beaming all over Canterlot, though it was lovely, I did not want to express my dark mood in the public, therefore I took the path woods, where it was shorter and quieter... Just lovely for a stallion like me to enjoy the fine breezes of wind whistling through my ears, the trees seemed to be sleepy, or that they are just welcoming a new creature like me that does not trespass here often.

   The woods were free of dangerous creatures such as the Timberwolves, or the Cockatrice that turns others into stone, I definitely do not want that to happen in a middle of a forest that nopony goes though. However, it was too dark and shaded off from the lights, not even the moon seemed to guide me properly. I crashed into bunch of trees, scraped myself into rough, rocky surfaces, and came tumbling down into a vast area of clear hills. Everything here seems rather open and wide, as all there is were the silky grass inflected with blue and violet, the stars shine like no other night, swirls and swirls of galaxies were seen all over the place. It was exciting and stirring, the absolute perfection of where I wanted to do whatever I want.

   Not until my eyes were captivated by a poisonous spell.

   At a fair distance away, there was a silhouette standing by a cliff, below it was a great lake, that possibly is dismayed with unknown life forces. But as the blue hooves stepped closer, I began to feel even more anxious, because the glossy looking figure was no more than a pure gray colored mare. With striking resemblance with my beautiful mother, Silver Stream. Her mane and tail were striped with violet and white, my eyes did not lie when they were poisoned by this view.

   My heart jumped all over the place, did not want to sit in the same chair, rest in the same coffin. I did not care, for this mare is just indeed a tulip, so lovely that I doubt that I deserved such reward. Should I take a closer look? I asked myself, for it was rather bewildering that one half of my body wanted to draw me forward to her, while the other half is shaking in a nerve-wracking way that I would not simply shrug off. Suddenly, the moonlight emphasized the brightness on... Her, and the stars seemed to make... constellations. Despite confusing, I easily deciphered the code, and began my next step.

   This is it... My mind whispered gently, I finally get to see my dream come true... The interstellar dust has led me to my destiny. I can leave all my pieces in scrambles, and still find that shining star...

   "WOAH!"

   And I can do nothing but let the slip happen, for the soil was not completely stiff, and the grass flew all over the place... This operation was a complete fail... I just wanted to cry...

   But then, as I opened my eyes, I saw a light gray hoof, reaching out to me. I looked up, it was the mare of my fantasy, the stars and galaxies behind her up there were even tasty in sense to her beauty. She smiled a bit, but it was not a smile of familiarity. Neither of us see each other as the mate yet. I took her offer, and got myself back up, putting off the dust off my legs and body, I saw her gorgeous face eying on me still, I could not even breathe. As I tried to say,

   "Th... Than... Thank.... Yo.... THANK YOU!" I finally let all my stress out but awkwardly shouted out loud. My face immediately shifted to red.

   "You are mostly welcome..." She replied, the sweet tune of her tone turned me up, but I still held my ground to not let it all out. She did sound a bit nervous though especially the way she ended her sentence and "mostly".

   The awkwardness was scented stronger and stronger, I could not let this happen, I have to keep the atmosphere alive!

   "Wha-what is your name?" I asked hesitantly, "OH SORRY! My name is Night Light! Nice to meet you!.... AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING ME BACK UP!"

   The purple striped with white mare giggled a bit, the feeling of relaxation finally arrived.

   "My name is Twilight Velvet, and it was a pleasure to meet you too Night Light!"

   "Twilight Velvet... What a adorable nam... I MEAN! It sounds like you're a Canterlot unicorn!" I took back my real meaning and converted it into a less prominent one.

   She giggled louder this time, almost like a chuckle, she suddenly grabbed my left hoof, and began pacing. I can see her glittering bracelet lighting up all over my face, I could not resist her satiny hair slapping me all over, I would rather die this way.

    Twilight Velvet led me back to that cliff, I didn't realize that I was being dragged until she stopped and let go of me, I stumbled and soon below me was a air of open space, nothing solid. Panicky and terrified, I did not know what was I supposed to do, until the beautiful hoof grabbed my hoof again before I can fall anymore than an inch. Ever since a colt, I was always in fear when my parents would throw me up high, or swing me in the swings, or going on a skyscraper in Manehattan. I can only pass out and think blankly on my fate.

   "Oh Night! You are so clumsy!" The familiar voice laughed, "I've never met such a funny pony in my life before!"

   "Wh... Why didn't you use any magic so that you don't have to put yourself in danger?" I asked Twilight in an upsetting tone, however she still continued to laugh.

   "Well, why didn't you use yours?" She smiled.

   "I... I... because I..."

   "I didn't use it because I wanted to re-experience the same moment when you done so, it made me feel... Satisfying..." She continued, and breaking my words.

    I was quite surprised, for so many stupid stuffs I had done, yet she is still quite delighted. I don't know whether to keep her satisfied or keep my humility on not hurting myself so badly. I got up again, scrubbed the dirt off again, and decided it was a time for privacy and discovery,

   "Tw-Twilight?" I began, but more in concentration of her opening her eyes after laughing at me, it was dazzling...

   "Wh-what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be home with your mother?"

   She paused, the silence was overwhelming, I stood in anxiety whether the question was a bold or reckless move. I did not want to hurt her feelings after all she's done for me already.

   "I... I... Had a fight with my mother..." She answered gloomily, even her motion with her neck moved me into emphasizing her feelings.

   "Wha... Why would that happen? It's Mother's Day!?" I grew worried for her.

   "She.. She wasn't that kind of mother that a pony should love... She was a drunk, and abusive... She murdered my only sibling..."

   My heart could only contain emptiness, there was no way this irony will match up, why the only pony that I appreciated would suffer from such tragedy?! The colt mind of mine jumped out for the second time and said how unfair this was. I don't know what to do now...

   "Why didn't you tell the police? Or live with your relatives?" I continued to ask.

   "Just because she was not the expected family member I had in mind, does not make me hate her! She was the only family member I had left, my father is gone! My grandparents! My relatives! Everything but my special mare who made me!" She responded, this time with a louder tone, fell on the ground, and began to cry. The soil now became even more wet and more slippery, the huge gusts of wind picked up and sent Twilight's tears flashing like the great stars watching over us from above.

   I feel stupid now, for further pushing her to her limits, this was not how I want it to end, it was drastic. I hoped my mother was here to comfort us, but that is a dream of foolish thirst. I must stand independent, even without the training wheels... Those wheels for my bike that my mother gave me on my 5th birthday... I gritted my teeth, and punched the grass and the soil that holds it.

   I did not know what in Celestia's words am I supposed to say, I got to help her, tell her what I think... What I think... THAT'S IT!

   "Twilight," I said, "I know times were hard for you, and I'm sorry for asking such questions out of the blue. But I have to tell you: I never had a mother to begin with."

   She stopped her weepings, and looked up at me, I bent down so that she did not have to stand. For her own convenience.

   "You... You said what?"

   "My mother was gone before I even became a colt, therefore I can only droop down low when others spend their times with their own mothers. I never had any friends, for I was too much in wound when I realized how much of a charm she was, yet she just faded off into the skies like that... 'It was never fair and just' was all I had in my mental scrapbook. Even though I had a good father, him alone was not enough, it was not the same as how I should be with my mother." I finished briefly, took a deep breath, and was about to speak again, until Twilight interrupted,

   "I-I'm so sorry! I should not be crying myself! I shouldn't be this selfish! Today is Mother's Day after all!" She stopped, and then asked,

   "What's your mother's name?"

   "Silver Stream." I quickly answered her.

   "What a beautiful name, she must've been pretty too!" She chuckled a bit.

   "Yes... She was... Both her name, outside, and inside... Even if I do not remember those moments I had with her... Just like you..."

   Both of our faces turned red, my mind was blank as a white feather, for it only can move when something else interacts with it.

   "Ni...Night Light..." Twilight spoke again, "I.. I may not have had a time with my mother, and neither have you... I think... Maybe we... Maybe we should..."

   And already, the action has been played, I was already on Twilight, dragging her down on the ground, pressing on her lips with mine. She did the same, we shared tongues with each other like we have met before... No... We were not bonded because of the fault in our stars... But because Celestia knows we were the right ones for each other, and that this moment represents what the romantic love actually was, even if it wasn't family love... No... We are a family now...

   "Will you stay with me Night Light?" Twilight Velvet asked in a decisive tone, in which she was right on and about the whole time.

   "Anything for you Twilight Velvet." I smiled, the galactic strands of comets and began visiting our world, and all sorts of stars blinked and winked. Their words were a shape of a heart. I was rejoiced when I received their message. For it means, we are a couple now...

I had colored the dusk with my deep navy blue... Even when it represents sadness...

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    Twilight Sparkles finished the diary, laughing at her parents for such a miracle, and was about to store it back to her father's drawer, until a gray mare stormed in.

   "Twilight Sparkles, just because you are old enough to understand adults does NOT make you go through other people's privacy!" She shouted, "What were you thinking?!" And snatched the diary away from the purple alicorn.

   "Hehe, sorry mom!" Twilight replied, "I was just curious and was about to ask you anyways, but now that I'm here, why not just seek through some evidence!"

   She giggled, but the older mare rolled her eyes, and sighed.

   "Twilight, you do know that today is Mother's Day right? Do what your mother pleases."

   "Oh, alright alright mommy!" She chuckled, still grinning after walking out of her father and mother's bedroom.

   Soon, the two Twilights were trotting down in Sugarcube Corner, looking for some food to eat, on the way, they have met many familiar faces. Pinkie Pie and her mother Cloudy Quartz, Rarity and Betty Bouffant, Rainbow Dash and Rainbowshine...

   "Well Applejack and Fluttershy don't seem to be very excited about this..." Twilight Sparkles said depressingly, her head hung low after realizing that they don't want to know whether they have or not, for the pain was backstabbing.

   "Only karma knows it all, sweetie!" Twilight Velvet ruffled her daughter's mane, the texture of her hair felt like her beloved husband's.

   "Oh, maybe they are enjoying their first guns and roses... Like somepony I just heard from!" Twilight snickered while tilting her head towards her mother.

   "Twilight Sparkles! One more time, and you will regret what should not be today!" Twilight Velvet angrily snapped, then let out her fume.

"Oh Night Light! How would you feel if you were in my horseshoe."