The Sound of magic
Water was rushing down every inch of her body, hot steam was rising from the white tile and a calming warmth surrounded the unicorns coat. Soundheart was taking a shower and was about to start washing her mane when… *KNOCK KNOCK* There was a knock at the door downstairs. “Ugh!” Soundheart hated being home alone and something like this happened. Her roommate Starsketch was usually home except on weekends. “I can’t believe this…” Soundheart got out of the shower and turned the nozzle off, she teleported downstairs and walked to the front door.
Soundheart was a unicorn with a deep cherrywood coat and a curly mane that was multiple shades of orange, she was eight inches taller than the average mare and her horn was a lot longer too. “What!?” Soundheart opened the door and put on her glasses though she was still soaking wet, Soundheart thought it would be best to answer the door.
“Oh, Soundheart is Starsketch home?” It was Twilight or Princess Twilight. “No she’s not, but I am can I take a message?” Soundheart smiled at her own humor but tried not to snort in front of twinkle feathers. Soundheart never really liked Twilight Sparkle, it wasn’t that in her eyes she was a bad pony. Its just that she found some of her traits annoying and unpleasant, in other words Twilight would often piss her off.
Regardless Soundheart never tried to throw unnecessary insults at Twilight unless the situation called for it. “Um, no what I want to talk to her about is private but…”
Twilight looked over Soundheart and saw that she was soaking wet, Twilight only assumed that she was taking a shower before she had knocked on the door. As Twilight was studying Soundhearts features she began to feel flustered. Soundhearts mane was dripping wet and it surprisingly looked better that way, her coat wet looked as if it was glossed over and her glasses reflected off of the sunlight making her orange amber eyes look gorgeous. “Ugh… Yo Twilight, I’m kinda’ getting cold here.” Twilight snapped out of it.
“S-Sorry.” Soundheart rolled her eyes as if this pony was wasting her time. “Can I come in?” Soundheart was shocked at the question and a little hesitant to answer.
“Yeah, if you want.” Twilight walked in and sat on the couch. “I’ll go get dried off…” Soundheart walked upstairs eyeing Twilight as she hit each step. Twilight was looking over the house, it was all different shades of blue or at least the living room was. The kitchen could be seen behind her as the wall dividing the two rooms was cut in half. Twilight sat on the couch and waited for Soundheart to come back downstairs.
“Hey, I’m back.” Twilight looked over to the stairs and saw Soundheart, mane dry and now in its curly state. “Sorry to keep you waiting, so whats up?” Soundheart sat on the couch next to Twilight sparkle with a sketch pad opened it to the half and started drawing.
“What are you drawing?” Twilight leaned over but Soundheart immediately shut the book.
“This is a PRIVATE sketch book, only I can see it…” Soundheart levitated the book into the kitchen and placed on the table and made eye contact with Twilight.
“You haven’t answered my question. Whats up??” Twilight could hear the annoyance in Soundhearts voice and was beginning to feel dejected. But why? Why did she care? Twilight knew that Soundheart hated her, so why did it matter all of a sudden? “Umm… Hello? Twinkle feathers?” This was one of the reasons Soundheart disliked Twilight sparkle.
“I just wanted to talk to you.” Twilight said trailing off and giving an awkward smile.
“What?” Soundheart tilted her head in confusion. Why in all of equestria would she even CONSIDER hanging out with Twilight sparkle and vise versa? “Um...Okay?”
(Yesssss!) Twilight was so happy she was-....But why? why was she happy to hang out with Soundheart, and what in Luna’s name had she just gotten herself into? “So, what do you want to do? Anything in mind?” Soundheart stared at Twilight expecting an answer.
“Oh, well we could discuss magic literature or we could try reading some old Somber paragraphs or maybe...we….could….” Twilight looked over at Soundheart and saw that when it came to magic, ALL of it felt like homework to her.
“No, I’m not doing any of that. If I do something THAT boring with anypony it’s gonna be Starsketch.” Twilight looked at her and said “Why?”
Soundheart sighed “Because Starsketch makes most boring things fun.” Twilight had never heard of that kind of talk about her friend, Twilight knew that Starsketch and Soundheart had known eachother since magic kindergarden but she never knew that she was this fond of her, Twilight admired that.
“Well if you don’t want to do that then what do you want to do?” Soundheart thought really hard on the question, she had never expected to do anything today so there wasn’t much that they COULD do.
“Do you want to watch TV?” In all honesty Soundheart really didn’t feel like it, but it was something.
“No, but there’s a lot more to do at the golden oaks library, do you want to go-” Soundheart interrupted
“Whoa, whoa, whoa back it up a bit. Are you inviting me to your house??” Twilight nodded.
“Is there a problem with that?” Soundheart had a dumbfounded expression on her face but answered “No, there’s nothing wrong with that.” In Soundhearts mind there was though.
If you hate some pony and the pony that you are hating on invites you to your house in the late day and you accept...Is that normal? “Great, Spike is at Pinkie pie’s place helping out with a new cake recipe so we have the whole library to do whatever we want.” Soundheart still couldn’t believe she was doing this.
“Yeah thats great...Is there gems in the cake recipe?” Twilight giggled and told her that there was.
Soundheart chuckled and said “Figures.” as Soundheart was locking the door she saw in the corner of her eye that Twilight was gazing almost lovingly at her. (Wha!? what the the heck is going on with her??) Soundheart thought to herself. “So ready to go?” Soundheart was a little freaked out but still decided to go with her. As they were walking the sun started to set. “A few more minutes and we’re there right?”
Twilight answered. “Yes.” Soundheart began to look around the sleepy center square of ponyville, thinking about why Twilight sparkle was gazing at her that way an hour earlier. (What is her deal? I mean does she like-like me? Twilight’s not a filly fooler so…) Soundheart glanced at Twilight then dropped her gaze down to the road. (Maybe it’s just me…)
“Alright we’re here.” Soundheart looked up. “Well, it might be a bit warm in here but that’s just because I’ve got the fire going.
“No, its fine. They both walked in and sat on the floor. “Can I have some tea please?” Soundheart asked.
“Yes of course.” Twilight got up and put on a pot to boil. (Strange...What’s this feeling inside my chest, I’ve never felt this before…) Twilight looked back to all times that she had interacted with the stubborn unicorn in her living room, and none of those memories contained the strange feeling inside of her chest that she had now. “Here.” Twilight walked back in the living room with a pot of oak and maple tea and two cups.
“Thank you.” Soundheart took the cup and filled it with tea, she held it in her magic but then placed it in between her hooves to get the sensation and warmth from fresh tea.
“We could play scrabble, I mean if you want to…”
Soundheart looked up. “Yeah I love scrabble.” Twilight’s face lit up in excitement.
“Great I’ll go get the dictionaries.” Soundheart watched Twilight go up to her room. As Soundheart sipped her tea, she began to feel a light feeling in her stomach. She didn’t know why, but it seemed like she was...Enjoying Twilight’s company now that they were one on one. Whenever Soundheart saw Twilight it was because one of her friends had run into her. Back when that happened there was just a spark of annoyance in Twilight’s step that made Soundheart go off, and not to mention the characteristics that she mentioned earlier that she hated.
“I’m back!” Twilight flew down the stairs carrying the scrabble board and dictionaries.
“So you start.” Soundheart said.
Twilight set up the scrabble and accepted the offer to take the first turn. “Okay, so What should I write first? I could use this ‘double word score’ to my advantage or I could take the ‘triple letter score’ just to keep me on the edge but also give you a chance to keep up. Or I suppose I could-” Soundheart grabbed Twilight’s hoof as a signal to slow down.
“Whoa! Chill. Since you’re thinking way too much about this I’ll go first.”
“Oh, okay.” Soundheart sighed but her face and Twilight’s face both turned red as they both realized that they were still holding hooves. (!!!) Twilight felt her heartbeat increase and she could tell that Soundheart felt the same. They both looked at each other and gazed into one another eyes. Soundheart let go of Twilight’s hoof and levitated scrabble tiles for a word.
“Recept.” Soundheart crossed her hooves as is she was impressed with herself.
“Alright, how about this then? ‘precipitation’.” Twilight looked at Soundheart expecting a reaction. Soundheart’s expression remained neutral and she rubbed her chin with her hoof sipping her tea.
“Electrocute, double letter score.” Soundheart placed the word down.
Twilight sipped her tea. “Impressive.” Soundheart looked up at her and then looked back down again.
“What is it Soundheart?” Twilight asked.
“Oh, its nothing…” she replied looking down once more.
Twilight scrunched her face up. This was one of the reasons that SHE disliked Soundheart for, when something was bothering her she would just shut down instead of talking about it. “Temptation. Triple letter score.” Twilight sipped her tea. “Please Soundheart? Talk to me about it.”
Soundheart rearranged her tiles and then sighed. “Why did you invite me over here tonight?”
Twilight was speechless, she had no idea why she had invited Soundheart over to her house. In fact Twilight didn’t even like Soundheart much, but the increase in heartbeat told her otherwise. “Do you feel strange tonight?” Soundheart could see why twinkle feathers had dodged the question, to be honest Soundheart still couldn’t figure out the reason why she had accepted the invite.
“Yeah I feel kinda strange.” Soundheart blushed.
“Good, it's not just me then…” Twilight said as Soundheart put another word down.
“Sooooo, What does a princess do in her spare time?”
Twilight looked over to her writing desk. “I mostly just read and write to Celestia, I hang out with my friends too.”
Soundheart sipped her tea and sighed. “What is it?” Twilight tried to make eye contact with her, but Soundheart kept her eyes in a shroud. “Wax.”
Soundheart huffed. “A bit of a basic word to put down isn’t it?”
Twilight rolled her eyes. “You clearly lack strategy Soundheart.”
Soundhearts eyes shot up in anger. “What!? Excuse me for making a comment!”
“So what you do at the music studios all day?” Soundheart scoffed at her but refrained from making an insult.
“I mostly do remixes these days, but me Vinyl and Neon L. make music, duh its a music studio.”
Twilight smiled at Soundheart’s smug grin. “I know it’s a music studio, it’s just that there is a lot more to your job than making music.”
Soundheart smiled “I know, there’s remixing recording, resounding, editing, and my favorite writing lyrics!” Twilight unconsciously smiled at Soundheart’s enthusiasm when she discussed work, clearly this was her passion and just like Twilight’s love for studying she worked hard at it.
“Yeah, its awesome over there.” Soundheart put a new word down “Toggle, double word score. Sorry I got carried away.”
Twilight giggled “No it’s fine I asked for your input on a question.” Soundheart smiled. Soundheart had never seen Twilight smile before, at least not towards her, she liked it. “Lax.” Soundheart looked up at Twilight, then rearranged her letters.
“Atom.” Soundheart refilled her tea.
“Love…” Twilight slightly blushed as she put the word down.
(W-Why is she blushing?) Soundheart thought “Ah, um… 'Edit'…Triple letter score…” Soundheart was now blushing and looked away. Twilight refilled her tea. Twilight began rubbing her hooves together and accidentally knocked over her tea and spilled it all over the playing board.
“Ahh!”
Soundheart jumped. “What the buck!? Twinkle feathers you clutz!” Twilight jumped up and tried to clean up the mess.
“I-I’m sorry! I’ll try and clean it up!” Soundheart knew something like this would happen, she didn’t like cleaning up Twilight’s messes but she tried to help anyway.
“Jeez, you're such a space cadet it’d be better if you just not touch anything glass.”
Twilight's head shot up at the insult “Well at least I can read a history book without falling asleep.”
Soundheart retorted “At least I don’t have to learn the same lessons about friendship over and over again!” Twilight stomped her hoof on the ground, she was really mad that Soundheart was mocking her findings on the magic of friendship.
“At least I don’t loose books I borrow from the library!” Soundheart began to feel a boiling heat rising to her face and her cheeks puffed up in anger.
“At least I don’t barricade myself in the library when it rains you hermit! Why not try to go outside and enjoy the rain for a bit!?” Twilight cleaned up the last of the tea and put the pot in the sink.
“At least I don’t have unstable dark magic that could go off at any moment.”
Soundheart followed Twilight into the kitchen. “Its not MY fault I was cursed to have alicorn magic, what about when your magic went haywire and you turned spike into a full grown dragon!?” Twilight walked back into the living room and threw the ruined scrabble game into the trash.
“I was just a FILLY! I couldn’t control it at the time!”
Soundheart rolled her eyes “Y’know sometimes you really piss me off twinkle feathers.”
Twilight met Soundhearts angry gaze. “You seem to get under my skin almost as easily.”
“Than why did you invite me over here!?” Twilight still couldn’t answer the question, but as she looked at Soundheart she began to get lost in her eyes and found herself blushing. “What….Ever…” Soundheart sighed and was about to walk past Twilight when she tripped over one of the dictionaries that they were using.
“Gah!” Twilight screamed as Soundheart tumbled on top of her and her nose was right up against hers. “....Sorry” Soundhearts face was bright red as she looked into Twilights eyes (Why can’t I move? it’s like my body won’t listen to me, and why can’t my heartbeat slow down?) As Soundheart was thinking these thoughts Twilight was looking into her gaze and then dropped her attention to her lips. Twilight whispered “I think I invited you over because I wanted this to happen…”
Soundheart couldn’t believe her ears its as if arguing with her would make this feeling hotter….Was Soundheart becoming attracted to Twilight? Soundheart let out words that she couldn’t control. “Temptation was one of the words I put down…” Twilight closed her eyes and kissed the unicorn on the lips (!!!) Soundheart couldn’t believe she was KISSING Twilight sparkle. Why? WHY!? why was she doing this?
Soundheart couldn’t help but to open her mouth to let Twilight in. Twilight accepted the invitation with greed and returned the favor. After a while the two ponies decided to break the kiss, Soundheart got off of Twilight all though still in shock after what just happened. “Th-that was...Amazing…” Soundheart said blushing as she dropped her gaze to the floor.
“Yeah…” Twilight cleared her throat and was going to say sorry for acting on impulse, but before she could Soundheart kissed her again.
(!!! She...She’s kissing me again!?) Twilight began to feel a fluttery feeling in her chest and her wings went up. Soundheart didn’t care if she hated the mare she was kissing because now, she loved her too. Soundheart didn’t let the kiss linger long and broke it. “Hey I’m sorry about saying all that stuff about you earlier, I was...Just upset that's all. I thought you spilled the tea on purpose because I was winning…”
Twilight sighed “Its fine, but it really was just an accident.” Twilight blushed and met Soundhearts eyes with her own. “So….” Twilight said trailing off.
“C-Can I stay the night…?” Soundhearts gaze shot up. “N-NOT THAT I WANNA Y’KNOW….But it's just really getting late and I’m not up for teleporting back home so...I was just wondering…”
Twilight blushed harder but felt happy. “You can stay in my room…”
Soundheart smiled softly and said “Okay…”
THE END
Author's Note
Authors input- What was the thought process of writing this fanfic you may ask? Making my best friend want to swallow her own eyes for reading something that she enjoyed but hated at the same time ^^.
It was late in the day and me and the writer for Soundheart’s character (who happens to be my best friend) was in a texting poll, we were texting each other a storyline. In one of the paragraphs my friend said that her character Soundheart had a purple pillow, My friend hates Twilight sparkle and decided that her character Soundheart should also. But my mind automatically went to a ‘love-hate’ relationship when I heard about the purple pillow. AND THUS THIS SHIPFIC WAS BORN!!! But in all seriousness I dedicate this shipfic to my friend sound-heart1223, keep being awesome and I hope our friendship lasts through the ages :}
