Author's Note
Mama Twily's Stories
"WAAAAH!" Twilight Sparkle woke with start to the sound of her daughter's midnight crying.
These awakenings had been happening since Twinkle Quill was first born. Every night, well, morning, at exactly 12:00 am, Twilight would hear crying in her mind. According to Celestia, Alicorns cry silently until they learn to talk, affecting only any other alicorns nearby. So Twilight had to get up every morning at midnight, just because she was an alicorn. She found this distinctly unfair.
Being careful not to wake her wife, she slid out of her bed, and stood for a moment to stretch her wings, while levitating her glasses onto her face.
Once she left her room, she started to trot, knowing that Trixie wouldn't wake, due to the soundproofing of the crystal walls. She picked up the younger alicorn and placed her on her back. She immediately teleported herself into the library, her infant daughter still playing with Mama Twily's pretty feathers.
As soon as Twinkle realised what room they were in, she giggled and clapped her hooves.
Twilight walked over to a bookshelf, pulling out one of Twinkle's favourite books.
"Daring Do and the Gryphon's Goblet. By A.K.Yearling." She read out. Then she stopped. "You know, Twink, I think there's one of these I forgot to read you." Twinkle looked at her mother curiously.
"You know how Auntie Rainbow is in some of these?" She nodded her head, keeping her eyes on Twilight.
"I don't think I ever read you the first one she was in. I mean, I have it, but I only read it once or twice." Twinkle cocked her head why.
"I experienced it first hoof."
Twilight walked over to the shelf again, fully aware of her daughter's eyes following her. She reached to the back of the shelf, and pulled out a dusty book, with Rainbow Dash and Daring Do on the cover, headed by the title 'Daring Do and the Ring of Destiny' Twinkle clapped her hooves and giggled.
Twilight placed a small pile of books on the floor and leaned the book against it, then lay down in front of the books and let Twinkle crawl onto her back. She then lit a candle and started reading to her daughter.
***
"The end." Twilight finished the story, and turned her head, expecting her daughter to be asleep like always. But she was wide awake.
Then, a knock at the door, a single knock echoing throughout the entire first floor due to the cavernous ceilings. Twinkle was immediately on her hooves, waddling towards the door.
"Twinkle, wait for me to answer the door!" Twinkle kept walking
"TWINKLE QUILL! STOP!" Twinkle continued, now almost at the door. Twilight teleported herself between her daughter and the door. Twinkle stopped in her tracks.
Twilight turned towards the door, and Twinkle immediately ducked under her, apparently finally recognising possible danger.
Twilight opened the door slowly. And there, standing in the doorway, was Daring Do, and a small, golden brown pegasus filly.
"Hey, Twilight. Got a spare room?"
Author's Note
This one was made using a base, made by HuiRou on DeviantArt
Alone Time
Vulpecula took off from the balcony into the cool night.
It was only eleven and she'd already had enough. Royal duties are a bore, and the fact that her overly eager first cousin once removed Neve Amore was attempting to help was just too much for her.
She didn't want the stars arranged in love hearts, or the sky to be a deep pink. She just wanted everything the same as usual.
She found a small cloud just big enough to lay on. Folding her wings close to her body to help seal in heat, she was glad she had a little extra fluff to keep her warm in the chilly air.
Being up high meant that she could be alone, but it also meant it was much colder. She was thankful for her bat pony heritage.
She sighed and peeked her head over the edge of the cloud, watching the few lights below her flicker on and off, only tiny specks from the spot she was resting.
However, though it was early for the heir to the night, it was very late for the ponies of Equestria, and in a short amount of time, most of the lights turned off.
She sighed and flopped onto the cloud, wishing she had brought a book with her. She was far too tired to focus her magic to a teleportation or portal spell, so she nuzzled into the cloud for a quick nap.
Two hours later, Princess Luna found her daughter asleep on that same cloud.
“Vulpecula?” the young alicorn awoke with a start.
“Sorry mother, I was just-” The Night Princess raised a hoof to silence her daughter.
“I know, Amore can be a bit much, and I get you just needed alone time, but you still have duties Vulpecula. Please, just come back to the castle, I need help with dream patrol.”
Vulpecula bowed her head. “Mother, I was… Uh, wondering if maybe we could do it here?”
“Of course, my child.”
Author's Note
Petal's Song
What is this place, full of so many wonders? Petal sang the same song that her mother sang before getting her cutie mark.
She had lots of talent in singing, more so than Fluttershy. Cinny had always told her this, but then again, she was the only one that Petal was okay with singing in front of. She often went out into the meadow by her house, and sang with her pet cockatiel Melody whistling along beside her. But Melody was sleeping, and she wanted to sing.
Soon, this little song that she's known since she was a filly was drawing a crowd of woodland creature onwatchers, silently listening on. -Petal was used to this, it happened every time. What she didn't notice until she was finished, however, was that this time another little creature had been drawn in by the harmonic tones.
"That was beautiful!" Said a small, but still deep voice behind her. Petal turned around, looking for the source of the statement, and spotting a small zebra filly sitting just on the edge of the forest.
"Who're you?" Asked Petal, shocked by the zebra's sudden appearance.
"My name is that of the ancient tribe Zerabu. I heard you whilst collecting blossoms for my mother to use." Zerabu replied.
'Mother's potions, rhyming, not to mention she's a zebra...' Petal thought to herself "You must be Zecora's daughter!"
"That I am."
"Well, do you wanna hear some more?"
"No thank you, that lovely tune was enough, I think I should go give my mother this stuff."
And with that, Zerabu disappeared into the trees.
'Well, at least I know where to find her...' Petal thought, before heading towards the cottage.
