One Stormy Night: The Secret Friendship

by Dahlia94

A Sunny Meeting

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Author's Note

Just a reminder, that if you come across the words “unicorn” and “filly”. Just remember that they´re still the same female pony protaganist.
And the dialogue was inspired by the cd drama, I recently listen to. It´s the same as the book and very different compared to the movie. I wanted to write the same sceanario, but instead I shorted it like they did in the movie, but very different.
Chapter 3 might take some time, but I hope you like my story and please give me your thoughts about my mlp-version. :-)


A Sunny Meeting

After the horrible storm yesterday, the new day could never been better. The sun was shining brightly and the heat from the sun is like a freshly warm blanket over Everfree Forest. But it's also perfect day for lunch!
The young unicorn had agreed with her new friend to meet at the abandoned cottage, so they could finally see, who they had been talking with in the storm. The unicorn could hardly wait to meet him while she heads to the cottage, which she remembers where it is.
When she reached the meeting place, her friend hadn't arrived yet. She thought of waiting for him, but suddenly she got an idea where she would hide behind a tree waiting for her friend. She hides quickly with a smile on her lips. Then, a strange figure showed up from the forest. He has a body of a pony, a head in a mix of a pony and dragon, a snake-like tail and has horns om his forehead. He's also heading to the cottage and meeting a friend too. He saw nopony is here and decided to sit and wait. He looked up at the clearing sky and thought about the calm voice from yesterday: "We look probably the same."
The red pony-like creature smiled by her sweet voice, but heard something. He looked at the tree near him and spotted someone behind the tree. He sneaked quietly toward the tree and chuckled. He coughed to clear his throat and shouted loudly, "We meet one stormy night!". The lightish-pink filly smiled by his voice and jumped from her hiding spot to shout back: "We meet one stormy night!".
But before she could properly introduce herself, she seems surprised to see the creature, she made a friend with. The same did the mystical creature, but almost completely scary. They stared dumbfounded at eachother in a long time and the forest was dead quiet, except for the sound of singing birds.
"Wow! What a... surprise." the creature mumbled awkwardly. The filly couldn´t do anything but smileing awkwardly, but suddenly she rerembered something and showed him that she had taken a four-leaf clover as a gift. The red ccreature stared wondering at the clover, but the filly knew immediately what he would say, "I'm not sure if you like clovers? I understand, if you don´t...". She felt distorted and embarrassed to give him such a silly gift. But then he meant that he also have a gift, where he showed her another four-leaf clover. "...As a thank. For meeting you yesterday...".
The young unicorn seems astonished and thoughtit was funny, that the strange-looking creature also took the same thing as hers. So they at least have something in common. They gave each other their gift and the young unicorn put the clover on her maneband.
"A-Aren´t you gonna eat it?" He asked completely surprised. The young filly seems confused when he asked, but she replied that although it looks delicious, she´ll rather preserve it as a valuable gift. She asked the same question to him, but he hesitated with embarrassment. He put the clover on his ear and asked her, if it look good on him. The filly and the creature stared eachother a bit awkward, but laughs by their embarrassing meeting.
She asked him to go to a place she knew. It sounds delightful in his ear, so the two newly friends went to a large hill, only the young unicorn comes by.

"It really came as a surprise for me. I never thought I'd meet a real draconequess." the filly said completely facinated. She has heard, that a draconequess lived in Ponyville and heard many stories about Discord (although she only caught a glimpse of him when she was very young), but she never met someone as the red pony-like draconequess before.
The red draconequess was also quite surprised and had never expected her as a pony. He also told her that he lived in the nature all his life with his mother, and who could blame him for not having met a pony.
"You know, it´s funnt that I´m going t have lunch with a draconequess," the unicorn filly in a happy tone. "Well... Here we are. Pony and draconequess. Having lunch together. For me, it´s like having lunch with my own lunch."
He discovered what he said and apologizes her for his rudeness, but the filly chuckled and said it's fine. "...But if you really wanted to erase my memories about our meeting, you would´ve done it back at the cottage, right?" the unicorn said to the draconequess. He then responded that even it my be true and just because he has lived in nature his entire life and they were different, it doesn´t mean he´ll value friendship. That makes the filly so happy to hear. She also cquotes what her grandmother always says, "Friends always comes first."
"You know, that´s actually a good advice. Especially if you stays away from someone with claws and teeth. The filly agreed with a chuckle. She then glared on his feets, but they seems more hooves than claws.

"But if you ignored all the sharp things, and comparing to us, I still think we're the same."

The draconequess agrees for her compliment while reaching a path up to a cleft. It should be safe, but unfortanaly there was a huge rift between the paths. "The storm must have done it..." She said with a surprised look.
They looked up at the cleft and watched the pebbles fall. The draconequess glared at the rift, but the filly asked him to be careful. But he smirks and told her not to worry. "I'm a champion of climbing". He started torun and jumps over the rift, but before he reached the other side, his bag fell from his back because of the loose knot. He tried to catch it, but unfortunately it had already fallen to the bottom.
He seems completely depressed after losing his lunch, but he said with a confident expression that he can manage without eating. But the filly reminded him of his "big" appetite, they talked about yesterday. The draconequess itched on his head and said a bit embarrassed that he probably forgot about their little conversation.
They still went up to reach the top. The filly seems quite fresh and seems forward to have lunch. But the draconequess looked completely despicable, thinking about how hungry he is right now. While he feels lost in a rumbled stomach, he look up and something takes his attention. He stared at the filly's bottom, swinging sides to sides. His mouth was watering like a waterfall. "So tasty ..." he thought completely obsessed. But he tried to get along and ignored his rumbling stomach. But he can´t stop. He even tried to close his eyes and it helped a bit. But suddenly he opened his eyes and saw the filly on top of him. "We are here.".
He looked a bit confused, but when he looked at the view, he was completely amazed. They found a perfect place under a tree and enjoyed the view of Equestria. She even pointed at Clover Valley which was her favorite place, when she hangs out with her friends. The draconequess was completely astonished by the view and said out loud that he used to come and hunt there. But he suddenly shuts his mouth, when she was surprised to hear that. She asked him if he was hunting there, but the draconequess came with a excuse, that he´s only watching ponies coming by, but he would never try to eat them them.
"Are you sure?" she asked skeptical, but he responeded that he have never tasted a pony and never will eat one. He chuckled superficially, but the filly seemed to believe him. She took her bag and was about to eat her lunch, but remembered that the draconequess had lost his lunch. She showed a bit compassion to him, but he said it's okay.
"I would love to share mine with you," she offered kindly, but returned into disappointment again, "....But I guess you prefer your own, right?".
The draconequess nodded and sighed by the thought. Then she asked if she shouldn´t make a run for it, if he gets hungry. But he denied and told her that he never wanted to eat a pony. And fortunately, she believed in him, which makes him reliefed. "Why don´t you just go ahead. I'm just taking a nap." he said, lying in a comfortable side position. "If you say so...". The filly opens her packed lunch and was really looking forward to her her clover salad. The draconequess pretended he took a nap, but caught a glimpse of her eating from the back. "I was also looking forward to it, you know..." he thought longingly after his lost lunch package. But he also thought he kinda had his lunch beside him.
Meanwhile, the filly enjoyed her lunch and said that no clover could make her belly happier. But she remined herself of the draconequess and apologized. But she immediately discovered that he was already asleep and just continued eating. But the draconequess wasn't and took a glimpse at her before he closes his eyes again.
The filly was finished and her belly was full. "...I think I'm taking a nap too," she thought a bit tired, laying on the grass. She suddenly fell asleep while the wind blows quietly on the tree. Then the draconequess opens his one eye to check if the unicorn really was sleeping. The filly snorks very quietly and turns around as the draconequess stares at her.

"I must admit, she's really sweet..." he thought with a speechless look in his eye.

But he can´t help, but thinking how taseful she is. But the draconequess denied his predator-instinct and tries to keep his hunger in. But how chould he tell her that he once has tasted pony meat before. He saw her ear wiggle and his hunger rises again. "Maybe I can just take a nibble..." he thought questionly. He even pretended that the unicorn would say that she didn´t mind it and that he´s her friend.

"No, she'll never say that," he convinced himself. "But, maybe...”.

He makes an attempt to nip her ear. But when he first sniffed her ear, she giggled and woke up suddenly. She noticed the draconequess and apologizes him for waking him up - which he didn´t.
She told him, she had a dream about a little filly she know and that she teases her by tickling her ear. She noticed the way he looked at her. "Were you nibbling my ear?" She asked carefully. "Why would you do that? Did I have something on my ear?".
The draconequess came with an excuse that there was a bug on her ear and that he blewed it away. The filly giggled and thanked him for that. But now she needs to go home now. She promised her grandmother to return to help her. The draconequess also needs to get home before his mother returns. They said goodbye to each other and she went down from the hill.
The draconequess stared at her walking and smiled for the beautiful noon, he ever have. Then his carnivore-hunger appeared instinctively in his eyes and licked on his mouth. He stared hungrily at her from behind. He tried everything he could to keep his instinct away. But he was too hungry to concentrate and the claws in his hooves buried into the ground.
"I can't... help it..." he mumbled himself and kept his cheeks to control himself, but the instinct took over and he sprinted towards her. Luckily, she stopped right there and looked back at him and he manages to brake before he could put his teeth on her.

"What's wrong?" She asked completely unknowingly.

The draconequess stuttered, but mentions that he forgot to tell her something. She turned around and asked him what it was. He stuttered again in worry about her suspection on him.

"Well, I... uhm... it was nice, so I was wondering... D-do you... wanna meet again?".

The filly seemed confused by his request. But she smiled and really wanted to meet him again. The draconequess looked surprised but also happy.
He even offered to show her a shortcut than the long path she came from. It sounds very lovely to her, and he showed her the way. When they were on the path to Ponyville, they agreed to meet their usual time tomorrow.
"Well, then... See you tomorrow..." she said and gave him a goodbye hug before she left. The draconequess watched her before she disappeared inside the forest. He touches his neck and couldn´t help but smiling. He never thought, he would manage to make a friend. A real friend. And so did the unicorn too...

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