Twilight’s Love Volume One: It Begins

Rainbow and Twilight sat in the conference room together.

Twilight was fascinated at the logic of the new paperwork handling system. She could see how the efficiency would make things much easier.

However, Twilight was worried Rainbow was going to get ‘whiplash’ with her head drooping and then her snapping it back as she tried to stay awake. Although she couldn’t help but laugh when her lover started to drool.

Raven asked Twilight if Rainbow would have a problem with the test at the end of the three weeks to get her certification. But Twilight assured Raven she’d make sure Rainbow would get all the extra instruction she’d need to pass.

After the first day’s orientation, study materials and assignments were given, and then put away in their tower, Rainbow and Twilight walked to short distance to the Sparkle home.

As Twilight opened the door, they could tell they were expected. The smell of cooking wafted through the house. The two entered and Twilight called out.

“Mom! Dad! Anypony home?”

Twilight Velvet and Cadence came into the front room. They both appeared excited.

“Sweetheart, you’re here,” said the mother.

The two mares came up to Twilight and Rainbow and gave them both warm hugs.

“How did you enjoy today’s training?” asked Cadence to Rainbow.

“I’m afraid it bored me silly,” said Rainbow sheepishly.

“I promised Raven I’d tutor Rainbow, she’ll pass,” said Twilight, “even if it kills her.”

“You can tell how much Twilight loves me,” said Rainbow with a chuckle. “She’s now threatening to kill me and she told me earlier just how much her brother will tear me apart if I ever hurt her.”

“I don’t think you have to worry about any of that.” Said Twilight Velvet; “Twilight would never choose a pony who’d ever hurt her. And besides, I wouldn’t worry about Shining Armor, if you ever did anything to Twilight...”

There was a pause, Twilight Velvet looked at the fireplace, there was what was left of a partially burnt log. There was a glow from the older Twilight’s horn and a bolt of violet struck out and the log ripped in two.

Then Cadence looked at the fireplace, Cadence’s horn glowed and a bolt of light blue struck out. The split log instantly vanished in a puff of vapor.

“Perhaps I should go back and study in our tower,” said Rainbow to Twilight, turning to leave.

Both of the Twilights and Cadence burst into laughter and hugged Rainbow.

“Honey,” said Twilight, “this is how my family plays with family. If they didn’t like you then they’d be polite and standoffish.”

“If Twilight loves you,” said Twilight Velvet, “then we love you.”

Two stallions then came in from the outside. It was Night Light and Shining Armor. They saw the mares in a group hug and chuckled.

“It figures, we’re outside working,” said Night Light, “and the women folk are in here just kidding around.”

“Hey,” said Shining, “Ms Most Powerful Unicorn in Equestria! Come outside and lend us a hoof, or should I say, a horn. We’re trying to get the Crystal Empire Coach back together and we need more than two Unicorns to manage it.”

Twilight turned to Rainbow and asked.

“Do you mind Honey?”

“I don’t mind as long as your mother and Princess Cadence don’t threaten to send me to the moon for ten thousand years.”

“You’re not starting to feel ‘picked on’,” asked Twilight Velvet, “are you?"

All the ponies laughed. Rainbow and Twilight kissed and then she followed her father and brother outside.

“Sit down Rainbow and let’s talk,” said Twilight Velvet.

“Thank you Mrs. Sparkle,” said Rainbow.

“I’ll get some tea for us,” said Cadence, “Would you like some Rainbow?”

“That’d be nice princess,” answered Rainbow.

Both Cadence and Twilight Velvet looked at each other, and then Twilight Velvet spoke up as Cadence left to get the tea.

“Listen Rainbow,” said the elder Twilight, “it’s a sign of true character to be polite. But I think under the circumstances, I’d really like it if you’d call me mom. And I’m sure Night Light would rather you call him dad. If you’re really serious about wanting to spend the rest of your life with Twilight.”

Cadence had come back in levitating a tea service tray. She had heard most of what her mother-in-law had said.

“And I want you to know to my family and close friends, I’m Cadence. I’ll tell you what I told Twilight years ago, only under very formal circumstances, would you call me princess. If you call me princess any other time, I’ll shove my tiara up your muzzle! It’s bad enough I have to wear this thing.”

Rainbow smiled and sat with her tea looking at the two mares. Two mares who were now family, a family beyond what she’d ever hoped for.

Rainbow was touched beyond words.

“Ladies,” said Rainbow, “I’m so happy to now have a family like you. I can see why my Lover-Pony is so special and where she gets it from.”

Twilight Velvet and Cadence smiled at the complement.

“I wonder if I could ask a favor?” continued Rainbow, looking a little sheepish.

“Anything Dear,” said Twilight Velvet.

“I’ve always been a forward pony, a little bit on the tomcolt side...

Okay…

A lot on the tomcolt side. And I know Twilight loves me for me. But I can also tell from things she reads and the things she’s hinted at she’d like it if I were a bit more...

‘Girly’.

The night I came to her to see if she’d told the pony she had feeling for, not knowing it was me, our friend Rarity sprayed me with some perfume. I think she already knew about Twilight’s feelings for me. Twilight reacted quite happily when she smelled it on me.

I want to be me for her, but I also want to appeal to her mare-lover side. I never knew I’d ever be involved with another mare, many ponies thought I was a mare-lover because of my tomcolt personality, but I’d never considered a mare for a partner. I still don’t want to be with mares, I just want to love and be loved by Twilight.

So I want to continue to reach out to Twilight and be more desirable to her. She’s worth the effort, I’m just unsure how to do it.”

“Rainbow my Dear,” said Cadence, “I can see why Twilight loves you. Aside from being a strong personality and an attractive mare, you’ve a heart full of love. Aunt Celestia told me how she tested you. Don’t feel bad, Shining Armor still wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat from what she put him through when he came to ask to marry me.”

“I think I can imagine!” chuckled Rainbow.

The three mares laughed.

“I think we can help,” said Twilight Velvet, “but answer me one thing and be truly honest.”

“Anything, mom,” said Rainbow, Twilight Velvet smiled at the gesture.

“You said you want to live the rest of your life with Twilight, and Twilight has said pretty much the same. Are you speaking metaphorically or are you serious?”

“I told Princess Celestia, when she was torturing...

I mean, testing me, I couldn’t live a day without my Lover-Pony. I don’t mean we have to be in the same room forever, but if I could never be with her again, I couldn’t see any good reason to go on living.

That’s how important she is to me now.”

Twilight Velvet and Cadence smiled at Rainbow’s attitude. They could tell Rainbow was speaking from her heart.

“As Cadence said earlier,” said the mother Twilight, “we’ll get together this weekend and have a family day.

Go out to eat, do some shopping, just have some family fun.”

“Shopping is fun?” asked Rainbow.

“It is if you are going to be more girly for Twilight,” said Cadence.

“Oh-Boy! Shopping,” said Rainbow, trying to act excited.

“How else are we going to find your perfume?” said Twilight Velvet.

“Good point, mom,” said Rainbow happily.

“And makeup,” said Cadence.

“Makeup?” said Rainbow, “isn’t that a little too much, too soon?”

“How far are you willing to go to make Twilight happy?” asked Twilight Velvet.

“I suppose hoof polish is included in that,” asked Rainbow, about to say something about her not liking anypony to touch her hooves. But she remembered how aroused she became when Twilight was actually licking her hooves.

“I guess I can handle it.”

All three mares chuckled at Rainbow’s surrendering to the girly side.

The two stallions and Twilight came back in.

“There’s our mares,” said Night Light, “just hanging out and looking beautiful, eh?”

“Mine’s best,” said Shining, nudging his father. “I got a princess.”

“What!? Like that matters,” said Night Light to Shining, “without mine, you two wouldn’t have yours!”

“Well, I know that mine’s the prettiest,” said Twilight, “no offence mom and Cadence.”

“Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!” said Rainbow, “don’t get me involved! I’m still trying to fit in without being killed or exiled.

I have to watch myself, all you ponies can do magic, I can’t even do a card trick. I’ve no way to defend myself.”

All the ponies laughed as the three who just came in and gave their mate a large kiss.

The family went into the dining room and enjoyed a fantastic meal. Rainbow could see where her Lover-Pony got her cooking skills.

Afterwards, there was much laughter and kidding around.

But it was getting later into the evening and Cadence and Shining, had to go to Shining’s official Canterlot housing. And Rainbow and Twilight to Twilight’s tower at Canterlot Castle Grounds. They really did need to study the assignments and get ready for the next day. All said their good-bye’s and left the parents to have a quiet evening of their own.

Rainbow was suspiciously able to follow what Twilight was explaining about the day’s info. Twilight wasn’t sure if Rainbow had actually followed what had been taught or if it was the one bit of motivation for Rainbow the instructor didn’t have; Rainbow was assured (only half-seriously) if she didn’t pay attention there was a nice large couch on the observatory floor.

Cuddling with Twilight was worth the boredom of learning new paperwork.

The next few days went by well enough. Besides the conferences, there was time with Princess Celestia and Luna, along with afternoons with the Sparkles and study sessions which often turned into lovemaking sessions.

Rainbow was becoming quite comfortable with Twilight’s family, a family accepting her as one of their own. It actually was getting hard to leave the Sparkles and return to their tower.