"Dum-de-dum..." Sweetie Belle hummed. It was a beautiful day, and she was rolling around on a hill, feeling the grass under her soft fur tickle her as she played. It wasn't too hot, the wind was only a breeze, cool enough to make it just the right temperature for ponies to play outside. On top of the hill, there was a large tree, casting some shade down on the grass.
Sweetie stopped rolling and got down to her hooves, eyeballing a little flower swaying in the breeze. Slowly, she crept upon it, then leapt gracefully at it, biting it and eating it up. She giggled to herself as she chewed the flower. She was having such a happy time.
Suddenly, a loud crack whipped through the air. Sweetie Belle nearly jumped out of her skin, zooming up the hill and under the tree. The sky grew dark rapidly as thunderous claps roared, lightning flickering through the clouds as the wind picked up, blowing into a spot on the ground.
"What's going on!?" Sweetie squealed, gripping the tree tightly with her hooves as she squeezed her eyes shut. A stiff bolt of lightning struck the ground, and the air from where it landed appeared to bend and crack, with a bright light shining outwards.
With one last snap, the hole opened, and a large, dark figure plopped out onto the ground, dully laying for a moment as the crack sealed itself and the sky slowly returned to normal.
Sweetie Belle, still shaking with fear, peeked one eye open and glanced over to the dark lump on the ground. "H-hello?" She asked, not moving from the tree. It was definitely a pony, and a fairly tall one at that. She couldn't help but think it looked a little familiar.
Suddenly, the pony shuddered and shakily rose to her hooves. Sweetie Belle watched, and instantly recognized their face. "Princess Luna!"
The Princess stood up, her cheeks looking rather rosy and her stature quite unbalanced, tottering from side to side. Peering down to the filly, she made a silly smile. "Hey..." she said, drawing out the syllable as she wandered towards her, "What's up, little buddy?"
Sweetie Belle started towards the Princess, who was trotting in a weird zig-zag pattern. "Princess, are you okay?" She asked, placing a hoof on Luna's leg, "You don't normally come into my dreams like that."
Sweetie was indeed, dreaming. It was quite late at night, and she was comfortably stuffed into bed as she snoozed, this scenario taking place inside her imagination.
"Yeah yeah yeah, I'm good!" the Princess laughed, sitting down next to the filly, "Jus' came from some big party ol' Celery was havin'..." She burped and covered her mouth with a hoof, making a grossed-out face for a moment. "Heheh... Celery..."
"...Are you sure you're okay?" Sweetie squeaked, raising an eyebrow, "You smell funny..."
Princess Luna wrapped her hooves around the little filly and sank down to her level, plopping onto the ground with a dull 'whump' sound. "Sh-sh-shhh... Y-you're absolutely okay."
Sweetie was a little weirded out. She liked giving and receiving hugs, but Princess Luna was usually more calm and collected when she visited her dreams. "I-if you say so..." she said. Internally, she was reminded of Rarity whenever she drank her big-pony juice.
"Now!" Luna suddenly yelled, making Sweetie jump a bit, "...Uh...Gonna..." The Princess stopped to scratch her head. Her voice was a bit low and gravelly as she mumbled some indecipherable things to herself.
Sweetie Belle shifted her hooves around into a more relaxed position, but Luna wouldn't let her go. "Is it something I did?"
"Uh...Well whatever..." Luna mumbled, sleepily, "Anyway, I was-was doin' some real crit-i-cal thinkin' and y'know..." There was a long gap of silence. Her head dipped forward a bit, and she tottered around slightly as she sat in place. "...Y'know, y'know, y'know...how my sister...Silrexier... has her dumb student Twilight Spankle?"
Sweetie Belle was confused. "Um...You mean Princess Twi-"
"Yeah that'un!" Luna said, cutting her off, holding her tigher. "Princesses Twinight, the Perncess of Frien-dships or something dumb like that." She hiccuped.
"...What about her?" Sweetie asked. She was starting to get worried. Princess Luna was acting really strange, and wouldn't let her out of her grip.
The Princess lazily looked down at the filly, and started giggling at her, then stopped after a minute. "...She's dumb."
"She's not that dumb, Twilight's really-"
Princess Luna groaned loudly, cutting her off again. "I'ss my dumb sister! Ooh she thin-gs she's so cool, 'ca-'cause she's got like a student, and she got to like...like...make her a prince because she learns so much..." She leaned in really close to Sweetie Belle's face, causing the little filly to squirm around a bit. "You wanna know some-thing?"
Sweetie nodded.
"I thing Celessia only made her a prin-ces so she did-nd haff to do as much stuff." Luna said oddly triumphantly, then giggled devilishly. "She things she looks so cool...with her graduated stud'nt..."
Barely understanding what Luna was saying, Sweetie awkwardly chuckled, still visibly uncomfortable.
"You...know Sweetie, we gotta...we gotta stick together you'nd I..." Luna grumbled, "We bouf...both got sissers that think we're dumb and...try to...uh...keep us down." She pulled Sweetie Belle's head closely into her chest, ignoring her resistant pushing with her hooves. "I got my Celessa and you got...uh...R-R-Ra-a-andy."
"...Rarity?" Sweetie squeaked.
"Yeah, tha'ss what I said. You got your Randy," the Princess replied, running a hoof through the filly's hair, "and I got my dumb sister..."
Sweetie Belle didn't really know what to say, so she just said, "Yeah?"
"Yeah, yeah... Y'know what?" Luna mumbled, then looked expectantly at Sweetie, who just shrugged. "We...We should make you my stude-student...No, I'm gonna...gonna just make you a princess...yeah..." She said, vocally shambling through the sentence. "Yeah, yeah..."
Totally clueless, Sweetie Belle just smiled innocently.
"We...we gonna show'em..." Luna yawned, blinking her eyes slowly. Her head began to lower down, until her head lay gently on the ground, her eyes closed.
Sweetie didn't move for a moment. Her body was stuck underneath Luna's big neck, and her hooves stuck up in the air as she laid on her back. "Um...Princess?" She squeaked, poking her.
Luna gave a loud snort, and nuzzled the grass lovingly, and began to snore on top of Sweetie Belle's little body.
"...Um..." She mumbled, gently pushing against the Princess, but to no avail. Sighing, she laid back on the grass, wondering how long it was gonna be until the dream was over.
Author's Note
Sweetie Belle is cute
