Violet-Rose Equestria Tales

Violet realised she must have drifted off because she found herself back at her old house. Her mother was standing there in her favourite green dress. Her strawberry blonde hair was up in a ponytail and her green eyes sparkled. Daphne held out her arms for a hug. Violet ran straight into her mother’s warm embrace, breathing in her scent.
“Mom, why did you leave me?” she asked.

“I had to, sweetheart. They needed me.”

“Who needed you Mom?” Violet asked, confused.

“I can’t tell you.” Daphne said.

“Why not?!” Violet demanded.

“I’m sorry Violet, but I have to go now-"

Her mother then had a look of sheer terror on her face.

“Violet! You have to hide! She’s coming! She knows you’re here!” She then started to fade away. Violet panicked and tried to grab her mother.

“Who’s coming?! Mom! MOM!”

Violet jolted awake, drenched in cold sweat. ‘It was just a dream, but it didn’t feel like a dream.’ she thought. Violet glanced over at Fluttershy’s bed, it was empty. She then looked at the clock on the wall. It was 9:55 on a Friday. Her blood ran cold when she realised that she was meeting up with Comet that day.

“AHHH!” she cried, throwing off the covers and out of bed. She ran straight into the bathroom and brushed her hair. She liked to leave it down, so she let her mane flow over her right shoulder. Still panicked she flew down the stairs, startling her roommates. Discord nearly choked on his cotton candy.

“Geez Violet, what’s wrong?” he coughed.

“I slept in, Comet’s going to be here any minute now.” she blurted out. Fluttershy came running inside. “I flew all the way here from Harry’s cave, somepony had better be bleeding!” she said, flustered.

“Sorry Flutters, I’ve got a date in five minutes.” Violet explained.

The purple pegasus grabbed some toast and jam and stuffed the food down her throat. Fluttershy and Discord just watched her with looks of confusion.

“Who’s your date?” Discord asked.

“His names Comet Blitz and he thinks that your chocolate rain is the best.”

Discord raised an eyebrow. “Really?”

He didn’t get an answer when there was a knock on the door. “That’s him!”

Violet zipped over to the door and opened the door.

“Hey Violet, ready to go?” asked Comet Blitz.

“Ready as I’ll ever be.” Violet said, blushing.

“Come on I got an entire day planned for us.” The two pegasi walked down the path, leaving Fluttershy and Discord behind.

Comet led Violet to the towns park. It was a pretty public place and dozens of ponies were there. They sat down under a tall oak tree, giving each other the first date interview. “Age?”

“Eighteen, you?”

“Fifteen. That’s at least a three-year age difference.” said Violet, relieved that she wasn’t on a date with a guy in his late twenties.

“Okay, how about this? You already know I plan to start a perfume business, what do you do for a living?”

Comet chuckled. “I work in the weather factory. I’m one of the ponies who specialise in making rainbows?”

Violet raised an eyebrow. “You make rainbows? How are the rainbows made?” she asked, wondering if the rainbows were made the same way as they were made in her old world.

“Well, since all weather is controlled by us pegasi, it’s a weather pony’s job to make it rain, snow and make the rainbows. What we do is; in the factory we have this machine that sprinkles tiny droplets of water on this roller. Then it goes into this solar powered room where light from the sun hits the watered roller and the reflection makes a beautiful rainbow. Then the weather ponies let the rainbow out through a little trapdoor in the roof and poof! You have a rainbow. But this process causes a lot of excess rainbow. That just gets used as decoration or dyes for material. I wouldn’t recommend eating it though, it makes your face flash rainbow colours.”

Violet sat there, her mouth agape. “Wow, you really put a lot of effort into making rainbows.”

“Of course, it’s practically an art. Rainbows are a beautiful thing, but I think I found something that is more beautiful than all the rainbows put together. You.” Comet caressed her cheek for emphasis.

Violet giggled and brushed his hoof away. “Stop it,” she said with a blush.

“Stop what?” Comet smirked, poking her playfully.

Violet laughed. “Okay, how bout we go somewhere else?”

“Sure, how bout I show you the factory?” Violet gave him a kind smile and nodded.

The two ponies got up and took to the skies. Violet struggled to keep up, Comet had obviously had a lot more experience with flying. Luckily he saw her struggling and slowed down.

“You don’t get out much do you?”

Violet shook her head.

“Here, let me help.” He held onto her hoof and started to fly faster. Violet clung onto the stallion as she watched the ground get smaller and smaller. She finally had the guts to look up. Her eyes met the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. An entire city was perched on a clouds, in fact everything was made of cloud. The buildings, the pillars and the road signs. The city reminded Violet of Mt Olympus from Greek Mythology. It had a very peaceful and heavenly atmosphere. Violet did feel like she was in heaven.

“Welcome to Cloudstale.” said Comet. Violet rolled her eyes at that predictable pun. When they landed, Violet realised that she was standing on the cloud.

‘Woah? I guess pegasi can walk on clouds’ she thought.

“Come on, the factory is the highlight of the city.” Comet led Violet up to a beautiful building, overlooking the city.
It was clearly the Rainbow Factory; rivers of colour were pouring from small openings in the walls. Employees were dressed in a white safety suit and cap. Of course they were pegasi, Violet quickly worked out. Violet followed her date into the building. She took in at the interior of the lobby.

Nearly everything was made from clouds, but there were also rainbow banners hangings on the walls. They stopped at the reception desk, were a very tired pegasus mare was sitting.

“Ms. Snow, I need two visitor sashes. I’m giving Violet a personal tour of the factory.” Comet explained to the receptionist. Ms. Snow was a stern looking pegasus, the kind of pony who rarely smiled. She was a cold white and had greyish-green hair tied into a tight bun. Her cold eyes were hidden by half-moon spectacles.

The sight of this mare gave Violet the creeps. Without a word Ms. Snow handed the visitor sashes to Comet with a blank expression.

“Thanks.” said Comet, forcing a smile. After Violet placed her sash over her scarf she quickly followed Comet through a door, relieved to be away from that cold staring mare.

The door led to a hallway with a bunch of rooms. Each door to a room had a label to show what room it was. Comet opened a door full of water and clouds.

“This is where we make rain clouds. The boss has planned a rainy day in two weeks, so we need to make as many rainclouds as possible if we are to cover the entire Ponyville area. Violet watched as ponies filled up clouds with water and piled them into a room. The water was coming from a giant tank. “That there is the main water source for the factory, we can’t do our job without it.”

“Wow, they really are putting a lot of work into making rainclouds.” Violet said in wonder.

“Come on, there’s more.” Comet showed Violet out and led her down the hall. Violet’s eyes grew wider with wonder at all the weather rooms. Finally, they came to a rainbow coloured door.

“This is where I work.” Comet pushed open the door and Violet’s mouth fell open at the sight of the rainbow room. There were several sprinklers hanging from the ceiling and rubber rollers were moving along underneath. Ponies were controlling the sprinklers, letting a mist of water rain down on the rollers. The rollers disappeared into the wall.

“That’s the rainbow room over there.” said Comet, pointing to a side door in the wall. Violet followed Comet to the door, which was painted white just like the rest of the room. When they entered the rainbow room, Violet gawked at how beautiful the room was. The walls were painted white and sparkling. The rollers were moving slowly underneath what looked to be a closed skylight.

There was a wiring sound and Violet looked up to see a pony was cranking a handle and a mirror was moving out into view.

“Looks like there about the make a new rainbow.” said Comet, grinning. Violet watched as the mirror stopped underneath the closed skylight. The rollers were moving underneath the mirror. Another pony pulled a lever on the opposite wall and the skylight opened. Light from the sun poured into the room, blinding everyone for a brief second. The sunlight hit the rollers and the mirror, then to Violet’s surprise. A beautiful rainbow appeared, showering everyone in the room with rays of colour. Two more ponies came and sucked the rainbow into a container, before tossing the container into a storage room.

“Ah, those must be deliveries for other pony towns. This facility is the only rainbow making business in Equestria, that’s why we only send out rainbows on special occasions.” Comet explained. He glanced at Violet, her coat was dusted with multi-coloured dust. It looked like glitter. “Looks like you got some rainbow dust on you.” he said, dusting her off.

“That…was…THE MOST AMAZING THING I’VE EVER SEEN!” Violet shrieked.

“I thought you’d like it. Look there goes the excess rainbow.” Comet pointed to a plug in the floor. Violet watched as a colourful liquid was drained away.

“That’s going to be pumped to other parts of the factory, usually to be made into dye, paint and other stuff.” He was interrupted by Violet’s stomach growling.

“Sorry, I guess I’m hungry.” she said, sheepishly.

Comet chuckled. “That’s fine, I’m hungry too. How about we get something at the factory café?”

“Say no more!”

In minutes they were seated at a table for two in the café. Violet was looking through the menu. She was shocked that there were things like Hay Sandwiches and Daisy Rolls. She wasn’t sure about eating hay or daisies. But then again she was a pony, so her taste buds would be different. Right? Eventually she ordered a tomato and lettuce sandwich with fries, while Comet had ordered a hay sandwich. As they ate, Violet couldn’t help but shudder when she watched her date eat hay. Comet noticed her gawking and asked.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” Violet said, quickly biting into her own sandwich.

Comet seemed to read her mind. “I guess you never had a hay sandwich before, huh?”

Violet shot up in shock. “You mind reader!”

“Haha, I guess your parents only fed you vegetables.” He stopped talking when he saw the change of expression on her face.

“Sorry.”

There was an awkward silence for a few minutes. The only sound that could be heard was the chewing of the two ponies. ‘Come on man! Say something, you’ll scare her off.’ Comet thought. Violet had finished her sandwich and was starting on her fries.

“Do you wanna try a bit?” Comet asked, holding out the uneaten half of his sandwich. Violet looked down at the sandwich in his hoof, debating whether or not to try a bit. But she didn’t want to be rude and hastily took the sandwich. Cringing slightly, she bit off a corner and began chewing. Her eyes widened in surprise at the salty taste of the hay. Unknown to her, she started to take more bites. Bite after bite after bite and the sandwich was gone.
“Wow, okay you got me there. That was pretty good.” she said. The rational part of her was screaming. “What am I doing? I just ate hay! And liked it!”

The rest of lunch was them chatting and telling jokes. A lot of time past and the clock tolled 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

“Let’s go.” Comet said, helping Violet out of her seat. After exploring Cloudstale some more, they flew back down to the ground. They did some more walking around until they spotted a certain bakery.

“Hey, let’s stop and get a milkshake at Sugar Cube Corner.” Comet offered. Violet wasn’t going to say no to that. The bell rang as they entered the bakery. A certain pink pony was there to greet them.

“Hey Pinkie!” called Violet, recognising the pony.

“Violet, where have you been all day?” she asked.

“We’ve been exploring Cloudstale,” Comet explained. “Now how about two milkshakes for us?”

“Okie dokie lokie! What flavour?”

“Chocolate will do just fine.”

“Anything else?” asked Pinkie, scribbling down the order.

Violet was looking at the cupcakes. Comet seemed to read her mind again. “Two strawberry fudge cupcakes.” he said.

Violet rolled her eyes again. “How are you doing that?”

Pinkie giggled. “That will be 4 Bits please.”

Comet opened his wallet and placed four gold coins on the counter. ‘So this is Equestrian money’ Violet realised.

When Pinkie scratched down the order, she called for Mrs Cake to handle the order.

“Seat yourselves, Mrs Cake will be here with your order soon.” The pink pony went back to handling the register. Violet and Comet walked over and sat down at a vacant table. They talked for a bit, until Mrs Cake walked up. She was a kind hearted mare; her coat was a bubble-gum blue and her mane and tail was like pink cupcake icing. That very same mare walked over to the ponies, holding a tray with their food on top.

Comet and Violet ate their cupcakes and sipped their milkshakes, staring into each-other’s eyes. Each of them felt fluttery, like a thousand butterflies.

They hadn’t even reacted when a loud group of ponies walked in. No, they just stared into each-other’s eyes, enjoying each-other’s company. When they finished, they went for a walk in an open field. It was night time so hardly anypony was around as they all finished work.

To Violet and Comet, it seemed like they were the only ponies in the world. Violet felt her heart beat uncontrollably. ‘What is wrong with me, yet it doesn’t feel wrong at all.’ she thought.
Comet was thinking the same thing.

Comet and Violet sat down on the top of a hill, stargazing. “Today was amazing,” Violet faced Comet. “Thank-you, for today.”

Comet chuckled. “Your welcome.”

They said nothing as they watched the star’s sparkle. “Violet,”

“Yes Comet?”

“I know this is little early, but I really like you. I love everything about you; your coat, your mane and your eyes. They’re like sparkling gems. But it’s not just your beauty; your also kind, funny, smart and generous.”

Violet blushed magenta, her breathe was taken. “I-I don’t know what to say.” Comet surprised her by taking her hooves in his own. “Just say that you feel the same way.”

Violet’s heart was pounding in her chest. She did feel the same way about Comet. She was in love with him.

“I…do feel the same way.” she whispered. Comet smiled and cradled her chin in his hoof. “You have no idea how happy you have made me.”
Violet grinned. “I think I do.” She then saw that Comet was only inches from her face. He was going to kiss her. ‘My First Kiss!’ Her thoughts screamed.

Without warning, Comet’s lips were on hers. Violet’s eyes widened to the maximum. She felt a wave of love overcome her as she kissed him back. Her eyes slid shut and she felt Comet wrap his wings around her in a feathered blanket. They broke away after a few minutes. Comet still had his wings around her, both were bright red and breathing heavy from the kiss.

“Woah…that was my first kiss.” Violet murmured.

“Did you like it?” Comet asked.

“I loved it.”

“Violet…I was wondering,” Comet began, his blue eyes met Violet’s green. “Violet-Rose, will you be my very special somepony?”

Violet’s mouth dropped. The first time she had been asked that was just an act, but this was real. She couldn’t deny her feelings.

“I would love to Comet Blitz.” Comet gave a yelp of joy and kissed her once more. When they broke away, Violet was beaming. “Come on, I’ll take you home.”

On the walk home, Violet remembered something. “Comet,”

“Yeah?”

“I…you know how I’m a friend of a princess?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, yesterday we got tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala and I was wondering if you-”

”Would be your date.” Comet finished for her.

Violet nodded.

“I would be honoured Violet.” said Comet, smiling.

“Great! Looks like our second date is sorted.”

Comet laughed.

“Okay, we’re here.” They stopped at the cottages red door.

“Today was awesome. Goodnight.” Violet said.

“Goodnight, special somepony.” said Comet, giving Violet a peck on the cheek. Violet closed the door behind her, touching her lips with the tip of her hoof. His kiss still there. When he was out of sight, she jumped up and cried.

“Yes!”

She started to flutter around in a circle movement. A delicious smell was coming from the kitchen, Violet hummed a tune as she fluttered over to the kitchen. Her roommates were there, Fluttershy was stirring a pot of soup and Discord was using his magic to prepare a potato bake. Fluttershy was the first to see her.

“Violet! How did it go?”

“It was great Fluttershy, what’s cooking?”

“Pumpkin Soup to start, followed by a Potato Bake with a Salad and then a Chocolate Cake for dessert.” Discord explained.

“Sounds good, need any help?”

“Sure, I need someone to stir the soup while I chop the onions.” said Fluttershy. Violet took the spoon and stirred the soup, while the pegasus chopped the onions and added them to the soup. While stirring, Violet hummed, thinking about her amazing day.

Discord used his magic to serve up everyone. While eating, both Discord and Fluttershy noticed the expression on Violet’s face. She had a sort of dreamy glow about her. When Discord made the candles dance, he was confused to why Violet wasn’t laughing.

“Violet?” he snapped his fingers, knocking Violet out of her trance.

“Huh what?” Violet muttered.

“What’s wrong with her Flutters?” Discord asked. Fluttershy smiled and whispered in his ear.

“I think her date went well.”

The answer hit Discord like a tonne of bricks. “Oh!” he said, nodding and happy for his new friend.

“Violet, while you were gone, Rarity came by today. She wants us all at the boutique tomorrow so she can get our measurements for the gala.” Fluttershy explained.

“Okay, then. I’ll be there.” sighed Violet, fiddling with her fork.

“Aren’t you going to tell us how it went?” Discord asked.

“How what went?”

“Your date.” Fluttershy said.

“Oh well, Comet took me to see Cloudstale and gave me a tour of the rainbow factory. After that we went to Sugar Cube Corner for a milkshake and then we went for a walk, then he…”

Violet blushed at the memory. “He kissed me.”

Fluttershy and Discord’s mouths dropped.

“He kissed you?!” Discord exclaimed, a spoonful of soup halfway to his mouth. “Today is just full of surprises and I’m not even causing chaos.”

“Violet, I’m so happy for you. Is he your special somepony now?” Fluttershy asked.

“He is, that was my first kiss too.”

“Your first kiss! That is something to be happy about.”

“You go girl.” said Discord giving Violet a pat on the back.

“Thanks.” said Violet and went back to her food. The rest of the evening was the three roommates chatting about random stuff. After dinner, Violet helped Fluttershy with the dishes, not that there was much to do as Discord just snapped the dishes clean. Violet went to bed, dreaming of Comet.