Chapters "Arceus get your ass down here," Ombre Mort calls up the stairs as he taps a hoof impatiently. Hailstorm stood at his side as they waited for their son to finally come down the stairs.
"I told you I don't want to dad!" Arcues yells in reply. Ombre huffs.
"Don't make me come up there and drag your ass down here!" he growls. Hailstorm taps his shoulder.
"Calm down, your anger isn't going to help our case," she says softly. Ombre snorts but falls silent. "Arceus please come down here, we don't want to keep this young colt waiting on you forever," she calls up the stairs. Arceus groans and comes down the stairs at last.
"Fine...but I still hate this, just to let you know," He says with a huff. Ombre rolls his eyes.
"Fairly noted by now," he mutters. Hailstorm points to the door.
"Mr. Fire is right outside, I suggest you go with him now," she says. "Oh! And do be nice, he's a fine colt and don't piss him off." she adds. He snorts.
"Yes Mom," he says sarcastically and walks for the door. "I'll show you it isn't necessary to have a commoner like me guarded by one of your guards ponies dad, just because you're high up in Celestia's ranks doesn't mean any of us are going to be assassinated," He adds with a roll of his eyes before walking out and shutting the door behind him. Looking ahead he stops.
"You must be Arceus," the tall guardsman says, he had a lower voice. Kind of soothing even... Arceus nods.
"And you must be White Fire," he replies. The colt chuckles and nods.
"Yeah that's me," he replies. Arceus walks down onto the sidewalk.
"Well White Fire I don't really need you to guard me so you can like...go do something else," Arceus says as he looks back to White Fire. White Fire chuckles and shakes his head.
"No way man, I've seen your father get angry, it isn't a pretty sight. I'm sticking with you until i'm given orders not to," he replies. Arceus sighs in frustration.
"Damn it...," he huffs. White Fire joins him on the sidewalk, his armored hooves clinking on the concrete.
"So, where you off to today Mr. Mort?" he asks with a sideways smirk. "Where ever your going just know I have to follow you like a stalker." he adds. Arceus chuckles softly.
"Noted...," he replies. If this noobie of a guard had a sense of humor, maybe this wouldn't be so bad.... As they start walking, White Fire does his best to start up a conversation.
"So, what's your story?" White asks. Arceus looks to him.
"My story?" he asks. White nods.
"Yeah, how come your parents want you guarded 24/7?" he asks. Arceus looks ahead of him as they keep walking.
"Well, it was more of my dad's idea, and my mom is always fearful to disagree with him, so yeah...," Arceus replies. White chuckles.
"Mrs. Mort seems like a nice mare, though every once in a while I find her calling your father Master," White says with a sly grin. "Makes me wonder about things I really shouldn't be wondering about." Arceus snickers.
"My dad insists she call him that, one of his...hm hm rules," Arceus says, earning a laugh out of the guard.
"Right Right," he says.
"Anyways...I was only going to hang out with a friend of mine, are you sure you want to stick around?" Arceus asks as he stops and looks back to White. White nods.
"Positive," he replies and they keep walking. "So what's her name?" he asks, catching Arcues by surprise.
"Hu?" he asks. White chuckles.
"Your friend. What's her name?" he asks.
"Archene," Arceus replies. "How did you know it was a mare anyways?" he adds. White grins.
"I have an eye for these things," he replies. "You like her?" he asks. Arceus shakes his head.
"No No," he says instantly. "She's just a good friend.." he adds. White nods.
"I see." he replies.
"I've never really seen her as anything more than a friend honestly.." Arceus says. White Fire raises an eyebrow.
"Oh?" He asks. Arceus nods.
"Yeah, besides, she's got a coltfriend anyway," he says. White Fire looks to him.
"What's the coltfriend like aye?" Whites asks. Arceus looks to him.
"His name's Midnight, he's really protective and with him being part of the Lunar Guard does make most colts run in fear," Arceus says with a chuckle. "He's another good friend of mine." White nods. "So why are you asking so many questions?" Arceus asks. White Fire chuckles.
"Just trying to learn about you since I'm stuck with you for awhile," he replies. Arceus laughs.
"I guess your right," Arceus says. "So..when did you become part of the Royal Guard?"
"About a month ago," White replies. Arceus looks to him.
"So your around my age then?" Arceus asks out of curiosity.
"Depends how old you are," White says with a chuckle.
"18," Arceus replies. White nods.
"I'm 19, I got about a year on you," he says. Arceus blinks.
"Damn, i'm being guarded by somepony barely older than me, what a blessing," Arceus says sarcastically.
"I'll have you know that you'd rather have me over the older guards. They stand there all stiff like they need a real shove of a dick in their asses," White snorts. Arceus laughs hard.
"So they're just like my dad then?" he asks, laughing. White laughs and nods.
"Just like him," he agrees.
"Damn, then i'm glad i'm stuck with you, I really don't want a pony like my dad always looking over my shoulders," Arceus says. White chuckles.
"I told you so," White says.
"Arceus!!" a tall mare says as she trots over and hugs him tightly. Arceus coughs.
"C-Can't breathe A-Archene," Arceus chokes out. White snickers as Archene lets go.
"S-Sorry, I was just so happy to see you I didn't realize how hard I was hugging you...again," Archene says in a hushed voice. A tall dark pegisi with piercing gold eyes stood behind her.
"Hello there Midnight," Arceus says as they brohoof. Midnight nods.
"Hello Arceus," Midnight says in a deeper voice than even White. Arceus steps back and stands next to White Fire.
"Archene, Midnight, this is White Fire," Arceus says. "'White Fire, this is Archene and Midnight." White dips his head to them. Archene hugs him.
"Hia Whitey~!" She says cheerfully. White chuckles. Midnight nods.
"You must be Arcy's body guard aye?" He asks. White nods.
"I am." He replies. Archene lets go and steps back as she looks Arceus and White Fire for a moment.
"I totally ship this," She says with a giggle. Arceus blushes.
"T-That's not how it works Archene," Arceus says. White chuckles.
"Give it time Arceus!" Archene huffs. Arceus blushes more. Midnight snickers.
"Please excuse her, she has a habit of doing this..," Arceus says as he fumbles and apology to White. White chuckles and lowers his voice into a whisper.
"I don't know Arceus, you are quite a cutie," he whispers sending Arceus blushing deeper. "I'm just teasing you, don't mind me," White chuckles.
"MY SHIPS WILL SAIL!!!" Archene hisses and runs away down the sidewalk. Midnight rolls his eyes and follows her. White looks to Arceus who was completely red faced.
"Have you never been told you were cute by a colt before?" he asks. Arceus shakes his head.
"N-Never," He replies. White grins.
"Good, i'll be your first," he says before walking away, leaving Arceus looking after him as he trots with him. All he knew right then and there was that this..was going to be a long night...
"So that was fun," White Fire says to break the silence on their walk home. Arceus nods.
"Y-Yeah," He replies. White chuckles.
"You aren't still upset about me calling you cute, right?" he asked, his eye brow raised. Arceus blushes slightly and shakes his head.
"Of course not, I'm called cute all the time," Arceus says stubbornly with a stomp of his hoof. White just keeps walking with a grin on his face.
"What, by your mother??" He asks teasingly. Arceus lets out a huff.
"M-Maybe! What's wrong with that hu?!" He asks, raising his voice. White rolls his eyes and shoves a hoof to Arceus's muzzle.
"Damn stop being so much like your father, It's scaring me," He says softly. "And two, I never said that anything was wrong with that, I was only asking. So take a chill pill, I'm not letting go until you do." Arceus tries to free himself, but White had been trained like a soldier...he wasn't going anywhere... Arceus soon gives up and relaxes. "Good, see, was that so hard?" White asks as he let's him go and they start to walk again.
"How do you think I'm anything like my father, I'm nothing like him," Arceus asks. White gives a soft chuckle.
"Well....It's just the kind of sense you give off really," he replies. Arceus tilts his head.
"A sense?" He asks. White nods.
"Uh hu," he says.
"But what do you m-," Arceus begins to ask before White cuts him off.
"We're here, I just have to come in so that your parents know I was with you the whole time," He says. Arceus sighs.
"Fine," he replies before walking up the stairs and into the house, White Fire following behind. Hailstorm greets them with a small smile.
"Hello boys, did you have fun?" she asks. White chuckles.
"We sure did Mrs. Mort, he's a hoofful, but I think I can handle him," he says with a sly glance to Arceus. Hailstorm smiles.
"Don't I know it, well Ombre's in off at the castle, you should go meet him so you can get some rest," she says. White Fire dips his head.
"Alright," he says with a sigh and as he walks past Arceus he whispers in his ear. "Night cutie~" Then he leaves. Arceus blushes and huffs. Hailstorm raises an eyebrow.
"What did he say?" she asks. Arceus blinks and thinks quickly of a cover up.
"He just said Goodnight and that he'd see me tomorrow," he lied. Hailstorm shrugs.
"Alright, get up to bed, I want you up early tomorrow morning," she says. He nods.
"Okay mom...," he says and trots up the stairs quickly before slipping into his room and shutting the door. Resting his back on the door he slides onto the floor. "One day and you already act like you've know me forever, White Fire...," Arceus mumbles to himself.
"What was that?" a voice asks from the window of his room. Arceus jumps and starts to scream before a hoof is thrown over his mouth. "Shhh, it's only me Mr. Jumpy," the voice says softly as the pony drops their hoof. Arceus whips around.
"White?? What the hell are you doing here?" Arceus asks in a harsh whisper. White chuckles softly.
"Relax, i'm not here to kill you or anything," he teases. Arceus snorts.
"I know that genius, now answer my question, what are you doing here? You just left!" He asks.
"Well if you must know, I was never suppose to leave," White replies.
"Why not? My dad didn't tell you to stay here 24/7!" Arceus says. White laughs.
"You sure about that, short stack?" White asks. Arceus blinks.
"He did...didn't he...?" he asks. White nods.
"Yeah, yeah he did, I'm just suppose to sit outside your window honestly, but hey, that's boring as hell," White replies. Arceus slaps his hoof to his face.
"I cannot believe this....," he groans. White laughs again.
"I can," he says.
"Fine, fine, but does my mother know about this?" Arceus asks. White shakes his head.
"Nope."
"Figures..." Arceus mutters.
"Why do you say that mm?" White asks. Arceus shrugs.
"That's not important...," he replies. White shrugs and sits down on the end of Arceus's bed.
"You want me to leave you alone?" he asks softly. Arceus shakes his head.
"No no, it's okay," Arceus replies and sits next to him. White looks to him.
"Did you want to talk about it..?" He asks. Arceus shakes his head.
"No no, I'm good..," he replies. White sighs and looks to his hooves.
"I'm going to give you some advice Arceus," He says, looking back to Arceus. "I know when something bothers somepony, It's a gift of mine, And you....well...something is deffently wrong. I'm not saying it has to be me. But you should talk with somepony about it..." White says as he gets up and walks to the window. "If you don't, you'll take the path that I did, and trust me, you don't want that. Goodnight Arceus." Then he slips easily out the window. Arceus looks to the window with a sigh.
"Maybe..." he mutters. Trotting to the window he looks out. "White get your ass in here, you need sleep just as much as anypony." White chuckles.
"Don't worry about me, i'm fine," he replies. Arceus shakes his head.
"I said, get. your. ass. in. here," he growls. White laughs softly and steps back in the room.
"Fine, fine, just calm down," he says. Arceus huffs.
"Just make yourself fucking comfortable and go to sleep before I change my damn mind!" he says in a harsh whisper.
"Yes sire," White says sarcastically before laying on a beanbag in the room. Arceus shrugs and yawns before crawling in bed.
"Night, dork," he says. White chuckles tiredly.
"Night, cutie," he replies. Arceus just shakes his head and turns off the light.
Arceus rubs his eyes and sits up to the sound of his mother's screams. As he yawns and looks back up he then remembers White Fire and jolts up all the way, only to find him missing from the place where he slept. Hailstorm swung open the door, almost swinging it off it's hinges, making the worry or thoughts of the white pegasus guard scatter.
"I told you I wanted you up early!! Do you realize what time it is!?!" Hailstorm growls sharply. Arceus could feel his hooves tremble a little at the sight of his angry mother.
"I...uh....I'm sorry?" He says. Hailstorm huffs.
"Mr. Fire has been waiting over three hours downstairs!" she yells. Arceus blinks,Did I reallysleep that long?
"Sorry mom!," Arceus calls and jumps out of bed before rushing down the stairs, Hailstorm on his heels. White Fire sat in the living room, his back straight and in attention as he wore a playful smirk as his eyes fall on Arceus. Hailstorm huffs and walks in behind Arceus.
"I finally got him up," She says. "Sorry it took so long Mr. Fire," Hailstorm adds. Arceus rolls his eyes as White Fire stands up and chuckles.
"Don't worry about it Mrs. Mort, i'll make sure to keep him awake," White says, his smirk playing back onto his face. Arceus shudders, something about that colts smirk made him uneasy, and no doubt...White had planned this out.
"Fuck my life...," Arceus mutters under his breath. Hailstorm hits him over the head with her hoof.
"Say it again I dare you!" She growls. Arceus shakes.
"N-No thank you," Arceus says before quickly stepping outside before his mother could catch him. White Fire chuckles and steps out after him and shuts the door after saying a goodbye to Hailstorm. Stepping down onto the sidewalk with Arceus, White Fire stretches, cracking his back with a deep sigh of relief. Arceus chuckles.
"Holy Hell, stiff much?" He asks with a raised eyebrow. White Fire smirks slyly.
"You try and sit in attention for three hours and having your boss staring you dead in the eyes for two of those hours," White huffs. "Then you'll see how goodyou feel!" Arceus laughs.
"It was you're fault for keeping me up all night!" He teases. White Fire snorts.
"HA! Nah, your just a fucking sleeping princess!"
"Excuse me?" The deep voice of none other than Arceus's father stops White Fire in his tracts.
"O-Ombre. S-Sir. I-I uh um," White Fire struggles to get the words from his throat. Ombre taps his hoof with a raised eyebrow. Arceus blinks in surprise.
"Dad? How come your even out here? You're suppose to be working," He asks.
"I was given the day off," Ombre says, not taking his glare from the young guard. White Fire shifts uneasily.
"Dad, go home," Arceus huffs. "He's 19 and a noob, give the dude a break." Ombre frowns.
"Fine. But you ever speak to me like that again and I swear," He growls before walking off. White Fire sighs in relief.
"Thank Peaches...Thank you Arceus, I swear he was going to take my head off," White says. Arceus chuckles softly.
"No problem man," He says. As they continue to walk, White looks back to Arceus.
"How did you do it?" He asks. Arceus raises an eyebrow.
"Do what?"
"Go against your father like that." Arceus chuckles again.
"Oh, he's not so scary when you live with him," Arceus replies. White Fire sighs and looks into the sky.
"I see."
"You've never stood up against your dad before?" Arceus asks, sitting down on a nearby bench. White Fire joins him and his lip trembles slightly.
"I...don't have a father to stand up against," He says softly. Arceus winces.
"O-Oh, I'm s-sorry I didnt--" Arceus begins, White stops him by setting his armored hoof to Arceus's muzzle.
"Shh, you didn't know..." He says with a soft smile. Arceus blinks as he almost loses himself in White's calm eyes. He didn't even realize that he took his hoof away until he heard White chuckle at his agape mouth.
"You...I-I...um," Arceus fumbled over his words for a few moments. White smiles in amusement.
"You really are a cute one, you know that?" He asks with a soft chuckle. Arceus blushes and rubs the back of his neck with a hoof. "I have an idea..." White says with a smile before getting up. "Follow me." Arceus gets up and follows after him, his head cocked to the side in curiosity.
Soon, White stops a the shore of a lake, not far from the bench.
"You know how to swim?" White asks, his eyebrow raised and a smile lighting his face. Arceus nods.
"Yeah, yeah, of course I do," He says. White chuckles and nods.
"Good, good," He says, slipping out of his hoof armor. Arceus blinks.
"A-Are you..."
"What? You really think I want to swim in this heavy ass armor? Yeah, no thanks," White says with another chuckle as he slips from the rest of his armor. Arceus stood there for a moment, admiring his body structure. White snaps his thoughts as he walks to him. "Well? Do you want to or no?" He whispers. Arceus blushes lightly.
"Y-Yeah, sorry, I got distracted," He says with a nervous chuckle. White laughs.
"Last one in is sent to the moon!" He hollers and runs off the doc into the water. Arceus stops for a second, smiling to himself before laughing and jumping into the water after him.
Arceus and White Fire return to Arceus's home, their manes dripping wet and their faces flushed with red. Ombre had raises an eyebrow.
"What happened? Did it rain?" Ombre asks. Arceus shakes his head.
"No, we just went for a swim, Dad, chill out," Arceus says with a cheerful chuckle. White smiles softly.
"I hope you don't mind that, Sir..." He mumbles. Ombre narrows his eyes at his son's unusual happiness and his soldiers unusual blush.
"No. I don't mind that," He says, shrugging it off. Arceus grabs White Fire's hoof and quickly pulls him upstairs and into his room. Ombre turns to Hailstorm, whom had been in the kitchen, as she walks out. "I have a feeling something is going on between our son and that White Fire," He says. Hailstorm chuckles.
"Oh let them be,Princy, I'm sure they're just getting to be friends!" Hailstorm says as she wraps her husband in a hug from behind. Ombre sighs softly and smiles.
"Fine...but only for you love," He chuckles.
Arceus threw White a towel as he dried his mane, White catches it with little effort and smiles.
"So, did you have fun today cutie?" White asks as he starts to dry his own mane. Arceus nods with a smile.
"I've never had that much fun in a long time," Arceus replies. White smiles more.
"Good to hear," He says. "I've got plans for tomorrow too if you're down for it," He adds. Arceus looks to him as he places his towel over his shoulders.
"Oh? Like what?" Arceus asks. White chuckles softly.
"It's a surprise," White says. Arceus grins.
"Fine by me, I love a good surprise," He says with a chuckle. White smiles softly.
"Good. Now, we best get some rest," He says. Arceus nods, setting their towels aside and crawling into bed with a soft yawn.
"Night, White Fire," He says. White Fire walks to the lamp.
"Night, Arceus," He whispers before turning out the light and stealing another glance at the young colt. Shaking his head free of his thoughts, he crawls back to the place he had slept for the other night and falls softly to sleep.
White Fire got up from his place in the room and walked to Arceus. Thinking for a moment, he grins.
"This is for making me wait for three hours," He huffs and pushes Arceus off of the bed, making him fall with a thud. Arceus shoots up, his blanket stuck over his head.
"Wha? Where? Who?" He grumbles in a quick wave of panic. White Fire laughs and pulls the blanket from his head before helping him up.
"Relax Princess, it's only me" White says softly. Arceus looks to him.
"Princess my ass," he huffs. White raises an eyebrow.
"Just get yourself ready to go, damn it" White says with a laugh. Arceus raises an eyebrow back.
"To go where?" He asks. White boops a hoof against his muzzle.
"Now if I told you, I would ruin the surprise," White says.
"Your not going to make my father want to kill you again right?" Arceus asks with a sly grin. White snorts.
"Not my fault your dad's a big grumpy party pooper," White huffs. Arceus shakes his head, laughing.
"Shhhh, he may hear you," he says softly. White Fire rolls his eyes.
"For fucks sake, can we just go already?" White asks impatiently. Arceus flicks White's muzzle with his tail, playfully smirking.
"Fine, Fine, hurry up and get suited up before my dad smells you out" Arceus grins. White Fire grunts as he drops his armor onto his back. "I'll meet you downstairs." White rolls his eyes and shoots out the window.
After a while, the two colts finally stood outside, looking at each other for a moment. Arceus then raises an eyebrow.
"So...we just going to stand here all day or what?" He asks. White blinks.
"No , no, sorry," White mumbles. "Think you can use that thing?" He asks, pointing to Arceus's horn. Arceus lets out a snort.
"Nope, just have it sticking out of my head for nothing," He says sarcastically. White rolls his eyes.
"Seriously though," White says. Arceus laughs and nods.
"No shit! What you need my horn for anyway, hu?" He asks, tilting his head. White looks to him.
"Teleporty thingy that you horned things do," He answers with a laugh. Arceus snorts.
"Say that again and we'll see how long you stay on you're hooves!" He growls playfully. White raises an eyebrow.
"That sounds like a threat," He snorts. Arceus grins.
"Nope, it was a promise," He says. "Now, tell me where we're going, I can't read your mind."
"Nope, not telling you," White says. Arceus snorts.
"Then how in the world am I suppose to--"
"I'm just going to ask you to teleport us near the place," White explains. Arceus blinks.
"Um....okay..?" He says, still clearly confused. White begins to poke at his horn, sending a shiver down the unicorn's spine.
"How does it do the magic stuff??" He mutters, half to himself and half to Arceus. Arceus snorts and lights his horn, moving White Fire's hoof away from it.
"Dude, please, just stop," He laughs. "Just tell me the spot and I will worry about the magic, okay?" White chuckles and nods.
"Sorry, sorry, it just fascinates the hell out of me that you unicorns can do magic with a traffic cone attached to your heads," White says. Arceus scoffs.
"Traffic cone....really? That's the best you can think of!?" He snorts. White shrugs.
"At the moment, yes," He admits. Arceus storms down the stairs.
"That's it, we're walking!" He declares. White grins.
"Ah that's fine, it only means I get you to myself for longer," White purrs, joining Arceus at the bottom of the steps. Arceus's face turns red.
"Wait, What!?" He says, blinking with a slight shock. White snickers.
"I'm only playing with you, Mort, chill out," He says teasingly. Arceus looks away quickly to hide his blush.
"R-Right, sorry," Arceus mutters. White just ignores the apology and starts walking.
"Well, you coming or not?" He asks, looking back to Arceus. Arceus quickly trots after him.
"Yeah, sorry," He says. White chuckles.
"You need to chill out man," He says softly. "If my teasing hurts that badly then just simply ask me to stop." Arceus shakes his head lightly.
"No, no, it's not that it hurts me....," He says. White Fire raises an eyebrow.
"Then why does it seem to affect you like it killed your insides?" He asks. Arceus blushes again.
"I-I...I don't know..." He lies. White stops.
"You....like it...don't you, Arceus?" He asks, a small grin tugging at the guard's lips. Arceus stops and looks at him.
"W-What!?" He stammers. White grins and presses his muzzle to Arceus's, getting right up in his face.
"You like it when I tease you about being cute and wanting to be....alone with you," He whispers deviously. "You like it, don't you?" He purrs. Arceus snorts.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, White Fire," He says, hiding his emotions from the grinning guard. White only grins more as he begins to inch his mouth closer to Arceus's.
"Stop being so much like you father and let your pride down," He whispers. Arceus tenses at the sudden closeness, wanting to pull away from him, but something about White Fire's grin kept him in place.
"W-White, everypony is starring at us," Arceus whispers heavily, noticing they had caught the glance of many passing ponies. White doesn't move.
"Good, let them stare," White growls softly, walking Arceus into a bench that sat near the place they had been standing on the side walk. Arceus held his breath, trying not to let this affect him. "Now tell me cutie, you ever kiss a pony before?" White purrs in a whisper, keeping his devious tone. "Even better yet, you ever kiss a stallion before?" He adds. Arceus shakes his head quickly.
"N-No." He answers. White Fire grins again. Arceus found himself tensed in all his muscles, staring dead into White's eyes. He no longer cared about the others watching them, only about what White was doing. All of his movements, Arceus refused to miss even the slightest of them. White suddenly closes the small space between them and pressed his lips to Arceus's, stealing away Arceus's first kiss. Arceus blushed heavily, swallowing hard. Just as fast as it happened, White Fire pulled away after a few moments, leaving Arceus wanting more.
"How was--" White began to speak, but he was cut off by Arceus as their lips met again. Arceus grins after he pulls away slowly.
"Shush," Arceus purrs. White Fire blinks for a second, shocked by the quick mood change from the unicorn. "Just know...You're stuck with me for a very, very long time now." White chuckles.
"I'm fine with that," He whispers.
Author's Note
This chapter is really short just for the reason that is just something to help help wait for the next chapter.
"You kissed...a stallion ?" Midnight asks, his eyebrow raised. Arceus shoves a hoof to the stallions mouth.
"Yes. Now shut the hell up before you let the whole world know!" He hisses. Midnight grins.
"No, you just don't want Archene to know," He teases. "Because...she's right. Isn't she Arcy?" Arceus blinks and turns red, looking away and letting his mane fall over his face. After the day he had spent with White, it left Arceus even more confused than before.
"That's the thing Midnight, I don't know ," Arceus said truthfully. Midnight chuckles and rolls his eyes.
"Uh-huh sure," he sneers playfully. Arceus huffs harshly, his golden eyes narrowed for a moment before he felt a hoof on his shoulder, nearly making him yelp in surprise. Looking back he grit his teeth, it was his mother. Of all ponies it could have been, why his mother?!
"Now Midnight, you should know better than to tease Arceus so much," Hailstorm says softly, her eyes betraying her soft tone as they spoke more of a 'You keep messing with my son and I'll make you regret it' tone. Maybe that's why Ombre loved her, they both had a violent sense when it came to him. Midnight clears his throat.
"I'm only teasing Mrs. Mort," He says smoothly. Hailstorm lifts an eyebrow.
"Teasing about such an act that you have done many times before?" Hailstorm says, making Arceus lift an eyebrow at his best friend who blushed so darkly it looked like he was turning red. "That's what I thought," Hailstorm hisses softly. "Now get home, it's getting late."
"Y-Y-Yes Mrs. Mort," He stammers, opening his wings and leaving quickly. Arceus would have been relieved if it hadn't for that fact that his mother knew now. Hailstorm only chuckles, which shocked him. No yelling? No disowning?
"I-I-" He tried to explain himself, only to have his mother shush him by resting a hoof softly to his lips.
"Shhh, your secret is safe with me," She purrs, amusement in her tone. Arceus sighs in a deep relief, at least it wasn't his dad standing in front of him. "Now get inside, now," Hailstorm demands in a motherly tone.
"Y-Yes ma'am," Arceus pushes out his words before trotting into the house and up the stairs, shutting his door and sliding to the floor with his heart still racing.
Just when he thought his heart had calmed down from thundering in his chest, White Fire's voice sent it back into it's raging thunderstorm.
"So your mother knows now, hm?" White purrs, a grin tugging at his lips. Damn that grin, that grin White always did when he knew he was going to get his way. That grin that made Arceus dig his teeth into his lip so hard it almost made him yelp. Not only was he grinning, but he was also moving closer, caging Arceus like prey. Arceus gives a nod, not able to press any of the words out that were lodged in his throat. "Mm, well, how is that?" White asks.
"M-Midnight was t-teasing me and m-my mom overheard," Arceus says, shocked by the sound of his own voice for a moment. White's breath was on his ear now, sending a shiver down Arceus's spine and making him whimper.
"Midnight you say?" White asks, earning another nod from a broken Arceus. White gave a dark chuckle and nicked Arceus's ear with a soft nip, making the unicorn whimper again, much to White's amusement. "Don't worry, i'll take care of him for you," White whispers. Arceus blinks, was that...a violent threat or...it didn't matter, it was hot either way. Arceus didn't know what White would do to Midnight, but whatever it was, Arceus guessed he deserved it.
Having the colt so close to him however...
"W-White--," Arceus tries to push the words from his throat, but somepony else got them out first, but of course, it wasn't to his relief.
"White Fire, may I ask why your acting out of place?" the voice of his father rumbled out, making Arceus drop into a cold sweat. Why did his parents always have the worst timing!?
"D-Dad this isn't what it looks like!" Arceus yelps, way to go buddy, using that cliche. He knew damn well his father wasn't going to think otherwise of the situation that was laid in front of his eyes. It wasn't until now that Arceus realized that White Fire hadn't moved, in fact, he was standing there, hard-core starring down his boss like he was nothing more than a colt. It was like White had forgotten that who this stallion was!
Ombre lifts an eyebrow, starring back, obviously unintimidated. "Well?" He pushed the question again. Arceus went to talk again, but White beat him to it.
"It's exactly what it looks like, sir," He says casually. Arceus blinks in a dumb shock. Ombre huffs, satisfied with the fact he was right.
"That's not what I asked you," Ombre hisses softly. Arceus trembles, sinking down under White for protection, to hide from the piercing eyes of his father. The perfect time for his mother to come sweeping in would be now! She could easily bend him off what he wants, not to mention, she could calm his temper. But his mother never came.
Here he was, under the body of White Fire who stood, staring into the eyes of his father. At this point, Arceus was sure he was about to meet his fate...
Author's Note
Sorry this chapter is so short, a bit rushed too in all honesty. I've decided to pick this story back up after so long of it being on a pause. I hope everyone hasn't lost faith in me yet.
Forgive the grammar errors and so on, and once again, sorry if it seems terribly rushed.
The next chapter will be longer!
