“Prop….”
The planepony was awakened late one rainy night, a ghostly voice ringing out to her as she slept. The mare powered on instantly at the sound of the all-too-familiar voice, her eyes going wide.
“W-Wing!?” She squeaked, looking around the bedroom of her little doublewide with wide, glowing eyes. The voice giggled, ringing out to her like birdsong, though the sound sent a chill through the plane’s body. “W… Wing…?” She repeated, though more weakly this time. “Is… Is that really you…?”
“Why don’t you come on out and see for yourself~?” The voice hummed. There was no mistaking it now. It was Wing, her soft, chirpy voice uncannily clear and vivid to Prop’s ears. The planepony scrambled out of bed and rushed through her bedroom door, before quickly glancing around, then burst out the door to her doublewide.
There was no way. Wing had passed away months before, with Prop, Polaris, and Saphira all by her side at the very end… Prop had held the little mare’s hoof as she faded away. It couldn’t be. She looked around, then glanced out of the door to Polarisoft’s hangar… And her eyes went wide at the sight of a bright, ethereal glow emanating from the runway, its source blocked by the edge of the hangar door. She took off at full gallop towards the source of the light, then skidded out onto the wet runway… And the sight she saw as she looked nearly made her heart stop.
There, halfway down the runway, sat Wing. She was full of youth again, appearing just as she had the day Prop gave her her first plane… Except…
Spread out from Wing’s sides, standing proud and majestic at attention… Was a pair of massive, gorgeous, glowing white wings. She wore a melancholy, gentle smile, and… Just above her head, Prop could see a golden, glowing ring hovering just above her mane— A halo.
“Hey there, snugglebutt~” Wing finally murred, standing up and slowly plodding towards a shock-stricken Prop, who had frozen solid at the sight of her departed lover.
“Buh… I…” Prop slowly sat down as Wing finally approached her, blinking at the sight of her. “You… You’re not… Real… Th-There’s no way, this… This has to be a-a dream…”
Wing just giggled again, and leaned up, before pressing her lips to Prop’s in a soft, gentle kiss, and the electric buzz that pulsed through Prop’s body at the sensation was unmistakably real. The little pegasus pulled back, grinning softly at Prop.
“That real enough for you~?” She purred, poking out her tongue at the planepony with a cheeky grin.
Tears welled in Prop’s eyes, and she grabbed onto the mare and hugged her tight with a tearful, elated squee. Wing laughed heartily in reply, a sound that trilled aloud like bells pealing out for joy, while letting Prop squeeze her tight.
“Oh my goddesses… You’re back! Wing, you… You’re…” She glanced down at the big, beautiful glowing wings, and more tears streamed down her cheeks. “You were right…” She whispered, before looking up at her golden halo. “My… My little guardian angel…”
Wing smiled, and gently nuzzled Prop’s cheek, closing her eyes and softly humming. “Heh… You have no idea how many strings I had to pull to show up like this~” She cooed softly, letting the huge, soft wings slowly twitch and spread out, before gently engulfing Prop in a warm, feathery hug.
Prop let out a soft sob, and buried her face into the little pegasus’s winghug, squeezing Wing tightly to her body. “Wing… Wuh… Wing…” She whimpered, sniffling quietly. Wing nuzzled Prop’s forehead in reply, and hummed softly for her. As Prop began to gently weep into her lover’s wings, Wing chuckled softly.
“Shhh… It’s okay, hun… Heh, Let’s get you out of this nasty weather…” The mare softly whispered, gently rubbing Prop’s back with a hoof. She released her tight hug on the planepony and gently pulled herself free of Prop’s tight grip, with surprising strength.
Prop shivered a bit, then said, "y-yeah, let's go in...", and she stood up carefully. Tiny wiper blades cleaned the rain and her own tears from her eyes as she began to follow Wing back to her home, the planepony keeping eyes on her to make sure she didn't just disappear.
Once they got to her smallish home in the hangar, Wing opened the door, smiling warmly at Prop as she walked inside. Wing followed her in and gently shut the door again, her glow a little bit more muted inside- though she still glowed, enough to illuminate the home.
"Wing, your.... your wings...." Prop quietly said, the planepony enraptured as her lover opened them, slowly flexing the large, feathered limbs. "Yeah... I can fly great now!" She said, matching Prop's excited grin as she turned in a circle in front of her.
"I... what do we...." Prop started to say, before Wing shushed her with a gentle touch to the snout with her hoof. She gently pushed Prop to her bed, and once the silver mare carefully laid onto it, Wing settled down onto the bed, cuddling close to her and smiling fondly as Prop wrapped her arms around her.
"I-I missed you..." Prop said quietly, a weak smile stuck on her face as tiny drips of washer fluid leaked from her eyes, requiring her wipers to keep them clear for her. "I know... it's very rare that a pony is allowed to return, but I'm so glad I could" She said quietly, a few tears staining her own cheeks.
"I-I'm so glad you did~!" Prop choked out, overwhelmed by emotion again as she tightened her hug, burying her snout in Wing's neck as the glowing mare carefully wrapped her wings around her. As Prop let out weak, happy sobs, the halo began to slowly fade away, along with Wing's glow, leaving the mare with her larger wings as she held tightly onto the planepony.
Wing glanced back to see the fading colors, before she began to softly pet Prop, showering the mare with gentle, loving affection as she happy-cried into her fur. When she'd recovered, Wing gave her nose a kiss, then said, "What we do... how about flying?" She asked, unable to keep herself from smiling as she noticed the instant happiness cover Prop's face.
The speed at which Prop leaped out of the bed and ran to the door was impressive enough to make Wing giggle and say, "Wait for me~!" as she trotted out into the hangar with her. She let Prop take her hoof and pull her to the runway outside, the two mares leaning on each other as they stared down it. "You ready?" Prop asked, getting a slow nod from Wing.
Both ponies took off running down the runway, picking up speed before Wing opened her wings and Prop flared her engines. Dual cries of Joy echoed into the night as the two ponies soared into the air, tearing through the skies as they began to fly together like they'd been doing it their entire lives.
As they did, a gentle golden glow began to caress the PolariSoft sign on the other side of the mountain, a set of eyes gazing at the tunnel entrance for the first time in 70 years.
Author's Note
Kitty is this okay :D
Quietly sniffling in the computer room where she usually lounged, Saphira rubbed her eyes to rid herself of her tears. She'd just watched the entire exchange between Prop and Wing, and her systems all verified that it really was Wing. Saphira had been devastated along with her sister when Wing had left them, and she had plenty of secondhand emotions to get through just like Prop did, if her heated servers were any judge.
Through her wires and servers she noticed something- movement in Polaris' room. Her body seemed to lag as she focused on the camera feed instead, adjusting the camera to count for a golden light in the room.... no, two of them!
It had been strange, for Lunimere, to suddenly have a companion for her part of the etherworld. She'd been watching Polaris for decades, and though her heart broke when Prop lost her marefriend, it was interesting meeting her. Not long after... she was standing at the entrance to PolariSoft, gazing up at the old tunnel. She had been there when Polaris had eagerly planned it, but it was still mindblowing to physically stand in front of it... even though it had been remodeled repeately over time, it hadn't moved.
She slowly walked down the tunnel, then into the garage- she recognised Polaris' old car in the corner, its fins and curves still polished after so long.. it made her smile, again. Then the main room... Finally, she could tell Polaris that he could've changed her silly design for the chandeliers!
Down the first floor hall, up the stairs, and down the second floor hall.... she stopped at the doorway to his room, her breath quickening as she took a glance up at the halo. What if he had sort of moved on, and he didn't really need her anymore? What if she just brought back bad memories and urined everything? What if he hated her now?
With the last thought, she realized she was overthinking it, and with a nervous breath she gently pushed open the door. She crept into the room, then shut it again- locking it. She turned back around, then slowly walked over to the bed, emotions welling up inside of her as she looked over Polaris. Though his body had fought through 70 years to make it to where he was now, he looked the same as he did when she gazed up that horrid stairwell at him.
Lunimere took a careful look down at her belly.... slowly running her hoof along the bulged curve. "Starfield..." she whispered, her first word out loud. Her next word was the name of the stallion who had given her the foal- as she carefully climbed onto his bed, she whispered, "Polaris...." in a shaking voice, the mare starting to break down a little with an electric mix of anxiety and excitement.
The stallion reacted, letting out a gentle groan as he shifted on the bed a little. Lunimere slowly grinned as his old nickname danced on her lips... speaking louder, she said, "Wake up bluebutt~"
Lunimere's words shot like a bullet through 70 years of memories, pain, pleasure, and time to reach Polaris' memories of the 1940s. The name that she cooed as she woke him up, the name she said when she needed help, the name she said when she wanted to tease him, the name that SHE... could it be?
He jerked awake with wide eyes, his heart launching into a frenzied rhythm as emotions crashed through his mind. As Polaris slowly looked up at Lunimere, it all came crashing to a halt as his mind tried to both frantically process his emotions and stop to think at the same time.
It had to be a prank, right? Was that really her? The smile on her lips, the love in her eyes, her smell, her fur, her... halo, he soaked it all in through those few moments. Eventually his thoughts collapsed into a single, joyous shout of "Lunimere~!", which also escaped his lips as he launched out of the bed, tackling the shimmering mare down to the soft mattress as she let out a happy, chiming giggle.
Her name was the only thing he could say before he broke down into messy, happy sobs, the stallion holding tight onto Lunimere as he cried onto her neck, burying himself in her fur, her scent, Her. The mare let her own tears escape her as she hugged tight onto him in return, the mare barely aware as her own Halo smoothly faded away into the night she'd been formed from.
After a long while, Polaris recovered enough to pull back and gaze down at Lunimere, his tears gently falling to her cheeks as she smiled up at him. "I-I've missed you too...." She quietly said, one of her ears twitching. "Me and Wing, we... sometimes, ponies get a chance to come back" She said softly, unable to help melting as she watched the look of love and the grin stuck on her husband's face.
"I-I never gave up hope..." He softly said. However, as he began to think more clearly, lots of other things entered his mind. Lunimere was ready for it however, and she touched a hoof to his snout to stop him. "Don't feel bad for what you've done between then and now... I don't mind, and I love everyone here... I'm so proud of you, Polaris" She said, choking up a little bit at the end as tears leaked into her eyes again.
Polaris decided instead to look at Lunimere in full, and as he gently stood up a little, he gently set a hoof on her belly, and he slid it to where his cutiemark was emblazoned on her fur. Eyes widening, he whispered, "Starfield....?" As he looked up at her, and the mare grinned widely and nodded back at him eagerly.
Overwhelmed with another surge of happiness, Polaris collapsed onto the mare- carefully- and pressed their lips together, diving into an emotional, passionate kiss with her. Luimere returned it eagerly, the mare letting out cute, happy noises as she held tight onto him, not wanting to let go.
Across the hall, Reeve woke up with a soft groan, eyes cracking open as he looked around his room. He was surprised to feel two very strong pools of love in the base, one very close... as he sat up in his bed, the TV came on, showing a very teary but excited Saphira. "R-Reeve, they.... Wing is back, and Lunimere is back too!" She managed to get out.
Reeve's eyes went wide as he took in the information, saying, "Wait, like, Lunimere from...." "Yes!" she finished, keeping the volume quiet. "My.... my mommy's back...." She managed to quietly eke out, before the video cut off again. Reeve couldn't help but smiling a little, the changeling happy to hear so much good news, news he didn't need to verify either- he could feel it swirling through the base, oceans of love overfilling the ponies it was coming from.
Feeling an uncontrollable urge to look outside, the Changeling turned and looked to a window, just in time to see a white, ghostly mare smile at him and then fade into nothingness... lightyears away, a star shimmered into view, completing the night sky once again as two figures flew through the sky underneath it.
Author's Note
How long until Polaris and Lunimere spend a week boning to make up all the lost time and generate enough love to make chrysalis explode?
Also I wrote this without crying, woo! :D
