The Dragon And The Pony 2 The Adventure of Parenthood

It was a joy to see Gold Digger try and explain what had happened outside the lair to his wife. He tried his best to make me not sound like I was just a wild dragon with anger issues, while also focusing on pointing out that he and his son had done nothing wrong either. I have to say, it was a bit tricky for him, dragon behaviour obviously seemed to confuse him.

Good thing Cloudy had a better understanding of it and just waved the matter off with her hoof, saying that since everything had already happened they should just leave it in the past.

Anyway, after this was settled, and of course, Gold Digger and Never Ending had exchanged the usual pleasantries with Angorik, we all moved into the living room to find a comfortable place to relax, talking all the while. I put another few logs in the fireplace before taking over most of the couch with Fiery still on my back. It seemed though that with all the guests we had my little daughter was too excited to curl up to sleep. She instead moved to the edge of my back and placed her claws on top of my folded wing to look over it. I could feel her tail wagging left and right as she kept a close eye on everything, not only on daddy refilling the fireplace, but on everypony around.

That was, until her mother noticed how our daughter refused to curl up to sleep.

With a little purr, Fluffy approached me and laid her hooves on my side. She looked kind of like a predator this way. It only took her a second before she flapped her wings twice and found herself on my back, fluffing up and preparing to nest on Fiery. Our daughter, however, looked back and forth between the interesting creatures that had joined us and her mom, and I saw she was highly tempted to keep watching everyone. But when Fluffy’s melodious purr reached our daughter and she saw her mother's inviting chest fluff, she quickly rushed to her mom and pressed her head against her side. Of course, Fluffy lifted herself up slightly and our daughter, without hesitation, crawled under her and rubbed her head against her mom’s belly and purred in approval when she reached the warm and cozy chest fluff. Once there, she curled up and allowed her mom to nest on her, welcoming the warmth and love.

There is absolutely no resistance to a fluffy pegasus.

I was no different as I rubbed my head against Fluffies, purring as I enjoyed the cozy warmth she offered. I was so focused on her that I needed a second to process that the sofa had suddenly shook. Turns out Fluffy’s brother had taken a seat next to us.

While Gold Digger and Cloudy had taken the chairs, Angorik had brought another one from the kitchen, leaving Never to either go and fetch one more or try to take the free spot next to Fluffy and me.

And I was not going to let that happen.

I swung my head around to him and growled, so he quickly rose and looked for a better place to sit. Clever choice.

“Don’t growl at my brother,” Fluffy scolded and poked me. “I don’t want you to show Fiery that it’s alright to do so, she may get a bad impression of my brother.”

I unhappily grumbled. “Then tell him to stop interfering with what is mine.”

Now she gave me a raised eyebrow.

“Mine,” I purred and returned my head to rub it against her wing before I moved over to her fluffy chest. “Also mine,” I purred at what had curled up beneath it.

“Sweet Talker,” Fluffy accused me with a smile, and I saw that a purr was lurking below her voice. “Still, no growling at my family.” She made herself clear before patting my head with a hoof.

I snorted and quickly licked over her cheek before I pulled my head back, evading a playful slap of her hoof, “No promises.”

“I don’t want to interrupt you playing with my daughter, “Cloudy spoke up, “but would it too much to ask if we could have some snacks? The flight was quite long, and with us getting here so late, it would be better for us to eat soon before it gets too late.”

Not paying her much mind, I simply answered, “There are some vegetables and a bit of hay in the pantry, serve yourselves.”

It seemed that was not the response she had hoped for, seeing as her lips curled up displeased, but she quickly returned to smiling again. “Oh, thank you,” she turned to her son who just came back from the kitchen with another chair, “Never, would you be so kind as to fetch some food from the pantry since you are already up?”

He rolled his eyes, placed the chair down, and with a “Yes mom,” returned to the kitchen.

“So, Angorik,” Cloudy went on, “you’re staying the night too?”

“Uhm, we haven’t come to that point yet, I only arrived a bit before you.” He threw a look at Fluffy. “Originally I just wanted to borrow something from Black Death, but your daughter invited me for tea and he made it clear it would be rude to say no.”

“Yes,” Cloudy nodded, “he does have good manners. Dragons are so friendly these days.”

“See,” I whispered to Fluffy, “what a well behaved dragon I am.”

She only gave me a look, one which contained a mix of doubt and a hint of naughty approval. I smiled.

“Anyway, if you want to leave, you should do so soon, it’s already getting dark outside,” Cloudy stated. “We don’t want you to get lost in the night, do we?”

“Well, I uhm… “ Angorik started and exhaled deeply, but Fluffy spoke up before he could continue.

“Of course you can stay here for the night” - Fluffy raised a hoof- “no discussion. A friend of Big Softy is always welcome in our lair, and we don’t kick someone out into the cold night. You can share the second guest chamber with my brother, while you, mom and dad, take the other one.”

“Then it is settled,” I agreed, preventing any objection from the start. The fact that Fluffies family would be staying had already been established, but having my friend Angorik here to entertain us with his stories and maybe play this little harp of his was a nice addition. While it made me sleepy, it may make ponies even more inclined to cuddle, who knows?

Fluffies parents exchanged a quick look when they thought they were not being observed, Cloudy pulled a snout and Digger just shrugged, whatever they were up to, it seemed that Angorik staying here would not fit into their plans.

“I hope everycreature likes pears and carrots,” Never Ending announced as he came back with a basket full of said items, breaking the short silence that had developed. “I couldn’t find any hay, but I brought a few gems along too.”

I could feel Fluffies ‘ see how nice my brother can be if you give him a chance’ stare on my back.

Never Ending distributed everything and placed the nearly empty basket next to me so I could reach the gems without standing up. Yeah, it was a nice gesture, I’ll admit that, but that didn’t mean my opinion of him had changed.

“We were just discussing who is going to sleep where, son,” Gold Digger said between bites of his peach. “Seems you’re sharing a room with Black Death’s griffon friend tonight.”

“I am?” One of Never’s ears perked up and he took another look at Angorik. “Ehh, well then.”

“Never…” Fluffies tone had gained a serious undertone, causing her brothers ears to flinch back. For some reason, she seemed to be rather stern when judging his manners; maybe it’s a sibling thing.

“I mean” - he rubbed his head - “I don’t mind sharing the room with a griffon, but Angorik, you do could really use a shower, you know? No offence,” he quickly added with a glance at his sister, “but you smell a bit funny, and, uhm,” he sniffed at himself, “I could probably use one too after that long flight.”

Angorik took it lightly. “A bard’s curse I guess, traveling far and wide without a shower or river at claw all the time. Especially-” he paused for a second “-after the cold sweat I had when a dragon and his kirin daughter hunted me from the shadows today.” He looked over to me. “I mean, I’m sure it was fun for you, but I assume I have your permission to use the giant shower bathtub thing you have in exchange?”

Before I could answer though, Cloudy spoke up. “In fact, we probably all could use a shower, and I am sure you wouldn’t mind, would you?” Her question was obvious directed at me, but Fluffy answered for me while she patted my back.

“Of course you can use it, Angorik, and yes, mom, you, dad, and Never too.”

At first I wanted to protest and make a fuss about it, but the deal I had with Fluffy came to mind rather quickly. “I am so happy that I don’t have to clean the feathers out of the shower this time,” I purred demonstratively. “So nice of you to take care of that tomorrow, Fluffy.”

Do you know how sweet a mildly sour but defeated pegasus mare can look? How their lips curl up in the cutest way and how their beauty is accentuated by their flinched ears? She was a small, fluffy heap of adorability. More so with the little purr that had started to come from under her chest fluff by now.

“Good thing cuteness can’t kill,” I said, and moved my snout before hers and tried to kiss her. She pulled her head a bit back, grumpy, but I followed and booped her nose with mine. “You only look cuter this way my beloved little mate.” I then kissed her. “Love you too,” I purred with a blink. Her cheeks reddened and her wings poofed open a tiny bit.

“Unfair dragon tricks,” she mumbled.

“It’s the only way we can stand the magic of pegasi,” I retorted and kissed her again, softer and longer this time. “Otherwise we wouldn’t have a chance.”

I saw it quite clearly how she wanted to stay a bit angry and play the victim, but failed in the end. “I’ll get you back for this,” she whispered sweetly while she stretched out a hoof and caressed my head.

“I bet you will.” I tilted my head to let her reach the more sensitive spots. “And I will be ready for it.”

“You’ll never see it coming…” she whispered, challenging but seductively. Her eyes narrowed, “soon… “

My purr got louder.

“Ehem,” Gold Digger coughed. “I would prefer it if you didn’t seduce my daughter while I’m in the same room.”

“You are allowed to leave anytime.” I waved his complain off, keeping my attention on his beautiful daughter, who poked my nose in disagreement.

“Big Softy… “ she let the words linger in the air.

“Aww fine,” I snorted and returned my attention to less important subjects. “Let us eat then and after that, you can all prepare your bedchambers and have showers. Obviously Fluffy and I can’t do much to help, Fiery needs her sleep, and she prefers a warm pegasus for a blanket.”

“Lazy you,” Cloudy giggled.

“I deny nothing.”

The preparations were quickly made. I always kept the guest chambers ready for visits, I mean, what other purpose would they have? So after that was done, we sat in the living room for a little while longer and the conversation turned to more common things, a little bit of smalltalk, some catching up, in short, the usual family gathering for ponies.

*

When everyone was finally in their beds, and I had reached ours after a very slow ‘not waking up Fiery’ kind of walk, I climbed onto it and stretched myself out, sinking into the softness of our bed. Due to my size, I took up a large part of the bed, but Fluffy was never one to complain about it as she preferred to have me curled around her or to sleep on top of me. I pulled a few pillows under me and a few blankets above me. But, to no one’s surprise, the blankets were quickly stolen by Fluffy; as I told you, she is a blanket stealer! While yes, a few blankets were meant for her, she took them all.

Well, I still had a warm pegasus on my back, and it was fairly warm in the lair anyway. Before I could rest though, the melodic voice of my mate whispered into my ear.

“I wonder what they are up to?”

“Who?” I asked, shifting deeper into the pillows, laying my head to rest.

“My parents.”

“What do you mean?”

Fluffy rearranged the blankets and stretched a hoof out, demanding a pillow. “They wouldn’t fly all the way here just so my brother and our daughter could meet.” She paused when I gave her the pillow, which she promptly arranged on my neck. “And have you seen how rude my mother was to Angorik, she nearly pushed him out of the door. Something is on her mind, and she doesn’t want him around for some reason.” She tapped my back with her hoof, thinking.

I yawned. “You’re just overthinking this, your mother was just worried about him getting home safe and sound, ponies are not at all capable of being mean, well, except for your cousin of course.”

I got a soft poke on my neck for that comment.

“It’s true, don’t you remember that she tried to rip my head off after you told her you were pregnant?”

“You’ll never let go of that, will you?”

“It’s just as unlikely as me forgetting about the massage you owe me for today, though, with Fiery already sleeping, I’ll allow you to make up for this one when your family is gone again.” I put a naughty smile on. “Gives us some opportunity to extend it anyway.”

“Oh you!” Fluffy slapped my with her tail. “Lecher,” she added.

I purred approvingly and used my tail to softly stroke over her flank. “I blame you for that. That is what you get for using your pegasus mare tricks on a dragon.”

“You are impossible,” Fluffy said, shaking her head before giving me a kiss on my neck. “I never know if I should scold you or purr.

“Perfect,” I said and buried my head back in the pillows. “Exactly the way I want it.”

While I saw the discussion as finished and tried to get some sleep, I felt that Fluffy was still lost in thought for a while before she laid her head down and allowed sleep to find her as well. I wondered if she was right about her mom though, Cloudy did not exactly strike me as someone that conniving.