"...and then Ponies read them for entertainment," Barb said with a slight head nod and she handed the comic to Ember who looked at it in silence.

"So Ponies, instead of being violent, make pretend pictures of violence?"

"Something like that," Barb replied as Ember put her comic back on the shelf, during the hour that it had taken to fully explain what art and comic books where There food had been delivered and teleported in by Twilight, Ember was already halfway through her food and Barb hadn't even gotten around to touching her's yet due to Ember being difficult during her explanation. Even in the end, she hadn't really gotten the idea fully through her thick skull. Even now Ember seemed to be pondering what had been said in an attempt to understand it.

"I Wonder what they feel like?" Ember thought as she absently thought about Barbs chest. as Barb began eating Ember began looking around the large room, she hadn't really noticed on first entry, but it was fairly empty, one corner had Barbs bed and her Comic collection with a poster next to the bed, but then entire rest of the room was empty save a desk with a few things on it and a chair. Ember looked around for a short while more, attempting to be a little polite as she waited for Barb to finish her bite before asking the question on her mind.

"Why is your room so...empty?" Ember asked. Barb looked up at her for a moment before saying happily.

"So I don't outgrow my ability to live comfortably with Ponies," She replied simply "The Birthday before I met you I ended up Greed growing and I trashed the town, so I try to keep my possessions to a low number, the only things I really hoard are my comics." Barbs took a hand full of her fries and stuffed them in her mouth. Ember thought on that in silence, Pondering if maybe that was the reason or at least one of the reasons for her gifted physique, Ember took another bite of her meal as she ponded over the idea, after a moment she decided to ask,

"What the hell happened to bring on a Greed Growth? Better yet, how did you shrink back down? The growth tends to stick for at least a few months," Barb shrugged,

"My Friend Rarity helped me shrink back down by reminding me, however unintentionally, of a recent act of generosity,"

"Ah, guess that would undo the growth," Ember replied absentmindedly as she tried to unravel the mystery of Barbs gifted chest, Barb meanwhile had been pondering on what to do with her friend during their time together the next day.

"So what time you wanna get up tomorrow?" she asked, "We have a fair number of things we can do, go out to eat, visit the animals, go for a walk around the town, maybe just relax and laze about, we could play some board games..."

"Bored games?" Ember asked, "The hell would I want to play a boring game?"

"No not a...it's not a 'bored' game its...oh for the love of, Ember I am not taking an hour to explain the history of board games to you, let's just say they are more interesting than they sound and some result in you arguing with your friends and hating the game but still enjoying it at the same time." Ember sat in silence as she stared at Barb,

"I'm willing to give that a try," she decided "Sounds like a rather...interesting thing to experience,"

"Oh, I can't wait!" Barb cheered as she finished her burger off in a series of fast and ravenous bites, sucking the sauce off on her fingers as she did so, Ember watched in silence as she sucked and licked on her fingers,

"Yeah use your tongue," she thought as she watched Barb do just that, she herself dug into her food and finished what little she had left as Barb shoved the remainder of her fries into her mouth. Barb got up and walked to her closet after she finished her meal, pulling out a set of PJ's and tossing them to Ember before pulling out a pair for herself, Ember looked down at it for a moment and was about to complain, her disapproval died before it could be made noticed as she looked back and got a full view of Barb taking her shirt off, she sat in silence as Barb slid her pants off as for a few seconds Ember thought she was gonna get a good view of her goods, then Barb pulled her PJ's on and the excitement turned to disappointment, "Hu," She thought "Guess clothes are good for something, they do make nudity more exciting," Ember has been interested in a few dragons before, but Barb was really getting her going, hiding her goods just made Ember want them more.

"Sorry" Barb said, interrupting her thoughts, "But no sleeping in the nude, none of the doors really lock and they all look the same, don't want somepony to walk in and get an eye full," Ember muttered as she took her clothes off, she glanced over to see if Barb was checking her out, instead she found Barb looking through her closet, picking out clothes for the morning, muttering she pulled the PJ's on and sighed, not enjoying the extra room in the chest, which resulted in the shirt falling well past her waist. Ember grumbles angrily as she tugged at it. Barb walked into the side room she had referred to as a bathroom, several noises sounded from the room for a moment, Ember looked at the sleeping bag that had been set up for her and then crumpled into a ball as she and Barb had started their talk on comics. she decided since she was already abiding by the clothes rule she could try out this sleeping bag, Ember picked it up and lay it on the floor before crawling inside, she wanted to hate it, but while it wasn't as warm as a hot rock, it was way more comfortable. Ember lay silently as she let the comfy fabric rub against her scales, she lay back in silence when the light was extinguished and Barb jumped over her and the sounds of springs ran threw the room as she flopped onto her bed, she burrowed into her blankets and tossed out a pillow to Ember.

"Night," She said before retreating into her pile. Ember placed the pillow behind her head and looked at the ceiling.

"Alright this I can live with," She decided as she waited for sleep to take over.

Ember was flying over large crystal hills on her trusty rubber ducky that Barb gave her for hearths warming...or was it their anniversary she couldn't remember as it was eons ago over at burning bush lane, The bubble sun passed by overhead as the Brimstone trees filled the lands below her, suddenly her destination could be seen, a Beautiful Ocean of Lava with a Crystal tree, beneath the tree Barb was waiting for her, the Duck landed and she made her way to her,

"Ember," She said seductively,

"Yes," she replied as she came close, Barb leaned forward, and just as they where about to lock lips her tone changed.

"WAKE UP!" Ember shot up and blinked her eyes open, looking around she noted that Barb was wearing a bathrobe that had come slightly undone when she had gotten down to wake Ember up, her girls only just not popping out. Ember blinked at her as she stared at the marvelous sight, afraid that is she spoke Barb would move, Barb got up and tightened the robe before waving at her,

"I let you sleep in a little, but Twilight needs to talk to you about the peace treaty before we can go about our day together, Just wait for her at the bottom of the stairs on the first floor," Barb flashed a peace sign before heading back into the bathroom, the sound of rushing water followed by splashing telling Ember that a bath was in progress as she got up and made her way to the first floor, it took forever but once the bottom was reached Twilight was waiting as promised.

"Alright, let's get this over with," Ember sighed, prepared for a long boring speech or something.

"Oh I lied to Barb," Twilight said without hesitation, "I just wanted to tell you that if what your doing here is trying to get into my sister's bed for a one night stand I'm going to kick your ass back to the Dragon lands and destroy your fucking country," Twilight smiled "And if you're actually trying to start something I suggest you take a quick pit stop at Rarity's and get some tips, just ask Barb about her," Twilight turned on the spot and waved goodbye "We can get to work on signing the treaty the day after tomorrow, I wasn't expecting you to actually come so my Schedule is a bit of a mess," Twilight began heading off to do Twilight things before calling back,

"Oh and you might want to change your clothes before heading out, that shirt looks like it's fly off you,"

"Thanks," Ember muttered, having appreciated the treat and treat before the insult, she made her way back up the long stairs and sighed as made her way back into the room, she found Barb, Dressed up in Jeans and a Black Hoodie, with a huge pile of clothes next to her as she dug through her closet,

"Hi," She said with a wave as she pulled out a Plain Grey shirt that was much smaller than her other shirts, "Here we go, this should prove to be a better fight," Barb tossed it to her and Ember looked at it, it took a moment to figure out why she felt like she had seen it before, it was the same stained shirt Barb had been wearing when they had first met. Ember pulled it one and frowned, it was too small for her and reached her stomach barely, one wrong move would probably make her girls, however small they where, burst through the fabric, while that would probably get a rise from Barb Ember was less than willing to destroy this small memento of their first meeting. Ember sighed as she went with Twilight's plan,

"So I heard tale of a pony named Rarity..." She started, the stars in Barbs eyes told her she had struck gold.

"Ember you genius! Rarity can make you a good shirt and we can head out on the town!!" Before she could reply to that Barb rushed out the door.

"Let's grab some Breakfast and head out!" Ember watched as she disappeared and the sound of hard rapid thudding sounded as Barb once again flopped down the stairs,

"Ok once I get some clothes I'm trying that," Ember decided as she head after her friend.

Author's Note

Nailing it with these names.