Embarrassed Princess (June 7th, Friday afternoon.)
"Take good care of my sister Dash." Cloud Chaser grinned and waved as Flitter and Rainbow Dash walked out. Cloud Chaser waited for a few minutes before snickering gently and looking to the side of her room, where her closet was, rolling her eyes slightly. "You can come out now. You know it's rude to eavesdrop... Princess."
Twilight opened the door of the closet, blushing brightly as she walked out. "Yeah well... Uh..."
Cloud Chaser grinned at the princess. "Twilight, why don't you want to tell your friends you've been visiting me for the past month? I might start thinking you're ashamed of me."
Twilight frowned at her marefriend. "It's... Complicated. And you're one to talk! "Maybe I should find a special somepony." You have a special somepony!"
Cloud chaser could only keep smiling, Twilight was so cute when she was bothered. "Do I? I can't tell anyone I know about dating the princess, to everyone else I'm still a free agent. Maybe I should ask Soarin to visit more often..."
"You wouldn't dare!"
Cloud Chaser tried to shrug and scowled. "Ugh! I'm getting worse Twilight! I can't even shrug at you!"
Twilight forgot about their argument and rushed over to her marefriend. "Shh, shh, no you're just tired from the argument wit... Oh, you were just complaining not actually saying that."
Cloud Chaser giggled. "Yes, but do that again, it's cute when you're motherly."
Twilight fluttered her wings in annoyance. "Well, I wouldn't have to be if you weren't so..."
"Cute? Ravishingly beautiful? The light of your life?"
Twilight couldn't help but grin at Cloud Chaser. "I was going to say a brat."
"I don't think you actually had an end game for that sentence so you settled on brat."
Twilight giggled. "Ahh, to think when I showed up the first day I assumed you'd be a loud brash speedster."
Cloud Chaser shook her head gently. "When you need to be the emotional anchor for your little sister you need to grow up quick. Looking at it that way I'm quite a bit older than you Twilight."
"You -are- older than me."
Cloud Chaser grinned. "And don't you forget it, missy! Respect your elders!" Twilight grinned and looked out the door. "Don't you need to get going to Applejack's and Coco's party?"
Twilight nodded. "Yeah, but I can teleport, I have a few more minutes at least. And besides, I don't think they'll make the big announcement until later in the party so I can be a little late for you." She pulled up a small stool to sit up next to her marefriend.
"Announcement?"
"Yeah, they're announcing that they're getting engaged."
"Oh, how nice they told you beforehand."
"They didn't, Cadence kind of figured it out and put the cart ahead of herself in sending me a letter about it. Princess and love and all that."
"Ahh, that makes sense."
"Now you're sure the last spell didn't help you move at all."
Cloud Chaser nodded. "Yeah, I told you that Twilight... But don't feel bad, you did your best, really. Like I told Flitter I can handle a year of recovery." Twilight nodded but leaned in, nuzzling at Cloud Chaser's neck, one of the few areas she knew was safe to not hurt her.
"I know but I want to help..."
Cloud Chaser grinned and nodded gently. "I know you do and it's appreciated, but there's not much you can do now is there?"
"I could order Minuette to put you in a year of time bubble!"
"I have a feeling the logistics of that would not work out..."
Twilight sighed. "I know..."
"So, beautiful, you going to finally tell me what "complicated" means? I mean I don't mind so long as I'm stuck here but after I get out I'd not be a fan of sneaking around."
Twilight blushed gently at Cloud Chaser's favorite pet name for her but sighed. "All right. Well, you see me and Starlight broke up recently."
"Oh, how recently before you started visiting me regularly?" Twilight mumbled a number that Cloud Chaser couldn't hear and she frowned at Twilight. "Twilight... It wasn't after was it?"
"No! Of course not!"
"Then how long?"
"Uh... A... Er... A few days..."
Cloud Chaser snickered and Twilight blushed brightly. "So, I'm your rebound mare eh? You come here, get some affection, then go off to the rest of the world!"
Twilight smiled and shook her head. "You know better."
"I do. You're not like that. At least if you are kudos on tricking everyone so long." Twilight giggled and was about to give Cloud Chaser a shove before stopping herself, lowering her hoof and her ears, sighing. "My goodness, why is everyone taking this worse than I am? You, Flitter, Rainbow Dash, dad, the rest of the Wonderbolts."
Twilight smiled widely, somewhat surprising Cloud Chaser. "Oh! Psychiatrists call it..." Cloud Chaser raised an eyebrow and Twilight giggled slightly. "It's because we care for you and we don't like seeing you hurt."
Cloud Chaser giggled. "Well, I know that professor!"
Twilight rolled her eyes. "I prefer beautiful to professor."
"Ok beautiful professor."
Twilight giggled. "I'll take it."
Cloud Chaser looked around the room conspiriatority. "Sooo... Can I ask why? If it's not too sensitive."
"Why what?"
"Why did you and Starlight break up?"
Twilight blushed brightly. "The potion."
"What potion?"
Twilight swallowed and scratched the back of her neck. "Oh... Uh... Well... She... Was kinda into some bedroom stuff that I wasn't into..."
"Ah."
"I thought she wanted the stallionhood potion just out of magical curiosity! Or maybe general curiosity bu..."
"Twilight!" Twilight blushed brightly at the interruption and fell silent. "I really don't need the details! I get it!"
Twilight nodded again. "Sorry... I still..."
"Yeah, you're still a little awkward when it comes to pure information versus how much people actually want to know, I know. Like that one time when you hadn't solved a friendship problem so you created a problem to tell Celestia about?"
Twilight groaned. "Did Rainbow Dash tell you about that one."
"Yep."
A knock on the door interrupted their conversation when a nurse walked in. "Excuse me princess, Miss Cloud Chaser, but it's time for another injection."
Cloud Chaser groaned loudly. "How can these hurt so much if I can't even feel my back!?"
Twilight bit her bottom lip, looking between the nurse and Cloud Chaser. "Do you want me to stay?"
Cloud Chaser grinned a bit. "I'd really prefer you didn't, I'd like to keep some of my dignity."
Twilight nodded solemnly and leaned in, kissing Cloud Chaser on the cheek. "I'll come back to see you tomorrow, ok?"
"I'll look forward to it."
The World Turns (June 8th, Saturday morning.)
Twilight smiled widely as she trotted into Cloud Chaser’s room. Slowing down after a few moments realizing that Cloud Chaser was still asleep. Twilight walked up slowly to the bedside and simply watched her marefriend quietly. Twilight always liked seeing Cloud Chaser sleeping. When she was asleep she was free of the slightly tensed posture that Twilight could tell came from the low underlying pain Cloud Chaser was constantly in. Twilight sighed slightly as she sat. She couldn’t stand the fact she couldn’t seem to help Cloud Chaser! She’d even went to Canterlot and looked through the library to no effect! Well, she had found a spell, but not one she was willing to use. She also found out that Celestia and Trixie were in a relationship. Now that was something she certainly hadn’t been expecting. Her wandering mind was interrupted by a quiet hoarse voice.
“Hey there, Twilight.” Twilight looked up and smiled at the now awake Cloud Chaser.
“Hi, Chaser.” Twilight knew by this time what Cloud Chaser’s first request would be and she quickly magicked over a cup of water, pressing it to Cloud Chaser’s lips and allowing her to drink deeply. “How are you feeling this morning?”
Cloud Chaser gave the other mare a confident though slightly strained smile. “I’m as ok as I’ve always been. Well, at least as I’ve been recently.” Twilight let out a low sound, somewhere between a whine and a growl of annoyance. Though the sound wasn’t pleasant by any means it did cause Cloud Chaser’s grin to widen slightly. “Twilight I do appreciate your attempts but you really need to stop beating yourself up over it.”
Twilight sighed and shook her head. “I know Chaser! I know. I just am not used to hitting a problem like this. I can usually work things out pretty quickly.” She smiled sadly as she watched Cloud Chaser’s foreleg move slightly, reaching up and patting Twilight on the shoulder, despite the grimace of pain.
"I know Twilight. But somethings you just have to wait for." Cloud Chaser grinned a bit wider as Twilight groaned. Cloud Chaser adopted an old crone's voice."You know Twilight, patience is a virtue."
Twilight rolled her eyes but smiled. "Oh, thank you wise one! I would be so lost without you!" She grinned as she scooted up a little, gently guiding Cloud Chaser's foreleg back to her side, seeing how it seemed to cause Cloud Chaser less discomfort as she wasn't attempting to use her own muscles. "Chaser, I want to ask you something."
Cloud Chaser nodded, smiling. "I know that Coco and Applejack probably lit a fire under you but..."
Twilight let out a small snort, half amused and half annoyed. "Chaser this is a serious question." Cloud Chaser snickered quietly but nodded. "You're not hiding anything from me are you?"
Cloud Chaser tilted her head at that one. "We all have our secrets, Twilight. Care to be a little more precise?"
Twilight frowned at that, squirming a little as she sat. The last time her marefriend had a secret it torpedoed their relationship. "Uh... Chaser..." She nervously rubbed her right foreleg with her left. "Secrets are... They can really ruin relationships."
Cloud Chaser nodded, smiling at the other mare. "Twilight, I'm not keeping any relationship stuff secret from you. I'm a very average mare who's not into anything weird in the bedroom," at that Twilight flushed crimson but Cloud Chaser continued, her smile turning a little more amused than understanding, "Any secret I keep from you is because it's another ponies secret and not mine to share, ok?"
Twilight smiled back, still a bit nervously though. "So, you're not keeping any secrets about your health?"
Cloud Chaser's smile faltered for a moment, she still felt a little guilty for keeping that from her sister. "Oh, no worries there Twilight, I promise. All cards are now on the table."
Twilight giggled a bit and nodded, confident that she did get the truth. "You know it's a little annoying that you're so... Mature about all this. You're only months older than me and you're far better at this!"
Cloud Chaser chortled slightly and grunted as she tried to adjust herself, giving Twilight a purely happy smile as she felt hooves adjusting her pillows for her. "I told you Twilight..."
Twilight sighed a bit but smiled good naturedly. "I know, and I am glad you're so emotionally mature, but couldn't you act our age every once and a while so I can get the upper hoof?"
Cloud Chaser chuckled. "Oh, I'll see about that. Though I have to say that making such a request just shows how immature you are princess."
Twilight let out a sharp laugh and grinned at her marefriend. "Oh, that's just not fair! You say things like that when you know I can't hit you for it!"
Cloud Chaser chuckled in return and shook her head. “Now, Princess, I do depend on you for the gossip of Ponyville while I’m stuck here you know.”
Twilight nodded, smiling a little. “Okay miss, how about this for some gossip. Pinkie Pie and Zecora have been secretly dating for six months.”
Cloud Chaser rolled her eyes, giving her shoulders just the barest shrug. “Oh please, Twilight. Anyone paying attention to how they were interacting for the past six months could have told you that.”
Twilight couldn’t stop her outburst. “What!?” Her ears instantly falling in embarrassment as Cloud Chaser chortled.
“This is a hospital young lady.” Cloud Chaser shook her head gently, smiling at her marefriend who was so very easy to trick “I was kidding, I hade no idea they were dating “ Twilight let out a small harrumph as she crossed her forelegs, looking off to the side. “Oh don’t sulk Twilight.”
Twilight looked back at Cloud Chaser and managed to keep herself from grinning. “I believe that’s Princess to you, subject.”
Cloud Chaser stared for a few moments before she caught on herself, schooling her face into a properly severe face. "Oh, I do apologize your majesty! Shall I report to the dungeons after my recovery that I may be properly punished?"
Twilight grinned and shook her head. "Oh, I think that such an action can be forgiven, as it is your first offense." Twilight giggled as she leaned forward. "Just so we're clear this is just me talking about things that have been happening around town, not gossip, right?"
"Right you are Princess."
