Avalanche from a Flurry

The train came to Our Town's stop (now mercifully actually at the town itself) at 4:30 in the morning. Its being nearly the spring solstice, there was already a trickle of pre-dawn lightening in the east.

Starlight hadn't slept a wink. She groggily asked Big Macintosh, "How in Tartarus did you get here so quickly and often that you managed to actually court Sugar Belle?"

Sugar Belle explained, "Same way Pinkie can get ahead of Rainbow Dash when it'd be funny, but it only works for love." She smiled up at him, and he nodded.

Starlight blinked. "Wow. I guess I wasn't expecting an answer, but that's because I thought it'd be along the lines of your just spending a long time at it." She yawned. "Nothing's open yet. Want to go to your house? Good thing you didn't manage to sell it yet."

Sugar Belle walked forward a ways. "Not exactly a hopping town. At least the population's about to go up by one." She shivered, grinning. "Dad's going to be back. Probably."

"If I was able to save him. Not guaranteed."

Sugar Belle didn't let it dampen her spirits and the three headed to her house. They slept a little, Big Mac and Sugar Belle piling into her little bed, while Starlight took New Leaf's. Funny, I never actually slept here. We were always in the hills or my place.

Once they were up for breakfast, the activity drew visitors, and Starlight repeatedly explained their mission, so when they headed out later, the whole town was in the party. And a party it was, laughing in joy at the discovery that New Leaf was quite possibly alive. Party Favor handed out all sorts of balloons, including one attempting to represent an avalanche missing a pony.

Eventually they came to a rubble pile that was nowhere near the avalanche zone everypony else thought he'd been lost in. Starlight lifted the rubble aside, revealing a petrified unicorn stallion. Sugar Belle gasped in joy. Six seconds later, his mane and tail turned light blue, though his coat hardly shifted in color from the granite it had been.

New Leaf suddenly exclaimed, "Whoa!" Then, "You all have cutie marks, of course!" Then, "Sugar Belle, is that a coltfriend?"

Big Mac replied, "Husband."

New Leaf's eyes widened, then looked accusingly at Starlight. "How long was I hidden? You said… ugh. I know, no spoilers!"

Oh, right. I totally forgot to take precautions. Too tired and excited. Fortunately, it seems I will have. There's enough good reason for that, that I could justify it without knowing it happened, so that probably doesn't do much to our safety margin.

New Leaf spent the trip into town back getting the news - the other residents had a lot to fill him in on. Starlight stood well aside, trying to be patient. Somehow, when they returned to the town, a party was set up even though everypony had been on the road. Starlight wondered whether Party Favor had a party always ready to trigger, or if he'd set it up long-range during the expedition, or if he'd automated its creation. Anyway, the party lasted for hours, and Starlight stood aside and waited, removed from the action except when ponies were thanking her for saving him, which she accepted with grace.

Finally, New Leaf approached her. He looked at her knowingly, which was encouraging. Softly, he said, "So. Now that you aren't in charge and keeping so many secrets, I guess we could get things out in the open?" His eyes widened in sudden realization of worry. "Er. Are you single?"

Starlight nodded. "That's up to you."

He took a moment to parse that. "Okay. I guess that means you aren't, as of right now. How not-single do you want to be?"

"Let's not get engaged right this moment. But I would like to invite you to live with me in the castle."

"You have a castle?"

"I work for a princess."

He chuckled and gestured to the town. "That's a bit of a turnaround."

Starlight glumly nodded. "Yeah, I know."

"Well, I'd love to. Too bad I won't be able to see much of Sugar Belle if I'm off in Canterlot."

"Actually, the castle isn't in Canterlot. Their farm is a ten minute walk from it."

He blinked. "Wow. Yes please, then! How do I sign up?"

"Kiss me."

He hesitated. "In front of everypony… first time." He turned and looked at the room, then back to her, and he kissed her firmly on the lips for six seconds. There were some gasps, then cheers. Sugar Belle was slightly surprised, then thoughtful.

Double Diamond trotted over to them. He asked New Leaf, "How long have you two been a thing?"

New Leaf swallowed. "To avoid possible spoilers, I refer you to my lovely and newly official girlfriend for any answers to that question."

Double Diamond turned to Starlight and asked, "What's the deal with that? How long were you together?"

"About two years, not counting the eight he was stone."

"You waited eight years? For a stallion you thought was dead?"

"I've been busy!"

A whistle blew in the distance, announcing the approach of the train, returning along the track from its terminus at the changeling hive. Big Mac looked to Sugar Belle. "Want to go home or stay a day?"

Sugar Belle looked around, then frowned. "Maybe we should get back. I think things'll mend, and no point in putting it off."

Starlight nodded. "Okay, we'll catch up!"

New Leaf said, "We have a train out here? Wow! So why not head out now? The house isn't furnished anymore except the bed, anyway."

Starlight whispered in his ear, "That's enough for what I have in mind. It may have been four hours since we last boinked for you, but it's been eight years for me."

New Leaf's ears pulled back; he whispered back, "Did you get boring? We can do it on the train."

The first car had contained two changelings, and New Leaf boggled at them for a bit; the second car was where Sugar Belle and Big Mac were; the third was empty, and they took the baggage/mail car. Starlight put a 'all OK, no need to check' spell on the door, while New Leaf shrunk himself down to being a colt. Starlight giggled. "You know, I didn't exactly try to wait for you. Remember Sunburst?"

"You mentioned him to me once, very memorably."

"For some reason, I thought this would be a good idea with him. He ran screaming. Glad to have you back." He chuckled at that, and she shrank herself down as well.

Then she got into character. "Oh, Leaf, isn't it so scary to be running away from home like this? Stowed away on a train in the filth? What if we're found?"

"It certainly would be much easier if one of us was grown up."

"We both can be. I've heard of a way a colt can become a real stallion, and a filly a mare."

New Leaf considered objecting to the very blatant porn plot story, but he had been spoiled lately while she had had a fairly epic drought. If she wanted to get straight down to business, all right.

"But we're brother and sister! We shouldn't!"

"Better you than some hobo on the way to his next farm."

Confused, he asked out of character, "What's a hobo?"

"A migrant worker who hitches rides on trains without getting tickets, like we're pretending to do; they sometimes skirt the law in other ways. I guess the term only really emerged in the last couple years. Which is, incidentally, not even as long it's been for me." She turned around, presenting her sopping vulva to him. Then she cast Sea Mane's Removal, making her immediate intentions clear.

He momentarily debated using his mouth first, but he correctly guessed that was not what she had in mind. He mounted smoothly, recently practiced, their miniaturized parts equally diminished, still fitting well.

Once he was in, he backed off on the spell. He grew past cutie mark age, and his girth increased. Tight, like she liked it. She began moving, herself, pressing back against him. After casting a cleaning spell on his right front hoof, he reached under her to also press against her prepuce. He didn't try to reveal the clitoris itself - she was too sensitive for that to ever be a good idea.

With their size difference, a lot of pumping was not in the works, but subtle movements provided a strong effect. That, and his hoof.

They were proceeding nicely when they heard hoofsteps approaching. Starlight teleported them behind the large mail bag. There was a pile of burlap there, and New Leaf draped a layer over them, hoping they looked like some oddly-shaped package. The burlap was thin enough to see out, though they couldn't see much more than the rear of the car.

The door opened, and soft voices they couldn't distinguish spoke. The hoofsteps approached, until Big Mac and Sugar Belle came into sight. They moved to the back of the car on the other side from Starlight and New Leaf, where a pyramid of crates was stacked. They kissed, and whispered in each others' ears. Sugar Belle nodded, then stood on the lowest crate and spread her legs, presenting herself to Big Mac (and her father and Starlight).

Starlight could feel New Leaf swallow against the back of her neck, and his cock throbbed in her.

Big Mac kissed his way down Sugar Belle's undercarriage, spending ample time on her belly, then around her outer thighs, and lingered on her inner thighs. When she involuntarily kicked, he planted a single sloppy kiss on her labia, then stepped forward to kiss her regular lips. After a deep kiss there, he walked back again, to settle in on fully eating her.

From behind him, Starlight and New Leaf stared, transfixed, at what they could see. New Leaf idly continued working his hoof, but they were otherwise still as could be in the rattling train car.

Sugar Belle arched her back downwards and her legs began twitching as she gasped out a ragged, prolonged orgasm. Big Mac moved up to kiss her on the mouth again, and she put a foreleg over his shoulder. After a minute, she got down from the crate, and they conferred briefly, then left.

Starlight and New Leaf let out a breath. Starlight pulled off the burlap and whispered, "Sweet Celestia, that was close."

New Leaf pointed out, "From the sounds, seems like they took the very back seat. We can't get back out without their realizing we were here. Looks like we're stuck until the next stop. Then we can go around. Unless you can teleport us straight to the second car safely?"

Starlight shook her head. "Yours is a good plan. But in the mean time…"

New Leaf understood and immediately began thrusting, their size difference making it very intense, and the show had kept him completely hard, as long as it was. Starlight braced herself on the floor and reciprocated the force. Still, it was a bit much, so she let her age slip a little older, loosening things up. He took the hint, and shrank down himself, until they were right around normal cutie mark age. To regain some intensity, she pushed a tiny bit smaller again.

Altering their sizes had required some concentration, so it took a few seconds to get back into the swing of things, but they were set up the way they wanted it. Starlight said, "A changeling from the front comes in. Asks if it's common for little kids to do this."

He added, "We say yes, totally ordinary."

"Changeling is unsure, goes and gets Big Mac and Sugar Belle."

"Sugar Belle is utterly appalled… that I never ever did this with her."

"Even though you wanted to."

He paused, and she paused to match. He raggedly said, "Er. Well, I actually kind of did, so that's not…"

"Oh. Umm. Well, you didn't actually, right?"

"Right. I never did."

"So why not go with it? She's appalled you didn't, and wants to make up for lost time."

He didn't resume. Starlight pumped herself on him twice, to get him started up, but he didn't, so she stopped. "What is it?"

He shook his head. "Sorry, got off target there. Can you be an adult? Seeing his generosity inspired me."

Starlight considered objecting that what she'd wanted was still in her, but she'd actually kind of had enough of that for now. She was actually beginning to wear out. So, she released her spell and grew to full size; he stayed little and walked around her, kissing here and there - mouth, cutie mark, and finally between her legs. His cunnilingus was slipping into a hot tub of butterscotch, and turning on the jets. She locked her knees and drooped he head and just let it happen. Waves of urge to twitch reflected back and forth. Waves of unreleased cries echoed inside her, not let out.

Until the train began braking - the vibration pushed her over the edge, and only the squeal of brakes masked her orgasmic scream.

She regained her wits when the car jerked to a halt. Through the side wall, they heard the conductor call out, "Aaapppplooosa!"

Starlight let them separate, folded herself shut, then teleported them out onto the ground behind the train, and then they walked around a bit to stretch their legs and grab lunch, as did the other passengers, except for the changelings, who just sat at the next table over. With some additional passengers also present, they sat together in the second car. Sugar Belle invited her father to sit next to her. He did, and she leaned against him, leaving Starlight and Big Mac next to each other, smiling at the cute family.

Starlight woke to the conductor calling out, "Pooonyville!", coinciding with the jerk of their halting. 4:00 already? Right on time, I guess. She got up, confused as to why she was leaning against Big Mac. She coughed out an excuse me and got up, followed by Big Mac and Sugar Belle. New Leaf's eyes went wide. "Wait, you're getting out here? The castle is in Ponyville?"

"Yup."

He swallowed and followed them up. As he headed out, he told Starlight, "I could use some rest. Can we head straight to the castle?"

Starlight nodded. "Follow me."

The castle door entered right onto the party for Bright Mac and Buttercup, finding it still in full swing. New Leaf shied away. "Loud."

Starlight nodded and led him to her room. "I'll let everypony know you're safe. I'll be along soon."

She headed back down and found Sugar Belle and Big Macintosh being welcomed in. Twilight in a party hat gave her a hug. "How did it go?"

"He was great. How are things here?"

"Good. When's a good time for us to talk?"

"Uh, well, I wanted to help him get settled in. He's a bit overwhelmed, tired, noise, trainsick…"

"What do you mean, settled in?"

"Oh, right. Uh, can he either have a room or is it okay if he just joins me in mine?"

Twilight blinked. "Was he that stallion you mentioned who…"

"Uh, yes."

Twilight facehoofed. "Okay, fair enough. Go to town. He's not too different from you in age, is he?"

Starlight blinked. "What? Not normally? I mean, he was a bit older than me to begin with but now he should be the same or I'm a little older. Why do you ask?"

"I'll explain later. And… it looks like Derpy would like a word with you."

Starlight turned and found the gray mare looking at her pensively. "Starlight?"

"Yes, Derpy?"

"I heard what they said happened. Can you also save my father, Rinky Doo?"

Starlight blinked. "Huh. Wow, I forgot. I guess so? I should be able to - I've succeeded on two out of two so far. But, ah, I heard he wasn't good to…"

"No!" Derpy slammed her hoof down, flared her wings, and shouted. "He shouldn't've done some things, but he didn't kill mother, didn't even neglect her, and the rest wasn't so bad he should've been murdered over it!"

The party ground to a halt.

Derpy continued, saying softly, "Save him, please."

Starlight took a deep breath. "I can't promise it'll work, but I can try."

Twilight added, "And if we save him, he will be safe in Ponyville, that I can promise." She looked over the party to detect anypony who might wish the contrary, but found only surprise.

Derpy rushed forward and gave them a hug with her wings, and began crying into Starlight's shoulder.

Starlight heard hoofbeats coming down the stairs behind her, and New Leaf softly said, "Muffins?"

Derpy jerked her head up in shock. "DAD!?"