Equestria Girls: Let It Grow
Equestria Girls: Let It Grow
Aria let out a tired and relieved sigh as she punched out for the day. Normally she would drag herself upstairs to her apartment and pass out on the bed for a bit but just before her shift ended she had spotted her favorite to customers out front. So after she tossed her apron into the nearby laundry bin she walked pushed opened the kitchen door to find that Blackbird and Moonie still at the corner table in the dining room. They paused their conversation as she came up to them and gave Blackbird a greeting kiss.
“Wow. A kiss out in public like that? Is it my birthday?” he teased her.
“Shut up,” she grumbled with a belying smile as she sat down next to him. “Hey Moonie.”
“Hey Aria,” the blue girl greeted back.
“So what were you two talking about?”
“My hair,” Blackbird said.
Aria quirked an eyebrow at the odd answer.
“I noticed it was getting a bit longer than usual and I was thinking about doing in for a trim,” he explained.
“And I think he needs to just let it grow out more,” Moonie added.
“And the length of which is what we’re talking about,” he finished.
Aria looked between the couple for a moment.
“Really?” she scoffed.
“Hey this is very important stuff! Especially since it’s my hair we’re talking about here!” Blackbird protested.
“Just shave it off. Problem solved,” she said casually.
“Nooooooo!” they whined in unison.
Aria rolled her eyes with an annoyed grunt at their simultaneous complaint.
“Alright, fine, how long were you thinking of growing it?” she asked.
“Well see that’s where we’re having the disagreement,” Blackbird pointed out. “I think it should be about shoulder length or a little further down.”
“And I think he’d look great if he had it much, much longer,” Moonie added.
“How long exactly?” Aria questioned, again arching a brow.
“Honestly...” she paused looking the other girl over a bit, “probably about as long as your hair.”
“Well my hair is awesome,” the former Siren smirked, flicking back one for her long twin tails for emphasis. “But it is a lot to take care of.”
“Which is why I’m hesitant,” Blackbird pointed out.
“And why I offered to help you take care of it,” Moonie told him.
“You just want to have fun brushing my hair, don’t you?” he teased.
Her cheeks flushed red as she lowered her head a bit. Again Aria rolled her eyes at the two but couldn’t help but smile a bit as well. She then cast her eyes towards Blackbird and studied him a bit.
“So if you did grow it that long would you wear it straight down or in a ponytail?” she asked.
“Oh definitely a ponytail!” he answered quickly. “Heck that’s what started this conversation off in the first place. I’m pretty sure my hair’s long enough for that now but I’m not sure if I can pull it off or not.”
Without saying anything else, Aria reached up and unclasped one of the star-shaped barrettes in hair, which caused her pigtail to fall straight, and handed it over to Blackbird.
“Here try this,” she offered.
Surprised by this action, it took him a few seconds to actually reach out and take the hair clip. He then pulled most of his hair back, leaving only two large bangs similar to Aria’s, and fumbled for a bit before he tied it into a low-lying ponytail. The two girls examined him as one would an expensive piece of art.
“Yeah I think you can pull it off,” Aria said.
“Definitely! It’ll look cute!” Moonie squeed happily.
“Cute?!” Blackbird squeaked indignantly.
“Pffft! Since when have you ever worried about looking macho?” Aria scoffed.
“I’m not but the way she said made me feel like a little kid or something,” he explained.
“Says the guy who still collects toys and watched cartoons.”
“Hey there’s nothing wrong with still being young at heart!” he shot back.
“Exactly!” Moonie agreed then looked at Blackbird again. “Would you accept ‘yummy’ as a good substitute?”
“Only from you babe,” he smiled before he leaned in for a soft kiss.
“Ugh,” Aria groaned, sticking her tongue out a bit. “You know I love you,” she said to Blackbird, “and you’ve become my best friend,” she said to Moonie, “but you two can still be sickeningly sweet sometimes.”
“Wait,I’m your best friend?” Moonie asked in genuine surprise.
“Best. Only. Take your pick,” she retorted.
“Still, I’m touched,” the blue girl smiled.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, let’s not get into the status of my friendships,” she waved off. “The point is what Yummy Boy here is gonna look like with long hair.”
“I thought we agreed the answer was really good?” Moonie asked in a suggestive tone.
“You know I’m right here, right?” Blackbird asked, looking between the pair.
They looked at each other for a second before they both looked towards Blackbird with twin devious smiles. An action that made him scoot his chair back just a bit.
“You know it can be really scary when you two get on the same page sometimes,” he said nervously.
“Oh I know at least one instanced you’d love for us to be on the same page,” Moonie teased, her smile growing wider.
Blackbird’s mouth curled up into a smile of it’s own as he caught the meaning of her words.
“Oh yes. That I certainly would love,” he retorted, moving his chair closer to her again.
“Yeah that’s never gonna happen,” Aria muttered, quickly shutting them down. “Again, I like you Moonie but not in that way.”
“Fair enough,” Moonie shrugged.
“Well anyway, the point is I actually can pull off this ponytail,” Blackbird quipped, playing with the new ponytail.
“Yes you can,” Aria smiled for a second before a more serious look crossed her face. “But you can buy your own barrettes. Now give it back.”
“Okay fine,” he sighed as he unclasped the star shaped clip and handed it back to her.
She took the accessory and in a few swift, fluid movements, had the loose half of her hair tied back up into a large pigtail.
“Okay, you’re gonna have to teach me how to do that when my hair is long enough,” Blackbird said with an impressed awe.
“Can’t teach skill,” Aria retorted smugly.
“I can teach you,” Moonie replied as she laid a hand on top of Blackbird’s.
“Thanks babe,” he smiled at her then turned his gaze and smile towards Aria. “You too Ari.”
“Do not call me that!” she warned him.
“How about sweet cakes?” he grinned.
“How about I put your head through this table?” she challenged.
He chuckled. “Love you.”
“Love you too,” she replied.
“You two,” Moonie chuckled with a bemused shake of her head.
“Well then. I guess it’s settled. I’m gonna grow me a long ass ponytail. This...should be interesting,” Blackbird commented, wondering if he had made a mistake or not.
The End
Author's Note
So this is really just a little bit of fun I came up while thinking about altering EG Blackbird’s design just a bit of pictures. That is, of course, giving him a very long, anime style ponytail. Mostly because some of the art I’ve gotten of him already has him look like an anime “pretty boy” so I figured, why not go all out, right?!
And once that was settled I decided to just go ahead and introduce the idea to my fics here. Plus I came up with that title that, yes indeed, is a play on the (in)famous song from the first Frozen movie, “Let It Go”. Hey, I still like that song and movie, sue me!
Now as far how it’s handled in fics go, I plan on making mentions here and there about how long his hair gets until I’ve reached the desired length. Little bit of long term, subtle storytelling I’m challenging myself to do. Let’s see how it plays out.
