Tales of Twilight and Midnight

It was another beautiful morning in Canterlot city and many people were out and about enjoying the morning air. This included Twilight as she waited patiently for Rainbow Dash outside of the local gym.

“So why exactly are we here again?” asked Midnight with a hint of impatience.

“Because Rainbow Dash wanted someone to exercise with and the others were too busy to meet up today,” Twilight explained.

“I don’t even see the point of all this,” Midnight complained. “We’re already one of the strongest members of our group. Why the hell do we need to ‘exercise’ or whatever.”

“We may be strong,” said Twilight matter-of-factly, “but in order to use our strength, we must remain physically fit. Otherwise it’s like trying to use a machine that’s falling apart.”

Midnight grunted as Rainbow Dash approached. “Sorry I’m late,” she panted. “I overslept because I got really into the newest Daring Do book and ended up spending half the night reading it.”

“No trouble, Rainbow,” said Twilight. “Midnight and I were just talking.”

Rainbow nodded and escorted her friend(s) into the building. After flashing her membership card and explaining that Twilight was her guest, the two stepped into the locker room to change into their workout clothes. After midnight took a moment to admire herself in the mirror, the pair stepped into the workout facility proper. As far as the eye could see, there were weights and exercise machines scattered about the upper and lower floors along with other equipment like exercise and medicine balls.

Rainbow then spotted a woman with light yellow skin and two-tone orange hair. She wore a navy blue exercise shirt and light blue shorts as well as two-tone blue sports shoes. “Yo, Spitfire,” called Rainbow while making sure to not disturb the other patrons.

Spitfire looked over and waved to Rainbow with a smile on her face. “Hey Dash,” she greeted. “Good to see you made it.” She then saw Twilight behind her. “And I see you brought a friend.”

“Yep,” said Dash excitedly. “Spits, this is Twilight. Twilight, this is Spitfire. She’s my trainer.”

Twilight nodded her head respectfully before holding out her hand for Spitfire to shake. Once she took it, Twilight immediately noticed the firmness of her grip and winced slightly. Spitfire apologized and admitted to not knowing her own strength on occasion. After that, she led the pair to an open area of the gym where they did a series of dynamic stretches and warm-up exercises. Once they finished it, Spitfire led Rainbow and Twilight around the gym to use some of the machines while making sure to push the former and go easy on the latter.

Throughout the routine, Twilight had performed a variety of workouts, many of which involved the machines she had seen coming in. Spitfire then guided her and Rainbow to a machine that the trainer said would help them with their pull-ups. Rainbow went first and Twilight was shocked as she watched her friend perform 20 pull-ups almost effortlessly.

Seeing her intimidated expression, Spitfire reassured her that her experience would be easier as she unfolded a padded platform. “We’ll start you off at about 120 pounds,” said Spitfire as she adjusted the weight accordingly. Seeing Twilight’s confused expression, Spitfire explained things further. “This machine makes it so that the weight pushes you up and reduces the strain on your arms.”

Twilight nodded in understanding as she approached the machine and proceeded to do 20 pull-ups herself. Once she was done, she stared at the machine with interest and made a note to observe it further.

Soon, the workout was over and Rainbow and Twilight made their way home with Twilight feeling a dull, aching pain all throughout her body. “Ow,” she said. “It feels like my entire body’s about to completely fall apart.

“No joke,” said Midnight as she appeared. “Why the hell would any human put themselves through this kind of torture?”

“Because that’s how we get stronger,” said Rainbow Dash. “That kind of pain is normal for first-timers. All it takes is a few more visits and you won’t even feel anything except your own muscles growing.” Rainbow saw that Twilight felt a bit better, but was still incredibly sore. After taking a quick look around, Rainbow spotted a smoothie shop a couple doors down and led her friend inside. “Come on,” said Rainbow. “Let’s get you some nice protein.” She then walked up to the counter and ordered a chocolate protein shake with apple and strawberry. She also ordered a vanilla protein shake for Twilight with blueberry and banana.

Rainbow soon walked Twilight to her house and advised her on a variety of ways she could lessen the soreness before leaving for home herself. Twilight walked through the door and immediately stepped into the shower to wash the sweat off her body. Once she was done, she went into her lab and proceeded to get some work done on her various experiments.

Once Twilight had fallen asleep, Midnight took over again and still felt some soreness in her body. Deciding to take matters into her own hands, she decided to go to the internet and see what she could do about it. After a few minutes of searching, she found an article detailing the different ways she could reduce soreness in her body, many of which involved additional movement. Deciding to save that for tomorrow, she also found that eating certain foods would allow her muscle fibers to repair themselves faster.

With that in mind, Midnight closed the laptop and headed down to the kitchen. She found milk and chocolate syrup in the fridge and decided to make chocolate milk. She took a sip and instantly felt a rush of euphoria wash over her. She then saw Twilight’s mother, Twilight Velvet, walk in, who was surprised to find her daughter in the kitchen so late at night.

“Twilight,” said Velvet in confusion. “What are you doing down here? It’s almost midnight.”

“Sorry mom,” said Midnight, trying to sound more tired. “I was a bit too thirsty to sleep so I came down for a bit of water.”

“Well I can understand that,” said Velvet with a soft nod. “That’s kind of why I’m down here myself.” She then stepped to the fridge and poured a glass of milk for herself before putting it in the microwave. Once the machine beeped, she removed the glass and proceeded to down the whole thing after stirring it up a bit. “So how was your workout with Rainbow Dash?”

“It was fun,” said Midnight. “Though I still feel like total crap. It feels like my arms are gonna fall off whenever I move them.” She emphasized her statement by rotating her arms and expressing discomfort while doing so.

Velvet smiled sympathetically at her daughter. “Well tell you what,” she said. “How about you and I meet down here tomorrow morning for a round of yoga? It’ll get your blood circulating and we can have some mother-daughter time.”

Midnight thought about Velvet’s offer and accepted it. Velvet cooed excitedly as she prepared another glass of warm milk and drank it in one sitting as well before going back up to bed with Midnight close behind. Once Midnight reached her room, she opened the laptop again and decided to do some research on what yoga actually was.

The next morning, Twilight woke up still feeling a bit sore. She soon got dressed and walked downstairs for breakfast. She placed a bagel in the toaster and pulled out a jar of cream cheese and jam while she waited for it. She then saw her mother enter the kitchen dressed head-to-toe in form-fitting exercise gear. “Morning mom,” greeted Twilight. “You look ready to go.”

“I am, Twilight,” said Velvet. “Once you finish your breakfast, meet me in the living room so we can start our session.”

Before Twilight could ask her mother what she meant, she had already left. Midnight then spoke up and told Twilight about her conversation with Velvet the other night. Deciding to no risk upsetting her mother, Twilight finished her bagel and went back upstairs to change into more comfortable clothing before going into the living room to join Velvet.

Upon entering the living room, Twilight saw a pair of yoga mats positioned side-by-side as well as a laptop playing soft, slow music on a playlist. Once the two were ready, Velvet guided her daughter through a variety of poses such as downward dog, cobra, and other positions that Twilight found oddly relaxing.

After roughly half an hour, they were done and Twilight sat back on the couch to relax. As she did, Midnight took the opportunity to come forward and feel herself up. “I don’t know about you, Twilight,” she said in a slightly lustful voice, “but I’m feeling super sexy after those poses. Maybe we should do this yoga thing more often.”

Twilight soon came back and pulled her hands away. “Please stop that,” she barked. “My mom’s in the room.”

“Is everything okay, honey?” asked Velvet with a look of concern on her face.

“Oh, yeah mom,” said Twilight. “Everything’s fine. Just marveling at how good I feel after that yoga.”

Though Velvet could tell her daughter was hiding something, she decided not to push it and roll with Twilight’s story. “Yes well, light movement like that does have a way of reenergizing the body in its own way.”

Twilight smiled as she left to do some experiments in her lab. After she did so, Velvet went back upstairs to shower and change. Once she got to the bedroom, she saw her husband Night Light still in bed with a sudoku book. “Hey there, hon,” he said. “How was your little session with Twilight?”

“It went well,” said Velvet as she stripped down. “But I think there may be something off about Twilight.”

“How do you mean?” asked Night Light as he completed another puzzle in his book.

“After we finished our session,” recounted Velvet, “she started touching herself. It was almost as if she was feeling… sexy after we were done.”

“Well maybe the genes she got from you are starting to kick in,” joked Night Light.

Velvet smiled and chuckled at her husband’s joke. “Maybe,” she said once she calmed down and started to walk towards the bathroom. “But it still seems a bit sudden to me.”

“Well why don’t we just let this play out for a while?” proposed Night Light. “If it starts to become something of a problem, then we can talk to her about it.”

“Fair enough,” said Midnight as she adopted a sultry expression. “Now what's say you and I have a little bit of ‘fun’ while Twilight’s busy with her experiments.”

Night Light smiled and stepped out of bed to join his wife in the shower, stripping out of his sleep attire along the way.