Smolder gave a loud yawn, slowly waking up in a very soft and comfortable bed underneath several layers of sheets and blankets. Opening her eyes slightly, then fully, Smolder gasped as she remembered that she was in Celestia’s room. Staring at her pink tuxedo still on the nightstand, Smolder reached over to it and put it back on as she walked towards the door to find Celestia.

What happened last night?

Opening the door, Smolder was greeted right away by two guards who saluted at her.

“Uh, what’s going on?” Smolder asked.

“We’ve been waiting for you to wake up, Celestia has something special to show you,” one of the guards explained. “Please, let us escort you there.”

“Sure?” Smolder followed the two guards who walked on either side of her, eyeing their faces to see if their expressions gave anything away. Occasionally, they’d warily glance at her until she looked back at them, and then they’d look away from her with a heavy blush. The three walked down the hallway without another word until they reached a door.

“She waits for you,” the other guard used his horn to open said door.

Smolder nodded, walking inside where Celestia was waiting in front of many glass windows. Her body was no longer bloated from last night, properly returned to her slender form, as she turned with a striking pose.

“Morning, Smolder~” Celestia purred.

Smolder blinked, staring at the night sky in front of her.

“M-Morning? But it’s still-”

Before Smolder could finish her sentence, Celestia’s horn lit up as the night sky gave way to the light, the blazing sun appearing in the sky for Smolder and everyone else to see. Smolder barely noticed it, staring at Celestia’s half-lidded gaze and smirk as she performed the incredible feat. A heavy blush appeared on her face as she softly smiled at the alicorn. As soon as the sun raised up as high as it could, Celestia ceased using her magic as she trotted over to Smolder and lifted her muzzle up towards her with one hoof, leaning in and kissing the dragoness for a few warm and comforting seconds before pulling back and staring deep into Smolder’s eyes.

“Don’t act all shy on me after last night~” Celestia snickered.

Smolder gulped, all the memories flooding back to her the moment Celestia kissed her. Squeaking and hiding her face behind her wings, Smolder remained in the safety of the dark space until Celestia gently moved the dragoness’ wings out of the way and smiled at her.

“So, what do you think? Have you come to terms with who you are?” Celestia asked. “No pressure, but I hope you have some idea about your sexuality after plowing me silly last night~”

“Y-Yeah,” Smolder breathed, then taking a deep breath before saying the three words. “I’m a lesbian.”

Smolder paused, feeling the colors of the world enter her body and shine through her scales in a powerful sensation of warmth that was too strong to ever deny. The sky somehow appeared even brighter, the dragoness could hear the birds singing a melody that danced in her heart, and the colors on Celestia’s mane shimmered as if to praise her confession, with love and promises to carry her through the next steps.

“How does it feel to say that?” Celestia leaned in again.

“It feels like my wildest dreams come true,” Smolder admitted, standing up on her toes to kiss Celestia. The kiss felt like the two melding together into one being, the fire finally joining the sun it belonged to after being lost for so long. Only to breathe, did the two lovers finally part from their kiss and stare at one another before Smolder gasped.

“Did I get you pregnant?!” Smolder blurted.

“Not sure,” Celestia shrugged. “Granted, it wouldn’t be as much of an issue as you might think. I’d only have the eggs develop inside me for a week or two before I’d lay them, I wouldn’t even have a pregnancy to show.”

“Oh thank fuck,” Smolder exhaled. “I mean, I’m not exactly ready to be a parent…but at least I’m not outing myself to the world anytime soon.”

“Well, you shouldn’t tell anyone until you’re ready,” Celestia nodded her head. “But I can also tell how long this has been eating away at you, and how elated you were to say it out loud. Promise me you’ll think about it?”

“I promise,” Smolder smiled, before another realization struck her like lightning. “My friends!”

“They’re waiting for you outside the ‘hotel room’ you were staying at,” Celestia explained with a wink, and Smolder understood. “Eat some of my special fruit pancakes first, I’m sure you won’t be disappointed…”

After eating a stack of pancakes with a blueberry smiley face while Luna gave the dragoness funny looks across the kitchen table, Celestia kissed the dragoness goodbye for the next few days, promising to visit the School of Friendship soon right before teleporting Smolder to the mares’ restroom of a random hotel. Walking to the door and opening it, she walked down the dark red hallway until she entered the lobby where Twilight, Spike, and all her friends were waiting. Twilight’s eyes lit up as she ran to her student.

“There you are!” Twilight hugged the dragoness. “I kept asking that receptionist where your room was, and she kept saying there wasn’t a Smolder here. Isn’t that ridiculous?”

“Heh heh, totally!” Smolder forced a grin as she backed out of the hug and turned to her friends. They all had frowns as they approached her.

“Hey, I think I can speak for most of us when I say we’re really sorry for making assumptions,” Gallus explained himself. “It wasn’t cool and I feel responsible for what happened last night.”

“Please don’t,” Smolder shook her head, feeling her world spinning as she remembered Celestia's words. “I was working through a lot of stuff, and I think I figured out…that I’m gay.”

Her friends fell silent, and Smolder didn’t fail to notice Ocellus’ lips twitch upward as she stared at the dragoness with a dark blue blush. Smolder flinched as her friends' weird behavior finally made sense.

"About time Smolder said something!" Yona broke the silence.

"Yona!" Sandbar hissed. "We said we wouldn't make assumptions!"

"Well, you guys were right about that, so you're all forgiven," Smolder shrugged, taking a deep breath as she turned to look at Ocellus. "And for whoever might want to ask me out, I might've met someone after getting kicked out of the Gala. So I'm not interested."

"Oh my stars, that's so amazing!" Silverstream squealed, clapping her talons. "Who's the lucky mare?"

"Again, Yona doesn't think we should assume pony!" Yona reminded the hippogriff.

Smolder laughed as the eight of them left the hotel building, staring at the sun in the sky.

She had kept her promise.

Author's Note

Thank you all so much for reading and please like and review! There's not nearly enough Smolder love on this website, and I hope to write a lot more interspecies fics like this in the future!!!