Author's Note

Such an odd title for a chapter don't you think? Well...grape lollipops are Wild Rose's favorite candy and could be Rogus's undoing.

Rogus and Grape Lollipops

“You fascinate me Rogus, the way you look, that fiery heat of your body, those blue eyes…” Her voice trailed off, her writer side had been out, and she’d just blurted out what was on her mind. She tilted her head down and her mane hid most of her face from him.

“It’s the same thing with me,” Rogus said as he used his claws to lift her mane so he could see her beautiful face. “We have a connection; you can see it as much as I can.” He tucked a lock of her mane behind her ear, he’d cupped her right cheek.

Wild Rose felt the heat of his claws on the sides of her cheeks. “I know Rogus. I felt it the second I heard your voice, see you.” She turned to her journal laying on the floor. “I’d write about my first encounter with you…I added in…um…more details of my own.”

“Fantasies?” He asked and watched her turn back to him with a look in her eyes that told him that he’d asked the right question. He smiled slightly. “I remember hearing you talking about me. I’ve kept mine in my head.”

“Did you read over my shoulder when you came into my bedroom?”

Rogus nodded. “My dragon curiosity won out.” He smiled and ran his index claw down her cheek. “I should have asked first. That gasp I had let out was when I found my name on the page you were on.”

Wild Rose couldn’t hide the shudder that came from just his touch. She could feel her body relaxing with just the feeling of the heat of his body so close to hers. “I…um hoped…you were behind me while I was writing. My words are my way of saying what’s on my mind…”

Rogus's mouth dropped open slightly. He remembered the redness of her cheeks when she’d turned around from his sudden gasp. He saw out of the corner of his eye that he’d picked up the purple quill pen she’d been using to write with. A thought struck him. “Are you by chance ticklish?”

Wild Rose took in a breath. “I…uh…huh?” His words had stopped her from speaking for a second. Her dark green eyes kept the focus on the quill that Rogus was twirling in his claws. “You…wouldn’t…” The feather end of the quill touched her chin just below her mouth. While Rogus had Wild Rose held by the feather on her chin, he happened to notice strange white sticks on the floor around her journal. He turned to her. “What’s with all the white sticks on the floor?”

“Okay, I confess.” A grin slid on her lips. This could be fun… “I go down to Equestria to get grape lollipops, they're my favorite candy.”

Rogus lowered the feather he’d been holding. “Looks like you’ve run out.”

She stuck out her lower lip. “Right.” Her lower lip started to quiver. “I’d like more, and you can fly.”

Rogus tilted his head. “Meaning?”

“You can fly down to Equestria and be back here in no time.” Wild Rose replied lowering her eyelashes.

“How will I get back here? Won’t I have to wait till sunrise?” Rogus asked. He couldn’t understand her love of grape lollipops.

Wild Rose summoned her unicorn magic as he watched a strange crystal float over to him. “I have a gift for you. You can use this skyrose crystal, it’ll let you know where the island is even if it’s not visible.” He held the crystal in his claws it had a light pink transparent hue to it.

“I get my grape lollipops at Sugar Cube corner-”

“That’s a shop in Ponyville right?”

Wild Rose nodded. “I see you’ve been there.” She smiled. “Good.”

“I’ll return as fast as I can.” Rogus had said before he’d taken flight. Wild Rose sent him down to Equestria and gave him her skyrose crystal, with it he’d be able to find Skyvaria again, even if it wasn’t dawn. What he didn’t know was that she hadn’t needed to bring her crystal because she could feel where her island home was. He held the crystal next to his chest, he could still smell the scent of roses from it.

***

Wild Rose had watched him fly off and she put her hoof to her chest, she felt her heart squeeze for a second as he vanished from her sight. “I already miss him.” The words came out as her hoof came up to her mouth. She could feel a warmth rising in her cheeks. She kept thinking about him returning her favorite candy, the thought got her grinning as she activated her unicorn magic and picked up her quill. What would have done with the quill? The thought had her quill dipping into the ink, and she was thinking about her candy and how Rogus might react.

***

Rogus could feel the crystal pulling him back to Skyvaria and Wild Rose. He was returning with a large paper bag of what she’d wanted. A strange pink hyperactive pony had smiled at him before he left Sugar Cube corner. The words she said to him echoed in his mind. Good luck, have fun tonight.”

Wild Rose had been writing away in her journal again after he’d left to go get the item she requested. This time she’d heard him land on the balcony the sound of paper crackled and her ears picked up on that. “You, have it?” Rogus flew into her bedroom just as Wild Rose glanced up her jaw dropped open at the sight of him hovering over her. “Wow, you look amazing.”

Rogus clenched the paper bag in his claws at that. “Thanks. You look so beautiful with those alluring dark green eyes and flowing red mane and tail.”

“Oh…” Wild Rose felt her cheeks grow red.

Rogus grinned and landed beside her. “I felt the need, to be honest.”

Her green eyes lifted to him. “I was writing again…about you.”

Rogus smiled and noticed the look in her eyes. The strange hyper-pink pony's words came back. “You’re a romance writer if I remember right.” When she nodded, he went on. “What was I doing with you?” He let out a gasp as he’d just blurted out without even giving it a second thought. “I’m sorry, that just-”

Wild Rose put a hoof on his shoulder. “You guessed…right.”

Rogus's jaw dropped open. “I um…brought back your candy, a strange hyperactive pink pony said something strange ‘Good luck, have fun tonight.’”

Wild Rose cleared her throat. “That would be Pinkie Pie, she has a way of seeing things, she calls it a Pinkie Sense.”

“Really?” Rogus put his claw on her hoof that was still on his shoulder, he sat the bag beside her journal. “So what were you writing about? With us?”

Wild Rose took in a deep breath, she wanted to let her true self out. She wanted to ever since she’d first seen him. “I…could show you.”

Rogus only nodded.

Wild Rose used her magic to lift a grape lollipop and hold it between her hooves. “I…was picturing you, or a part of you as the head of this while I was writing.” She replied twirling the stick around in her hooves. Her tongue had been licking up and down the sucker part as she did this. Her green eyes never wavered from Rogus. She grinned and winked at him.

Rogus felt his jaw drop open at what she’d just revealed.

“I’m curious about you Rogus, that’s why I wanted you to go and get me these. Ponyville is where I can find them down on Equestria. I usually bring them back with me to Skyvaria.”

Rogus felt that his throat had gone dry and not from the fire that was stirring in his chest and stomach. “Uh…huh…” His blue eyes were fixed on what Wild Rose was doing with the grape lollipop.