Smolder's Top Performance

“Six mint brownies, two slices of dark chocolate cake, and three lemon bars,” Celestia beamed at Pinkie Pie as she stared jaw-dropped at the alicorn. “What my dear? You do know that I love my cake, and dragons are quite the hungry species…”

“It’s not that,” Pinkie shook her head. “But you and Smolder are dating?!”

“Oh yeah, I suppose that is what I said before putting in our order,” Celestia giggled, wrapping her foreleg around Smolder’s shoulders and smiling down at the little dragoness. “She’s finally ready for everyone to know, so I’m taking full advantage of that.”

“Oh my gosh, I haven’t even thrown a party for the two of you yet!” Pinkie threw her hooves in the air. “Let me give this to the lovely couple half off-”

“Don’t worry about it, Pinkie,” Celestia summoned a decent-sized bag of bits onto the counter and pushed it towards the other mare. “But if you do plan a party for us anytime soon, could you do it in Canterlot? We’ll be there for a little bit.”

“Yes! Maybe I could get all the others to come with you!” Pinkie grinned before her smile faltered. “Then again, that would require them taking a day or two off from teaching, and Applejack has the farm and Rainbow Dash has the Wonderbolts-”

“Don’t worry about it right now, you silly pony,” Celestia snickered as she watched the pink earth pony taking the bag of bits with a wide smile. “We can properly plan a day where the school is closed. After all, she will want to properly introduce me to her dearest friends.”

Oh shit.

“Something wrong, dear Smolder?” Celestia glanced over at her lizard lover after she had flinched, and looked into the dragoness’ bulging wide eyes. “Oh dear, it seems like I hit a nerve. We’ll be waiting at one of the tables, okay Pinks?”

“Sure can do!” Pinkie waved the two off as Celestia wrapped her wing around Smolder’s body as she gently guided the smaller dragoness to a table in the corner of the Sugarcube Corner.

“I need to tell my friends,” Smolder whispered as Celestia sat her down on one of the chairs. “Like, before we leave. How are they going to feel if they end up finding out from the papers, or anyone besides me? Especially since Ocellus clearly has feelings for me!”

“Oh? You didn’t mention this to me before,” Celestia tilted her head at Smolder as she took her own seat right across the dragoness.

“That’s because I didn’t realize it till after I came out to them,” Smolder sighed. “It explained her blushing fits and attempts to hang out with me, and after I came out, it turned to full-on flirtation. They didn’t believe that the ‘mysterious lover’ I had back in Canterlot was more than a one-time fling.”

“Oh,” Celestia frowned as she watched Smolder avert her gaze, only to stare down at the table. Noticing her claws resting on the table, Celestia vividly remembered being in this place before. Bringing her hoof to rest on Smolder’s claws, Celestia watched as Smolder stared at the reflection on her golden hoof plate.

Smolder didn’t see the same image as last time, a dragoness collapsing in on herself, but instead she saw someone bigger. Someone who, even breaking traditions, still showed the strength and fire of a dragon. The situation was only scary as she decided it would be, and she looked up at Celestia with narrowed eyes and a big smile.

“Celestia, could you do something for me?” Smolder asked. “Could you round them all up for me here? Yes, including Ocellus.”

“Of course,” Celestia nodded, getting up and pressing her lips against Smolder’s forehead before looking into her eyes. “This will take less than five minutes.”

Smolder watched as Celestia teleported out of sight in a big flash of light, and watched as Pinkie bounced over to her table with a wide plate carrying all of their desserts. Smolder chuckled as Pinkie placed them all on the table.

Well, at least they won’t be without food once they arrive.

After a good four minutes, Celestia opened the door to Sugarcube Corner with all five of Smolder’s dearest friends as promised. All of them were chatting amongst themselves, with Gallus and Silverstream turning to smirk at Smolder as soon as they saw her in the back. Smolder blushed, remembering their suspicions on the night of the Grand Galloping Gala. But it was Ocellus’ look that caught her off guard. The normally vibrant and teasing changeling looked like she was walking on hot coals, her eyes wide as saucers and her lip quivering. Sandbar walked to her side and rested a hoof on her shoulder.

“Ocellus, you shouldn’t worry,” Sandbar told her. “I really doubt it’s what you think it is.”

“But Gallus said-” Ocellus made eye contact with Smolder, shutting her mouth as the six of them walked up to Smolder’s table. “H-Hey Smolder.”

“Hey,” Smolder looked at her friends, her heart racing as Ocellus’ demeanor nearly made her forget what Celestia had brought them there for. “You guys probably wonder why Celestia summoned you here…”

“Understatement of the year,” Yona remarked, stomping over to where Smolder was sitting. “Tell Yona and friends why Celestia brought us here! Is there another threat to ponies?”

“No, thankfully that is over for now,” Smolder exhaled. “But I told you that I met someone at the Grand Galloping Gala, and I hid you guys in the dark about who it was. I wasn’t ready for it to get out, but um…”

Feeling the sharp rise of fear floating in her chest like a balloon, Smolder turned from her wide-eyed friends to look at Celestia. The alicorn’s head was leaning forward, her ears flickering and her eyes glittering as bright as the sun as she gently smiled, Smolder felt a twist of pride and guilt within her heart. How could she hide this beautiful creature, this one-of-a-kind paragon of strength, femininity, and unconditional love? Celestia was a creature that millions would never get the pleasure of experiencing in full, and out of all of them, Celestia chose her.

Puffing her chest out and giving a full-tooth grin at her official marefriend, Smolder got up and walked towards her. Ocellus be damned, Smolder wasn’t going to let the changeling or her own nerves stop her from showing everyone who she loves. Even if she hadn’t said those three words yet, Smolder hoped that her actions would be enough.

Flying up to Celestia’s eye level, Smolder cupped Celestia’s face in her claws and pressed her muzzle against the mare’s soft and sweet lips.

Closing her eyes, Smolder didn’t hear which of her friends gasped, only that several of them did. But Smolder didn’t flinch or pull away, only embracing the warm fire in her heart that came from giving herself to Celestia. Her only visible reaction was the slight shudder throughout her body as she felt the gentle touch of Celestia’s wings resting on her shoulders, feeling like that of an angel itself. Before she could sink into the temptation of a full-blown makeout session, she parted her lips from Celestia’s and winked at her.

“Smolder didn’t answer question,” Yona frowned. “Who is Smolder dating?”

“Yona, you cannot be that du-”

“Yona is kidding!” Yona laughed over Gallus, before rushing up to the alicorn and dragoness. “Yona is super duper excited for Smolder, give Yona hug!”

Celestia and Smolder chuckled at the yak’s joyous response, Celestia moving her wings away to allow Smolder to fly over and hug Yona’s forehead. Moving over to Yona, Celestia gave the young yak a half hug with one of her wings. Gallus and Silverstream also approached the happy couple, smirking at each other before Silverstream rushed over towards Smolder.

“Let me guess,” Smolder rolled her eyes. “You’re going to say I knew it or something like that.”

“Well, technically, me and Gallus knew it,” Silverstream corrected her. “But, I wanted to apologize about my comment with Queen Novo. I thought you just found those succulent sun cheeks of hers hot, I didn’t realize that you wanted her for so much more than that.”

“Hey, it’s alright,” Smolder flew down to hug Silverstream for a brief moment before pulling away, her eyes widening as she processed everything Silverstream had said. “Wait, did you just call my marefriend’s butt hot?”

“Oh, did I?” Silverstream blushed as she took a step back, her face getting even more redder as Celestia glanced down at her. “Sorry! I tend to be a bit of a horndog in general. You didn’t think you were the only one to get laid during the Great Galloping Gala, did you?”

“What,” Smolder’s jaw dropped, watching as Silverstream’s nervous grin morphed into a knowing smirk, fluttering her eyelashes before she winked at the dragoness. “When did you plan on telling me this?!”

“I was planning on telling you the morning after, but then you came out to us!” Silverstream explained with a giggle. “I wasn’t about to take that moment away from you, y’know.”

“That’s fair,” Smolder nodded. “Wait, you haven’t told me who it was you bedded.”

“Or more accurately, who it was that Silverstream and I bedded,” Gallus stepped forward, placing a talon on the hippogriff’s shoulder. Watching Silverstream turn to look at Gallus while blowing a kiss at him, Smolder felt like her mind was about to crumple at the overload of information racking her brain.

“YOU HAD A THREESOME?!” Smolder erupted. “With who?”

“Er, I don’t think it’d be appropriate to uh,” Silverstream leaned in and whispered in Smolder’s ear. “Say it in front of your marefriend.”

Smolder put two and two together, remembering her conversation with the Princess of the Moon the morning after her and Celestia made love. She knew she had to address it, and of course, endlessly tease the dark blue alicorn about what she learned. But Smolder realized that ever since her and Celestia had kissed, neither Ocellus or Sandbar were to be seen in the Sugarcube Corner.

“We’re going to talk about this later,” Smolder glanced at Silverstream and Gallus before flying towards the door. “But I need to talk to Ocellus.”

“Yona sure that’s good idea?” Yona tilted her head.

“I’ll go with her,” Celestia walked up to Smolder, resting her wing on the dragoness’ shoulders as she gestured her head towards the treats on the table. “Help yourselves to those, it won’t take long.”

Yona didn’t hesitate to rush over to the treats, scarfing down three of the mint brownies in one go. Gallus and Silverstream gave a glance at Smolder, before turning away and joining Yona at the table. Smolder walked towards the door, hearing sniffling on the other side. Freezing up, Smolder didn’t know what to do, let alone say, when Celestia rubbed Smolder’s shoulder with the tip of her wing.

“It’s okay, we can talk to her,” Celestia assured the dragoness, settling Smolder’s nerves as she nodded. Surely if the Princess of the Sun could handle the wrath of Nightmare Moon and the countless threats to her ponies in those thousand years, Celestia would be able to handle the emotions of a changeling. Smolder didn’t wait for Celestia to reassure her more, rushing out the door and looking at Ocellus, sobbing and hiding her face in her forelegs as Sandbar had a hoof on her shoulder. As Sandbar turned to see who exited Sugarcube Corner, his eyes nearly bulged out of his head as he saw Smolder and her alicorn marefriend approaching them.

“Um, maybe now’s not the time,” Sandbar gulped.

“She may not be one of my little ponies,” Celestia began. “But it would be wrong of us to dismiss her when she had felt this way for so long. She deserves our time and respect at the very least, does she not? If she doesn’t want us here, let her say that herself, and we’ll go.”

“N-No, she’s right,” Ocellus dropped her forelegs, revealing the tears streaming down her face as she looked at Sandbar. “But…could I have a moment with Smolder privately? There’s something I need to show her.”

“Okay?” Celestia tilted her head. “C’mon Sandbar, let’s go back to the bakery. Smolder, you call me if you need me, understand?”

“Yeah,” Smolder agreed as she watched Celestia lead Sandbar back into the Sugarcube Corner, glancing at Ocellus. “You need to show me something?”

“Listen, I k-know you’re a catch,” Ocellus started off. “You think you’re the lucky one? Smolder, there’s so many mares here that ogle you, they know you can plow their brains out. But there’s something I have on them that they will never have…”

“Wait, mares here want me?” Smolder’s jaw dropped. “Ocellus, this has been the craziest day by far. First I hear that Gallus and Silverstream had a threesome with Luna of all ponies, then I hear that mares want me, next thing I’ll know, you’ll be transforming into-”

Smolder gasped, blinded by a flash of light. Covering her eyes with her arm, she waited a few moments before opening her eyes and slapping a claw over her mouth to keep herself from screaming. Staring at her, was Celestia herself.

“You didn’t,” Smolder whispered.

“Oh, but I did~” Ocellus spoke with Celestia’s voice, the blatant mockery of her marefriend nearly causing Smolder to vomit. “I can be all those mares, even that stupid Sunbutt you like for some reason. So what do you say? Celestia will be far too busy for you anyways, she won’t give you the time you deserve. You can spend all the time in the world with ‘her’ and choose me at the same time-”

“What is going on here?”

Ocellus shrieked, shapeshifting back into her regular form several seconds too late. Watching Celestia storm out of Sugarcube Corner with daggers for eyes, Ocellus took several steps back as Celestia wrapped Smolder in her feathery embrace. Watching Celestia’s horn light up with bright yellow magic, Ocellus was frozen to the spot as she was shaking like a leaf.

“Harass her again, and she’ll be the least of your worries,” Celestia snarled.

Before Ocellus could respond, Celestia casted a teleportation spell, causing her and the dragoness to disappear out of sight.