The day Midnight arrived at Bridlewood, she was immediately astonished at how the woods looked.

Pipp, who was currently in disguise as Twinkle Shine, a white unicorn with a pink mane and three small stars as a cutie mark, giggled at Midnight’s reaction once they entered the forest, “It’s as if you have never been here,” she said as she looked at the little filly.

Midnight shrunk a little, but she still gave Pipp a response, “W-well… ummm… I-I wasn’t… ummm… born… ummm… h-here…”

Once Pipp heard this, she was in shock at hearing this, “Oh… I’m sorry I guess I'm used to knowing that all unicorns are born here in Bridlewood. Where were you born, if you don’t mind me asking?

Midnight hid her gaze from Pipp as she spoke softly, almost inaudible, “Z-zephyr… H-heights…”

Pipp felt sorry for the little filly, she must have felt so isolated being a unicorn in a city of Pegasi. She went to wrap a wing around her but due to her not being a pegasus she simply lightly bumped into her.

Midnight was a little confused at Pipp’s actions and she sheepishly asked, “W-what… ummm… are you…. ummm… d-doing… M-miss S-shine?”

Pipp quickly realized what she was doing and just ended up chuckling, “O-oh, hahaha, I’m sorry, it’s a force of habit, anytime my older sister is feeling down, I always bump into her, to annoy her, just a little bit to make her smile again.”

“O-oh… ummm… ok…” was all Midnight said, as she continued to walk with Pipp to the house.

As they got close to the house, which was built into a tree like all the others, Midnight’s jaw dropped due to how big and how beautiful it looked. Compared to the other houses, it looked to be three times bigger and parts of it even had some gold trims and a few jewels in some areas.

“Y-you… l-live… h-here?” She said, trying her best to take it all in.

“Yeah, when I saw this tree, I knew instantly that this tree had to be the house for an artist, and what better artist than me,” Pipp said as she winked at Midnight.

“T-this p-place… l-looks like… it’s f-for o-one of the p-princess…” Midnight said softly as she walked closer to the house.

Pipp followed her and giggled at Midnight’s comment, “Oh, pshh, me a princess, I wish I could make a dress for them, but my skills are not there yet, hopefully, one day, but for now I still need to improve,” Pipp sad as she placed a hoof on the door.

“Y-you… a-are so… m-motivated,” Midnight said as she was readying herself to see how the inside looked.

“From the moment I was born, I was the center of attention, I was showered with gifts and was almost given the throne, but my older sister was the one that was actually in line for it, but I don’t mind, I still get to do what I love and that is fine by me,” Pipp said as she walked Midnight to her room.

Midnight stopped as soon as she heard her words, “T-thro-throne?” She said a bit scared, “N-next in l-line?”

Pipp stopped dead in her tracks, she had completely forgotten she was in disguise, she had to think fast, hoping she could find a way to get out of this situation, “W-well, ummmm, you see my family is very well off when it comes to money, so much so that my sisters and I like to pretend we are the royal sisters, our mother will one day retire and she is wanting to give the company to my older sister, which we like to call, “The Throne,” just because it makes it sound more royal like.”

Midnight was very confused, she didn’t know what to think or what to really say, all she did was nod a little as she continued to walk past Pipp.

Pipp on the other hoof was glad that the lie worked, she let out a small sigh as she went to catch up with Midnight, “So are you ready to see your room?” Pipp asked excitedly.

Minding nodded a little more eagerly than she expected, she couldn’t wait to have her own room and her own space.

Pipp went ahead and opened the door and again, midnight’s jaw dropped. The room was beautiful, the walls were not painted, and the windows were big enough to allow enough light to come in making it so that one doesn’t need to turn on the lights when it’s day, this allowed for the tree that the house is made into to give the room a more natural look, the bed was a big queen size mattress with lavender sheets and eight pillows that matched the sheets. There was an elegant chandelier hanging from the ceiling that was perfect to light the room when it got dark. The closet was also something that made Midnight more shocked, it was as if it was a small room, it even had a full-length three-sided mirror inside so that she could look at herself when she is changing, but that wasn’t the thing that had caught her eyes the most, in a corner of the room was a desk with a few sheets of paper, three mannequins and a few beginners sewing supplies.

When Midnight got closer to the desk she realized that those weren’t just some pieces of paper, but those were her designs.

“Th-these…” was all she managed to say before Pipp got her attention again.

“Go and look inside the closet, that’s not the only thing that would surprise you,” Pipp said

Midnight listened to her and went to go check the closet more thoroughly, and for a third time she was shocked beyond belief, inside was a magnificent dress, made with sky-blue silk, it resembled a dress only a princess would wear to a ball.

A piece of paper flew into her view catching Midnight off guard.

“Oh sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” Pipp said as she floated the piece of paper in front of her.

It took a second for Midnight’s to fully understand what the piece of paper was. It was one of the dresses she drew, she looked between the drawing and the dress in front of her. She realized that the dress she drew had become a reality.

At that point, Midnight couldn’t hold it any longer, a few small tears fell from her eyes, something that Pipp noticed immediately, “M-midnight, a-are you al—”

Without any warning, Midnight dove into Pipp wrapping her in a tight hug, “T-thank you, Miss Shine”

Pipp hugged her back gently appreciating that she was ok, “You’re welcome, sweetie, and please call me Twinkle, Miss Shine is just way too formal and I haven’t actually adopted you just yet, so “Mom” or “Mommy” doesn’t feel right either,”

“Ok, Twinkle, but what if I accidentally call you Mom or Mommy?" Midnight asked curiously.

“If you do, then we will go back to the orphanage and force them to let me adopt you right now,” Pipp said as she giggled.

Midnight also joined in the giggling, with how things are going right now, both Pipp and Midnight are wishing that they could be a family one day.

That night, Pipp tucked Midnight in her bed, she gave her a small kiss on her forehead and went to go out of the room, “T-twinkle?” Midnight asked, a little scared.

“Yes, Midnight?” Pipp turned around to look at her, hoping everything was ok.

“W-would…” she said, unable to say the final words.

“You want me to come sleep with you?” Pipp asked, a little nervous, but also hopeful.

Midnight nodded, burying her face under the covers.

Pipp looked down at her necklace, she saw that the time she had left to maintain the disguise was still a little over a week left of charge before she had to recharge, smiling to herself, she softly walked around the bed and hopped on in, she got under the sheets with Midnight.

Once she was settled in, Midnight softly moved over to Pipp, Pipp wrapped her hooves around her, a little disappointed that she couldn’t use her wings, but seeing Midnight now fast asleep in her arms took away the disappointment and was replaced with love and hope.

She again kissed Midnight’s forehead before she slowly allowed herself to relax and fall asleep.

Author's Note

Looks like everything is going well with them.
What do y’all think?