“Hey Sunny!” A voice shouted from the Brighthouse causing the two mares to instinctively begin to turn their heads. The sound of Sunny chewing the cookie stopped and she cleared her throat.

Realising just how big of a disaster could start, Misty did the only thing she could think of in the moment. She squinted her eyes then pulled Sunny close to her. They were face to face, and Misty could feel Sunny’s breath on her. Misty thought about bringing their faces even closer, maybe even securing her first kiss…

The sounds from the Brighthouse were blocked out from her. All she could focus on was how close she was to Sunny right now. Her stomach twisted and turned, this didn’t feel like her usual anxiety. Something felt different. Misty just wasn’t sure why.

Sunny’s eyes were fixated on Misty’s and she felt a weird sensation wash over her. Had Misty always been this beautiful or was she just now noticing? Why all of a sudden did she feel so nervous around a new friend? The two stared at one another for what felt like minutes, but in reality was only a short time.

So many questions ran through both Sunny and Misty’s minds until those thoughts were interrupted by a pony approaching them.

“Sunny! Zipp and I have finished setting up- Oh Misty you’re still here! That’s perfect!” Pipp flew over. She had her phone glued to her hoof like usual and was about to continue her thought until she sensed a weird tension in the air. “Uhm, I’m not interrupting something, Am I?” She giggled.

“No! No not at all haha!” Misty laughed as she pulled away from Sunny; who seemed to be in a trance. “We were just uhm, talking about…” She hesitated. “Smoothies! Yes, yes smoothies! You know how Sunny just loves… smoothies…”

Pipp couldn’t exactly argue with that. Sunny did in fact love smoothies.

The pegasus princess wasn’t exactly blind when it came to romance and awkward feelings, so she definitely sensed that it was her time to give the two some more alone time.

“Okay! So I’m gonna go back inside with the others, you two join us when you’re ready! Don’t take too long!” Pipp laughed once again and snapped a picture of the two together. “Aw so adorable!” She began trotting away and mumbled as she edited the photo. “Sunny and Misty’s (potential) first kiss!”

“Sunny? Are you okay? Oh my gosh please be okay…” Misty whispered. Sunny hadn’t yet spoken since the spell had been activated. Luckily, Misty was confident she saw her instead of Pipp first, so she didn’t need to worry about that. Unfortunately she was worrying about any potential side effects. From what she knew the book that had the spell was very old, dust had claimed the pages and the edges were torn.

“Misty?” Sunny finally spoke. Her eyes wide. Cheeks pink. Smile like a lovestruck teenager.

“You’re okay? Okay good, I mean why wouldn’t you be okay! Nothing happened at all I guess I just… You’re okay!” Misty smiled. Okay, this wasn’t so bad.

“I’m more than okay!” Sunny grinned, getting closer to Misty. “Have you always had such a beautiful smile or am I just now noticing?”

Misty’s eyes widened. She was not prepared for the love part of the love spell. She had never been in a situation like this before.

“Oh uhm.. Just now?” Misty had never received such a compliment before.

Sunny just nodded and held out her hoof to Misty. “We should join the others, they’ll be glad you didn’t leave. I know I certainly am!”

Misty nodded. “You go ahead, I’ll be right behind you!” Misty didn’t take Sunny’s hoof but offered a smile instead, which Sunny eagerly returned.

As soon as her potential new mare friend was at the Brighthouse entrance Misty let out a breath. “Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh. Okay, it worked! I didn’t think it would work…Well, I mean I did, but not like this! Oh my gosh she actually loves me…”

After Misty finished her mini panic session in the community garden, she trotted back towards the Brighthouse to re-join her friends. She hoped the rest wouldn’t be too suspicious of Sunny’s sudden change in behaviour; especially Zipp. Misty placed her hoof on the pink door and looked up towards the images above, grimacing on how she had completely fumbled at picking a last name. Without letting it distract her too much, she opened the door.

“Look who’s back!” Misty was tackled in a hug from two ponies, Sunny and Izzy. Zipp and Pipp hung back and hovered next to some decorations that definitely weren’t there before. Misty looked around and the room shimmered with crystals from the floor to the ceiling. The lights from a lantern and the moon made them shine in such a beautiful way that left Misty in awe.

“It reminds me so much of home!” Misty didn’t know what a ‘sparkle’ was or how it worked, but she definitely knew that Izzy’s was shining bright in that moment. “I LOVE IT SO MUCH!” Izzy jumped around the room with glee that could warm the hearts of just about any pony (except Opaline, of course).

“Well what do you say, ponies? Ready to get this sleepover back in action?” Zipp zoomed towards the centre of the room, by all of the sleeping bags and had a bunch more crystals. The rest of the ponies followed suit and sat in a circle, ready to continue.

Before the festivities started again though, Sunny snuggled up close to Misty and whispered. “Don’t worry, I didn’t tell them about you and Bridlewood.” Then she leaned her head against Misty’s shoulder. Misty shivered at the sensation of Sunny being that close to her once again. All she had the energy to do was smile and nod.

Luckily, the only pony who seemed to notice the sudden closeness of the two mares in the moment did not say a word, and soon Izzy began to teach the words to a new sleepover song.

Misty’s eyes crept open and she was blinded by the sunlight that overpowered the Brighthouse. She sat up slightly and turned her head towards the window. The mixture of orange and yellow was overbearing. She looked over towards a phone next to her that showed the time. 6:15am.

She was used to always being up early. Opaline needed her breakfast prepared at 7am sharp everyday. Along with that Misty liked to do her chores before the fire alicorn had a chance to wake up; less chance of being yelled at for doing things wrong that way.

Misty guessed that the rest of the mares weren’t such morning ponies. Her suspicion was confirmed when her body jolted due to Izzy’s snoring- which sounded like a million alarm bells going off at once.

Izzy wasn’t even next to her; that pleasure was reserved for Sunny. Misty studied the space in the room and noticed that the two of them were a lot closer than every pony else. Misty decided that this wasn’t an issue, if she was going to go through with this plan then she needed to get used to the little things like this.

Misty continued to sit there quietly. She wondered whether she should wake any pony up. Would it be rude to wake them? Or was it rude to let them sleep? She had no idea about all these unwritten sleepover rules.

Before she had the chance to ponder any longer, the decision was made for her when Sunny awoke with the messiest bedhead Misty had ever witnessed- and Opaline tended to have some pretty awful mane days.

“Morning Misty.” Sunny smiled and leaned over towards Misty, pulling the mare close. Misty knew what this was. A hug. She awkwardly reciprocated the gesture and gave a smile back towards Sunny.

“Good morning Sunny. Uhm, I didn’t wake you did I? I only just woke up myself and didn’t know whether to let the rest of you sleep or-”

Misty was cut off by Sunny’s giggling “It’s fine, it’s fine. We can head to the kitchen and start on breakfast while they sleep in a little longer. But first, I need to get this mane sorted!” Sunny picked up the special mirror that Opaline had gotten for her. Misty made a face, hoping that Opaline wouldn’t choose this moment to appear, forgetting for a moment that it didn’t even work inside the Brighthouse.

As Sunny ventured off into the bathroom Misty took the opportunity to pick back up the mirror that Sunny had just used. She then headed her way downstairs and towards the nearest window, sticking her head out.

“Psst, Opaline!” No response. “Opaline?”

After a few more seconds of no response, Misty finally got a very startling one. “MISTY what are you doing waking me up from my beauty sleep? I know a pony like you wouldn’t value it, but I DO! Now, what do you want?” Misty frowned at the subtle dig at her, then covered it with a proud smile.

“I did it Opaline! The plan is working!”

“Perfect!” The news of the plan succeeding so far was enough to temporarily lift Opaline’s morning grumpiness, but not for long. “Now make sure to get as many of the secrets of the crystals as you can! And do NOT blow your cover. Okay?” Misty nodded eagerly. “Now, I have some beauty sleep to get back to!” With that, Opaline’s image faded away.

Misty then made her way to the kitchen table and sat down. It wasn’t long after that Sunny came to join her. Sunny stood by the counter and began preparing to make a smoothie.

“So I was thinking, later today, we should go on a date! I know a great spot by the beach.” Sunny smiled and looked over to Misty, who looked like she was going to choke on air. “Are you okay?”

“Perfect! Perfect, perfect! Aha, the beach sounds great! It’s a date! Oh my gosh a date…” Misty mumbled the last part. She didn’t want to show just how nervous she was about this entire scheme. What puzzled Misty the most was how normal Sunny still was. The only difference seemed to be her attraction to Misty. The unicorn thought that the spell would have more of an effect, but she was glad it didn’t.

“Speaking of a date… I should go get ready for it! Meet you here at uhm.. Later? Okay bye Sunny!” Misty needed a moment to herself and did so in the most normal way she could think of; which for Misty wasn’t really all that smooth. Misty ran to the exit of the Brighthouse and left in a flash. She could challenge Zipp for that kind of speed.

Sunny stood there bewildered as Misty left. She didn’t dwell on it much. She had a date with Misty and she was over the moon about it!

Author's Note

Chapter 3 is here! Let me know what you think. Any feedback is appreciated. Sorry it took longer than expected. Chapter 4 is in the works.