OMG INFRARED TIME!! Enjoy, thanks for reading, review! Next up we have Mars and Cyrus reading Jupiter's diary. ;3


Even fluffier fluff of Mars and Dawn and carousels. Yayz.

Walking around with a corndog in one hand and her purse in the other, Mars was incredibly bored at the fair held near Solaceon Town. Saturn and Jupiter had ditched her when she went to the bathroom, leaving her to wander aimlessly through the large grounds alone.

The red-head's mind drifted off as she strolled, focusing in on a certain blue-haired ten-year-old who had been MIA for a while.

"Mars?" a timid, quiet voice incredulously asked from behind the older girl, who felt a slight poke in her back.

"Dawn?! OMG, what are you doing here?" Mars immediately recognized the high voice of her blue-eyed love interest.

"I'm here for the fair, silly! What are you here for is a better question, though. I hope you're not planning to spoil the fun," Dawn sweetly pouted, making Mars melt.

"Oooooh, of course not, Saturn, Jupiter and I just came by to see what the fair was about, but they ran off together and left me alone," she frowned, thinking of her less-than-loyal fellow commanders.

"That's mean of them! I'm here alone too, we could walk around together… if you don't mind too much, that is."

"That'd be great, dear, I'd love to."

"M'kay, well, what do you like to do at carnivals?"

"Go on all the rides I can! Jupiter gets sick on roller coasters so we haven't gone on any of those yet, but I'd like to."

"I love roller coasters, let's go!"

Dawn grabbed Mars' arm and dragged her off in the direction of the closest coaster, a narrow, twisting metal contortion that sped wildly along its course.

"After this, let's go on the merry-go-round, okay?" Dawn asked, sitting next to Mars in the car.

"Alrighty, sounds good to me," Mars replied, putting her hands behind her head and sprawling out.

Soon the two were frantically clutching each other in fear, shrieking at the top of their lungs as the ride lurched forwards, backwards and in all directions.

Stumbling blindly off the intense coaster, they laughed, still holding onto each other and plodding along to the waiting carousel.

"That was so extreme! My head is still spinning from going in all those loops," Dawn giggled, plopping down on a bench and grabbing her skull.

"I wonder if they have any that are even crazier than that one, it was awesome!" Mars agreed, sitting next to the younger girl.

"I hope they don't, I doubt I could take something worse. Are you ready for the merry-go-round?" Dawn shakily stood up, trying to stabilize herself.

"Yep, whenever you're good," was the confident reply as the older female strode off to the revolving ride.

"Oh no, look, I'm too young and short to ride the big one by myself… will you ride with me?" Dawn frowned, reading the sign and standing next to the height limit for the larger, faster of the two carousels.

"Sure! No problemo, just pick your horse," Mars smiled, following her onto the platform.

"Can we ride the pretty white one there, with the red, purple and blue gemstones?" Dawn eagerly pointed at an elegant, large horse with silver carvings and an outstretched, jumping pose.

"Ooooooh, that one's so pretty, let's go!" Mars squeed, hopping easily onto the wooden beast and helping the smaller female up.

"Yay, this is going to be so much fun!" she happily grabbed the pole, sitting in Mars' lap.

"Yep."

The ride started, slowly at first, before speeding up and rotating much faster.

The cheery music played as Mars and Dawn laughed about nothing in particular. People around them eyed the pair strangely but remained silent.

The glares of other people meant little to the two girls, who were quite content to stay in each others' company for another two go-arounds before finally being ordered off.

Skipping arm-in-arm down the main corridor of the fair, they stopped on the outskirts and gazed at the sun, sinking lower and lower on the horizon.

"MAAAARS! There you are! It's time to go home, come along now," Saturn waved from off in the distance, his other arm around Jupiter, who appeared to be staring off into the sky at a faintly shining planet or star.

"Ooooooh, I've gotta go back with them, dangit! Why do they always want to leave so early? Hey, will you be here tomorrow? I will if you are," Mars stomped her foot before getting a thoughtful look on her face.

"Yeah, I'll be back. Should we meet here at, say, 9?" Dawn agreed, thinking.

"Sure, that sounds great! See you then!" Mars turned to walk off before being stopped by the gentle, uncertain touch of Dawn's fingers on her arm.

"I had a really nice time today… because of you," Dawn whispered, leaning up and tenderly kissing Mars on the cheek for a couple seconds before turning and running off.

Mars remained stationary for a minute or two, raising her hand to her cheek and stroking the now-flushed skin before smiling and heading after her fellow commanders, faithfully waiting for her on the hill.