/ Ch.8 A Busy Day Of Being Busy / Story: Aero's Amorous Adventures / by StormHoof32 /-/
Aero walked away from the farm, rubbing his now slightly bulging tummy. He would have controlled himself but Applejack's family made so much delicious food that he couldn't help himself. He grimaced before turning toward the center of town as it was nearing mid day. As he walked through he watched many of the shop ponies closing up their carts for lunch. Aero decided to follow them to where they were all going. He wouldn't eat of course but his curiosity had already gotten the better of him as he walked behind them. Aero had to stop and look again as they turned a corner, revealing a large storefront that looked as though it were made of cake. It reminded him strangely of the story of the gingerbread house and the evil unicorn that ate fillies and colts if they got lost in her forest.
Just the sight of all the sugary pastries and delicacies inside slowly started turning him a shade of green that caused a unicorn with quite the beautiful mane to sneeze as she worked on a dress. As Aero turned around, his nausea all but forgotten, as he came face to face once more with Pinkie Pie. Her nose was almost touching his as her grin got ever wider.
"Hiya!" she said as she began bouncing in place. Aero was still unsure as to how to deal with this mare that seemed more hyperactive than any filly or colt. As she bounced around him he could make out the light scent of cake and muffins, and quite possibly massive amounts of chocolate. Before he could walk away to nurse his aching belly, it went empty. He looked down at his stomach in bewilderment as Pinkie continued to bounce like a pink rubber ball. He looked back up at her as she stopped and looked directly at him.
"Now you can try some sweets!" she said merrily as she hopped through the door. Leaving Aero dumbfounded as to how anypony aside from a unicorn or princess managed to make room in his stomach. However he must have stared too long at the door as a cyan blue hoof closed his mouth, surprising him yet again today. "W-What?" he stuttered as his mind struggled to comprehend the strange pink mare.
"Relax kid, it's just Pinkie being Pinkie. And if you try and think too hard about it, you'll probably explode like Twilight did." the cyan mare said as she laughed and patted Aero on head. "I don't think I've seen you around here kid. What's your name?"
"Uh...Aero." He replied as he continued looking toward the building Pinkie had just entered. Above the door was a sign that read 'SUGARCUBE CORNER, where teens come to eat sweets.'
"Aero huh? Nice name. I'm Rainbow Dash, future wonderbolt and fastest flyer in Equestria. Yeah, I know, I'm awesome." He said as she gestured to herself with a hoof, Striking a pose as she talked.
"Fastest Flyer?" he said in confusion as he looked up at her. "I thought Captain Spitfire was the fastest."
Rainbow Dash scrunched up her face in irritation that a pony hadn't heard of her. "I'll have you know that Spitfire may be fast, but I'm the only one who's pulled off a Sonic Rainboom twice." she said, her pride swelling a bit at the sudden look of awe on Aero's face.
"Can I see?" he asked, his wings giving a buzz in excitement. However Rainbow shook her head and gave a light laugh.
"Maybe later today. Right now I have to talk to Applejack about the snow storm we have scheduled." She said as she ruffled Aero's mane. "But it was nice meeting you kid. I'll see you around."
As soon as she was done talking she had left, leaving behind a very Rainbow Dash shaped cloud of dust. Aero watched her leave as he looked back at his own wings. Maybe someday he'd be able to fly like that. Shrugging he entered Sugarcube Corner and was blasted by the sweet smells of baking goods and delicious confections. His stomach now empty he walked up to the line for the counter. Aero was content to wait, and was doing just that when a small hoof tapped his shoulder. There behind him was a filly with a white coat and a two tone pink and light purple mane. Her cutie mark was a small three tone red, pink and light purple with a darker purple star in the middle and a pink musical note. The filly looked at him with a big smile.
"Hi, I'm Sweetie Belle, what's your name?" she asked. Aero had to stop himself from releasing a very unstallion-like squee as her voice cracked. It had to have been the most adorable thing Aero had ever seen.
"I'm Aero." He replied as she stepped forward to stand next to him as the line moved.
"It's nice to meet you Aero. Have you met my friends yet? They'll be here soon." She said as two fillies came running through the door. They both came to a sliding halt as they turned to each other and began immediately arguing over who had won their race. It wasn't until Sweetie Belle cleared her throat that the two stopped and looked at her. Aero watched as their eye's drifted over to him and widened. At the sight of him they ran up with grins that almost match Sweetie Belle's. The yellow and red filly was the first to speak as she attempted to shake his hoof out of it's socket.
"Heya, Name's Apple Bloom, What's yours?" she asked in a light southern accent. A red bow sat in her mane and wiggled back and forth as she moved. This must have been the sister that Applejack had told Aero about. He smiled and attempted to get his hoof back as Sweetie Belle answered for him.
"He says his name is Aero." she said as Scootaloo pushed Apple Bloom out of the way to shake his hoof.
"Nice to meet you Aero, My name's Scootaloo." she said happily as her slightly smaller wings buzzed. Aero smiled back as they all turned to notice that the line had gotten much smaller. They all moved up but before they could gain any distance, a new group of ponies came rushing in. They filled the line once more, leaving the disappointed fillies and one colt at the very back. From outside, a few pegasi and earth ponies stopped as a resounding, "OH COME ON!" rang out from Sugarcube Corner.
Luna sat with Twilight as they sipped some tea. Tea was something Luna had only recently gotten use to. Her sister always had her tea time and for the longest time Luna just had no interest. But after her return she found so many different variety's of tea that she thought she should give it a try. As of late, Blueberry tea was her favorite. She smiled as the aroma of blueberries drifted up from her cup. They had finished discussing preparations for the Celebration and had recently moved on to a new topic.
Twilight continued to try and explain her hypothesis on what comets where. She was in the middle of explaining that she thought comets where bits of magic that had been trapped in the atmosphere of the planet. As she explained her reasoning behind this, Luna giggled and place her hoof on Twilights mouth, effectively silencing her for the moment.
"I'd hate to be the one to spoil your fun, but comets in fact are large balls of ice that have started melting as they come close to Tia's sun." she said as she watched Twilight's eye's go wide. Immediately Luna began to regret her decision. The look on Twilight's face was undoubtedly her Idea look. Luna groaned internally as Twilight went off into a scientific rant on the implications this knowledge could have on centuries of astronomy.
They both stopped however as a loud voice intruded into the castle. "OH COME ON!" it rang out. It's clarion call causing Luna and Twilight to cringe slightly.
"I guess somepony isn't too happy." Twilight said, breaking the silence as the two broke out into laughter.
Aero and his new friends all sat at a table now, a large milkshake in front of each of them. However they all watched as Aero took the first drink a little too fast. They all laughed as he held his hooves to his head in a vain attempt to stop the pain of his brain freeze. He had ordered a cookies and cream milkshake while the others had all ordered chocolate. After they had calmed down they all got started on their shakes. Before he knew it, a little card showed up in front of him. Aero curiously picked up the card and read the note on it.
Meet here at six pm for a surprise.
Aero looked up at Sugarcube Corner as it stood against a darkening sky. After he had left the shop earlier, he had found a note stuck to his mane. The note had been from Pinkie and had said for him to be at Sugarcube Corner around six pm. However it looked to him like nopony was home. All the lights were off inside and he couldn't see a thing. Curiously he pushed a hoof against the door. It swung open with a slight creak as he entered. Before he could even fumble for a light switch, the lights turned on.
"SURPRISE!" yelled out a cavalcade of voices, nearly scaring him out of his skin as he rubbed at his eye's. He could see that most of the town had somehow been shoved inside the small building. There in the front was Luna, smiling at him as brightly as her moon shined. She walked up and nuzzled him.
"I missed you." She whispered, causing his ear to flick. He smiled and nuzzled back.
"I missed you too." he replied as music started up and ponies began to have fun in earnest. Aero looked up at his princess with a smile.
"What is all this?" he asked.
"This is a surprise party, started by miss Pinkie Pie. According to Twilight she does this for ever new pony who comes to Ponyville." Luna said with a giggle. She draped a wing over Aero as she led him over to the drinks and food, determined to have as much fun tonight as she planned to have on the night of the Celebration. However Twilight still watched them from her table, where her friends where now all sitting. She smiled as she remembered Luna's offer. Turning back to the conversation with her friends. As they spoke she continued to smile, her mood even better than before.
Luna sat with Aero as she nibbled on a slice of red velvet cake. She had been listening to what Aero had gone and done today, giggling as he explained how Pinkie Pie confused him greatly.
"Dear Pinkie is one of the mysteries of Equestria these days. It would be best to ignore it my dearest." She said as Aero ate yet another cookie. Tomorrow night would be the start of the first Winter Solstice Celebration. And on that thought she leaned down and licked a crumb from his cheek and replaced it with a gentle kiss. Tonight, during his dreams she would tell him of his new role as the royal consort and of the foal she would be carrying.
Sweet dreams my Aero. I hope you are ready. she thought as she leaned back and continued to eat her cake.