Post by Diamond on Oct 6, 2012 23:54:14 GMT -5
Staring:
Bardigan
Diamond_Dancer
Scene: White Tail Woods
It's one of -THOSE- days today. The bright days. The sunny days. The GOOD days. The days where Diamond doesn't wake up with muffled screams from a nightmare, or her legs twisted underneath her in the sheets. One of the days where her heart beats vividly, she can -smell- the air, taste the breeze, and feel the wind. It's one of THOSE days...it's a good day. The little filly trots about White Tail Wood happily, babbling about her life, the city, and collecting a star. "I Can't BELIEVE I get to live in a REAL house! I ain't never had no house before! I've always wanted one! And a room! I've always wanted my own room! Canni have my own room in dis new house?! "She pips brightly, all smiles and cheer.
"It was always a real house," Bardigan chides Diamond with a gentle smile. "Did you think I was renting the place? I just finally scraped together the money to give you your own room. I know how much you liked the spare mattress, so you get to keep that, but my newfound fame was the only thing that let me do some real renovating. Wait till you see it. I think you'll like the decor, us being nocturnal ponies at all. Honestly, I'm surprised we haven't sprouted bat-wings and slitted pupils yet."
Diamond_Dancer Shudders at the last comment and shakes her head, brushing away a creeping darkness of memories. " I -HAD- dose, remembah? Not as much fun as advertised. But I was totally diggin' the spare mattress! It is SO weird not wakin' up next to skyrats n' trash! But...ya know...uh...Yeah weird! But da Docta' says sleepin in a bed, and not livin in an ally is makin me a LOT healthier! "She explainss brightly, eyes shinning with...wait...is that hope?
"I should think," Bardigan says quietly, giving her mane a little ruffle with his wing. They come down the familiar path to Bardigan's house, which is becoming more and more his permanent residence the more Diamond ingratiates herself into his life. They head up to the door and open it, and Bardigan lays a wing over Diamond's head. "Now, close your eyes!" he says, and leads her up the stairs to the second story, past the knick-knacks, the perpetually messy study, and on up to a new room at the end of the hall, not far down from Bardigan's own room. "I want you to be surprised by this."
Diamond_Dancer hops up and down, alternating hooves and squeees quietly, practically prancing in place! Even she sometimes forgets she's just a filly sometimes, and she surges with excitement. "I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't WAIT! Ok, ok, I..Ok! OK..Eyes is closed! CLOSED! Dey...Oooo, Hurry up, hurry up!" She squeals excitedly! Diamond Dancer- would be knight of the realm, and squealing about her own room. It's a dream come true for her, it really truly is.
Bardigan grins and can't help but draw it out a bit. He gives her a few more seconds to squirm before he lets her hear the door creak open. "Here it is... your very own personal getaway from the world!" And the door opens up to a wonderfully lit room beyond, with Diamond's favorite mattress sitting upon a four poster bed. All the furnishings are there to make the room livable, made of polished wood, and most of it all decorated in some nocturnal or space theme or other. Stars decorate the ceiling. The bookcase has a variety of books, from everything to stars to instructions on how to fly to the history of mangos in Equestrian agriculture. And at the window is a simple brass telescope, pointing out at the sky above Ponyville and distant Canterlot. "Well? How do you like it?"
Diamond_Dancer's eyes widen when she FINALLY gets to see her room...and she tears up. Her mouth opens, then shuts, opens again and then goes slack, while tears slowly start to streak down her cheeks. "I....I, I....I...." She gasps, feverishly looks at Bardigan, then back to the room...then simply nods her head, utterly speechless...and thats a first!
The silence is deafening. Bardigan's huge grin starts to falter as his eyes dart from Diamond to the room and back again. "Er... little... gem?" he asks tremulously. "Do... do you... like it?"
Finally, Diamond_Dancer SQUEALS in the apex of joy and delight! "Bardigan, DIS is one of da BESTEST presents I has EVAH gotten! I...Oh...Oh, I...OH- Dank ...DANK YOU!" She shrieks, arching forward and wrapping her hooves around the other pony's neck, complete and totally overcome with emotion. She weeping and beaming and...is this...is this what being happy feels like?
Bardigan's shoulders sag visibly with relief as Diamond leaps upon him. He drops onto his stomach with a loud, sighing laugh and hugs Diamond to him. "Oh, goodness! It's the least I could do, Diamond! This place was so lonesome before you started living here!" He plucks her up and carries her into the room on his back. "Now, just look! You have dressers and telescopes and that bed! I made sure it has the fluffiest covers in all of Equestria." Disregarding the fact that she probably can't feel them. But only the best for his little Diamond. "You can fill this space with anything you desire! Make it your own! Tell your own story through the walls and floorboards!"
Diamond_Dancer looks like she's about to BURST with joy from the room, her brother all the effort...everything... "...D, dis...dis is like a story...my story....My story has a happy ending..."She says softly, tears in her eyes as she holds onto her brother tightly. " ...I didn't know dis could happen. Dat...dat it could go from being so bad to being so good...D, dat it's all gonna be ok. It's gonna be ok, isn't it?! d, Dank you....dank you so much. "She sobs, and nuzzles against her brother's neck. "I, I love you..."
Oh, little gem," Bardigan says, stepping up onto the bed and settling down, tilting his head back to give Diamond a warm nuzzle. "I love you, too. How couldn't I? You're the greatest little filly I've ever known." The only love he's had so far that hasn't run or refused him, really. He smiles reaching back to give her a hug. "There now. No more tears... no more sad ones, at least. You have a home. A real home... you always will with me."
Bardigan
Diamond_Dancer
Scene: White Tail Woods
It's one of -THOSE- days today. The bright days. The sunny days. The GOOD days. The days where Diamond doesn't wake up with muffled screams from a nightmare, or her legs twisted underneath her in the sheets. One of the days where her heart beats vividly, she can -smell- the air, taste the breeze, and feel the wind. It's one of THOSE days...it's a good day. The little filly trots about White Tail Wood happily, babbling about her life, the city, and collecting a star. "I Can't BELIEVE I get to live in a REAL house! I ain't never had no house before! I've always wanted one! And a room! I've always wanted my own room! Canni have my own room in dis new house?! "She pips brightly, all smiles and cheer.
"It was always a real house," Bardigan chides Diamond with a gentle smile. "Did you think I was renting the place? I just finally scraped together the money to give you your own room. I know how much you liked the spare mattress, so you get to keep that, but my newfound fame was the only thing that let me do some real renovating. Wait till you see it. I think you'll like the decor, us being nocturnal ponies at all. Honestly, I'm surprised we haven't sprouted bat-wings and slitted pupils yet."
Diamond_Dancer Shudders at the last comment and shakes her head, brushing away a creeping darkness of memories. " I -HAD- dose, remembah? Not as much fun as advertised. But I was totally diggin' the spare mattress! It is SO weird not wakin' up next to skyrats n' trash! But...ya know...uh...Yeah weird! But da Docta' says sleepin in a bed, and not livin in an ally is makin me a LOT healthier! "She explainss brightly, eyes shinning with...wait...is that hope?
"I should think," Bardigan says quietly, giving her mane a little ruffle with his wing. They come down the familiar path to Bardigan's house, which is becoming more and more his permanent residence the more Diamond ingratiates herself into his life. They head up to the door and open it, and Bardigan lays a wing over Diamond's head. "Now, close your eyes!" he says, and leads her up the stairs to the second story, past the knick-knacks, the perpetually messy study, and on up to a new room at the end of the hall, not far down from Bardigan's own room. "I want you to be surprised by this."
Diamond_Dancer hops up and down, alternating hooves and squeees quietly, practically prancing in place! Even she sometimes forgets she's just a filly sometimes, and she surges with excitement. "I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't WAIT! Ok, ok, I..Ok! OK..Eyes is closed! CLOSED! Dey...Oooo, Hurry up, hurry up!" She squeals excitedly! Diamond Dancer- would be knight of the realm, and squealing about her own room. It's a dream come true for her, it really truly is.
Bardigan grins and can't help but draw it out a bit. He gives her a few more seconds to squirm before he lets her hear the door creak open. "Here it is... your very own personal getaway from the world!" And the door opens up to a wonderfully lit room beyond, with Diamond's favorite mattress sitting upon a four poster bed. All the furnishings are there to make the room livable, made of polished wood, and most of it all decorated in some nocturnal or space theme or other. Stars decorate the ceiling. The bookcase has a variety of books, from everything to stars to instructions on how to fly to the history of mangos in Equestrian agriculture. And at the window is a simple brass telescope, pointing out at the sky above Ponyville and distant Canterlot. "Well? How do you like it?"
Diamond_Dancer's eyes widen when she FINALLY gets to see her room...and she tears up. Her mouth opens, then shuts, opens again and then goes slack, while tears slowly start to streak down her cheeks. "I....I, I....I...." She gasps, feverishly looks at Bardigan, then back to the room...then simply nods her head, utterly speechless...and thats a first!
The silence is deafening. Bardigan's huge grin starts to falter as his eyes dart from Diamond to the room and back again. "Er... little... gem?" he asks tremulously. "Do... do you... like it?"
Finally, Diamond_Dancer SQUEALS in the apex of joy and delight! "Bardigan, DIS is one of da BESTEST presents I has EVAH gotten! I...Oh...Oh, I...OH- Dank ...DANK YOU!" She shrieks, arching forward and wrapping her hooves around the other pony's neck, complete and totally overcome with emotion. She weeping and beaming and...is this...is this what being happy feels like?
Bardigan's shoulders sag visibly with relief as Diamond leaps upon him. He drops onto his stomach with a loud, sighing laugh and hugs Diamond to him. "Oh, goodness! It's the least I could do, Diamond! This place was so lonesome before you started living here!" He plucks her up and carries her into the room on his back. "Now, just look! You have dressers and telescopes and that bed! I made sure it has the fluffiest covers in all of Equestria." Disregarding the fact that she probably can't feel them. But only the best for his little Diamond. "You can fill this space with anything you desire! Make it your own! Tell your own story through the walls and floorboards!"
Diamond_Dancer looks like she's about to BURST with joy from the room, her brother all the effort...everything... "...D, dis...dis is like a story...my story....My story has a happy ending..."She says softly, tears in her eyes as she holds onto her brother tightly. " ...I didn't know dis could happen. Dat...dat it could go from being so bad to being so good...D, dat it's all gonna be ok. It's gonna be ok, isn't it?! d, Dank you....dank you so much. "She sobs, and nuzzles against her brother's neck. "I, I love you..."
Oh, little gem," Bardigan says, stepping up onto the bed and settling down, tilting his head back to give Diamond a warm nuzzle. "I love you, too. How couldn't I? You're the greatest little filly I've ever known." The only love he's had so far that hasn't run or refused him, really. He smiles reaching back to give her a hug. "There now. No more tears... no more sad ones, at least. You have a home. A real home... you always will with me."