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- >Day a surprise for you all
- >your daughter and son are fighting
- >as usual
- >Treble, your son, was lead musician at his school
- >Clef, your daughter, was also lead musician at her school
- >they refused to school together
- >they'd sit in their rooms all day, their instruments getting progressively noisier as their competition continued
- >it needed to end
- >one morning your lovely wife, the talented and very much retired leader of the Canterlot Symphony, was awake and yelling at the children
- >"If it's not one thing, it's another. If you two do not cease immediately, I'm removing you both from your musical programs!"
- >you feel defeat in the air as the hoofsteps of your wife angrily trudge your way
- >"Fucking brats."
- "Octy..."
- >"Do not 'Octy' me!"
- "Yeesh. You're more strung out than 80-year-old rope."
- >she scoffs and falls face down on your king size bed
- >yeah, king size
- >"Your earthly quotations are going to be the death of me."
- "I plead the fifth and blame Clay."
- >she giggles and punches your shoulder softly
- >you take the opportunity to lean over and kiss her
- >it's soft and short, but very emotional for you
- >you don't typically get the chance to marry the mare of your dreams
- >these feels just couldn't be explained
- >there's a soft knock on the door
- >"Come in."
- >it creaks open slowly revealing your third child, Concerto
- >she's much younger than Treble and Clef
- >while they were born twins, Concerto came about a staggering 13 years later
- >by the time she came about, doctors were used to saying, "Sir, your child is a healthy satyr."
- >times sure had changed
- >Concerto creeps in, clutching her security blanket tighter than an anaconda's grip
- >the bottoms of her periwinkle footie pajamas scuffed across the floor lightly
- >her pudgy little face made you smile when she reached out to be lifted
- "Alley-oop."
- >her hair was blonde and her eyes green
- >if anything threw you and Octavia for a loop, it was seeing Concerto for the first time
- >most every satyr you'd seen had replicated traits of their pony parent
- >Concerto looked to you like your grandmother did in her sepia pictures
- >it was beautiful, really
- >Octavia nuzzled closer to the two of you
- >"Is everything ok, sweetie?"
- >the three year old began mouthing words, preparing to speak
- >"Mommy, how come... how come big sis and... big brother are always aw-guing?"
- >you pull your toddler daughter close and give her a little hug
- "They're teenagers, sweetie. They could argue about anything, really. It's just a battle to be number one. Soon enough, you'll be one, too."
- >her eyes widen at the finality of that statement
- >"But I don't wanna be a teenacker, daddy!"
- >she turns to her mother, eyes welling up
- >"Daddy's gonna force me to be a teenacker, mommy!"
- >it's Octavia's turn to be amused
- >she kisses Concerto's belly, blowing a little raspberry
- >"No, you silly goose. Being a teenager is part of growing, little one."
- >your pony waifu rolls off of the bed and takes up her cello
- >"You see, life is one large scale symphony."
- >you loved it when she did this
- >she starts with a long, slow chord, closing her eyes and feeling the bow in her hoof
- >"Through your childhood, there are many phases and changers you will experience."
- >the music becomes one steady, on-beat hoof thumper
- >Octy had the steadiest hooves around, and could hit any note from any song in any genre whenever she felt
- >"Concerto, when you turn twelve or thirteen, things will feel a lot more chaotic."
- >queue transition to freestyle jazz with absolutely no vector
- >direction and magnitude
- >hated that douche
- >your little satyr girl bounced in your hold, smiling with her three new teeth
- >Octavia laughed, crying a little, too
- >you reached over, taking the back of her head in your palm and pulling her close for a kiss
- >it surprised her, yes, but she was into that
- >CRASH!
- >the three of you jump
- >you clutch Concerto worriedly
- >"You... you... fucking moron!"
- >"I'm not the one who left my shitty trumpet at the foot of my bed!"
- >the ensuing argument causes Octavia to rush out of the bedroom, red-faced
- >you tickle Concerto
- "Can you be cute forever, please?
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