Colorful Ribbons of Joy

[twilightpony]

The crystal ponies must be happy. There are ribbons of colored light streaming across the night sky and at its source, the Crystal Empire. Their Winter Festival, the first in over a thousand years, is almost over. By all the accounts I've read, it has been a glowing success.

I was out on my balcony, stargazing with my Double Bridle refractor telescope when the flow started. I noticed it just as it started to meander south. At first the constellations moved to the sides to let the first flow pass, but as it branched and spread they let the flows pour over and around themselves. The wobbling flow of the ribbons of light was too much for the leo constellation. It cast all dignity to the wind and _pounced_ on a hot pink ribbon. The light burst into a puff of pink, and reconsolidated a little further on, only to be stalked again by a tail-twitching star cat. It was all very colorful, and as the ribbons intensified, I noticed that I was happy too.

By special invitation, Spike will be attending the closing ceremonies of the Winter Festival. He leaves for the Crystal Empire tomorrow morning.

Comments

[algernon97]

That sounds beautiful.

[flareblitzfury]

Wow, sounds very fun!

[twilightpony]

The constellations sure looked like they were having fun.

[twilightpony]

I wonder if the constellations feel the joy and love the crystal ponies pour into those colored ribbons, like the rest of us do. If so, it must be pretty potent when the joy is curling up like smoke about your withers.

[flareblitzfury]

Yeah!