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AskBubbleLee — Reveal: Part 1
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After getting a couple… several hours of needed sleep, Mako grabbed his phone to text Bubble and see how she was doing. It was the day after Silver had discovered Mako’s real age, and Mako wanted to schedule a trip to Ponyville to tell Bubble himself as soon as possible. The sooner he told her, the better. Once he stopped struggling with his sharp claws tapping on the screen, he sent her a message and went downstairs to eat, waiting for a reply. Not long after, he felt his phone vibrate and give a small beep.
Bubble says: Morning babe <3
Mako says: Hon, it’s the middle of the day..?
Bubble says: Huh?
…………
OH SHIT
Mako says: Did you finally open your curtains…?
Bubble says: ……… Maybe 
classes tho. Hopefully I can copy notes from
Nighty when she gets back…
Mako says: Heheh, good luck with that. How have you been?
I’ve been thinking of planning a trip to Ponyville soon
to keep you company.
Bubble says: Oh cool! I don’t know how much company I’d be tho.
Mostly just cramming for Finals coming up….
Mako says: Sounds exhausting… You’ve been taking breaks, right?
Bubble says: Uh.. Of course I am! Hahaha!
Anyways, gotta go study. TTYL love <3
Mako says: …..TTYL? What does that mean…?
Bubble says: Talk To You Later
You are so cute sometimes~
Mako says: These text phrases are so weird…
Well uh, TTYL later then Bubbs <3
Bubble says: hahaha See ya <3
A few minutes later, Mako received a text message with a photo of Bubble and Daniel taking a selfie together with the caption “Looks like I got a study buddy tonight! <3”
Mako chuckled and saved the picture, but looking closer at it, Bubble looked pretty tired with a messy bun and holding a cup of coffee that Daniel seemed to have brought her. Even though it’s taken time to understand the young colt, the look on his face in the photo showed he was staring at Bubble disapprovingly.
Mako: Oh boy… *starts texting Daniel*
Mako says: How is she REALLY doing?
Daniel says: She won’t listen to me. She hasn’t taken a break since I left
and she’s hardly eaten, when I ask her too she says I worry too
much and then she just rolls and lays on my back when I fuss!!!
Mako says: ……. Okay…? I’ll be over tomorrow.
Daniel says: You better!!! She’s doing it again!
Mako says: Okay okay, calm down Danny, she’s just
very affectionate. You like hugs from her, right?
Daniel says: That’s besides the point when my head
is being swallowed by her bosom!
Mako says: It’s not my fault you’re a midget like your mother…
With that information given, Mako put his phone in his pocket and started to grab a duffle bag to pack for a days trip to Ponyville. Daniel’s distressed text messages were all the convincing he needed to get ready right away. While packing he mentally prepared himself for what he was going to say, and how to explain his age to Bubble.. It shouldn’t be too hard, right? She already knew the story of how Mako and Lady became “blood siblings”, that alone was enough. But then came having to explain how he was even able to make it this far in his many lifetimes. While thinking about it, his ears perked.. Neither Lady nor her children knew he was keeping this a secret from Bubble. Lady didn’t seem to hide her age from her fiance Xhisrc, or anybody she met! ….. What if they already told Bubble?
Mako: *shakes his head* Stop it..! Don’t overthink it.. Just get over there and tell her. *runs his fingers through his hair* My blue hair is going to turn white if I keep doing this to myself..
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The following morning, Mako closed up his shop for his trip. Just like his past trips to Ponyville, he remembered to actually TELL his friends on the Reef he was going to be gone. After returning from his trip with the Pod, Margarite, Rasta and Casey made sure to give him a not very warm welcome and reminded him to tell them next time he was leaving.. The roundhouse kicks and smacks with Margarite’s “Problem Solver” bat made sure of that.
He sat on the train and laid his head back in his seat, waiting to reach his destination, practically sleeping the whole way there. Once the train made it’s stop in Ponyville, Mako grabbed his bag and made his way off, looking around to find Bubble after she said she’d meet him there.It didn’t take long to spot the blue maned mare in the crowd. Unlike the selfie she sent him yesterday, Bubble’s mane was neatly groomed and set in a long braid that cascaded over her shoulder. Instead of the baggy sweatshirt, she was wearing a form fitting sweater dress that Mako will admit does flatter her form rather nicely. As soon as she caught sight of Mako, Bubble let out a high pitch squeal and leaped into his arms.
Bubble: *wrapping her arms tight around him* Mako! You made it! How was your trip?
Mako: *hugs her and plants a couple of kisses on her cheeks* Boring as hell, heheh! It’s so good to see you again, Love.~
Bubble: *purrs and returns the kisses* It’s good to see you too. I’ve missed you~
Mako: I missed you too.~ *nuzzles her head before giving a shiver* Yeesh.. Let’s get going, it’s freezing out here… I hate not having fur..
Bubble: *giggles and takes Mako’s hand* Let’s go back to my place. I’m sure I could warm you up real fast~ *with a cute wink*
Mako: *purrs* Can’t wait, heheheh..~ *giving her tail a tug*
Bubble: *CHIRP* Mmm~ hehehe, come on, silly! *as she lead Mako towards the university campus*
Walking through Ponyville, hand in hand, the couple took in the sights and sounds of the holiday season. Lights and wreaths on every corner, carollers full of cheer, and the scent of peppermint and pine trees filled the air. As they got onto campus, the scene drastically changed. All that could be heard was the groans of tired students trekking through the freshly fallen snow from one class to the other. Seeing Mako’s confusing, Bubble let out a weak chuckle and squeezed his hand.
Bubble: *nodding to the students* It’s almost the end of the semester so that means instead of presents, all the professors are giving out big last minute projects and study guides for the upcoming Finals.
Mako: *cringes while smiling* Jeeze, I pity you… How are you holding up on that? Nervous?
Bubble: *ear twitches but gives a weak smile* Hehe… I should be fine. My grades are much better than last year, so even if I completely fail every Final I should still graduate…I think… hopefully……
Mako: *chuckles and wraps an arm around her* You’ll do great, I know it! You’ve been working real hard for this, you’ll be a nurse by the end of it.
Bubble: *smiles and blushes a little* I’m sure you are right….. *ear twitches* ….. You don’t mind if I study while you are here… right? I don’t want to seem rude…
Mako: As long as you take a break later, sure. *kisses her cheek* In the meantime, I’ll just hold you while you work. *sticks his tongue out at her cutely*
Bubble: *giggles as she opens the door to the apartment building* Hehehe, I’d like that~
Mako: *grins* Least you listen to me about breaks.. Danny was texting me about how you just smothered him when I tried to make you take one, hehehe.
Bubble: Hahaha! I couldn’t help it! He was making all those cute squeaky noises and fluffing up. It was like laying on a pomeranian! *squeals happily*
Mako: *snickers* Well, I guess milk it while you can. He aint gonna be cute and small forever.
Bubble: *pulls out her key to open her apartment door* No, I guess you are right. He’s already grown quite a bit since I met him. It’s just crazy how fast kids grow…
As she unlocked the door, Bubble let Mako into her small apartment that she shares with her three other roommates. The first two things Mako noticed when walking in was that books and papers and half finished projects filled about every surface in the living area… and secondly, the couch had been replaced.
Mako: Yeah, it really is.. I’m gonna miss babying them, hahaha! But hopefully they still see me as a cool uncle.
Bubble: *sets her bag down on the kitchen table and chuckles* Apparently you are the “fruitcake” uncle as Danny puts it, whatever that means. Hehehe!
Mako: *scrunches his muzzle* Hrmm… little smart arse.. *looks around the room, stopping at the couch* Hey, what happened to the other sofa you had?
Bubble: *shrugs* Spellbind got rid of it. Something about there not being enough bleach?
Mako: Huh. Weird.
After getting setting in and warm beverages made, Bubble led Mako to her bedroom to get busy…. And by “busy”, she meant study for her Microbiology and Genetic Science final. With the towers of titering book and piles of notes and scribbles from her hours of classes, it didn’t take long for Bubble to get engrossed in her work. As promised, Mako took his place curled up next to her, head resting on her shoulder and his arms wrapped around her tightly. He cringed as he looked at her books, reading them over.
Mako: Soooo glad I became a engineer…
Bubble: *chuckles* Being a nurse is kiiiiiind of like being an engineer. You still have to know how all the parts work so when something breaks, you know how to fix it. A living body just happens to have more parts.
Mako: Probably a good thing.. I’m pretty accident prone, I’ll need help when a part of me gets broken, heheh.. Or bitten.. And snagged by fishing hooks..
Bubble: *lets out a groan* Yes, you need all the help you can get, love... *as she turned her head and gives him a kiss on the cheek before going back to her studies*
Mako: *chuckles as his tail wags, sitting quietly to let her study*
Looking over the scattered book, Mako couldn’t help but feel sympathy. Well remembering the struggle of studying for finals in college. The number of books for one profession was insane! Looking over the headings, his gaze stopped at a slightly familiar leather book. His ears perked as he leaned away from Bubble momentarily to pick it up, recognizing it by its scratched surface and old pages.
Mako:... Where did you get this journal..?
Bubble: *glances over* Hmm? Oh, Danny lended that to me after finding out I was a nursing major. It’s a journal about different hybrids and creatures throughout the world from like… I think he said five hundred years ago? It’s crazy how accurate some of sections still are..
Mako: Heh, yeah.. It’s a very good read though, I’ve gone through it a couple times as a pup when living with dad.. *carefully opens it, seeing a bookmark in place* Haven’t reached the end yet, huh..?
Bubble: *shakes her head* Not yet. I glanced around here and there but I’ve honestly just been too busy to sit down and read it cover to cover.
Mako: *sits up and jumps ahead through the pages, flipping through the last ones. He pauses at a section and closes his eyes, leaving his thumb in place to hold it there before hiding the pages* Hey uhm… Bubble?... There’s something I need to talk to you about.
Bubble: *ears perk as she glanced back and him, looking confused* …. Is something wrong?
Mako: No no-... Well, little bit. There’s just something I’ve been meaning to tell you, and I’ve been a little nervous about how to bring it up..
Bubble: …. Okay? *as she sat up, ears folding back slightly as worst case scenarios run through her mind, “Is he sick? Or maybe dying... Oh goddess, he wants to break up!”* ….. Um, what is it?
Mako: *taps his finger on the book cover* You remember how me and Lady became siblings, right? With the blood transfusion?
Bubble: *looks even more confused* Umm… yes? After you lost your parents.. Yeah I remember.
Mako: Then, you can probably guess there were some… side effects from it.. We are the same blood type, but I didn’t come out of it completely the same..
Bubble: *ear twitches as she looks back at the book she was studying* Well, that’s pretty common actually when giving blood transfusions between different sub-species. Usually that’s why Unicorns get blood from other Unicorns and so on, otherwise some traits are shared. *picks up a page of her notes* Like if a pegasus gets a unicorn’s blood, they can fly exceptionally fast. *looks back at Mako and tilts her head cutely* Something like that?
Mako: …………….. *eye twitches* Kind of like that, yeah.. But, I didn’t get super swimming speed or anything like that, heheh. *finger taps the book faster* What I’m trying to say is.. That happened many, many years ago… About five hundred years ago.. *ears fold flat to his head, waiting*
Bubble:................................. What happened five hundred years ago? You lost me…
Mako: *looks up at her, talking more firmly* I’m not twenty-five years old.. Me and Lady are well over five hundred.. That’s how long ago she found me. That’s the side effect I got from her blood… I can live a dragon’s lifespan..
Bubble: *ears fold back as she stared at Mako* ……. You… that… that’s impossible… isn’t it? *runs her hands nervously through her hair, trying to remember* … I don’t recall that ever happening before but… there isn’t really that many hippodrakes out there so.. I guess it could happen…
Mako: *takes a breath* Well, Lady was one of the first.. Or at least, the first to be documented.. Same goes for me being a Hippocamp hybrid..
Mako opened the journal to the page he held with his thumb. Sketched out with notes on the sides were drawings of a small Hippodrake filly, along side a Hippocamp hybrid colt… Their markings matching to Mako’s and Lady’s exactly.
Mako: But it’s very possible…
For a brief moment Bubble’s ears perked up, before immediately folding back down. The bewildered mare leaned in and read the handwritten description beside each sketch. She read and then reread in silence, glancing and the previous and next page to see if there was any more information to be have. All while remaining perfectly silent. Mako could swear he could hear his own heart beat race in his chest.
Mako: *ears twitch nervously at the silence* …. I was afraid to tell you this at first because I thought you’d be scared of me.. Maybe think I was some kind of, demon or monster..
Bubble: *stares at Mako*..………….. SNRK, pfft hahaha!
Mako: *ears spring up* Oh for goddesses sake, you’re just like your dad! What’s so funny!?
Bubble: *covers her mouth as she tried to stifle her laughter* Hehehe, I-I’m not scared of you, silly. And I don’t think you are a demon or a monster. *smiles at Mako* I was just… amazed that someone like you exists. And… *looks to the side sheepishly* Heh.. maaaybe I’m still stuck into study mode to try and figure out the “hows” and “whys”, hehehe
Mako: *blinks a few times* Huh… Hehehe, I really do worry too much… *leans against the wall*
Bubble: *grins as she checked Mako out* Heh.. though I must say, you look pretty good for someone who is a half of a millennium old~ *with a cute wink*
Mako: Snrk! Hehehe, I work out.~ Hahaha! *sits up* Working an engineer job and a fisher-pony job all those years paid off. *smirks* Thinking back on it, I feel like one old sardine now.
Bubble: *snorts* Well, I hope I look as good as you when I get that age, hehe~
Mako: *ears perk and he chuckles, wrapping an arm around her* Are you makin’ fun of me?! Heheheh!
Bubble: *realises that she slipped up and fluffs up a little* Heheh..heh.. Who me, never~? *sarcastically sticking her tongue out at him*
Mako: *gives kisses on her cheek* Heh, I’m just relieved you took it so well… Although, I shouldn’t be too surprised I guess… *looks at the journal* A lot has changed since this.. Ponies used to react so differently to me and Lady.. It’s a little weird adjusting to this current time, but Lady seems to be doing way better at it than me..
Bubble: *smiles* Well, I’m glad you told me. You seemed really nervous, that must have been very hard for you.. *rubbing Mako’s back gently*
Mako: *weak chuckle* Are you kidding me..? I was bloody terrified, heh! *ears droop back* I’ve always been scared to tell anypony about my age. Back then I was either called a demon and chased off or they tried to off me right there… And after that, I couldn’t stay in the same place for more than… psssh, ten years I think.. I stopped aging around the time I turned twenty-five, so everyone got suspicious when I didn’t look any older than thirty…. But, then I came to the Reef…
Bubble’s ears perked as she stared at Mako for a moment. He was… just like her. Imago was always running, always hiding and living in fear. But at least she had the ability to change her appearance and blend in the crowd more easily. Her face expression changed to deep empathy as deep sinking feeling swelled in her chest as she started to feel sick. Guilt. A feeling she’s felt many times over.
Bubble: …. What changed after coming to Reef…?
Mako: ….. *looks at her* I met you….
Bubble: *ears perk, her cheeks turning pink* M-me?
Mako: *nods, putting a hand on hers* I haven’t been this happy in years… And, I know we haven’t been together for very long but.. This, what we have… I don’t want to leave it behind.. Normally around this time, in my past lives I would’ve been planning leaving for a long time.. But meeting you at the Reef, and all the time we’ve spent together.. It changed my mind.. I want to live this life with you…… And I wanted to start by being honest with you.. I don’t want to hide anything from you…
Bubble stammered and stuttered, letting out a little flustered chirp in response. She covered up her mouth, not to hide her smile like she normally would… but to hide the fear and dread that she couldn’t stop showing on her face. This hurt. Mako was putting everything on the line for this relationship to work. Maybe… just maybe…. He would understand.
Bubble: *composes herself and smiles at him sweetly* T-that’s… that’s so sweet~ You have no idea how happy that makes me. *ear twitches and fold back flat to her head, looking uneasy* … I want to be honest with you too… I.. want to tell you something, I’ve never told anyone else before.
Mako: *ears perk up slightly* What’s that..?
Bubble: *looks down and plays with her fingers* I d-don’t really know how to say it… *glances at the book in Mako’s lap and perks her ears* Umm.. heh, I’m not really 23 either… *thinking that would be a good place to start*
Mako: *ears twitch* …… *looks her up and down* Could’ve fooled me, heheh.. How old are you…? Like, 29?
Bubble: *snorts* No no, I wish.. Umm… older.. Much older….. Like.. closer to 200? Maybe 250, I’m not sure to be honest.
Mako stared at her, half-expecting it to be a joke or a fun jab at his age. Reading her expression, he could tell she was telling the truth.
Mako:..... What are you, exactly…?
Bubble: *ears fold back as she looked up at Mako with round, blue eyes* I-I….. *choking on the words before taking a deep breath* ……….. I’m a changeling.
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays from everyone at ! Part 2 will be out soon!
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Comments: 32
Bit a tanget but I love Bubble's dress.
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Finally !
(had to write this, lol)
Guess part 2 coming after New Year
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osnap the reveal is begun. Wonder how Mako will respond...
As always, (even though I don't say it), I love these storyboards. (Now I can't wait to see how Mako responds to this reveal...)
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I'm glad she finally has someone she can tell. He better not let her down. 
great story.
-DP
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Part 2 is making me excited and scared...
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Oh now she tells him. I can't wait to see what happens next. I just hope it goes over well. >.> Who am I kidding. Of course it'll go well. <.<
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Weeeell, damn. I should've expected the cliffhanger but it still caught me. My hype for the next chapter has hit a 10, good show.
Oh, and Mele Kalikimaka.
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Their expressions come off very well in this and love the shading
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Same. At the word changeling I could feel my heart beating.
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For me, pretty much when she said I want to be honest that my heart went drums
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Oh man, I've been looking forward to this part of the story ever since finding out Bubble is Imago in disguise. And now it's finally here! 
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I was not expecting that......"leaves to buy popcorn"
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Oh gosh... I can imagine how this will turn out.
I don't know how Mako feels regarding changelings since most of Chrysalis's kin with the exception of Thorax are terrorists.
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Imago ： I.. I ..am .. , I have both horn and wings ..
Mako ： You are Alicorn ?
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Oh man... I'm curious what happens next...
Actually, maybe things will work out, one of my character's a pony and he's in love with a Changeling, he's aware of it too. But this is your world, so I leave it to you to decide
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