#I also really need to emphasis that the ponies *do talk* in this AU. They are a co-existing civilized species

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Name twinsies!

(Based on the community consensus about LWJ's grey horse's name)

[tigirl-and-co]

Happy birthday, Astro!!!

Here he is, handing you a fic!

This is just a short piece of fluff for my All Siblings AU, mostly just to get into writing the characters. Astro... isn’t actually in it all that much, bc it was an idea I had and then I remembered it was almost Astro’s birthday.

Enjoy! Or don’t I guess. I’m not your mom.

Horse Discourse

"What are you talking about?" Uran did her best to sound snide and condescending, but all things considered she just sort of seemed indignant and vaguely offended. She had nestled herself in the corner of the couch, comfortable enough to make even the most hedonistic of bed-buyers jealous.

Atlas sat at one end of the sectional sofa, body turned to face her. He was glowering, but what else was new?

"I'm talking about holding a spell for days with no sleep to protect a city she had only known about for a week!" Atlas asserted his opinion on the debate with emphasis and no small amount of vitriol. He crossed his arms and glowered harder.

Cobalt spoke up from the other end of the couch. "Yeah but... she also got trapped in the mines for a week, too. And she definitely could have pushed that minecart when she first got stuck down there..."

"They're big mines! She probably got lost!" Atlas gestured emphatically and nearly bared his teeth as he shouted.

Uran turned to face the tallest sibling. "Yeah, shut up Celestia Enjoyer. At least Cadance does something every once in a while. All Celestia does is make Twilight do her job for her." She started sitting up, getting invested in the conversation. She knew what she was talking about and was going to make sure everyone else knew, too.

Cobalt wasn't going to take this slander! "Hey! At least Celestia didn't try to plunge the world into eternal night!"

Uran launched forward onto her hands and knees, not even trying to contain herself. "Luna was abandoned by her sister! Everyone ignored her and she was desperate for any sort of attention! Anybody would have snapped!" Uran's propensity to solve problems with her fists was just barely being held in check.

"Heh." Atlas sneered, "Cadance never did anything bad. Because she's the best. I win."

"Cadance is lame as heck! She's the most boring princess! Who cares about love? That's a stupid thing to be the princess of!"

Cobalt nodded. "Yeah, sorry Atlas, but being in charge of the sun is way cooler and more important. The ponies and everybody else can only grow food because of Celestia."

Atlas looked at him blankly, opting to ignore the youngest sibling. "Cobalt, you're a robot. Why do you care? You don't need food."

Cobalt frowned slightly. "Well, yeah, but a lot of my friends do, and so do the animals at the shelter..."

Uran was about to explode, not happy in the slightest about being ignored. "Celestia didn't even show up until after Nightmare Moon had already been def-"

The conversation was interrupted as Astro Boy himself stepped into the room. He was partially singed, and there was a distinctive layer of concrete dust on his hair and shoulders. He was definitely fresh out of some sort of city-endangering battle.

He looked tired. "Hey, everybody. What's going on?"

Cobalt answered him, wanting to get him out of the room and into a shower and a nap as quickly as possible.

"We're discussing who the best princess in MLP is."

Astro blinked -- partly in surprise, and partly because some rubble had fallen in his eye.

"Oh." He knew his siblings were big fans, and he watched it with them on occasion, but it had never really captured him. He did like the main character, though. "Um, I guess I like Twilight Sparkle...?"

Uran and Atlas both groaned loudly and emphatically, Uran throwing herself back into her corner. Cobalt grimaced a bit, but didn't say anything.

Uran had no sympathy for her bedraggled brother. "Of course you would pick the coward's choice! That's the most boring opinion anybody's ever had!"

"Uran, why are you always so mean about everything?" asked Astro, who really didn't save the city just to come home and get bullied about his opinions on a show he didn't watch.

Not bothering to get up, she shrugged. "'Cause it's fun."

"Hmph. Well, I'm going upstairs. Have fun, I guess."

And with that, the eldest sibling left them to their own devices.

After a minute or two, Uran stuck her hands emphatically out in front of her face. "Okay but listen, Luna had such a good character arc-"