A Love That Burns Brighter Than The Sun

It's already been a whole week since Eternal Flames had left the human world and his mind was always drifting off into space thinking about Sunset Shimmer. Although it was hard for the others to notice it since the young prince could easily hide it from the citizens because he kept his eyes hidden underneath his mane and not even smiling as he was walking through town just to burn off some calories. However, his friends and his brother could see that he had fallen in love as they call it "A Rogue Stallion's Intuition." Eventually he told the others that he met this girl named Sunset Shimmer who actually gave him his first kiss which made his friends both jealous and happy for him. One day, he was in the kitchen getting lunch ready. However he was still lost in his mind still thinking about Sunset. His friend Hurricane Blitz was in the living room/dining room setting up the table.

"Hey lover boy, how's that grub coming, man? I'm starving." Hurricane asks but Eternal wasn't listening. "Eternal? You there? ....HEY!" he shouts finally getting his attention.

"Huh? What? What did you say?" Eternal Flames asked.

"Ah forget it, chief. Your mind's not on food. You're thinking about somepony with long eyelashes." Hurricane says rapidly blinking his eyes, not noticing the scent of lunch burning up. "And you're smelling that sweet--" but all too soon he smells it and coughs in disgust. Eternal then notices what's happening.

"HEY, WHOA, CRAP!!! IT'S BOILING OVER!" Eternal shouts trying to cool it down. Hurricane Blitz quickly ran in the kitchen and grabbed the pot of what was suppose to be vegetable soup.

'YOU'RE BURNING THE CHOW!!!" Hurricane shouted turning on the stove fan, removing the pot lid and fanning the pot with a towel.

"Sorry, Hurricane. I guess I was thinking about Sunset Shimmer again. But I can't help it.....I lover her, buddy." Eternal says.

"Eternal I may not be an expert on love, but I think you should stop moping around and just marry the girl." Hurricane says while trying to fix the soup.

"Marry her?" Eternal asks. "You don't just walk to a girl you barely got know, give her a bouquet and say "Hey remember me, we played truth or dare together, will you marry me?"...it just isn't done that way." Eternal says looking away.

"Whoa, wait a second...you played Truth or Dare? You didn't pick dare now, did you?" Hurricane asked a bit worried.

"No, I picked truth and even THAT was embarrassing as hell." Eternal says

"Phew, well it could've been worse if us guys played it." Hurricane said finally finished with fixing the soup.

"Oh yeah, like what?"

"You might end up having to call Ground Dasher a glutton until he pounces at ya."

"Heh, that's true. The big guy never stops taking that seriously."

"I know, right? OH, speaking of Ground Dasher, I heard he finally hooked up with Applejack. He asked her if she could be his marefriend and then she kissed him right in the lips." Hurricane said

"Good for him, what about you. Did you find anypony you like?"

"Yeah...but I haven't asked her yet."

"Oh? Who's the lucky mare you have a crush on?"

"F-F-Fluttershy."

"Aww, that's sweet. But why are you acting so nervous?"

"B-Because, I don't know if....sh-she'll like me the same way I do for her." Hurricane says looking with a sad look.

"Look Hurricane, I may not know a lot about love. But I think you should start slow and steady. Get to know her and start out as friends and maybe share some stories. Be sure to be good listener. My dad learned this when he met mom. When the time is right, tell her that you lover her and how long you've had those feelings for her. If she feels the same way, then congradulations, if she doesn't, ask her if you and her can still be friends."

"Uh...ok. I'll try. But it's a lot easier said than done. You sure it'll work?"

"Well there's no guarantees that it will. But it is worth a shot. All we can do is...hope." Eternal says placing his hoof over Hurricane shoulder. "But I wish you the best of luck."

"Thanks, Eternal."

"No problem."

After the guys had their talk and finished their food, Eternal decided to take a casual stroll around Ponyville again. This time he felt much more calmer then usual. He started walking by the hayburger joint seeing Twilight stuffing her cutesy little face silly. This made him chuckle at this adorable sight.

'She's quite the glutton herself.' he thought to himself. He continued his casual stroll around Ponyville watching the young fillies and colts getting out of school. The sight of the youngsters got Eternal thinking about what it would be like to have children with Sunset. He then snapped himself back into reality with a shake of his head. Eternal then realized that some of his friends were falling in love with some of the mares in town. Ground Dasher with Applejack, Shadow Force with, to Eternal's surprise, Lyra and Bon Bon. Even Shadow Force was confused of why he had two marefriends instead of one. But when he stopped to think about it. Lyra and Bon Bon were always inseperable, even if it meant sharing their new coltfriend. But Eternal acknowledged Shadow Force for being the luckiest stallion. He wasn't even slightly jealous of his pal. Eternal decided that he would pay a visit with Spark Wave to see how he's doing with his job at the Boutique. Upon arriving, he noticed that Spark Wave was gathering the different colored cloths and jewels and giving them to Rarity who keeps twirling around the Boutique as if she were at a ball.

"Um...Spark Wave, what's up with Rarity?" Eternal asks him. Spark Wave puts the stuff down and signals him over so he can whisper to him. Eternal does so and listens.

"Rarity's been like for about a week, she won't sit still because she's crushing on your friend from law school, Tidal Wave." Spark Wave whispers to him

"Wait, she's on love with Tidal Wave?" whispers Eternal

"Yes." whispers Spark

"Wow, I'll bet Spike is taking it pretty hard." Eternal whispers

"Yes, but this is something Tidal Wave and Spike have to talk about. We shouldn't interfere when that happens. Otherwise even if we try to explain it, our words will sound biased and heartbraking to both Spike and Rarity." Spark Wave whispers

"Alright then. Your secret's safe with me." Eternal whispers.

"Oh, Spark Wave, darling. Did you get the cloths and jewels I asked you for earlier?" Rarity asks still twirling around.

"Yes, Ms. Rarity, I have them right here with me." Spark Wave replies as he grabs the stuff and carries them on his back and tries to give them to Rarity.

Eternal walks out of the Boutique surprised that Rarity didn't even notice him walk in earlier. He shrugged it off and decided to head home remembering that his mother was coming into town to hear about one of his stories when he was growing up at Rogue Mountain. He didn't want to waste time so he bolted back to his house. It took him 5 minutes to reach it home and find that his mother had also just arrived at the same time.

"Well, look who's here. Shall we go inside so I can hear about your stories about your adventures back home? I've been dying to know." says Princess Celestia.

"Sure." Eternal says with a smile opening the door to his home and moving aside. "Ladies first."

"Why thank you." Celestia replies walking in with her son walking behind her closing the door. Soon they both sit on the couch right next to each other.

"So where do you want me to start?" Eternal asks her

"Hmm, well, why don't you start by telling me what went on when you were still in elementary school?" Celestia asks, getting a quick nod from Eternal Flames.