Not So Different, You and I: The First Date

I tapped my foot furiously on the green grass, wondering how long its been. I looked down at my wrist where my non-existent watch was. It seems that it was about five minutes since that breezie left. Really? Has it been that long, it feels like I've been here for five hours. What is with my mind going into the future, if only I could go with it.

So, if its been five minutes, then that means that I have twenty-three hours and fifty-five minutes until that beautiful bug comes back. Now I had to admit, I was starting to get a feeling for this girl, and that was rare for a changeling. The queen doesn't even want relationships with other po-

Oh right, she wasn't a pony, wait, didn't I say that before. Either way, that bug was something special. I never knew I could have such feelings for her, feelings like joy, and happiness, and lo-

*BELCH*

Or maybe it was just my stomach! “I know your full stomach,” I yelled “so will you just SHUT UP for one day, I know for a fact that” I checked my non-existent watch again. “in about twenty-three hours and fifty-four minutes you’ll be getting a second serving of love.” But don't think I’m doing this just for the love, This is the real stuff, true feelings for someone, sure at first she was the only thing that was close to me when I needed food, and I was practically going to take anything at the time, but now it was like I...Well...I….I wasn't really sure how to say it. I guess I just...liked her. Maybe even more than that.

I looked around the forest. It was still the same as when I entered it, nothing but trees and bushes, and a flower patch, and that flower patch was still looking lovely, with all its bright flowers and the sunlight shining just right on it. It looked like the perfect place where two creatures could have a...date.

Hey, yeah. That's perfect! This will be where we will have our first date, that’s how you impress someone you like right? And she did say ‘same place, same time’ so this will be perfect, but somethings missing. I don’t think a date has just flowers and sunlight though, I mean, I remember in seducing practice that flowers were something you would need, but I know there's more. Ah seducing practice, I started remembering just what it was like.

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“Now remember hatchlings! male or female, both sides know that they cannot resist gifts when it comes to love. For a gift is a way to get to the heart”

The changeling instructor pointed at a chalkboard where a diagram of a pony with a heart drawn in it, and with an arrow pointing at it, with a present on the other end of the arrow.

One of the changelings raised their hoof. “Does that hurt them?” He asked.

“What? No! The gift doesn't literally go to the heart, it was metaphorically speaking.”

Another changeling asked. “So how do we get these gifts?”

The instructor chuckled. “Well hatchling, you must get these gifts while no one is looking, for bits is not something changelings have on hoof, so be sure the pony you’re trying to love doesn't watch this, as well as the pony you stole from.”

The same changeling that asked about the gift asked. “Isn't that stealing?”

The instructor gave him a stern look. “Son, you’re going to have to learn that sometimes you need to do bad things for the greater good, understand.”

The changeling scratched his head. “I think so.”

The instructor shook his head.”You’re a strange one hatchling.”

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I had to admit, I was a pretty strange changeling at the time. I was always asking questions on what to do in a combat situation, cause all I did in combat was flail my hooves around, hoping to hit something. It wasn't like I was gonna use that tactic in real life anyway.

Even when we were practicing on how to ‘properly’ disguise. How is there a ‘proper’ way to do that? As I said before, ponies rarely look at detail when it comes to disguises, so why would someling teach you to go so in depth in that part of training.

And why did we even do that attack in the first place, it wasn't like we were starving or anything, we were perfectly fine getting love on our own, sure the rate of love coming into the hive hasn't been going good over the years, and its even worse today, but we should of at least talk to them, but I guess the only reason the queen didn't ask was because she didn't want someone to slap her in the face and call her perverted...Or was that me they said that to?

I shook my head. had to get my mind back on track, what was it that I was talking about before I went into that past memory, or was it called a flashback? Either way, I think I was talking about setting up something, something impor-

DATE!

Yes. Date. That's what it was, I need to set it up for her. But how will I do it? I don’t know the first thing about this, I never took notes in that class, maybe I can have another flashback.

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Any time now brain! Come on! Tell me something.

The stupid grey organ, at least I think it was grey, just ignored me and continued telling me other things, like stuff I need for a date, and that stuff is usele-

I then forgave my brain and started thinking of things to bring for this date. I looked around for something that I could use to write this down, but there was nothing but bushes and trees, Why is those the only things in this place? Can’t there be vines or exotic plants here? I just sighed and grabbed a piece of bark from the wood, maybe I can use this for paper and my tooth for a pen, that might work.

I sat down and thought about what to bring. “Lets see.” I said out loud. “A bouquet of flowers is a nice thing to get on a date.” I then brought my tooth to the bark and began ‘writing.’ I knew this was gonna make my tooth sore for days, but I knew it was worth it.

When I was done writing, I looked at my handy work. I then turned it sideways, then upside down. “Hu?...I guess that not how you spell bouquet.”

I tossed the bark away, knowing that this was starting to become a complete waste of time. I guess I’m just gonna have to remember it by memory, I sighed.

I looked back up at the flower patch, I knew that in about twenty-three hours and forty something minutes that I will be in that flower patch...with her, and we’ll be doing things like….Uh...Like talking….and uh….holding hooves? Her hooves are pretty small, so how would that work? Well, what else would we do. We could look up at the sky, though the sun could make that a problem.

I just shrugged and started galloping away, I could worry about what we'll be doing at a later time, I knew my way out of this forest. That was something I was good at. Now lets find that first gift for that beautiful breezie of mine.