Disgraced former "wiz-colt" Cinnamon Breeze spends another late night at the Avalon, an open-minded Canterlot club that welcomes all ponies regardless of status. He's prepared for just another date with a champagne glass, but he comes across a certain grey pegasus with an incredibly beautiful face and a wonderfully sweet personality. She doesn't know her way around, and the verbal abuse from Canterlot high society has brought her almost to tears. It may turn out that they're just what each other needs, at least for the moment. He'll certainty remember that mare, Derpy Hooves, for the rest of his life.

This story is heavily influenced in many ways by the excellent Roxy Music album 'Avalon', which I highly recommend. It's sort of a spiritual sequel to "Then You Saw Her" by Possiblydominator, "The Show Goes On" and "A Night to Remember" by Liquid_Rainbows, and "Serenade" by Thebandbrony, all of which are awesome stories. I was also inspired by Eustatian Wings' negative, sarcastic comment "You should try writing a nice clopfic sometime". Artwork is by the excellent telimbo on deviantart.