The Reunion Date

It was almost 7 o'clock, and already the sun had set early. This got all the ponies confused, as it was still the middle of summer, when the sun would usually set at around 8. However, tonight they were about to get even more confused....

At the Lunar Dish Diner in downtown Canterlot, everypony was in the middle of dinner. It was a Friday night, so the diner was all packed. Except for one table...

Everypony was enjoying their dinner when two royal guards walked in. What followed the guards amazed everypony in the room: Princess Celestia and Discord. The loving princess of the sun, having dinner with the fierce and evil lord of chaos. "That is soooo not right..." said one of the ponies in the diner. However, Celestia did ask for a seat.

"Table for two, please" she said.

"Right away, follow me" said a waitress, and she walked over to a table next to the front window. Discord and Celestia sat down. "Now, could I get you any drinks?" the waitress asked.

"Hmmmm" said Discord, "I would like... a... a..." Celestia was getting impatient. "a... a..." Discord continued hesitantly.

"Just order already" said Celestia.

"Ok, I would like a large chocolate milkshake!" said Discord. "and you, my sweet baby?" he said, turning to Celestia.

"I'd have a Vodka, please, in a glass, not a bottle. Thank you." she said.

"Right at it" said the waitress, and she walked away, going to get their drinks. Now Discord and Celestia had time to talk to each other.

"I hope we enjoy this dinner, my dear" said Discord. "I've been waiting for this for a long time now."

"I've been looking forward to this, too" said Celestia, with a bit of suspicion in her voice. "We haven't been together for a millennium. I hope you're nice like you used to be for this dinner tonight."

"Don't worry, I'll be good. I remember when we used to be such a loving couple together. Now we're finally back."

"Back after you were being a chaotic jerk and I had to freeze you, and then you were a chaotic jerk again, and I had to freeze you again, until you were reformed" said Celestia, and then Discord laughed. Celestia still seemed a bit unimpresses.

"I know, chaos is just my nature. Though lately I've been reformed and a prankster. Don't worry, I'm not pranking you in any way, for this is a very special outing tonight."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Ok, good. I want this dinner to be nice. Liek the dinners we used to have together when we were young. Remember back then?"

"Yes, I remember your pink, wavy, beautiful mane. Not that I hate your new one, of course."

"Yeah, and the sight of me made you stutter like crazy."

"Yes, y-yes, I kn-kn-know-kn-know" said Discord, and they both laughed joyfully.

"Those were good, lovely times. Wish I could enjoy them again."

"Well, you are. You can just tell how reformed I am by trying to repair our love for each other."

"Are you really that reformed? Wow!" said Celestia, impressed.

"Yes, I have been reformed to restore a long forgotten love between you and I."

"Awww, how sweet of you. A love that started when we were only fillies, and which was forgotten for so many years. You sure missed a lot while you were gone."

"Oh?" said Discord curiously. "Like what? What'd I miss?"

Celestia began to explain everything to him: The defeat of King Sombra, the banishment of Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis's failed invasion, the death of Starswirl the Bearded, the education of Twilight Sparkle, the Sonic Rainboom, the restoration of Luna, the wielding of the Elements of Harmony, Queen Chrysalis's second failed invasion, the second defeat of King Sombra, and the restoration of the Crystal Empire, all of which Discord hadn't witnessed because he was trapped in stone for all those years. After explaining everything, Celestia said, "That's the end of my story. Well, the end of it so far. The story itself never ends."

"Aw, how sweet of you" said Discord, eating the footlong pastrami sub with cheese and extra mayo, along with a huge pile of french fries. All Celestia was having was potato salad, shrimp, and beans, but she could hardly eat it because she saw Discord chewing with his mouth open.

"Discord, please stop it. Do you have manners?" she said in disgust.

"I do" said Discord, "but they're not very good."

"Yeah, they're terrible."

"I thought this date was supposed to be nice!"

"Oh, sorry" said Celestia. "go on, please. I'll try to ignore and continue eating."

"OK" said Discord, and he continued noisily chewing with his mouth open. He also licked his finders instead of using a napkin. Some of the chewed up food fell out of his mouth too, but Celestia didn't seem to mind that. She was just happy to be having a romantic dinner with him, despite not eating the same thing.

"So, do you remember our first time meeting?" asked Celestia.

"Yes, I do." said Discord. "We met each other in a meadow as fillies. I thought you were oh so pretty, and I said hi and offered you a flower. And you took it."

"Yes, I know, I remember that very well now. You have just refreshed my memory."

"So then we used to get together often, climb up that tree and sit on the thickest branch. Too bad that tree doesn't exist anymore."

"Yes, I know, but I built Twilight a new palace. However, she still wanted her library, so she stole another tree from the 'Land of Ooo' and made it into the new Golden Oaks Library."

"The land of Ooo? I remember that place. That's where I dated that vampire chick."

"What vampire chick?" asked Celestia in surprise.

"Oh, nothing. Let's continue our conversation, ok?"

"Ok" said Celestia. "So, what else do you remember?"

"I remember when you and I got a little taller, and your pink mane started flowing in the breeze. And then your sister saw us kissing on the porch of the castle, remember that?"

"Oh, yes, very well. And then we went on vacation to a bunch of different places."

"I remember that. We went to the Crystal Empire, back when Sombra was king."

"Yes, that place seemed pretty depressing, but at least I had you."

"Yes, yes, I know. And then we visited the Changeling Empire."

"I remember that as well. We went to the mausoleum of King Metamorphosis, and we saw his body lying there in a glass coffin. I remember you saying that when we died, we would be laid next to each other in our own glass coffin."

"Yes, I know, I know, but we're both immortal."

"But what about that one time you got all upset when Master Lauren died? You were so sad because you thought she was immortal. I felt really bad for you, so I gave you a kiss and a box of chocolates."

"Yes, I remember that. And that's when I was given the responsibility of raising and lowering the sun each and every day, while my sister was given control of the moon. That was a time of change."

"I know it was, though we still loved each other dearly."

"We sure did. I remember you coming over to watch me lower the sun. You always said that it looked so pretty when I did it."

"I still find the sunset pretty."

"Oh, that's nice to hear."

"No problem. Then your mane turned multicolor, and that was around the same time that Luna's mane started to wave."

"You thought I looked so pretty with my new mane."

"You still do."

"Awwww, thank you."

"Yep, you still do. And you will be pretty in that way forever."

"I do remember you saying that I was the most beautiful pony you've ever seen, and that you'd love me forever. And I have to admit, I still think you're pretty hot."

"Oh, yeah!" said Discord, raising his eyebrows.

"Yes, yes, I know, handsome" said Celestia, laughing. "Too bad we can't rule Equestria together."

"You said that back then and it broke my heart."

"Yes, it broke your heart, and it also turned you evil, made you the lord of chaos, trying to destroy Equestria."

"I know, now I feel bad for that. And then you and your sister came to turn me to stone. That was the end of our love. But now it can begin again, now that I have you once more."

"And I have you once more too" said Celestia. Just then, the diner's jukebox played the next track.

"This song sounds nice. It really fits the mood." said Discord, noticing the music playing.

"Oh, why thank you! It really does!"

"I'd rather listen to Pantera, but this song still sounds lovely."

"I don't even know who Pantera is, but you're right about this song. Do you recommend Pantera to me?"

"I doubt you'll like it."

"Oh, ok" said Celestia, in the cutest giggle Discord had ever heard.

"Celestia?" asked Discord.

"Yes?" replied Celestia.

"I think you're beautiful."

"Discord, you're charming."

"And no matter who you are, if you're a horny pervert, if you're an annoying troll, or a pink plastic girl's toy, I still think you're beautiful. And I love you."

"I love you too" said Celestia, and with that, she wrapped her arms around Discord and kissed him on the lips. Discord wrapped his arms around her, and their lips sealed together and kissed, everypony else in the room watching, stunned by what just happened, stunned by Discord's change of heart. For now it was made clear that Discord and Celestia were in love again. They kept kissing throughout the song and ince the song ended, they stopped. And after that, everypony clapped.

"Oh, look at how happy they are" said Discord.

"I know. That felt great."

"I haven't felt your soft lips pressed against mine in over a millennium. Thank you."

"No, thank you."

"I think our love has been completely restored now" said Discord, and he reached into his pocket and took out what looked like half of a photograph. On that half was a picture of Celestia when her mane was still pink. She looked at it for a bit.

"Hold on a sec" she said, and then she disappeared for a brief moment and came back with the other half, showing Discord, who wore galsses back then. "Now we can put it back together." and with that, she used her magic to stick the two halves back together.

"Oh, that was taken when I was at the Royal University" said Discord. "I was studying physics."

"Yeah, so you could break its laws" said Celestia, and they both laughed again.

"I think I should get this picture framed" said Celestia.

"Yes, but for who?" said Discord, and then Celestia's horn lit up and a copy of the photo appeared out of nowhere.

"You can keep the original" said Celestia.

"Awww, I love you."

"I love you, too."

"And I miss you, too. I knew that someday we'd be back together."

"That's lovely. Now let's enjoy the rest of tonight, okay?" said Celestia. Then Discord put some bits on the table, and then they both got up and left the diner, ready to spend the rest of the night together.