Celestia walked in as I was grounding up the coffee beans. She seemed to have been half asleep and just glad to see me again. She sat to the table nearest to me and said, "Good morning. You know, we have servants to make you coffee if you really need some."

I just simply rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah, but I like to do some things myself."

"Then what's the point in having them?"

"To do the things I don't want to do. Plus, you tend to use our servants a lot more often than I do."

I put the coffee pot on top of an open flame and sat across from my sister, she seemed to have been thinking of what to say next. Then, she continued, "Fair enough, how did your sleep over at 'Chrysi's' go?"

Even without having to look at her, I could sense that she was trying her best to hold back the urge to fall on the floor, laughing her flank off. I smiled at her and replied, "It went just fine, thank you very much." Half of me was trying to be snarky while the other half was actually being genuine.

"What did you do?"

"Not her, that's for sure," I barely whispered through my teeth.

"What?" Celestia still heard me, but wasn't able to make out a single word I said.

"Oh, nothing. We just hung around; played, read, ate, you know. That kind of stuff." At this point, my coffee was just about done. I got up and made myself a cup as I asked, "You want some?"

"No thank you, I'm already pretty awake." She paused for a moment, as if she was about to say something but forgot exactly what. Then, like if she just remembered, she continued, "Well, that's nice that you got to hang with your new friend."

I sat back down to contemplate what's happening right now. Celestia and I were just talking like normal ponies, this was amazing! I was certain that when I came home, everything would go back to how it was before the Gala, before I got my cutie mark. Back to my own sister acting as depressed as she has been for who knows how long. For the first time in forever, it was like I had my old sister back!

I was determined to figure out what's got Celestia back on her hooves and hug it to death! "So, what's got you so chipper?"

It took Celestia a few seconds to think about what I just said. And yet, all she could think of to say was, "What?"

"You seem to be happier than you normally are, what's up?"

"Oh, well, I met someone last night at the Gala. We seemed to have hit it off pretty well. He's gonna take me on a date this Friday."

My eyes widened with shock. If I was drinking my coffee, I would've probably done a spit take! Not that I'm surprised that she was able to get a date, with how she looked, I would've been more surprised if she didn't get hit on by every other stallion there. I was just shocked that she was able to get away from that line of ponies!

I got a smirk on my face as I asked, "Ooh, so whose the lucky stallion!?"

"He's real nice and I think you two will enjoy each others company. You're very much like him, you know."

"Okay, that answers my next question, but that first one is still in the air! Who is he!?"

"Okay, he's very strange and different. So if you make fun of him, I swear-"

"Come on, what's his name!? He can't be any stranger than the mare I'm chasing."

A moment of pure silence filled the room. It only lasted a second or two, but it was still quieter than I've ever heard it get in this castle. Then, finally, she answered, "His name is Discord."

I considered that for a moment. I knew exactly whom she was referring to. Part of me couldn't believe it, the other part put in a bet that it was him the second she mentioned that she had a date. I thought of what to say next, but really, what else could I say other than, "Oh, you mean that drac-, drac-, drac-"

Celestia giggled and replied, "It's pronounced drac-, drac-. Great, now you've got me saying it too."

We shared a hardy laugh as we said, "Draconequus," together. Saying it very slowly, making sure that we pronounced it correctly this time.

I then continued, "Well, I hope it works out for you two lovebirds," as I then started to take a few sips from my coffee. It was still hot, so I couldn't drink any more than that at a time.

Celestia replied, "And I hope it works out for you and Chrysalis. By the way, did you ever find out if she actually feels the same way about you as you do for her?"

"No, I didn't actually think about asking her." I was confused at this question. Was I supposed to ask or was I just supposed to pick up the signals while we were together? Was that something you find out within the first day or two of knowing them? "I hope she does."

"Well, you've got to take this kind of stuff slowly. You can't expect somepony to love you just like that."

"And if she never does?"

"Then, at least you've still got a new friend. Though, I wouldn't be that worried about it. Even if this one doesn't work out, there's always going to be someone willing to give you a shot! And being pretty and a princess only helps your odds. Heck, I bet every mare in Equestria that's from that side of the street would date you in a heart beat!"

"Yeah, well, let's just stick with this one right now," I wasn't completely sure about what she had said. But, Celestia knew more about relationships than I did, so I took her word for it.

A quietness overtook the room for about a minute as we both thought about what to say next. Finally, I broke the silence and said, "Hey, when do you think I'd be able to meet Discord?"

She considered it and replied, "I don't know. How's two weeks sound to you?"

"Sure! And I want you to remember, if he makes the slightest mistake on Friday, tell me so that I can kick him to the moon!"

"I'll consider it," Celestia said, getting up from her seat. "Anyways, I'm sure I've got something important to do. If you get hungry, there's a lot of leftovers from the Gala in the ice box."

"Alright, see ya," I said, getting up to put my now empty cup in our sink.

"See ya," and with that, she left the kitchen. Leaving me with only my thoughts as I sat back down.

Author's Note

Well, I genuinely liked this chapter. Both reading & writing this was a blast, even more than the last couple chapters! If anyone's wondering, my favorite chapter is still Smile, Smile, Smile. But really, who cares about that? Let's go over the critiques I've gotten since the last chapter!

This first one is a personal critique that I'm surprised no one else has pointed out. The chapters are very short, I mean, this one is literally just a single conversation. That's because of a combination of a few reasons. For one, my audiences attention span. Not that I don't think any of you can or will be willing to read a chapter as long as one from Fallout: Equestria, but I don't think this particular story is great enough to hold everyone's attention for that long. Another is because I can get into greater detail this way. If I focus on a smaller part of this story for each chapter, I can go into as great of detail as I want without worrying that a particular chapter is too long. And, finally, it's just the style I'm most familiar with. I grew up with television & the internet, so I'm very used to shorter forms of media. Therefore, it's a lot easier for me to write & edit each chapter if they're shorter like this.

As for references, I was a bit blunt in the last one. To be fair, I needed some blunt references to make the character of Chrysalis more 3-dimensional. I think this chapter was a lot less obvious having at least 3 references in it. See if you can catch them all!.. make that 4.

Then there's things like Chrysalis reading their equivalent to 50 Shades of Grey, Luna drinking coffee., & these tweens doing some other adult-like things. That is more of a cultural difference than anything else. Though I'm not completely sure on what their exact age is, they're definitely about 14-16 years old. when I was about that age, everyone was drinking coffee every morning & watching R-rated movies. No one really cared that we were doing that. Since this story is written like they're growing up in a time I did with the technology & verbiage of Equestria, it's only fitting that stuff like that would end up in the story.

Now, with that out of the way, lets get into some fun facts about this chapter! Originally, there was a whole 2nd part to this chapter that would (spoilers) involve Starswirl & the Dream Weaver spell. But, I knew that it would have almost nothing to do with this chapter so I'm making it chapter 7. With that said, this one was very much inspired by the Owl's Well That Ends Well episode of the Mentally Advanced series. I think it's amazing how much character you can get out of a single conversation between 2 characters & I tried to replicate it here with varying degrees of success. Also, reading chapter 5, I think me being a male really hindered the quality of the whole thing. I mean, it was about the romantic/friendly relationship between 2 females. It's almost impossible for me to have done that completely correct. Not that I regret the chapter, I still very much like it & did the best I could do, but I'm also shocked that no one critiqued how not-realistic the relationship between Luna & Chrysalis felt.

In any case, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter & I'll try to get chapter 7 out as soon as I can with the best quality that I can!