Chapter 12: Some Time Has Passed...Time to Date, with Some Chaos!

After revealing their secret, Celestia and Twilight's relationship became the talk of the town. Newspaper and gossip magazines have been hounding them down for questions and paparazzi taking pictures of them when ever they go out in public. But not even the press can bother Celestia and Twilight, especially what with happened the past year. First, the Crystal Empire returned and so did it's evil ruler, King Sombra. Celestia was hesitant to let Twilight go, but allowed it. While it took three days, Celestia got really worried, but felt relieved when Twilight came back safe and was glad that the Crystal Empire was safe as well.

A couple months later, on the anniversary of Luna's return and the 1001th Sun Summer Celebration, the Everfree forest became wild and kidnapped Celestia and Luna. While Twilight wanted to incinerate the forest to find the princesses when she heard about this, until, after drinking a potion made by Zecora, she and her friends learned that these vines were coming from the Tree of Harmony. So Twilight and her friends had to give up the Elements of Harmony to save the Tree and restore the Everfree to normal, while also freeing Celestia and Luna. It was then revealed that Discord, who was 'reformed' about 3 weeks earlier, had planted the seeds for the Plunder Vines a 1000 years ago when he was turned to stone. Let's just say Fluttershy and Big Mac gave Discord a stern talking to.

Things got a bit better after that...until a few months later. News spread of the fallen prince named Tirek who had escaped from his prison in Tartarus and was absorbing magic to grow in strength. While Twilight wanted to go after Tirek, Celestia, not only thinking Twilight wasn't ready but also to keep her safe, decided to send Discord to capture him. However, Tirek managed to have Discord join his side and he was able to steal all of the magic in Equestria. After hearing about this, Celestia, Luna, and Cadence decide to give Twilight all of their magic to make sure Tirek doesn't steal it. Unfortunately, the plan failed because a couple of hours afterward, Tirek, after banishing the princesses to Tartarus, managed to find Twilight after Discord told Tirek where she was. After evading Tirek, Twilight managed to escape back to the library, but sadly, it was destroyed by Tirek. Twilight, now angry, confronted Tirek and the two battled until they reached a stalemate. Twilight then, regrettably, gave up her magic to save her friends and Discord after Tirek offered there freedom for her magic.

Discord then revealed how Tirek betrayed him by offering up something more than friendship, and gave Twilight the token Tirek gave Discord. Twilight and the others then returned to the Tree of Harmony and went to the box that appeared a few months after saving it and unlocked it and the box gave the Mane Six Rainbow Power and used it to re-imprison Tirek back to Tartarus, free the princesses, and rebuild Golden Oaks Library into a much grander and castle-like tree-house. After all the Mane Six and their friends celebrated, Celestia walked up to Twilight and apologized for almost getting her killed because of her plan. But Twilight laughed and said it was fine, but said to Celestia the next time she stays with Twilight for the night, she would be sleeping on the couch. Celestia and Twilight laughed and went back to join in on the celebrations.

2 Months Later

Twilight came back home exhausted after a long day of helping Pinkie Pie with baking cupcakes for Mayor Mare's birthday and slumped on to the couch. "UGHHHHH!" Twilight moaned, "Why did the mayor need 3000 cupcakes? 3000 CUPCAKES!" Spike then came into the room holding a scroll and said, "Hey Twilight, sorry to intrude but Celestia sent you this letter. Twilight then looked at Spike, who handed the letter to her, and Twilight began to read the letter which said:

My Dearest Twilight,

I know you have been very busy since the whole Tirek incident, but I still want to make it up to you. How about a nice dinner at the finest restaurant in Canterlot, all on me. Reply soon if you can.

Your love,

Celestia

Twilight chuckled to herself and went and got out a piece of parchment and a quill and wrote a response back saying she would love to. After Spike sent the letter, Twilight sat back down on the couch and Spike sat next to her. "So Spike, how was your day?" Twilight said to Spike. "It was fine. Me and Rarity are going down to the lake for a picnic later though." Spike replied. Twilight merely chuckled and her and Spike began to talk about other things, until Twilight decided to reorganize the house's library, much to Spike's annoyance.

2 Hours Later

Twilight was sitting in the living room reading a book about how to turn rocks into metals when a knock came from her door. Twilight looked up and got off the couch and went to open the door. When Twilight opened the door, their appeared to be no one there, until a bucket fell on Twilight's head and she became drenched in....chocolate milk, and only one person would set such a trap. "DISCORD!" Twilight shouted until a popping noise came from behind her. The person that made the noise was the Spirit of Chaos, Discord, who clearly set the prank up to get Twilight's attention. "Oh Twilight Sparkle, good to see you my friend!" Discord exclaimed as he proceeded to give Twilight a bearhug. Twilight was able to teleport out of Discord's arms and say, "Can you please explain why you drenched me in chocolate milk!" Discord chuckled and said, "Well, if you must know, I'm kind of bored at the minute and I need something to keep me occupied." Twilight then said, "Well, why don't you go hang out with Fluttershy, I don't think she's doing anything important." Discord then gave a scowl and said, "I wish, besides I was just over to her cottage to see if she wanted to have tea, until I heard her scream come from upstairs. So, being a good friend, I ran up to her room and battered down the door, until.....well.....let's just say...Big Mac was there...and...well..." Discord then proceeded to conjure up a trash can and proceeded to barf into it. Twilight clearly knew what was going on. Discord clearly walk in on Fluttershy and Big Mac and he was promptly kicked out of Fluttershy's cottage and told to come back at a more decent time.

After Discord finished barfing, he made the trash can disappear and apperated a couch for him to sit in. Twilight chuckled a bit at the thought of Discord walking in on Fluttershy and Big Mac, until she noticed that Discord was giving her a scowl, so she blushed and smiled. Suddenly, a note appeared and Twilight grabbed. It was a letter from Celestia saying that she will pick her up around 8 p.m. tonight. Twilight smiled warmly until her note disappeared and Twilight looked to see Discord had it. Twilight then yelled, "DISCORD! You give that back right now!" But Discord wouldn't give it back, as then he said, "Well well, I forgot that you and Celestia came out and said you two were an item." Discord then snapped his fingers and he was now wearing a press outfit and said, "OOH! OOH! Twilight! Twilight! Twilight, is it true that Celestia wears a wig. Is it also true you and Celestia secretly got married and are afraid to tell anyone!" Twilight then gave Discord a scowl herself and Discord poofed back his old clothes and said, "Oh come on, I thought you'd be used to stuff like that. Phish, media hater." Twilight then faceplamed and said, "Look Discord, I don't want any of your antics today, besides, I need to get ready now so, goodbye!" as Twilight went back into her house, leaving an annoyed...but scheming Discord, who was floating way twirling his fingers, smirking.

Later That Night - 8 PM

Twilight sat in her living room, waiting for Celestia to arrive. Twilight decided to wear a purple dress-shirt and a black skirt, simple, but gave a sense of importance. She also styled her hair in to a bun, thinking it would look cute, mostly for Celestia. When she heard the door bell rang, Twilight got up, straightened her skirt, checked her breath (which was fine,) and went to open the door. After she opened it, Twilight's jaw dropped as she got a look at Celestia. She was wearing a white, strap-less dress, and her hair was styled to cover her right eye. Celestia giggled as she noticed Twilight's reaction. Twilight shooked her head and said, "Y-You look b-beautiful, Tia." "Your not bad looking yourself Twilight." Celestia replied. They both giggled and they enter the carriage as it took them to Canterlot.

Later in Canterlot

Twilight and Celestia entered Canterlot after a couple of minutes and both left it. After they thanked the guards for take them, Twilight put Celestia's arm around hers and they entered the restaurant. The restaurant, called the Golden Horseshoe, was one of the most fancy restaurants in all of Canterlot, making it the perfect place for Twilight and Celestia to go out to. As they entered the restaurant, they were greeted by the owner, Silver Dollar, who noticed them and said, "My my, Princess Celestia, nice to see you here, I'm guessing your out on a little...date, shall we say, hmm?" Celestia smiled and said, "Yep!" Silver Dollar then asked Celestia if she had a reservation, to which she said she did, and her and Twilight were escorted to an open table. "Madams, your waiter will be here shortly to take your orders." Silver Dollar said as he gave Celestia and Twilight their menus, bowed to them and walked off. Twilight then looked at Celestia and said, "Wow! When you said fancy, you meant it." "Well, like I said, I wanted to make it up to you after the whole Tirek incident, so...here we are." Celestia replied.

Twilight and Celestia then grabbed their menus and looked to see what the restaurant had to offer, this caused them to not see the bright flash that appeared before them. Twilight then noticed the flash and said to Celestia, "Huh, I guess our waiter wanted to have a grand entrance." "I guess so, have you decided what you wanted to drink?" Celestia said back. "Well, there's a lot of choices, but, I've already decided." Twilight replied. As they put down their menus, there eyes dilated and their mouths stood agape as they saw that their waiter was..."DISCORD!" both said in unison. Standing before them was the "former" Lord of Chaos himself, dressed in a tux and wearing a false mustache. "Yes! It's me, for I will be your waiter tonight!" Discord said in a gleeful tone. Celestia chuckled nervelessly while Twilight gave Discord and annoyed glare. Twilight then grabbed Discord by the collar and quietly said, "Look Discord, I don't know what your doing, but you better not ruin this for me and Celestia, got it!" Discord, who was still smiling, said, "Got it Twilight, now could you let go of me please."

A Hour Later

Twilight and Celestia thought that with Discord being their waiter was going to make things go from bad to worse....that was an understatement. Discord, while trying to be a professional, went and played pranks on the young couple, what with simple things like messing up their orders to major things to making Celestia's clothes disappear, which that one made both girls embarrassed. But once they got a third helping of wine, things got much quieter and, more or less, decent. "You know, It's a bit quieter without Discord bothering us Tia." Twilight said taking a sip of wine. Celestia then said, "Well, Discord is trying to make up for his actions a couple of months ago, but....at least he's trying." Suddenly, a loud boom rang across the restaurant as everyone, including Celestia and Twilight, to find a stage in the middle of the restaurant. On it was Discord performing a singing and dancing routine that included a fireworks spectacle and tap dancing penguins. Twilight and looks at Celestia and says, "OK, this is getting ridiculous Celestia, why don't we just leave." Celestia then said, "Now hold on Twilight, why don't we see where this is going." Twilight sighed and said, "Well...oh, alright."

Then, out of nowhere, Discord popped on to Twilight and Celestia's table and began a tap dancing routine. "Alright Discord, what in Tartarus are you doing!" Twilight yelled. Discord, while still tap dancing, replied, "I'm doing dinner and show for you two!" Suddenly, one of the fireworks accidentally went off and caused the whole restaurant to turn into a funhouse. Soon, monsters and plants started to appear as everyone started to run out of the restaurant in a panic, while Celestia and Twilight stayed to undo Discord's magic. After 30 minutes of fixing Discord's mess, Celestia and Twilight went to Silver Dollar to apologize for the mess and payed for their meal and Twilight left to escort Celestia back to Canterlot Castle.

Canterlot Castle

Once at the castle, Twilight says to Celestia, "Well...I had a very nice night...if Discord didn't try to ruin it." Celestia smiled and replied, "Well like I said, Discord was just trying to be his...well...usual self." Suddenly, a popping noise happens behind them and they both turn to see Discord standing behind them. Twilight then says, "Well, didn't aspect you to be here Discord." Discord then says, "Well, I just want to say I'm sorry about tonight. I just wanted to hang out with someone and well....I needed to have some fun." Twilight was about to say something to Discord until Celestia steps up to Discord and says, "Discord, while your actions tonight were....questionable to say the least, I still think you made this night...the most fun me and Twilight have had!" Twilight and Discord then gave confused looks and Twilight says, "But he turned the restaurant into a funhouse and set a bunch of creatures and monsters on everyone!" Celestia chuckled and said, "I know! Do you know how boring the night would have been if I didn't suggested to Discord to be our waiter tonight." Twilight then looked at Discord, who was laughing, and gave him a smirk at him. "Well, I might as well head on...." Twilight was about to say until Celestia says, "Well, why don't you stay at the castle tonight Twilight. I might as well make it up to you, if you know what I mean." Twilight smirks and says, "Well, if you say so." as they both walk up to the castle, leaving a confused Discord. "Wait," Discord says, "what do you mean by....ohhhhh, I know what you mean." Discord then conjures up a trash bin and begins to throw up a bit in it and says, "Well...I didn't need that in my mind tonight."

To Be Continued...in Chapter 13

Author's Note

GESH! This one took me almost a month and a half!

I'm sorry these are taking longer than usual, but...school and stuff.
- 'squee noise'

So yea, I'm going to say these chapters are going to come out where there done. But your going to enjoy the next one, I know I was when I was walking one day and.....where was I going?

Oh yea! Basically, the chapter is about Twilight's family meeting Celestia's family, and, if I can time this right, I'll finally be at the chapter were Celestia invites Twilight and her friends to the Grand Galloping Gala where Twilight does a certain something that shocks the whole world.

I'm gonna let you guys guess that one without any hints from me, but for this chapter, I hope you enjoy this. Don't forget to read and comment!

(P.S. By the time I finished this chapter, I turned 20 years old two days ago. I also hope you all had nice Halloween/Nightmare Night!)