In the early hours of the day, the sun shone brightly, basking the small town of Ponyville in its glorious light, the snow reflecting it making the town almost comparable to the Crystal Empire itself. Ponies walked up and down the busy streets, either doing chores or just taking a simple walk. There, in the centre of town, stood the baking glory that was Sugarcube Corner, filled to the brim with happy faces, eating sweets and drinking hot chocolate while happily conversing. And inside, at a table in the corner of the room, sat six ponies and a small dragon, talking amongst eachother.

To Twilight's ears the conversation was slightly dulled out, as she was too busy reading from the large tome that layed infront of her. She didn't know why, but ever since her rather pleasant get-together with Discord a few days ago, she couldn't take her eyes off of the book they shared, even if the story itself had nothing to do with anything at all.

Her thoughts were brought to a halt as she was shoved slightly in the shoulder by none other than Applejack herself. The alicorn didn't wince, as she was already used to the more physical sides of her friendships, and just looked up at the farmpony in a questioning manner.

-"Gee, Twi. Yar muzzle's been stuck in that book o' yours since we came 'ere, what's so interesting 'bout it?"- the apple mare questioned.

-"Yes darling, you didn't even answer my question just now."

Twilight blushed in embarrassement. She usually wasn't so distracted. She closed the book, making sure she placed the bookmark on the right spot, and quickly pushed the reading material back into her saddlebag.

-"S-sorry, girls. Heh, it seems I have been a bit too distracted these days, haha"- the bookworm chuckled nervously, as she tried her best to mutter an apology. Good thing her friends didn't seem to mind that much, after all, they were already used to her antics- "What was your question again, Rarity?"

The mares at the table (including Spike) chuckled amongst themselves as Rarity continued the conversation.

-"Oh, why, I simply asked how your date the other day went, dear~"- the unicorn said teasingly, to which Twilight's face turned the colour of a raspberry. Every creature at the table started laughing at the alicorn's expected reaction, to which she in return pouted, crossing her front hooves, in her anger almost spilling her tea.

-"It was not a date."- she mumbled angrily under her breath.

-"So it wasn't an event of two ponies getting together for an activity in hopes of getting to know each other?"- Pinkie Pie asked, her head tilting to the side in curiousity. Twilight froze. Welp, she really got her there.

-"Technically.... it was just what you said..."- the princess admited, taking a slow sip from her cup of tea as the other mares and a drake exchanged a few looks and giggles, happy at their little triumph- "Alright, in that sense of the word, it was a date..."

-"And how did it went?"- Fluttershy innocently asked, holding her hooves on the table.

Twilight sighted, realising that this moment was going to come sooner or later, and taking a deep breath, she began her little monologue.

-"Well, we went to see the movie, it was nice, and just when I thought we were gonna part ways, he managed to convince me to hang out a little longer. I took him back to the castle, but he didn't like it much, so then we went to the lake to 'ice-skate', but that didn't work out either. End."

The ponies and non-ponies on the table stared silently at their friend who had just finished her rant. Twilight frowned- the silence not giving her a good sign.

-"Nothin'... else happen?"- Applejack asked, her stetson almost falling off her head as she tilted it to the side.

-"N-nope!"- the alicorn replied, hopping they wouldn't see right through her. If she told them what happened next, they might start getting ideas, ideas about stuff she herself wasn't even sure about...

-"Are ya sure?"- Rainbow asked, slidding her half-empty bottle of coke from hoof to hoof.

-"Heh, yep! Absolutely!"- she hoped they would drop the topic soon, as her face couldn't hold the awkward, wide smile any longer.

The mares looked suspiciously between each other, then as if silently agreeing on their next course of action, they looked back at her.

-"Really, because Spike told us he saw you hanging around in the library during the late afternoon."- Rarity said, a little smirk coming onto her lips with her next line- "He mentioned something about a fort made of books and pillows, and a really large book with interesting names, like the one you were reading earlier..."

Twilght gulped, sweat dripping down her brow, as she hadn't even realised Spike had came back home probably around that time and saw what the two had been up to.

-"Um..."

The violet mare's gaze shifted from friend to friend. Now, instead of laughing, the rest were smirking knowingly, except Spike, who was sheepishly smiling and twiddling his thumbs, mouthing a 'Sorry' to her.

-"That's..."- she looked down to the side, her ears folding down to try and cover her pink face, but to no avail- "... true. But!"- she suddenly lifted herself up- "We just had a fun time, that's all!"

Her friends laughed, not in a mean way, but in a sweet, understanding way, helping her nerves ease up a bit.

-"But why didja lie, sugarcube?"- AJ asked, raising an eyebrow- "Ah mean, why didnja just tell us you had fun?"

Before Twilight could even try to answer the question she herself wanted answers to, a large puff of purple smoke appeared out of nowhere, causing the seven, includding a few ponies who sat on tables nearby, to cough rapiddly. When the smoke finally cleared, there was.... literally nothing there.

-"What."- Twilght asked, not even directed to anyone. Since when did someone set up a 'dramatic-smoke-bomb-entrance' and not show up!? But everyone's confusion quickly turned into suprise when out of the flower vase on the table came out a small, mismatched lizard. The group all leaned down to see what this creature was, but it didn't give them the chance, as it suddenly decupled in size and floated around their heads. And there he was, the draconeques of the hour, Discord himself.

-"Hey girls!"- he cheered, making a few flying circles around the group, then noticing Spike- "Oops, sorry! Hey girls and dragon!"- he corrected himself, patting the baby on his head, floating around yet another circle, patting Fluttershy softly on the head, and finally deciding to land. Unfortunately for Twilight, he chose to roll his long body around none other than his latest 'buddy', resting his paws and head on the top of her head, much to the mare's annoyence.

-"So how have you been? Heh, I sure hope you aren't leaving me out of anything, are you?"- the draconeques with no knowledge of personal bondaries asked, a small tingle of anxiety in his voice.

-"Oh, of course not, Discord!"- Fluttershy was the first to say-"We're just having an outing together."

-"So what are you talking about?"- he said slyly, his talons tapping around Twilight's horn, his sharp claws, surprisinly gently, messing up her mane.

-"Stop that."- she said through clenged teeth, not even bothering to look at him, not that she could.

-"What was that, dearest?"- Discord innocently said, one of his talons tracing over the lenght of her horn, causing the alicorn to shiver. Horns were rather sensitive bits, an evolutional flaw, if she had to comment.

-"Get o-off."- Twilight repeated, but her currant state caused a shake to her voice, her cheecks glowing in frustration, as she realised she couldn't push him off.

As if the other mares and dragon hadn't even noticed Discord's suggestive teasing, they started up a conversation with him instead.

-"So, Discord, we couldn't really get that much information from Twilight..."- Rarity began, taking a sip from her tea, then smirking- "So would you like to fill us in on the details of your little get-together?"

After that she added a wink, to which Discord returned with a sly smile. Even if he had stopped touching her horn and instead started petting her bangs, Twilight couldn't help but choke on air. The draconeques had the nerve to look down at her, his smirk and half-lidded eyes unfased. The mare gave him a look, screaming 'Don't you dare!', which she hoped came across. He only stood up, unrolling his long, snake-like body off her chair, freeing her finally. Then he stood tall next to it, with his paws behind his back, like a child ready to announce a good grade.

-"Well..."- he began, not noticing the small, purple pony who was pulling on his tail to tell him to keep quiet- "We went to the movies, then to the library (it was boring), and then to the lake! (But that was dangerous...) So we returned to the library and spend the day there!"- the noodle finished joyfully.

Silence followed, including a reliefed sigh, coming from none other than the Princess.

-"That's... it?"- Rainbow asked, her head tilted to the side, one eyebrow raised.

-"Yep!"

-"... huh. Ah guess no saucy details for ya, Rares~"- AJ first was confused, but then didn't miss the chance to tease the fashionista.

-"Hmpf!"- the unicorn in question crossed her hooves- "You can't hide forever! I'm on to you."

That followed by laughs and the topic was dropped, as the conversation continued. Twilight sighted in relief, happy that there were no more questions. She herself didn't know what her feelings towards the charming draconeques really were.

'Ugh'- she thought in annoyance- ''Feelings' is such a strong word... Why couldn't I call it something else? Like... wait. Did I just call Discord.... charming!?'

The alicorn's moral confusion and offend were interrupted as she felt a thin, paper-like object being pushed over to her hoof. She looked down to see Discord slidding a small letter over to her, as he didn't take his eyes off of Pinkie, who he was now having a cake debate with.

-"But Pinkie, carrots on cake just doesn't work! Why would you put anything healthy in a cake!?"

The pink pony gasped.

-"Don't you dare mention that infront of Carrot Top!"

Curious, the purple mare sneakily took the letter and brought it on her lap under the table. On the back it read 'To Twilight' in nice cursive with little hearts drawn on the i's. Suspiciously looking around for anypony who might be watching her and finding none, she magically broke the seal (a simple red one with a 'Discord' written) and opened the letter.

"Dearest, Twilight,

Our last meeting has been lovely! I can't wait to see you once again. So I have decided to arranged yet another, ahem, meeting. What would you say? If your answer is 'no', I understand, but if it happens to be 'yes', well, I'll pick you up at 6 tonight.

Hugs and pogo sticks, yours, Discord~"

At the bottom layed a small doodle of an offly familiar draconeques and herself, laughing under a fort of books. She smiled warmly, her heart making a fluttering motion.

As the alicorn gently and quietly dropped the paper in her bag, she looked up at the draconeques, who was now making yet another one of his jokes, wearing big, round glasses for some reason. She let a small smile slip, as she sighted, resting her head on one of her hooves.

Suddenly, Twilight's eyes widened in realisation and confusion at the same time. Was she... falling for Discord?

A question that she hadn't even thought of before made its way to the front of her mind.

'What's the problem?'

What really was the problem, anyways? Would she be any less if she admitted she liked Discord, if she did? Of course not! But just then, another, not so pleasant question made its way over the last.

"What if he doesn't like you that way?"

Well, she had almost 10 hours to sort her thoughts out, and a whole night to figure that out.

But right now, she pushed everything to the back of her head, instead taking part of the conversation, while also sharing a few glances with the charming draconeques.

Author's Note

Wow, I made no transition in this chapter, at all. It's all one scene. Woah!

Anyways, that was that for this chapter, next we have: Date Night!™

Don't forget to leave a comment, see you all next time! Bye!