Twilight had been silent for the entire meal. Earlier that morning Ryan noticed that she was acting really weird and thought that maybe taking her out to a nice breakfast would help her come to her senses. However, this proved to be in vain as she continued to be silent during the trip, the meal, and even afterwards. Now here they sat in the middle of a restaurant with neither one of them saying anything, the human refusing to take his eyes off of her; while the alicorn refused to look anywhere near his general direction.

He had been patient, he had been kind, and he had been courteous. But, a guy can only handle so much before it starts to become extremely annoying. "Okay, I'll bite. What. The fuck. Is wrong?" He finally asked, feeling as though a huge weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. "You've basically been a corpse all morning and it's driving me completely banana sandwich over here."

I...I think you may have...j-just...What!?

She shifted in her seat a bit, still contemplating how she was going to break the news to him. Ever since Luna came to her in her dreams and reminded her about the issue with sleeping with an immortal she had been trying to figure out just what to say to him. Come on! She thought to herself. You're a smart pony, you can do this. Just find a way to play it off as a game. He likes games. "Can I ask you a question? Hypothetically of course."

Ryan raised a brow at her, his mind refusing to comment as it knew very well that she would hear it and likely try to avoid the subject if he called her out. "Sure?"

"If I told you..." She paused, taking a moment to clear her head. After taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down and mentally prepping herself, she continued. "If I told you that you somehow, someway, became immortal...How would you react?" She flinched a bit, as if expecting him to explode.

"What's the catch?" He asked with little hesitation, not sounding the least bit upset or angry. In fact, he sounded more curious than anything else.

This surprised Twilight greatly. Although she didn't know what he was talking about with the whole 'catch' thing, she was relieved he wasn't freaking out. "What do you mean by that?"

"You know," He began, "whenever someone gets something good there's usually a catch; some kind of downfall to receiving something they either wanted or needed."

She thought about it for a second, continuing to play it off as the game she wanted him to think it was. "Let's say that there is no catch. That you obtained this with no repercussions what so ever. You were just able to live forever." She stopped, taking in her own words. "Which, in turn, does mean that you'd have to watch those around you grow old and pass on."

Thoughts like these always gnawed at Twilight; how one day she was going to have to watch her friends die while she stayed young for the rest of...well, forever! She pushed those thoughts aside, not wanting to fall into an emotional rollercoaster of sadness.

Ryan raised a hand, rubbing at the scruff he was growing on his face. It had been a while since he had shaved, probably should look into finding a razor at some point. Going back to the question of immortality though...

"I think it would be pretty cool." He said, making Twilight's jaw fall right off of her face; Metaphorically speaking. "If I'm being honest, I've always been a bit scared of death." He explained, "Well, not so much death itself, but what would happen afterward." As he spoke, Twilight continued to look like she was in a state of shock.

"Being immortal wouldn't bother me, I've watched enough of my family die that I've grown used to it, so that wouldn't be too bad on me." He continued, making Twilight's heart skip a beat. She found it hard to believe that anypony could be used to seeing death. "Hell, if anything it means I could help them out as much as they needed and keep them happy even to their last days."

And our legacy would live on for ETERNITY!!!

Now that was something she could get on board with. Suddenly the anxiety she felt when it came to her friends growing old and dying lightened up immensely. Just because she wouldn't die that didn't mean that her friends couldn't live long and fulfilling lives. And, as long as she was there to help them along the way, she could be happy.

A single happy tear worked its way down her face, which she quickly wiped away with her arm. "Wow, you have no idea how much better you just made me feel."

Ryan shrugged, being understandably confused by this. "Okay, glad I could help?" He said, starting to become more curious about this whole immortality thing. "So what was with the random question anyway; And why have you been so quiet up until now?"

Her eyes grew considerably wider at his question as she remembered why she had asked him the hypothetical in the first place. "Yeah, about that..."

We're a fucking God now, aren't we?

"More like demi-god. You won't age or anything like that and any wounds you get heal at a much faster r-" Her mind shattered like a glass window when her thoughts caught up with her words.

"Wait, are you serious?" He asked with a bit of enthusiasm. The nervous blush as well as her silence proved to be as good an answer as any. "That's fucking awesome!" He nearly shouted, being more than happy with the idea of never having to face death...again. "Is that what's been bothering you all day?"

"Well...yeah." She confessed, still looking a bit unsure about herself. "I wasn't expecting you to react so positively about it." Her head dropped slightly as she thought back on her assumptions of is reaction. "I was actually pretty sure that you would hate me."

Ryan rose up from his seat, walking over to Twilight and kneeling down beside her. "Sweetheart, as much as I hate to admit it, I don't think I could hate you even if I tried."

"You don't think?"

"Not really, no."

We're still getting used to this whole, caring about someone else, thing. We've also been complete strangers to love and even doubted its existence! Cut us some slack, would you?

Twilight giggled at him, she was well aware that all of this was as new to him as it was to her. She also knew that for the longest time he didn't believe in love, so it was probably a complete mindfuck, as he would call it, to even think for a second that he would care about someone this much.

Still, she was happy being with him and was willing to be patient with his emotions. She leaned forward, letting her forehead rest on his as she closed her eyes and just enjoyed his presence.

She let out a soft chuckle as she shifted through her memories. "It's funny; The first time I saw you, you were trapped in that big metal monster. I actually thought that I had messed up the spell that brought you here, never expected myself to want you more than anything else in the world."

Ryan followed her example. "It is kind of funny." He replied, "The day started off totally normal. I was just driving home and..."

Twilight's ear twitched at the sudden silence. She raised her head to look at Ryan, only to see him staring off into space. He seemed to be deep in thought. The only question was; What was he thinking about?

She waved a hand in front of his face to get his attention. "Hello? Equestria to Ryan...Are you okay?"

"Dude..." He said quietly, his volume quickly picking up as he continued his statement. "Where the fuck is my car!?"

Twilight stood by the edge of the Everfree Forest with Ryan staring intently at the beat up mess that he used to call his vehicle. The black paint was scratched and a majority of the body looked pretty rough. It also had a chain wrapped around its body that had it bound to a large boulder less than a foot away from it.

From what he saw on the outside, a majority of the damage was focused on the roof of the car. Without so much as a warning he started walking toward it, only for Twilight to grab his arm and stop him.

"What are you doing?" She asked with a look of concern. "That thing could be dangerous! Don't you remember how it got ahold of you and locked you up inside of itself?"

Ryan pulled his arm away with a laugh. "You ponies are a fucking riot. That thing is about as dangerous as a water heater." He explained, looking over at it before continuing his approach. "Just take care of it and it won't explode, simple as that."

As nervous and as scared as Twilight was, she followed; Keeping herself as close to her mate as possible in the off chance that the monster might spring back to life and attack.

Once Ryan was beside the car he reached down to open the door, only to find out that the handle wasn't working. He sighed and stuck his arm through the shattered window, opening it from the inside. The door clicked as latch freed itself and was made ajar with an obnoxious squeaking noise that made both parties wince.

The inside seemed to survive, he even spotted his keys still in the ignition. However, he would get to that part later. First things first; he reached down and pulled a small lever under the dashboard, making the hood pop and sending Twilight into a small panic attack in the process.

The alicorn yelped and Grabbed Ryan before teleporting him away from his car. "That was close."

Ryan gave her a stern look, making sure that expression told her that he knew what he was doing. She gave him an apologetic smile as they went back to the car, this time standing directly in front of it.

His hand slid under the hood, another popping sound soon followed as he raised it, exposing the engine within. "Wow..." Twilight said in amazement, "What is all of this?"

"I aint no mechanic so I can't really say much." He answered, not really knowing what a majority of the stuff inside of it was. From what he did know though; The air compressor was fucked, the radiator was low on fluid, and a lot of the tubes had come undone. "But, I can fix this..."

Twilight looked over at him, merely observing as he lowered himself into the hood a bit and started fiddling around with some of the rubber tubes. "Do me a favor, sweetheart. Inside there's a set of keys, take them out and go behind the car. Put the key in the hole, twist it, and bring me every plastic container you can find." He knew better than to tell her to open the trunk and grab a list of things. Hell, the ponies all thought this thing was some kind of monster.

She nodded and did as he instructed. It took some work getting the trunk open, but she managed after about a minute of fiddling with it. "And bring me the small metal box from back there too, please." He yelled back to her, to which she responded with an 'Okay'.

Using her magic, Twilight was able to grab everything he wanted and have it follow her back over to him. She set everything down on the ground and gave him a tap on the shoulder. "I got what you wanted. I hope it's all here."

Ryan looked up from the hood and scanned the bottles with his eyes before kissing Twilight on the cheek and smiling. "Thanks, babe." He said, making her blush slightly and put on a ditzy grin.

He rummaged through the bottles, happily finding out that a majority of them had survived. The gas can was half empty, but that wasn't too much of a problem. After opening up the tool box he grabbed several shiny metal utensils and went back into the hood of the car.

Every so often Twilight would go over to the side or peer over his shoulder to see what he was doing. From the looks of it, this thing wasn't a monster at all. It was some kind of contraption made by the humans. Needless to say, she was beyond fascinated and memorized everything that he did from removing and replacing clamps to filling certain things with fluids that she couldn't identify.

When he had done all he could for the engine, there was only one final thing that concerned him; under the hood at least. The thing that really mattered, the horse that pulled this carriage, the beast that made this brick shithouse come to life; the battery.

"Twilight~" Ryan said in as cute of a voice as he could muster, giving the purple mare the biggest puppy eyes that a human possibly could. "Can you put the keys back where you found them, please?"

She rolled her eyes at him, taking the keys and cautiously entering the car before resting her flank on one of the padded seat within. After doing a quick inspection she found the ignition, or the hole she had yanked the keys from, and reinserted it. "Now what?"

"Twist it clockwise." Ryan replied, "It's gonna click and then I want you to stop." He set his sights on the battery and waited for Twilight to do as he had instructed.

"Okay." She said, still feeling a bit uneasy about this thing. Using the technique Cadence had taught her she managed to calm herself down enough to do as he had said.

With a firm grip on the key she twisted it until it clicked and was met with resistance. The area in front of the car lit up and the radio kicked on, making Ryan cheer as she jumped slightly. When she realized it was only playing a song, she relaxed immensely.

The song was strange, she had never heard anything like it before. However, her attention was drawn elsewhere when she saw Ryan dancing around with a wrench in his hand and pointing at her; singing along to the song that was playing as he used the wrench as a microphone,

"~Girl, you were made for me.

I was made for loving you, baby!

You were made for loving me!

And I can't get enough of you, baby!

Can you get enough of me?"

Twilight had put a hand over her mouth to stifle her laughter. It was a nice gesture and all, but it was simply too funny. It was like watching someone do something so adorable that you couldn't help but to laugh at them.

She climbed out of the car and walked over to Ryan. "You're such a goof, you know that?"

"Damn right, I am." He replied, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her closer to him. "Would you have it any other way?"

The smile she gave him was too cute, and the little blush that followed it only added to the appeal. She raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck, staring into his bright blue eyes. "Of course not."

They leaned in and shared a soft but firm kiss, letting themselves melt away in each others arms. Another song soon came on, one of Ryan's personal favorites. Poison by Alice Cooper. He broke the kiss and shoved Twilight back some, putting on a dramatic look.

"~I wanna love you, but I better not touch!

I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop!

I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much!

I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous, poison!"

Twilight didn't bother stopping herself, she just let herself laugh this one out before tackling him to the ground and engaging in one of the most memorable make out sessions she's ever had with him.

When the couple finally separated, Ryan inspected the exterior one last time. He took notice that one of his front tire's was way out of commission and got to work on that. Luckily for him, and thanks to his slight case of paranoia, he had two spares. A backup tire that matched the rest in shape, size, and design, and the temp spare.

It was an obvious choice, seeing how the backup survived the crash. He grabbed the jack from the trunk and got started on replacing it. In a matter of minutes the tire was swapped out and ready to go. With Twilight's help, everything was packed back up in the trunk and the chain was removed.

Ryan climbed into the driver seat and motioned for Twilight to enter the passenger side. She entered the vehicle and looked over at him curiously. "What are we doing?" She asked, "Better question; What does this thing do?"

"You might wanna put your seatbelt on." Was all he answered with as he twisted the key further and the engine hummed to life. "I've got a bit of a lead foot."

She flinched as the car was brought back to life, but since Ryan seemed calm she was sure nothing bad would happen. She remembered that he told her to put something on, and that he had something, but wasn't sure what they were. "Seatbelt? Lead foot?"

He pushed a button on the radio, starting up another song as he put the car in drive and slammed his foot on the gas. The tires skid across the ground as the vehicle took off out of the dirt, ditching the Everfree and leaving a large cloud behind them.

Twilight sank into the seat, staring out of the cracked windshield as she screamed from the sudden jump and movement. When she stopped panicking she looked out of the broken widow to her side, quickly taking notice that they were picking up speed at an incredible rate.

Forty-six...Fifty-three...Sixty-six...Seventy-five...Eighty-seven!

Ryan's eyes became fixated on the area in front of him, a huge grin spread across his face as he grabbed the gear stick and shifted it. The car made a hissing sound as it suddenly sped up, sending both him and Twilight further into their seats.

One hundred and motherfucking sixty!!!

He looked over at Twilight, clearly she wasn't having a lot of fun. In fact, she seemed kind of terrified. It was too late to stop it though, the adrenaline junkie was out and looking for his fix. His eyes left her and found just what he was looking for; A small hill that was quickly approaching them.

Ryan, while keeping his foot on the gas, stretched an arm across Twilight. He grabbed her seatbelt and forced it over her chest, buckling it in as fast as he could. The car swerved a bit, but once his hands where back on the wheel he managed to realign himself with the hill. His grip tightened, his teeth clenched, and his girlfriend was probably having a heart attack.

Fly you majestic piece of shit! FLY!!!

They practically glided up the hill with the speed of a bat out of hell. Before the tires could even reach the peak they left the ground and the vehicle soared several feet into the air.

"~BORN TO BE WILD!!!" Ryan sang loudly as Twilight externally freaked out, grabbing onto the handle on the ceiling in hopes that it would save her.

The car quickly fell to the ground, landing hard right side up, the momentum sending them spinning in circles. Given that the human had previous experience with issues like this, he jerked the wheel around and managed to get the beast into a steady side drift before slamming his foot down on the brake.

"Do we have to visit them?" Rainbow Dash asked in a very annoyed tone as she followed her friend to Twilight's castle. "It's not like they need somepony there to give a narration on how bad things are."

"What makes you think that things are going badly?" Fluttershy asked, not sounding anywhere near as negative as the rainbow haired Pegasus.

"Come on," She yelled out, as if Fluttershy had asked her the most obvious question in the world. "You said it yourself, they were fighting nonstop when they went over to your cottage."

"But that doesn't mean that they are still fighting." She explained to her opinionated friend, doing her best to look at the bright side of things. "I'm sure they worked out all of their problems and are perfectly happy now." A strange noise picked up just as they were coming close to the castle. "Do you hear that?"

"Yeah." Rainbow Dash replied, becoming as vigilant as ever. She spotted something in the air; It was large, black, and coming down fast. "What in Equestria!?"

They took to the air in silence as, whatever it was, plummeted to the ground and started spinning rapidly. The spinning soon stopped, but it was still moving with one of its sides facing where they had previously been standing. Clouds of dirt kicked up as it started slowing down before coming to a grinding halt just a few feet away the castle.

"Oh no," Fluttershy said with a look of fear. "That's the thing that had Ryan. It's come back for him!"

"Good riddance." Was Rainbow's response.

Before Fluttershy could reprimand her for saying such a thing they heard a loud whooping that rang out from inside of the metal monster. They merely watched as the sides opened up to reveal Twilight and Ryan exiting and closing the sides back up.

Ryan looked happier than Pinkie during one of her famous parties. Twilight on the other hand looked like she had just been put through one of the most frightening experiences imaginable.

"That was fucking awesome!" The human shouted as he paraded around for a short while, still being a bit hyper from the adrenaline flowing through his body.

"Yeah," Twilight said in a dazed voice. "That was great, let's never do it again."

The human laughed and pointed something at the monster, the eyes on it flashed and it beeped, making Twilight jump in the air, only for Ryan to catch her in his arms. "Calm down." He said with a giddy laugh, "I've got you."

And with that he carried her over to the castle, kicking the doors open to allow them entry as Twilight nuzzled into him like a foal. Unknown to them, the two pegasi continued hovering in the air with a slack jaw expression stuck to their faces. Both of them muttering the words, "What just happened???"

Author's Note

Finally made the reference. YOU'RE WELCOME!!! (You know who you are...)

This was a fun little chapter to do, I'm proud of it. However, I know there are probably a few errors in here that I missed in editing, so that'll stab my confidence in the throat a little later. Right now though, I'm content.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I know I did. If you did, slap that like button in the face like a bitch! Also feel free to share this story with your friends and leave a comment below. Comments make me feel special. :P