The visit went off surprisingly well, in Twilight's eyes. She had faith that her mate wouldn't blow anything up, or anything to that extreme, but it was quite the shocker when she saw how well Ryan was getting along with the princesses; Especially how well he was getting along with Luna. For a moment she was even concerned that he would try leaving her for the lunar princess, but after a long night of reassurance, she was positive that he wasn't going anywhere.

The train ride home would have been peaceful...had they actually taken the train and not raced it back down to Ponyville in Ryan's car. Needless to say, Ryan won by a landslide. The train was fast, but it didn't stand a chance against the horse power of his motor vehicle. It was nice to be back home again. Finally she could kick back and relax without having to worry about what Ryan would do that may cause him to get thrown in a dungeon.

However, that was short lived as well. As she rested on her bed, snuggled against her blankets like a child, she heard three distinct and loud knocks on her door. The purple alicorn let out a unsatisfied grumble as she tossed her blanket aside and walked over to open her bedroom door.

"Who is it?" She asked, not knowing who in Equestria would just come into her castle and knock on her door. Okay, maybe Fluttershy would do something like that.

"It's the guy from Tony's Male Strip Club!" Ryan yelled through the door. "Who the hell do you think it is?"

Twilight rolled her eyes and opened the door to find Ryan standing there without a shirt on. "So are you expecting me to make it hail or should I just give you my purse?"

"Either way, I'm gonna end running you dry." He explained in a cheeky tone. "And maybe, if you lose the attitude, that could have several meanings." Twilight blushed at his comment, reeling herself back a bit as she tried to kill off the blood flow to her face. "Anyway, I've got a surprise for ya. So get ready, cause we're gonna be out all night."

"Out all night?" She asked, wondering just what it is that he had in store from her. "What are you planning?"

"A thing..." He replied plainly, "Now get your ass into gear, we got stuff to do."

Ryan left her to her own devices so he could get himself prepared for a night out. Despite how difficult he was being with her, intentionally I might add, he did have a rather pleasant night planned for the two of them. Thanks to another trip to the diner he had been thrown out of, he managed to collect enough bits to make it all happen...and then get thrown out again...with no shirt.

It only took him a few minutes to get changed into a new set a clothes; Which consisted of a clean pair of blue jeans and a black T-shirt. His signature attire some might say, seeing how he had at least six sets of just those articles of clothing.

Twilight took her time getting ready. She was hoping to have a bit of a lazy day to just kick back and enjoy herself, so much for that right? Oh well, maybe whatever Ryan had in mind would be fun. She stripped out of her clothes and slid on one of the outfits Rarity made for her a while ago; A par of skinny jeans and a white V-neck shirt. She also tied her hair back into a pony tail, knowing that Ryan found it cute when she did that.

After giving herself a once-over in the mirror and deciding that she liked how she looked, she made her way outside. The sun was still resting high in the sky. Judging from its position she could only assume that it was somewhere around three in the afternoon.

Ryan joined her shortly afterward, taking her hand in his and walking toward town. He had a happy, yet somewhat determined, look on his face. In a few minutes they came across a baseball park with young ponies playing.

Twilight stopped, making Ryan do the same in turn. She was staring at a colt who was holding his arm. He was blue with a lighter blue mane and had a pained look on his face. She couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with him. The mare released Ryan's hand and walked over to the small pony. "Are you alright?"

He looked up at Twilight, doing his best to stay strong. "I think I pulled a muscle in my arm, but I'm fine." Despite his answer, he looked pretty upset. He sighed, "My team doesn't have another batter though. So we're probably gonna lose. It's the final inning and I was supposed to get the winning hit." His head lowered and his ears fell flat.

A look of sympathy washed over Twilight, then an idea came to her. Her head perked up and turned toward Ryan with an adorable smile spread across her face. "~Ryan..." She said, her smile turning into an even more adorable pouting face. "This poor colt is hurt and their gonna lose the game." She explained, keeping up her false saddened expression. "Do you think that you could help them?"

Ryan gave her an odd look, occasionally glancing at the colt. "You do know that I hate sports with a burning passion, right?" He asked, acting as though he was pointing out the obvious. "Besides, it's just a stupid game."

She groaned, getting back up on her feet and going into a more serious tone. "He can't help that he got hurt. Come on, they're gonna lose if you don't help them."

"And this affects me, how?" His behavior wasn't changing, perhaps it was time to take more drastic measures.

Twilight walked over to Ryan, leaning her head into his shoulder while she fluttered her eyelashes at him. "If you help them, I'll be sure to make it up to you." She sneakily worked her hand in front of herself and cupped Ryan, causing him to tense up a bit. "~Please..."

I SUBMIT!!!

Ryan growled a bit before lowering his head in defeat. "Fine, I'll help the little runts." He swiped Twilight's hand off of his little friend and walked over to the batter's circle with Twilight smiling at him the whole way.

He looked over at the other team, who was shooting him odd glances left and right. The umpire, who stood just behind the home base, was even giving him a questioning look. "What are you supposed to be; An overgrown monkey?"

"What are you supposed to be; A little bitch?" He responded as he grabbed an aluminum baseball bat from the ground and stood over the base with the metal stick raised behind him.

Just so you know, it's been about twelve years since we played this game...So I have no fucking clue what to do when we hit that ball.

Due to being lost in his thoughts, Ryan didn't notice that the ball had already been thrown and swung the bat too late. The umpire sitting behind him caught the ball and bloated out, "Strike one!"

The ponies in the field laughed, yelling out things such as 'Easy out', and mocking him for missing. Ryan took a breath, doing his best to not let his anger get the better of him. The umpire through the ball back to the pitcher, who caught it easily and spit on the ground before winding up his arm and throwing the ball. Ryan swung and missed again, earning a loud 'Strike two!' from the pony standing behind him.

Twilight could see all of the poor colts teammates lowering their heads, ready to be defeated by the offending team. As easily as she could use her magic to just make him hit the ball, she wasn't particularly one for cheating. She looled over at Ryan, who looked like he was ready to swing the bat at the umpire's head at any moment.

"Come on, Ryan." She muttered to herself, "I know you can do it."

Wow...we really suck at this.

"You're girlfriend over there is pretty cute." The umpire said to Ryan, causing his grip to tighten on the bat. "Kinda funny that she'd chose to date a freak that can't even hit a baseball.

...You're on, you little prick...

"Challenge accepted." The human replied to his comment, making the pony glance up at him with a confused look. The pitcher grinned, knowing that he was going to win this game. He winded up his arm and threw the ball as hard as he could.

Ryan let go, letting his instincts do the work for him. The bat came forward, crashing into the ball with a loud SMACK and sending it soaring clear across the field. He quickly through down the bat and ran through the bases; From first, to second, to third, and all the way home.

The young ponies watched the ball in awe as it flew across the sky. It continued flying even as the human had ran all the way back to home base.

When the ball started to come down, everyone watched in horror as it slammed into an elderly mare with a silver mane and a green coat. It came down directly into the side of her head, knocking her to the ground with an audible clunk.

Twilight watched the event with her mouth agape, unable to react, or even move for that matter. It wasn't until she felt her mate's furless hand grab hold of hers and pull her that she started to show any sign of life. However, not much could be done as he forced her to run along side of him to make a quick escape.

Golf wasn't something Ryan found a whole lot of joy in, but it was a semi-peaceful way to pass the time. He never like the whole, hitting the ball into a hole thing, so he stuck to the driving ranges. This way, he could hit the ball as hard as he wanted and not be forced to have some kind of goal

During their run, both Twilight and Ryan had agreed to not speak about the fact that he may have just nearly murdered Granny Smith. Ryan also mentally noted that it was still a little too early to put his plans into fruition, so settled with going to a small driving range to pass the time. It was a decent size, stretching out quite a distance, but was still close enough that you could see Ponyville on the other side.

He stood in a small area where he set his ball on a T and lined up his shot, quickly glancing at his watch before swinging. Five more minutes and he can take her out, he mentally noted before swinging his club and sending the ball flying.

Twilight levitated a ball onto her T, being much more picky, or as she would say, precise, about where she wanted to hit it. "So was this your plan?" She asked with a playful look, earning Ryan's attention rather quickly. "Taking me out to play golf with you?"

"Yeah, right." He replied, setting another ball down. "I'm just waiting for the right time. This just seemed like a decent way to keep us preoccupied until I was ready." He lined up his club, glancing at his watch once more. After this last shot they should be good to go. Without even thinking, he raised the club and swung it at the ball as hard as he could.

The ball was sent clear over the driving range and into Ponyville. Ryan's eyes widened, knowing that it was likely going to hit something. Instinctively, he dropped the club the walked away from his spot, grabbing Twilight, who was getting ready to swing, and pulling her with him with a soft yelp.

"Ya sure yer gonna be alright, Granny?" Applejack asked in a worried tone. After she had been struck by a random baseball, Applejack brought her home to get her into bed. Granny Smith, however, stopped her grand daughter before she could get her into bed, insisting that she was fine. "I just think that you should rest for a bit after that. You aint as young as you used to be."

Granny Smith spit on the floor at Applejack's words. "Oh, that's a load of apple sauce. I may not be young, but I can sure as sugar handle myself." She said proudly, moving over to her window and opening it to let some fresh air in the room. "It'll take a lot more then a tiny ball to take me-" The old mare fell silent as a sudden pain rocket through her head. Almost instantly she fell unconscious, collapsing out of her window and rolling off of the roof to meet the ground with a loud thud.

Applejack's eyes widened and she quickly ran outside to pick up her grandma, carrying her sleeping form into the house. Unknown to her, a golf ball remained lodged in the elderly pony's mane, keeping itself hidden within her white locks.

"Table for two, please." Ryan said to the Maître de with a sly gin, quickly sliding her a few bits.

After giving the human a stern glare, then looking around to make sure no pony was looking, she swiped the bits and pocketed them before grabbing two menus and leading them to a table that rested beside a window. She waited as Ryan pulled Twilight's seat out for her then moved to the other side to take his seat, handing them both a menu before letting them know she'd be back shortly to take their orders.

Twilight found herself glancing over her menu every few seconds, staring at Ryan with a smile on her face. He didn't seem to notice this, but that was besides the point. It was really sweet for him to do something like this for her. It wasn't necessary by any means, but here they were. Aside from his usual behavior, he could be the biggest sweetheart when he wanted to. She felt her smile grow as she thought about all they'd been through together and how he's always trying to go out of his way to make her happy; as unorthodox as his tactics may be from time to time. Even on their worst days, they always seemed to come running back to each other like magnets to steel.

She is eyeballing us pretty hard right now.

A blush formed across Twilight's face as Ryan finally looked up to see her staring at him. She buried her head in her menu so he wouldn't be able to see her, but he already knew now. Damn that brain of his!

Ryan smiled in Twilight's direction, only to turn his attention back to their waitress who was standing beside the table with a pad of paper, a pencil, and a very impatient look on her face.

They ordered their food, after Ryan had assured Twilight that prices would be no issue. He always found it kind of adorable how she tried to look out for how much he was spending. Yeah, he didn't have a job, but he had a way to make money and make it fast. It wasn't an issue for him. The waitress collected their menus, leaving the table shortly after to collect their food.

The couple looked over at each other, both becoming lost in their own thoughts about the other. Ryan couldn't believe everything he had to go through to find this woman. Twenty-eight failed relationships, several near death experiences, and even more brutal beatings than that. Who'd have known it was all leading up to this. Who in the right mind would ever think, for even a second, that a portal to another world was the step they needed to take to find someone so perfect.

Ryan smiled reaching a hand out to Twilight, grabbing it firmly in his own and earning him an adorable blush from the purple alicorn. "You're lucky tolerate you." He said, taking what could have been the perfect moment and shattering it into pieces with not more than a shit eating grin on his face.

Twilight's blush vanished and her expression turned deadpan at him. "You just couldn't stop yourself this one time, could you?"

He nodded in response. "Not a chance."

She couldn't help but chuckle a bit. "Would it kill you to be purely romantic at least once?"

"On the inside." He replied, giving her an odd look.

It really is quite painful.

Twilight let out a sigh, still finding it difficult not to smile His antics had grown on her too much for her to not find his smart ass attitude at least a little bit funny. "You're such a dork."

Ryan lightly shrugged, "Would you prefer I be completely normal?" He asked, clearing his throat and straightening his posture. "Good afternoon, Twilight." He began, speaking in a much smoother tone. "How's your day been so far? If you don't like the restaurant, we could always go to the park and talk for hours on end."

Twilight found herself recoiling a bit at his sudden change in personality, even going as far as pulling her hand away from his. "Okay, stop that! It's creepy."

"See what I mean?" He said with a laugh, going back to his normal tones and slightly slouched position. "If I suddenly start acting like that, either I've been replaced by shape-shifting bug aliens or somebody's life is on the line. Somebody close, not just some random pony I've never met."

"I'll keep that in mind." Twilight responded, wondering Ryan knew that he was momentarily talking about changelings. Then her mind started to wander a bit, making her mentally question why her mate was doing all of this. First he helped with the baseball game (partly) because she asked him to, then he took her golfing, now a fancy restaurant; On top of that, he seemed to be going out of his way to be at least somewhat nicer to her "What are you planning?" She asked him with a suspecting gaze.

ABORT!!!

Ryan rolled his eyes, mostly at himself. "What are you talking about?"

The mare crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair. "You know what I'm talking about. First you're listening to me, then you took me golfing, now the restaurant, and you haven't insulted me once today." A smile started spreading across her face as the realization dawned on Ryan that she was catching on. "Who are you and what have you done with Ryan?" She asked playfully.

He shrugged again, "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm the same as I've ever been."

"~Ryan..."

"Shut up."

"See!" She said with a finger pointed right at him. "That's what I'm use to hearing almost every ten minutes, but this is the first time you've said it all day." Ryan was holding his breath, doing his best to think up a comeback. "Come on, just tell me what all of this is about." She pressed in an excited tone.

"It's a surprise, you're gonna have to wait."

Nailed it!

Twilight groaned in frustration, "But I hate surprises, especially when I know it's coming."

"Sucks to be you." Ryan said, turning his head toward the window. He knew she would try to pull that puppy dog eyes thing on him again, but this time he was prepared.

"~Please." She almost sang to him, reaching out and grabbing one of his arms.

"You are becoming the neediest, bitch. You know that?" He retorted, doing his best to keep himself from looking over at her. It didn't end though. Before he could even register that she had gotten up, she was already pressed against his side, pulling the back of his head into her chest. "You're about to start a throw down, sweetheart."

Twilight chuckled at his remark, not believing him one bit. "Yeah, sure."

Her expression quickly shifted from disbelief to fear as she saw his reflection in the window. He had a determined look on his face and his head was slowly angling upward so he could look at her. "Challenge...Accepted..."

*One Brawl Later*

Twilight couldn't believe that, of all ponies in this land, she was the one being escorted out of a restaurant and even temporarily banned. Granted, she did fight back when Ryan attacked her, then defended him when they threatened to call the guard for him attacking a princess. However, while hers was only temporary, her mate's ban was for life; as the owner so angrily addressed. While she was being lead of out the door, she could still hear a bit of commotion within the establishment. Seconds later, Ryan was seen being held up by two very stocky stallions who literally threw him out of the building and onto the ground before slamming the door behind him.

"Owie..." Ryan muttered into the gravel, knowing that he was going to have a very annoying headache later from the impact. He pulled himself back to his feet, rubbing dirt off of his clothes and out of his hair. "Well, that was definitely interesting."

Twilight had her face buried in her palms. "That was so humiliating." She said as she dragged her hands down her face. "I'm a princess for Celestia's sake! I'm never supposed to act like that in public." She was going to continue dragging on about how she was supposed to be a role model and all that jazz, but paused when she felt something wrap around her waist and pull her close to it.

Ryan smiled down at Twilight as she looked up at him, an embarrassed look practically glued to her face. "Come on, it was all in good fun. No one is going to blame you for having a bit of excitement in your life."

"Yeah, sure," She commented with a sarcastic tone.

Ryan let out a sigh, quickly trying to piece together something he could do to help her relax. He looked over and spotted a small lake nearby. "Hey, how about we go fishing?"

Twilight shot him a confused look. "Um...Why?"

"Why not?" He added, doing his best to keep explanations to a minimum. "It would be better than just going home to reflect on all of the carnage." He didn't mind what happened, but he knew that she did. In short, he just wanted her to be happy and relaxed, and fishing sounded like a good way to help settle the nerves.

Although reluctant to the idea at first, she didn't really see any reason to not go fishing. Hell, it might even help her take her mind off of the destruction they had caused earlier. "Fine..."

Nice job, jackass. You probably just fucked up this whole thing.

"What thing?" Twilight asked suspiciously.

Ryan let out a disappointed sigh. Once again, his stupid behavior has ruined everything. "It's nothing."

They walked over to the lake, finding a decent sized boulder to sit down on. With a bit of Twilight's transformation magic, the two were able to create fishing poles out of a few sticks they found laying on the ground. After casting their lines into the water they sat in relative silence, letting their thoughts fade away as they focused on their poles.

Twilight found herself glancing at Ryan once again, her curiosity being as strong as ever. Clearly he was planning something; but what? She let her mind process what it could be for well over five minutes before she finally cracked. "Are you gonna tell me what you were planning yet?"

"I was planning on having a nice evening out with you, hopefully making you really happy, then taking you home with pleasant memories." He replied, not taking his eyes off of the water. "I already fucked up most of that, so it's probably pointless now." He added, beginning to doubt himself. Twilight couldn't help but feel a sudden weight on her chest, she could tell that he was genuinely upset about something. "It was stupid anyway, I should never have even bothered."

"Bothered with what?" She asked, unable to keep herself from digging further. She watched as his eyes lowered to the ground. Whatever this was, it must have really meant something to him.

Let's just make this easier on everyone and tell her. There's really no point in hiding it anymore anyway

Ryan lowered his pole to the ground, before resting his arms on his lap. "After I met up with Luna, it got me thinking about my life and everything that happened." Twilight leaned in, staring at him with hungry eyes as he started explaining himself. "There were so many things, small things, that could have happened that would have made it so you and I never would have met. On one side I could be dead, on another I would be in a completely different spot, and on this side...There's just so much that could have stopped all of this from happening."

"Stopped what from happening?" She asked, sounding almost worried. It was like she was expecting something.

"Us..." Ryan simply replied. "I saw things that showed me how different my life could be and it made me think." He turned his head, locking blue eyes with purple. "It made me think a lot." Unknown to Twilight, one of his hands had slipped its way into his pocket. "I'm sure this isn't how you pictured it being and I can't honesty say I ever expected anything close to this, but..." He pulled his hand out of his pocket and held out an small black box.

Noticing the movement, Twilight's gaze shifted downward, her eyes staring at the box with a look of shock. She reached out and took it from his hand, slowly opening it to reveal...nothing. Her expression quickly shifted from shock to confusion before moving back to Ryan. "It's-"

"Empty." Ryan cut in, finishing her statement. His gaze shifted back toward the ground "I told you, this whole love thing is still weird for me, but I just wanted you to know that I do think highly of you and that I want to be with you forever." He began, "That box was supposed to be a promise that one day I will give you a ring, a beautiful ring that you deserve. I already found one and I'm doing what I can to get it. I feel like such an idiot after I ruined everything at the restaurant because I was going to try and be funny about it while asking you to marry me."

Ryan couldn't see it, but Twilight had tears welling up in her eyes. She knew that Ryan loved her, but never in all of their time together did she expect him to try and pull something like this off. He was putting so much effort into making this day perfect so they could have a special moment filled with laughs and happiness and it came crashing down because she kept prying him for information.

"This is all my fault." Twilight muttered, quickly earning her mate's attention. "If I hadn't tried so hard to make you tell me what you were doing then-"

Twilight fell silent as Ryan's hand forced itself over her muzzle, his sights now on her. "Don't say that. Anypony would have done the same thing in your situation, even me."

His words would have fallen on deaf ears while Twilight continued to blame herself for how the night turned out, but instead she found her guilt melting away. Something about the way he spoke to her, how he was looking at her, it told her that everything was alright. She really felt as though he didn't blame her, and while that should make her feel worse, it didn't. Sometimes she wondered if he had some kind of magic, one that toyed with her emotions and made her feel like everything in the world was right.

Ryan's hand moved from Twilight's muzzle to her cheek. The mare responded by closing her eyes and nuzzling into the human's hand.

"Yes..." Twilight whispered into his palm.

Ryan cocked his head slightly, "What???"

Wait...What!?

Twilight let out an adorable giggle, sniffling a bit as she pulled away from Ryan's hand and wiped her tears away. "I'd be happy to marry you."

*Shatter*

A smile spread across Ryan's face as a soft chuckle escaped his lips. Then another, then another; Before he knew it he was letting out a loud joyful laugh as he damn near tackled his now fiancé and pulled her into a tight embrace, one that she happily returned.

The hug broke after a short while and the two met for a passionate kiss, letting themselves bathe in the excitement that was washing over them. Sure, today hadn't gone as planned, but in their eyes, it couldn't have gone any better. This would surely be one hell of a story to tell her friends, that's for sure.

After breaking the kiss, Ryan scratched behind Twilight's ear, making her blush slightly as he did so. "What do you say we head home for an early honeymoon?"

Twilight grinned and fluttered her eyelashes at him. "I think that's sounds perfect."

Ryan rose to his feet, Twilight quickly following suit. "Hold on." He said, "Gotta grab my fishing pole." He bent down and lifted the pole, attempting to reel the line in.

"You know I could just make another one, right?" Twilight commented with a playful roll of her eyes.

"Yes, but I wanna keep this one." Ryan said, sounding as if he were struggling. "What the fuck? I think I'm caught on something." He gave the pole a hard yank to the side, causing the hook to break free from whatever it was stuck to. The hook flew behind a group of trees, making the human let out an annoyed grunt.

He decided to give it one more try and tugged at it again with all his might, hoping it would fly back over to him this time around. However, the moment he pulled, a scream quickly accompanied it. Out of nowhere an elderly green mare fell out from behind the trees, the hook having grabbed on to her shirt, and fell into the lake.

Ryan blinked three times before dropping the pole and running toward the castle, but not before grabbing Twilight by the arm and forcing her to follow him. "Gogogogogogogo!"

Run, bitch! RUN!!!

About three months of working/stripping later, Ryan finally managed to get Twilight the ring he had promised her. Thanks to the help of the royal sisters, they managed to have the wedding later that week. They had the option to have a grand outcome, but both preferred to keep it limited to family and close friends. Less is more, as they say.

Once wedded, the loving couple became nearly inseparable. They went everywhere together. Ryan would even tag along with Twilight when she went to royal meetings to help keep her sane, while also teaching her how to loosen up a bit and let things slide when they were getting to her.

Twilight did the same in turn, but it was mostly to stop him from causing too much chaos in Ponyville. She's made numerous attempts to slow him down, and they worked...for about five minutes at a time. It was just long enough for her to get him as far away from whatever carnage he was about to cause, so she could tolerate it to an extent.

Needless to say though, they were happy. Twilight finally had someone to love and Ryan finally learned how to love. It took him a trip across dimensions to figure it out, but he couldn't be happier with the results.

Twilight was probably the happiest though since she managed to marry the most badass human in the world. Literally the coolest motherfucker you could ever meet and a god in the sack. His greatest qualities about him was everything. Nothing was wrong with this guy. He was practically-

*Door Creaking open*

"Hi Ryan; Still working on that story?"

"Yep, got it just about done too."

"Great! I can't wait to read it."

"I know...Fucking bookhorse."

"Careful now. If you keep being mean, I'm gonna have to ground you" ;P

"Oh, bite me! I'll be done in a few minutes, probably less."

"Okay dear, I'll see you in a bit...I really do appreciate what you're doing."

"I know you do. And you deserve it after having to put up with my shit for all these years. I figured it would be a nice gift for our anniversary. You know, 'What better than to reflect and relive everything we've gone through during our first year?'"

*Eye Roll* "You're such a goof. Come and find me when you're done." *Leaves*

"Don't act like it isn't a nice gesture! I know you'll love it! You read more than you breathe!"

Anyway, Ryan has a very adorkable wife waiting to read this, so it's time to wrap this up and take off. My first year in Equestria was definitely an interesting one, but fun none the less. Nearly killed me a few times too, but fuck it; shit happens. I hope you enjoyed this, Twilight. I know I did :P

With Love, Your husband; Ryan

Author's Note

Sorry guys, I hate to end it, but it was getting to be that time. For those of you who are wondering, I'm fine. I'm still a little sick, but I'm pulling through. It's sad to see this story finally being finished up, but it makes way for more stories to start flowing through. I hope you all enjoyed this little project of mine. If you like this story, slap that LIKE button like a bitch, share it with you friends, and feel free to leave a comment below. Comments make me feel special :P