The Love of an Apple

by HeartfireFirebrand

Chapter 15: Dinner

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Me and Cara walk to the Canterlot Griffin restaurant. It has been quite difficult for me the last couple of weeks. Eating meat and the prospect of laying eggs scared me, on top of that I have the position of royalty, I’m just a simple farmpony, I can’t do this. I am only trying for Cara’s sake. I was so cruel to her, I dismissed for what she was rather than who she was. Cara said “Mah Sweet Apple, are ya okay? Ah’m here for ya no matter what.”

I replied “Ah’m sorry, it’s just this whole Queen thing is over mah head. Ah’m just a simple farmpony, Ah can’t keep this up.”

Cara smiled as she spoke “Ah know it’s hard, mah Sweet Apple but we will work thought this but for now let’s get something to eat.” I sighed as we approached the restaurant. I looked up to see the name of the restaurant, the Golden Wing. I sighed as this meant there was Griffin running the place, Gilda is the only griffin I have really spent any time with and the experience wasn’t great, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie insist she’s changed but still.

We entered and Cara asked “May we have a seat for 2 please?”

A female covered in silver feathers Griffin stepped up and said exictedly “I’m Silver Wing, my father was Golden Wing and he opened this restaurant years back, he passed away a year ago. I know he would be ecstatic to know royalty would be eating here.”

Cara said “There are very few places that serve meat in Canterlot, thank ya Silver Wing.” We proceeded to sit down and look over the menu.

I asked “What am Ah supposed to do, what if Twilight hates me for what Ah said to Cadence?”

Cara said “Ah’m sure she won’t she is ya friend, I’m pretty she she would shout at Cadence for this and give her a piece of her mind.”

I said “Ah hope your right.”

Just as Cara was about to reply a waitress came by, she asked “I’m Bronze Flight, what would you like to eat?”

Cara said “Ah’d like some bacon and eggs.”

I quickly added “Ah’ll have the same.”

Bronze Flight said “Of course, your royal highnesses.” I fidgeted slightly at the use of my new title.

Cara said “Ah know ya new title is hard to adjust to but stop worrying about it, we will keep everything fine and dandy.”

I replied “Your right, it’s just Ah don’t want to let anypony down.”

Cara said “Of course ya won’t, Ah’ll be by you side.” I smiled slightly as we sat there. Cara asked “Are ya looking forwards to seeing ya first eggs hatch?”

I said “No, I’m nervous, Ah have never raised children before.”

Cara replied “Ya do care for Applebloom and spent a good amount of time helping her.”

I replied “It’s not the same, she’s my sister, raising a foal is a lot harder, Ah have no idea what Ah’m going to do.”

Cara smiled as she said “Ah will help ya, don’t worry about it. Also the proper term is hatchling, please try to use proper changeling terminology for changelings.” I rubbed my head at that with a slight smile, I never was very good with words.

A voice said “Here’s your meal I hope you enjoy.” I watched as Bronze Flight walked away. I stared at my food as Cara heartily devoured her meal.

Cara asked “What’s wrong?”

I replied “Ah’m sorry, Ah’m not used to eating meat, Ah was herbivore before and despite my now omnivorous nature Ah have been to scared to eat meat.” Cara smiled as she grabbed my fork and shoved some of my food into my mouth. At first I felt sick from the food but then as the flavour rolled over my tongue I realised how good the meat tasted.

I smiled after swallowing and said “Well, that was really good, Ah had known how good meat had tasted Ah would have tried it before.”

Cara said “Ya wouldn’t have liked it, as a herbivore it would have tasted like dirt but now as an omnivorous changeling ya can enjoy meat.”

I said “Ah’m glad something Ah’ve been worrying about to be so foolhardy, oh boy Dash will be so jealous that she can’t taste this.”

Cara smiled “Ah have a feeling, speaking of which Ah haven’t spent a lot of time with ya friends, Ah need to get to know them better.” I nodded and we demolished our meals and paid the restaurant before leaving despite Silver Wing’s insistence on us not paying.

We arrived back at the farm late at night just as we were about to go toe go to the bedroom, I saw a letter at my doorstop my eyes widened as it read “It’s your childhood friend Rara, I have a concert coming up tomorrow in Ponyville, I hope you’ll be there.”

I sighed as I said “Ah wonder how she is going to react to the new me.”

Cara asked “What could possibly go wrong?”

Meanwhile

Several different Pinkie Pie’s, facehooved/palmed, one the personal student of princess Celestia hiding in her library after all of Ponyville want one of the Galloping Gala tickets from her, another an Alicorn flying alongside her romantic partner Discord while another a Changeling Queen escorting her friends through her hive and the last one in spar with Sunset Shimmer, they all said in unison “Oh come, you shouldn’t tempt fate like that.”

The Pinkie Pie that Cara knew said “I believe somepony I know did something stupid that caused some alternate versions of me to facehoof and/or facepalm.”


Author's Note

Due to the fact my editor is currently unable to edit my stories I decided to put up my chapters up as they are so they may please note the next several chapter may have some errors.

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