I woke up the next morning feeling pretty good. I stretched and heard some pops in my back. I got up and walked over to my bathroom that was adjacent to my room. It was one of many reasons I loved this place, two bathrooms and one is my own. I brushed my teeth and took a quick shower before putting on some clean clothes as I walked out of my room. As I did I passed the other bathroom and heard the shower going… and singing? Stopping and looking at it I heard that it was Ange singing voice… and all the memories of last night came back. I nearly lost my footing when I did, it really wasn't a dream! Everything came flooding back to me, especially the kiss.

“Oh my celestial above…” I muttered to myself as I headed down to the kitchen. I put on a bot of coffee and get some celearl for myself. As I opened the fridge I saw that I was low on milk. I made a note to get some more as I took it out and poured myself some milk. As I did I heard footsteps and saw Ange, wide eyed with her clothes from the night before, only the jacket wasn’t on. Her hair was still wet and it kinda looked like she just jumped out of the shower.

“Last night… happened… right?” she asked me as I glanced at her, maybe it wasn’t a good idea for her to wear a tight white shirt… I kept my eyes away from Ange as I thought it would be rude to stare.

“Yeah, it did.” I said with a forming blush on my cheeks. If Blake were to see me now, I wouldn't hear the end of it. It was a few moments before I heard Ange’s trademark ‘Eep!’ before hiding behind the corner of a wall.

“I’m sorry Isaac! I uhh… didn’t realized that I was… oh my… I’m sorry.” she apologised before adding. “And uh… sorry for using your shower without asking.”

“Nonono, it's fine really. I was caught off guard and it's alright if you used that bathroom, I have my own next to room.” I said to her before walking over to my discarded jacket on the dining table and handed it to Ange so she could cover herself up. She took it and put the jacket on, which was big enough to do so.

“Thanks.” She said with a smile. I smiled back as I went back as the coffee was halfway done. She came over and sat at the table in silence as she looked around at my home. “This is a lovely place.” I smiled at this a little, having been worried over her silence.

“Thanks, it took a lot of time and effort to make the place how it is now.” I said, wanting to make any form of conversation. When the coffee maker finally beeped, I looked over to her and asked. “Coffee?” I asked her.

“Oh, yes please.” She said with a smile. I nodded and took out to mugs before pouring coffee in them, adding some of the remaining milk to sweeten it before mixing them with spoons. Once that was done, I took both mine and Ange's over to the table, placing hers down beside her hand with a smile before I sat down beside her. The two of us happily sat there as I ate and Ange drank her coffee. It wasn’t until a few moments later when Ange spoke again. “So… are we… a couple?” She asked, a tint of red was on her cheeks when she said that.

“I uhh.. Well um… do you want us to be?” I asked her, fidgeting nervously before taking a few gently sips of my coffee to calm me down.

“Well…” She said before shifting over closer to me. When I went to ask her what she was doing she leaned over and kissed me on the lips again. The taste of the coffee was mixed in with the kiss which was… sweet. She pulled away, a blush on her face before nodding a little. “Yeah… Yeah I would like that.” I smiled at her, shifting the seat closer to hers so she didn't have to lean so much. After I did this, she just rested her head on my shoulder taking occasional sips of her coffee as I did the same. While I was calm and collected on the outside, I was doing all kinds of flips in the inside.

The two of us continued drinking our coffee, enjoying each other's company, at one point Ange asked me to do the scratching thing which I did, now I had a purring Ange near me as I did this. I smiled at this as this was a great start of the day.

Before long Ange had to head back to her home to check on her animals, she promise that she’ll come back for the rest of the fair. When she left, I went to sit on the couch a bit, lighting a scented candle I had bought to ease my nerves, only this time I was using it to calm myself from going bonkers. As the candle burned away the embers floated away before they turned into the fiery feline that I know.

“Well, seems that everything came up good for you.” Wisp said as she sat in front of me.

“Yeah…” I said with a tone of voice I have rarely ever used, it was basically due to being on cloud nine. I heard her chuckle as she licked her paw.

“I’m happy that you found someone you care about Isaac.” Wisp said as she looked at me. I chuckled a little, stretching my arms up high as I felt myself relax.

“I wish I could tell you exactly how I feel but there really aren't any words that could accurately describe this feeling.” I said with a goofy grin, I'm sure if I were to look at a mirror right now my eyes would be in the shape of hearts.

“Nice to know… but there’s a fair going on and the rest of your friends are enjoying it… and Blake’s celebration of coming second.” Wisp pointed out, reminding me of it and I nodded before straightening up on the sofa before putting out the candle. I looked down at myself, currently I wore black sleeveless shirt with an image of a prism shining a rainbow to the left. Along with the shirt, I wore some old jeans that a few rips here and there but somehow still fashionable.

“I guess I can go like this.” I said to myself, earning a deadpanned look from Wisp when I did. “I already used my good clothes, I can't use it again, it reeks.” I said to her defensively. She rolled her eyes before disappearing in embers. I waved the embers away before I left to go back to the fairgrounds.

Like yesterday, everyone was out and about having fun and what not. I continued on until I saw Blake sitting on the bench in her normal casual outfit than what she wore yesterday. I walked up to her and called out to her.

“Blake!” I yelled, catching her attention. She smiled at me as I got close.

“Hey man, how is it?” She asked me, sound tired which was odd for me. Did the cooking really took a lot out of her?

“It's good, say why do look like you're running on fumes. Didn't you sleep last night?” I asked her, sitting down on the bench beside her. She sighed at this before looking at me.

“Yeah… I slept but I’m still mentally exhausted.” She said before closing her eyes. “Never have I had so much to think about in one day.” I chuckled at her when she said this, she no doubt was referring to the contest.

“Hey… you're not bummed about second place, right?” I asked her, wanting to know if she would suddenly jump at the first chance to strangle me.

“Me? No, not really.” Blake said as she glanced at me. “Sure it sucks but hey, second is pretty good in my books.” As she said that with a smile there was a sound above us. We looked up to see a large raven looking down at us. It made another sound, it sounded like a digging sound which Blake rolled her eyes. “Alright alright…” she said before pulling out one of her moon cakes. The Raven flew down and grabbed it before flying off with the mooncake in talon.

“You and that raven are getting a long, huh.” I said to her with a chuckle as the raven ate the mooncake with fast pecs.

“Yeah… have to say he has good taste.” Blake said with a chuckle, only for the Raven to make a buzzer sound. “Oi! Rude!” She then turned to me before saying. “So… how was the date?”

“It was amazing, we had the time of our lives together and last we…” I stopped which earned an archbrow from Blake before finally said. “Kissed.” I said. Blake gasped at this.

“You two… wait does that mean…” I soon felt her slap my back, knocking some wind out of me. “Man! You two go fast! I didn’t think you two would be a couple this quickly!” I groaned a little before saying.

“Yeah… we made it official this morning.” I said, a smile curling my lips at the recent memory. Blake smiled at me before giving me a one armed hug.

“Congrats man, I knew that you…” she stopped before letting out a yawn. “Okay… too tired for that…”

“Geez, if you're so tired why didn't you just sleep in today?” I asked her jokingly as she pulled her arm away.

“But it’s a fair! It should be enjoyed!” she whined. I rolled my eyes before retorting.

“Yes but how can you enjoy it when you're this tired?” I asked her with a concerned look and my arms crossed.

“Let me deal with that.” Blake said before pushing herself up. “Just need something fresh and decent… nothing fast food like…” she muttered to herself. I chuckled before looking off into the crowd, spotting Ange walking over to us and it only made my smile brighten up at this. She was wearing a normal brown hoodie and some jeans as she came up to us.

“Hey.” She greeted us. “Sorry it took a little longer than I thought but well, sorry.” She said before sitting beside me on the bench and giving me a kiss on cheek, the result was my cheeks taking a rosy tint. She leaned against me as she greeted Blake who waved back.

“Well, if it isn’t the love birds.” Blake said teasingly.

“Don't push it.” I said to her before wrapping an arm around Ange, hearing her hum appreciatively when I did this. It was bliss just holding her close. Blake rolled her eyes before saying that she’s off to go see what she can find to eat, she said she’ll find us when she’s better. With that I was left with Ange beside me. “I don't want to get up.” I said jokingly to Ange. She giggled at this.

“I know the feeling.” She said softly. As we sat there I caught the site of Milburn, only he looked awful. The once clean noble was now shit faced and stumbling around. Was he drunk? In the middle of the day? He seemed to be muttering something and didn’t seem to see me as he stumbled past. Just by walking past us I was able to smell the alcohol off of him and by the looks of it so did, Ange. Her nose wrinkled and shook her head, Ange was never one to drink unlike her friends, never saw the point of it.

“Isn’t that the one cook from last night?” Ange asked me in a whisper.

“Yeah.” I whispered back as I saw some people walk by taking pictures of the once proud chef. This caused the drunk chef to yell at them in rage but his yells were gibberish and incoherent. I feel bad for Lucius, mostly that he’s the grandfather to Milburn. I shook my head at this.

“Maybe… we should go walk around.” Ange said. “I could smell him from here and… ugh.” I laughed a little before nodding, unwrapping my arm and standing soon after. I held my hand out to help her which she took with warm smile. With the both of us now on our feet, I felt Ange wrap her arms around mine, giving me another one of her cute smiles when I looked at her. We simply wandered about the fair, seeing the many people from out of town and even some partying locals. There were some games going on, some challenges and as we walked I hear some of the locals talk about two women going at it at most of the games. From the descriptions I heard I figured it was Rachael and Jacqueline. I wonder what got them competing against each other?

“Seems like Jacqui and Rachael are butting heads again.” I said Ange as we walked. Ange chuckled at this as we continue walking. As we walked I couldn’t help feel like we were being followed.“Man… I never thought we'd actually be together… especially after the first date.” I said.

“Yeah… but I’m happy we are.” Ange said with a smile.

“Yeah so am I.” I said, my tone sounding more loving when I looked down at her, seeing her still holding onto my arm. We continue walking and even though I was happy that nagging feeling was still bugging me. We stopped at a stall and as Ange was looking through it’s wears I glance around. So far I didn’t see anyone, until I notice two shady guys next to a different stall. One of them was glancing over to us with a frown on his face. I shook my head and looked away. The two of us continued on in the fair, getting into more of the town. As we walked I glanced back and saw the two, they were following us! This made me frown more as I glanced at Ange who didn’t seem to notice. As we walked, I began to think of a way to solve this without Ange worrying or freaking out. As we walked I notice that they were getting closer. I had a bad feeling about this as Ange looked up at me.

“You okay?” She asked. “You seem tensed.” I looked at her and nodded with a smile.

“I'm fine, it's just an odd feeling don't worry.” I told her with a smile. Great my first action as boyfriend is to lie, ain't that peachy. She tilted her head at me but didn’t say anything as we stopped to a flower vendor. As Ange was looking at the flowers I notice that the two thugs were stopped as well, just a stall away from us. It was then I noticed they were by a stall selling scented candles, some of which were lit. With a mischievous smirk, i flicked my wrist in a way that made it looked like I was simply stretching it but in reality, it was me willing the flames to burst wildly onto one of them, slowly engulfing their sleeve in fire.

“AHHH!” the one guy yelled as he waved his arm in a panic. Everyone turned at this as the distraction caught everyone's attention.

“Oh my… what happened?” Ange asked, seeing this.

“His sleeve must've been too close to a lit candle.” I said, doing my best to hold back a laugh as he flailed his arm wildly to put it out. It was great… until someone threw a bucket of water at the man, putting out the flame on his arm, and dreaching him. The both of them, looking pissed turned in our direction… and one of them fell flat on his face, earning a laugh from everyone. I blinked at this, I could’ve sworn I saw the guy’s shoelace was magicly tying themselves.

“H-Hey! Why the-” before one they were tripping over themselves. Got to admit, that was some really bad luck.

As I thought that I heard a caw from nearby, turning my head I saw a Raven on a roof. It tilted it’s head a bit before flying of.

“Oh… hey Blake.” I heard Ange said. I turned to see Blake eating a crape with some fruit in it.

“Yo…” she said before looking back at the others. “The hell going on there?”

“Bad luck with what I'm seeing.” I said to her as we watched them trying to untie their shoes only to struggle in doing so.

“Ahhh… sucks to be them.” Blake said before adding. “Hey, the last event is going to start, the Marathon, going to come watch? I heard Lydia is even going to do it.” Me and Ange both arched a brow at the mention of Lydia going to a marathon.

“Lydia? Are we talking about the same Lydia here?” I asked Blake though this got a small laugh from Ange, a point for me.

“Yeah, trust me it was a surprise to me too but when I saw her getting ready it was true.” She said before taking another bite of her food. “Besides, it’s starting to get a little weird with those two.”

I glanced back to see the two still struggling with their shoes, so much so that they somehow tied their fingers up in the process. This actually made Ange snicker a bit before we left the area and headed over to the sight of the marathon. Sure enough there were a large number of people getting ready for the run, I even saw Rachael and Jacqueline stretching. From the looks of it the two of them were glaring at each other.

I sighed at this and scanned the crowd until I saw Lydia. Sure enough she was there doing some stretching as well in a light purple shirt and blue shorts. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail as she stretch.

“Oh my… it’s really is Lydia.” Ange said in surprise. I blinked in surprise at the sight Lydia before shaking my head, feeling Ange leaned onto me when I did. Blake saw this and gave me a thumbs up that Ange didn't see. We took a seat where we saw everyone get ready to run. Rachael and Jacqueline were already to go and Lydia… well, she was shifting and checking herself as if she was doing it right.

“HEEEEEELLLLLOOOO EVERYBODY!!!” A familiar loud voice rang out on the intercoms. “THIS IS YOU FRIENDLY PARTY PLANNER DIANNE!”

“Did you have to scream that?” Another voice said before adding. “And her co-announcer Drake, time to finish up the Fall Time Fair with the last competition; The Running of the Leaves Marathon!” They came up high riding in a large hot air balloon that overlooked the event, it was large enough to cast a shadow over some of the audience. The contestants were stretching arms, legs and fingers for some reason.

“So who wants to bet that Jacqui and Rachael will get caught up by their own thing?” I asked, glancing at Blake as she was handed a bag of popcorn.

“Don’t need to bet on it, I already know they will.” Blake said before passing some popcorn to the two of us. “From what I saw the two of them are competing to see who’s the better then the other. At first Jacqueline was winning but now Rachael is winning due to her using her wings.”

“Okay but why?” I asked now confused about their sudden rivalry between them as I held the bag of popcorn while Ange happily ate from it.

“Well… Rachael hates losing.” Ange said before eating some more popcorn. “She’s always like that since we were little.” Both Blake and I looked at her and she blinked. “Umm, did I say something wrong?” Blake chuckled a little as Dianne spoke.

“Alright folks! The Runners are ready to go! This is so exciting!” Dianne said with the same excitement she has for… well everything.

“Yup, I wonder who will win?” Drake asked.

“There’s only one way to find out! Runners…” Everyone tensed up as Dianne paused. “THREETWOONEGOGOGO!!!”

“That’s way too fast!” Drake yelled but the runners went, our two friends bolting forward at full speeds as the others ran behind.

“And they're off! Rachael and Jacqueline are neck and neck for first place! Look at them gooooo!” Dianne yelled as everyone cheered.

“That’s right and the others are all behind them, though at this speed it mostly to see who gets first and second place!” Drake said. I saw the large screen which showed the runners until it showed Lydia… who was simply jogging. “And at last place… Lydia… has she already thrown in the towel?”

“GO LYDIA GO!” Dianne yelled at the top of her lungs.

“...Ow.” was all Drake said. I laughed a little at this and watched curiously as Lydia jogged into the woods. From the looks of it she was going slow on purpose. When the contestants went out view, several hot air balloons with camera crew floated up and a giant screen appeared, showing the rest of the race. I glanced to my side, having caught a glimpse of something and saw that the two shady men had managed to get themselves out of their dilemma. I unwrapped my arm from Ange, getting an arched brow from her before I said.

“I just have to go to the restroom, I'll be quick.” I told her before she straightened up with a nod and allowed me to get up from my seat. I then carefully moved my way down the benches and I saw that the two men had noticed me. Finally I got out of view and walked farther away from the area, wanting to the lie the least bit true and headed towards the restrooms.

Finally getting to a restroom area, some porta potties, I turn to see the two had followed me. It was odd that they look somewhat menacing if no one saw they have no shoes. I almost started laughing at the sight as the two got closer.

“Can I help you two?” I asked the two as they walked up, frowns on their faces as they did.

“I don't know how you did it but you're becoming a huge pain.” One of them said with a frown as the other simply cracked his knuckles.

“Don’t know why the guy hates you but money is money.” The other guy said. I arched a brow at them as they slowly closed in, knuckles cracking ready for a beat down. I was in a situation like this before, a long time when I was a kid but the difference between then and now is actually pretty simple, ain't no kid. Before they thought of taking one more step, my hand was lit ablaze and it spook the two a bit.

“You two are becoming a pain in my ass, do you know how hard it is to lie to my girlfriend?” I asked them angrily, feeling a little weird after calling Angelina my girlfriend. “And it doesn't take a genius to know who's paying.” I said to them, saying both their wallets slightly sticking out from the pockets. I flicked an ember onto them, making them catch fire around the wallet. “You dumbasses are messing with the wrong person.” I said. The two goons quickly started to pat out the flames on their wallets.

“This is stupid! He’s just one guy!” One of them yelled as the other one was able to pat the flame out.

“Screw this! I was hired to beat a guy up, not a flipping Pyro!” He said before turning tail, leaving his buddy behind. The guy frowned as he pulled out a set of brass knuckles out and onto his hand. I got ready to flick fire at him but there was a large shadow that came over me.

“Alright kid, you’re asking for-Mmmph!” The first guy was cut off as a large hand grabbed him by the head and was lifted up. I looked and saw Guvir there holding the thug with one hand. The thug thrashed about, punching the Beastkins hand to no avail before slowly he stopped moving. In a few moments Guvir opened a porta potty and put the knocked out man inside.

“Huh, thanks for the assist.” I said to him, thanking the giant beastkin of a man. He turned to me and nodded before reaching over to me and grabbing my hand that was burning. He held it for a moment or two before letting go, showing that the flame snuffed out. He then pointed at a sign that says ‘No smoking’ and snorted. “Right… Thanks.” I said, rubbing my hand a little as I said this. Guvir nodded, not really bothered that his hand was burned a bit as he handed me a large box. Before I could ask he turned to leave. I watched him walk away then look at the box before opening it. Inside was battered fish with some fries and, from the heat alone, I could tell they were just made. “What an odd fellow.” I said, seeing him head off into the crowd before I closed the box and headed back to the others. Now that I wasn't being followed I was able to get back rather quickly and I finally found myself sitting back down beside Ange as she watched the marathon through the large screen.

“What’s that?” Blake asked, pointing at the box.

“Oh yeah, I managed to bump into Guvir and he handed me this.” I said before opening said box and showing it to her. Blake looked at it before giving a quick peek.

“Oh! Fish and chips!” She said happily. “I was wondering what he was going to do with all that fish from yesterday.” She said before I took a fry and ate it. I looked at Ange before asking.

“You want some?” I asked her. She looked over at me and nodded. She took a fry and started to eat it as we watch the large screen. Overall the race was pretty mundane other than Rachael and Jacqueline who, due trying to sabotaging each other, were falling in behind. Soon the runners came up to the finish line and Lydia came out at third place due to sprinting to the finish line as the others were losing steam. We went down and congratulated the librarian for third place while the two rivals simply stared at her baffled at how she got ahead of them. “You think those learned a lesson?” I asked Blake while Ange was busy scolding the two for their petty rivalry.

“They’re getting scolded by Ange, they better.” Blake said as we watch. I had to hold back laugh when she said that, though I couldn't suppress a snort.

“Let's just hope they don't something like this again, cause I have feeling they wouldn't stop unless the other drops.” I said with my arms crossed, upon doing so I spotted a smidge of soot on my hand before rubbing it off. Blake shrugged before yawning.

“Okay, I’m going home to crash… I feel half alive right now.” She said. I chuckled when she said this, her eyes were struggling to stay open.

“Alright, I'll being seeing ya.” I said just as she turned to walk towards her home, stumbling a little along the way. Before long I saw Ange walking back at me, huffing a bit.

“Those two act so childishly sometimes!” she said with a huff.

“Yeah but whether we like it or not it's a part of their charm.” I said jokingly with a chuckle. She crossed her arms at this, still frowning a bit until I came up behind her and wrapped my arms around her. This caused her to smile and lean into my embrace. Just doing this sent my heart fluttering but sadly like all thing it had to come to an end. Hand in hand, I walked with Ange back to her cottage with the sun just beginning to set over the horizon. It didn't really take long before we finally got to her cottage. Ange turned to me with a smile on her face.

“I had a really fun time today.” She said softly. I smiled in return upon hearing this.

“Yeah, so did I.” I said almost in a whisper before we both slowly closed the gap between us such as we did the night before. Our lips met and like last time, it was like fireworks going off before we parted. We gazed at one another lovingly before I spoke. “I guess I'll see you tomorrow… if that's fine with you.” I said. She nodded at me.

“I would love that.” She whispered back. With that she went into her home, a smile on curling her lips as she closed the door. I took a deep breath breath and happily sighed before I turned away and began my trek back home.

End of Chapter X

Author's Note

List of Names

Twilight Sparkle: Lydia Aurora
Spike: Drake
Pinkie Pie: Dianne Pye
Rarity: Sophia Belmont
Fluttershy: Angelina Calliope
Rainbow Dash: Rachael Dawn Wind (Wind is a real surname, it's Finnish)
Applejack: Jacqueline Smith
Applebloom: Samantha Smith
Big Macintosh: James Smith II (junior)
Scootaloo: Skyler Hawk
Trixie: Selina Crescent
Snip: Titus
Snails: Ralph
Zecora: Kamkhwala (Kam for short)
Vinal Scratch: Sofía Aquino
Octavia Melody: Carole Langstone