“Here you are Isaac! Two Spooooky Cakes!” Dianne said as she handed me two cakes with the icing that looks like a ghost with little black dots for eyes. It been a few weeks since the fair and now in fall everyone is getting ready for Nightmare Night. Everyone was getting excited for it… other than Ange. She didn’t really enjoy the night for her being fearful. I've been trying to convince her to come along with me during Nightmare Night but to no avail yet, I wasn't going to force her but it wouldn't be fun without her. The cake wasn't for some nightmare Night party as some would think, it was actually Birthday party but not just anyone's birthday, it's Blake's! Yeah, spooky I know. Her birthday was at the same day as Nightmare Night. The reason for the two cakes is simple, there was always never enough for everybody so I decided to get two on my own expense. I thanked her as I took both cakes and headed off back home.

I got there in no time and enter my home. “Welcome back.” I heard Skyler greeted me from the living room. Walking by the living room, I spotted her doing some homework on the coffee table as I walked by. Finally reaching the kitchen, I opened the freezer and made some space before putting the cakes inside, not wanting the ice cream within them to melt. With the cakes safely put away, now it's a matter of keeping them there and not letting Skyler have one of her taste tests.

“Freezer is off limits!” I exclaimed loud enough for the young teen skyborn to hear from the living room. I heard a loud groan from there.

“Oh come on!” She yelled. I laughed at this as I got myself a cup of tea, having been with Ange she had taught me how to make some really good tea. After making it I took it to my workroom. Since I wasn't busy with the metal hawk I had more time to do other stuff, as in use the computer that was also there. There really wasn't much to do on my laptop though I did receive a few emails from people that want something done, faulty wiring, computer problems, etc. I answered a few of them, made arrangements for what day I should come over and fix whatever problem they had. After doing that I decided to close my laptop before looking at the garage, seeing the many scraps and parts littering the floor before I frowned. Luckily I had already finished my tea before I began to clean up the place a little, picking up each individual part and putting them in a box. I had also opened the garage door to let in some more light to help in my cleaning. The brisk air greeted me as I opened the door, Fall did come in full this year, I even heard that Fall was the Princess’ favorite season.

As I was cleaning I saw Blake walking up to my house, and from the look of it she was in her own little world. I was in the middle of brooming the garage when I spotted her.

“You alright there, Blake?” I called out to her, catching her attention.

“Huh? Oh… hey Isaac.” Blake said, seemingly finding out where she was. “Just… going out for a walk. What are you up to?” I held back a laugh before gesturing at the broom.

“I was just sweeping up my workshop, though it look too much like a junkyard.” I said to her with a little laugh. She smiled at this before looking into my workplace.

“Oh my celestial above, there’s a floor!” She proclaimed with a laugh. I rolled my eyes as I sweeped the last bit of dirt out of the garage.

“So what's up with you?” I asked her before quickly adding. “You looked like you were in lala land.”

“Oh, nothing really.” She said before chuckling a little. “Again, just walking… need to get used to the idea that I’m getting older.” I rolled my eyes at her again before saying.

“You make it sound like being twenty three is rough, just look at me. I'm twenty three and still kicking.” I said to her jokingly, laughing a little afterwards.

“Sure sure…” Blake said with a laugh. She sighed a bit and had that soft smile on her, which was an indication that she was a bit upset, and I knew what it was about. Every year on her birthday or around it she thinks about her mother that disappeared when she was young. I never once met her father but she said he was really far away from her and sends her gifts every once awhile, mostly books and keychains.

“You need some time to yourself?” I asked her, putting the broom aside leaning onto a wall.

“Naa… You know me, I just go through a rut for a while…” she then looked at me with a smile. “Which reminds me… did you get me something for my birthday?”

“Nope.” I said simply with my arms crossed.

“Awww, why not!” She whined with a pout. I chuckled at this and simply said.

“Because if I said yes you would pester me to find out what it is.” I said to her, revealing to her that I had indeed gotten her a gift, one I had to make some calls for. She narrowed her eyes at me and crossed her arms over her chest.

“You’re sometimes a pain.” She said with a frown. I laughed at this before shaking my head, at the corner of my eye I was able to see my present to her, an envelope containing a very special letter.

“I got you something but you'll have to wait for it.” I said to her, crossing my arms once again with a mock stern look. Blake stared at me for a few moments.

“Fine…” She said before dropping her arms. “So… you and Sky have plans for tonight, going with Dianne for candy?” I shrugged, not really looking forward for tonight besides her birthday party.

“I'm sure Skyler and her friends are going, I don't I will though.” I said to her with a shrug. Blake made a fake gasp at this.

“What?! Not going to get free candy?!” This soon cause her to laugh a bit at her own joke. I sighed at this and shook my head, moving over to the box of scraps and placing over atop a shelf. “By the way, you thinking on another project now since you’re done with the metal hawk?” Blake asked me.

“I'm not sure yet, still thinking on if it's going to be another animal or not.” I said before walking back to my workshop table, nearly tripping on a box of my old stuff. Simple knick knacks I've gotten over the years. I grumbled a bit before shoving the box away, so it wouldn't make me fall face first. “Oh and before you go asking, I have your cakes in the freezer, ice cream cakes.” I said to her. I saw her face light up at this.

“Thanks, well I’ll be going off now. See you later then.” Blake said before turning on her heel and practically skipping off, leaving me to my own devices. I sat down on my chair and looked down at the letter sent by Granger’s School of Culinary Arts and by the dean himself.

“Ha, and then people say I can't Blackmail a noble.” I said with a chuckle to myself. Before long I went back inside to see how Skyler was on her homework. When I did I saw her already playing video games. I was about to scold her for it but I looked at the notes and saw them to be math. I chuckled a little as I went to the kitchen to put the teacup in the sink. Out of all the subjects she takes she seemed to do really well on math. I returned to the kitchen and spotted the still open box of tea, seeing it nearly empty and in need of more. Luckily Ange had informed me of where to get some more and knowing that it wasn't too far into town, I decided why not and grabbed a jacket on the way out.

“I'll be back in a bit, I just need to get some more tea.” I said to Skyler as I walked by the couch, she nodded but said nothing as she was too engrossed in her game.

I left my house with a jacket on and headed down to find this tea shop. As I did I notice that the wind started to pick up a bit. It gotten to the point where it felt like a storm was near, though that idea was dashed when a mini tornado of shadows formed in the middle of town. This freaked the townsfolk, running for cover and some even stating that Nightmare Moon has returned. Before long the tornado was dispersed and in its place was a older woman with a black hood, black wings, and a simple dark blue dress. She scanned the place and saw everyone scared of her. I was honestly the only one that wasn't cowering in fear, only shivering a little in my jacket. She saw me and walked over, anyone around me inched away from me as she came closer.

“Hello there Sir Isaac! I hope today is that of your liking?!” She yelled… like really yelled, about two feet in front of me. I blinked rapidly, hearing an audible beep from my near deaf experience.

“Owww….” I slowly said, rubbing my ears as I could've sworn I felt them bleeding. “Not to be rude, your highness, it's good to see you and all but… I don't think shouting at people when you're up close to them is something you should be doing.” I said, still reeling back from the yelling.

“What do you mean?! This is my normal voice back then over a thousand years ago and no one complained!” She yelled, making me take a few steps back.

“Ow!” I yelled, this time unable to hold it back. “Listen your highness, things changed over the past millennia, you can't honestly expect things to be the same as it was when you were banished!” I said, trying to hear my own voice in the process. “You're going to have to tone it down a notch, princess, because in all honesty the whole yelling thing isn't helping your image!” I yelled once again. There was a small part of me saying that yelling at the Princess was a bad idea but I didn't like getting yelled at, even though it wasn't in a malicious way.

The Princess blinked at me for a few moments. “Oh! I-" She stopped and cleared her throat. “Sorry, is this… better?” She asked in a more quieter tone… and a nervous one? Now seeing her up close her eyes dart around in a fearful motion, she was plucked out of her time and thrown into a new one, I can kinda get why she was yelling. Maybe it was something that was the norm a thousand years ago?

Though yelling at someone up close was… weird. I had my own reason though, I could barely hear myself after having my ears nearly blown apart. Luckily it wasn't serious, after a minute of silence I regained my full sense of hearing before I spoke.

“Yeah that's an improvement but… I don't think you need to be so nervous, your highness.” I said, gently rubbing my ears before finally stopping and lowering my hands from them.

“Nervous? Why would I be nervous?” She asked with a small frown. “I am perfectly fine at the moment.” I arched a brow at her as she said this as she saw the others hiding. “And why is everyone hiding? There's no threat?”

“Well… they're kinda afraid of you, well, the other you… The one that nearly ripped my arm off you.” I said, clarifying what was all the commotion for when the townsfolk saw her. These news took effect as Luna visible looked upset about it, so much so that her form wavered a little.

“Oh… I am sorry about that… you arm has healed correctly?” She asked, looking at said arm. I rubbed my arm, remembering the sound of it absolutely shattering upon impact against the pillar.

“Yeah, good as new and just so you know, I'm not going to hold it against you.” I said, seeing that by saying this brought her some form of relief to her.

“That's… good.” She said as she looked around. She then walked out away from me and started to proclaim that she wasn't evil and here for good intentions in her telling voice. This only scared everyone and a look of confusion formed on her.

“I don't think it worked.” I said jokingly, wanting to somewhat cheer her up in anyway.

“Really? Is it something I could do to change it?” The Princess asked. “Believe it or not I wasn't just sitting around on the moon doing nothing.” I could only shrug, not truly knowing what she meant by that but as for her questions.

“The first thing you should do is to find yourself some clothes because right now, you look like you're here to take someone's soul.” I said to her, honesty evident in my tone as I spoke. “Another thing, you need to chill and take it easy. You can't gain everyone's trust in a day or two, it takes time and effort.” I said to her. She looked down at herself.

“I see… tell me do know a place where I could get some clothes? I believe going around in the buff is considered bad.” She asked me plainly. I blinked at this, great now I have that image stuck in my head but luckily with a shake of my head, that image was gone but was replaced with Ange… That didn't help me at all!

“Sure… just follow me.” I said, rubbing the side of my head in hopes to calm myself a little. She looked at me oddly before ultimately nodding. With that I led her towards Sophia’s boutique which was all the way across town. An odd thought crossed my mind, were her clothes magic? I glanced back at her and saw her dressed seemed to glide over the ground as she walked. I shook my head as we walked before the Princess spoke.

“I heard you do odd jobs Sir Isaac, tell me do you have any hobbies?” She asked me out of nowhere.

“Yeah actually, I tend to make some metal statues just for the fun of it.” I said to her, answering her odd question.were

“Oh? You work with metal? That’s fascinating.” She said to my answer before asking me another question. “Tell me, do you give them life like any metalmancer?” She asked. I blinked at this, having never heard of the term metalmancer before.

“Um, no not really, they're just statues I make out of scraps from old junk.” I said to her as we walked by the town’s center, seeing the fountain and people around before they cowered away in fear at the sight of Princess Luna. Her mouth frowned a little as we continue walking.

“I believe that little time is really a long time Sir Isaac, for those don’t see me in a good light.” She said somberly. I sighed at this and shook my head as we continued down the cobblestone road. “Tell me, after the event all those months ago, how do you see me?” She asked.

“What?” I asked back, unsure on what to make of her question. She looked at me for a moment before she spoke.

“Everyone here runs in fear of me, mostly to hide in case I turn back to the Nightmare again, and maybe due to the idea that I deal with stuff no one wants to see.” She said cryptically before shaking her head. “Sorry, that’s not how it should have came out… what I’m asking is… why are you leading me through town, even though you seen the danger I have brought?” I took a moment or two to think about this before finally shrugging.

“I can't really answer that, your highness.” I said to her with yet another shrug. She hummed at this for a moment.

“If you don’t mind, please refrain from calling me highness or Princess.” She asked me. I turned back and saw a small smile appear. “I feel a bit better to be called by Luna instead of something my sister has for much longer.”

“Alright then, Luna it is.” I said this with a smile and a chuckle before we finally came up on the boutique, Sophia’s workplace. “Here we are, Carousel Boutique.” I said to her. I heard her hum a little at this.

“Nice place, shall we?” Luna asked. The two of us walked into the building which as we saw was empty and quite. The bell from the front door was the only sound that I could hear until Sophia walked out of the back in a vampire mistress outfit. Her hair was done up in a fashionable style as she walked forward.

“Welcome guests, to my humble abode.” She said dramatically and bowed. I raised a brow at this as she straightened. “How can I heeelllpppp…” she stopped when she was Luna and went wide eyed.

“I think her brain stopped working for a second.” I said, holding back a laugh at the dumbstruck Sophia. Luna chuckled at this as she spoke.

“Hello there, I was wondering if I can walk around and see if I can find something to wear.” Luna asked the dumbstruck Magi.

“I… I would be honored you… uhhh… I mean… duuhh.” That’s all what Sophia could say before Luna glided through the store in search of something. I simply stood there as Sophia glanced at me. Over the time I’ve been with Ange, Sophia has completely stopped her advances onto me. So much so that we barely talk anymore. It's not the I was avoiding her, in fact it was the other way around with her avoiding me.

“Hey.” I greeted her with a small wave.

“Hey…” She greeted back. “You look… good.” She added as she glanced at me. “Did something with your hair?”

“No, not to my memory at least.” I said with a shrug, glancing over the many display clothing by the window. Sophia didn’t say anything after that as we waited.

“You and… Ange are happy?” She asked me after a few moments of silence. I was a little surprised by the question, having not expected her to ask it. I would've thought she'd avoid the subject of me and Ange.

“Yeah… Ange and I are happy together.” I said, somewhat hoping that it wouldn't worsen the situation right now. There was a sad smile on her face when I said that as silence took over. It was almost a whole minute before she spoke.

“Tell me… if I did things differently… would you’ve given me a shot?” She asked, now looking at me fully.

“I…” I tried to say something but I only ended up sighing to myself. “I can't say for sure, I mean maybe but...it's just…” I struggled to put my words in a way that it wouldn't sound harsh.

“Just what?” She asked me, curious to know what I’m going to say. I sighed a little before looking at her.

“You’re just… you like to act like a noble.” I told her. This took her by surprise as she stared at me.

“Act like a noble? How is that a problem-” She stopped and closed her mouth. “Oh, right… you don’t have a great track record with them…” I rubbed the back of my head at this before saying.

“I don't know even if you did do things differently would make much of a difference. I just… don't see you that way, I see you as a friend and… and I hope we can still be friends.” I said to her. Sophia didn’t say anything after that, staying silent for some time that I started to regret telling her this. Soon I heard a sigh as Sophia looked at me.

“I guess… I was childish when we first met and everything after.” She said. “I… I’m sorry Isaac, for being a little selfish. You’ll always be my friend… I do hope I can be a good one for you.” She asked me with a small smile. I nodded at this, a smile forming on me as I did.

“Yeah, I'd like that.” I said to her, glad to have talked her about this. The two of smiles before a voice got our attention.

“I believe this is good.” Luna said. I turned and saw a complete one eighty of what I saw from Luna. Instead of a dress and… well Gri m Reaper look, she wore some dark blue jeans and a black sweater with the hood down. Her appearance looked much, much younger, maybe around my age or older.

“Wow, that's a sudden change of appearance.” I said, surprised at the one eighty change from looking like the grim reaper to normal everyday woman… with the exception of being of a dark celestial. “You look good, your high- I mean, Luna.”

“Thank you Sir Isaac.” Luna said with a smile. Sophia raised a brow at me but didn't say anything. Before long and Luna paying for the clothes, and maybe tipping Sophia a little too much, the two of us headed out.

Like her appearance the attitude towards her shifted greatly. When everyone was fearful of Luna the Princess, no one seemed to bat an eye to Luna the person.

“So what exactly are you in town for anyway?” I asked her as we walked back down the street, heading back all the way across town so I could by some more tea.

“Truly I wanted to know why everyone celebrate this holiday.” Luna answered simply, her voice had the hint of curiosity. I shrugged at this and answered as best I could.

“It's kinda complicated to explain, people come out and about in various costumes, scary or funny, cosplay or original.” I began but I could see her questioning glance at mention of cosplay but thankfully she didn't interrupt. “Once every year people, mostly kids, come out with their parents to get candy while some much older kids or drunk adults play some nasty tricks on the townsfolk, it's all harmless fun but there are boundaries no one should go through, like destruction of private property, vandalism, all that nasty stuff.” I said to her before closing my eyes and thinking of a much better way to explain it. “It's something that was created for kids to have fun playing dress up as their favorite characters or have the scariest costume. It's not much to going but it is what it is.” I said with a final shrug.

“So… it's a night where everyone has fun?” She asked me.

“Yeah.” I said with a nod as we past by a few houses that had many spooky decorations. From hanging skeletons to fake cobwebs, many of the townsfolk were happily putting them up for tonight's event. I looked back at Luna and saw her bewildered look that almost made me laugh. “You okay there, Luna?” I asked her, holding back the laugh.

“I just… never thought something like this would happen.” Luna said just as we saw some playing around in their costumes already. “Even when they dress up as creatures of myth.” I chuckled at this as we walked by the children playing in their costumes. I smiled at this as we walked. Soon Luna said her goodbyes and headed off into the town to explore. With only myself and the bag of tea in my hand, I finally headed straight back home. Upon reaching the front door to my house, I entered and closed it behind me, the sounds of Skyler's game greeting my ears as soon as I walked in. As I walked towards the kitchen, I expected to find Skyler still playing her game, wanting to one hundred percent it but instead to my surprise I found Ange with sitting cross legged with the remote amidst a boss fight in the game Skyler wanted to fully beat. The fight in question was with by far the hardest boss to fight single handedly… yet there she was, dodging every swing and attack before finally striking it down mercilessly and beating in one single go. Ange hummed to herself as Skyler stared at the screen with wide eyes.

“Wow… she's got you beat there, Skyler.” I said jokingly after seeing her bewildered stare at the screen.

“Just… how!?!” Skyler asked at this. Ange turned to me and waved.

“Hi Isaac.” She greeted me. I smiled and waved my free hand at her.

“Hey Ange… I didn't think you'd be out today.” I said to her with tilted head, curious to know what had gotten her to come out of her cottage during the day of Nightmare Night. She blushed a bit as she handed the controller to Skyler.

“Well… I wanted to wish Blake a happy birthday so I came out…” She said with a nervous smile.

“She was freaked out when she came to the front door.” Skyler added as she played. I looked at Ange with concern in my gaze, knowing her fear of the Nightmare event tonight. With what she has told me, it was all due to a traumatic experience she went through as a kid that had led to her fear. I had tried many times to convince her that there was nothing to fear but it always ended up with someone jumping at us and giving us a scare, last guy who did that had ended up in the hospital with how hard I hit him.

“Are you sure you want to do this, Ange? I could always guide you back to your home.” I said, wanting nothing but for her to feel safe and not afraid of everything.

“It's… it's fine. I wanted to wish Blake a happy birthday… also something about baby steps?” She said with a nervous smile. I chuckled a little before putting the bag containing the many packets of tea on the kitchen counter.

“So other than wanting to wish Blake an awesome birthday, what brings you to casa de Parker?” I asked her half jokingly as I sat beside her on the large couch. She shrugged a little.

“Am I not allowed to visit?” She asked me jokingly with an arched brow. I laughed a little at this as I draped an arm around her shoulders, pulling her close. We've been together long enough for us to not be nervous around each other all the time, it was practically a huge boost in confidence for the both of us.

“I never said you weren't.” I said jokingly before finally giving her a sweet and gentle kiss hello. She smiled at this as the two of us simply looked back as Skyler played her game, though by the looks of it she has yet to get over the fact that Ange fought a boss in one try without as much as a single peg of health missing. We stayed like this, my arm around her as she leaned onto me and enjoyed our closeness to one another. Time went by fast and before we knew it, it has already gotten dark and an alarm at the kitchen notified me of the closeness of Blake's birthday. So much to our disappointment, I got and looked at the time before going upstairs for a quick change of clothes to suit me during the cold air of the night. Skyler went up and got changed as well but unlike me, she changed into a costume I had bought for her for this occasion and when I came downstairs with a jacket, I spotted Skyler donning her costume of a female Soul of Cinder. She was adjusting the short cape when I spotted her and Ange was helping her out with it. While they did that, I went to the garage to pick up my gift for Blake and pocketing safely in jacket before heading into the kitchen to take the two cakes out. I was relieved to see the two cakes in perfect condition. I took them both out and was about to announce that it was time to head out, Ange’s gentle hands grabbed the second box. When I looked at her she merely smiled at me, sending my heart fluttering when she did.

The three of us soon headed out towards Blake's place. Like any other celebration the whole town was out, different costumes of creatures ran around so kids ran around playing games or getting candy. The walk over to Blake's shop wasn't long, a few minutes at most before we finally arrived. Inside were many of Blake's friends and I could see Lydia, Jacqueline, Rachael and even Sophia. I would've questioned the lack of Dianne but didn't as soon as I saw her walk out of the kitchen, serving up the table of snacks made by her. Dianne spotted me and before zooming by and taking the cakes into the back to keep the refrigerated. Many of the party goers were in costume and it almost seemed like me and Ange were the odd ones out, in any case we didn't care about coming in costumes or not.

“Hey!” Blake greeted us. She was in what looked like a wraith costume, white face, black robes and contacts that made her eyes completely back. “Glad to see you could make it. And Ange… didn't think you be showing up.” I chuckled at this as I felt Ange’s hand grasp mine, some of the costumes were very frightening for her.

“I didn't think so either but hey, I'm not complaining.” I said to Blake with a shrug and a small laugh before giving Ange a gentle kiss on the cheek. Skyler went off towards her friends after spotting them in the crowd.

“Well it's great to see you two.” Blake said before walking back into the party. Ange held my arm close to her chest, smiling nervously at me.

“There's nothing to be afraid of.” I said to her in a soft tone, bringing her hand up before planting a kiss on it. “But I'll be with you either way.” I added, bringing a smile onto her lips and it wasn't a nervous one, it was a happy smile. The two of us wandered around, greeting other people that were there. I knew that this was Dianne that planned it due how many people were here, if it was anyone else it would've been less people. We came upon the punch bowl, a large bowl filled some juice but… Something was off about it even as I filled two cups and giving one to Ange. Upon tasting the beverage, a sudden taste of alcohol flooded my taste buds and I nearly spat it out. When I gulped it down and shook my head from the buzz, I wanted to warn Angelina that it was spiked punch but when I looked over to her, I saw the empty cup in her hand.

“Blug… why did it feel like a fire went down
… my…” She soon started to sway a little. She turned to me and blinked right before poking my nose. “Boop!” She giggled bubbly after this before looking at her cup. I blinked at this before frowning and looking down at my cup.

“I'm going to kick the ass of the guy who spiked this.” I muttered to myself angrily before Ange wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me down. Was Ange that much of a lightweight? She was giggling and hiccuping, all she drank was a single cup. She brought me down into a fiery kiss, an awkward one at that as she was leaning a little too much and she nearly fell but I caught her.

“Wheee~” She said with a goofy face. I pulled her back up which then she leaned onto me again. “You're so comfy~!” I didn't know what to say, seeing her acting like this was beyond odd. Not wanting her to do something she'll regret later, I maneuvered myself in a way for me to pick her up bridal style. After picking her up, I quickly moved over to a booth before sitting her down, though she refused to let me go, still having her arms around me.

As I did this there was some yelling going on. I turned my head and saw Dianne in a chicken costume dragging a guy in a knight costume outside before Dianne comically boots him out.

“No Spiking Drinks!” She yelled at the guy before walking back in as if nothing has happened. I stared at this as Ange was cuddling me.

“You know… you are… are so comfy that I… I I I… I could fall asleep as if I was on a cloud~... like a cat!” She then gasped at this before continuing. “You know what was really cool when I was part cat?!? I could sleep annnnyyywwhhheerree~! And… and if I do I sleep for a loooooong time and feel so rested!” She giggled as this before resting her head on my chest and looked up at me. “Your eyes are so pretty.” I blinked at this, hearing her ramble on and on about several things before she spoke of my eyes, complementing them of their Amber color.

“Hey… what's wrong with her?” I looked up to see a scarecrow Jacqueline looked at us as Ange was resting on me.

“Some fucknut decided it would be funny to spike the punch. Me and Ange took a drink from the punch bowl, after that well…” I said, gesturing at the smiling Ange resting her head on my arm.

“Ah… how much did she have?” The farmer asked, curious to know of how Ange got to such a state. “She looked like she drank a whole barrel full on her eighteenth birthday.”

“One full cup.” I answered simply, while at other times seeing that someone can't hold their liquor I would find it hilarious but with Ange was an entirely different feeling, though it was mostly concern for her safety.

“Ya kidding.” Jacqueline asked me. I stared at her which told her that I wasn't. “Okay… ya know ah believe Rachael has a story of Ange the last time she drinked. Though that's all ah know since she was very tight lipped about it.” I nodded at the scarecrow costume wearing farmgirl.

“Alright, I'm sure Ange will be fine. She hasn't tried letting go of me for a while.” I said, feeling Ange nuzzle my arm with a happy hum.

“Ah see that.” Jacqueline said with a chuckle. She soon headed off as Ange nuzzled be, purring like a cat. It’s as if she was in her own little world right now. It wasn't all bad, seeing her happy like this brought a smile onto my lips. Every now and again she would bring me down for a kiss, sometimes sweet and gentle while other times it bordered to a makeout session which I wasn't complaining with I just felt awkward when it just suddenly happens. It was sometime later when the other guests started to leave and it was Blake, Me, Lydia, Dianne, Sophia, Rachael, Jacqueline, and a drunk Ange.

“Hey man, if you two need to head off I don’t mind.” Blake said as she saw the two of us, she took her contacts out so I saw her two different coloured eyes.

“Noooo~, I’m fine!” Ange said before falling back into the booth. “Hey… I see the roof!”

“We're fine but if Ange needs to vomit we're out of here.” I said to her jokingly while Ange giggled happily to herself as I handed her a cup of water, wanting to somehow sober her up. She drank the water without as much as a fuss. Dianne walked out with one of the cakes, the other having been eaten by the other guests. Money well spent I should say. We all sat in a large booth with some chairs pulled up and ate the icecream cake and chatted for a bit. Soon after we finished we set the plates aside and went to presents.

“Here darling, this one is from me.” Sophia said as she handed Blake a small box. Blake opened it and pulled out a bandana with a black and blue wave pattern. “I saw some chefs wear them to keep their hair out of their food, though solid black wouldn’t do.” Sophia said with a laugh.

“Thanks Sophia.” Blake said as she put on the bandana. The rest of the gifts were given to her and Blake happily opened them. From Jacqueline she got a new Steel Rod for her knifes, a poster of a game from Rachael, a book of cooking from Lydia, a cake formula from Dianne and a stuff Owlbear from Ange who was still a little bubbly as she nuzzled me.

“Thanks everyone.” Blake said with a huge smile on her.

“Hey don't forget about me.” I said to her, pulling out the envelope in my jacket pocket. This gained a curious look from Blake as soon as I did this. I handed it to her and she looked at it.

“Isaac, you know a few gift cards are nice and all but it’s really-” she stopped as she opened it. She read it and her eyes widen as she did. “Isaac… how did you…” she asked me, covering her mouth as she read the front of the envelope.

“I just made a few calls and blackmailed the dean, turns out he didn't want word that his son sent some thugs to teach me a lesson after he got fourth during the cook off.” I said with a chuckle, remembering the conversation with the Dean himself. I could still hear his shouting in the back my mind as it dwindled down into a defeated tone. Everyone looked at me before looking at Blake as she still stared at the letter. After a minute of silence she chuckled.

“Sorry for my language but… Damn Isaac, you’re a saint.” Blake said with a smile. I smiled back, feeling like I've accomplished something today beside seeing Ange drunk. The rest of the night was spent with laughter but before long we all had to leave. I had to carry Ange out of the place since she refuses to walk and as I carried her she was rambling about her animal friends.

“They are the best! They are my closest friends since I was really little… I...I had to be nice to them and take care of them and they like it… and some are so fuzzy… even Mr. Pokey the porcupine…” Ange rambled before looking over at me. “Hey… hey~... You want to hear a secret~?” She asked me which got me to arch a brow at her, knowing that whatever I would have said would result in the same thing with her telling said secret any way.

“What is it, Ange?” I asked her in a soft tone. She had mentioned during her previous ramblings that I had sounded oddly sexy with this tone, I was unaware why though. She giggled at this before she spoke.

“When I was really young, my great great great… umm… Great! grandma told me that there’s a way to… to understand animals… like, know what they are saying and understand them… You know how?” She asked before she gave me a kiss. “Well I’m going to tell you! But, but you can’t tell anyone! Shhhhh~!” She put her finger to her lips as she did this before speaking again. “You had to… to go out into the woods, to a magic place and… and be one with Mother Nature.” as she said this she started laughing and wrapped her arms arounds me and gave me a kiss. “My mom didn’t believe it nor did dad or my brother… but I did! So… so when I was fourteen… or fifteen… I don’t remember… but that’s not important, what’s important that when I was young I went out to the Everfree… and lived out in the forest for a month!”

“That was pretty brave of you to do at such a young age.” I said, smiling down at her as we came up on my house. I didn't want to leave her alone at her cottage like this, I was afraid she might end up doing something extreme at any moment and it won't help if I know she's alone at her place.

“Yeah… but that’s not the crazy part…” she said before she giggled drunkenly again. “I had to do it without anything that wasn’t… natural… no cellphone… no tents… no clothes… all alone in the woods! In my birthday suit!” she laughed again. “And today was Blake’s birthday! This makes it more funny!” I blushed at the thought of a nude Ange but managed to keep my cool as I took her up stairs and into my room. By the time we got there, she was snoring softly which notified me that she had fallen asleep at some point. I placed down on my bed and draped her with the covers before heading out of the room and back downstairs. Once downstairs I headed into the living room and laid down on the couch before finally letting sleep take me.

End of Chapter XI

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