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(146 votes - 67%) Let’s take Flurry on a daddy-date!

Shining nervously waited at the base of the Crystal Palace.

He wasn’t used to feeling this anxious over something as trivial as a date - he hadn’t had to go on a date for decades. He checked his mane in the reflection of the nearby reflective surfaces - one thing nopony ever needed in the crystal empire was a mirror - practically everything, even the ground, acted like giant reflective surfaces in the Empire. It was something ponies had to be careful about during bright summer days - it would be easy to get too much sun exposure under the bouncing rays of the sun.

Luckily it was only mid-morning, so he wouldn’t have to worry about needing any sunscreen.

“Hi Shiny!”

Shining Armor whirled around, seeing his wife smiling and waving at him. Beside her was Flurry Heart, who reluctantly trotted behind her mother, a blush on her face and a look of clear annoyance.

Shining Armor smiled at Cadence, embracing her with a warm hug as she approached. He turned to do the same with Flurry - but she stuck out her hoof for a hoof-shake instead. Awkwardly, Shining accepted the proferred hoof, chuckling nervously.

“OK then, I’ll leave you two to go have fun.” She prodded Flurry, pushing her forward so that she’d be nearer to Shining. “Promise me you’ll take it easy, Shiny… no ridiculous plans or schemes, OK?”

Shining chuckled with embarrassment but nodded solemnly.

“Alright then! Have fun with your dad, Flurry… but not too much fun!”

“Mom!” Flurry gaped with mortified embarrassment.

“Don’t worry about her, Flurry,” Shining laughed, misunderstanding the context, as usual, “we’ll have so much fun that you’ll pop with excitement!”

“Gah. Just… this is your fault.” Flurry pointed at a giggling Cadence with fury, before trotting away.

“Was it something I said?” Shining asked, perplexed as to why Flurry would already be annoyed with him.

“Don’t worry about it Shiny.” Cadence sighed, “Just be gentle with her, OK?”

Shining nodded, then ran after his little girl. Catching up to her quickly, he trotted alongside the smaller alicorn.

“I’m not happy about this, dad.” Flurry growled, gritting her teeth and looking off to the side with quiet anger. “I can’t believe you thought that this would be a good idea… although I guess I am talking to the same pony who thought it would be a good idea to disguise himself as my substitute teacher and teach my class about sex-ed!” The alicorn’s wings shot out in anger. “The last thing I wanted to do was spend time with you, dad… I’m doing everything I can to forget you even exist! I can’t get the feel of your… your…” Flurry dipped her head down with embarrassment.

“S-sorry,” Shining mumbled.

“I had your dick in my hooves!” Flurry squeaked with embarrassment. Her wings quivering. “And then you… you…”

“Sorry.” He cringed, there was really nothing else he could say.

“All over me! Everywhere! There was so bucking much!” Flurry stuck her tongue out. “I could bucking taste it in the air! A daughter shouldn’t know what her father… tastes like!? It’s just wrong… right?” She looked over at Shining.

It seemed to Shining that she was asking as much as she was telling. He thought for a moment and shrugged. “It- it was a crazy time, Flurry… it wasn’t your fault - just your power overloading and having crazy effects. You shouldn’t feel embarrassed about it - it’s not like you or I wanted that to happen.”

Flurry groaned, hanging her head. Shining had a weird feeling that she was disappointed in his answer. “I… I know it wasn’t anypony’s fault dad. It’s just… it’s all so weird.”

“Yeah.”

“And I was hoping to just let some time pass until it wouldn’t be so weird. Like maybe a thousand years. Not go on a date!” She grunted and shuffled her wings against her back.

Well this certainly wasn’t going very well. But he couldn’t go back now. He had to give this his best shot!

“S-so, I got you something, Flurry.” Shining mumbled - completely unsure of himself. He felt like he was a fresh-faced private addressing his senior officer after failing to make muster for morning roll call.

“Seriously?” Flurry groaned, rolling her eyes, “Dad, if you got me flowers or chocolates or something… sorry but I’m not gonna accept it.”

Does Shining screw up the beginning of the daddy-date (25% chance of failure)? Shining rolls… SUCCESS! Shining doesn’t screw up!

Shining let out a little sigh of relief. He’d actually gotten her chocolates and flowers, but Cadence had quickly confiscated them from him that morning. His clever wife had provided him with a different strategy to get the date off on the right hoof.

“Actually… I got you this.” Shining passed over his gift.

“A… hat?” Flurry inspected the small piece of fabric, a light blue beret.

“Yeah. I know how much you hate drawing attention.” Shining rubbed the back of his mane. “I figured that it would be better if today we were just a pair of regular old crystal ponies… not royalty.”

Flurry blushed ever so slightly, inspecting the beret suspiciously, then eyeing her father with skepticism. “You can’t seriously believe that ponies will not notice me simply because I’m wearing a hat.”

Shining laughed. “Actually, you’d be surprised! I’ve always found that ponies can be tricked by the smallest of changes. It’s why changeling infiltrators can be so effective, even without getting the details perfect.” Shining gestured with a hoof at Flurry’s horn, “Throw a hat on and you’re no longer the alicorn Princess Flurry Heart… you’re simply the visiting pegasus tourist from Canterlot, Skyla!”

Flurry chuckled slightly, still looking at her father with an arched eyebrow… but her features had softened slightly. “That’s actually pretty clever, Dad.” She relaxed slightly, her wings shuffling on her back. “It would be nice to relax like a normal pony for a day… thanks.”

Shining reached into his saddlebag and pulled out a pair of aviator’s sunglasses, donning them quickly with a smile. “...and I’m her tourist father, Stormageddon!”

“What.”

“Yeah! I’ve got a whole backstory for Stormageddon too - I’m a changeling super-spy, deep undercover on a mission to save all of Equestria from… uh…” Shining paused from his excited commentary-track like recitation, as he realized that his daughter was staring at him.

“That is the dumbest name I’ve ever heard, dad.” Flurry deadpanned.

“What! No!” Shining stomped his hoof. “Cadence said the same thing!”

Flurry chuckled, then slipped the beret on. “Well, I’ll cut you some slack - at least you did get the hat in my favorite color… so many ponies think I love everything in that puke-pink. Bleh.” Flurry checked her reflection in the crystal roadway, making sure the beret covered her horn just right.

“That looks cute on you, Skyla.” Shining winked.

Flurry blinked, her blush growing deeper. She looked off to one side with embarrassment, a spot on the ground suddenly seeming extremely important - anything not to look at her father’s eyes. “Th-thanks…” Flurry suddenly looked up with a start, her eyes lit up like she’d just gotten a great idea. “Although, if I’m going to be Skyla… why do I need to be your daughter,Stormageddon… ugh… Stormy?”

Shining chuckled and pumped his hoof, prancing in front of his little girl with delight. Shaking his tail with happiness that Flurry had accepted his Stormageddon backstory. “Sure! You could be my niece, or my sister, or even my-”

“Marefriend?” The whispered word came out of Flurry mouth as she watched him.

Shining turned to look at his little girl, who was blushing beet red now. “I m-mean… sure. It’s just a cover story if somepony asks - though I doubt anypony would believe a guy like me could land a filly like you.” Shining joked playfully - he couldn’t help but notice that Flurry seemed distracted… focused way more on his rear end then the words coming out of his mouth.

“Ahem?”

“H-huh? Oh!” Flurry’s eyes darted back to her father’s face and a frown re-appeared quickly - once again she was too embarrassed to look him in his eyes.

“On second thought, maybe we should stick to the father-daughter cover story. Also…” Flurry’s horn glowed from underneath her beret. She took hold of her father’s tail-bun, quickly undoing the clip that kept the hairs up in their neat little ball, revealing his junk to anypony walking behind him… like Flurry. “...tail buns are out now, Dad.”

“What? Already? It was just like, a few days ago that you told me-”

“Fashion is fickle!” Flurry exclaimed. Huffing and stomping her hoof. “So, what did you wanna do today, anyway?”

The FLURRY HEART METER is UNCHANGED!

Currently the meter is at 8 / 10 !

1) Low Risk / Low Reward: Go for a walk in the Crystal highlands. You’ll be far away from other ponies, so you won’t end up needing to use your awesome cover stories as much. This will let you have a real heart to heart with Flurry - you’ll be able to discuss all the things that she went through a couple of days ago, all the things that she’s been experiencing… maybe even tell her about how sorry you are for all the time you’ve spent away from her. (10% chance of failure - low reward)

2) Medium Risk / Medium Reward: Take Flurry to Crystal Central Park. You’ll be able to chat a bit on the way there about the things that have happened over the past few days, but it won’t take you long to get there. There’s supposed to be a big beach volleyball competition at the park today - all those young athletic mares bouncing and sweating in the sun? Should be a ton of fun, and you can use your cover stories to hang out as the father-daughter undercover duo of Skyla and Stormageddon! Plus you might be able to have Flurry use her abilities to scope out which spectators are getting a little too excited… show her that her power can be fun!(35% chance of something going wrong - medium reward)

3) High Risk / High Reward: Let’s go to Chez Amour, the famously romantic Prench restaurant. We’ll have to insist on using the cover story where Skyla is Stormageddon’s marefriend to get in, but the food is supposed to be positively orgasmic! We won’t get to talk much about the past few days, but I’m sure that she will love the atmosphere - it could be fun to see other lovey-dovey couples and show Flurry how she can enjoy her power! (60% chance of something going wrong - high reward)

Author's Note

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