So four days have passed, and Hearts and Hooves day is finally here. And all ponies and creatures are excited. A day to have fun with loved ones, a personal holiday. But this was especially true for the Mane 6. They all had big plans or not, but not all had gone into details of what the day would have in store for them. A few of them have kept a few secrets, as they don't know, or maybe do have a general idea on what would happen, if their secrets were revealed. So when we last left off, the Mane six had gone home from the tea party at Twilight's Castle, and were going about their day...

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Rarity was starting off her day finishing selling dresses, fabric, tuxedos, and anything else she normally would, to the last of the last minute Hearts and hooves day shoppers. While she was selling, if the customers had any questions on what to do for their Hearts and Hooves day plan, she would help to give advice when needed. She had been very busy that morning, as some of her friends had dropped in like regular customers as well. Rarity had a few backup personalized dresses/outfits in case her friends would need them.

Applejack had come in first when the shop had opened around 7:00 am. She went to ask surprisingly for a dress. Nothing fancy of course, just a simple, but nice dress; with a little country air to it. Applejack had been kinds worried that Rarity wouldn't have anything exactly the way she wanted, but she almost face hoofed herself once she seen the dress that Rarity already had ready and waiting. Of course Rarity would have something that would suit her. She was after all the dressy/fashionable one of the Mane 6. The dress had a white chest, with upturned short sleeves. A green piece of fabric tied in a knot, with a red apple in front was around the neck, and it had the two fabric ends below the apple. The waist was an earthy brown with three sunflowers. One was big, taking up a whole spot, while the other two were above it, quite smaller. The train was a simple, but elegant blonde the same as the cowgirl's mane. Finished off with a sunflower to cover one ear. Applejack hugged her friend in thanks, and left with the certainty that she would never doubt her generous friend's ability to whip up the perfect dress ever again.

Fluttershy had been in quite some rush when she came in a couple of hours later at 9:00 o clock that morning. She had needed a dress; the reason she hadn't specified. Rarity provided her a simple, but pretty dress. The collar was a dark forest with lime green leaves, fastened to the front of her neck with a small pink butterfly. The train of the dress had the same leaves, falling down on the edges. While the rest of the back was an ocean blue; the bottom having sparkles. Fluttershy thanked her, and left very speedily so she would be in time to start her animal adoption charity.

Pinkie pie came in right after Fluttershy had left, about 10 minutes after. She needed a really fun, but nice dress for a small party. Rarity had one whipped and ready to go. It had yellow circles at the neckline, with a two color shade blue balloon in the middle. It had a pink chest, with a lighter pink and red poofy arms that ended both in a blue bow. A pink half sleeve came down from it. The waist was a darker pink, that connected the rest of the dress to a colorful balloon pattern. A white fluffy edging was there as well as a big pink bow at her tail. This was finished off with simple lace up blue shoes. She had also provided a small set of yellow balloon earrings. Pinkie had then given her friend a big hug, and then bounced out the door.

Twilight came in a hour later. She too needed a dress for her blind date that night. Rarity had a couple of dresses for this. Twilight settled for one that had a gold chest bearing her cutie mark, and yellow ruffle sleeves. A pink back, that had three rows of differently colored beads. The first was white, the second gold, and the third was a deep red. The train was a pale yellow, the color of Fluttershy's coat. The yellow connected to a light pink which flowed into a few more shade of pink, and was then finished with a violet ruffled bottom. Four gold shoes with her cutie mark, adorned her hooves. Twilight was thankful to her friend, and left to go spread friendship/love with her partner in crime; namely the very pony who had set up the blind date in the first place, Cadence.

Finally the tomboyish Rainbow Dash came in around 11:30. She need something to wear that was nice, just not girly. Something a little better than causal, but not like a dress. Defiantly not! She needed something that was absolutely for hanging out, flexible, and accidentally cute. Like an outfit you don't mean to be cute, but still is. And made her look 20% cooler. Rarity had once again pulled through. (Although she did mix and match a couple of things to make a suitable outfit) It was a half outfit. A slightly baggy black long sleeve front that the collar folded out and down over her neck with a blue vest over top. And a pair of black goggles with red lenses. So defiantly not a dress Not anywhere close. Athletic? Check. Flexible? Check. 20% cooler? Check. And finally, accidentally cute? Check and check. Yep. Everything checked out for the Wonderbolt. She thanked her fashionable friend, left out the door, and took to the skies.

She about to close, as it was noon. When Discord popped in. He was taking a 10 minute break from helping Fluttershy, and needed an outfit that was just as dashing, good looking, and chaotic as he was, while also making since. She made him a tux that was a dark blue, with a yellow neck and tails, and a pink bow tie. It was simple, but pretty much everything he had requested. He poofed up a chest full of gems as a thank you and poofed himself gone.

Now that all her friends had come in for their outfits, she closed her shop for the day, and she was getting ready for her date that night. Sweetie Belle wasn't home at the moment. She had gone to the amusement park for the day with her friends Applebloom and Scootaloo. They were joined with a few other ponies. The only other one that a Rarity knew out of the other three, was a dark brown colt with a tan and mud brown mane and tail. He was addicted to video games, and wore a funny little hat. Anyway, she had a few hours before she needed to stress over her date at 7:00 pm that night, so she might as well spend a couple of those hours sorting out the gems she had gotten from Discord.

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The super-duper party pony was super-duper busy on this day. She had so many parties to do this day. Sugar Cube Corner was running out of treats faster than they could be baked. She was over her head. Although this special day also had some restrictions. At 9:00 pm that night she would not be available for any more parties as she would be finishing with that special small party.

Anyway, 9:00 pm was still a long time away. She had many other major parties to get to before then.

First, was to cater to Filthy Rich's party for all his business friends. She had to set up all the decorations. There must have been ten thousand balloons, one thousand streamers, and almost a ton of confetti. And that was the easy stuff. Next was the food. Caviar, frog legs, lobster, truffles, veggie trays galore, expensive rich chocolate cake, and much much more. The entertainment was a set up of a Romeo and Juliet play, orchestra music, and a firework display. Yes this was a very busy party, but the pay was enough to keep Sugar Cube Corner open for another year.

Second, was the homeless shelter and the orphanage. Not really as much work as the Filthy Rich's party, but it was still worth it. Here there was still balloons, streamers, and confetti; but also cupcakes, games, and pinatas galore. This had to be one of Pinkie Pie's favorite parties to do. She would act out stories for the fillies and colts, play games with them, do Hearts and Hooves day arts and crafts, and then let them have a pillow fight. And it was all free. No pay at all. It was all about spreading love, friendship, and charity. The royal sisters even came to help support this wonderful day.

The rest of the day included anything from cooing couples, anniversaries, friends, and even school parties. But there as one last party she was to attend to. That small party; a party of two to be exact...

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Fluttershy was extremely busy. The animal adoption was going well. Puppies, kitties, song birds, mice, hamsters, bunnies, and a couple of other creatures like a couple of ferrets and a squirrel were all adopted to new families. Most were going to be a surprise for a significant other, family of some sort, friends, and crushes. There were also some who just adopted for themselves, as they could have someone to love. It had been quite a busy morning, and Discord had been a huge help. He had stayed with her the whole time. Except for the few minutes he had been gone around noon. She decided that even the great Lord or Chaos needed a break every now and then. Maybe she was even surprised that he had been so helpful, as he usually likes to spice things up with his chaos. Well, he had sort of grown a bit since she first met him, so she guessed that was actually proof of a breakthrough.

She was very thankful to him, and was excited for later after the adoption was over. He had hinted at a big surprise to show how much he had come to know and embrace this wonderful day. She giggled to herself as she remembered that when he had first heard of Hearts and Hooves day, he had kinda been repulsed at the idea of lovey dovey name calling and kissie lips. But he had softened up a bit once he learned that, yes, while a holiday to celebrate love in the romantic way; it was also a day of friendship where you could have fun. She had explained to him that it could also be referred to by some as Friendship day. After that he had warmed up to the idea a bit.

He even wanted to start participating in the activities. She believed that somewhere in these activities after he helped her, were going to include spying on Cadence matchmaking was one of them. He had at first also wanted to do something about a kissing booth perhaps. She had kindly talked him out of that idea for his first Hearts and Hooves day. She had said that he should probably wait next year so that by then he would've been more experienced with the holiday. And that is when a light bulb, yes a literal light bulb, appeared over his head. So apparently he had an idea that convinced him to change his mine. He said it was even better than the kissing booth, and that it was a surprise. The animal adoption had just gotten over, and lots of animals had found new homes. Discord helped to clean up, and teleported Fluttershy and the remaining animals back to her cottage. He said goodbye, and teleported away to get the surprise ready. Fluttershy was awfully excited. She could hardly wait...

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Rainbow Dash had been busy as well. She had to get ready for the Wonderbolt performance that night. Her adopted little sister Scootaloo had dropped in early in the morning. She was just delivering a card to her mentor. Apparently she had the other Cutie Mark Crusaders were headed to the Amusement park that day. Them and three colts. Scootaloo mentioned that the colts she was friends with was a grey pegasus with a black mane and tail. His Cutie Mark was that of a black thunder cloud. She didn't know the other two that her friends were bringing. Anyway, Scootaloo left, and Rainbow dash was getting ready to spend the day with a friend. They had a whole day planned out. And a couple of hours later, Rainbow dash was back in her house getting ready for the rest of the night. Her and her friend had had a lot of fun. They had had a day of competitions, and the loser had to buy dinner. There was who could perform the best tricks, the most agile, cloud sculpturing, flying basketball, an obstacle course, best autograph, and racing. Guess what? Rainbow Dash won. Obviously. She had won, and they were going to MacHoof's after the Wonderbolt performance that night. No it was not a date. Just a friendly hang out to justify winner and loser. Yes, just a hang out...

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Ah. Another Hearts and Hooves day. A day of love and friendship; and another day when Twilight was stressing out. She had just finished babysitting Flurry Heart. And this was before she had helped Cadence with her matchmaking and other love work this day. She had tried to get hints about this mystery date while she was with Cadence. All she could get out was that he worked in the Crystal Empire as a guard. And that was all she could get out of her sister-in-law. Now she was stressing. She was glad that her dress she had gotten out of the way that morning. But there was like another million things she had to do. How should she do her mane? Any makeup? What about her manner flashcards? All this for a date that was 5 hours away. She just had to make it to then...

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Applejack and Spike were having a pleasant day so far. Applejack wasn't stressed as much as she thought she would be. She told herself to just relax, and enjoy herself. And she was. Spike had come to fetch her around 8:00 am that morning. She had gotten home around 7:30 am after she had picked up her dress. She didn't know why she got it in the first place, but she had the feeling that she just should. Anyway, she checked in with Applebloom, and found she was headed to the Amusement park with her friends for the day. This included the other Cutie Mark Crusaders, plus another friend from each. Applebloom knew that Scootaloo was bringing an old rival/friend, Sweetie Belle was also bringing a old friend, and she was bringing a colt from her dance class. While that was going on with Applebloom, Applejack and Spike had gone to get breakfast at the local Cider Barrel. After that they had headed to the local carnival where they went on rides, played games, ate lunch, attended the petting zoo, took pictures in a photo booth which were 4 for a dollar, and just had fun. Applejack's favorite ride was the roller coaster, while Spike's was the Cranium Shaker. The games had included arcade games, laser tag, and booths. They had a contest to see who could get the best prize at ring toss. Applejack won. The petting zoo was really cute. Applejack had liked the baby goats the best, while Spike took to the baby chicks. The photos were a souvenir of the fun time they had both had at the carnival. Lastly, they had to pick out something for the other. They would meet back up in a couple of hours at Sweet Apple Acres to show what they had got for each other. Spike asked Applejack to meet him at a corner of Sweet Apple Acres for a surprise to celebrate the day. And hinted maybe to dress up just a little. What did Spike have in store for Applejack? Read on to find out...

Author's Note

So this chapter has two parts. Just wanted to break things up a bit.