Thorax and Twilight have been riding the friendship express for thirty minutes now, and Twilight has fallen asleep on Thorax's shoulder while he was looking at the view outside. It is 6:00pm in the evening now and the celebration will start soon in Canterlot. Thorax looked down on his left and watched Twilight sounding asleep on his shoulder again with a warm smile.

"She is so cute when she sleeps."Thorax thought to himself.

Then, the train began braking and Thorax could hear the train wheels shrieking. Ten seconds later, the train came to a stop. Thorax looked outside of the window and saw that they have arrived at Canterlot. He then gently tapped on Twilight's head with his right hoof.

"Hey Twilight." Throax called her.

Twilight slowly moaned and opened her eyes. She then let out a cute yawn and looked at Throax with a perplexed expression.

"What is it Thorax?" Twilight asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"We have arrived at Canterlot." He replied.

Twilight then looked out at the window on her left and saw that the train has officially arrived at the Canterlot train platform.

"Oh! Okay, let's go!" Twilight said as she got off her seat and Thorax got off right after her. Then, the two of them exited the train carriage along with some other ponies.

Once they were off, Thorax and Twilight both walked forward to the entrance of the train station. When they got there, they exited it and Twilight gasped in some fresh air for two seconds, then exhaling it out.

"You okay?" Throax asked her.

"I alright." Twilight said with an assured expression "Just wanted to get some fresh air after my sleep." She told him.

"And again, thank you for letting me rest on your shoulder." Twilight told him with a grateful smile.

"Your welcome, that's what friends are for." Thorax said with a blush and rubbing the back of his head with his left hoof.

Twilight giggled when she saw his blush. Then, she changed the subject.

"So, want to fly to Canterlot with me?" Twilight asked.

Thorax blushed and hesitated when he heard Twilight inquiry, does he really want fly there with her? But then, he shook his head and snapped out of his thoughts because, this is just a flight request not a date.

"Sure, I can get some fresh air along the way as well."

"Cool!"

Then, the two royals spread their wings and took off to Canterlot.

The flight from the train station to Canterlot was two minutes long and Thorax and Twilight have officially arrived at the front gate of Canterlot. They walked on the drawbridge and entered Equestria's capital.

Once they were in, Thorax and Twilight saw astonishing things. The places were decorated with colourful lights, trees with bulbs, foals making snow ponies and many more. And the sight flabbergasted all of them.

"Whoa, now that is a lot of pulchritudinous decorations." Thorax said with wide eyes while observing the lights and trees "This tradition sure is appealing." He finished in astonishment.

"Indeed it is." Twilight said with a nod "This times hearth's warming eve is far more beautiful than I saw back in my foalhood." She finished with an astonished expression

After observing the pulchritudinous city for ten seconds, Twilight looked at Thorax and shook him trying to get his attention.

"Hey Thorax." Twilight called him.

Thorax shook his head and snapped out of his thought. Then, he looked at Twilight with a questioned expression.

"What is it Twilight?" He asked.

"Do you want to play around the city with me?" Twilight asked, with a tiny blush.

Thorax hesitated when he heard her inquiry. But, he stuffed his agitation and confusion away and gave Twilight a smile.

"Sure Twilight!" Throax said in enthusiasm.

Twilight was caught off guard by his reply but, a smile appeared on her face and she was feeling merriment.

"Then let's go!" Twilight said as she grabbed his hoof and ran in town while pulling Thorax with her.

"Gaahh!"

While in the town, Throax and Twilight both decided to make some snow ponies of themselves first. And they were having a competition on who will make a snow pony and changeling versions of themselves faster.

During the race, Thorax is making the chest with snow. He looked to his left and saw Twilight already onto the head part of her snow pony. When Thorax noticed that he was losing, he got anxious.

"Oh crap, gotta a find a way to slow her down." Thorax said to himself in his mind, he then looked down at the snow on the ground and a sneaky and cunning plan was formulated in his head "This should do the trick." He said with a smirk, then he bent down, piled up a snow and formed a small snowball. After that, he stood up pulled his right hoof back and threw the snowball.

Twilight was almost finished making the snow pony of herself, all she had to do is to make the horn. But suddenly, a snowball was collided in the back of her head.

"Ooof!" Twilight grunted as she fell on her own snow pony knocking it over in the process.

Twilight pulled her head out of the snow and shook her head getting the snow off her face. She looked down and saw that her snow pony was ruined, and the sight traumatized her. Then, she heard some hard laughing noises, Twilight looked to her right and saw Thorax laughing uncontrollably while holding his chest trying to control it. And Twilight must assume that he threw a snowball at her. She then shot him an irked expression and activated her horn, then she formed ten snowballs in the air in front of her, and she was ready to strike back.

"Hey Thorax." Twilight called him.

When Thorax heard Twilight, he looked in front of him and saw that she had ten snowballs levitated in the air with her magic. His laughter was put to a daunting end and he started to back away in agitation.

"Twi-"

Thorax wasn't able to talk her out of it when Twilight threw the snowballs directly at him, five of them collided in his face, and the other five collided in his chest. And the force of the snowballs knocked him back and he crashed into his snow pony collapsing it in the process, and he got buried in the pack of snow.

"Haha! Karma!" Twilight laughed.

Thorax then pushed himself back up out of the snow. When Twilight noticed his face covered in snow, she let out a hard laugh from the humorous sight.

"Hahahahahaha!

Thorax managed to smile as well from the hysterical exertion she did.

"I kind of deserve it because cheaters never win." Thorax said to himself in his mind with a roll of his eyes and a chuckle.

For the next event, Thorax and Twilight decided to do some ice skating on a frozen lake. They both wore four ice skating shoes on their hooves, they then gently pressed their skate shoes stanchion edge and stood on the ice. Thorax was doing a great work maintaining his balance and had a huge smile on his muzzle because of the amusement.

"Whoa this is fun." Thorax said with enthusiasm.

But for Twilight, she was having a bit of a difficult time maintaining her balance. And she was terrified that she might fall on the hard ice and get injured.

"Come on Twilight let's go!" Thorax said as he began to skate on the frozen lake with many other ponies.

"Co-coming!" Twilight yelled anxiously, she was having some difficulties trying to maintain her balance.

"Come on Twilight focus!" Twilight said to herself in her mind anxiously.

She tried to remember the time she skated when she was a filly but, it did not go well because, she had a fatal injury when she slipped and fell on her muzzle. She received contusions on her torso and had a scratch on her right hoof.

"I do not want to recap what happened in my foalhood." Twilight said to herself anxiously and a bead of sweat rolling down on her left cheek.

"O-okay Twilight, just slowly move for-"

But when Twilight moved her front right hoof she slipped and tripped on her left hoof, then she began to fall onto the hard ice, and Twilight shut her eyes and awaited for the daunting and excruciating impact to happen but to her immediate surprise, nothing happened.

"Huh?" Twilight said with a bewildered expression, she looked down and saw that she didn't even fall on the ice. She looked up and saw Thorax, she then looked at her back and saw that he was holding her hooves up, and that prevented her from falling onto the solidifying ice. Twilight must assume that Thorax has caught her before she fell on the solid ice, and she had a small blush on her cheeks from the unanticipated event.

"You okay Twilight?" Thorax asked her with a worried expression.

Twilight then snapped out of her thoughts when he heard Thorax's inquiry.

"Uh, I'm okay Thorax." Twilight replied "Thank you for catching me." She said with an expression of gratitude towards him.

"You welcome besides, you would've been maimed." Thorax told her.

"Yeah I guess."

"Anyways, want to skate?" Thorax asked her.

"I-I want to but, I don't know how to skate." Twilight told him with an expression of sorrow.

When Thorax heard Twilight's reply, he began to ponder on what would lift Twilight's mood. After ten seconds, Thorax managed to solve the hypothetical situation and he had a plan formulated in his mind.

"Come Twilight, this might lift your mood." Thorax said. Then, he slowly lifted her up on her hooves.

Then, Thorax guided her around the frozen lake while grabbing onto her hooves so that she won't fall. Thorax looked at her and saw that she was feeling very anxious while skating.

"Oh no, if she keeps getting anxious she will fall, I need to do something quick." Thorax said to himself in his mind. Then, a bright idea came into his head.

He grabbed Twilight's front right hoof with his magic and helped her do a twirl while on the ice.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

After five twirls, Thorax then stopped and Twilight was back in skating position.

"How was that?" Thorax asked her hoping that she liked it.

Twilight then looked at Thorax with a wide smile.

"That was fun!" Twilight exclaimed with a smile "What other moves do you know?" She asked.

"Let's see."

Thorax then levitated her hoof up in the air again and helped her do another twirl, and Twilight spin gracefully, then Thorax grabbed her torso with his hooves and held her up in the air with his right hoof, and Twilight spread her wings to maintain a perfect balance.

Everypony were observing the scene with astonished expressions.

Ten seconds later, Thorax slowly lowered Twilight back onto the ice and they were in their normal skating positions again. Thorax has one last move up on his sleeve, he levitated Twilight's right hoof again and helped her do some twirls and Twilight began spinning gracefully again. Finally, Thorax grabbed her torso and threw her up in the air and Twilight was sent spinning up in the air. Ten seconds later, Twilight spread her wings and began to descend softly to the ground while still spinning. Once she was near the ice, Thorax grabbed her from her torso and she stopped spinning, and the two royals finished their event in a romantic pose.

Everypony began cheering, clapping and whistling after witnessing the extrodinary and spectacular event that just occurred, who knew that King Thorax and Princess Twilight were adroit in figure skating.

The two royals stood up and took a bow. Twilight tapped on Thorax's chest grabbing his attention. And Throax looked at her.

"Thank you for that Thorax." Twilight said "I appreciate it a lot." She finished with an appreciative smile.

"You are very welcome Twilight."

For their finally event, Thorax and Twilight were going to play a little carnival game. And they were going to play the high striker game, Thorax looked at the prize section area and saw that there were many prizes from small to large in the counter. He then looked down at Twilight and saw that she was looking at something with wide eyes, Throax looked at where she was looking at and saw that she was looking at a large purple teddy bear, he must assume that she wanted it.

Thorax looked at the tall high striker and checked the prize lists marked next to the lines. He saw that the small prizes are at the bottom, the medium ones are at the middle section, and the bell is for the large prizes.

"I guess it won't hurt to get the prize for Twilight." Thorax said to himself with a warm smile.

Then, he walked to the high striker. Twilight was baffled when she saw Thorax walking to the hi striker without telling her.

"What is he doing?" Twilight asked herself in her mind in confusion.

Once Thorax reached the high striker, he activated his horn and levitated the large hammer above his head. Then, he took a deep breath and letting it out. And finally, he slammed the hammer on the lever with an incredible strength and the puck flew upwards in the hasty speed. Ten seconds later, the puck hit the bell and it made a dinging noise, then the high striker machine began glowing.

"Whoa!" Twilight said with an astonished expression. She didn't know Thorax was working out in the past two years.

Thorax then exhaled and placed the hammer next to the lever. After that, he walked to the prize section corner and encountered a stallion earth pony.

"Congratulations King Thorax, which of the large prizes would you like to have?" The stallion asked.

"I would like to have that giant purple teddy bear please." Thorax said pointing at the purple teddy bear in one of the large boxes.

The stallion nodded and walked to the, then he grabbed the giant purple teddy bear. And finally, the stallion walked back to the counter and placed the teddy bear on it.

"Thank you." Thorax said with a smile. After that, he grabbed the teddy bear with his hooves and walked to Twilight.

Once he got to her, he gave her the teddy bear.

"Here you go Twilight."

"Aww, thank you Thorax!" Twilight said as she grabbed the large teddy bear and began hugging it "It is so cute!" She said with a large smile.

Thorax let out a warm smile when he saw Twilight hugging the teddy bear with a happy expression.

"Wow, I can't believe I did that." Thorax thought to himself with a smile. "I'm quite the dater." He joked in his mind.

Author's Note

My second chapter has been accomplished! I planned a while for this one Andy his has gotten on be one of my favourite chapters! I hope you all enjoyed it as well!