Matchmaker

by monsterlord18

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Romance, Princess Luna, Original Character, Comedy, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Adventure, Princess Celestia, Crossover, Human, Main 6
Length: 48625

the Humans decide to play matchmaker with the other ponies... it doesn't end well.

set between (Prelude to Trouble) and (Eris) of 'Friends From Unexpected Places'

(does anyone know of a better cover photo?)

3 months had passed since the humans were stranded on Equestria and taken in by the ponies. so, in in a act of kindness, they decide to pay them back... by pairing them out with who they believe to be their significant other for Heart's and Hooves day.

it just goes to show that you should never try to play Matchmaker with anybody, no matter what species. and with Luna and Celestia in town for the lover's holiday...

this is going to be the most eventful 2 weeks of the humans stay.

Published 2012-09-11 06:14:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-10-04 09:54:39 UTC

Sister Sister

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 1

Sister Sister

Sora yawned as she rested her head on a table in Sugarcube Corner.

“Tough day?” Req asked as she and the other humans sat down at the table.

“tough night. Pinkie kept me up, asking Marble about every little detail about his old home. I think she’s smitten with him.”

“smitten? As in ‘in love?’” Bahamut asked.

“mmm… yeah. I think she is.”

“well, Twilight had a dream last night. Apparently, in her mind, Halo is VERY well-endowed.”

“well, that’s fantasies’ for ya.” Aura chuckled. “and you know something, I heard Applejack mention something about Zilver. And him with her. They both talked about ‘fine curves’ or something like that.”

“That’s nothing compared to what I heard last night. And it was quite juicy.” Ash snickered.

“oh, really?” Satoshi said with intrigue. “Do tell.”

“Well, it seems that Sweetie Belle has a little crush on a certain purple drake.” he calmly said before taking a sip of his drink. “And a certain fashionista is trying to hide her feelings.”

“wait wait wait. Are you saying that Sweetie Belle AND Rarity are in love with Spike?” Bahamut asked.

“Seems that way.”

Everyone chuckled. Req stopped and thought for a moment. “huh. Ha. Hmm… you know, that gives me a idea.” she got up and went back to Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Everyone looked at her suspiciously as the bakers handed her a calendar. She walked back over as she flipped to November. “look. In 2 weeks is Hearts and Hooves day, this world’s version of Valentines--”

“And I’m guessing Thanksgiving, since it’s on the same day as it.” Sora interrupted. Req sneered at her. “sorry.”

“oh, no.” Jax groaned. “Req, please tell me you’re not thinking what your thinking.”

“I am.” Jax groaned out loud before slamming her head into the table. “I think that we should set these poor lovebirds up.” Req said with a smile.

Everyone’s reaction was the same; with fazed eyes and not that much eagerness in their voice. “what?”

“yeah. Look at the evidence. They love the other and vice versa but both are either too stubborn or too scared to admit it. Twi and Halo came close but they had to deal with Trixie, Nightmare Moon, and Twilight’s pregnancy at the time. So, I think--”

“we should play matchmaker?” Bahamut asked. “Req, setting up two people never works out. NEVER!”

“oh, such a nit-picker. One would think you’d be excited for another couple seeing as how you’re in a relationship.” Aura said. That shut Bahamut up.

“So, with that out of the way…” Req sneered as she bonked Bahamut’s head. She gestured to the others, everyone leaning their heads in. “… here’s my plan on how to get these lovestruck fools together…”

Equrestria Girls extended version

It was a normal day in town. A peaceful and serene day. A day you would find only in fairy tales. That is, until…

“YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAA-HHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!”

Dash cheered as loud as she could as she bounced around the library, which was setting up for something. “this is the best day ever!” she happily exclaimed.

“we heard.” Twi groaned, picking her ear. Spike and Requiem included.

“I mean, I never thought I would be able to meet her! Oh, this is so cool!” she squealed.

Shadow, who had just arrived, stood in the doorway with a confused expression. “did I miss something?”

Dash bounced on over and leaned in close, kissing close. “guess who’s coming to Ponyville?”

Shadow pretended to think about it. “George Clopez?”

Dash chuckled. “no.” she flew back and picked up a book. “the author of the Daring Do series herself is coming into Ponyville for a book signing! I plan to be the first one in line!”

“you like Daring Do?”

“why not? It’s only the greatest, epicest, most bestest series out there!” Shadow replied with a ‘meh’. “Meh? How can you think Daring Do is meh?”

“well, I’m not a big fan of action titles. In fact, I was pushing my luck when Satoshi showed Gremlins and Godzilla back at Nightmare Night.”

Dash’s mouth dropped in shock. “how can you not…? You think you know somepony then they drop this big a bombshell.” she jokingly said. “well, I’m outta here. Gonna be late for the book signing.” Dash moved Shadow to the side and flew on out.

“she really likes those Daring Do books, doesn’t she?” Req asked.

“A LOT!” Twilight and Spike said in unison.

Dash squealed as she held the book close. “this is gonna be the best day of my life!”

“This is the worst day of my life.”

Derpy groaned as she laid her head on a table at Silver Tavern, feeling bad from the cider. Pinkie bounced on by, took notice of Derpy, and bounced in.

“heya, Derpy. What’s shaking?” a cheerful Pinkie asked.

Derpy glanced up at Pinkie and groaned. “my sister is coming to town.”

“I didn’t know you had a sister.” Pinkie said.

“and I didn’t want anyone to know.” Derpy groaned. “She was so pretentious, so arrogant. I liked her better when she was a kid.”

“so, what’s wrong?”

“nothing. Except there’s a 10-year gap from when we last saw each other. She wasn’t there when I met my husband Time Turner, when I adopted Sparkler, when I gave birth to Dinky. She wasn‘t there when… my best friend in the whole wide world disappeared. And that moment… I could‘ve used a sister.”

“oh.” Pinkie muttered, figuring it out. “So your worried about catching up all of that time apart. She left and did pony knows what while you settled down and had a family. I guess seeing each other after 10 years would be a bit nerve-wracking.”

“you have no idea.” Derpy joked. She took one last swig of her cider and slammed the mug down. “Well, better go pick her up at the train station. She’s coming in in about a hour.” she got up, left money, and walked off.

Pinkie thought something thought, something she never considered since moving to Ponyville. “huh. I wonder if I should contact Inkie.”

Dash squealed in admiration as she flew though town. “Daring Do’s coming to town! I can’t wait!” she ran into somepony without looking. She pulled her head back with her eyes spinning around and around. “hey, watch where your…” she looked up and saw somepony she never expected to see.

“hey, you okay?” Soarin’ asked.

“you’re s----. you’re soar-a---” Dash couldn’t speak. She’s in the presence of one of the Wonderbolts. This was mana from heaven.

“you okay?” Soarin’ asked.

“you’re gonna have to forgive her, cous. She’s a big fan of the Wonderbolts.” Scootaloo said, walking up to him, carrying a couple ice-cream cones.

Dash shook her head in realization. “you mean your…” she shook her head again. “your cousin is a Wonderbolt?”

“well…”

“YES!” Dash squealed. “I meet Soarin’ alone in the streets AND Daring Do’s coming to town. Oh, I can die a happy mare.”

“did you say Daring Do?” Soarin’ asked.

“Yeah. She’s coming to town for a book signing.” Scoot’s explained.

“oh. I did not know that.” Soarin’ muttered. “if I had know, I would’ve broght my copy of Gryphon’s Goblet.”

Dash’s ears perked up. She pulled a Pinkie and leaned in. “Did I hear that right? You like Daring Do?”

“it’s only the best book series out there. Harry Trotter can’t even come close to how awesome Daring Do is.” Dash gave a wide smile before fainting. “She okay?”

“She’s fine. This is just turning into a good day for her.” Scootaloo joked.

“Daring Do coming to town, Soarin’ actually talking to me, Squirt actually related to a Wonderbolt. I can die happy now.” Dash said with a high voice. She looked back in the direction of Soarin’. the way the sun’s reflection off a window was hitting him, he looked like something out of a dream. Dash fainted yet again, this time out of pleasure.

She dreamily opened her eyes to see Derpy right over her. “you okay, Dash?”

“Derpy!?!” Dash suddenly sat up, hitting Derpy in the head with her own, causing Soarin‘ and Scootaloo to wince. Both exclaimed in pain as they rubbed where they hit.

“ow.” Derpy whined. “Why’d you do that?”

“It wasn’t on purpose, Derpy.” Dash groaned. “why are you doing here, anyway?”

Derpy sighed as she stopped rubbing her head. “I need your help with something. It’s important.”

“if you say so but I’m talking with someone.” Dash said, pointing to Soarin’.

“it’s okay, Derpy.” Soarin’ said.

“Thanks, Soarin’.” Derpy grabbed Rainbow Dash and pulled her along. Dash sat there, dumbstruck that a Wonderbolt knows the world’s biggest klutz.

“I’m sorry about Rainbow Dash, Cous. She’s usually not like that.” Scootaloo said.

“It’s okay, squirt. She was actually kind of cute.” Soarin’ said as he and Scoot walked off.

“what problem is it, Derpy, cause you pulled me away from probably the only chance I had of getting into the Wonderbolts.” a annoyed Dash said as the 2 walked though town towards the Train station.

“you remember my sister D.D., right?”

“un… yeah, partially. We barely knew each other. Think I only met her when I dropped off that letter you had me deliver. and She disappeared 10 years ago, right?” Derpy nodded in confirmation. “what about her?”

“I just got a letter from her. She’s coming to town.”

“well, that’s great, right?”

“not really. We haven’t spoken to each other since she left. I’m worried about how she’ll react to some aspects of my life.”

Dash partially nodded in confirmation. “I can see that. It’s hard talking to anyone after a long time. Just look at what happened when I met back up with Gilda after 2 years.”

“but that was just a couple of years. This is a decade we’re talking about here, Dash. How would you react if you were close to someone then they disappeared for… 20 years then they come back and everything’s changed?”

“now we’re getting to the root of the problem.” the 2 reached the train station a few minutes before it came in. “you’re worried she changed too much.”

The train rolled in as the 2 walked up onto the station floor. “don’t worry, Derpy. I’m sure she’ll be the same as when she left.”

As soon as the train hissed to a halt, a door burst open wide in smoke and confetti. A silhouette of a Pegasus appeared in the smoke. “traveling to distant corners of the world, seeking treasures long hidden and forgotten…” the Pegasus flew on out on a epic matter and landed on her hind legs. “… only for the great Daring Do to find!” Daring proclaimed to the crowd at the station.

Dash’s mouth dropped in excitement as Derpy looked on with a half-fazed look.

“It’s Daring Do!” Dash excitedly exclaimed. She flew up into the air and pulled some loop-de-loops. She stopped down in front of Daring Do and began shaking her hooves rapidly. “It is so nice to meet you, Daring Do. I am such a big fan of your books! I’m in the middle of your latest adventure, ‘the Book of Disaster’ and so far, I’m loving it!”

“thanks. Always nice to meet a fan.” Daring said. She took her hoof away.

Dash squealed in excitement until she remembered what she and Derpy was doing there. “oh, sorry, Daring, but I gotta find someone. Derpy, we better find your sister. What does she look like? I only met her when I delivered that letter and it was dark out. Plus, it was 10 years ago.” Derpy raised a eyebrow in surprise. The fact that Rainbow remembered all that after 10 years was nothing short of amazing. “So… what did she look like?”

Daring rolled her eyes and chuckled. “you mean you don’t remember from that night, Dash?”

“beg pardon?”

Daring walked past Dash and over to Derpy. “I never really had a chance to thank you for giving me that letter. Really saved me a whole world of trouble.”

A brick just shattered Dash’s ‘expectations’ window. “s-s-sister? You… are… Derpy’s sister?”

“did I do something wrong?” Daring asked.

“Wait for it.” Derpy replied.

“this is now officially the best day of my life. I know a foal who’s cousin’s with a Wonderbolt and one of my friends is related to Daring Do!? OH, I love my friends!” Dash exclaimed, pulling multiple loop-de-loops in the air.

“I did something wrong, didn’t I?”

“no, she’s always like that with celebrities.”

The trio walked though Ponyville, heading to the book signing and Dash still reeling over the fact that Derpy’s sister is Daring Do. Well, guess that explains D.D.

“so, Daring, I see you made quite a name for yourself.” Derpy joked, holding one of the Daring Do books.

“oh, that. Well, ya see, when I left, it was not long before that that I discovered my Cutie Mark.” she said, looking down at the compass. “who knew I had a knack for exploration?”

“Who knew?”

“the book ideas hit me when I found that sapphire stone in the jungles of South Amareica. I would star in perilous adventures that took me to all corners of the globe. Me going and finding them; all true. It’s just the situations, the monsters, the traps, everything I made up, though I did have some inspiration for some of them.”

“like how?” Dash asked with eagerness in her eyes.

“well, you know Ahuitzotl, the bad guy from the first book?” Dash nodded as fast as she could. “well, there is a god of that name back where I found the stone. Of course, the god is avian, not a cat.”

“Oooooh.”

Derpy rolled her eyes.

The trio walked in front of the Library where the Book-Signing was gonna take place. “Well, got work to do.”

“oh, I better get in line!” Dash exclaimed. She bolted inside, leaving behind a trail of smoke and leaving the 2 sisters spinning.

They stopped spinning but their eyes kept going. Those eventually stopped as well.

“well, I…” Daring shook her eyes, snapping out of that dizziness. “I better get going.”

“have fun, Daring. You got quite a fan base here.” Derpy said as she took off.

“what’s your address?” Daring asked, making Derpy stop in mid-flight. “I’ll come over later.”

“have Twilight or Dash show you the way.” Derpy said as she flew off.

Daring turned to enter the library but stopped for a moment. “who’s Twilight?”

Derpy entered her house and sighed. “she did change. She changed a lot.” Derpy sighed. “I don’t remember her being that adventurous.” She heard sobbing coming from the couch. She looked to see Dinky crying her eyes out. “Dinky? What’s wrong?”

“Tiara said that *hic* the reason Dad disappeared *hic* was because he hated me.” she sobbed.

“oh. Dinky. Now that’s not true. Your father loved you as much as he loved me, loved Sparkler, loved Carrot Top, loved his brother…”

Dinky’s sobbing lessened but it was still there. “then… why did he leave?”

Derpy sighed and looked away for a moment. She didn’t know what Time Turner disappeared. He just went *poof* about a dozen days before the humans came. “I’m sure he’ll turn up someday. Just have faith that he’ll return, okay Dinky?”

Dinky sniffled. She wiped her eyes and stiffened a sob. “if you say so, Mom.” she couldn’t hold the tears back and started crying again. Derpy held her daughter close and just let her cried.

“thanks for coming. Glad you enjoy the series.” Daring said as she handed the last book to the last fan who was the last to leave.

Daring groaned as she rubbed her hooves. “4 hours signing books. Times like this make me wish I was a unicorn.”

“well, you are big. Fans probably converged onto Ponyville when they heard your in town.” Twilight said as she started taking down a pin-up of Daring Do.

“So I saw.” she smirked, looking over to Rainbow Dash, who was still reeling over the fact that she got Daring Do’s autograph.

“well, she is your biggest fan in in this town.” Shadow joked as he took down another pin-up.

“so I saw.”

Dash walked over to the door with a wide smile when it opened wide. “sorry I’m late. I was busy.” Soarin’ said as he and Scootaloo walked in.

“we’re not late, are we?” Scootaloo asked.

“I’m afraid you are.” Twi said. “we just finished up.”

“It’s okay, Twi. I can give out one more.” Daring said.

Scootaloo smiled as she skipped on over and handed her book to Daring.

“you guys cut it kinda close, don’tcha think?” Dash asked.

“well, it was my fault. I ran into a few fans of the Wonderbolts on the way. They had me perform a few tricks that took longer then a hour.” Soarin’ said with a slight blush.

“I can bet. You’re… you’re Soarin’!” Dash exclaimed with delight. “one of the best flyers EVER! You’re strong, you’re kind, you’re HOT!”

“well, thanks for that. You’re making me blush.” Soarin’ said. Dash smiled as Shadow looked at them both with intrigued and a bit of worry. “you… you want to get some Cider?”

“I would like that.” Dash said as giddy as a school-girl. She collected herself and cleared her throat. “I would like that, Soarin’.” Dash said calmly.

Soarin’ smiled and offered his hoof. Dash took it and they both playfully walked off.

“oh, Celestia. This isn’t gonna go well.” Scootaloo muttered to herself.

Shadow watched them both as Soarin’ and Rainbow walked off. He felt a small pang in his chest but shook it off.

Daring sighed as she took off her hat and walked into Derpy‘s house.

“hey, Derpy. Twi showed me home. Dash went out with a Wonderbolt, of all ponies.” she chuckled. “so how are you…”

She saw Derpy asleep on the couch, holding a equally sleepy Dinky close.

When she saw this, only one thought entered her mind; “Derpy’s a mother?”

Exposition Picnic

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 2

Exposition Picnic

Requiem whistled a tune as she pulled a few plates out of a cupboard and but them into a basket.

Twilight stood in the doorway, suspicious. “What are you doing, Req?”

“oh, Twilight. Thank goodness you’re here. Can you grab a few cups?”

“For what?”

“I’m planning a picnic for you, me, the rest of the gang.”

“A picnic? Huh. That seems almost kind of you.”

Req closed her eyes half-way as she looked to her. “what do you mean almost?”

Twilight laughed as she walked over and grabbed a few cups.

“not using your magic?” Req asked, grabbing some napkins off the rack.

“well, I read in a book that if a Unicorn overuses magic while pregnant, the baby will turn out mean and obnoxious.”

Req looked to the camera. “Guess we found out why Diamond Tiara is such a meanie head.” she went back into character. “so, you’re gonna be cutting back on the magic?”

“down to once or twice a day.” Twi put the cups into the basket. “Any more and I run the risk of my foal turning into someone like… like…”

“Nightmare Moon?”

“bingo.”

Jax snored as she slept in her bed in a hap-hazard way. She snorted as she opened her eyes. She rolled over to the side to see a golden-yellow Pegasus right beside her. She opened her eyes and saw Jax.

“AAAAAHHHHH!!!”

They fell out of the bed and onto their backs.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY BED!?” they both yelled. “YOUR BED? IT’S MY BED!” Derpy and Carrot Top ran in to see both Jax and Daring on the side of the bed. “WHAT IS SHE DOING IN MY BED!?” Both Jax and Daring yelled.

“oh.” Derpy face-hoofed. “Knew I forgot something last night.”

“you think!?” Jax exclaimed. “Who is this anyway?”

“oh, Jax. This is my sister Daring Do. Daring, this is Jax.”

Daring looked over to her. “a human? Thought you guys were myth.”

“we seem to be getting that a lot on this world.” Jax muttered. “but but but why is she in my bed?”

“Eh… well, I was half-asleep at the time so I guess I gave her your bed without knowing it.” Derpy nervously chuckled.

Jax pouted angrily and pointed up to her face. “see the face. See the face. Not amused.” she groaned as she got up. “if that’s the case, I’m gonna take the couch.” Jax walked out of the room, leaving behind a confused Daring.

“What’s her problem?”

“she’s not a… big fan of ponies.” Carrot Top explained. “She was almost trampled to death when she was 3.”

“oh. So wait, she redirects it to anger?”

“yep.” both Derpy and Carrot Top said.

Requiem fanned out a picnic blanket and put it to the ground of a nice smooth field.

“there. Starting to get good.” she sighed. She reached back into the basket and pulled out a couple of glasses. She went to put them down only to see her friends suddenly right in front of her. “Ah!”

“Req… what are you doing?” Jax asked.

“I’m just setting up a picnic for us and our Equestrian friends. What’s so bad about that?”

“yeah, we’re not buying it.” Bahamut said. Req glanced over to him. “ever since Lylat, you’ve always been trying to set up couples.”

“Well, Fox and Krystal were already in love, I just moved it along. As for Falco and Katt…”

“and what you said yesterday confirmed it; when it comes to love, you go to far.” Ash said.

“what? Hehe. Who say’s I go too--” everyone gave her suspicious looks. “okay okay, fine. Maybe I do go a LITTLE bit to far. Just a little.”

“just a little?” Aura and Sora asked.

“okay, fine. I’m Cupid in girl form. I’m Aphrodite but hotter. So what?”

“just cut it back, okay? There’s helping then there’s going too far. Just try to cut it back, okay?” Satoshi asked.

“fine. I promise.” Req said, crossing her fingers behind her back.

“Without crossing your fingers.” Jax and Bahamut said.

Req rolled her eyes and held up her hands, uncrossed, as she promised yet again. “now can we get this ready? The others will be here any minute.”

Before long, the gang all arrived for the ‘picnic of love’, as Requiem called it. But since she promised her friends, she ain’t gonna do a thing to move along relationships. Well, not while their around, anyway.

“oh, it is simply gorgeous out. Just gorgeous.” Rarity said while wearing a sunhat.

“Anybody else experiencing déjà vu?” Applejack joked. Twilight silently chuckled at that.

“This was a good idea, Requiem. With all that’s been happening, we all could’ve used a relaxing break.” Halo said.

“ti nada. ti nada.” Req said. “just wondering where Rainbow is.”

“give her time. She always runs late for things.” Lyra said.

“True. And speaking of missing ponies, where‘s Armor and Cadence?”

“They had to go back to the crystal kingdom.”

“ah. Okay. Could’ve said good-bye or something.”

Daring looked between Req and Lyra, a bit surprise that they knew each other. “so it’s true. You all are really friends with humans.”

Ash gulped down a watermelon. “and who are you?”

“the name is Daring Do, world-famous sister to your beloved mail mare here.” she announced, pointing to Derpy in the process.

“sister?” Pinkie and Barry exclaimed in surprise. “Derpy has a sister?”

“yep.” Derpy smiled. “but this is the first time we’ve seen each other in 10 years.”

“oh. So what did you do for 10 years, Daring?” Trixie asked.

Daring’s eyes half-closed. “you serious? Read my books, you’ll get a good idea of what I did for the better part of a decade.”

“yeeeeah, I don’t read books.”

“that explains a lot.” Marble whispered to Pinkie.

Daring just looked at Trixie with those half-closed eyes for a moment before changing the subject. “so, Derpy, you were quite busy during my time abroad? I mean, kids? You never struck me as a mother.”

Derpy chuckled. “yeah. Well…” she looked to Dinky who was playing with Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. “…don’t tell her this but… but Dinky was a accident.”

Twi spit up her drink and coughed. “a accident?”

“yeah. Me and her father had a moment of weakness and we didn’t use protection.” she looked over to her daughter. The CMC dog-piled onto Dinky and all began to laugh. “but that accident turned into the best thing that happened to me.”

“no argument. You deserve a ‘mother of the decade’ award or something like that.” Carrot Top said. Cheerilee and Sparkler nodded in agreement. Derpy blushed in embarrassment.

“I’m gonna have to take mothering tips from you when Starlight comes.” Twi said.

“Starlight?” Bahamut asked as he bit into a chicken leg he made especially for him and the rest of the meat-eating humans. He made sure it wasn’t any of Fluttershy’s, though.

Twilight gulped down a daisy sandwich. “that’s what I’m gonna name the baby when he or she comes.”

“and you’re, what, 2 months along now?” Sora asked, sipping a milkshake with a crazy straw.

“just about. I won’t feel the baby kick for at least another 3 months. And I won’t know what the baby’s gender will be until my first doctor’s appointment in next month.”

Edge chuckled. “I still find it hard to believe that new life can be made inside a girl. I mean, it’s gotta be weird knowing that something‘s growing inside ya.”

“well, it is at first but knowing that you’re giving life to something so small and loveable… there’s just no other feeling like it.” Derpy explained.

“wow. The way you put it, I can’t wait till I have kids of my own.” Sora said.

“me too.” Rarity, Pinkie, ‘Shy, A.J., Lyra, and Bonbon all said.

Req sighed in the same manner they did but had something else on her mind. “(this isn’t what I planned. I was hoping to get them in love, not talk about the reproductive process. Hmm… where’s Dash when we need her? She would have a game at the ready. Wait… I got a idea.)”

She got up and asked; “Who’s up for a game of soccer?”

That was a good idea as they started a game and it got intense. It was the humans vs the ponies. The ponies were up 5-4 but the Humans let them have the first 5 in order to boost their confidence. That and they aren’t using a goalie.

Twilight was sitting out for obvious reasons; Marble was sitting out because, well, he’s not a people person. And Cheerilee is also sitting out for some reason she won’t explain.

“overhear, A.J.!” Shadow exclaimed. Applejack kicked the soccer ball over to Shadow. He stopped it with his head and balanced it on his horn.

“Show off!” Applebloom exclaimed.

Spike leaned on the edge of their goalpost, waiting for something to happen, like the soccer ball to come his way.

Sweetie Belle edged on up next to him. “so… nice day, right Spike?”

“if you say so. Just waiting for something to happen.”

Sweetie took that as incentive. “like, say, waiting someone asking you out on a date?”

Spike looked up from her to Rarity, who currently had the ball. “yeah. Or maybe I should ask.”

Sweetie looked at his face then followed his vision to Rarity. She silently snorted as she slammed her hooves together. “(dang Rarity. She’s trying to steal my Spike away from me. I hate that she gets more attention then me. Time to take drastic measures.)” Sweetie tapped Spike on the knee, getting his attention. “um, Spike. I have something I need help with on Saturday. Can you help me?”

“un… sure, I guess. But why not have Rarity help you?”

“This requires strength, not magic. Besides, Rarity‘s not as skilled as me for this.”

Spike raised a eyebrow in confusion. “iiiiif you say so.”

Sweetie smiled as she dreamily looked up at Spike. “(yes. If everything goes as plan, I’ll have Spike for a coltfriend. Oh, this is gonna be GREAT!)” she squealed in her mind.

“Ha. Take this!” Daring exclaimed as she kicked the ball with all her strength. It went the wrong direction and towards Twilight. “Caution: Runaway Ball!” she yelled out.

Twi noticed it and ducked at the last second. The ball, instead, hit Marble and sent him down to the ground.

“Marble!” Pinkie exclaimed as she ran over.

Marble’s eyes spun as he saw stars. He shook his head and snapped out of it. “that hurt.” he groaned. He got up as Pinkie neared him. She tripped on a exposed tree branch and ran right into Marble.

Both fell down a hill and rolled right into a creek bed.

“you guys okay?” Twilight asked as she looked down to them. The gang ran over to see if they’re okay.

When the water splashed back down, they saw Marble and Pinkie holding each other close, though not intentionally; that’s mostly the vines fault. And their lips were right against the others. Both opened their eyes and saw them VERY close to another.

Requiem and Sora went “OOOOOH!”

Marble and Pinkie stopped kissing and looked at their situation. “eh… it’s not what it looks like!” they both said.

“we know. It’s the vines. Hold on.” Aura grabbed his lance and slid on down to them. With one swipe, he cut though the vines.

Pinkie and Marble got up and wiped the water and excess vine off. “that was embarrassing.” Pinkie muttered.

“you’re telling me, Diamond.” Marble said.

That surprised Pinkie and looked over to him. “Diamond? Who’s Diamond?”

Marble heard what he said and tried to think of something else. “eh… eh… did I say Diamond? Sorry but that gem is on my mind for some odd reason. Guess it slipped out.”

Pinkie raised a eyebrow. She didn’t believe it but went along with it. “if you say so, Marble.”

A couple of familiar Pegasi landed right behind them and looked down from behind Bahamut and Edge. “what happened here?” Dash asked.

“a little accident concerning a soccer ball and Daring’s dangerous legs.” Ash said.

Dash and Soarin’ looked at each other with confused looks. “un, beg pardon?” Soarin’ asked.

Twi looked back and actually took notice. “oh, hey. Glad to see you finally arrived, Dash. And who’s your friend?”

“who’s my-- she doesn’t know who you are. How sad.” Dash joked. “This is Soarin’ of the Wonderbolts.”

“Wonderbolts?” Rarity exclaimed in surprise. “well, it is certainly a honor to make the acquaintance of a powerful flyer such as yourself.”

“please, stop. You’re gonna make me blush.” he chuckled.

“but wait, I thought Wonderbolts didn’t talk to common folk.” Marble said as he walked up.

“no, we’re just like you.” Soarin’ said.

“So how’d you 2 meet?” Fluttershy asked.

“2 ways.” Dash said. She grabbed and pulled Scootaloo over. “turns out Squirt here is cousins with Soarin’.”

The CMC were clearly caught off guard. “What?” the trio exclaimed. “and you didn’t tell us?”

“Didn’t think it was relevant.” Scoot’s chuckled while shrugging. The CMC gave her scolding looks.

“you said 2 ways, Dash. What was the other?” A.J. asked.

“well,…” Soarin’ began. “…turns out we’re both HUGE fans of Daring Do; the book series, not you personally…” Daring shrugged in agreement. “…and he came to Ponyville for the book signing. After that, we went out for Cider and, well, I guess we’re dating now.”

“wait, what?” Scoots suddenly asked. “you’re-- you’re--” she shook her head, trying to process it. “you’re going out with Rainbow Dash?”

“how come all the good stuff happens to her?” Zilver joked. A.J. shrugged.

“Oh, wow. This is SO COOL! My cousin, the Wonderbolt, is going out with Rainbow Dash, one of the coolest ponies who lived. Oh, this is a good day.”

The ponies kept on talking about Dash and her new Boyfriend. Shadow, clearly hurt, backed up and walked away. Req stepped back a few feet to think to herself. “(so, Dash has a boyfriend now so she’s out of the plan. Marble and Pinkie looks like a good couple; they say opposites attract. And Twilight and Halo are gonna be trouble; we know they like each other but he’s too afraid to make any kind of commitment. Guess that leaves Applejack, Shadow, Trixie, Fluttershy, Spike, Zilver, Rarity, and Edge. This may be simpler then I thought.)”

Sweet Jealousy

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 3

Sweet Jealousy

Sweetie Belle hummed a all-too familiar theme tune as she tried to think of a way to get Spike over.
“(I had to say something that required Strength instead of Magic. Stupid, stupid me. Well, let’s think…)”

Sweetie Belle looked all over the Boutique, hoping to think of something and her face making the notions as she thought her plan though. “(Rarity’s Magic isn’t as strong as Twilight’s but still pretty good. It would have to be something big that she can’t do. Raising the floorboards to find house keys? No, sis is bound to have spares somewhere. Moving around the furniture? No, she could do that. Wait. Wait. Un-Huh! That’ll work. Hehe. This is too good.)”

she was so giddy, she sing-songed the next line. “oh, Ground Control to Major Tom!”

Twilight laid in her bed, slowly rubbing her preggo belly while reading a book, was ruined when sudden explosions came from below.

“HAHA! Take that, Darth Canter.” Req cheered.

“oh, man.” Spike groaned.

Twi chuckled. “Guess their playing Star Hooves or something.” she muttered. She placed a bookmark where she left off, got up, and headed downstairs.

“HAHA!” Requiem cheered as her game avatar of Obi-Mane Kenobi defeated Spike’s Darth Canter.

“oh come on. I had you with that combo move.” Spike exclaimed.

“yeah but there’s a little trick to dodging it. It’s called ducking. Very simple, just press down.” Req said with a laughing sneer. Spike sputtered as he put his controller to the floor.

“got your tail handed to you again, Spike?” Twi asked as she walked on down.

“she cheats. I sweat, she cheats.” Spike insinuated.

“nope. Just more skilled.” Req snickered with a wide grin.

Twilight chuckled. She remembered something from the other day. “aren’t you supposed to be helping Sweetie Belle with something at Carousel Boutique, Spike?”

“Oh, crap. I completely forgot!” he exclaimed. He got up and ran on out.

“he’s gonna get in trouble.” Req said in a sing-songy matter. Twi chuckled in agreement.

Sweetie Belle struggled as she both pushed with her hooves and pulled with her magic the large rock Rarity thought was a Diamond back when Discord turned her.

“Come on, Tom. Twilight was able to move you with ease. Why can’t you move now?” she strained. With one last push, she was barely able to make it inside. She panted as she rest on the rock and slid down to the floor.

Spike knocked on the door and entered to see Sweetie on the floor and Tom right behind her. “this is why you needed my help? To move Tom?”

“yeah. Rarity brought him in for… some kind of sculpting thing. Think she’s trying something new.” Sweetie panted.

“you try to move him by yourself?”

“yeah. It’s a LOT harder then it looks. Not sure how Rarity got him in. It’s heavy as Tartarus.”

“hey. Language.” Spike sneered. Sweetie Belle chuckled. “so… this should be easy. Just a big ol’ boulder. Should be easy.” he cracked his knuckles and his neck before walking over.

Without giving him notice, Sweetie snuck over to the other side and put down a couple of small wedge’s beneath the rock, keeping it in place. “(this’ll work.)” she snickered to herself.

Spike pushed against ‘Tom’ to try and get it to move. It was firmly stuck. “wha…” Spike snorted smoke out of his nose and pushed again. Still nothing.

“Ugh. I don’t remember it being this tough to move. Twi was able to move it with ease.” Sweetie Belle shrugged. “why not ask Rarity for help? She could move it with magic and--”

“NO!” Sweetie suddenly exclaimed. Spike’s reaction is what you would expect when someone suddenly yelled. Belle immidatly calmed down and coughed. “er, I mean no. we don’t need Rarity’s help. Besides, she’s gonna be gone all day. We’ll have it out by then, right?”

Spike rubbed his neck as he looked at the rock. “hopefully.” he spit into his hands, rubbed them together, and pushed on the rock again.

Sweetie Belle watched Spike push against the rock and dreamily sighed. “(he’s just too cute.)”

Marble sat behind the counter of Sugarcube Corner, flicking a pencil up and down the table as he thought about the other day.

“(what was I thinking? Why’d I say Diamond’s name out loud? Now everyone’s gonna get suspicious.)”

His mind raced back to 5 years ago.

“Diamond! Look Out!”

“AHH!”

“Diamond! DIAMOND!”

Marble snapped back to reality and shook his head. “I was hoping I buried that.” he groaned as he held his head.

Pinkie also thought back to that day as she laid in her bed, holding a pillow close, but was thinking about something else.

“(we kissed? It was a accident but we kissed. His lips felt… so soft. And the way he looked at me… oh, boy. My heart’s beating a mile a minute just thinking about it. Maybe… I’m falling in love… with Marble?)”

Spike grunted as he pushed against the rock for the umpteenth time. He had been at it for a whole but it didn’t budge a inch.

Spike stopped and panted. “man. This is heavy.”

“I know.” Sweetie Belle dreamily said, still watching him with bright eyes.

Spike took notice of this and got curious. “eh… you okay, Sweetie Belle?”

“Yeah… I’m more then okay…” she dreamily said.

Spike raised a eyebrow in confusion. The door opened as Rarity walked in carrying a saddle-bag filled with groceries. “Spike? What are you doing here? And why’s that rock in here?”

Sweetie tried to choke Rarity with her mind but kept up a silent pleasant front.

“Rarity? Sweetie Belle said you were gonna be gone all day. And as for Tom…”

“Tom? The rock Discord made me think was a Diamond? What of it?”

“well, Sweetie Belle said you moved to sculpting and were trying out on Tom.”

“Sculpting? I’m not doing sculpting. I just went out to get groceries.”

Both looked to Sweetie Belle, or rather where Sweetie Belle was as she was long gone.

“why do I have the feeling that this was her fault?” Spike asked, still looking where Sweetie was.

“because it probably was.” Rarity sighed. She looked around Tom and found the wedges she put beneath it. “yep. This was her doing.” she used her magic to hold the wedges up for Spike to see.

“no wonder it was taking forever for me to move this thing; Sweetie Belle made sure it wouldn’t move.” Spike kicked the boulder. This time, it worked and it was went rolling right out the door. They both leaned to see the boulder run right into a stand, instantly destroying it. Both Spike and Rarity winced when the stand turned into splinters. “sorry.” Spike called out.

“guess you gained quite a bit of strength when you grew up.” Rarity said. Spike shrugged in agreement and chuckled. Rarity noticed a wound on his left hand. “oh, Spike, you’re hurt.”

“huh?” Rarity pointed to it. Spike looked and found it. “oh. When did that happen?”

Rarity used her magic to pick up the saddlebag and set it down. “Come on. I’m sure I have something to help with that.”

“it’s no big deal, Rarity. It’s just a scratch.”

“I insist.” Rarity walked off. Spike slowly followed, still insisting that it’s nothing.

Sweetie Belle repeatedly hit her head against a wall in her room.

“damn, damn, damn, damn!” she yelled. “why did Rarity have to show up now of all times?! I was SO CLOSE! Damn it, Rarity!”

She glanced to the side and found some child’s paint. “hmm… that gives me an idea.”

Rarity wrapped a bandage around Spike’s wounded left hand with her magic.

“I still can’t place where I got this scratch. Don’t even remember scratching my left hand.”

“This things happen, Spike. I mean, I get scratches all the time and I don’t know where I get them.”

“speaking of which, I’m sorry for scratching you when I turned into a teen.”

“you told me that a thousand times already and I said you have nothing you have to apologize a thousand times. Trust me, it’s okay. You weren’t in control of yourself. As Aura would put it, you were spazzing out of control.”

“I know, I know.”

“you should really learn to let stuff like that go.”

“I’m sorry. I’m just like that when it’s with ponies I love.”

“I can bet. Twilight and the others, myself included, are lucky to have a friend like you.”

Spike’s chest tightened. Friend? He didn’t want to be a friend. He wanted something more with her. “r-right.”

Rarity stopped bandaging the hand and cut off the cloth. “there we go. All fixed.”

“Thanks.”

Rarity smiled and turned to put the bandage up. She stepped onto a roller-skate and fell back. Spike was able to catch her. “Dang it. I kept telling Sweetie Belle to put her toys up.” Rarity shook her head at it. She looked up at Spike and felt weird. “I mean she… she…”

The light was hitting him just right, making him look dashing. The light was also hitting Rarity just right, making her look like a angel in Spike’s eyes.

“she… doesn’t matter right now…” Rarity dreamily said as she looked into his eyes.

They both closed their eyes as their lips moved closer and closer to each other. They were just about to touch when…

“AAAAHHHH!”

Sweetie Belle let out a blood-curtailing scream, ruining their moment.

“Sweetie Belle!?!” Rarity called out, worried about her sister. She ran out to her, Spike not far behind.

The 2 ran into Sweetie Belle’s room to find her covered in blood.

“SWEETIE BELLE!” Rarity yelled in fear as she ran to her side. Spike followed not far behind.

“Rarity… a Timberwolf… came in and…” Sweetie Belle couldn’t find the strength to speak.

Spike looked at Sweetie suspiciously as Rarity just blubbering. “it’s gonna be okay, Sweetie Belle, it’s gonna be okay. You’ll be okay. You’ll be okay.”

“un… Rarity…” Spike said, not even fazed by this.

“why aren’t you getting help, Spike? Sweetie Belle’s dying!” Rarity cried.

Spike walked over and kneeled over. “you want me to get help…” Spike wiped some of the ‘blood’ off of her back. “…for red paint?”

“Paint?” Rarity took a sniff of the stuff on Spike’s finger. Sure enough, it was paint. Both gave Sweetie Belle suspicious glares. Sweetie Belle chuckled nervously as her trick was revealed.

“unbelievable, Sweetie Belle.” Rarity angrily said as she washed the paint off her sister. “What possessed you to do such a thing?”

She wasn’t speaking. She was staying tight-lipped on the whole subject.

“forget about it, Rarity. I don’t think she’s gonna say anything.” Spike said as she handed her a soap bottle. Rare took it and poured the whole thing onto Sweetie Belle’s hair.

“now you wash up. Me and Spike are going to clean the mess you made.” Rarity got up and walked out behind Spike.

Sweetie Belle snarled as she gave Rarity the evil eye and sank into the water.

Spike put a mop to the paint on the floor and began, well, mopping.

“I have no clue what got into Sweetie Belle, Spike.” Rarity said as she used her magic on a mop. “she never did that before.”

“maybe it’s a phase. Give it time.” Spike assured.

“if you say so, Spike, but I’m worried about her.”

“you and me both.” Spike stopped for a moment and thought for a moment. “do you want to get something to eat when we’re done?”

Rarity thought for a moment. “Sure. I’d like that.”

“Great. It’s a date.” he said. That caught Rarity off guard. “oh, man. I forgot to grab steel wool. It helps with paint.” Spike got up and headed out of the room. “I’ll be right back.”

Rarity stood there with surprise in her eyes. “a… date?” she touched her lips as she thought back to the kiss they almost had. Her mind also flashed back to the day Spike went on a greed-filled rampage and that she was the thing that snapped him out of it. “am I… special to him?”

Sweetie Belle heard all of what had transpired though a crack in the bathroom floor.
“(RARITY! She’s trying to steal MY boyfriend. Well, I’m gonna have to make sure their date goes bad. Spike is mine and mine alone!)”

Blossoming Love

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 4

Blossoming Love

Luna depressingly sat at the edge of her balcony, using her magic to spin a coin. This has been going on for 2 nights now and it’s starting to make Celestia nervous.

“what’s wrong, Luna?” she asked.

“*depressing sigh* nothing much, Tia.”

Celestia raised a eyebrow and adopted a harsh tone. “Lulu?”

Luna gave in. “Fine.” she stopped spinning the coin. “I just learned that Heart’s and Hooves is in 12 days and… I don’t have that special somepony to call my own.”

“oh. You’re sad because you don’t have someone to love. I can see how that can bring someone down.”

Luna scoffed. “Easy for you to say. You probably had suitors over the 1000 years I was moon-bound. Had to have been more then that Cosmos guy, right?”

“y-yeah. Sure there was.” Celestia stuttered. Truth be told, she had none. Her heart belonged to Cosmos and Cosmos alone but she didn’t want to make this situation more sad. Although, that did give her an idea.

“Say. That gives me an idea.” Celestia snickered. Luna got both curious and fearful. “how about we find you a Colt or Mare?”

“how? I’m a Princess. You need to be of high-upbringing to date or even marry a Princess.”

“I could’ve sworn I abolished that little ruling.” Celestia muttered. “batabatabatabata. it doesn’t matter now. We gotta find you your special somepony. Can’t have you being depressed while your on duty, right?”

“I guess.”

Celestia thought for a moment and remembered a trick. “I know something that may help you.” Celestia turned to leave. “Follow me.” she said as she left. Luna sighed as she got up and followed.

Trixie sighed as she tossed a coat onto the couch in her apartment and fell onto her bed, head first into the pillow.

Zilver, who was reading a comic, looked up from his bed. “Everything okay, Trixie?”

“no. everypony has some special for Heart’s and Hooves day and I have no one. And it turns out there’s not as many Filly-Foolers in Ponyville. So far, it looks like Vinyl, Octavia, Lyra, Bonbon, and a few other’s are the only ones in town and they’re all taken. Everyone else is straight or taken.”

“then broaden your horizons. Go to…” Zilver tried to think of a good place. “Canterlot. There’s bound to be one of two Filly-Foolers there.”

Trixie sighed as she looked out to the stars and the moon. “Guess I could give it a try. Better then doing nothing.”

Celestia lead Luna into her quarters. Celestia went to her bookcase as Luna just sat on a pillow.

“okay, Tia. What oh so magical plan do you have for me to get a special someone?” Luna sighed.

“well, for starters, look at me.” Celestia said. Luna rolled her eyes and turned to Celestia. Using her magic, Celestia took off her crown, her necklace, and those… things on her hooves; slippers, shoes, whatever.

Her body glowed and shrinked right in front of Luna, surprising Luna quite a bit. The glow stopped and a much different Celestia stood in front of her. Celestia is now the size of a normal pony but still has the horn and wings and her mane stopped moving and turned pink.

Luna was shocked by this new look. “Celestia…”

“surprised, no? I discovered this about 400 years ago. Turns out a majority of our powers are connected to our attire.”

“like our looks?”

“indeed. With them off, we can look the same as we did 2000 years ago.”

“As we did…” Luna looked down at her necklace. “2000 years ago?”

Luna thought for a moment about it. She used her magic and took them off.

A glow engulfed her and shrunk her to the size of a normal pony. Her flowing mane was gone and just turned light blue. “wha… this is the same as my day form.” Luna pointed out.

“True, but nobody’s seen that since Twilight and her friends broke Nightmare’s hold over you. Ask me, how many people have seen you in your day form since you came back?”

Luna thought it over. “mmm… Nopony, I guess.” Luna looked at herself in the mirror. “though I think Twilight and her friends will recognize me.”

“True.” Celestia looked her room over. A light bulb went off in her head. She grabbed a lily with her magic, enchanted it, brought it over to Luna. “put this in your hair.” Luna shrugged as she used her magic to put the lily in her mane. The lily gave off a soft glow and turned Luna’s dark-blue body light-blue and her hair white. “don’t think anyone will recognize you now… Lily.” Celestia said with a hint of playfulness.

“wow. Guess this will work.” Luna… I mean Lily said as she looked her body over in front of the mirror. “now I just resemble Luna rather then being Luna.”

The next day…

The train from Ponyville rolled into Canterlot’s station and hissed to a halt. Trixie was among one of the first one’s off.

“okay. A new city, a new chance at love.” she told herself as she looked up at one of the towers. “hopefully there is a single Filly-Fooler in this town.” she took a deep breath and walked into town.

Luna looked down at the streets of Canterlot from atop a tall tower. Celestia stood right beside her.

“I don’t know about this, Tia.” Luna gulped as she rubbed her necklace.

“you want to find that special somepony, right? Well, can’t think of a better town then this.” Celestia said. “besides, nobody ever fell in love without being a little brave.”

Luna blinked and looked back down to the bustling streets. “Guess you’re right.”

Celestia lightly tapped Luna’s shoulder. Luna looked at her sister and smiled. Celestia smiled back. “now get out there and find yourself a nice Mare or Stallion.”

Luna looked down and slowly nodded. Using her magic, she took off her accessories and put in the flower, transforming her into Lily. “here goes.” Luna breathed. She spread her wings and flew on down

Celestia smiled as she teleported back to the castle.

Zilver snored underneath a apple tree when A.J. walked up and kicked him in the shins.

“Ow!” he shouted, rubbing his shins. “what was that for?”

“For sleeping on the job, Zilver.” A.J. scolded.

“I wasn’t sleeping. I was resting my eyes.” he grunted as he got up.

“Call it what you like but sleeping is sleeping.”

Zilver rolled his eyes. “you gonna keep going on this?”

“yes I am, Zilver. Cause you need to learn how to be responsible. You can‘t just keep living life, hoping something good will happen every time you open that mouth of yours.”

Zilver got angry and opened his mouth to speak.

*one quick-wipe later*

“how did we end up here?” Applejack asked as both she and Zilver laid in her bed, hair and sheets messed up.

“I honestly have no clue.” Zilver said.

Rarity and Spike laughed in the middle of a restaurants outdoors area as he told a joke.

“And then… and then…” Spike stopped as he tried to think of the rest of the joke. “oh, dang it, I forgot the rest of the joke.”

Rarity hiccupped. “It was still funny.” Spike laughed at her hiccupping. Rarity took a drink of water, stopping the hiccupping. “I had a good time, Spike. This was a great idea.”

“Thanks.” Spike tapped his fingers on their table for a moment. “listen, if you’re not doing anything later tonight, would you like to have dinner?”

“Dinner? You already bought lunch.” Rarity started to get curious. “what’s this really about?”

“nothing. I just want to pay you back for the 2 years you were nice to me. And I was… I was…” Spike started choking up. Rarity softly smiled. She instantly knew where he was going though it and liked it. “oh, forget it. Never mind. Just meet me at Lookout Hill tonight at 8, okay?”

Curious as to what he has plan, Rarity nodded in agreement.

Sweetie Belle saw this from behind a bush and growled before storming off.

Marble sat alone alone, looking at a picture of him and several other ponies. His attention was focused on a Pegasus.

“Diamond! Look out!”

“Ahh!”

“Diamond! DIAMOND!!!”

Marble shook his head as he tried to get the memories out.

“Someone you know?” Pinkie asked from outside his room.

“n-no. not anymore.” Marble put the picture away. Pinkie looked at where he put it and committed it to memory. “y-you want something, Pinkie?”

“un… (I want to talk about the kiss from the other day) …nothing. Nothing at all.” Pinkie left as quickly as she came in. Marble’s face twisted in curiosity.

Pinkie hit her head against a wall in her room. “Stupid. This should’ve been easy.” she plopped down on a beanbag and starting thinking; first it was a plan to find out who was in that picture but it switched to a episode of G1 MLP.

“Dang dang dang dang!” she yelled with each step inside Carousel Boutique. “Dang Rarity, swooping in and stealing my guy. He deserves a real pony, not some mascara wearing dingbat.”

Sweetie hit her head against a wall. The force shook open a small trapdoor, forcing a small black book to fall out. Sweetie noticed it and picked it up.

“what’s this? Rarity’s address book?” Sweetie opened it up and flipped though it. “there’s Applejack, Lyra… Blueblood!?! Guess that was when she was still fawning over him.” she flipped another page and found a familiar name. “oh. Fancy Pants.” she quickly thought up a devious plan. “I think Rarity needs to go out of town for awhile.”

Applejack buttoned on a pretend shirt, then remembered that she doesn’t wear shirts and stopped as Zilver stuttered.

“I’m… still not sure how we got here.” Zilver said.

“me neither.” A.J. said. “but we never speak of this to anyone ever again.”

Zilver nodded in agreement. They won’t admit it but they had a good time. This won’t bite them in the ass, right?

Edge, back in his Changeling form, struggled to get a pair of socks off.

“Edge? What happened?” Fluttershy asked as she walked into the living room of her cottage.

“some pranksters did this to me while I was resting under a tree. don’t worry, nobody saw the true me.”

“I should hope.” Fluttershy flew over and started helping him take the socks off.

“Thanks. Next time I see those foal’s, I’m gonna deck them good.”

“don’t hurt them.” Fluttershy suddenly blurted. “I’m sure they were just having fun.”

“yeah, some fun.” Edge sarcastically said. “some mares were even making googliy eyes at me. Turns out socks are quite the turn-on for some ponies.”

“I never figured out why.” ‘Shy said as she took off the last one.

“neither will I.” Edge got up and put on his pony disguise. “and I just remembered I forgot something. Be right back.” he flew on out.

Fluttershy looked at the socks, wondering who would consider these turn-on’s. she tossed them into the garbage.

Edge returned, carrying a small box.

“Edge? What is this?” she curiously asked.

“a gift for you; for helping me out when I needed it.” he replied.

Fluttershy took it and opened it. Simple yet elegant music began playing out of it. “A music box?” she gasped in surprise.

“yeah. Rainbow Dash told me how much you liked them and I saw that you had none so, I figured, ‘hey, get the girl who healed you a music box. That’ll cheer her up.’ did it?”

“that it did, Edge. Thanks for the gift.” Fluttershy closed it and set it down on one of the shelves. “I also have a present to give to you but I’m afraid it’s not ready yet,”

“it’s okay. I can wait. I ain’t gonna be leaving for quite some time.”

“Why not?”

“why not? Ponyville-- no no no, every town in Equestria is just overflowing with love. I ain’t gonna be leaving, not when one of the biggest romantic holidays is nearing. I‘m gonna feast till I pop.”

Fluttershy chuckled as she shook her head. “just don’t go overboard. Remember that some ponies need love more then you.”

“I know, I know.”

Twilight sleepily sighed as she woke up from a nap.

“man. Being pregnant makes you tired a lot.” she joked as she got out of her bed.

She walked downstairs to get a glass of water to see Halo looking though some maps. “Halo? What are you doing?”

“just going though the maps again, checking to see if I missed something.”

“you double-checked and triple-checked them. I told you, there is no map of the Everfree Forest. You’re going to have to talk to Zecora if you want one.”

Halo sighed as he rolled up the maps. “Fine. Guess I’ll have to ask her. But you’re gonna have to show me where she lives.”

“sure.” Twilight turned to enter the kitchen but stopped. She glanced back to Halo. She wanted to say something, anything, but didn’t. she just walked into the kitchen, quietly crying.

Halo heard the crying and set the maps down. “what am I doing?” he sighed. He rubbed his hooves over his eyes and sighed again. His heart was aching for not doing anything. He wanted to do anything, he wanted to say his feelings to her, but just couldn’t. his nervousness was overpowering everything else in him.

Trixie sighed as she sat on a bench beside a fountain. “town of 4000 and they’re all taken. I have the worst luck.” she looked up to the sun, seeing that it was nearing 3 o‘clock. “maybe I should try San Fransiscolt.”

On the other side of the fountain, Luna… I mean Lily, sat on a bench on the opposite side. “man. Who knew love was hard” she sighed. “and who knew companions were mares who offered… special loving?” she shivered at the memory. “Celestia really let some things slide.”

Both got up and walked to the southern exit of the fountain park, both having giving up on finding someone to love in this town.

A dove’s feather flew down from nowhere and landed right in their paths. Both walked over to grab it, not even noticing each other. Both reached to grab it… and their hooves met.

Both looked up at each other and their eyes met. It was love at first sight as both turned a dark shade of red.

“h-hi.” Trixie nervously said.

“hi.” Lily replied in kind.

Zilver washed his hooves for the 10th time in his apartment when the main door closed. He peeked out to see Trixie humming up a tune as she pranced about the room.

“I take it it went well?” he asked as he dried his hooves off.

“more then well, it went great.” Trixie dreamily said. She spun around once and fell back onto her bed. “I met the most beautiful mare; she’s more beautiful then Twilight.” she grabbed a pillow and held it close. “Her name’s Lily and we really hit it off. she’s got the most dreamy eyes and the most amazing laugh and…”

Zilver chuckled. “sounds like you got hit by more then one arrow of love.”

“yeah. My Lilypad.” she dreamily sighed.

Luna danced in the main ballroom while singing ‘once upon a dream.’

“Sounds like you had fun.” Celestia said, watching her dance.

“yes I did. I met the most AMAZING Unicorn. Her name is Trixie and she is just SO BEAUTIFUL!”

Celestia playfully chuckled. “First love is always the best. I felt the same with Cosmos.”

“now I finally get all those sappy romance songs.” Celestia chuckled as she shook her head and started to leave as Luna began to sing the song again. “♪I hold you the way you did, once upon a dream. I hold you…♪”

Celestia walked out of range of Luna’s singing and sat down at a balcony. A white rose appeared beside her. She took it and held it close to her heart. “I’ll find a way to save you and Erys, Cosmos. I swear with all my love.” Celestia looked up to the rising moon, hopeful that someday, she’ll see him again.

Problem

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 5

Problem

Trixie lovingly sighed as she played with a flower lily in the library.

“Never saw you this love-struck when you were pining after me.” Twilight joked.

“that’s because I wasn’t this much in love. Oh, Lily is so lovely. She’s so beautiful, kind, caring…”

“that’s ¾ of the pony population.” Requiem joked. Trixie’s response was a ball to Req’s head, without breaking pose or character.

“so… when do we meet this Lily?” Halo asked.

“I don’t know. We were so smitten, we didn’t think that far ahead.”

Spike skipped on up the walk-way to Carousel Boutique with a smile on his face and flowers in his hands. He took a big whiff and smiled. “(This is great. I keep this up and Rarity will be my marefriend. And that surprise I have planned for tonight is sure to win her heart.)” His left hand hurt again. He put the flowers in his teeth and rubbed the blisters. “I should’ve put some aloe on before I left.”

He knocked the door before entering. “hey, Rarity. You want to--” he stopped to see her lying on the floor with a wet mane and tail.

“oh, hey Spike.” Rarity called out as she normally would. Spike stuttered humorously. “you’re probably wondering why I’m on the floor.” Spike nodded like a puppet. “well, I just got out of the shower and found that I didn’t have any towels handle so I came down here to grab some but I slipped and twisted my ankle.” Spike babbled like a idiot. “Are you okay?”

“I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I…” Spike shook his head. “I’m fine. We should probably do something about that ankle.” Spike put the flowers down and picked Rarity up.

“Thanks.” Rarity rested her head on his chest and snuggled in. “I’m so lucky to have a friend like you.”

Spike‘s heart sank a bit when she said friend. “no prob.”

Luna lovingly hummed as she brushed her mane.

“guess this Trixie really got you good.” Celestia said, watching from the doorway.

“oh, she’s got the most wonderful sense of humor. Did you know she’s a traveling performer?”

“Really?”

“well, was. Her wagon was destroyed so she’s staying in Ponyville with her brothers.”

“oh.”

Luna stopped brushing for a moment and thought about a big question. “Tia…”

“hmm?”

“is it… weird that I’m in love with a mare.”

“no. it’s not. Half of the couples out there in Equestria are Filly-Foolers.” Luna cocked her head, wondering what that means. “Mares who love Mares.”

“oh. You’d figure with a name like Filly-Foolers…”

“I know I know I know. I didn’t choose the name.”

Luna chuckled. Her mind went back to Trixie who, in Luna’s mind, is lieing down in a seductive pose.

Rarity dried off her mane as Spike bandaged her rear left ankle.

“thanks, Spike. Huh, I bandage your left hand and now your bandaging my left ankle.”

Spike gave a gasping chuckle. “irony.” Rarity nodded. Spike finished wrapping the ankle.

“thanks, Spike.”

“my pleasure.” Spike put the bandages up and spotted a bag on the floor. “what’s with the luggage?”

“oh, I’m going to Canterlot for the day. Fancy Pants wants to talk business.”

“Fancy Pants?” Spike tried to hold back laughter. “What kind of name is Fancy Pants?”

“don’t laugh. He’s a kind and sophisticated pony, unlike a certain prince.”

“if you say so.” Spike choked, still trying to not laugh.

Rarity rolled her eyes. She got up with a noticeable limp. She used her magic to grab a sunhat and hover it beside her. “well, better hurry. I’m supposed to meet him at noon.” she walked to the door. “mind grabbing my bag, Spike?”

“Already got it.” he said as he walked after her, carrying the bag.

The door to Marble’s room creaked open.

Pinkie poked her head in. she looked around the room to see if the coast is clear. It was. She tip-toed in and closed the door behind her.

“Okay. Where did Marble put that picture?” she muttered to herself. She went back into her memories (literally) and remembered that Marble put the picture under a flower pot. She tip-toed over and carefully lifted it up. Using her teeth, she bit down on the very tip and pulled it out. She set the plant down and zoomed on over to a covered window. She furled it up and took a look at the group-shot of 4 different ponies.

“that must’ve been Marble before the coat, glasses, and emo personality.” she compared both looks, her eyes ringing like a pinball machine. “Current Marble’s cuter.” she flipped the picture over and saw names on the other side. Diamond’s name fell under a Pegasus mare around Marble‘s. “so… is Diamond a ex-marefriend? Did that kiss remind him of her?” she hoped not but that didn’t stop that thought from sinking into her heart. “Celestia, I hope not.” she looked at the words again and found that Diamond and the other 2 ponies lived with Marble in Manehatten.

“maybe they can tell me what happened between these 2.” she closed the curtains and tip-toed out of the room with the picture.

Spike walked to the boutique, having promised Rarity he’ll keep an eye on it while she’s away. He opened the door and walked in to see Sweetie Belle with one of the flowers he was going to give Rarity in her mouth.

“Sweetie Belle?” he closed the door and picked up a cup of water he had set down earlier. “What are you doing?”

“just being sexy for my favorite Drake.” she said in a seductive tone.

Spike spit up the water and coughed. “you’re being what?!?”

“oh, brother.” she spit the flower out and walked over. “Did Rarity make you that dense?” she brushed her hair out of her face and suddenly kissed him.

Spike went wide-eyed and muffled yelled as he pushed her away. He spit out the kiss and wiped his lips. “Are you crazy!?”

“yeah. Crazy in love for you.”

Spike gave a sighing scoff as he brushed his spines. “Sweetie Belle… I’m in love with Rarity. You know that.”

“so? I love you too.”

“b-but you’re younger then me. A lot younger.”

“no, I’d say we’re about the same age. You just look older. Besides, Rarity doesn’t love you like I do.”

Spike scoffed. “Yes she does.”

“are you sure?” Sweetie insisted. “did you read the letter that came for her?”

That drove a nail into the ‘Rarity doesn’t love me’ coffin. He shook his head ‘no’. Sweetie walked back to grab a letter. Sweetie Belle grabbed it and brought it to him. Spike took it, eager to prove Sweetie Belle wrong, but what he read just added another nail to the coffin.

‘My Dearest Rarity.

Your bewitching form haunts my night and day equally. We simply must meet and discuss our future. I shall wait for you in Canterlot.

Fancy Pants.’

Spike didn’t want to believe it but it was there in black and white. “no. no no no. this is a fake. It has to be.”

“Tsk. I’m afraid it’s real. And that ain‘t even the real hard-hitter.” Sweetie said. Spike didn’t want to know more but he felt like he had to. Sweetie Belle headed on upstairs, Spike not far behind.

Back downstairs, a piece of paper fell out of one of the mannequin dresses and landed with the words facing up.

‘Rarity.

I know this is unexpected but I have a business proposition for you. I would like to open a boutique modeled after your own in Canterlot. My Fiancée, Fleur Di Lis, was quite taken with your style and wants to open one of her own. Please come to Canterlot at your earliest convenience so we can discuss it.

Fancy Pants.’

Zilver slept beneath a tree, just like last time, snoring up a storm. A.J. emptied a bucket of water on him. Zilver sputtered as he snapped awake. “What was that for?”

“We need to talk. In private.” she angrily said. Zilver, not wanting to have his life shortened, agreed.

Sweetie Belle lead Spike into Rarity’s room. He sensed that nothing was off but his heart was telling him otherwise. “Okay. I’ll bite. What?”

Sweetie Belle pointed to the garbage can. Spike walked on over and peered in. what he saw just put in the final nail.

In the garbage can was the Fire Ruby he had giving Rarity a week before his birthday and what had changed him back from his greed. He couldn’t bear to look at it anymore. He unfurled his wings and flew out the window as fast as he could.

Sweetie Belle ran to the window and watched him fly away. She couldn’t help but worry. “Maybe I went too far.” she winced as she used her magic to put the Fire Ruby back top of Rarity’s dresser.

Applejack closed the barn door, giving her and Zilver time to talk.

“we need to talk about what happened the other night.” A.J. sighed.

“I thought we agreed never to speak of it again.”

“Zilver…”

“okay. Okay. So… what’s the problem?”

“well, ever since we… you know…” Zilver nodded in acknowledgement, knowing what she meant. “I…I couldn’t stop thinking about you.”

Zilver felt honored. “well, thanks.”

A.J. smacked him in the back of the head. “not that way, you perv.” Zil chuckled as she rolled her eyes. “well, I thought back to it and I was thinking and… every time I thought back to it, I kept thinking about you.”

“what are you getting at, Applejack?”

A.J. took a deep breath. “I think I have the same thing that Twilight has for your brother.”

“what?” Zilver’s eyes got tiny. “you mean… You’re in love with me?”

“I hoped not but… I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I just… feel flustered around you, I have trouble breathing, my heart beats fast, I…”

Zilver interrupted her with a kiss. “just shut up, okay?” A.J. leaned in to kiss again but Zil stopped her. “but… I’m not looking for a relationship right now. I got out of a pretty dicey relationship and I’m just not ready and…” Zil pecked her on the cheek and turned to leave. “…I hope you can understand.”

Zilver began to leave when… “There’s more, Zilver.” Zilver stopped and looked back to her. A.J. sighed as she said it. “I’m pregnant.”

That news hit Zilver like a ton of bricks. “you’re p-p-p…” he couldn’t say it. “you’re preaaaa…” Applejack started to get annoyed. Zilver laughed as he fell backwards and fainted upon hitting the ground.

“don’t blame ya for doing that.”

Halo sat on the bed at his apartment, not exactly eager to do this. Twilight walked in and closed the door. “you wanted to see me, Halo?”

“Twilight. We need to talk.” he said in a stern tone.

“about what?”

“About us.”

Twi got a little worried as she sat down. “w-what do you mean?”

Halo sighed as he rubbed his eyes. “we both know you love me and nothing is going to change that and I… *Sigh* I hate to say it but I love you too.”

“well, if you feel that way, why are we having this talk?”

“Cause I… I don’t want to.”

“Don’t want to?”

“I know nothing about love and I’m worried about what will happen. Plus there’s all that history between us such as Trixie and… Starlight.”

Twilight looked down at her pregnant stomach then back up at him. “So, what are you saying exactly?”

“I’m saying…” Halo sighed. “I’m saying that you’re probably better off being with someone else. I’m not suitable for you or anypony. I’m just… I’m sorry.”

Halo walked to the door and almost left but was stopped by Twi. She pulled him close and tearfully kissed him square on the lips. She broke it and sniffled. “at least… think about it.” she tearfully said. She walked on out, leaving behind a confused Halo. Now he felt bad as his heart felt like it was being tightened in a vice.

A disoriented Zilver woke up to the distorted sound of Applejack’s voice. “Zilver. Zilver.” his vision and his voice eventually cleared up. “Zilver, you okay?”

A dizzy Zilver got up. “I… I could’ve sworn you said you were pregnant.”

“I am.” Zilver swooned but A.J. stopped him. “Okay, enough is enough, Drama Queen.”

“a-a-are you sure you’re pregnant?”

“well… no. all I know is I missed my p--”

“Ah. Nobody needs to hear that.”

“right. Well, I also had butterflies in my stomach and felt sick every morning. Twilight told me she’s going though the same things so I know it has to be that.”

“y-y-you sure it’s that? M-m-maybe you just have the flu or something.”

Applejack sighed. “well, we’ll know next week. I took this to the doc and he’s checking to make sure I am or ain’t with child.”

Zilver kept looking for a way out of this. “a-and you’re sure I’m the father?”

“you’re the first pony I slept with so… yeah.”

Zilver held his head as he began to freak out. “no no no. I’m not ready to be a parent.”

“Neither am I! but we’re gonna have to deal with this in one way or another.”

“Says you!” Zilver panted. “I’m outta here.” he walked to the barn door and opened it.

“Zilver! This is your responsibility too. You can’t run away from this.”

Zilver sarcastically laughed. “watch me!” he said as he closed the barn door.

Shadow wrote his words down onto a piece of paper to give to Rainbow Dash. This was letter 22. The rejects littered the ground beside him.

“dang it. How do I word this?” he groaned. He snapped and crumbled up the letter. He tossed it aside with the others.

He looked up and saw Rainbow walk by outside, carrying a box on her back. Shadow put down what he was doing and ran out.

“hey, Dash. What’cha doing?” he asked as he ran out of his apartment to join her.

“hey, Shadow. Nothing much. Just gonna join Soarin’ on a party.” she then got overly cheerful. “he’s gonna introduce me to Spitfire, Fleetfoot, and Rapidfire. I think he’s trying to induct me into the Wonderbolts! I’m so excited!”

“congrats. I know how hard you were wanting to get in.”

“AAAAAND…” Dash snickered. “… I think he’s gonna move our relationship ahead.”

That hurt Shadow. “Relationship?”

“yeah. We’ve been dating since we met. Maybe, after tonight, we’ll move things to the bedroom.”

“oh. I see.” a defeated Shadow looked away for a moment.

“well, I gotta get going.” Rainbow said as she unfurled her wings.

Shadow turned to leave but stopped half-way. “Rainbow…” Dash stopped in mid-flight and looked down to Shadow. “(tell her. Tell her, you idiot. Tell her you love her.) I… I…” Dash cocked her head to the right, wondering what he was talking about. Shadow gave a defeated sigh. “I… want to wish you good luck.”

“Thanks.” Dash called back before flying away.

Shadow headed back to his place, defeated and sad. “(what would I have said? She was in a relationship with a celebrity. Guess some things…) were never meant to be.”

Spike sat on the hill he had chosen to reveal his feelings to Rarity thanks to something he worked hard on. The sun had begun to set when he heard panting behind him. He looked to see Rarity running up the hill to him.

“Sorry I’m late.” Rarity panted. “but Fancy Pants and Fleur De Lis never shut up. They just kept on talking. Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble.” she chuckled. Spike didn’t buy it. “so… what did you want to show me?”

Spike took a deep breath and got up. “it doesn’t matter now.”

“‘doesn’t matter now?’ what are you talking about?”

Spike turned and left. “why do you care?”

A very confused Rarity ran out in front of him. “what are you talking about, Spike?”

“I know you went to Fancy Pants so you can get back together with him.”

“What!?! No no no. I went to see him because Fleur wanted to open up a copy of my boutique there and--”

“stop lying!” Spike roared. Rarity stepped back in fear. Spike sighed as he looked to the ground.

“Spike… what’s going on?” Rarity asked.

“it’s too late now.” he softly said. “you already stomped on my heart and shattered it to pieces. Can‘t believe I went out of my way to make it.” he unfurled his wings and took off. Rarity looked up in confusion.

“What is he talking about?” she wondered as she sat down, looking in the same direction. She then saw what Spike was looking at. She held her hooves to her mouth as tears began to form in her eyes. “oh. Oh, no…” she gasped. She fell forward to her hooves, which shook rapidly as tears fell. “Spike…”

Across from her, made out of shaped rocks, were words that read:
‘you will be in my heart eternally, my one and only love.’

Pinkie & Marble: Memories of the past

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 6

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Pinkie & Marble
Memories of the Past

Pinkie copied the address from the back of the group-shot photo of Marble, Diamond, and 2 other ponies onto the front of a envelope.

Sora walked in to see her hard at work. “Pinkie? What are you doing?”

Pinkie yelped and tried to hide the photo but noticed it was Sora. “oh. It’s just you. Knock next time.”

She went back to work, leaving a confused Sora in the doorway. “un… okay.” she walked in and looked over Pinkie’s shoulder. “sooooooooo… what are you doing?”

“you know how Marble said that name back at the picnic, Diamond?”

“un… I think so. Why?”

“well, I found a picture of him with that Diamond character and 2 other ponies.” Sora grabbed the picture and looked at it. “Turns out Diamond was a female Pegasus. So I’m writing to her to see if she’s his marefriend or not.”

“why would you care?”

Pinkie stopped writing and sighed. “because I think I’m in love with him.”

“in love!?” Sora exclaimed. Pinkie shushed her. “sorry.” Sora whispered. “why?”

“well… ever since that accidental kiss back at the picnic, my heart’s been beating like crazy, whenever I tried to sleep he always appears in my eyes, my hooves get sweaty…”

“mmm-hmm-hmm-hmm. Sounds like puppy-dog love to me. And what does this have to do with Diamond?”

“well, I think she’s Marble’s marefriend, or Ex, which I’m hoping… ah…I don’t care. I just need to know.”

Pinkie went back to writing as Sora thought. “huh. Usually, you’re just a random-sprouting crazy pony, but now, you’re serious, And that’s only because you’re in love. I’m afraid to see what you’d be like if you got pregnant.” she shivered at the thought. “scary.” Pinkie put the letter in the envelope and closed it. “you know it’s going to take at least a week for one of these 3 to respond, right?”

“I know. Maybe by then, I can get him to open up and tell me himself.”

“Diamond! Run!”

“AAHH!”

“Diamond! DIAMOND!”

Marble gasped as he woke up from that horrific nightmare. “dammit. Why won’t those memories leave me alone?” he grunted in pain and hit his bed. “Why wasn’t I able to save her?”

“thank you for coming to Sugarcube Corner! Please come again!” Pinkie said in her usual over-the-top manner as a customer left. Once he was out of hearing range, Pinkie went back to anxious and sad mode. “why is it taking so lone for them to reply?”

“it’s only been a week, Pinkie. Give them time. They may not even live in Manehatten anymore.” Sora replied.

“I know. But the wait is killing me. When he gets down here, I‘m gonna ask him just who Diamond is.”

“what? No no no. wait for the reply. Then you’ll find out and go back to being the happy-go-lucky pony we all know and love.”

a very groggy Marble walked down from above. A highly-hyper Pinkie appeared in front of him. “hi, Marble. How ya feeling?”

“like crap.” he groaned. He plopped his head down at the counter and sputtered.

Pinkie looked to Sora and nodded. Sora shook her head and mouthed ‘no’ but Pinkie went with it anyway. “So, Marble… I just have to ask. Who’s Diamond?”

Marble angrily sighed. “why do you care?”

“well, ever since you said her name back at the creek, I--”

“how do you know Diamond’s a girl?” a angry Marble asked.

“let me finish. Ever since the creek, I was wondering who Diamond was so… when you weren’t home, I snuck into your room and took the picture you were looking at, copied it’s address, and sent letters to the other 3 ponies in the picture.”

“you what!?” Marble got even more angry to the point of blowing his gasket.

“I just want to know who Diamond was, if she was your ex-marefriend.”

“Why?”

“because… because I care about you. I want to help. I like you, Marble. I… I’d go as far to say I love you.”

Marble just stood there, taking all that she said in. Sora knew what was gonna happen and backed up. Pinkie watched her back up as Marble gave a slight chuckle.

“hehehehehehehehe…”

“Marble? Are… you okay?”

“yeah. Yeah, I am okay.” Pinkie breathed a sigh of relief. Marble, however, was just getting started. “I’m just a bit peeved that you broke into my room, rifled though all my stuff, and basically put a knife in my back!”

“w-what?”

“First, let’s start with the fact that you broke into my room. You’re lucky that I’m not calling the cops for Breaking and Entering!” Pinkie back up in fear as Marble walked closer to her. “and then there’s the invasion of privacy. You broke into my room and stole my photo and wrote to my friends WITHOUT my consent.”

“I-I was worried about you. I only wanted to help.” a fearful Pinkie said.

Marble scoffed. “worried about me? Only wanted to help? If I want someone to look out for me, I’d ask them, Diamond!”

Pinkie exclaimed when she heard it. “there! You just said her name again!” Marble did hear it and growled.

“listen well, Pinkie. Stay out of my personal life!” Pinkie fell back and crawled into a wall. “no, in fact, stay out of my life! Just stay away from me! Don’t talk to me, don’t look at me, don’t even breath near me!” Marble walked to the door and kicked it open. “As far as I’m concerned, you don’t exist!”

A stunned and shocked Pinkie just sat there, her heart shattered by what he had told her. Her mane deflated as she went back to her depressed mode.

Sora, who just stood at the side-lines now wanting to get a full barrage of Marble‘s artillery, snarled. “why that son of a… I‘ll go talk to him.” she walked out after him, leaving a uber-depressed Pinkie to herself.

Marble walked as fast as he could away from Sugarcube Corner. Sora followed not far behind him, ready to put him in his place. The Pegasus walked into a alley-way, which confused her but not stop her. She increased her speed so she wouldn’t lose him.

Marble turned a corner. Sora hugged the wall as she neared the corner. She rounded it to see Marble leaning against the wall, his sunglasses off and on the ground, and himself softly crying. A stunned Sora stood there. It took Marble a few seconds to notice her.

His voice was quavering when he gathered himself. “un… S-Sora. Un…” he grabbed his glasses and brushed them off.

“were you crying?”

“no. no, I… I…” he put his glasses back on. “I got something in my eye.”

Sora wasn’t buying it. She then returned back to what she came to do. “why did you say all that mean things to Pinkie? All she did was try to help you and there you went, just shooting her in the heart. Why?”

Marble sighed. She wasn’t gonna leave without a explanation. “you want the truth?” Sora nodded. “I did it… to protect her.”

“Protect her?” Sora exclaimed in disbelieve. “I find that hard to believe cause what you said back there really hurt her.”

“I know that! and I feel really terrible for doing it. But I had to do it.”

“Why? What justified you yelling at her?”

Marble paused before replying. “it all leads back to 11 months ago, when I was…”

“the male version of Pinkie?”

Marble chuckled. “yeah. Guess I was. I was busy setting up a party for Diamond‘s birthday but I… I didn’t know there was gonna be a storm.”

“uh-oh.” Sora muttered. She knew where this story was going. “what happened next?”

“the storm hit and it destroyed the whole thing. Diamond was… was…” Marble stopped right there. He didn’t want to go any farther.

“is she okay?”

“I don’t know. I left and moved in with my uncles on the other side of the city before I could learn what happened. But it didn’t matter. Diamond was killed and it was because of me.”

“oh, brother.” Sora muttered. “I saw this a million times, Marble. Trust me, it wasn‘t your fault.”

“but it was!” Marble exclaimed. “it was all my fault. And that’s why I can’t… I can‘t…” Marble shook his head, trying hard to say it.

“Marble…”

“anyone very close to me always gets injured! The farther away I keep them, the better. That’s why Pinkie can never know I love her!” Marble unfurled his wings and flew into the air.

Sora groaned as she pinched her eyes. “great. Just great. I got 2 ponies who are in love with each other but one’s stubborn personality ain’t gonna let him do anything about it.” she gave a groaning sigh and stopped pinching. “hope one of those ponies replies to Pinkie’s letter soon. These 2 need help bad.”

In the week following that mess, Pinkie and Marble have been distancing from each other more and more to the point that they aren’t even seeing each other all day. It was quite depressing, which was odd considering this was Pinkie, the world’s premiere Party-Pony. And it seemed like it was taking forever for the reply letter to get here. But, eventually, things have to come full circle.

Pinkie Pie, following the yelling Marble gave her, de-evolved back to her depressed mode, and we all know what happened there. This gained a level and is happening outside of town. “More Tea, Madame LeFlour?” The bag of flour just sat there, slumping over to the side. Pinkie just poured tea and talking like she did reply. “why, thank you. I think Caramel is cute as well.”

“This is just TOO scary.” Sora said, watching the insanity unfold. She walked away and sat down beneath a tree not far from Pinkie. She still had to keep an eye on her so she doesn’t do anything crazy. “oh, brother.” she sighed. “how did this happen? I tried to help but that ended up going in the crapper.” she thought back to that botched plan and shivered.

A wheelchair rolled up with a pair of hooves hanging over the front. “excuse me. Do you know where I can find Pinkamena Diane Pie?”

Sora’s head rose in confusion. “she used her whole name?” she asked herself in confusion. She looked and saw the pony in the wheelchair.

Insano Pinkie chatted with a pile of rocks as Sora walked up, pushing the wheelchair. “I should’ve warned you, she’s gone a bit, un… cuckoo.”

“it would’ve helped.” she replied.

Pinkie’s eyes moved to them in a scary fashion. “Hi, Sora.” she said in a creepy tone. Sora and the other Pony gulped in fear. “you want cupcakes?”

“no, no. instead, I have someone to introduce you too. Pinkie, this is Diamond, the Pegasus Marble was going on about.”

Pinkie’s ears twitched. “D-Diamond!?” she dropped what she was doing, walked on over to her, and just broke down. She fell and cried into her lap. Diamond looked up at Sora who was as surprised as she was. “please. Tell me… what’s wrong with Marble?” Pinkie cried.

Diamond, who was initially frightened at first, calmed down and brushed Pinkie’s mane. “It’s okay, Pinkie. It’s okay.”

“please tell her, Diamond. Seeing her like this is just heart-breaking.” Sora said. “I know Marble told me that there was a storm on your birthday that caused him to change. What happened?”

Diamond lifted Pinkie’s head and comforted her. “what’s wrong with Marble?” Pinkie sniffled.

Diamond thought back for a moment. “it happened 11 months ago. My birthday party was going along great. Had my friends, family. It was turning into a great day. Least until the storm hit. It came completely out of nowhere. There were no storms scheduled for that time. Weird thing was… it originated from the nearby mountains.”

“Diamond. Focus.”

“right. Well, the storm just torn though the place and destroyed everything. A nearby scaffold buckled under the pressure and fell right on top of me, knocking me unconscious. When I came too, I found out that Marble left and that I was crippled. My wings and my hind legs were broken beyond repair; hence the wheelchair. I don’t know what happened to him after that.”

“I know what happened to him.” Sora said. “he said that after the incident, he moved in with his relatives across town then, 3 months later, he came here, all depressed and emo.”

“Why?”

“he thought that all that the storm had killed you. It left him with a terrible emotional scar that’s still haunting him.”

“I see.” Diamond hadn’t thought about that. “where is he?”

Marble is back in his room, suffering from the painful memories of that day.

“Diamond! Run!”

“AHH!!!”

“Diamond! DIAMOND!!!”

Marble held his head as the memories flooded back. Someone knocked on his door, causing him to snap back. “Dammit! Leave me alone!” Sora opened the door and walked in anyway. “I told you go guy away!” he shouted.

Sora moved to the side, allowing Marble to get a good view at Diamond. He was shocked to see her, and alive for that matter. “Diamond?” she slowly nodded. Tears formed in his eyes as he broke down and cried up a storm. “I’m so sorry, Diamond! I’m so, so sorry.”

Diamond rolled on over and hugged him. “It’s okay, Marble. It’s okay. Everything’s gonna be okay.” Marble kept on crying and she just let him.

“we should probably leave them alone.” Sora said to the newly-revitalized Pinkie. She nodded. They both stepped out and closed the door.

“glad that we worked out that problem.” Sora said as they walked down to the shop. “seems like just yesterday that you and he were depressed beyond repair.”

“un… Sora. That was yesterday.” Sora nervously chuckled as she scratched the back of her head. “but… I wish I knew what their relation was.”

“AH!” Sora smacked herself in the head. “I knew I forgot to ask something.”

The sound of footsteps followed them. They looked to see Marble coming down to them. He stopped a few steps up and panted. “Pinkie… I just want to say thank you.”

“For what?”

“For helping me. And I’m sorry for yelling at you last week. Will you ever forgive me?”

Pinkie smiled and took his glasses. “of course I will, Marby.” Marble smiled back and hugged her. She hugged back without hesitation.

“yay!” Sora exclaimed like a little girl, clapping her hands together. “everything’s better now. Oh, and I know a good place to celebrate.”

“what?” Diamond asked.

“there’s this new place down the street called ‘Electronic Symphony’. apparently, Vinyl and Octavia opened it up a couple of weeks ago.”

“Vinyl and Octavia are back!?” Pinkie squealed.

“yep. And have been for quite a while now. How about we go. My treat?”

Later that day, at 8 o’clock, the 4 headed on over to the new Nightclub, which is one of the hottest new places in Ponyville right now.

A generic electronic song played on the speakers as they walked in to the crowded place. “whoa! This place is packed!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“busier then I thought.” Sora muttered. She looked around and spotted a open table. “over there.” she said. She wheeled Diamond over as Pinkie and Marble walked on over to it.

As soon as they took a seat, Octavia rolled on over. “Hey guys!”

“Octi!” Pinkie exclaimed. She hugged her, which surprised Octavia a bit. Marble pulled her off.

“Why’d you 2 leave FeatherTop?” Sora asked.

“Ah. Got boring. Even someone as sophisticated as me can get boring. Besides, I don’t think a big cities a great place to raise a child.”

“congratulations!” Diamond said.

Sora tried to connect how a Filly-Fooler can get pregnant if her mate is a girl just like her. Wait, does this world have… “how’d you get pregnant? Artificial insemination?”

“yeah.”

Sora leaned on her right fist as she looked out into space. “They look backwater but are surprisingly advanced.”

“When’s the baby due?” a excited Pinkie asked.

“due? I just had it.”

That got the group, minus Diamond, confused. “but… I don’t… did she have a pregnant belly?” Marble asked.

“I don’t know.” Pinkie tapped the computer screen. “hey, Writer guy? Was she Preggers?”

Un… I don’t think I should get into the story. Let’s just say yes and move on.

“Okay.”

Begin Song:

Pony Rock Anthem

0:00.

Pinkie exclaimed when this song came on. “Oh, this is my jam!” she exclaimed.

On the stage, Vinyl appeared in a torrent of smoke as Neon descended from the ceiling.

Pony Rock! Yeah! Woo! Let's go!

“That’s a bit over the top, right?” Octavia asked.

“yep.” Sora said.

“I told them.

0:29.

Vinyl and Neon:
♪Scratch and Neon's in the club tonight.
Oh yeah, we're gonna have a good time.
So grab some pony now don't be shy.
It's our job to make you feel alright. (Clap your hooves!)
Let's raise the roof, tonight's the night.
We're gonna' party till the morning light.
The house is hot, the beat is tight.
We just wanna' see you ...shake it!♪

0:59.

Vinyl spun at her Turntable. Neon stood on the stage as a mike rose out of it in front of it.

1:14.

Vinyl and Neon:
♪The name's Neon Lights and I wanna' see you shake it.
I'm the host of this party and I'm glad you could make it.
I've got the music that booms, show me what you've got.
Now do your thing girls and flaunt that plot.
On the dance floor is where we're living.
You keep moving to the beat and the beat I'll keep delivering.
Now that's a promise, we're gonna' commit.♪
Hey, Vinyl Scratch! Spin that.

1:28.

Vinyl:
♪Ayo what's up? I'm the other half of this duo.
Got my bass cannon set to max it's gonna' blow.
It's Pony Rock! (It's Pony Rock!)
Yeah, so get them tails a-bouncing and get them
hooves up in the air 'cause we are announcing it is-!♪

1:44.

Sora danced in her seat, same with Diamond. Marble just sat there with a smile. He looked and saw that Pinkie had disappeared.

“where’d she go?” he muttered.

Vinyl and Scratch:
♪Scratch and Neon's in the club tonight.
Oh yeah, we're gonna have a good time.
So grab some pony don't be shy.
It's our job to make you feel alright.
Let's raise the roof, tonight's the night.
We're gonna' party till the morning light.
The house is hot, the beat is tight.
We just wanna' see you... shake it!♪

2:14.

Pinkie suddenly appeared beside them both.

Pinkie:
Everyday I'm partying!

“Pinkie!?!” Sora, Diamond, and Octavia exclaimed in surprise.

Thought initially surprised by her sudden appearance, Neon and Vinyl kept on rockin’ it in. in fact, they felt it would help this little song.

2:32.

Diamond moved her body to the beat then noticed that Marble had disappeared as well. She smiled, knowing full well where he went.

Pinkie:
♪Put the lights on me. It's time for the only true party pony.
The name's Pinkie Pie and I know you all missed me.
But hey, wait! There's room for three.
Let's get some balloons! (The pretty ones!)
Let's turn up the bass! (Getting louder now!)
Gummy's here with me! (He's rocking out!)
Now it's a party! (With thanks to me!)♪

2:46.

A pair of sunglasses flew though the air and landed on Pinkie’s nose. Surprised with a smile, she looked back to see Marble standing there, glasses off and with a smile on his face.

“What about Diamond? I thought you loved her.”

“of course I do.” Marble slid on over and held Pinkie close. “what kind of brother doesn’t love his sister?”

Pinkie smiled thought she breathed a sigh of relief inside; They were Siblings. Thank Celestia, huh?

“hey, Pinkie. Here’s a silly question.” he said in Pinkie style. He leaned in and kissed her. She went wide-eyed as Marble moved back. “will you be my special somepony?”

Pinkie smiled. She flipped the glasses and put them on. “of course I will.”

Back in the crowd, Diamond smiled. Her brother finally moved on from his past. Sora and Octavia, however, danced together but not in a way that would make them look… together.

Vinyl:
♪Get up. Get down. Put your hooves up to the sound.
Jump up. Stomp down. Every pony hit the ground. (x2)
Every pony hit the ground. (x2)
Get up. Get down. (x2)
Put your hooves up to the sound. (x2)
Put your hooves up. (x4)♪

3:16.

Marble, Pinkie, Vinyl, and Neon:
♪Every pony's in the club tonight.
We're gonna' keep on having a good time.
We got some help from Pinkie Pie.
With Vinyl Scratch and Neon-on-on Lights.♪

3:32.

Marble and Pinkie did a ‘remix’ of ballroom dancing as they sang to the song.

Vinyl and Neon:
♪Woah (x4)♪

3:47.

Marble, Pinkie, Vinyl, and Neon:
♪Everyday we're partying!♪

Everyone partied on and partied hard as the night rolled on.

Outside, a fleet of new stars appeared in the night sky. One of them was a light pink.

4:21. End Song.

Author's Notes:

i'm indifferent about how this turned out. i-i don't know. what do you think? could i have done it better?

Lyra & Bonbon: Starting a Future

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 7

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Lyra & Bonbon
Starting a Future

The sounds of a lute filled the air followed by some heavenly singing. Both sounds are originating from a certain emerald Unicorn, who sat beneath a tree. A certain vanilla Earth Pony walked on up to her, carrying a picnic basket.

“hey there, cutie.” Bonbon said with a smile.

“hey, Bonnie.” Lyra stopped her singing and put her lute down. Bonbon put the basket down. Lyra grabbed her Marefriend and pulled her close. “you are so cute, you know that?”

“I know.” the 2 kissed for a good minute before breaking. “so are you, Lyra.”

The two lovers kissed again and fell to the ground. They broke the kiss and just looked at each other.

“I love you.” they both whispered as they stared into each others eyes. Lyra brushed her girlfriend’s hair out of her face and smiled.

“Can we get to the picnic basket before it gets cold?” Bonbon asked.

“oh. Right.” Bonbon got up and walked on over to it. Lyra smiled and looked at her Marefriend’s plot. “you got a nice booty, you know that?”

Bonbon stuck one of her hooves in deep and kicked it up towards her. “perv.” she chuckled.

“I’m a taken mare. We’re entitled to do it.”

Bonbon playfully chuckled as she walked over and opened the basket. She took out a bottle of wine then stopped. “Lyra.”

“yeah?”

“how do you feel about kids?”

“eh… they’re all right. A bit loud and obnoxious but cute. Why?”

Bonbon set the bottle down. “Lyra… I want to have a baby.”

Lyra went wide-eyed. “a baaa….. A bab……” she couldn’t even say it. Bonbon rolled her eyes and hit her in the back of the head. “thanks. You want to have a baby? Why?”

“well, seeing Derpy with Dinky the other day made me think about that. Having a baby helps make things complete. And remember what Derpy said? Dinky was the best thing to happen to her, even though she was a mistake. We would make good parents, right?”

“yeah, but Bonnie. Babies are messy, they’re loud, they’re smelly. we’d be up all hours of the night. And did I mention they’re messy?”

“So’s Roseluck when she’s in her garden yet she’s the same age as us.”

“sorry, Bonnie, but we aren’t having a baby. End of story.” Lyra took the bottle and took a couple of glasses out of the basket.

Bonbon angrily shook her head. “you think you know somepony then something this happens.”

Lyra stopped and looked at her. “what’s that supposed to mean?”

“I don’t know, Lyra. You tell me.” Bonbon angrily asked. “since when do you decide what we can or can’t do?”

“listen to me, Bonnie. Kids are the worst. We’d be regretting doing this when the tyke is born. And the pregnancy. Oy, do you see do damage it’s doing to Twilight’s body?” Bonbon just got even more angry. “there’s the morning sickness and as you get further along, it get’s harder to move. And from what I head, Childbirth is one event you don’t want to happen to your body. Ow!”

“if that’s trying to scare me, Lyra, it’s not going to work. I want a baby.”

“And I don’t.”

The 2 looked at each other, each with angry looks. “you better hope the couch is comfy tonight, Lyra, cause you’re gonna be sleeping there for quite a while.” Bonbon angrily sneered. She turned and walked off, kicking the basket behind her.

Lyra angrily scoffed and threw the bottle down into the grass.

Bonbon angrily grumbled as she walked though town. “damn Lyra. Child hater. Who does she think she is, saying we can’t have kids.” she nearly ran into Marble, who stormed off into a alley-way. She almost got hit by Sora, who didn’t notice her, but they avoided a collision.

Bonbon looked up and saw that she had arrived at the fountain. She walked up to the fountain and looked in. she saw her angry reflection. Then, she felt guilty. “what am I doing, forcing this on her?” Bahamut walked up beside her. She noticed his reflection and sighed. “really not in a talkative mood, B.”

“is something wrong?” he asked.

“It’s Lyra. She’s saying that she doesn’t want to have kids. But I do.”

“1 in 5 couples always have this problem.” Bahamut sighed. “I was too, unfortunately.” Bonbon scoffed. “Listen, Bon, trying to force this on someone is never good for any relationship. Take it slow. Wait till she’s ready.”

“I know, but I’m ready now. I wanted a child ever since I WAS a child. It’s been something I wanted for a long time.”

“but is it something Lyra wanted?”

Bonbon hadn’t thought about that. She was so dead-set on this, she had forgotten about her feelings. “oh, crud. I am such a idiot. I should’ve have listened to her opinion, shouldn’t I?”

“Yep. And you better hope you didn’t destroy your relationship with her.”

Bonbon walked away from the fountain and increased to a jog. “you and me both, Bahamut.” she ran off to find Lyra, hoping she hasn’t left.

Lyra, however, was on the other side of the fountain. The splashing water made it so she didn’t hear it. She heard laughing behind her. She looked to see Twilight and Derpy talking and laughing.

Derpy noticed Lyra and walked over. “Hey, Lyra. What’s up?”

“nothing that concerns you two.” she angrily replied.

Twilight and Derpy looked at each other, sensing something was wrong. “what happened?” they both asked.

“Bonbon’s been going on and on about us having kids. I don’t want to because baby’s are too much trouble. They’re expensive, they’re messy, they scream all though the night. And the baby-in-production process ain’t exactly a good time. You 2 can agree with me on that.”

“well, I can agree that being pregnant ain’t exactly a walk in the park…” Twi said.

“See?” Lyra interrupted.

“BUT there are some good aspects to it.” Twi continued. “Top on the list would be that knowing that a new life is forming inside you is something you’d never replicate, no matter how hard you tried. It’s… just something you have to feel yourself to understand.”

“That is true. And raising the child is great. I mean, you’d have to be heartless not to fall in love with something you made.” Derpy explained. “remember when I said Dinky was a accident?”

“And then you said that she was the best thing that happened to you, what of it?” a peeved Lyra asked.

“I meant it. True, there were some bad parts but it’s a great feeling. Like pregnancy, nothing can replicate it.”

Lyra thought for a moment. “so what you’re saying is that all this can be a good thing?”

“yeah.” they both said.

Lyra sighed. “guess I should’ve thought it over before I snapped at her.”

“uh-oh.” both Twi and Derpy said again.

Lyra thought up a perfect solution. “but I think I know a way to make up for it.”

Bonbon looked all over Ponyville till the sun began to set. Then she started getting hopeless and desperate.

“oh, Lyra. Where’d you go?” she worriedly wondered as she ran past the library.

Before long, a defeated and VERY worried Bonbon returned to the hill where she and Lyra had their fight. The bottle of wine was still there. She sat down and grabbed it. “Celestia, I was a idiot.” she said to herself.

She started to cry when the sounds of a lute and a heavenly voice filled the air. “Lyra?” she gasped. She looked up to see Lyra sitting under the same tree from this morning, doing the same thing she did.

Lyra sang with her eyes closed, strumming her lyre to a wonderful tune. Bonbon closed her eyes and listened to the beautiful tune. It reminded her of the time they first met; 20 years ago in 3rd grade. She walked over and placed her head on Lyra’s lap. She felt it but kept on singing.

Lyra stopped 3 minutes later. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Bonbon. “hey, cutie. Where were ya?”

“looking for you.” she looked up at Lyra‘s cute face. “listen, I was thinking. Maybe we don’t need a kid right now. Maybe we can wait a few years before having one.”

“but I thought you wanted a kid since you were a kid.”

“I do. But if it’s gonna tear us apart, I think we can wait.”

Lyra half-smiled. “well, I have quite a surprise for you.” Bonbon looked up at her with puppy-dog eyes. “after our fight, I ran into Twilight and Derpy. They… told me about the good aspects of raising a child. Well, forced it down my throat would be a better way to put it. Anyway, after my talk with them, I went down to the fertility clinic.”

Bonbon went wide-eyed as she got hopeful. “Lyra… are you saying…?”

Lyra bent down and kissed Bonbon on the forehead. “in 11 months, there’s gonna be the pitter-patter of little hooves in our house.”

Bonbon gasped as she held her mouth. Her eyes got watery. “you are one odd pony, Lyra. And I love that about you. So, who’d you choose as the father?”

“un… think the donor’s name was Caramel.”

“oh. He’s a nice pony. Strong farmer. Honest too. You choose good.”

“I know.” Lyra look up and thought for a moment. “hey, Bonnie.”

“hmm?”

“since I am willingly putting my body though this for you, how about we… consummate this?”

“How?” Lyra got a pedo-smile going. Bonbon instantly knew what she was talking about. “OH!”

“well?”

Bonbon got up and kissed Lyra on the forehead. “you check the bedsprings. I’ll get the whipped cream.”

Applejack & Zilver: Thinking of the Future

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 8

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Zilver & Applejack
Thinking of the Future

“wow. Pregnant. That’s gotta be weird for you, Sis.” Applebloom said. Applejack carried a bushel of apples into the barn and set them down. “and should you even be working?”

“I’m only a week Preggers, Applebloom. I can still work.” the 2 walked on outside. “Besides, I remember Mama working clear into her 11th month with you.”

“Well, that explains my strong back.” Bloom muttered. “but you ain’t Mama, Applejack.”

“no, but I’m gonna be one.”

The 2 walked past Big Mac and Aura, both of whom were pumping a well with a tough pump. “and what about Zilver? Will he be helping with the kid?”

Applejack angrily scoffed. “Zilver. That son of a Manticore ran off, not wanting anything to do with us.”

“he did what!?” Applebloom exclaimed. Both Aura and Big Mac overheard this and looked at each other.

“I knew Zilver was lazy but I didn’t know he would run off if things got bad. The next time I see him, you know what I’m gonna do?”

“Show him one of Aura’s ‘special’ tapes?” Applebloom joked.

Big Mac looked at Aura with a big of a angry pout. “they’re exercise tapes. I need to keep in shape.” Aura truthfully said.

“uh-huh.” Big Mac replied.

“no. no. I’m not that cruel.” Applejack thought about what to do to Zilver if she ran into Zilver again. “think I’ll just give him a good old-fashioned beat down.”

“be sure to bring me along.” Applebloom said with a mean snicker.

Applejack and Applebloom walked off, leaving Big Mac and Aura to talk about what this. “I never pegged Zilver as a pig.” Aura muttered.

“beg pardon?” Big Mac asked, wondering what he met by that.

“It’s a human expression and Zilver is a PRIME example of that. Though if Jess was here, she’d think of a even worse word to describe him.” a light bulb went off over Aura’s head, making him snicker evilly. “I got a pretty good idea on how to deal with him.”

“how?”

“Zilver’s always been one to skirt responsibility. So, we make him responsible.”

“how?”

“By getting me a Job!?” Zilver exclaimed as he stared up at the sign for the Moonlight/Sunlight Tavern.

“yeah. It’s perfect.” Aura said. “listen, me and Mackie have been talking…” Big Mac comically looked at the screen when Aura said ‘Mackie.’ “…and we figured that as long as you are in town, you should help out. What better way to do that then with a job?”

“b-b-b-b-b-b-but I don’t know the first thing about a job. Halo always handled the money problems.”

“if you didn’t have jobs, how’d you get paid?” Big Mac asked.

“funding from the academy an…”

Aura hit himself in the forehead with the palm of his hand. “Oh, that’s right. I forgot Halo was a professor at a university.”

“Researcher at the Royal Academy of Science, genius.” Zilver rolled his eyes. “but yeah, I never worried about that.”

“probably because you were a free-loader.” both Big Mac and Zilver said. “now come on!” both pushed Zilver into the tavern.

Zil stuck his hooves into the ground, grinding them both to a halt. “Hold it! Why should I get a job!?”

“it’s either that…” Aura cracked his knuckles as Big Mac hit his front hooves together. “…or get a beating.”

“do they have a opening for a bus boy?” Zil quickly turned and walked on in.

“That actually worked?” both a stunned Big Mac and Aura said.

“…and once you picked them all up, you put the dishes here. The dishwasher will come out and deal with them after that. Got it?” the barkeep asked Zilver.

“yeah. Yeah. I got it.” a bored Zil replied.

“good.” he tossed Zil a apron, who barely caught it. “you start right now.”

Zil waited till his new boss was out of hearing range when he groaned. “those 2 are gonna pay for this.”

Aura gave a mean chuckle as he and Big Mac walked back to the farm.

“This plan will work, right?” Aura asked. “I mean, getting a job will teach him responsibility, right?”

“I hope.” Mac replied. “and hopefully that place will change his mind too.”

“About what, Applejack and the foal?”

“yeeup. At night, it’s one of the raunchiest places in town. But during the day…”

“What, it’s a kid friendly place?”

“one of the best in town.”

Aura chortled as he looked back to the tavern. “oh, this is gonna be good.”

Zilver sighed out of boredom as he wiped down a table. He had been working there for 3 hours already but nopony had come in during those 3 hours.

“yeah, the days can be pretty slow. It’s at night where we start getting the ponies rolling in.” the barkeep explained.

“great. Then I call day shifts.”

the barkeep rolled his eyes. The door jingled open. Both looked to see Octavia and Vinyl walk in with something covered in cloth on Vinyl’s back. “Hey! If it ain’t 2 of my fave performers.” the barkeep said, sucking up. Zil rolled his eyes. “when did you 2 get back in town?”

“about a couple of days ago.” Octavia said.

Vinyl put what she was carrying on a table. “what is that?” Zil asked.

“this is our new son.” Vinyl took the cloth off to reveal a baby basket underneath with a baby inside. “our little Electronic Symphony.” she softly said, kissing him on the cheek.

“a baby?” Zil said in surprise. “who… how… I didn’t know that Filly-Foolers could get pregnant.”

“They can though fertility clinics.” Octavia said.

“but… who was pregnant? Neither of you 2 had a baby bump.”

“well, some mares don’t show pregnant bellies. Haven’t you seen that show ‘I didn’t know I was pregnant?’” Vinyl asked.

Zil raised his hooves in defeat. “ ‘nuff said.”

Octavia rolled her eyes. “listen, Motif. Me and Vinyl need to go see the Mayor for something. You mind keeping an eye on Sym for us?”

“Sure thing.” the barkeep replied.

Zil stuttered in confusion. “babababababa. Wait. Sure you want to leave your newborn here? In a tavern?”

“it’s fine, Zilver. Motif is the friendliest barkeep in the world and quite good with kids. Plus, he’s a friend of Vinyl’s father.”

A uneasy Zil wasn‘t so convinced. “oookay.”

“he’s only a week old so he shouldn’t be much trouble.” Octavia kissed her sleeping son on the head. “we’ll be back in a hour, at most.”

Vinyl and Octavia left, leaving Zilver alone with the baby. “uh… what am I supposed to do with this thing?”

Motif’s face distorted a bit. “really? You don’t know how to take care of a baby?”

“never met one before. Do they… eat meat?”

Motif’s eyes lowered a bit. “you’re kidding, right?” Zil shook his head ‘no’. “well, it’s not all that hard. Come here.” Zil shrugged and walked over. “welcome to ‘Taking Care of a Baby 101’. my name is Motif and I’ll be your instructor for the day.” Zil rolled his eyes.

The manly duo returned to Sweet Apple Acres just as Applejack started to leaving, pulling a wagon of barrels.

“where’re you going, A.J.?” Aura asked.

“taking down some cider to the Moonlight/Sunlight Tavern. They placed a big order, hence the wagon.”

“Need some help?” Big Mac asked.

“naw. I got it. This pregnancy ain’t gonna slow me down a bit.” she said with confidence. With one tug, she set off for town. “(but raising the little tyke’s gonna be a problem if Zilver doesn’t help.)” she thought to herself with some worry.

“hope she’ll be okay.” Aura said.

Big Mac gave him a glance. “Ponies aren’t tough on your planet?”

“They are but, truth be told, you guys are the first ponies I met.”

“right.” Mac chuckled. “whatever you say.”

The two walked to the barn to help Applebloom move some hay when Aura remembered something she said. “where did A.J. say where she was going?”

“I think it was called the Moonlight/Sunlight Tavern.”

“Ah.” Aura opened the doors and walked right in. “Why does that name sound familiar?”

Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick DING!

“Zilver’s there!!” they both exclaimed in panic.

Electronic Symphony laughed as Zilver put on a puppet show for the little tyke.

“this is easier then I thought.” Zil laughed.

“Told ya.” Motif chuckled. “Sometimes being a parent is the best thing that can happen to you.”

“how do you know?” Zil asked.

“I have 2 daughters; Berry Punch and Berry Pinch.”

One of Zil‘s eyebrows lowered in confusion. “think I know where that rumor came from.” he muttered. He shrugged and went back to putting on a show for Sym.

The doors to the tavern opened up. A.J. rolled a barrel of cider up to the bar. “hey, Motif. Got your order.”

“thanks, Applejack.” Motif grabbed it and rolled it into the back.

Applejack went out to get more when she noticed Zilver entertaining Sym. “Zilver?”

Zil stopped dead when he heard that voice. He looked to her. “Un… hey, A.J. un…” he looked down to Sym and stuttered. “un… this isn’t what it looks like.”

“Really?” she angrily replied. “cause it sure does look like it to me!” she stormed on out.

“wait, Applejack.” Zilver ran after her.

Motif walked out and saw Zilver run outside. “oh, boy.” he muttered.

Applejack kicked the rest of the barrel’s off the wagon and walked in front of it when Zil ran out.

“Applejack, wait. I…” A.J. beaned him right in the face. He went down in just one blow. “guess I deserved that.”

“just be glad that’s all I’m gonna do to you!” A.J. angrily exclaimed. Zil got up and Applejack beaned him again. “Guess I had one left.” she beamed.

“okay, 1 was enough. 2 is just overkill.” Zilver groaned. He got up just as A.J. headed to the wagon. “wait, Applejack.” A.J. stopped and looked back. “I’m sorry for running out on ya. I just… panicked.”

“I take it this is the first time this happened to ya?” she asked.

“yeah. I’m not good with responsibility and I shy away from problems.”

“like me.”

“un… well… yeah.”

Applejack gave a solemn smile. “well, you were doing just find with that kid in there. And you‘re working in a bar. That‘s a responsible job.”

Zil looked back to the door and gave a slight smile. “yeah. Guess it is.” Zil thought for a moment. “listen, A.J. I want to make up for what I did.” Applejack gave him a suspicious look. “really. So, tell me what to do.”

“you really mean it?” She sternly asked. Zilver rapidly nodded ‘yes’. “then meet me at the doctor’s next week. Gonna find out if I really am pregnant or not.”

“okay. It’s a date then.” Zil said. He heard what he had just said and face-hoofed. A.J. chuckled softly.

Aura and Big Mac watched from behind a alley. They looked at each other with a faint smile. “better then nothing.” they both said.

Applejack waited in a examination room, wearing a trademark gown as all patients must wear. She still kept the Stinson, though. She looked up at a clock mounted on a wall and angrily scoffed. hoof steps came running from down from the hall.

The door opened and Zilver walked in, panting up a storm. “Sorry I’m late. Motif had me working overtime.”

If that was a excuse, it was a lame one, but A.J. went with it. “it’s okay, Zil. I’m gonna get my results in a few minutes so we got time to talk.”

Zil panted. “Okay….Okay…. Just… let me get some water first.” he walked over to the sink, grabbed a plastic cup, filled it up, and drank it down. “ho. I needed that.” he panted. He waited till he cooled down before talking again. “talk about what?”

“well, about us. Did you just sleep with me for a passing fling or…”

“…or did I love you?” he interrupted, guessing the answer. A.J. nodded. Zil crumbled up the cup and threw into the trash. “un… I have some feelings for you, but I wouldn’t call it love. I find you cute; sexy even, but love… not really.”

“that’s a shame.” A.J. sighed. “Cause I love you, Zil.”

Zil chuckled. “well, between that and the kid, I’m pretty much backed into a corner, aren’t I?”

“Yeeup.”

The door opened up and a House-looking pony walked in. Zil walked over to A.J. and held her hoof. “well, I’m afraid I got some bad news.” they both gulped in fear. “the test you took gave a false positive. You were never pregnant in the first place. I can understand if you’re disappointed.”

A.J. decided to answer for them both. “a little, but also relieved. This was truly scary for us both.”

“Yeah. Yeah it was.” a distant Zil said.

After that, the 2 relocated to a hill outside of town.

Both had expressions of confusion when they read something written out of rocks on the other side of the ‘valley’.

“ ‘you will be in my heart eternally, my one and only love?’” they both read. They looked at each other and broke out laughing.

“Someone must be really sappy.” Applejack laughed.

“no argument.” he pretended to gag.

the two sat down close to each other as they watched the sunset. Zilver lamentably sighed, catching A.J.’s attention. “Something wrong, Zil?”

“yeah.” he looked to the sappy writing. “Truth be told, I was actually looking forward to becoming a dad.”

“Really?” Applejack asked in surprise.

“yeah. Spending time with that squirt of Vinyl’s and Octavia’s changed me a bit.”

“I saw.” A.J. chuckled. “you were quite the entertainer.” Zil nervously chuckled as he scratched the back of his head.

A awkward moment fell over them as they got uncomfortable. It was Zil that broke the silence. “um… listen, A.J.” Applejack looked over to him. “Un… if you don’t have a date for Hearts and Hooves next week, I was thinking that… maybe, that you’d want to go…”

A.J. shut him up with a peck on the cheek, making him turn a dark shade of red. “of course, Zilver.”

Zil smiled. A.J. snuggled up next to him. He just sat back. They watched the sun set on one tough chapter of both their lives, hoping the dawn will bring a better one.

i tried cutting Twilight and Halo out but it always came out awkward. just remember that Applejack and Zilver are on the right.

Daring & Derpy: Wild West Lancer

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 9

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Daring & Derpy:
Wild West Lancer

The Ponyville Express rolled on down the railways to it’s destination, which lay in a deserty part of the world.

Derpy looked out the window at the new scenery as her sister talked up a storm to several fans.

“…and then, just as I was about to be swallowed up into the shrieking abyss, in comes Silverbolt; the dashing Gryphon with a heart of gold. He beat back the forces of Herostol and rescued me before I became a stain at the bottom of a deep, deep, deep hole. We grabbed the Gryphon‘s Goblet and flew out just moments before the place collapsed in on itself. Afterwards, we shared a kiss under the setting sun.”

The fans applauded the story. Daring took a bow and jumped off the table she was on. She walked over to her sis. “ah. It’s always to meet fans.”

“was any part of that story actually true?” Derpy asked.

“well, there was… is… a Gryphon named Silverbolt and there WAS a goddess named Herostol. But, other then those…” Daring took a drink of her mug of cider.

Derpy gave a slight chuckle. “you were always good at making up stories.”

Daring gulped down her drink and set the mug down. “speaking of stories, what ever happened to that Dragon friend of yours, un… eTu`nes, I think his name was. I haven’t seen him at all since I returned to town. Where‘d he go?”

Derpy sighed as she looked out the window yet again. “I don’t know. We had a… falling out 7 years ago then… he just left. Don’t know what happened to him after that.”

Daring got a worried look. She liked that Drake. “what was the fight about?”

Derpy thought back to that day and gave a gasping chuckle. “for the life of me, I can’t remember. Must’ve been something big, otherwise he wouldn’t have disappeared for 7 years.” Derpy sighed as she stared off into space. “eTu`nes… where did you go…?”

Daring caught lament in her words and got cocky. “oh, ho ho ho.” Derpy glanced over. “You loved him!”

Derpy’s face turned a deep shade of red. “I-I did not.”

“yes you did. You loved eTu`nes.”

“N-no I’m now, er… wasn’t.” Daring wasn’t buying it. “that’s like saying you’re in love with a Gryphon.” D.D. scratched her cheek. Derpy adopted a fazed look. “Silverbolt’s your boyfriend, isn’t he?”

“maybe…”

“Oh, Daring.” Derpy groaned.

“What? There’s tons of inter-species relationships these days. Just look at Rarity and that Dragon boy… what was his name again? … Spike. that’s it.”

“in case you forgot, D.D., they aren’t going out.”

“but they want to. You can’t deny it. You’ve seen it.”

Derpy rolled her eyes. “whatever you say, D.D. whatever you say.”

The train rolled into Appaloosa and hissed to a halt. The doors opened and the passengers walked on out, Derpy and Daring among the first ones out.

“So, tell me, why are we here again?” Derpy asked.

“got a letter saying a package of mine arrived here by accident. They don’t know what’s in it. I replied that I’m coming to verify what it is.”

“Any clue as to what it is?”

“well, probably the Scepter of Zax and Jeria. Found it on a dig in the Gryphon Kingdom’s desert.”

“Zax and Jeria?” Derpy muttered. “why do those names sound familiar?”

“you were never a fan of history.” Daring droned. “according to legend, Zax, the Human, and Jeria, the Alicorn, created the world long long ago and gave life to it. The Scepter was made by them to keep the balance of the world’s Mana, or Magic Force. Then they hid it in some forgotten corner of the world. Until I came along, that is.” Daring gave a wicked smile. Derpy rolled her eyes in agony. When it came to history, Daring was a big old nerd.

“is it real?” Derpy asked.

“Maybe, maybe not. Keep in mind that it is just a legend and probably not true. Besides, the Scepter is rusted over. Any power it had is long gone by now or transferred into the Elements of Harmony. And besides, I doubt this is the real deal.”

“what do you mean?”

“there’s always copies and fakes lying around. Found 2 myself. They’re in museums now.”

“Ah. So, ho--”

“HOWDY!” A male Earth Pony with a wide grin came out of nowhere, scaring the sisters. “and Welcome to AAAAPaloosa!” Derpy clutched her chest as she had a mini-heart attack. Daring rolled her eyes and helped her up. “Un… did I do something wrong?”

“no. she’s just easy to scare.” Daring said. “who are you, by the way?”

“Name’s Braeburn, Second Cousin to Applejack and owner of the local apple farm. You must be Daring Do and Derpy Whooves.”

“how do you know us?” Derpy asked.

“A.J. sent a letter saying you were coming here on business. Surprised me when it came out of thin air in a puff of green smoke.”

Derpy and Daring looked at each other and knew who sent it. “Spike-a-gram.”

“So, what brings you to town?” Braeburn asked as they started for their destination.

“Scepter I found on a dig.” Daring said. “Guy who I assigned it to brought it here instead of Ponyville. Guess I didn’t write it down clear enough.”

“Scepter? Oh, that thing at the bank?”

“un…” Daring looked at Derpy who was just as confused as her. “if it’s a 6-foot long stick that splits into 2 prongs on the end and with a feather-like crossguard, then yes. But how do you know about it?”

“A Gryphon came to town about 2 hours before you arrived and asked us if we could place it in the bank for safe-keeping. We asked what we were hiding, we don’t want Appaloosa to become known as a place to hide stolen goods. He revealed that it was Scepter and, well, we placed it there.”

Derpy exclaimed in acknowledgement while Daring got suspicious. “This Gryphon… does he have silver fur, yellow eyes, and carries himself with grace?”

“Yes.”

Daring’s heart went all aflutter knowing who is here. “Silverbolt!” she happily said. She ran off to the bank, leaving Braeburn and Derpy behind.

“I take it she knows him?” Braeburn asked.

“yep.”

Daring ran into the bank to see the silver Gryphon talking with the sheriff.

“Bolty!” she exclaimed. Silverbolt looked over to her just as she ran up and hugged him. “Oh, I missed you so much.”

“Daring. You’re here early.” Bolt said in surprise.

“Someone you know?” Silverstar asked.

“my Marefriend.” Bolt said. Braeburn and Derpy entered as Bolt cut the embrace short when he noticed Derpy. “who’s your friend?”

“This is actually my sister, Derpy. Derpy, this is my boyfriend Silverbolt.”

“So this is Derpy.” Bolt walked over and looked her over. “Daring talked a lot about you. You were in love with a dragon?”

“I wasn’t in love. We were just friends!” A flustered Derpy said.

Braeburn chuckled. “you should really talk about this stuff in private.”

“I got a room. Let’s go there.” Silverbolt mentioned.

“Perfect!” Daring exclaimed. “but will the Scepter be safe here?” she asked the sheriff.

“it will be, Ms. Do.” Star said with confidence. “This bank has never been broken into. Trust me, it’ll be safe here.”

“Great. With that out of the way, let’s un…” Bolt grabbed Daring’s hooves and held her close. “… retire to my chambers.”

Daring chuckled seductively as she blushed. Derpy gagged as Braeburn and Star rolled their eyes.

Derpy looked out over the balcony of their fancy hotel room to the night sky as Daring and Bolt eh… did the deed. Images of her old draconic friend entered her mind. “eTu`nes… where’d you go?” she sadly said, looking down to the ground now. “Dash misses you. Zatch, Lightning, and Gothic miss you. ……I miss you.” she closed her eyes as a single tear ran down her face. She looked back up to the moon. “I wish I knew where you were, Dragon-Boy. You would’ve liked Dinky.”

Derpy turned to walk in, hearing that the 2 were done, when she noticed someone sneaking around in the dark streets. She watched him or her sneak though town and head into a alley. “Who’s that?” she muttered. She unfurled her wings and flew on down to the ground, where she hovered a few feet above it.

The sneaking pony snuck all over town, making sure no one was following him. Derpy even had a few close calls where she swore he saw her but he didn’t so he kept on going.

The stranger eventually reached the bank. Using some magic, he summoned up a lock-pick and picked the lock on the door. Derpy, who was hiding behind a lightless lamppost, watched him. “What’s he up to?” she muttered.

The thief picked the lock. He carefully took it off, set it down, carefully opened the door, and walked on in. Silverstar, who was sleeping on the job, didn’t hear a thing when the thief snuck on over to the vault door. He summoned up a stethoscope and went to work breaking the combination lock.

Derpy hovered up to the door and hugged the wall. She peered her head in to see him breaking in. he cracked the lock and opened the vault door.

Derpy waited until he walked in before flying in and over to the sheriff. “sheriff. Sheriff, wake up.” she whispered.

Star grumbled as he opened his eyes. “un… Miss Derpy. What brings you here?”

“SSH!” she shushed him before the thief could hear them. “there’s a thief in there right now. I think he’s come for the Scepter.” she whispered.

“That or the bits.” he whispered back.

He was right. The thief came out with bags of bits on his back, with the scepter among them. The lights suddenly turned on, catching the Unicorn off guard. “put down the money, son. Nobody wants to--” the thief panicked and threw one of the bags at him. It hit him and sent him to the ground. He ran out with the rest of the bags. Derpy took flight after him.

The thief ran out of the bank and panted as he ran as fast as he could. He didn’t get far as a silver streak came out of nowhere and pinned him to the ground. “So much for that plan, huh thief?” Silverbolt badly joked. Derpy groaned at how bad that was.

Cell doors slammed shut on the thief as the police carriage hauled him away.

“he’ll be going away for awhile.” Star said. “thank goodness that Mrs. Whooves woke me when she did.”

“well, when we saw that Derpy had disappeared, we figured something was wrong.” Daring explained. “I thought she was kidnapped for a moment. Who knew she was tailing a robber?”

“I certainly didn’t.” Bolt said with a shrug. He lifted up and looked at the Scepter. “I’m just thankful we stopped him from taking it.”

“what would a thief want with a rusty ol’ lance, anyway?” Derpy asked.

“ancient artifacts sell for a lot on the Gryphon Kingdom’s Black Market.” Bolt explain. “Guy probably thought he struck paydirt when he saw this.”

“well, just glad we stopped him. This was a surprisingly eventful night.” Braeburn chuckled.

Derpy yawned, interrupting the talk. “Sorry. Just so sleepy.”

Daring yawned too, longer as well. “same here. I’m ready to turn in.”

“ditto that.” Silverbolt said. “we’ll be leaving first thing in the morning.” he told Star and Braeburn. “Thanks for your help.”

“Don’t mention it.” they both replied.

The Ponyville Express headed back the opposite way it came and headed for home. Derpy wasn’t particularly happy with the fact that they left at 5 in the morning.

“Did we really have to leave this early?” she yawned. “I was just getting my beauty sleep.”

“no choice. Any greedy ruffians who saw this would want to take it and sell it.” Bolt said, showing off the Scepter.

“right.” Derpy yawned again. “so… I just have to ask, how did you 2 really meet? Not what’s in ‘Gryphon’s Goblet’ but in real life.”

“un, well…” Daring thought back. It was 9 years ago, after all. “Un… we met at a archaeological dig. We were digging up some old fossils when we bumped into each other. It was love at first sight.”

“well, not for the first day and night.” Bolt nervously said. “we were at each other’s throats over a leg bone which was in both our sites. We gathered at night to talk, one thing led to another…”

Derpy stuttered them to stop. “Stapapapapa. I get the picture. Just never heard of a Gryphon-Pony relationship before.”

“well, they’re there.” Bolt said. “just like how there are Pony-Dragon relationships and Pony-Sea Pony relationships. Heck, I even heard of Pony-Diamond Dog relationships in some places.”

“Ew.” both sisters exclaimed.

“The first 2, I can understand, but Diamond Dogs?” Derpy shivered at the thought. “Scary.”

Daring smirked. “Speaking of Dragon-Pony dating services, did you and eTu`nes do it when I left?”

“WHAT!?!” Derpy exclaimed out of shock. “NO! NO NO NO! we were just friends! That’s IT!” she exclaimed with emphasis on the T. Derpy got up and walked to the bathroom.

Daring sighed lamentably. “that girl.”

“did she really love that eTu`nes drake?” Bolt asked.

“I don’t know. I’m just doing this to mess with her.” Daring smirked. She looked down at the Scepter. “So, what are you going to do with that when we get back?”

“Show it to the Princess’s. they can tell if it’s real or not.” Daring looked at him with puppy-dog eyes. “but I guess I can stay in town for Hearts and Hooves. If ya like.”

Daring replied by kissing him on the cheek. “I’d like that.”

The 2 kissed as the sun fully rose. Derpy watched from the bathroom and lamentably sighed.

Author’s Notes.
Yeah, this chapter was rushed. Matchmaker isn’t my most thought-out story. Only chapters I have thought though are the Trixie & Lily/Luna chapter, the Twilight & Halo chapter, the Spike & Rarity/Sweetie Belle chapter, and the final chapter. Every other one, rushed. Just like this one. It also doesn’t help that I had writer’s block with this.
and you guys know i don't introduce something without it having some big role in the future. what role with the Scepter play? i ain't gonna tell.

Shadow & Dash: Volare

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 10

"wow. Zilver really said that?" Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion's engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.
"yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal." Aura angrily said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem." Ash said. "thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there's a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love."
"well, you haven't keep keeping an eye on Shadow." Satoshi said. "he's in love with Dash but since she's going out with Soarin', he's keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they're gonna explode out."
"well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don't talk soon, they won't have a chance to reconcile this." Req muttered.
"well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don't have to worry about this." Jax said as she leaned back.
"aren't you guys lucky?" the rest sarcastically replied.
"but seriously, we need to do something for them.' Sora said. "If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them."
"especially Starlight." Req added. "If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I'm glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant."
The gang looked at each other and nodded. "well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger."
Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. "I'm ready to go to work." she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:
"Lose the outfit!"

Shadow & Dash:
Volare

Shadow mumbled to himself in his garage custom-built by Satoshi and Big Mac as Spanish music played over the radio, looking over the blueprints to his prototype. "maybe if I… no no no no no. that won't work. Maybe… crud, no. that won't work either."
he closed his eyes and thought though some variables to it to his invention. But quickly, those thoughts were replaced with images of Rainbow Dash. He snapped his eyes open and shook his head. "it's too late, Shadow." he said to himself. "She's already with Soarin', a Wonderbolt. No way she'll be with you now."
He shook his head of images of her and went back to work.

Dash giggled as she neared the end of the latest Daring Do in her bed. "Can't believe she gave me the first copy of her new book. This is so awesome!"
"I know. It's pretty awesome." Soarin' said, reading it with her.
Dash smiled. "You're pretty awesome, Soarin'." she closed the book and kissed him.
That kiss gave Soarin' a idea. "Say, Dash. Do you want to, I don't know, move our relationship further?"
"Further? Further how?" Soarin' raised both eyebrows alive with a creepy chuckle. "oh. You mean…" she made Bed Cricking Sounds, finishing that sentence.
"yep. What do you say?" Soarin' moved close, making Dash nervous.
"un… Soarin', I'm actually waiting until I get married. You understand, right?"
Soarin' whined instead. "oh, come on Dashie. It's quite a fun experience." he softly blew into her ear, making her quiver.
"eaaaahhhh…" she bolted out of bed and hovered in front of it. "I-I-I-I-I-I just remembered. I have to help Shadow with that device of his. I-I-I'll be back soon." she flew on out, shaken a bit.
Soarin' groaned as he laid back on the bed. He hit himself in the head, muttering "stupid, stupid, stupid. Curse me and my Libido."

Shadow groaned as he slammed his head into his table. "Ay. Why can't I think of anything?" someone knocked on his door, breaking him from his blueprints. "Come in." he called. The door opened and Dash walked in. Shadow stammered. "d-d-d-d-dash. What brings you here… to my room?" he nervously chuckled.
Dash groaned. "Soarin' wanted us to… do the… oh, how did Jax put it? The Horizontal Tango."
Shadow thought for a moment, trying to figure what she meant by that. He didn't have to think long. "OH. You mean…"
"yep."
"yeesh." Shadow shivered.
Dash chuckled. She looked around Shadow's room. It was a complete pigsty with almost anything and everything strung around; books lay open, papers are flung around, clothes were laying on the floor. Only clean place was his desk. She took notice of the Blueprints on it. "What's that?"
"oh." Shadow returned his attention to it. "remember that invention I'm working on? A device that would allow Earth Ponies and Unicorns to have the ability's of Pegasi like being able to walk on clouds?"
"emm… roughly."
"well, I'm having trouble trying to come up with a good design that would work but I keep coming up with nothing. {(That, and the fact that my love for you is killing me.)}"
Dash took a look at the design and sneered when she saw it. "no wonder. It's too big."
"It is?"
"yeah. Try making it smaller, more compact. You have the wings over-sized and the hovering components are too big for a single pony to wear."
Shadow looked to his blueprints in question. "huh. I never thought about that."
"why? It's a simple design oversight, right?"
"yeah, but how come I never thought about that?"
"I dunno."

Begin Song:

Volare (Gypsy Kings version with English Lyrics)

Shadow's ears pricked up when he heard the song began to play.
"is this what I think it is?" he asked himself.
Dash looked over to the radio and got confused. "the song? What of it?"
"you never heard of it?" Shadow asked in disbelief. "it's only the greatest song ever."

(1st one) Volare. Oh, oh. Cantare. Oh oh oh oh.

Dash wasn't so sure about this being the greatest song ever. It was catchy, but greatest song ever? Nu-uh. Without warning, she found herself tapping her hooves to the song. Guess it had some catchiness.
Suddenly, Shadow grabbed her and started dancing with her.
"Whoa! Hey! Shadow!"

(2nd one) Volare. Oh, oh. Cantare. Oh oh oh oh.

It took Shadow that long before seeing what he was doing. He quickly let Dash go. "eh hehe. Sorry. I just love this song."
"So I felt." Dash said, brushing off her front-left leg. "Could've at least warned me before suddenly asking me to dance."
"Sorry, I…" Shadow's ears perked when he fully heard that. "wait. You want to dance?"
"yeah. It would be good practice for when Soarin' will ask me to a Gala."
"o-oh." Shadow felt a tiny bit hurt that Dash was using him for this. "well, let's get started."

(3rd one) Volare. Oh, oh. Cantare. Oh oh oh oh.

Shadow took Dash's hoof and the 2 began to dance to the tune. The way they moved, it's like they knew the other's move before the other even made it.

(4th one) Volare. Oh, oh. Cantare. Oh oh oh oh.

Scootaloo walked on by Shadow's workshop and passed by, giving it a passing glance.
5 seconds, she ran on back to the window to see Dash and Shadow dancing.
"What the hay? What's she doing with Shadow?" she muttered. She shook her head and looked in.

Dash started to get tired. She let go and panted. "Sorry. Getting tired." she panted.
Shadow moved his mouth to the left. He grabbed her and pulled her close. "tired is just a silly expression."
Dash looked to the camera, confused as hell. (yeah, get in line pal. I don't get what I put down either.) before they began to dance.

Scoot's mouth dropped when she saw Shadow bring Dash close to him.
"That S.O.B. he's trying to steal my cousin's girlfriend." she angrily said though her teeth.

(5th one) Volare. Oh, oh. Cantare. Oh oh oh oh.

The song almost reached it's end, same with Dash and Shadow.

When the song ended, Shadow held Dash closed and dipped her.

End Song.

Shadow and Dash looked into each other's eyes, each lost in them. Shadow realized what he was doing and held her up. "Un… sorry about that." he nervously said.
"It's un…" Dash was still pooped from the dancing but there was something more to it. She shook her head, getting rid of it. "it was nothing. Don't worry about it."

Scootaloo hid around the corner as Dash and Shadow walked outside.
"Thanks for the dance lesson, Shadow. Maybe that'll get Soarin's mind off of doing the deed." Dash said.
Scootaloo breathed a sigh of relief. "{(thank goodness. It was just a dance lesson. But why Shadow? And what does she mean by 'doing the deed?)}"
"r-right. G-glad I could help." a hurt Shadow said.
Dash noticed this. "Shadow? You okay?"
"y-ye… no, no I'm not." Shadow sighed. He didn't want it to come out and give Dash trouble. Dash cocked her head to the side while Scootaloo peered from around the corner. "Dash… I… I'm in l-"
"There you are!" Soarin' exclaimed. He flew on down from above and landed between the two. "I've been looking for you everywhere."
"Why?" Dash asked.
"well, Spitfire came by, looking for you. She saw you in action a few times and she was quite impressed when you performed a Sonic Rainboom at the Royal Wedding. And during the Best Young Fliers competition and…"
Hope started building up in Dash. "Soarin'… are you saying…"
Soarin' smirked. "Spitfire wants you to audition for the Wonderbolts."
Inside, Dash's heart exploded in delight. Outside, she was pulling loops and flips so fast, no one should be able to do them. "YES! WOO-HOO!" Shadow was happy for her; Her dream was coming true AND her boyfriend was a Wonderbolt himself. Then… why did he feel dead inside? "…so cool. Oh, This is SO AWESOME! Isn't this awesome, Shadow?"
"yeah. Really cool. I-it's great." he said tonelessly. Soarin' and Dash suddenly hugged and kissed. Shadow looked away, almost catching a glimpse of a certain orange mare. Speaking of which…
"{(Rainbow Dash is going to be a Wonderbolt? This is gonna be awesome! But seriously, what's up with Shadow?)}" Scoot's peeked back around to see Soarin' and Dash fly away and a defeated Shadow walk back into his garage.

Shadow sighed as he walked back to his desk. "well… as long as she's happy…" he sadly said as he sat back down. Scootaloo peaked in though the garage door. "I mean… what chance to I have with a Wonderbolt?" Shadow sighed as he leaned forward onto the desk. "as long as she's happy… I don't care what happens to me."
Scootaloo pulled her head back and thought to herself. "{(Feelings? Wait. Does Shadow love Rainbow Dash? I-impossible. She loves Soarin'. right?)}"

"I. am hanging out. With the Wonderbolts! This is too awesome!" she squealed. She and Soarin' were at the Wonderbolt Headquarters in Canterlot, having the time of her life.
"if memory serves, you 'hung out' with us back at the Grand Galloping Gala 2 years ago." Spitfire said. Dash chuckled nervously as she thought back to that night and the chaos she and her friends caused.
"So, Soarin' said you guys were interested in my talents?" Dash asked, hope rising up in her.
"indeed we are." Spitfire gestured to the veranda. Dash nodded and the 2 walked to it. "I won't lie, I've seen you in action, Dash. You've got quite the skillset; able to go faster then Mach 1, the buccaneer blaze, not to mention that you can perform the once mythical Sonic Rainboom… and the fact that you represent a Element of Harmony is also a good thing."
Dash went *Sqwee* as Spitfire kept talking. "{(oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. I'm talking with Spitfire; the Wonderbolt leader, and she's considering inducting me into the Wonderbolts! This day can't get any better!)}"
Spitfire noticed she wasn't listening and waved her hoof in front of her face. "Ms. Dash. Ms. Dash, you okay?"
Rainbow snapped out of her mini-trance and blinked. "oh. Sorry. I was too excited. Being a member of the Wonderbolts has always been a dream of mine ever since I was a filly."
Spitfire chuckled. "Isn't it for all of us?"
"not for one of my friends." Dash chuckled. "She had never even heard of the Wonderbolts until I told her."
"wow. Sounds like quite the Ditz."
"That was her name too. Ditzy. Of course, I just called her Derpy." Spitfire laughed as the 2 walked back in.

20 minutes later, Spitfire, Dash, and Soarin' converged into Fire's office.
"So… how do I enter the Wonderbolts?" a giddy Dash asked.
Spitfire, who sat in her chair, glanced up at her. "well, it ain't no picnic. We just don't let anyone in. there's rigorous training you must overcome, near-impossible tasks. And even if the future-bolt is more then worthy with flying skills, there's also formal skills you must know."
Dash gulped at the thought. "f-f-f-formal?" the idea of a formal Rainbow Dash, one as prissy as Blueblood or Fleur-De-Lis, scared the living daylights out of her. "y-y-yeah. I'm not what you would call the formal type."
"neither is Soarin' but he's learning." Soarin' chuckled nervously as he blushed. Spitfire grabbed a clipboard and a pencil. "okay. Age?"
"20."
"birthplace?"
"FeatherTop, the Gryphon Kingdom Capital."
"pa-" Spitfire stopped when she heard that. "wait, did you say FeatherTop?"
"yeah?"
"I was born there too."
Dash was surprised. One of her idols was born in her hometown. "Get outta town."
"no joke. Where were you born?"
"Southern District. You?"
"Eastern District Slums. I was poor."
Dash just playfully shrugged. "proof that good talent can come from anywhere."
"True that." Spitfire and Dash laughed.
Soarin' felt uncomfortable. "Can we get on with this?"
"oh. Right right." she brought the clipboard back up. "Okay, Parents?"
"Mother: Shine Dash. Father: Golden Day." Soarin' went wide-eyed when he heard that.
"okay. Re-"
Soarin' interrupted the interview. "hold hold hold hold hold hold. Wait wait wait wait wait wait." Dash and Spitfire looked over to him. "did you just say your father was Golden Day?"
"yeah but I barely knew him. He left when I was 2." Soarin' squealed like a pig when he heard that. "What?"
He just sat there with a frightened expression. "my… father's name… was Golden Day. And he left when I was 2."
The gears in Dash's head grinded to a halt, knowing full well what Soarin's talking about. "So wait… does that mean… we're…"
"Brother and Sister?" they both said with fear in their eyes. They looked at each other, figuring it out. They gagged and spit, getting the taste out of their mouths.
Spitfire watched in fear. "did I miss something?"
"we were going out for the past couple of weeks!" Dash gagged.
Soarin' brushed his teeth with a toothbrush. "I'm just glad we just kissed and didn't go all the way." a disturbing thought entered his head. "the kids would've been horrifying mutants."

"I've never been so embarrassed in my entire life." Soarin' groaned as the 2 walked though a twilight Ponyville.
"me too." a grossed out Dash groaned. "Think I messed up my entry into the Wonderbolts?"

"Soarin'?"
"I don't think so. Spitfire's always been one for comedy. CRUEL comedy."
"I know. I saw her laughing her butt off."
Soarin' pondered for a moment whether to ask, even if the answer was obvious. "So… I guess this means we aren't going out anymore?"
"Doy!"
"Yeah. Stupid question."
They both heard panting coming towards them. They looked to their left to see Scootaloo running up. She reached them and panted heavily.
"Squirt, what's wrong?" Dash asked.
Scoots caught her second wind. "It's Shadow. He's gone!"
"What?" they both exclaimed in surprise.

The door to Shadow's garage burst open as Dash flew in. she landed on the floor and was shocked by what she saw. Soarin' and Scootaloo ran in and saw the same thing.
The garage was completely empty. There was nothing, no notes, no books. Nothing.
"I-I don't understand. Why would Shadow leave?" Soarin' wondered.
Dash took a step forward and stepped on something. She looked down and found a piece of paper. She bent down and picked it up.
"What is it?" Soarin' asked.
"It's a letter." Dash said. "A goodbye letter."

'Dash
I'm sorry for saying goodbye like this but… but I had no choice. This has been torturing me for the past few months but I never had the courage to say it, and when I did someone always interrupted us. So… this is the only way I can think of.
Rainbow Dash. I love you. I have since that day we met but I just couldn't say it. And then you started going out with Soarin'. that was a knife though my heart but I didn't say anything. What chance would I have with a Wonderbolt? If given the choice, you would've gone with him every time. And no matter how hard I tried, you wouldn't leave my mind. Hopefully, time away will get you out.
I'm leaving and I don't think I'm coming back. Just… seeing you with him and me not saying anything is killing me inside. Good-bye Rainbow Dash. I love you and I wish you the best with Soarin'.'

Dash shakingly gasped as she finished reading it. Soarin' took it and read it over again as Dash fell to her knees.
"S-Shadow loved me?"
"and he's gone to avoid giving you trouble." Soarin' muttered. "guess it worked in the opposite direction."
Dash looked back on the past few weeks. That explains why he was acting so weird and sounding so depressed. Her heart told her what to do. "I have to find him." she got up and headed for the door.
"you don't even know where to start looking." Soarin' interjected.
Dash stopped just a few inches from the door and looked down to the ground. Soarin' was right. She doesn't know where he went. She felt bad, very bad. Heartbroken. Sick, even. Her vision suddenly turned blurry as she had trouble standing.
"Dash?" Soarin' and Scootaloo called out. She suddenly fell over, vision going dark upon impact.

Author's Notes:

not exactly a happy ending, is it? is Shadow really gone? NAH! i wouldn't get rid of one of my characters. of course, this won't be resolved for a LONG time.

Spike & Rarity/Sweetie Belle: Fire Lily

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 12

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Spike & Rarity/Sweetie Belle:

Fire Lily

Spike deeply sighed as he laid in his bed. He stared up at the ceiling as he has always done for the past couple of days.

“I don’t know what to do with him.” Twilight whispered to Ash and Requiem down below. “he’s never been like this before.”

“well what did you expect? He had his heart broken, shattered, stepped on, and spit on by the love of his life.” Ash said. Twi and Req gave him a weird look. “What? I had experience.”

“right. So, what do we do with him?” Twi asked.

“I don’t know but we gotta go get prepared, Sparkle. They ain‘t gonna wait forever.” Req said as she looked at a imaginary watch. She walked behind Twilight and pushed her into the back room.

Ash walked in the opposite direction to a nearby bookshelf. “hmm… wonder if they have any westerns?” he muttered as he looked though the titles.

The main door jingled open. Ash looked and saw Sweetie Belle walk in with flowers and a box of chocolates. Ash found that suspicious.

Spike depressingly sighed as he had always done for the past 2 days. A knock came from the door, getting his attention. “who is it?” he asked.

Sweetie Belle hopped on in. “hey, Spike.” she sympathetically said. “how you doing?” Spike breathed smoke out of his nose before moving in the opposite direction away from her. “listen, I heard what Rarity did. That was real mean of her.”

“Go away, Sweetie Belle.” Spike gloomingly said. “I’m not in the mood to talk to you or any of your family.”

“oh, come on Spike.” Sweetie ran over to his line of sight. Spike just rolled out of the way. “I’m not like my sister. I’m honest.”

“highly doubt that.”

“Come on, Spiky. I brought you chocolates. With nougat in them. Your favorite. And I got you Fire Lillie’s.”

Spike got suspicious. “why are you doing this, Sweetie?”

“does anyone need a reason to do something?” Spike didn’t buy that and she knew it. “right. Well, I’m worried about you. Get over Rarity. Find someone else.”

“I’m not sure…”

Sweetie rolled her eyes with a huff. “Come on. Get outta bed.” Sweetie jumped over Spike and landed on the other side of his bed, grabbing his arms. “Me and Ruby Pinch have a idea on how to turn that frown upside-down.”

“I don‘t know, Swee-TAAAAY!” Sweetie pulled him out of bed and out the door.

Sweetie Belle used both her personal strength and her magic to pull Spike into the park. Ruby Pinch, Berry Punch’s daughter, was waiting for them both.

“finally. What kept you guys?! She asked.

“Spike was being stubborn.” Sweetie grunted as she finished pulling him up.

“I was not.” Spike gruffed. “Just didn’t want to leave.”

“Sure.” Pinch said. She rolled her eyes with a sneer, causing Sweetie to chuckle a bit.

Spike sighed. “so… what’s this plan you have for us?”

Both Pinch and Sweetie brought up a tea set. “Tea Party!”

Spike felt used and a bit peeved. “oh, joy.” he sarcastically said.

Half a hour later, Sweetie and Pinch were having the time of their lives. Spike, on the other hand, was BORED AS HELL. Sweetie noticed this and scooched over to him.

“Come on, Spike. Cheer up.”

“how can I cheer up, Sweetie? The love of my life just broke my heart.”

“Then find someone else. You know un…” Sweetie placed her hoof on his thigh. “I’m available.”

When Sweetie touched him, Spike felt a shiver go up his spine. And it was a odd shiver, too. Like… he wanted it. “un… S-Sweetie… what are you doing?” he nervously asked.

“Something I wanted to do…” she stood on her hind legs and leaned in close. “…for a long time.”

Pinch held her mouth shut as she watched what was happening.

Rarity walked on by with a depressed feeling. She felt bad what had happened on the hill but her mind was also trying to figure out why Spike freaked out the way he did. “I told Sweetie Belle to give Spike the letter that I would be out for a day, but how did he get me going out with him out of it?”

She walked down the path as normal but noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She looked and saw something that shocked her.

Sweetie Belle leaned forward and kissed Spike. Rarity gasped in shock at the sight. She ran off before she could ask or even see Spike’s reaction.

Spike pushed Sweetie away and wiped his mouth. “what were you doing?” he asked.

“I-I was kissing you.” Sweetie said, wondering what she did wrong.

“Why?”

“b-because I love you.”

Spike was shocked to hear that. “y-you love me?” Sweetie nodded. Spike sat back and gave a gasping chuckle. He was in pursuit of one when another wanted him. But, he doesn’t want this. “Sweetie, I love you too…” Sweetie’s face lit up. He said he loved her. Mission accomplished. “…but…” crap. There’s a but. “…only as a friend. My heart belongs to Rarity, even if she did shatter my heart. Sorry, Sweetie.”

Like how Spike felt when he ‘found out’ that Rarity went back to Fancy Pants, Sweetie Belle’s heart shattered into a million pieces. Holding back tears, she ran off.

Spike felt horrible. “Sweetie Belle…” he got up and left for home.

A confused Pinch looked at the spots where they were. “So… does this mean the tea party’s off?”

“…I mean, I have no idea why I’m feeling this way.” Rarity said as she told the whole mess to Sora, Vinyl, Octavia, Derpy, Pinkie, Lyra, and Bonbon at the Hooderve restaurant(the one from Ticket Master). “I mean, it’s good that Sweetie Belle found love and Spike is hopefully over me, but… why do I feel bad?”

“Simple.” Sora said as she dipped her cookie in her milk. “You love Spike.”

“What?” Rarity exclaimed. “no no no no. there’s no way I can be in love with him. He’s much much younger then me, and he’s a dragon, and… and… he’s so masculine and handsome and…dreamy and…”

The girls looked at each other and giggled. She was in love, all right. “Rarity…” Sora interrupted. “you love him.”

Rarity chuckled in disbelief. “no. no no. I can’t be in love with him. I can’t.”

“Why not?” Pinkie asked.

“I just… I just can’t…”

Begin Song:
[

]
I Won’t say I’m in love - Hercules soundtrack

Rarity got up and took a couple of steps.
Rarity:
♪if there’s a prize for rotten judgment,
I guess I’ve already won that.
No man is worth the aggravation.♪

The girls looked at each other and snickered.
♪That’s ancient history, been there, Done that.♪

Sora, Lyra, Bonbon, Derpy, Pinkie, Octavia, Vinyl and (Rarity):
♪who’d’ya think your kidding? He’s the earth and heaven to ya.
Try to keep it hidden. Honey, we can see right though you. (oh, no)♪

Rarity walked away from the restaurant, tossing a couple of bits back onto their table.
♪Girl you can’t conceal it. We know how you are feeling.
And who you thinking of? (Oh…)♪

Rarity, (Sora, Lyra, Bonbon, Pinkie, Derpy, Octavia, and Vinyl):
♪No chance, no way. I won’t say it. No no.
(you swoon. You sigh. Why deny it? Oh-oh.)
It’s too cliché. I won’t say I’m in love.♪

Rarity walked onto the bridge as the girls looked at each other, shrugging.
♪(Shoo-doo. Shoo-doo. Oooh.)♪

Rarity:

She looked over the edge into the water.
♪I thought my heart had learned it’s lesson.
It feels so good when you start out.♪

She looked up and hit her head before walking off.
♪My head is screaming ‘get a grip, girl.’
Unless you’re crying to die your heart out.♪

Sora, Lyra, Bonbon, Pinkie, Octavia, Vinyl and (Rarity):
♪(Oh…)♪

Rarity glanced back to them, rolled her eyes, and walked back to her boutique.
♪you keep on denying.
Who you are and what your feeling.
Baby, we’re not buying.
Hon, we saw you hit the ceiling. (Oh…)
Face it like a grown-up.
When you gonna own up that ya got, got, got it bad…
(oh…)♪

Rarity, (Sora, Lyra, Bonbon, Pinkie, Vinyl, and Octavia):
♪no chance, no way, I won’t say it. No no.
(give up, but give in. check the grin, you’re in love.)
This scene won’t play, I won’t say I’m in love…
(you’re doin’ flips. Read our lips: you’re in love.)♪

Rarity sat down on a bench outside the boutique.
♪You’re way off base, I won’t say it.
Get off my case, I won’t say it.♪

Sora dropped a Fire Lily onto Rarity’s lap. She looked down and noticed it.
♪(girl, don’t be proud. It’s O.K., you’re in love…)♪

Rarity:

She grabbed the lily and looked at it.
♪oh…
At least out loud…♪

Rare smiled and held it close.
♪I won’t say I’m in…
Love…♪

She laid back on the bench and gave a heavenly sigh.

End Song.

Rarity gently touched the lily as the girls smiled.

“Mission Accomplished!” they all cheered.

“And just in time, too.” Derpy said. “Daring’s dragging me somewhere. Gonna be gone tomorrow.”

“ ‘Kay.” the rest said. Derpy waved good-bye and ran for the train station.

“oh, what about Dinky?” Octavia asked.

“I have Applejack looking after her.” she called back as she kept running.

“yeah, we’re done.” Pinkie groaned as she cracked her back. “and now to deal with Marble…” she muttered as she walked off. Sora followed after her. Everyone else soon departed as well.

Spike grumbled to himself as he looked at the words he had made out of rocks: ‘you will be in my heart eternally, my one and only love.’

He gave a groaning sigh. “I was such a idiot.”

“Well, I wouldn’t say that.” Ash said. He walked up and sat down beside him. Spike just gave him a glance before looking down to the ground. “you were in love.”

“still am. And I’m a idiot for being in love.”

“no, you aren’t. there’s trials and tribulations in every relationship. Just look at Twilight and Halo.”

“is there a reason you came here, Ash, or are you just going to go on about this?”

“actually, there is a reason.” Ash reached into his pocket and pulled out the letter Sweetie gave Spike. He took it and read it. “this is the same letter that got me into this mess.”

“And this…” Ash interrupted as he pulled out another letter. “is the REAL letter Fancy Pants wrote to Rarity.”

Spike didn’t believe him but took the letter anyway. He read it and his sad frown turned upside-down. “Fancy Pants just wanted to talk to her about a business proposition?”

“yep.”

That was a relief to him… and also made him realize that he acted like a idiot to Rarity. But there was one thing still puzzling him. “but… if this was the real letter, then why would Sw--” he figured it out. He got up and walked away.

“where you going?” Ash asked.

“to find a manipulative Sweetie Belle.”

Rarity dreamily sighed as she messed with the lily. “me and Spike… how would that work?” she started to think about it but quickly dismissed it. “oh. It doesn’t matter. Not in the slightest. We’ll figure it out…”

Commotion came from the boutique, getting Rarity’s attention. She walked over and opened the door. What she saw made her gasp in anger.

Everything inside the boutique was destroyed; clothes ripped, mannequins decapitated, mirror’s cracked. Basically, it was a mess.

Rarity gasped. “who would…” A mannequin fell over and Rarity found her culprit: a super-angry Sweetie Belle. “Sweetie Belle! What are you doing to my boutique?!”

“Destroying it! What else!?!” she yelled.

“w-why?”

“For taking Spike away from me!”

“What are you talking about, Sweetie Belle?”

“I’m talking about you!” Sweetie stormed over, stepping on the mannequin’s head. “even though his heart was broken BY YOU, he still loves you! After everything I went though to make sure he’d hate you, he still loves you and…”

That last line got to Rarity. “wait, what did you say?”

Sweetie Belle stopped talking. “eep.”

“did you say you went to make sure he’d hate me? Is that why he’s going on about Fancy Pants?”

“un…”

“What did you tell him, Sweetie Belle?!” a forceful Rarity asked.

“she told me…” Spike said as he entered the door, holding up the fake letter. “… that you didn’t love me at all. That you were just using me.” Sweetie gulped in fear.

“What? I would never do that. And what’s that in your hand?”

“A letter… that Sweetie Belle went out of her way to fake.”

“what?” Rarity took it out of her hands and read it, getting angry as she progressed. “Sweetie Belle…” Sweetie got nervous and fearful.

“And that’s not it. Remember the Fire Ruby? It was in the trash when I discovered this. But now, I think she planted it there.”

“I think she did too. I would never throw something that precious away.”

They both turned their attention to the now tearful Sweetie Belle. “you have a lot of explaining to do, young lady.” Spike angrily said.

Sweetie, however, just broke down and ran upstairs, crying her heart out.

Spike felt sorry for her now and started after her. “Sw--” she was stopped by Rarity.

“Don’t. she needs a sister right now.”

Sweetie Belle cried her eyes out as she buried her head into her pillow. Rarity gently knocked at the door.

“Sweetie Belle…?”

“Go away!” she cried out, throwing another pillow at the door. Rarity opened the door anyway and walked in. “I said leave me alone!” she cried.

“Sweetie Belle. I just want to talk…” a gentle Rarity said.

“just leave me alone, Rarity! You got what you wanted!”

“a wounded sister? No, this is not what I wanted, Sweetie Belle.”

Sweetie sniffled. “then what did you want?”

“I just want you to be happy. I would happily help you get Spike, but…”

“but you love him too.”

Rarity paused. A smile formed on her face. “yeah. I do. And… I’m not sure if it’ll work but I want to give it a try. But if I knew you would get hurt in anyway, I’d stop right away. I care about you more then I care about Spike, Sweetie Belle.”

Sweetie sniffled again and wiped her eyes. “You really mean it?”

“really really.” she patted on the spot she sat at. “come on. Give your sister a hug.” Sweetie didn’t want to get up. She was still torn up but her body had other ideas. She got up and hugged Rarity, continuing to cry. “shh. Shh… it’s okay, Sweetie Belle. It’s okay.” Rarity then thought of a good idea. “hey. Remember the lullaby mom used to sing to you?” Sweetie Belle sniffled and shook her head no. “well, I think it went something like this.” Rarity cleared her throat and softly sang…

♪There’s a time when the moon
Reveals it’s face though the clouds.
I let out a sigh
And want to cry out loud.
But deep in my heart
I feel love so alive.
In the depths of my soul
I know we will survive.
I’m the one they would break
In their greed and their pride.
But deep in my heart
I feel love so alive.
In the depths of my soul
I know we will survive.♪

Sweetie Belle sniffled as Rarity finished singing.

“Thanks sis…” Sweetie chokingly said as she sniffled again.

Spike picked up a busted up mannequin and put it back. He heard hoof steps coming from the stairs. He looked to see Rarity and Sweetie Belle walk down.

“how’d it go?” he asked.

Sweetie Belle stayed silent. Rarity urged her on. Sweetie sighed as she walked over. “Spike… Rarity… I’m sorry for what I did. I shouldn’t have manipulated you two just so I could get Spike all for myself. I’m sorry for causing this whole mess. I’m so so sorry for everything.”

Spike lowered himself onto his knees and hugged her. Rarity joined in as well. “It’s okay, Sweetie Belle. I forgive you.” Spike said. Sweetie smiled as she hugged back. They all broke the hug. “but you should know that I only love you as a friend, not the same way I love…” he looked up at Rarity who slightly blushed. “… not the way I love Rarity.”

“I know.” Sweetie sighed.

Spike smiled and got up. He looked to Rarity. “So… what now?”

“I don’t know.” She replied.

Sweetie rolled her eyes. She knows what she would do in this situation. She walked behind Rarity and pushed her as hard as she could into Spike. Rarity yelped as she ran into Spike, causing both her and the unsuspecting Drake to kiss.
` both went wide-eyed but didn’t break it. Instead, they just smiled, closed their eyes, put their arms around each other, and continued to kiss.

Sweetie smiled for them both. She was sad that she wasn’t getting Spike for a coltfriend but you can’t win them all, no matter how hard you try. And she is willing to step aside and let Rarity have him. Besides, she might meet someone new in the future.

She walked to the door and stepped outside, leaving the two new lovers alone.

Author's Notes:
guess where the other song is from and win a cookie.

Trixie & Lily/Luna: True Love

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 13

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Trixie & Lily/Luna
True Love

The moon shone brightly down onto the land, illuminating the sky.

Trixie sighed happily as she rested her head on Lily’s lap. “is there such a thing as a perfect night?”

“I’d say… yes.” Lily replied, kissing her on the forehead. “you’re perfect, Trixie.”

“Same to you, Lily.”

Lil smiled at Trixie. The 2 shared a long kiss on the lips. The 2 broke the kiss and continued looking at the stars.

After 5 minutes of just looking at the night sky, Trixie said, “you know, I always felt comfortable at night. I felt at peace, in a sense.”

“really?”

“Yeah. Even more so with you.”

“aw.” Lily kissed her on the forehead again. That also made Lily think of something, something she probably should’ve asked before. “um… Trixie? Speaking of the night, what do you think of Princess Luna?”

“the princess? Well, she’s all right. She’s good looking but she’s got nothing on you.”

Lily got nervous. “really? You don’t think she’s sweet or caring, or has a nice plot?”

Trixie chuckled. “Why would I worry about that when I have you? My heart belongs to you, Lily. Not Twilight, not Luna, not anypony else.”

“oh. Well, that’s good to hear.” Lily replied with a hint of regret.

“Although, I will admit, she does have a nice bod.”

Lily internally breathed a sigh of relief. Least that’s one aspect Trixie likes about Luna.

“I think I made a mistake.” Luna told Celestia, Cadence, and Armor back in her room. She took the flower lily out of her hair, dropping her Lily disguise and reverting back to Day-Time Luna.

“how so?” Cadence asked.

“Cause Trixie’s in love with Lily and not Me.”

“What do you mean?” Celestia asked.

“well, you know me and Trixie have been going out for a couple weeks right.”

“Think I heard you mention they were the best 2 weeks of your life.” Armor said.

“and they were, but… I think I built Lily up too much. Trixie’s too in love with her. I mentioned ‘me’ tonight and she didn’t think much about me. Although she did admit I have a nice body.” nobody’s arguing that statement. “What am I going to do if she finds out that Lily is really… me?”

Nobody was really sure what to say about that. “well, it could go one of two ways…” Armor started. Luna looked at him with fear in her eyes. “1; Trixie will hate you for leading her astray and never want to see you again.” Luna sadly looked away. That possibility scares her to death. “or 2; she won’t care and love you all the same.”

“I know. It’s the first option that scares me the most. I don‘t want to lose her. Trixie is the best thing that happened to me in a Long, Long time.”

Celestia and Cadence felt the same. While she missed Cosmos and Erys, Tia knew they were the best things to happen to her and Cadence felt the same with Armor and their coming child. Then, all 3 had the same idea.

“hey. I just got a crazy idea.” Cadence said. Luna sadly looked up at her. “How about a double date? Me and Armor with yo… I mean Lily and Trixie.”

“A double date?”

“yeah. We’ll go to Ponyville tomorrow, have some fun and, maybe, you reveal your true form to Trixie.”

“I-I don’t know, Cadence. It sounds like a good idea, but… but I’m not sure.”

“Trust me, Auntie Luna. It’ll go fine. You’ll see.”

Luna wasn’t sure. Like Armor said, if she does reveal that Lily was her all along, Trixie might hate her with a vengeance. Of course, she could still love Luna regardless. Still, the princess of the night wasn’t eager to put it to the test.

Trixie hummed a sigh as she messed with a white lily. “Ah, Lily. There’s no one better then you, my white angel.”

“you’re really love-struck, aren’t ya?” Twilight asked.

“yeah. Lily is just perfect.”

“well, be careful. Perfection can have a dark-side.”

“I am well aware of that, Twi. Remember, I thought you were perfect.”

“OH, I remember. Me and every other pony in the country remember.” Trixie chuckled nervously. Twi just chuckled. “so, what are you and Lily going to do tomorrow?”

“well, she wrote about coming tomorrow with Cadence and Armor.”

“Cadence and Armor?” Twi asked curiously. “how does she know them?”

“she's friends with Princess Luna. and, by extension, i guess she knows them.”

“huh.” Twi was curious that she didn’t know that. “They didn’t mention they knew a Lily.”

“you can’t expect your brother to tell you every aspect of his life.”

Twi lightly shrugged, remembering back to when she got the announcement for his wedding. “true.”

Trixie got up and put the flower into her mane. “See you later, Twilight. I got to go get ready.”

“get ready? But Lily’s not coming till tomorrow.”

“I know.” she turned to Twi and winked. “But a girl’s gotta be prepared.”

Luna, in her Lily guise, brushed her hair as Celestia’s sun began to set. Cadence opened the door and popped her head in. “You almost done, Luna?”

“Almost. Just putting on a few finishing touches.” she replied, putting a few ribbons in her mane.

“wow. You’re gonna make Trixie think she’s dating a princess.” Luna raised a eyebrow to her. “er… I mean...”

“I know what you meant, Cadence.” Luna took the flower out of her hair and fell into her day-time form. “I’m just worried about how she’ll react.”

Cadence gave her aunt a friendly pat on the back. “stay positive, Lulu. Just hope she’ll love you for who you are.”

Luna nodded with a sad sigh. She wasn’t sure about this. She grabbed the flower and put it in her hair, transforming into Lily. “well, *Deep sigh* let’s go.”

She took a few steps to the door before Cadence stopped her. “un… Auntie Lulu…” Cadence pointed out the window to a moonless night.

“oh, geez. Almost forgot.”

Luna quickly used her magic and raised the moon as fast as she could. The sudden appearance caused the tides to shift suddenly at the port towns, causing tsunamis.

“Okay. Let’s go.” Luna said as she walked out the door.

Cadence held a hoof to her mouth and bit it, wincing at the destruction she’s imagining. “we’re gonna hear about this.” she muttered.

Trixie hummed as she brushed her own hair in front of her mirror, making long and smooth.

“well, aren’t you looking fancy tonight?” Zilver said. “Lily’s gonna think she’s dating a princess.”

“yeah.” that comment sent Trixie back to last night and what Lily had said. “you know, Lily mentioned something about Luna last night. Said she was caring and sweet. She even said she had a nice plot.”

“well, didn’t you say that Lily was friends with Luna?”

“yeah, I did.”

“Maybe the two of them had a thing.” Trixie gave him a sneer. Zil heard his words and winced. “that came out wrong, didn‘t it?”

“Ya think?” Trixie exclaimed. She sighed as she looked in the mirror. “I just hope this double date goes well. I never met royalty before.”

“it’ll be fine.” Zil walked over and kissed his sister on the forehead. “trust me.”

Trixie smiled, gave her brother a quick hug, and got up. “thanks, Zil. You’re the best.” she walked over to the closet and pulled out a few dresses. “now, which one looks best on me?”

Several hours later, Cadence, Armor, and Lu… I mean Lily arrived at Ponyville via train, clad in fancy clothes, and met with Trixie, who was dressed in a seductive get-up, at Cavern on the Green, the most expensive and fanciest restaurant in Ponyville. Trixie didn’t like coming here, having painful memories of what happened last time she was here. she tried to seduce Twilight here but it went soul. it lead to her casting the spell that turned them human for a month. Lily reassured her that it’ll be okay and the group went in.

Laughter and chatter filled the best restaurant in Equestria. Thanks to Armor’s and Cadence’s status, they were able to get a great table between the band and aquarium. Cadence and Armor were just finishing telling a story.

“…and then…” Armor gulped down his food. “…and then he slips in on Luna in the bath.”

“Oh, no.” Trixie and Cadence laughed. Lily, however, tried to hide her blushing. “what happened next?” Trix asked.

“Luna sent him flying half-way to Maredrid. Right into a farmer’s chicken coop.” the trio laughed again. Lily pretended to laugh, not wanting to blow her cover too soon.

“Oh my goodness. I haven’t laughed like that in ages.” Trixie cried, wiping a tear while she still laughed. “so, what happened to the poor shlup?”

“don’t know. He stayed in Maredrid. Although…” Armor used his magic to summon a postcard, “…we did get a postcard from him.” Trixie took it and looked at it. Cadence, Lily and a passing waitress leaned in to see the Solar Guard with a wide grin, a Hawaiian shirt, and mare in each arm.

“ladies man.” they all said. The seated trio looked up at the waitress. “sorry.” she said before walking off.

Trixie continued chuckling. Cadence saw this as a opportunity. “so, Trixie, what do you think of Luna?”

Lily gulped. She knew Cadence would bring this up. Trixie stirred her drink. “she’s a’ight but why would I care?”

Cadence shrugged. “well, I don’t know. Just asking. But, if you could, pretend you weren’t dating Lily for a moment, what would be the best aspect of Luna you like?”

Trixie looked to Lily for confirmation. She nodded and gestured Trixie to go on. “un, well… …mmm… well, she’s got a nice bod and I want to know who does her hair but, other then that…”

Lily got a sad expression and Armor noticed it. “y-you sure about that? There’s nothing else about her you like, like maybe her personality, her laugh…”

“Why should I?” Trixie interrupted. “I’m not going out with her. I got me Lily. Every other Mare out there, in my eyes, is UUUUGLY. Cadence, right now, looks like a Diamond Dog in my eyes.”

Cadence got a little pit peeved by that comment. “gee, thanks. Always pleasant to know what I look like.” she sharply bit into a breadstick.

Now Lily got really nervous, to where she started to freak out. “s-s-so what does Luna look like to you?”

“Manatee.” Trixie nonchalantly said, stirring her drink.

That comment hit her home. Armor gulped in fear. “M-Manatee?”

“Manatee.” Trixie swigged down her drink in one gulp. “and truth be told, I don’t know why most colts find her sexy. I mean, she has a nice bod, but I don’t see it. And from what I heard from Twilight’s friends, she’s pretty scary. That I can see since she was Nightmare Moon and all. Truthfully, she scares the bejeezus out of me.”

Lily, or rather Luna, entered full-out panic mode. She rapidly breathed and bit her hooves. Trixie noticed this. “Lily, you okay?” Armor and Cadence backed their chairs as far back as they could, leaving Trixie confused.

“I...I…I…I...I…” Lily didn’t know what to do. Her marefriend just told her that Luna was just a scary mare. “I need some air.” she quickly got up and ran out.

Trixie was confused by what was going on here. She got up and went after Lily. “Thanks for the meal.” she told Cadence and Armor before running off.

“how do you think this is going to end?” Armor asked.

“not well.”

Lily ran out as fast as she could and ran as far as the edge of town before stopping and panting. Trixie ran up behind her and panted as well. “why’d you run out like that, Lil?”

“Stop! Calling me that.” she exclaimed.

“Why? That’s your name, isn’t it?”

“No. no it’s not.” Lily looked back to Trixie with a mixture of sadness and anger in her eyes. Trixie was confused and fearful of that look. Lily reached up and took the flower out of her hair.

Her body glowed and grew till it was the size of Luna’s night-form. A tearful Luna looked at a stunned Trixie. “y-you… you’re Luna?”

“Yes. I’m the Mare who scares the bejeezus out of you.” she cried. She tossed the lily to the ground and took to the skies, leaving a stunned Trixie behind.

Luna silently cried and wiped her eyes of any tears, flying as fast as she could to Canterlot.

Trixie fell to her knees, still stunned that her Marefriend was the Princess of the Night. She used her magic to bring the lily Luna used over to her. “Luna…” she looked up to Canterlot then back down to the flower.

Luna sadly laid in her bed, head buried in a pillow as Celestia comforted her.

“she just… made it out that I’m a monster in her eyes.” Luna said, trying not to shed a tear.

“these things happen, Luna. You can’t think that everyone’s perfect or else you’ll get hurt.”

A teary-eyed Luna removed her face from the pillow and looked at her sister. “was it like that with you and Cosmos?”

Celestia nodded. “more then once. There were times when he hurt me and… times I hurt him. But we seemed to have gotten our act together when Erys was born.”

“but did he tell you you were a monster or ugly as sin?”

“Well… no, but…”

“Then you don’t know what I’m going though right now.”

A knock came from the door. Luna looked away. Celestia gently patted her back. The knock came again. “Come in.” Celestia said.

A Lunar Pony walked in and bowed. “Princess Celestia, Princess Luna has a visitor who wishes to see her.”

“who?” Luna asked.

“A Unicorn named Trixie Lulamoon.”

“Trixie?” Luna gasped. “did she come here to ridicule me again? To hurt me even more?”

“no. she just wants to talk to you.” Luna looked away from the guard and out the window. “your majesty?” Luna looked up at the moon. Looking at it reminded her of the time she, as Lily, and Trixie had.

“Tell her… I’ll meet her in the throne room.”

The guard bowed and left. Celestia scratched her head in confusion. "Lulu…?"

“It’s okay, Tia. I can handle this.”

Trixie looked up at a stained glass depiction of Twilight and her friends defeating Nightmare Moon, Discord, and Chrysalis. On another stain glass, the Humans arrival and total destruction of Nightmare Moon was depicted. She heard hoof steps walk in and a door close. Without looking, she knew who it was. “hi, Li… Luna.”

Luna walked in but stopped at the doors. “Trixie.” she said with disdain.

“Guess I deserve that.” Trixie turned around and stared at her.

“Why are you here, Trixie?” Luna asked in the same tone as before.

“I… I came to apologize. I just said those things so Lily would think I loved her more then anyone else in the world.”

“well, it worked.”

“and the worst part is I meant it. But, if I had known that you were Lily all along, I wouldn’t have said anything.”

“It’s too late for that now, Trixie. You broke my heart and tossed it asunder.” tears started to well up in her eyes. “you really hurt me, Trixie!”

“I know and I know nothing I say will do anything to repair it. I know a broken heart is a bad thing. Trust me…I know from experience.” Trixie remembered the events of the fiasco with them turning human and Nightmare Moon returning. “but… but I still love you.”

Luna scoffed. “now your just saying things.”

“I mean it.” Trixie summoned up the flower used by Luna to turn into Lily. “and to show you that I mean it…” Trixie looked up at Luna and smiled. Luna got curious to what Trixie was planning to do. Trixie tossed the flower to the floor and smashed it.

Luna gasped in shock when Trixie made sure it was destroyed. “I don’t love Lily, not anymore when I love you.” Luna just stood there in shock. Trixie sighed when she didn’t get a response. “but… if you aren’t going to say anything…” Trixie lowered her head and walked to the door, stopping near Luna. “I guess I’ll be on my way.” she used her magic to summon another lily; this one not magically enhanced. She placed it in Luna’s hair and kissed Luna on the cheek. “That’s the only lily I need.”

Celestia, Cadence, and Armor watched from behind a pillar. “Come on, Luna. Forgive her already.” Cadence winced.

Trixie took a few steps to leave when she was suddenly turned around and kissed by Luna.

Trixie went wide-eyed at first but gave in and let Luna kiss her. Tia, Cadence, and Armor silently cheered ‘yes.’

Luna broke the kiss and gave a tearful smile. They both leaned forward and lightly touched their foreheads together. “you know how to make a girl happy, you know that?” Luna softly said.

“well, I know more then one way, Lulu.”

Luna giggled like a school-girl. “come on. Let’s go into my room.”

Trixie smiled and kissed her ‘new’ marefriend on the snout. Luna took Trixie’s hoof and lead Trixie to her room.

Twilight & Halo: Into the Everfree

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 14

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Twilight & Halo:
Into the Everfree

Twilight hummed with her eyes closed, taking a much needed bubble bath.

“oh, mama. I needed this.” she contently sighed, getting comfortable. “I can just feel the stress washing away.” she grabbed a rubber ducky and squeezed it, making it squeak. “if Starlight was here already, she’d be laughing at you.” she squeaked it again. She chuckled and rubbed her pregnant belly. “can’t wait for you to come, Star. Just 9 months till we meet.”

The sound of door hinges squeaking from downstairs caught her attention. The door closed and she heard footsteps. She sighed as she said, “Must be Requiem or Spike. They are the only one’s who walk in without knocking.” she should really teach those two to knock. “I’m up here!” she called downstairs.

The sounds of footsteps approached the bathroom. Twilight tossed the ducky away, hoping they wouldn’t see it.

The footsteps stopped outside. “huh?” the sound of doors opening came, making Twilight roll her eyes. “Guess ‘up here’ was a little vague.” she droned to herself.

Eventually, the footsteps reached the door to the bathroom. Twi saw a shadow move towards it from the other side. The door suddenly opened, making Twi shrieked when she saw who it was. “Halo!”

“Twilight!” he exclaimed. He quickly shut the door.

“What were you doing!?”

“you told me to come up!” Halo retorted.

“You could’ve knocked first!”

“How was I supposed to know you were taking a bath?”

“Still, Knock First!”

“Okay, okay, okay.”

Twilight gave a groaning sigh. “what you come by for, Halo? You need to look at the maps AGAIN? I told you time and time again that there are no maps to the Everfree Forest in there.”

“It’s not about that. Requiem told me to meet her here.”

“Req?” now Twi was curious. “What did she want?”

“I don’t know. She just told me to meet her here.”

“huh.” Twi pulled the plug on her bath and let the water drain. “Meet me downstairs. I gotta dry off first.”

“okay.” Halo took a few steps before stopping. “you know, you look cute wet.” Halo walked off, unaware that Twi was blushing at his comment.

Halo waited down below, tapping his foot and reading a book. Twilight came down with a tower wrapped around her hair and another around her body. “where’s Req?”

“Don’t know.”

The main door opened wide and Req strode on in. “good. You’re both here.”

“what’s going on, Req?” Twi asked.

Requiem walked over and slammed something onto the table. “boom. One map to the Everfree Forest, ready, willing, and able.”

Halo took the map and looked it over, feeling a little disappoint. “o-oh.” Twi heard the disappointment in his voice but Req didn‘t. “where’d you get this?”

“Zecora. The Zebra the both of you have been neglecting to go see for a map. She’s lived their long enough to make one.”

“right.” Halo looked at the map again. “guess the secrets of the Everfree will be revealed soon.”

Twi looked at Halo. “{(why is he disappointed? He wanted this since he came? There’s something he’s not telling me. And I plan on finding out.)}”

The next day, at sunrise, Halo looked his supplies over, getting ready for the trip into the Everfree Forest. “food… check. Climbing gear… check. Map…” Halo glanced over to the map and angrily sighed. He used his magic to grab it and pull it over. He slammed it into his saddle-bags. “…check.”

“Something wrong?” Twilight asked. Halo glanced to his left and spotted Twi and Req coming downstairs.

“It’s nothing.” he replied in the same tone he always had. He slung the saddle-bags on. Doing so, he noticed that Twilight also had a saddle-bag and Req, a knapsack. “Where are you two going?”

Twi chuckled. “with you, silly.”

“What!?” Halo exclaimed in surprise.

“You heard her.” Requiem said. “you’re going into uncharted territory. We’re not gonna let you go alone.”

“I can handle myself. I’m not exactly a novice in magic. Plus, Twilight is pregnant.”

“only 2 months, and during my magic fast, I only used magic 3 times. I have some built up magic leftovers to use. And I am SO not going to be cooped up in Ponyville until Starlight arrives.”

Halo isn’t so sure. “Twi…”

“we’ll be fine. Besides, I’m curious as to what we’ll find in the forest.”

“You and me both.” Requiem said. “now let’s get going.”

“yeah.” Requiem walked past Halo and to the door. Halo groaned as he face-hoofed. Twilight giggled at Halo as Requiem opened the door.

“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS EXPLORERS!!!”

That sudden yell sent the 3 jumping. Standing in the doorway was Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, Pipsqueak, Featherweight, and Dinky.

“What the!? What are you guys doing here?” Req asked, still a bit scared stiff. Halo feinted a heart attack, hitting his head against the table as he went down, knocking him out. Twi ran to his side.

“We’re joining you guys.” Dinky said.

“What? No. no no no. we’re going into the Everfree Forest, that’s a dangerous place.”

“we’ve all been there before at one time or another.” Applebloom said.

“plus, we’re bored. Everyone’s got something going on, whereas we have squat. Besides, we might find our Cutie Marks.” Sweetie Belle said.

“Squat? I thought you were pining for Spike.” Twi said, waving a fan in Halo’s face.

Sweetie cringed. “yeah… I’ll let him explain it to you.” she shook her head, getting Spike out of her system.

“besides, we’re pretty tough ourselves. We’ve been in more accidents then Derpy and Rainbow Dash combined and came out with nothing less then scratches.” Scootaloo said.

“you 3, maybe. But what about these other 3?”

“oh, right. Meet Feather Weight, Dinky, and Pipsqueak. The new members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.”

“problem.” Req said. “Pip here is pint sized, Dinky, as Jax told me, is a bit of a fraidy-cat, and Feather Weight…” Req leaned to the side and looked at his mark. “He already has a Cutie Mark.”

“4 Syllables: Ex-Per-Ie-Nce.” Feather said.

“I may look frail…” Pipsqueak boxed with thin air. He gave a uppercut that sent him spinning a bit. Dinky lightly touched his head, stopping him. “…but I’m as tough as the Moon.”

“and I’m pretty good with my magic.” Dinky said. Her horn glowed. The magic glowed around Requiem’s Shoelaces. Req looked down to see the laces of both shoes tie together.

“wow. We’ll be safe if we get attacked by killer shoes.” Req sarcastically said.

The CMC looked to each other and smirked. “Into the Everfree!” they proudly exclaimed. They ran off to the forest.

“Wait!” Req yelled. “We didn’t say yes.” she tried to talk a step forward but remembered that Dinky tied her laces together. So, she resorted to hopping. “we don’t even known how you found out about this.”

Halo groaned as he stirred awake. “what happened?” he groggingly asked.

“we have some company joining us…” Twi droned.

“♪tell everypony we’re on our way, and we’re loving every step we take…”

The foals sang as they bounced and hopped though the Everfree Forest. Req, Twi, and Halo, on the other hand, were taking their time.

“We couldn’t talk them out of this?” Halo asked.

“they were persistent.” Requiem said, working on un-tying her shoes. “but Feather Weight might be a good addition. He does have a camera, after all. Be able to take pictures of what we find.”

Halo was going to say something but didn’t when he ran into a tree. He quickly pushed off and shook his head. “That hurt.” he shook his head again. “so…” he called out to the kids. “when were you all in the Everfree Forest before?”

“well, me, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo came in here one time to search for one of Fluttershy’s chicken’s. wound up running across a Cockatrice.”

“I remember that.” Twilight shivered. “being turned to stone was… a unique experience.”

“a Cockatrice? Meh. So, what about the rest of you?”

“First time.” they all said.

Halo’s eyes half-closed. “oh, lucky me. How’d I get some experts?”

“Halo.”

“Sorry. So, what about you, Twi? You ever been in the Everfree Forest before?”

“multiple times. To find the Elements of Harmony, save Fluttershy from a Hydra, meet with Zecora. Things of that nature.” Halo’s mouth dropped from that little explanation. “and I think Derpy has some experience. She did get lost in here when she was a kid.”

“WOW. Suddenly, I’m jealous. Hehe. What about you, Req?”

“First time, actually. But, with all the monsters in here, it’d be nice to have some extra muscle.” Req tapped her sword. Both Halo and Twi looked.

“Hopefully you won’t have to use that.” Twi said.

The group eventually came to a raging river. Twilight recognized it as the same river where she and her friends met with that sea serpent Rarity gave her tail to.

Pipsqueak dropped a stick into the rapids. Almost immediately, it got washed away. “now how do we cross? We can’t fly.”

“and I can’t carry you all across…” Requiem said. Sweetie Belle got bored and walked down the river, following it. “…All at once or 1 at a time, I’d still get tired. And if I get tired crossing this…”

“We end up as Eel bait.” Twist gulped.

“can’t you just freeze it?” Applebloom asked.

“Same problem. It could break from the rapids before we’d get halfway.”

“and we can’t teleport across, on account of Starlight…” Twi muttered. “Where’s that serpent when we need him?”

“Hey guys. Look at this!” Sweetie Belle called out from down the river. The group converged on her location.

“What is it?” Halo asked.

“Someone was here recently.” she said. She pointed down at the remains of a campfire.

“A camp?” Twi said in surprise. “Who would camp near a raging river?”

“must not have been raging then.” Req said.

Halo grabbed a piece of burnt kindling. It turned to ash in his hooves. “this was recent. 5 months, at least.”

“long before we came. Was it Zecora?”

“why would she need a campfire? She has her own hut.” Feather Weight said.

“it wasn’t her…” Halo pointed down to the ground, at a clearly visible clawed footprint. “unless she has claws.” Dinky shook in fear. Halo took notice of this. “It’s okay, Dinky. Whatever was here is long gone by now.”

“I sure hope so.” a scared Dinky shivered. “I’m not a big fan of dragons. Spike and Bahamut, I can deal with, but others…”

“Sounds a lot like Fluttershy.” Req and Twi sighed.

The group walked up the river, hoping to find a bridge. Before doing so, they did go down-river, only to find a waterfall 150 feet away.

“you know, you never did say what we’re doing here.” Applebloom said. “are we searching for ? Lost ruins? A forgotten civilization?”

“no. we’re here to figure out how the Everfree Forest does what it does; have the sun and moon rise on their own, things grow by themselves, animals take care of themselves. Things of that nature.”

Requiem is curious about that but about the opposite. She’s curious as to why Equestria, the country, was ‘cut off’ of the world. By that, she means why Celestia and Luna raise the heavenly bodies, why Ponies take care of the animals and plants, why they change the seasons. That’s been bugging her since day 1 and, until she leaves, she’s gonna try to figure out that mystery.

Pipsqueak jumped up onto a rock and looked off in the distance. “hey look. There’s something over there.” he pointed off to the distance. Everyone looked in the same direction. Far off, rising out of the woods, was a tower. Not really a tower, more like a beacon.

“That’s as good a place to start.” Halo said.

“ah, young Ponies. What are you doing this deep in the Everfree?” a familiar rhyming voice said.

They all turned around and noticed a familiar Zebra standing behind them. “Zecora.” Req, Twi, and the original CMC said.

“What are you doing here?” Req asked.

“when you came and took my map with ease, I thought I should come and lend my expertise.”

“oh. Well, lucky us.” Twilight chuckled. “never thought of bringing in a expert.” Req and Halo groaned as Req face-palmed.

“and you’re lucky that I arrived. The Timbers are on the rise.”

“Timbers?” Pipsqueak asked.

“She must mean Timberwolves.” Applebloom said. “Granny Smith encountered those when she was Applejack’s age. Nearly killed her too. She said that they are deadly alone, and a force to be reckoned with in a pack.”

“great. I always wanted danger on this trip.” Twi said sarcastically.

“but we should be save till nightfall. Granny said they’re nocturnal.”

Everyone looked up to the sky. Thankfully, it was midday.

“I think we’re good.” everyone said.

Zecora walked on ahead, taking the map out of Req’s hands. She just shrugged and followed her. Everyone followed afterwards.

A bush shook violently. Requiem looked back. The bush stopped shaking. She continued to watch it for a moment, making sure that what she saw was probably her imagination. “hmm…” she walked off after the group. A pair of eyes illuminated out of the bush, followed by a guttural growl.

After searching for a couple of hours, they found a bridge for them to cross to the other side. They crossed it and headed towards the tower they saw from the distance. When they got close to it, what they saw shocked and astonished them.

“Holy.” everyone, even Zecora, exclaimed.

The tower was smack-dab in the center of a palace in the center of a massive city.

“this was in the Everfree Forest all this time!?!” Twilight exclaimed.

“it looks like it.” Halo laughed.

The group walked down to the town and headed for the palace.

“This is amazing.” Dinky laughed. “this was hidden all this time?”

“The Everfree houses many mysteries.” Zecora said.

“I’ll say.” Dinky laughed as she ran on ahead to a house. “Who old do you think these are?”

Halo walked over to the same house and peered in. inside, they both saw… nothing. “Thousands of years old, at least. Everfree Forest didn’t get it’s name until 2000 years ago, when Discord made his appearance.”

“wow.”

Req rolled her eyes. “if you two history buffs are done, we should go and check out the big palace there in the center there.”

Halo and Dinky looked back and chucked. “all right.” they both whined.

The doors to the palace doors pushed forward a bit when something hit it. They budged forward again, and again. And again.

“all right, that’s it.” Req said. The sounds of a chainsaw came from the other side.

The entryway blasted open, the doors sending flying into the walls. Twi’s horn glowed as Req stood there with a chainsaw, amazed that Twi blasted the double-decker doors down.

“What? I had built-up magic.” Twilight walked in.

“no argument here.” everyone said.

Scootaloo yawned. The group had found a hall filled with tapestries so, naturally, Halo wanted to investigate. “I’m bored.” the flash of a camera caught her attention. Feather Weight, at Halo’s command, was taking pictures of the tapestries.

“These are remarkable.” Halo gasped as he looked at them. “to have survive 2 Millennia in the middle of probably the most inhospitable environments in the world.”

“wonder what stories’ they have.” Dinky said.

“Who knows? They might even say how the Everfree Forest got this way. It couldn’t have just been Discord.”

Twilight looked over at Halo and smiled. “he’s so good with kids. He‘d be a good father for Starlight.”

Req groaned. “you’re not…”

“I am. He knows I love him but he keeps using in-experience in the dating game as a very bad excuse, but I‘m still gonna tell him. That‘s why I came in the first place.”

Req, being the love lover that she is, saw this as a PRETTY good opportunity to get this two together. She was just putting this ‘don’t do it’ façade for show. “Then I’m not going to stop you.”

“Thanks.” Twi took a deep breath and smoothed out her hair. “how do I look?” Req didn’t have time to respond as Twilight instantly turned around the moment she asked and walked over to Halo. “H-Halo.”

Halo, who was busy looking at the tapestries, looked over to her. “what is it, Twilight?”

“I-I want to talk with you. In private.”

“Private?” Twi nodded. Halo was confused but accepted anyway. “okay. There‘s probably a room down the hall somewhere.”

The two walked down the hallway. Req watched as they walked on. “Sure hope this isn’t the hormones talking.” she said to herself.

Halo and Twilight walked into a observation dome, giving themselves the privacy she wanted. “what is it, Twi?”

Twi got nervous. “n-never mind. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.”

“Twi…” Halo insisted.

“All right!” Twi took another deep breath. “I love you, Halo.”

“oh, no. here we go again. I told you, I’m nervous about being in a relationship because of my in-experience.”

“and I believe that that is just a load on nonsense. If anything, it’s the worst excuse I ever heard. Halo, I know you love me but you’re too nervous to say or do anything.” Halo looked away from her. “Halo… just throw that fear to the wind. Be spontaneous for once in your life.”

Halo sighed as he pondered what she said. As much as he hates to admit it, she has a point. He was using in-experience as a horrible excuse. Hell, Zilver could think of a better one. “Maybe… it was time he did some spontaneous. “Twi… I…” he looked behind her and saw something that made his mouth drop.

Twilight looked the same way and nearly jumped in fear. “What in the world?”

“Feather Weight.” Halo called out. “Better get in here with that camera!”

The sound of running steps approached them but they didn’t take their eyes off the thing they were looking at. When the group entered, they gasped at what they saw.

Begin Song:

Night of the Dark Dream - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep OST

Standing before them was a stone mural as tall as the dome, covered in ancient writing and symbols, but the biggest feature is the picture in the center, a picture as big as the tablet, a picture of a apposing dragon.

“Whoa!” Scootaloo and Applebloom gasped.

“What in the world is this?” Dinky gasped. Zecora squinted her eyes to try and get a clearer picture. Something about the dragon felt… familiar.

“Whatever it is. It’s big.” Halo gasped. “OH. Feather Weight. Pictures, please?”

Feather looked up at the imposing tablet and it’s picture. “I don’t think I can fly that high.”

“I gotcha kid.” Req said. She summoned up her wings, grabbed Feather Weight, and flew up to the top. Once he started taking pictures, she made her way to another area, where he took another picture.

“This is… this is incredible. I doubt even Daring Do herself found something like this.” Halo chortled. “this is just amazing.”

“but what’s it mean? that’s the bigger picture.” Twi muttered. “I mean, we found tapestries in the hallways but they were made out of cloth. This… this is made out of stone. But… why would they dedicate it to a dragon?”

“Maybe this has something to do with this.” Dinky said, pointing to a section at ground level. Halo and Twi walked over. She was pointing at ancient pony writing.

“I can’t make heads or tails of this.” Twi said as she scratched her head.

Halo reached into his saddlebag and pulled out a piece of paper. He used his magic to grab a piece of charcoal. “I can. I got a translation guide back in Ponyville.” he placed the paper over the writing and pushed the charcoal against the paper. He rubbed it against the paper. He moved it back a moment to see that a portion of the words transferred onto it. “times like this make me wish I memorized the thing.”

SNAP!!!

The sound of snapping twigs never caught the eyes of the ponies or Requiem, but it did get Zecora’s. she walked back to the hallway to see shadows at play. There was something moving outside, she was sure of it.

“this city, and all it’s secrets, could be the biggest thing in pony history. No no. in world history. It could answer so many questions, like why the ancient advanced civilization disappeared or why…”

Requiem touched down on the ground. Feather Weight had already photographed what he could. “wait wait wait. Ancient Advanced Civilization?”

“well, it’s just myth’s and rumors really, but they say that the Civilization of yore was more advanced then what we have now. They may have even had flying carriages that operated without stallions pulling them.”

“so did my world, till Catalyst came along and trashed the place.”

“hmm… maybe the ancients were destroyed by something or someone powerful, like that Catalyst fella you mention, Requiem.” Sweetie Belle said. “Discord, maybe?”

“Probably, but Discord doesn’t destroy. He distorts and tries to make things ‘fun.’ fun for him, I might add.” Twi said.

“so… if it wasn’t Discord… then who?”

Growling and yipping came from outside but nobody but Zecora heard it. She started to get antsy.

Dinky looked up at the mural. Something about that dragon scared her but also felt familiar, like she knows him. Which is impossible since she only knows Bahamut and Spike and they look nothing like ugly up there.

“Done!” Halo exclaimed. He held up the paper with the words. “just need to translate this then we’ll know what’s what.” he turned to Feather Weight. “Take a picture, just in case.” Feather nodded and walked on over. “just need a safe place to put this till we get back.”

“I got it.” Req said. She grabbed the paper, folded it up, and stuck it between her boobs. Twi raised a eyebrow in surprise. “what? On Earth, these are harder to get into then safes.”

Halo looked at the mural in suspicion. “what is it, Halo?” Twi asked.

“that Mural. It’s not the same age as the rest of the relics in this town.”

“what do you mean?”

“I think it’s older then this city.”

Zecora ran into the room. “We got trouble out in the gallows!”

End Song.

Begin Song:

Unforgettable - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep OST

Large bodies crashed though the windows and surrounded them all. The fillies screamed and cowered behind Req, Halo, Twi, and Zecora.

“Timberwolves!” all the ponies exclaimed.

Twi looked outside. The sun was still out but it was at sundown. “but it’s still light out. You said they were nocturnal.” she said to Applebloom.

“I said Granny Smith said they were nocturnal. She’s so old, she doesn’t even remember how old she is.”

“Great. We’re going to become wolf chow.” Requiem drew her sword. “I’m gonna distract them. When I do, you all make for the bridge. I’ll meet you there. Got it?”

They weren’t going to argue with a Goddess. They all nodded in unison.

One of the Timberwolves, clearly the leader as he is the biggest and has a scar over his left eye, approached them and roared. It brandished it’s claws and charged at Req.

She swung her sword and stopped his claws. “Go!” she yelled. Power surged out of her, sending the leaded back a bit. With her wings now out, Req took to the air and flew out. The leader ran after her, the rest of the pack following him. The ponies ran as fast as they could towards the exit.

Requiem flew up to the top of the dome and landed. Her wings dissipated back into her body. The Timberwolves climbed up after her, intent on making her dinner. She spun her sword around and took her battle pose. “All right. Who’s first?”

The ponies ran out of the palace and headed for the bridge. Applebloom looked back to see lightning strike the top of the dome, creating a explosion. “well, Req certainly has them distracted.” she said.

“but it’s so abnormal.” Halo said. “Timberwolves barely venture out in the day. And they don’t operate in this big a pack.” he looked back to the battle going on up on the roof. “I think someone’s controlling them.”

Req back flipped onto a Timberwolf. She blasted down at it with a fireball, putting it out of commission. She jumped off it and up into the air. She pulled a few mid-air cartwheels before falling to the ground. She landed and spotted that the ponies reached the bridge and are now crossing it.

She looked at the Timberwolves. They had her surrounded, showing their teeth. “adios.” she snickered, giving a two-finger salute. She jumped off and landed on the ground below. The Timberwolves began climbing down as Req made her way to the bridge.

Zecora was the last one across, rejoining her tired friends. Feather Weight looked up and spotted Req. “Here she comes.” he said.

Req ran as fast as she could but the Timberwolves were faster. One jumped towards her and was about to get her. too. Req turned around and slashed at it. She spun around, her sword glowing. “Abotsu!” she yelled out, sending out a sword beam. The beam just bounced off but it did slow them down. “Damn. Better tell Amaterasu that that doesn’t work on creatures made out of wood.”

Req reached the bridge and ran across as fast as she could. On the other side, Halo and Zecora was cutting the ropes with sharp rocks but it was taking forever. “Come on. Hurry up!” Sweetie Belle whined.

“We’re hurrying, we’re hurrying.” Halo exclaimed.

Zecora’s rope cut, making the bridge list to the left. Req jumped up and landed on Halo’s rope before it hit. The Timberwolves weren’t so lucky. It caught them off guard, sending some into the raging river.

Req jumped up and landed on the other side as Halo cut his. The bridge fell and the Timberwolves on it fell into the river.

End Song.

Req panted heavily as she put her sword into it’s scabbard. She and the others looked back across the river at the remaining Timberwolves. The leader looked at her, baring it’s teeth. Requiem angrily looked back at it, eyebrows as low as she could make them.

The leader snarled back to it’s pack. They retreated back into the city. The leader lingered for a moment before following them.

“That… was too much excitement for my taste.” Scootaloo panted. “and I like excitement.”

“We’re not out of trouble yet.” Twi said, looking up at the sky. The sun had just about set, casting it’s twilight glow.

“I’m not a fan of walking though the Forest at night.” Pipsqueak said.

“neither of us is, Pip.” Halo said.

“Let’s go to the campsite we passed on the way.” Req suggested. “We can stop there for the night.”

Halo looked to Twi. They both shrugged. “better then sleeping in the cold.” they both said.

Night fell before they made it back to the campsite, forcing them to be on guard. Thankfully, no monsters jumped out to turn them into dinner. Once there, Req used a little magic to start a fire from the kindling remains that were still there.

Halo had fallen asleep as soon as they got there but Twi was feeling antsy for some reason. “I’m gonna go for a walk.” she said before going off.

“Be careful.” Req said. As soon as she was gone, Requiem looked back at the pictures Feather Weight took of the Mural.

“What’s wrong, Req?” Scootaloo asked as she sat down beside her.

“nothing but… there’s something about this Dragon that feels familiar.”

“You two?” Zecora and Dinky asked.

“you guys felt it as well?”

“Yes indeed.” Zecora nodded. “I felt something when seeing the painting. But confound my memory. It’s not what it used to be.”

“hmm…” Req looked at the picture for a few before glancing to Dinky. “and you, Dinks?”

“well, I’m not sure why. It’s just… it felt like i knew him. Which is odd cause the only dragons I met are Spike and Bahamut.”

“And none of them look like Sabado De-Ugly here.”

Applebloom yawned. All this speculation was getting them nowhere. She turned her head to go to sleep when she noticed someone has gone missing. “Hey, where’s Halo?”

Req looked up and saw that Halo was gone. “where’d he…?” at that point, she knew where he disappeared to.

Twi sat on top of a hill, looking at the moon. She heard bushes move behind her. She readied her magic only to see it proved fruitless as Halo walked out.

“Halo? What are you doing here?”

“Listen, Twi. I’ve been thinking.”

“Thinking? About what?”

“what you said to me back at the palace, before we found that mural. About me being inept at getting a girlfriend.”

“I didn’t say that. I just said that you were using in-experience as a horrible excuse.”

“Right. I just… well, I heard that having your heart-broken isn’t exactly the best experience and… and I’m not good with pain. I didn’t want to suffer though that.”

“nobody does. But everyone experiences it at one point.”

“…yeah. But, since that talk, I’ve been thinking.” Halo walked over and sat down beside her. “and… I keep trying to put it into words but…”

Begin Song:

I See The Light - Tangled Soundtrack

Twilight put a hoof over his mouth, shutting him up.

Twilight :
♪All those days watching from the windows
All those years outside looking in
All that time never even knowing
Just how blind I've been
Now I'm here, blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here, suddenly I see
Standing here, it's all so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be
And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you♪

“Twilight…”

“I’m not going to force you, Halo. You do what you want with your life. Just know that I’ll still love you.”

Halo chuckled. “That’s what I came to talk about.” Twi’s head nocked to the side in curiosity. Halo took her hooves, making her blush.

“H-Halo?”

“I may have never been in a relationship before, but I’m willing to try. For you. I love you, Twilight.”

Twilight blushed even redder and started crying tears of joy with a smile on her face.

Halo:
♪All those days chasing down a daydream
All those years living in a blur
All that time never truly seeing
Things, the way they were
Now she's here shining in the starlight
Now she's here, suddenly I know
If she's here it's crystal clear
I'm where I'm meant to go♪

Twilight and Halo:
♪And at last I see the light♪

Halo:
♪And it's like the fog is lifted♪

Twilight and Halo:
♪And at last I see the light♪

Twilight:
♪And it's like the sky is new♪

Twilight and Halo:
♪And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once, everything is different
Now that I see you.♪

The two leaned forward and touched their foreheads together. They looked into each others eyes and smiled.

Twilight and Halo:
♪Now that I see you.♪

For the first time in the 4 months they knew each other, after 4 months of pining for each other but not doing anything, Halo and Twilight shared their first real kiss.

End Song.

Resolutions

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 15

Resolutions

Dash groaned as she woke up. She blinked her eyes open and saw that she was staring at a ceiling of a hospital room. “what…?” she sat up and rubbed her head. “what happened?”

She looked out the nearest window to see that the sun was just rising and noticed that Soarin’ and Scootaloo were in the hospital room with her, sleeping on hospital chairs. Both of them woke up when the sun’s rays hit them.

Soarin’ rubbed his eyes and noticed that Dash was up. “Hey, Dash.” Soarin’ got out of his seat and over to her. Scootaloo yawned as she woke up.

“Soarin’? what are you and Scootaloo doing here? What am I even doing here?”

“well, after you learned that Shadow left because of what was you and me, you went to go after him but suddenly collapsed. Me and Scoot’s brought you here. The Doc’s says you passed out due to stress.”

Dash looked back on it. Joining the Wonderbolts, finding out your boyfriend is your half-brother, and learning your best friend just left… yeah, that would be considered stress-inducing.

“Also, while you were out, I had the doc run a blood-test. See if we really are siblings.”

“and?”

“I have Rainbow Dash, one of the coolest fliers in Equestria, as a cousin.” Scootaloo said. “that answer your question?”

Dash nodded. It sure did. She was related to a Wonderbolt and didn’t even know it. “glad all we did was made out.”

“For once, I’m relieved one of my relationships was just that.” Soarin’ chuckled. “that would’ve been ugly.”

“no kidding.” Dash chuckled. She thought back to the same day and remembered that she was going to find Shadow. “w-where’s Shadow?”

That’s the part both Soarin’ and Scootaloo were regretting. “Yeah… about that…” Scootaloo silently said.

Dash got worried. Very worried. “what?”

Soarin’ scratched the back of his neck. “um… we looked all over but we didn’t find any trace of him. I think he left Equestria.”

The color left from Dash’s eyes and cheeks. “he… he’s gone? For good?”

“that’s what it looks like.” a stunned Dash fell back into her bed. Soarin’ and Scoot’s looked at each other. “Did you love him?”

Dash, still stunned, looked back over the 4 months Shadow was here. “I felt… something… whenever I was around him. I thought it was jealousy because he was smarter then me. Now… with him gone… my heart hurts.” tears started to fall from her eyes. “he was in love with me all this time and I didn’t see the signs.”

“Whose signs? His… or yours?” Soarin’ asked.

Dash gasped with a smile. “mine. I love him.”

“(Me? I come from THE gorgeous city of the Spanish Maine. Rather, the only city but tis beautiful none-the-less.)(one of these days, I’m gonna pay my family back for giving up their Pegasus ways for a Unicron like me.)(when I get rich and famous, I’m gonna open my regional headquarters back where it began…)”

When the last thought of Shadow exited Dash’s mind, she suddenly knew where to find him.

Trixie and Luna hugged each other closed as they laid on what is now known as Eternal Heart Hill, thanks to the little poem made out of boulders that can be seen across the way: ’You will be in my heart eternally, my one and only love.’

“whoever took the time to make that must be hopelessly in love.” Trixie said.

“like us?” Luna asked.

Trixie smiled as she kissed her girlfriend on the lips. “probably not as much as us.”

“I don’t know. Whoever made this must be blinded by it by now.”

“True.” Trixie sighed as she got comfortable in Luna’s hooves. Luna held her close and rest her head on Trixie’s. Trixie thought for a moment. “Luna?”

“Yeah?”

“why didn’t you tell me you were a princess in the first place? Why put on the ‘Lily’ persona?”

Luna thought back on that. “you know, now that I think about it, this whole thing started because of a law from the ancient times, starting that only someone of royal stature could marry a prince or princess.”

“What about Armor and Cadence?”

“technically, the Sparkles are nobles, that’s a type of royalty.” Trixie shrugged in agreement. “but, I learned that Celestia abolished it when her niece 400 years ago, Princess Merriweather, fell in love with a common farmer. It was a regular Stallio and Mareiut situation. Thankfully, unlike the play, it didn’t end with them dying. Celestia abolished it and the 2 happily married.”

“and you just learned about her abolishing it?”

“I’ve been in the moon for 1000 years; I’m still learning what happened in that millennia I was gone. What’s your excuse?”

“not a fan of history.” Trixie chuckled. She grabbed Luna and rolled onto of her. “I love you, Princess Luna.”

Luna smiled with a slight blush. “I love you too, Trixie Lulamoon.” the two passionately kissed.

Blankets and sheets were strung all over the floor. Pillows were tossed in unexpected parts of the room. Laying in a very messed up bed with a sheet barely covering her was a contented Twilight, who was fast asleep but she was having a pleasant dream about last night.

“…zzz… Halo… you certainly know how to please a woman…” she happily said with a smile. she rolled over to hug him but didn’t feel him. she woke up when she felt that he wasn’t there. “Halo?”

Halo looked at a letter he had received the day before. He didn’t open it until now. He crumbled it and threw it to the side. He pulled out a pen and paper and began writing a response.

The crumbled letter landed at the base of the stairs. Twilight, now wearing a robe, saw it land in front of her. Curious, she picked it up and looked it over. What she saw made her eyes water.

‘Dear Halo’s Light.

We have received word that you had finally launched your expedition into the Everfree Forest and found a ancient, long-forgotten city, filled with ancient tapestries and murals. We are intrigued as to what you have found and are requesting you return to Canterlot at once so we can discuss your findings.

You should know, however, that this will be the last time you will be at Ponyville for quite some time. We await your return.

Sincerely,

Prof. Mell’s Bell’s.

Royal Academy of Science.’

A rejected Twilight looked at the letter with tearful eyes. She had finally gotten Halo to finally commit to something, she had gotten Starlight a father, and now he’s being forced back to Canterlot. She crumbled up the letter and walked over. She went over to try and convince him to stay when she saw what he was writing.

“dear Prof. Mell’s Bell’s

I’m writing to inform you that I have no plans to return to Canterlot. In fact, I’m requesting a permanent transfer to Ponyville. Something about this town just… clicks with me. Like I was meant to be here. And if you can’t approve my transfer, then I quit. Either way, I’m staying. I hope you can understand.

Sincerely,

Halo’s Light.’

Twilight looked at Halo with tear-filled eyes. He’s willing to give up his position in the academy for her. She silently walked off, careful not to get Halo’s attention.

The train from Appaloosa rolled into town. It hissed to a stop, allowing it’s passengers to get off.

“I did not see that roadblock coming.” Daring said.

“5 days it took to repair that bridge.” Bolt said. “why didn’t we just fly back?”

“I don’t know.” Derpy yawned. “I’m just glad to be off that train.” Bolt reached back and pulled out the scepter. “What’cha gonna do with that thing?”

“Take it to Canterlot, show it to the Princess’s. what they do after that with it is their decision, not mine.”

“I don’t think you’ll have to go all the way to Canterlot for that.” the conductor said. “they’re coming here tomorrow for Heart’s & Hooves day this year.”

“oh. How convenient.” Daring and Bolt said.

They started for the exit as another train on another line rolled in and hissed to a halt. “I LOVE LAS PEGASUS!” Edge and Bahamut proudly exclaimed, each wearing a over-sized hat and a ridiculous shirt.

Fluttershy walked off, also a ridiculous getup. “when I was a foal, I had no clue why that place was so popular. Now, I know.” she said with a wide smile.

“So say it loud and say it with us…” Edge took her hoof and pulled her to them both. Together, all 3 yelled again. “I Love Las Pegasus!”

“well, looks like you 3 had a good time.” Derpy said as she, Daring, and Bolt walked up.

“Sure did.” Bahamut exclaimed.

“some more then most.” Edge joked. He glanced over at Bahamut. “We practically had to drag him away from the Slot Machines.” Bahamut chuckled sheepishly.

“Actually, we went back to my childhood home so I could make peace with my parents.” Fluttershy explained. “at their insistence. And I’m glad we did.” she noticed the unknown gryphon. “who’s he?”

“oh.” Daring jumped into Bolt’s arms. “This is Silverbolt, my boyfriend.”

“Boyfriend?” the Las Pegasus trio exclaimed.

“What? Mares and Gryphon’s can’t date?” Bolt asked.

“no. just shocked.” Bahamut said. “but I guess love can come from anywhere.”

Daring reached down and grabbed the scepter. “And this is the Scepter of Zax and Jeria, the supposed creator’s of our world.” the Las Pegasus trio scratched their heads in confusion. The Appaloosa trio could hear the squeaking.

“don’t bother to try and understand. I didn’t make heads or tails of it either.” Derpy said.

“Don’t think we would’ve understood it either.” Edge said.

Pinkie giggled in anticipation. “This is going to be awesome!”

Marble giggled at her giggle. “I know.”

The lights flickered on, showing the two making some sort of plans. “…and then, after the various parties across Ponyville, we all retreat to Vinyl’s and Octavia’s new swing-dig, the Electronic Symphony, and have someone sing their heart out.” Marble suggested.

Pinkie smiled. “This is going to be the best Hearts & Hooves day ever!” Pinkie exclaimed.

Marble smiled. She pulled her close, much to her surprise. “you’re gonna make it perfect cause you’ll be there, cutie.”

Pinkie giggled. “save it for tomorrow, Marble. It’s gonna take the two of us to get the perfect Hearts & Hooves ready.”

“oh, what? Don’t want to have some fun tonight?” he seductively said.

“Oh, Marble. You’re such a tease.” Pinkie pulled Marble down onto her bed. “And I like that.” Marble smiled and kissed his marefriend.

This was going to be a good night.

Applejack sat under a tree, ready a book she borrowed by Twi.

“What’cha reading?” Zil asked as he sat down beside her.

Applejack flipped back to the cover. “how to conceive a child.”

Zil got a bit scared. “this isn’t another pregnancy scare, is it?”

“Zilver! You know we didn’t do the deed after we had that close-call. I’m just reading on ways on how we can avoid this again. Turns out there’s quite a number of ways I could get pregnant.”

“So… what should we avoid?” Zil asked. Applejack stared angrily at him. “in case we do ‘IT’ again.”

“Well, we know Twilight’s is one to avoid.”

“un doy!” Zilver comedic said. “One would thing being raped is one to be avoided.”

Applejack rolled her eyes. She looked at the book and got grossed out when she saw a disturbing image. “Or this.” she said, showing it to Zilver.

Zil looked at it and gagged. “how can one get Preggers from that?”

“I don’t know, but it’s possible.”

Zil sighed as he leaned back on the tree. “you know, I’m not adverse to kids.”

That was a word A.J. didn‘t recognize. “Adverse?”

“Against, opposed, deep hatred towards.” Zil got up. “I would like to have kids one of these days. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon.”

Applejack closed the book and put it down. “so do I. in fact, I was looking forward to it the last time. But I don’t want my child to come around like Twilight’s will.”

“I think you mean OUR child.”

A.J. rolled her eyes. “right right right. Our child.” Zil chuckled. “what?”

“you look cute when you’re flabbergasted.”

Applejack blushed at the ‘cute’ remark but had no clue what ‘flabbergasted’ meant. She walked over and kissed him on the cheek, making him blush. “you may be a coward at times, but you know when to come to someone’s aid.”

“yeah. Had Octavia and Vinyl’s son to thank for me changing my mind. He made me see that kids, even babies, aren’t all that bad.”

“I should thank them then.” Applejack chuckled. She thought for a moment. “you know, during the week we thought I was pregnant, I was actually looking forward to being a mother. I raised Applebloom by myself so I had practice.”

“I was actually looking forward to it too.”

A awkward silence fell over them. They both had the same thought but they weren’t sure the other had it. They both took a deep breath and said it at the same time: “I want to have a baby!” both were stunned by the other’s comment but they were both happy on the inside. “you do?” they both asked.

“yeah.” Applejack said. “there was another reason I was looking at that book.”

“To see which one was the most successful?”

“Yeah. So… you want to, Zilver?”

Zil pretended to think. He already had his answer. “think that barn is empty?” he turned to walk to it but stopped before he took a step. “we’re really going to do this, aren’t we?”

“I guess we are.” Applejack said as she walked to the door. She brushed his tail under his chin, making him stomp his front right foot in the ground like a rabbit.

The door to Carousel Boutique opened and a certain drake walked in.

“Rarity?” Spike called out. “Rarity?” he sighed as he leaned in the doorway. “did she call me here for nothing?” he pulled up the note he found on the door to the library this morning.

‘Spike,

meet me at Carousel Boutique at Noon sharp. I got a surprise for you.

XOXO

Rarity. ♥’

“It’s noon. But where is she?” he pondered, asking a fly that flew in front of him.

“Spiiiiiiiike…” Rarity called from above.

“Scratch that. Found her.” he said to the fly before making his way upstairs.

“Spiiiiiiiiike… I’m waiting…” she called again. The way she was calling him was scaring him. She take alcohol with a pill or something?

The voice was coming from her room. Okay, nothing weird about that. He opened the door, walked in, and what he saw made him freeze in place.

There was Rarity, lying on her bed in a VERY seductive pose. “well, hello there Spikey-Wikey…” she seductively said

.

Spike was taken off guard by her pose, so much that she couldn‘t think straight. “abadababdabdabdabdbadbadba… blwlwlwlw.” he shook his head, clearing his mind but he was still flabbergasted. “R-r-r-r-r-r-rarity. Um, ah… Hehehehe. What un… un… what are you doing?”

“What does it look like, Spikey-Wikey?” she slowly said with a smile.

“un… un… un…”

“cat got your tongue?”

He stood there for a moment before laughing nervously. “um… y-yeah.” he shook his head, clearing it up a bit. “why are you doing this?”

“why can’t I? I’m just doing this for the drake I love.”

A few dirty thoughts entered his mind. “r-really?”

“going out with you opened up my mind to why I had such bad luck with stallions: they weren’t considerate, kind, caring. They were all around mean. Fancy Pants wasn’t but he wasn’t my type. You, on the other hand, you are…”

“kind, caring, considerate, compassionate?” Spike finished.

“not to mention funny, eager to help, and sexy to boot.” Spike scratched his neck with a slight chuckle. Rarity used her magic to pull a stool under Spike and bring him over. “and you will be my first.” she softly said.

“b-b-b-b-but I’m just a teen.” he nervously said.

“then call me a cougar cause I love you and only you, Spike.”

“But are you sure, Rarity, cause I won’t do this if yo--” she licked his snout, causing him to lose all focus. “Abadadbababababadadadababdadbadbadaa…” he shook his head. “stop doing that. You’re gonna make me lose all focus.” She kissed him again. He dreamily sighed and shut each eye one at a time.

This was going to be a good night for him.

Shadow sighed as he set down the last of his papers on his old desk. He looked around his old workshop and sighed.

“home sweet home.” he said. He looked out the nearest window and stared at the majesty that was Maredrid. “man, I missed this place.” but even moving back home couldn’t rid his mind of Rainbow Dash. “get over it, Storm Shadow. There’s no way she’d go for you. She’s with a Wonderbolt.” he sat down at his desk and sighed. “should’ve made my move when I had the chance.”

Begin Song:

Volare - Vitamin C version

The sudden appearance of that song caught him off guard. What even further surprised him was the one singing it.

Rainbow Dash:
♪sometimes the world is a valley of heartaches and tears.
And in the hustle and bustle, no sunshine appears.♪

He turned around to see Rainbow walking up to him, singing the song he instantly recognized.
♪but you and I will always have love to remind us…
There is a way we can leave all these shadows behind us♪

Dash clicked a button and let a radio take over from where she left off.

“Rainbow Dash.” Shadow jumped down from his seat. “what are you doing here?”

Dash smiled. “I find out that a stallion who loved me but never said a flippen’ word leaves Ponyville so he can’t interfere with my relationship with a Wonderbolt who turned out to be my brother from another mother.”

“what are you saying, Dash?”

“I’m saying that…” Dash flew on over and picked him up. “…why did you tell me sooner?” Shadow smiled and the two kissed.

Shadow sighed as he drew that scenario out on a piece of paper. “guess that’s too much to ask.” he sighed.

Dash sadly leaned back on a bench. She had spent all day asking around about Shadow but she couldn’t find him.

“I don’t understand. He said his hometown was BeiMane, right?” she asked herself. She looked at the letter Shadow had left. She sadly sighed, tears gently rolling down her face. “guess this was… never meant to be.”

She got up and headed for the station, leaving all hopes of a relationship behind.

It’s going to be the best Hearts & Hooves day tomorrow for everyone but it looks like Dash is going to be left out of the fun.

Author's Notes:
aww... admit it. some of you Furries have a boner going on right now, don't you? i'm not one of youshe but i ain't judging. if horses turn you on, then horse turn you on.

but man, poor Rainbow Dash & Shadow. everyone has a lover but them. what should i do?

Matchmaker

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Final Chapter 16

Matchmaker

Late at night, while the residents of Ponyville were asleep, several dark figures crept though town, putting into motion a great plan.

Spike yawned loudly as he woke up after the best night of his life. He blinked his eyes and licked his lips. He looked to his left and saw Rarity fast asleep right next to him, talking in her sleep.

“oh, Spike… You are such a beast in bed…”

Spike blushed as he scratched his cheek. Not bad for a first-timer. He carefully got out of bed and made his way downstairs.

Rarity woke up to the smell of blueberry’s. she opened her eyes and yawned, noticing Spike wasn’t there.

“must be downstairs.” she concluded. She got out of bed and took a couple of steps before she started to have trouble walking. “whoa. My legs are like rubber.” she chuckled to herself. “well, it was a wild night last night.”

Rarity stumbled down the stairs, trying not to fall head over heels. She reached the bottom and headed to the kitchen to see Spike making blueberry pancakes.

“isn’t it traditional for the woman to make breakfast after ‘whoopee’?”

Spike chuckled. “well, I always made breakfast when I woke up back in the library. Plus, from the looks of your legs, I’d say your having trouble standing right now.”

“you’re right.” Rarity sat down in the closest chair she could get. “I’m so glad I sent Sweetie Belle to Dinky’s for the night. Otherwise, we’d have a lot of questions to answer.”

Spike chuckled. He used his tail and brought Rarity over to him. He kissed her full on the lips. “I love you, Rarity.”

She smiled, leaned forward, and softly said in his ears. “And I love you, Spike.”

The rest of the denizens of Ponyville woke up on the lover’s holiday, Hearts & Hooves day.

Berry Punch opened her windows and rubbed her eyes. She was surprised to see the town was covered in decorations fit for the holiday.

“Whoa. Who did this?” she wondered.

Elsewhere, Pinkie, Marble, and the Humans were celebrating a good job well done decorating the town.

Rainbow sighed as she depressingly looked out a window on the train-ride home.

“I don’t understand. He said that he lived in BeiMane before coming to Ponyville. Could I have gotten the name wrong?”

A stallion groaned as he sat down in the seat next to her. “sorry. This was the last seat open.”

“it’s okay.” Dash said. “I really don’t care.”

“uh-oh. Sounds like a problem.”

“it is. This Stallion I liked disappeared, trying to hide his feelings from me. I went to look for him in his home town but I think I got it wrong. I know it’s a 2 syllable name but I can’t, for the life of me, remember it.”

“mmm… and this stallion? Did you love him?”

Dash smiled. “it wasn’t until recently that I realized my feelings for him but… yeah. I love him. Like how my friend Twilight loves Halo or how my best friend Ditzy loves her daughter Dinky.”

“I see. Then, in that case…” the stallion grabbed her, turned her around, and kissed her full on the lips. Dash pushed him back and got ready to punch him in the face when she saw who it was. “Shadow…?”

Shadow smiled at her. Dash smiled back and the two kissed.

*Record Needle Scratch*

“Miss?” the stallion asked, snapping Dash out of her daydream. “I said did you love him?”

“Huh?” she blinked and saw that it was just a dream. “un… yeah. I did. But now…” she sat back in her seat. “…with him gone… I’m not sure.” she glanced up at the stallion. “you… look familiar. Do I know you from somewhere?” the stallion shrugged. He didn‘t recognize her. “what’s your name?”

“Thunderlane. And you?”

“Rainbow Dash.”

“wow.” Twilight gasped, looking up at the decorations strung all over Ponyville. Every pony in Ponyville was out and about, looking at the décor. “whoever did this really put in a lot of thought.” Aura and Marble high-fived off-screen.

“I’ll say.” Fluttershy said. “there’s so many pretty colors.”

“we should thank whoever put these up.” Requiem said, knowing full well it was her and her friends.

Jax scoffed. “Why should I care? I’m never gonna find love.”

“is she always a put down?” Derpy asked.

“every time we experience a different worlds version of Valentines Day.” Ash sighed. “it’s quite depressing, really.”

“Whatever. She’s sure to love all of the games we set up.” Pinkie smiled, wearing a tool-belt.

“Games?” A.J. asked. “wait, did you put all this up by yourself?”

“not just her.” Marble said, putting up some banners. “she had help.”

“You?” everyone exclaimed in surprise. “mr. Emo himself?” Req added.

“What?” Marble jumped down and landed right beside his marefriend. “Ponies can change. If they have the right motivation.”

“if you say so.” The Mares said, still off guard by Marble’s sudden change.

“Hurry it up, Tia. We’re gonna be late.” Luna said as she got ready to go to Ponyville.

“I’m hurrying. I’m hurrying.” Celestia replied. She walked out, ready to go. “not sure what the rush is. You see Trixie any other day.”

“but she’s introducing me to her family; her 2 brothers. I want things to go well.”

“oh. Well, meeting one’s family can go either very well or very bad, even if you are a princess…”

“…that’s why I want it to go well. If they don’t like me…” Luna sat down with her hoof over her heart. “…I don’t know what to do.”

Celestia comforted her by patting her on the back. “It’ll go well, Lulu. Trust me.”

Luna gave a sighing chuckle. “yeah. Besides, what’s the worse that could happen, eh?”

“will you two please hurry up?” Cadence said, sticking her head though the door. “we’re gonna be late.”

As it turns out, Pinkie‘s, Marble’s, and the Humans plan for Hearts & Hooves was one great big party everyone in Ponyville is enjoying. Guess if one is on love on Hearts & Hooves, they go overboard in celebrating it. Thankfully, Nopony was complaining.

“this was a great idea, Pinkie.” Zilver said as he took a drink of his Hawaiian Punch though a silly straw. “over the top but great none the less.”

“I’ll say.” Daring asked, holding onto Bolt from the back. “I’ve never been to such a scary place before.” she joked.

“haha. Funny.” Ash said out loud. “(to a 5-year-old, maybe.)” he muttered under his breath.

“So, you two are an item?” Req asked. Both Daring and Bolt nodded. “huh. A Gryphon and a Pony. Well, it’s not the strangest relationship I’ve seen.”

“How so?” Bolt asked.

“long story. Not really important now.” Requiem put her drink down and limbered up. “well, I gotta bail. I got something special planned for later today.”

“Special? What is it?”

Req tapped her finger on her nose. “That… is a secret.” she said in a snarky tone before walking off.

A ball hit stacked milk bottles, knocking them down.

“Yes. I’m 5 for 5.” Spike exclaimed.

“and here’s your prize, good sir.” the carnie said, taking down a stuffed bear and handing it to Spike.

Spike, in turned, gave it to Rarity. “For you, Milady.”

“Aw, Spike. Thanks.” Rarity said. She used her magic to pick it up. She also used it to bring him close and kiss on the cheek.

“Aw, what’s this I see?” Twilight said. Rarity and Spike blushed as Twi, Halo, Zilver, Applejack, and Trixie walked over. “are you two dating now?”

Spike and Rarity looked at each other and smiled. “yeah. Yeah, we are.” they both replied.

“Oh, congrats.” A.J. said. “I always knew you two would make a good couple.”

“Thanks, Applejack.” Rarity said.

“I’m still a little bit worried about Sweetie Belle, though. She didn’t exactly accept this with open arms.”

Zilver heard laughing off in the distance. He looked and saw Sweetie Belle playing with a young colt. “I don’t think you’re going to have to worry about that.”

They all looked in the same direction and saw her playing with the colt. “well, that was fast.” Rarity said with a smile.

Everyone looked on, completely unaware of the 4 regal ponies approaching from behind. The only stallion in the group silently snickered and gestured to the other 3 to ‘shush’. he tip-toed over and put his hooves in front of Twilight’s eyes. “Guess Who?”

Twilight gasped in delight. “is it… Mr. Tolhooves?”

“your old literary teacher?” Armor asked in confusion.

Twilight removed Armor’s hooves and hugged her BBBFF. “it’s been so long, Armor.” she broke the hug and turned her attention to her sister-in-law. “Cadence!” she squealed.

“Twilight!” she excitedly said. They hugged each other tightly.

Twi broke it and turned her attention to Cadence’s 9 months pregnant belly. “And hello to you too, you clever little guy. Or girl.” Twi chuckled in excitement. “just 2 months away. Feeling nervous?”

“Deathly.” Cadence said with big worry. “but I’m making do.” she said with a smile. Twi smiled back.

“it’s nice to see you too, Twilight.” Celestia said. “You seem to be doing better since I last saw you.”

“And why wouldn’t I be?” Twi replied. “I got great friends…” she walked over and put her hooves around Halo. “…a wonderful Coltfriend, and Starlight on the way in 9 months. I’m as happy as a clam.”

“Starlight?” Luna asked. Twilight pointed to her belly. That explained it all. “oh.”

“so, I take it you’re not scared stiff anymore?” Celestia asked.

“a little. But that’s now just fear if I’ll be a good mother or not.”

“of course you will, Twilight.” Spike said. “You had practice with me.”

“You are a dragon. This is a pony. Big difference.”

Spike was about to argue but didn’t. “you got me there.”

Luna chuckled before interrupting. “if we’re done, I have something to say.” everyone quieted to hear what she had to say. Trixie already knew what it was before she even said it. “I finally met my soul mate.”

“Oh, congrats Luna.” they all said. “who’s the lucky guy?” Zilver asked. Trixie chuckled and walked on over. “You mind moving, Trixie? You’re gonna make it impossible for Luna to tell us who her soul mate is.”

Trixie chuckled again. “He always was the slow one.”

“so I noticed.” Luna chuckled.

That little quip pieced it all together. “wait…” a stunned Halo said. “you mean you two are…”

“Dating?” they both asked.

“And that answers that.”

“aw, ain’t that nice?” Rarity said. “just like Cadence and Armor. True love can come from anywhere.”

“wait wait wait.” Zilver exclaimed. “Trixie said she was going out with Lily.”

“I am, or rather was, Lily.” Luna said.

“Oh. Well, never mind then.”

“but still, congratulations. I wish you two the best.” Twilight said with a genuine smile.

“Thanks.” both Luna and Trixie said.

Marble ran on though, passing out fliers. He shoved one in Celestia’s face, which caught her off guard. “whoa whoa whoa. Where’s the fire, Marble?” Spike asked.

“Read the flier and see.” he said before running off.

Twilight sighed as she shook her head. She sensed Celestia wanted some kind of explanation. “ever since he started going out with Pinkie, he changed. and for the better.”

“oh.” Celestia didn’t hear her. She was reading the flier. “what’s it say?” Cadence asked.

“it just says to go to a place called Electronic Symphony?”

“oh, I know where that place is.” Zilver said. “Follow me.”

The train from BeiMane rolled into Canterlot. Rainbow and Thunderlane walked off, alone with all the other passengers.

“You know, you’re not a bad girl, Dash.” Thunder said with a smile.

“If you say so.” a depressed Dash replied. Thunder nudged her in the shoulder and smiled. Dash tried to give a smile back but didn’t feel like it. “I just want some time alone, okay?”

“if you say so.” Thunder said. He unfurled his wings and took to the air. “Catch you on the flip side, ‘kay?”

“if you want.” she walked off.

“that is one depressed girl.” Thunder said to himself. “I gotta find someway to cheer her up.” he said as he flew on.

Dash walked to the edge of a balcony and plopped down. “Shadow…” she looked down over the edge to the ground below. “should I…? *sigh* no, can’t think of it now.” she looked up to see a couple of spotlights coming from Ponyville. “what’s going on there?”

Pretty soon, all over Ponyville was packed into the new nightclub. It’s like Octavia and Vinyl were anticipating for such a full house.

“did this place just come about?” Twilight asked.

“About a week ago, yeah.” Zil said. “VInyl and Octavia named it after their son, you know?”

“they have a son?” everyone in the group that was from Ponyville asked in surprise.

The light’s turned off, frightening some kids in the crowd. “That was unexpected.” Derpy said. The liht’s turned on to reveal that some of the members of the audience was gone. And they were the Mane 6.

“Twilight?”

“Applejack?”

“where’d they go?” Edge asked.

Begin Song:

White Wishes by BoA - English version

The music began to play. The spotlights flicked on and shone down on the stage. Vinyl was at her trademark board with Octavia right beside her with her cello and her bother, Neon Lights, on another.

In the center of the stage stood a VERY familiar female figure, accompanied by 5 familiar equine outlines.

“This song goes out to all the lovers out there in the world. Don’t be afraid to jump onstage and join.” Requiem said.

Requiem:
♪Think of days with no hopes
So all alone in the dark I cried so many tears
Now I know, now I know
The page was turning chapter one in my book of love♪

The ponies in the crowd clapped their hooves together in rhythm.

Requiem and (Mane 6):
♪(But you came here to show me that) dreams can come true
I want you to know my heart glows from your touch
(In your arms all the pain inside) washes right through
Together we'll find a way♪

Requiem and (Mane 6):
♪(I believe your love, I believe in our love)
No matter what I know our aim is true
(Every step we take our love will grow stronger)
I wish that two hearts could be one♪

Requiem:
♪Here we are, hand in hand,
We watch the stars up in the sky,
They're shining down on us♪

Several members of the crowd ran up onstage and joined them. Naturally, they were Halo, Zilver, Marble, Spike, Trixie, Luna, Cadence, Armor, and the rest of the Humans.
♪We can share every day in every way
We hold the promises of tomorrow♪

Dash walked in to see this all taking place. She depressingly sighed. “everyone has love but me…” she sadly said.

Requiem and (all females):
♪(Hold me tight, wanna feel you close)
So don't let me go
I want us to be until the end of time
(Call my name any time when your) heart feels sorrow
I'll wipe the tears from your face♪

Requiem and (all females):
♪(I'll be there for you, I'll be right by your side)
I promise to cherish eternally
(You're the only one to get me through this life)
I wish that our hearts could be one♪

Requiem passed the mike to the Party Pony and let her sing.

Pinkie:
♪Seasons are changing
Snow's coming down now♪

She snapped her fingers, making Derpy, Lyra, Bonbon, Berry, Big Mac, Cheerilee, Dr. Whooves, Carrot Top, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Applebloom, Pipsqueak, Feather Weight, Sparkler, Dinky, and Celestia appear on stage. They were all a little embarrassed to be on stage in front of all these people, even more so for the Princess but, after some insistence from the others, gave in.
♪Melting from traces of our love
Never be alone forever more♪

Pinkie passed the mike to Requiem, who caught it with ease.

Requiem:
♪I believe your love, I believe in our love
No matter what I know our aim is true
Every step we take our love will grow stronger
I wish that two hearts could be one♪

Everyone onstage:
♪I'll be there for you, I'll be right by your side
I promise to cherish eternally
You're the only one to get me through this life
I wish that our hearts could be one♪

Requiem:
♪I wish that our hearts could be one♪

The adventure continues in Friends from Unexpected Places, starting with chapter ‘Eris’

Author's Notes:
let's be honest. this was not one of better side-stories, was it? in the beginning, i was trying to make it non-rushed, then i went and made it rushed. stupid me, right? and again, just like of Ponies and Humans, the final chapter also felt rushed. guess when i comes to finales, i go to fast.

Credits

Even in the darkest of times....

I Want to Protect You ~white wishes~ (Ending Version)

Love always finds a way to find it's way into one's heart...

as the battle between Light and Darkness rages on...

Story:
Zach Wood

Editing:
Zach Wood.

Song Choices:
Zach Wood

Cast:

Requiem Hikaru
Rebecca Shoichet

Aura Aesir
Johnny Yong Boush

Jacqueline 'Jax' Yggdrasill
Lisa Ortiz

Sora Yggdrasill
Hayden Penntiere

Bahamut
Russell Brand

Ashlin Geroma Arapaho Silverton (Ash)
Steve Burton

Satoshi Tanaka
Haley Joel Osment

Twilight Sparkle
Tara Strong

Applejack & Rainbow Dash
Ashleigh Ball

Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy
Andrea Libman

Rarity and Princess Luna
Tabitha St. Germain

Princess Celestia
Nicole Oliver

Teen Spike
Jaleel White

Applebloom
Michelle Creber

Sweetie Belle
Claire Corbett

Scootaloo
Madeleine Peters

Halo's Light
Simon Pegg

Zilver's Light
Ricky Gervais

Marble Cake
Seth Green

Storm Shadow
George Lopez

Mirror's Edge
Sam Riegel

Derpy Whooves
BaldDumboRat
(i don't know her real name, just her youtube handle)

Dr. Whooves/Time Turner
PierceSmoulder
(again. youtube handle only.)

Shining Armor and Braeburn
Andrew Francis

Princess Mi Amore Cadenza
Britt McKillip

Trixie Lulamoon
Kathleen Barr

Pipsqueak
(you know, they never did mention the name of the guy who played him. for now, ignore it.)

Feather Weight
Tobey Macquire

Soarin' and Silverbolt
Matt Hill

Spitfire
Maryke Hendrikse

Thunderlane
John Travolta

Octavia Philharmonica
Keira Knightly

Vinyl Scratch
Jolie Jackson

Lyra Heartstrings
Heather Hogan

Bonbon.
Jennifer Hale

Daring Do
Chiara Zanni

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and it's Character's are Copyrighted by Hasbro.

The Requiem Trinity and it's Characters are Copyrighted by Me.

any OC characters of MLP:FIM belong to me.

all music used belong to their proper owners.

Fluttershy & Edge: Blooming Friendship

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 11

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Fluttershy & Edge:

Blooming Friendship

A very bored Edge toyed with a notebook. He took a bored breath and sighed, flicking though the notebook with it. The little breath caused something to fall from a bookshelf and break. The Changeling winced when he heard that.

“hope that was nothing important.” he hoped. He fluttered on over and saw that it was a picture that fell. “wow. I have strong breath.” he felt a cool breeze behind him. He looked to see that the window was open. “or maybe the wind caused it to fall.”

He brushed off the glass and picked up the picture and it’s frame. He put the frame on the nearest table and brushed off the picture of any glass and took a look at it.

In it was a foal Fluttershy with her parents, both of whom are Mares; one of whom looked like a much older Fluttershy. “ ‘Shy didn’t mention her parents were Filly-Foolers.” he muttered.

The door opened. Fluttershy and Bahamut walked in, both carrying some animal food when they noticed Edge with the picture. “Edge!” Fluttershy exclaimed.

“the wind knocked it down off the bookshelf. I just picked it up.”

Bahamut looked to his right and saw the open window. “knew I forgot something.” he muttered as he closed it.

“Who are these 2?” Edge asked, pretending not to know anything.

Fluttershy put her bags down and flew over. “these are my mothers; Summer Night and Autumn Breeze. I haven’t seen them since I moved to Ponyville.”

“huh.” Edge flipped the photo and saw nothing on the other side. “what’s keeping you from seeing them again?”

Fluttershy’s expression turned sad. “well… when I left, they were in a pretty bad argument and… I think I somehow caused it.”

“you!?” both Dragon and Changeling exclaimed in surprise.

“how can you cause a argument? You’re… you’re cute!” Edge said in surprise.

‘Shy blushed at the compliment. “Thanks, Edge.”

“the question still stands, Fluttershy. How can you cause a argument with your parents?” Bahamut asked.

“I don’t know. All I know is that they were arguing pretty bad when I left and I heard my name come up a few times. So… I’m worried that they broke up and it was all my fault.” Bahamut and Edge looked at each other. “and the worst part? It was on Hearts and Hooves day when I left so… I have a bad feeling when that holiday comes around. It… fills me with grief, knowing that I may have broke up my parents on the most romantic holiday of the year.” a single tear ran down her cheek and fell onto the photo.

Edge and Bahamut felt bad for her. That was heartbreaking, no doubt. They looked at each other and came up with the same idea. “how about this?” Edge suggested. “how about we go and find your parents?”

A surprised Fluttershy looked back to him. “What?”

“You heard me. We go to your hometown, find your parents, and you make up with them or force them to make up. Quick, simple, easy, and maybe we’ll have time to swing by a carnival.”

Bahamut chuckled at it. “Edge…”

“okay, fine. Maybe we can skip the carnival but I’m serious about the other stuff.”

“…”

“Come on, ‘Shy.” Bahamut insisted. “You said it yourself, you haven’t seen mommy and… mommy in a long time. You must be missing them something fierce. Plus, this isn’t a demon you want to be carrying around. Trust me…” Bahamut thought back to when he met his real mother for the first time. “…it’s not something to be left untouched.”

Fluttershy looked back to the picture. He’s right. This is something that would keep eating away at her. She looked up at the dragon and the changeling.

“we’re going.”

“Yes!” both males said.

“un… where ARE we going, exactly?” Edge asked.

Fluttershy grabbed the picture and looked at it. “to Las Pegasus.”

A all-so-familiar rock tune filled the air as the train bound for Las Pegasus rolled down the tracks.

“♪Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire. Got a whole lot of money that’s a-ready to burn so get those stakes up higher…♪” the singing came from a bad sounding Bahamut as he poorly played a guitar. “…♪so Viva Las Pegasus. Viva Las Pegasus. a-Viva, a-Viva, Las Pegasus…♪” a irritated Unicron grabbed the guitar and tossed out the nearest window. It shattered when it hit the rocks outside.

The passengers cheered as Bahamut crossed his front legs. “You got no music in your soul, sista.” the Unicorn rolled her eyes and got up from her seat.

“you were singing rather badly.” Fluttershy meekly said.

“so singing’s not my forte. Ain’t stopping me from having a good time.”

“hmm…” that’s a good point. That couldn’t help but make Fluttershy chuckle, though. She looked out the window to the rolling country-side below. She looked back into the car to see everyone inside laughing and chatting. Even Bahamut was entertaining a baby by making funny faces. She noticed something was off. She took a quick look around and saw that a certain someone was gone. “where’s Edge?”

Begin Song:

Eternal Moments - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep OST

The Changeling, in his pony disguise, sat on top of the car they were riding on and looked out at the landscape. Fluttershy climbed up the latter and saw him. “what’s wrong, Edge?”

Edge looked back and noticed her. “hey, Fluttershy.”

She walked on over to him. Edge looked back at the countryside as Fluttershy sat down beside him. “so, what are you doing up here?” she asked.

“well… not a big fan of crowded places. Think I have claustrophobia. It was pure hell back at the hive.” he stopped for a moment and silently chuckled.

“What?” ‘Shy asked.

“I remember one time. A Changeling named Ditto tried to imitate a Diamond Dog. It backfired and instead turned her into 100 Dittos.”

Fluttershy laughed. “So what happened to this Ditto… sorry, Dittos?”

“we numbered them. There’s Ditto #1, Ditto #2, Ditto#3... All the way up to 100. It also didn’t help that we shared the same cave. I was begging to leave.” Fluttershy laughed again. “and that’s not the worst part. The worst part is that they all had the same ANNOYING personality. They didn’t try to branch out and try other ideas, no no no. they stuck with the same annoying personality AND voice. I thought I was gonna have a aneurism.”

“was Ditto really that bad?”

“you kidding? She makes Pinkie look sane. Well, at least in Changeling standards. Probably a whole lot different in pony standards. But still, it doesn’t change the fact that she’s annoying as Tartarus.”

Fluttershy chuckled. Edge chuckled as well. The 2 looked at the country-side for a few minutes before Fluttershy asked the question that was on everyone’s mind at this point.

“Edge?”

“hmm?”

“what did you do during the invasion?”

“Invasion? Oh, you mean of Canterlot. Well, I was one of the ones who were trying to stop you all from reaching the Elements of Harmony, and you saw how that turned out. I was changing forms in front of Pinkie, trying to frighten her. I did Rarity, then Rainbow Dash, even you. but she just laughed and said ‘do me, do me.’ so, I did her. You wanna know her reaction? she said ‘meh, I’ve seen better’ and used Twi as a Gatling gun. Knocked me out cold. Next thing I know, the barrier popped back up and sent me and my brothers and sisters flying in all directions. I was able to meet up with 50 others and we found refuge in a cave. THEN Jax and the CMC entered the same cave. Jax beat the snot out of us… then you and Bahamut found me.”

“wow.” Fluttershy gasped. “I didn’t know Jax was the one who did that.”

“but if it wasn’t for you, I would be dead. Thanks, Fluttershy.”

“it was nothing. Just did what anyone else wo-- well, okay. Maybe not everyone, but still…” Edge gave a sly chuckle. Another thought entered ‘Shy’s mind. “so… when are you planning on going back to your own kind?”

Edge looked at her in surprised at first but saw where she was coming from. “I don’t know. Maybe next week, maybe in 10 years.”

“what do you mean?”

“well, I made a promise to myself: I’m not leaving until I repay you for taking care of me. And so far, I wasn’t able to.”

“you didn’t? well, what do you need to do?”

Edge chuckled. “now that… is a secret.” ‘Shy chuckled. “what about you? See your parents for the first time in… I’m guessing 11 years?”

“you guess right. I haven’t wrote them a letter or anything in that time. I didn’t even hear from my sister in a long while.”

“Sister?”

“yeah. Gale Winds. She’s a year younger then me and expecting her first foal anyday now.”

“huh. So… that means that this would be the first time you saw her as well, right?”

“yeah. I’ve kept in touch with Gale since I left. I told her about me meeting my new friends, becoming a element of harmony, defeating Nightmare Moon, Discord, and the Changelings, no offense…”

“None taken.”

“I even wrote her about how the humans came. But… recently, I stopped.”

“Why?” Fluttershy looked at him, inadvertadly giving him his answer. “oh. Me.”

“That, and ourselves being turned human, the return of Nightmare Moon, Twilight getting pregnant…”

“okay, okay. I get the picture.” he looked up to the sky. “Must be nice. Having a family.”

Edge jolted in surprise when he felt something touch him. He looked to see Fluttershy resting her head on his shoulder, tears silently falling down her face. “ ‘Shy? You okay?”

“yeah. It’s just been so long since I talked about this with anyone.” she kissed him on the cheek, turning his whole body a deep shade of red. “it’s nice to have a friend to talk to.”

“no sweat.” a flustered Edge said, scratching his neck.

Bahamut watched this display from the edge with a smile. “if he wasn’t a Changeling, they’d make a cute couple.” he said as the train continued to roll on down the line.

End song.

True to it’s name, Las Pegasus is a ponified version of our Las Vegas, with anything with human in it, like the Mini-Statue of Liberty, was a pony version. Everything else was the same, though. The glass pyramid, Luxor Casino, and the gambling, all the same.

The train rolled into a station on the outskirts of the city. The trio flew off from the top and headed for the city the fastest way possible; air travel.

“So, where do they live?” Bahamut asked while flying on his back.

“very close by. Unless they decided to move during the time I was gone.”

“well, think positive.” Edge said, giving the pony version of a thumbs-up.

After looking around for just 10 minutes, Fluttershy found her childhood home. She flew on down and landed at the doorstep. Bahamut and Edge landed in the grass. She took a deep breath and looked back to her friends. They both smiled. She took a deep breath again.

“well… here goes…” she silently said. She reached up and hesitantly knocked the door.

“coming.” a voice said from within. Fluttershy recognized it as her Mom’s voice. She happily gasped when she heard it was her. She was even more happy to hear 2 different sets of hoof-steps coming.

The door opened wide, revealing a more full-grown version of Fluttershy and a orange Earth Pony mare right there. they looked down and gasped when they saw who it was. “F-Fluttershy?”

A tearful Fluttershy looked up. “hi Mom. Mommy.” she choked up. “Long time, no see.”

Both her mothers collapsed to the knees and hugged their daughter. “we missed you so much.” Summer cried.

“I missed you too, Mommy.” Fluttershy cried back.

Edge and Bahamut felt uncomfortable being in the middle of this. Fluttershy sensed this and broke the hug.

“it’s been too long, Fluttershy.” Autumn sniffled, trying to hold back the tears.

“I know, Mom.” Fluttershy sniffled. “I want to introduce to a couple of friends of mine.” she ran on back to the male duo and stood between them. “This is Bahamut, a Dragon from… out of planet and Edge, my best friend in the world.”

Bahamut stood there with a comical fazed face. “and what am I, chopped liver?” the 4 just stood there with blank expressions. “It’s a human sa-- never mind.”

“he’s a bit odd.” Edge and ‘Shy both said.

“so, Fluttershy, what happened to you these past 11 years?” Summer asked.

“you mean… Gale didn’t tell you?”

“no. why?” Autumn asked.

“It’s nothing. Just means this is gonna be a long story.” she said with happiness in her voice.

“Well, come in. better to talk indoors, right? We got some cookies ready.” Summer asked as the 2 walked back in.

“OOH! Cookies.” Bahamut flew on in, eager to get the first one.

Edge gave a groaning sigh before walking after him. “Edge…” he stopped when he heard his name. “Thanks for encouraging me to do this.”

Edge smiled. “No problem, ‘Shy.”