Back in Equestria, in Manehattan, Rara was pacing back and forth in Coco's living room. She has been in absolute distress ever since the singing contest ended. That contract that she and Mike signed, was also an Equestrian Marriage Certificate, which meant... she was now officially married to a male human.

"How could this happen?" exclaimed Rara. "I can't believe this. How could she do this to me? Sapphire said I was going to revive my career with a human, not get married to one. Oh!" She continued to distressfully pace in Coco's living room. Rarity, Fluttershy, and Coco were all present and they were very concerned for Rara.

"Now, now darling. I'm sure Sapphire had a good reason for doing this," replied Rarity.

Rara stopped pacing and looked dead at Rarity. "A good reason?" she asked. "A GOOD REASON??? All Svengallop did was use my talents just so he could get what he wanted, but this? This is very unimaginable. From what Coco has told me about him, and from how little I interacted with him, I'm sure Mike is a very nice guy. BUT I'VE ONLY KNOWN HIM FOR LIKE... 2 MINUTES!!!"

"Um, maybe we're all looking at this wrong," said Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy, I've read it multiple times, and I assure you, it's absolutely legit. That contract was meant for me and Mike. Where this marriage comes in, I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE!" Rara yelled, causing Fluttershy to squeak and hide behind her mane. Coco stared wide eyed at Rara, as her roommate hardly ever swore. Rara immediately regretted her words. "I'm sorry, I keep forgetting how sensitive you are."

"It's okay," replied Fluttershy, as she removed the bands of her mane from her face.

"Well, this may not be so bad darling," said Rarity. "I mean this is Mike. And he IS quite the charmer."

Coco cut her off. "RARITY, YOUR NOT HELPING!!!"

Rarity immediately regretted her words. "Your right, I'm sorry. That was uncalled for."

Coco stood up from her chair and walked up to Rara, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Look, Twilight and AJ are on their way to see Sapphire to get to the bottom of this. I'm sure everything will be good from there."

Meanwhile, back on Earth, at Mike's apartment in Lebanon, Tennessee, Mike was with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie and was in a similar dilemma. Though, unlike Rara, Mike was lying down on his bed trying to figure out what just happened last night.

"I'm married. I'm married. I'm married."

"Yep. It sure looks like it," Pinkie replied as she was watching a DVD about talking trains on Mike's television.

"Look, AJ and Twilight are on their way to see Sapphire Shores. Whatever the case, I'm sure there's a good reason for all this," said Rainbow.

"How can there be a good reason?" asked Mike. "I have never had a date before, and I've only known Rara for like... 2 minutes, I guess?"

"Look, right now, you're just married to Rara in Equestria, not on Earth," Rainbow Dash explained. "There's surely a difference, right?"

"No," Mike replied. "It's the same as getting married in another country. And if I'm married, then I'm married."

"Well hey, look on the bright side," replied Pinkie. "Rara has often been regarded as one of the hottest and sexiest mares in all of Equestria. And guess what. YOUR MARRIED TO HER!!!"

"PINKIE, YOUR NOT HELPING!!!" Rainbow shouted. But Pinkie wasn't listening, she was too busy paying attention to what was happening on the screen in front of her.

"Annie and Clarabel were glad when Percy arrived, he was just in time. The rain streamed down Percy's boiler. 'Ugh!' he shivered. And thought of his nice dry shed."

"So all that's needed is the Princess' seal, right?" asked Mike.

"If it's from Princess Celestia herself, then yes, it's official," explained Rainbow Dash. "You know, in previous marriages that we attended, something crazy always happens. Chrysalis tried to attack Equestria on Shining Armor and Cadence's wedding day, and then there was that bug-bear that tried to attack Ponyville on Cranky Doodle and Matilda's wedding day. Hmm, I guess Princess Celestia wants to make sure nothing crazy happens this time, so maybe that's what she's trying to do."

"'Oh!' hissed Percy. 'The water is sloshing my fire.' Percy's driver and fireman had to find some more firewood. 'I'll have some of your floorboards please,' said the fireman to the conductor. 'I only swept the floor this morning,' grumbled the conductor, but he still helped."

"She's really been hooked on that show ever since we first met you," said Rainbow.

Mike chuckled. "Not as much Twilight has," he said. "She goes gaga over it."

"Well of course she does," said Pinkie. "She IS the princess of friendship after all. And this show IS about friendship, it's called 'Thomas and FRIENDS', if I'm not mistaken."

"Still though, television has been a really HUGE source of entertainment for ponies ever since Earth and Equestria's relations began," replied Rainbow Dash.

Back in Manehattan, Twilight and Applejack went to see Sapphire Shores to get some answers.

"How could ya do this to my childhood friend," yelled Applejack.

"I wanted to help get her career back on its hooves, and this felt like the best decision," explained Sapphire.

"By hooking them up on the spot?" replied Applejack, who was still pissed off. "They've only known each other for 2 minutes! How could pairing them up on the spot help Rara's career going again!"

Twilight intervened. "Applejack, calm down!" she snapped. "Yelling at Sapphire is not gonna solve anything!" Twilight then took a deep breath. "Look, I understand this is part of the of Earth and Equestria's relations, but I don't see the point of taking things to that level the minute they meet. In fact, how were you able to even get Princess Celestia's seal of approval on this?"

"Because we came to an agreement on this," said a voice.

The 3 ponies looked back and to their shock, they saw Princess Celestia herself at the doorway. Wearing a light pink business suit and skirt, it was apparent that she was here on business.

"Princess, y-you went along with this?" Twilight asked in shock.

Celestia walked next to Sapphire and replied, "Yes Twilight, I did."

"Beg pardon, princess," said Applejack. "But why? Why did ya feel the need to pair up one of our newest friends with my childhood friend right on the spot?"

"Well," Celestia explained. "When you told me about how you first met Mike and the hardships that he had to go through, I figured that he could be able to overcome this challenge." Celestia then looked towards AJ. "And Applejack, I know what Svengallop did to your childhood friend, and that's something I won't let happen ever again."

"Then why did you go through with this?" asked Applejack. "Like, what if it was a woman instead?"

"I actually planned for that, should it happen," replied Sapphire. "But Princess Celestia was so confident that Mike would win, and it was all thanks to your help."

"Wait, so you mean you wanted this to happen?" asked Twilight.

An angry look came back on Applejack's face. "In other words, you used us to make sure Mike would win."

"Exactly," Sapphire said casually.

This made Twilight very upset. "But why?" she asked. "Why have them married right on the spot? And how would both worlds respond to this when they learn about it? Rara is a celebrity, so this would no doubt cause a scandal."

"Perhaps I could answer that," another voice said.

The 4 ponies looked back at the door again and saw an orange unicorn with a fiery mane and tail, wearing a light blue blouse and black jacket.

"Sunset Shimmer?" asked Twilight.

"Hey Twilight, nice to see you again," Sunset replied. "Now as for your question, The reason why is because I've been helping on a new project."

"A new project?" Twilight asked confused.

"Yes. Ever since you helped Sunburst with making all of the portals to Earth stable, you've been asking me about the similarities between Earth and the mirror world. Princess Celestia wanted me to do some... well... unusual research with the human population and if there was a similarity between both worlds." Sunset then looked at Twilight. "Now tell me, what's the mare to stallion ratio here in Equestria?"

"It's four mares to one stallion," replied Twilight.

"And go back to when Ponyville was founded, what was the ratio back then?" asked Sunset.

"Three to one," replied Applejack.

"See where I'm going with this?" asked Sunset.

"I guess," said Twilight. "But that doesn't explain why Mike and Rara should be married."

"Well, I've learned that the male to female ratio is almost balanced in the mirror world. And if my calculations are correct, the ratio on the Earth is exactly the same," explained Sunset.

"But why have a pony mate with a human?" asked Applejack.

"Because if there are more mares born than stallions in Equestria, then it could be the end of the pony race in the far future," Sunset explained grimly and bluntly.

Twilight and Applejack looked at each other, completely shocked by what Sunset just said.

"But can this even work?" asked Twilight.

"I was just asking Sci-Twi the same question," replied Sunset. "It might be possible that a mare who wants to mate with a human male would give birth to a pony instead of a human. But this is just a theory."

"Do you think this will even work?" asked Applejack. "I mean, this is Mike, who's one of our newest friends, and Rara, who's my childhood friend."

"Well, the sirens said they were mothers before Starswirl The Bearded banished them to the mirror world, which I find hard to believe, but it is possible," said Sunset.

"There's still one problem, though. How do you think humans and ponies would react to this?" asked Applejack. "Earth has long-long history of conflicts. Humans had to deal with inter-racial marriage, same sex marriage, and all that led is to others thinking it was some kind of sin to their world. Now we're dealing with humans and ponies dating and getting married. And like Twilight said, Rara is a celebrity, and if this leaks out to the media, the scandal could be enormous."

Sunset corrected Applejack. "It's known as 'inter-species dating', and it would be like opening a Pandora's Box to some. But I'm sure that others will support Mike and Rara in this decision."

Twilight was confused. "Uhhh... what's a Pandora's Box?"

Sunset giggled. "It's one of those shows that the other girls showed me that one time, I instantly got hooked in it."

"Do you think they can even make this work?" asked Applejack. "There has to be a spark between them for this to happen. We can't just force them to do this."

"I think with time, things will eventually work out between Mike and Rara," explained Celestia. "Besides, we did explain this idea to all of Earth's leaders, and they're willing to support this plan. And right now, Mike has full admittance to Equestria because of this marriage. We just need to take care of several passports for our ponies to tour on Earth later on."

"Ya know? That begs the question, who else will be touring with them?" asked Applejack. "I heard Coco will be helping out with the tour, but who are the other ponies."

Sapphire smiled. "Well, let's just say that I was able to hire some of Svengallop's former members that worked with him. I think they will be glad to help Rara out on her tour. For now though, we need to help Mike get adjusted to Equestria first and spend some private time with Rara. And no, I don't mean like private-private. I mean like get them to know each other. Plus, since Coco lives in the same apartment, I'm sure she can help him out if problems come up."

"And don't worry about the marriage certificate," said Celestia. "It's been locked away in government archives, so the details will be kept limited. I want to make sure things do work out between them without forcing it on them."

Applejack and Twilight were relieved by this revelation. "Thank you princess, and we'll try as best as we can to keep the details limited."

And with that, Twilight and Applejack left Sapphire's office and began making their way down the streets of Manehattan.

"Well, that could have gotten a lot better," said Twilight. "Though I'm still very shocked at what we just learned in there."

"Me too," said Applejack. "Anyways, we better tell everyone what we've learned, and then help Mike get his stuff to Coco's apartment."

"Right," said Twilight. And the 2 ponies rushed off to Coco's apartment.

To Be Continued.

Author's Note

I should probably talk about the chapter's title. The 'uhhh' part is a reference to that one SpongeBob time card. You know, that one episode where SpongeBob and Patrick decide to adopt a baby scallop. In the episode, there's a very funny montage where SpongeBob would ask Patrick for help, only for Patrick to ignore him and watch TV. The montage then ends with a very funny time card that just says; 'UHHH...'

The time card is at 1:47.

I should also mention the fact that yes, I do like Thomas.
IT'S THE GREATEST SHOW EVER!!! AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN CHANGE THAT OPINION!!!

The episode in question that this chapter is referencing is 'Percy's Promise' from Season 3. If you wanna check it out, you can do so here.

Lastly, I wanna thank all of you people for favoring my story. I've never thought I would get this many comments, followers, and favorites, in such a short timespan. You guys are the best.