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Chapter Five

His name was Snow Flake.

On a personal level, Twilight Sparkle knew very little of him. What she did know however was that he was a Pegasus stallion having moved from Cloudsdale shortly before the Tornado event held in Ponyville; something which he later assisted in along with virtually every other Pegasus Pony in Ponyville. And from what Rainbow Dash told her, during her time at the Wonderbolt Academy, Snow Flake was also in her class and did quite well doing so; placing fourth best-in-class. He was also well known to be one of the largest built Pegasus Ponies who has ever lived in the history of Equestiria.

And he was standing right in front of the librarian.

Finally finding her voice, Twilight spoke, “…Well then, Mr. Snow Flake… would you please come on inside so we can begin our interview?”

“YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!” Was her response.

Once inside the library, and after reminding herself to get her hearing checked in the future, Twilight took her usual place in front of the interviewee and wrote down what she already knew about the white coated, muscular Pegasus Pony.

NAME: Snow Flake

GENDER: Male

Looking back up towards Snow Flake, Twilight began her questions.

“Please tell me, Snow Flake; do you… have any certain hobbies…?” Twilight asked.

“YEEEEEAAAAAAAH!!!!!” Snow Flake responded.

Twilight then added another question, “Very well then. And what might those be?”

“Well, I find crossword puzzles to be very stimulating if I don’t say so myself.”

There was a very long, pregnant pause. Twilight couldn’t help but cock her head to the side; and as she glanced over to her side, she saw Spike with his mouth hanging wide open.

It was Snow Flake of all present who broke the silence. After a sigh, he explained in a surprisingly calm manner;

“I know what you’re thinking Miss Sparkle: Why oh why am I talking like this now? I’m afraid it’s a condition I’ve had since the day I was born. I scream, well… what I can only assume what others like to call my ‘catch-phrase’, whenever somepony asks me a ‘Yes or No’ question. Take for example my taste in music: I happen to enjoy smooth jazz and on occasion even some of the more classics from Beethooven the Third. Now please ask me if I enjoy any music from Sapphire Shores.”

After a stunned silence, Twilight complied, “Um… do you enjoy music by Sapphire Shores?”

“YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!” After composing himself he then added, “See? I absolutely despise her songs and… well, you just saw what happened.”

Spike then spoke, “Geez, growing up must have been tough.”

Snow Flake turned to Spike and answered; “I’m afraid so. I was unfortunately the target of numerous bullies in school.
There was this one mare in particular who always went after me.” He then had a small grin on his face as he continued;
“Nonetheless, she got her comeuppance in the end at the annual Cloudsdale High, in the form of a flying punch bowl.”

A recent interview was jotted in the mind of Princess Celestia’s student.

“Flying punch bowl…” Twilight pondered out loud, “…oh wait! I remember one of my recent interviewees mentioning something about that.”

Snow Flake added, “You must be talking about Miss Derpy Hooves then. A very charming mare; she’s very nice when you get to know her better. She was in fact my date for the prom that year; and after we’ve witness what has got to be the best form of payback on a bully, we retreated for some ice cream with Miss Rainbow Dash and Miss Fluttershy. Afterwards, Derpy and I both agreed that we’re better off as friends; friends with a common interest.”

Finally writing down all that she had heard from the large stallion, Twilight then skipped to her last question.

“Would you ever consider dating anypony in the future?”

“YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!” He once again composed himself, “My apologies. But to answer your question… I’m not dating anypony at the moment; but who knows what the future holds.”

After writing down his response, Twilight then proceeded to show Snow Flake the exit as she spoke. “Well, thank you Snow Flake I think that will do for today. Thank you for your time.”

“A pleasure Miss Sparkle;” Snow Flake responded as he walked out the door. “And good day to as well Master Spike.” He called out to the dragon assistant.

After the door closed, Spike spoke, “Master Spike? That’s the first time anypony has ever called me that. I like it.”

“Don’t get any funny ideas Spike.” Twilight replied in mock annoyance.

Rarity gave her input, “Well I think it’s quite dapper for Spikey-Wikey.”

“Why thank you Miss Rarity.” Spike responded.

“As for Snow Flake,” Rarity said, “I’m quite surprised. He seems far more intellectual than what I assumed. If there was anything I learned from my experience with that filthy scoundrel from the Grand Galloping Gala, it’s that I should NEVER judge anypony based solely on their appearance. In the case of Snow Flake, it can work both ways. Therefore, I think I shall put him on the ‘yes for stallions’ category.”

Turning towards Spike, Twilight asked him, “Spike, how many more ponies are out there?”

Looking out the window, Spike replied, “I can see only three left. Two of them are mares, and the third one is wearing a big thick jacket. Not really sure why, it’s summer. The two mares, by the way, are Colgate and Flitter.”

Twilight made a mental note to look into why the third pony decided to wear something large and thick on a warm day later.

At that moment, her mind was focused on the other two mares in line with him or her; Rarity’s potential two other dates.
Colgate was Ponyville’s local dentist. Not just any dentist, but she was a dentist to be reckoned with. She was often seen going around the town reminding other ponies of upcoming appointments like how Pinkie Pie memorizes the names and cutie marks of every pony in Ponyville. Not to mention that she makes a habit of going on huge rants over what was supposed to be a simple teeth cleaning and making them sound like doing a heart transplant.

But still, Colgate was polite around others, and she was very good at her job; that had to count for something.

Flitter on the other hoof was a very… interesting pony, to say the least. She lived with her twin sister, Cloud Chaser, and they both work for Rainbow Dash’s Weather Team. As far as personal life goes, she and her sibling were very much opposite of each other. Cloud Chaser was a fan of loud rock music, Flitter meanwhile preferred calmer smooth jazz compilations. While Flitter was a proficient Chess player, Cloud Chaser spends a good majority of her down time at night in playing the latest craze in Equestria: Online Gaming. Cloud Chaser has shown herself to be quite spontaneous while her twin preferred to keep things at a steady pace.

Sounds like a milder version of comparing Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. Twilight thought to herself.

Now, in this particular case, Twilight had now just learned that the Pegasus twins’ opposite life style had even reached their dating life. Cloud Chaser had been seeing another local Pegasus stallion by the name of Thunderlane for a couple of months; while Flitter seemed to be more interested in a mare dating partner.

As she ran all of that information through her mind, she had absentmindedly trotted over to the door and motioned for the next pony in line to enter; whom turned out to be the strange jacket wearing pony.

Might as well get this mystery out of the way.

“Why hello there...” Twilight started as she awaited the name of this particular pony.

In a gravelly voice, the pony responded, “My real name isn’t important. You may call me… Mysterious Stranger.”

Twilight stared at ‘Mysterious Stranger’ for a couple of seconds, noting that the voice was clearly disguised but had a feminine touch to it. It was also quite young as well. That was when Twilight noticed that her hooves were orange while the part of her mane that stuck out from the Stranger’s hat was red. Finally, Twilight could have sworn that there was what looked like the tip of a pink ribbon along with the exposed mane.

…What in the world are the Cutie Mark Crusaders up to now? Twilight thought, Very well then girls, I’ll play along… for now.

“Well then, Mysterious Stranger, would you please come inside?” Twilight asked as she led the way inside the library, with the not so stealthy fillies in disguise following suit.

Once again taking up her position in front of her newest interviewee, Twilight then realized that she really didn’t need to write anything down; seeing that the Crusaders were up to something mischievous. Therefore, she settled for pretending to write something in her note pad; for the sake of playing along.

Twilight asked the first question, “Tell me Mysterious Stranger, what hobbies do you enjoy?”

Twilight could hear some hushed whispering from within the jacket, and then followed by the gravelly voice speaking more loudly.

“I don’t want to go into details, but let’s just say that it involves a lot of…sand... and the construction of fortresses on them.”

Twilight asked, “You mean, building sandcastles?”

“…Um… yes that.” The Stranger responded.

After pretending to write down ‘Spending time on the beach’ on her notepad, Twilight looked back up at the cloaked Stranger and asked the one question that would truly get the attention of the disguised Crusaders.

“Now tell me, Mysterious Stranger, have you ever dated anypony in the past, and-or had any romantic relationships with anypony in particular?”

“Gah!” A voice not sounding like the Mysterious Stranger erupted from within the coat. Following suit was an orange coated-purple maned Pegasus filly emerging from the cloak; none other than Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash’s biggest fan and all around tomcolt.

“This is so not worth it!” Scootaloo cried to the two other fillies now emerging from the cloak.

The first filly, Applejack’s younger sister Apple Bloom, was the first to respond. “Aw come on Scoots! What ever happened to tryin’ to get our Cutie Marks on bein’ secret agents?”

Scootaloo turned towards the yellow coated filly, “That was before we realized that this was about lovey-dovey stuff.”

“You didn’t have a problem with that when we tried to get Big Mac an’ Miss Cheerilee together… even if we did make a few mistakes…” Apple Bloom countered.

Scootaloo argued back, “Yeah, but that was because it was Hearts and Hooves Day. We didn’t want Miss Cheerilee to be alone on that day of all days. Not to mention that I don’t like it whenever anything lovey-dovey is pointing in my direction.”

“And the fact that Rainbow Dash an’ Fluttershy are datin’ doesn’t affect you at all?” Apple Bloom replied.

The third filly, Rarity’s younger sister Sweetie Belle, sighed and spoke to herself. “If Babs were here right now…”

Apple Bloom was correct on one thing however: The Captain of Ponyville’s Weather Patrol and Ponyville’s local veterinarian had only begun seeing each other just a couple of weeks prior to the interview session being held in the library. Some felt it was only natural that the two ponies, both who have known each other longer than the rest of Twilight’s friends, would eventually start spending more and more time with each other. When Twilight thought about it, they really did complement each other quite well.

Rainbow Dash would help give confidence and encouragement to Fluttershy whenever she went into her usual timid state.

In return, Fluttershy would act as moral support for Rainbow Dash whenever the speedster did some aerial training or when she just can’t land a new trick correctly.

Eventually, as the old saying goes: ‘This led to That’; and soon enough, Fluttershy finally found the nerve to ask Rainbow Dash out to a movie. Soon after, they’ve announced to everypony else that the two were now dating each other. Not as a full blown couple… at least not yet; but giving it a shot and seeing where it goes from there. Thus far, things seem to be going quite well for the two Pegasus members of what several ponies of Equestria came to call Twilight and her friends as ‘The Mane Six.’

Snapping back into reality, Twilight seized the opportunity and became the peacekeeper for the quarreling fillies.

“That’s enough from both of you.” Twilight commanded. After Apple Bloom and Scootaloo finally stopped arguing with each other, the lavender unicorn mare continued. “Now, why were the three of you wearing a big thick coat and using a thick accent?”

Sweetie Belle answered, “We decided to try to get our Cutie Marks in being top secret spies, like from the movies; and we decided to test out our disguise when we heard of some interviews happening here at the library. We figured that if we can fool our close ones with our disguise we can fool anypony.”

“Yeah, but that was before we found out that this had something to do with dating other ponies.” Scootaloo added.

Apple Bloom, ignoring Scootaloo’s distaste for anything sappy, asked Twilight, “You were fooled by us weren’t ya?”

Twilight decided to go easy on them, “Yes actually, before Scootaloo’s outburst you all had me questioning who might that Mysterious Stranger be.” Twilight decided to change the subject, “Is there anything else I can do for you girls?”

Sweetie Belle was the one to respond once again, “Well, while we’re here, do you have any of the ‘Where’s Colto’ puzzle books. We’re really starting to get into those back at Club House.”

“I think we do have some here Sweetie.” Twilight responded, “A wise choice too, Princess Cadance and I loved to do those back when I was your age! Spike, could you-”

Just as Twilight asked her dragon assistant to grab a puzzle book, he had already completed his task and walked right up to the Crusaders with a book in his claws. “Already done Twilight.” Spike said as he held the book out to Apple Bloom.

However, the youngest sibling of the Apple Family of Ponyville stood there almost frozen in front of the purple scaled dragon. Twilight couldn’t help but notice that there was a slight blush on the yellow filly’s face as she stammered out a response.

“Oh… uh… t-t-thank you S-S-Spike. What w-would we d-do without ya!” After uttering out those words, she grabbed the book in her teeth and bolted out the door.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo slowly glanced at each other, then towards Twilight and Spike.

“…We’re just as confused as you two are, so please don’t ask.” Scootaloo spoke after a long, awkward silence.

“…Okay then…” Twilight slowly spoke, “I’ll just mark that book down and it’ll be due in a week.”

The two fillies nodded and bid the unicorn and baby dragon a farewell before leaving to find their confused friend.

After another pause, Spike finally turned to Twilight and asked, “What the heck was that all about?”

Although Twilight had a very good idea on what Apple Bloom’s actions meant, she decided to not to jump to conclusions. The last thing she wanted was a repeat of how she dealt with the false Princess Cadance at the wedding rehearsal.

No, don’t think like that. She thought to herself, Don’t dwell on past mistakes. Besides, that was over a year ago; just let it go.

Rarity however answered for her. “I think I may know what that was about… but I’m not going to spoil anything for you Spikey-Wikey.” She said, her tone suggesting that she too had some strong suspicion of the youngest Apple sibling’s apparent crush.

Spike for his part shook his head at both of them, “Why must you two torment me like this?” He then walked over to the door to let in the next pony.

Author's Note

I decided to try writing this chapter without the bickering within Twilight's mind. It felt like it was distracting from the main story. And I wanted to throw in a couple of other shippings I support in this story. They're not the main ones of course, but I do plan on doing some brief Intermission Chapters that focuses on them and other characters. The first will be a hilarity filled Shining Armor/Princess Cadance short where Shining tries to conquer his fear of Slender. That will be after the next chapter.

And I swear, the first thing the next one will have is getting the last two interviews out of the way and Rarity will make a decision on the ponies she'll try to date.