Twilight spent the rest of the festival think of a name for that purple unicorn. She thought of every name, and combination of names, until she hit a creative roadblock and gave up. Shining noticed his sister's obvious indecision. "Hey Twilie, we can always think of a name later. We should be heading home anyway, it's getting late.", Shining said to his sister. Her eyes went wide with horror. "N-no! We have to stay to see Celestia raise the sun!", she whined, "I really, really, really, really want to see it!" Twilight gestured for Shining to come closer, and she leaned into his ear. "Plus", she whispered devilishly, "you can spend more time with Cadence." Shining went rigid from his sisters reasoning, but then the whole picture came together. "AHA! You did know!", Shining shouted louder than he intended.

Cadence gave him a confused look, and bystanders started to stare at him. Shining gave off a nervous laugh, and told the staring bystanders, "Hahaha, nothing to see here folks." The crowd took his word, and continued along with their business. "Okay Twilie fine, we can stay", Shining said defeated.. Twilight squealed with joy, and hugged her unicorn tighter.

Cadence walked over to him, still wearing that confused look. "Um, what was that about?", she asked with a smirk. "Nothing, it was nothing. You'd think I was crazy.", Shining assured her. She got a little miffed by his response. "Oh no! If you can tell me what kind of girl turns you on, you can tell me why you just publicly embarrassed yourself!", she snapped. Shining rose his hands in defeat. "Okay, fine. If you want to know so bad.", Shining said, "Remember when we first met?"

"Yeah."

"And how Twilie made us do all of that stuff together?"

"Well, I had this theory that Twilight was trying to set us up."

Cadence blushed slightly, and swallowed. "O-oh! But how does she know about romance like that?" Shining grabbed her shoulders firmly, and said, "She got as far as the sex part in The Notebook." Shining shivered a little, and Cadence's eyes shot open. "OH! I see.", she muttered.

"Shining, what's 'sex'?", Twilight piped up innocently. The two teenagers froze up out of fear. Twilight had a cute look in her eyes, screaming to save her childhood from the cruel secrets of nature. "U-u-uh, y-you see Twilie, uh.......it's when...uh.", Shining stammered. "We'll tell you when you're older, okay, I promise.", Cadence saved. Twilight got a little saddened at her denial of information, but it was for the better.

Shining sighed at his sister's saved innocence. Cadence looked back at him, and smiled. Her expression changed instantly as somebody from behind her......'accosted' her. Her face twisted in anger and she turned to face her attacker. "Hey buddy, where do you get off pinching girl's butts like that?", she demanded. She went to slap the guy who did it, but he grabbed her hand mid-swing. "Easy now, beautiful. There was no harm done....yet.", the voice said, thick with arrogance. Shining recognized that voice anywhere. "Hey Sparx! Hands off the girl!", Shining exclaimed at the school's number one ass-hole, Star Sparx.

"Oh look", he said releasing Cadence, "we've got a hero boys!" His posse stepped forward from the mingling crowd. It was a five-on-one fight, but one party had the clear advantage. "Come on Sparx, apologize, and this won't ugly.", Shining tried. "By ugly, do you mean your face when we beat you ass in front of this little brat and beautiful here?", he spat gesturing to Shining's party. Twilight didn't like the way he was talking to Cadence and her brother, so she decided to be brave, like Noah. She charged up a powerful bolt of magic, and fired it right into the genitalia of the bully. He hunched over in pain, and moaned in pain. Shining looked at his sister's satisfied smile with a look of disappointment and admiration. "Twilie! Violence is never the answer!", Shining scolded his sister. Cadence had an opposite reaction. "Hit him again Twilight! Come on, hurt him!", she egged on.

Sparx looked up from his fetel position, and rasped out, "Get that brat!" His boys had no problem ganging up on a small four-year-old, and charged. "Your choice.", Shining muttered, "You want to hurt Twilie, then come at me first!" Shining charged at the four large boys, ready to fight. The first boy he reached was the smallest of the group, and therefore, the easiest to dispose of. Shining went for his knee first, swiping the boy's leg out from under him. As he was falling, Shining spin-kicked him in the jaw, rendering the boy a KO. Flawless Victory, Shining thought to himself. The next two tried to double-team Shining, both flanking him on Shining's sides. Shining went to the left the first, and grabbed the attacker's arm, and twisted it behind him. At the last moment, Shining spun him around, and used him as a human shield. The human shield dropped from the pain, leaving Shining to deal with the other guy. Shining rushed at him, and gave him two quick jabs in the gut, and the finishing uppercut to the jaw. The last boy stopped his charge, and stared at Shining in fear. He backed up a step, and ran the other way. The faint smell of urine hit Shining's nostrils.

Shining stepped over to Sparx, and looked down at him. He grabbed Sparx by the hair and brought him to eye level. Shining stared at him intensely, and muttered, "Run!" into his face. Sparx took the message, and ran away. The human shield, grabbed KO, and they ran after their pussy of a leader. Shining Armour Wins! Fatality!, Shining thought again, Damn I play too much Mortal Kombat.

Cadence walked over with such a comic look on her face. "Come on Twilie, let's go see the princess raise that sun.", Shining said triumphantly.

A large group of people gathered in the clearing set aside for the main attraction. In the from of the crowd, stood a golden altar, where the princess would soon enter. Shining stood around awkwardly in the group of people, paranoid as ever. He was expecting for someone to run up and jump him, or for some goon to grab Twilie and run, or go behind Cadence with a rag and a-

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME EQUESTRIA'S OWN, PRINCESS CELESTIA", a loudspeaker interrupted Shining's mild freak-out. The crowd began to cheer wildly, and Twilight was bouncing eagerly. They were at the front of the crowd, and Twilight would be around the princesses's calf if she was able. "Okay Twilie, calm down. You aren't going to miss a thing.", Shining promise his little sister. She stopped her bouncing, but her wild grin never faded. Princess Celestia swept her hand over the crowd, signalling their silence.

"My faithful subjects, I welcom-"

"Celestia! I love you!", some drunk fool shouted over the princess. Shining had half a mind to go over there and teach that fuck a lesson.

"Can somebody go over there and teach that fool a lesson? Guards?", she shouted in the direction of the drunk. The guards, golden armour and spears in hand, escorted the fool out of the festival.

"As I was saying, my faithful subjects, I welcome you to this year's Summer Sun Festival!", she announced. The crowd went into a crazy uproar. Celestia signalled silence again, and the crowd happily obeyed. "Let the day begin!"

She unfurled her mighty wings, white with gold flecking the end of each and every feather on her glorious wings. She gave them a mighty pump and rose to the sky. Her hands glowed their signature yellow, for she was using her powerful magic to bring the sun over the horizon. The gleaming ball of light slowly revealed itself, showering the land of Equestria in it's golden glory. She rose it to it's maximum height, but Shining noticed something was amiss.

Celestia's wings started to faintly glow navy, but it was so slight that the guards didn't notice. Celestia took on a strained expression, and her wings folded up on instinct. She fainted mid-air, and began her one-hundred foot decent to the unwavering earth. Shining saw the problem and burst forward, and onto the altar. The guards didn't notice the random teenager on the stage, and had just take notice of the falling goddess. Celestia didn't slow down, and Shining braced himself for the impact.

The princess fell straight into his arms with a loud THUMP! Shining buckled under the force of the impact, and the two humans fell to the altar. Shining groaned at the pain of the Immortal on his chest as she slowly regained consciousness.

"Ugh, what happened?", she asked looking around.

"F-from what I can understand, you fell", Shining said to the royalty who he just realized had a knee in his crotch. His loins were stirring, and he knew if he got hard, well, he would be Luna's new company.

Celestia looked at the teenager with a surprised expression. She rose up and dusted herself off, and offered a hand to Shining. He waved it away and got up to a chorus of his cracking joints. "Thank you, valiant stranger. I really appreciate it.", she said loud enough for Shining's ears alone. Shining gave a nervous laugh, and was seized harshly from behind. Two of Celestia's guards had his arms pinned behind him, and one of the grabbed a zip-tie. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! There will be none of that!", the princess excaimed. The guards exchanged glances, and released Shining. He turned to them and looked them over with great admiration. "Wow, real guards.", he whispered, "can't wait to be one of you."

Celestia walked him off-stage, and back to his shocked sister, and worried girl friend(Friend who was a girl? Girl-friend? It's impossible to phrase it right.). "Oh my gosh! Shining are you okay?", Cadence said pulling Shining into a warm embrace. Whatever Shining was going to reply, was killed by that feeling of Cadence hugging him. "Wow! It's the real Princess Celestia!", Twilight exclaimed to the royal. The princess smiled, and knelt down to look at the excited child. "Hello little one. And what's your name?", she asked sweetly.

"Twilight Sparkle!", Twilight said.

"Is he your brother?", Celestia asked pointing to Shining.

"Uh-huh! Isn't he the best?"

"Well certainly brave, that's for sure!"

"Thank you, Princess", Shining said to her, flattered by her remark. Celestia nodded, and looked at Cadence with a smirk. "And is this your girlfriend?", Trollestia asked. The two teens began to babble incoherent protests while the princess laughed. "Well, nice pick.", she said to...well Shining never knew. Celestia winked, and went back to her motorcade. "That wasn't awkward at all!", Cadence remarked. "Yeah, come on Twilie, let's go get some ice-cream."

The trio of festival-goers stood along the side of the ice-cream booth. Twilight was sitting on a bench, happily eating her treat, giving the two teens some alone time. They didn't really talk for the most part, but there were feelings that could be felt by both of them. "So..", Shining said killing the silence.

"Soo..", Cadence replied.

"This was a pretty good festival.", Shining remarked.

"Pretty good? Pretty good? You showed off your gun-slinging skills, beat up three dudes after they grabbed my ass, and saved the princess! You have some impossible luck, Shining Armour!"

"Well, I mean, it wasn't really anything.."

"No! It was amazing! I've never met a guy like you before!"

Shining smiled at her. She was adorable when she yelled like that. Shining soon realized what he had to do. he had to be a man one last time today. "C-Cadence, I-"

He was cut off by Cadence slamming into his chest, dropping her ice-cream by his shoe. Some unaware guy bumped into her, forcing her forward. Her hand rested on his chest, and her head on his shoulder. Shining's heart began to race and his breathing went shallow. Cadence looked into his eyes, and didn't move an inch. This was the closest she's ever been to Shining, and she was determined to make it last. Shining felt her hand run over his chest; exploring almost. She was breathing lightly as her face burned red. Then the two shared a mutual thought.

The two leaned in closer and closer, and as they did, time all around stopped. Their lips met in a firm lock, a lock that would not be broken. They shared their time together with racing hearts and raging hormones. Even though the kiss lasted a good ten seconds, an entire lifetime just passed for the two romantics. They stared into each other's eyes again, and were about to lean in for another amazing kiss, but they were interrupted by a happy gasp. A happy gasp from Twilight. "Y-y-y-YOU TWO KISSED!", she exclaimed.

Twilight Velvet had the home phone in her hand, the 9 and the 1 already dialled. Her mind was racing with the worst-case scenarios that could've fallen upon the three children. Her finger was going for the last 1, but a soft click stopped him. It was the front door's lock being opened. The front door swung open, and Twilight walked in. She saw her mother and smiled crazily. "Oh Twilight! Thank Goodness!", Velvet exclaimed, happy to see her kids home and safe. The two teens walked in rather close to each other, and were looking love-struck. "Mommy! Mommy! Get this!", Twilight exclaimed. "What darling?', Velvet said to her over-excited child. "I had the bst time ever! First Shining won me this unicorn!", Twilight said, displaying the toy to her mother, "and then some guys went and grabbed Cadence's butt, so Shining beat them up, and then Princess Celestia fell, so Shining went and saved her, and I got to meet the princess, and...and...and...", Twilight said inone breath. Velvet cast a look of shock on her son, and couldn't believe he did such deed. "Breathe, Twilight, Breathe.", Velvet soothed her child. Twilight took a long inhale and shouted her final sentence. "Shining and Cadence kissed!"

Velvet's jaw dropped then. Her son? Got his first kiss? And she wasn't there? It almost drove to her tears. "So you know what that means!", Twilight announced.

"What dearest?", Velvet asked, unaware of the circumstances of a kiss.

Twilight went in front of the teen and spread her arms wide. "It means", she began, "that they're boyfriend and girlfriend!"

Shining's jaw hit the floor. What is she talking about?! It was only a kiss! She couldn't be serious!, Shining mentally panicked. "Yes, Twilight", Cadence said. "that's exactly what it means!"

Shining couldn't believe it, she was agreeing to date him! "Cadence. Are you sayin-" Shining was cut off by a pair of firm lips against his. "I'm saying yes.", she whispered into his ear. The two stood there hugging for a while, and never wanted to let go.

"Mama? Can you help me think of a name for her?", Twilight asked Velvet as she presented the unicorn to her. Velvet noticed a tag attached to it's foot. "Here let me see.", Velvet said, reaching for the toy. She looked at the tag, and he eyes went wide with surprise. The tag read:

Twilight Sparkle

"Well, look at that, she shares your name. How peculiar.", Velvet said to her daughter. She kissed her good-night and walked out. At the door, she said, "Good night Twilight and Twilight Sparkle."

Author's Note

Paradox? I think so.

P.S. When I was writing the part where Celestia rose the sun, I was listening to 115 XD!