Walking through a dark forest.

Alan stood standing before a small portal, the colors shifting in and out of existence as the portal began to glow brighter. Finally, a human stepped through. He was wearing dark green camo pants, a white tank top and a bomber jacket. Upon closer inspection, he had a scar on his left eye and a white bandanna around his head and a hood on. He had green eyes and seemed to stare right at him. He then turned pulled out a device and closed the portal. Turning once again to face where Alan was standing.

"So this is where that guy ended up? Hmmm, what a strange place." he said before walking off into the forest.

I bolted upright, reeling from the dream I had just had. I wasn't sweating, but it sure felt like it. Now that I thought about it, why the hell was the dream so real? Not wanting to think on it any more, I got out of bed and looked out the window. It was still dark, which meant Twilight and Spike wouldn't be up yet. I made the bed and left the room.

I walked into the kitchen and looked around. I managed to find some ingredients to make some pancakes. I figured Twilight had been nice enough to let me stay here, even though I had yet to do much work to get a place of my own, I would make breakfast for her. I took some eggs, flour and water and mixed them together in a bowl that I had pulled out of one of the cupboards. Once they were mixed into a nice, sticky batter, I looked at the stove. It wasn't that different from the ones on earth, if I had lived in the 1800's. It was an old wood stove, but in this day and age in Equestria, I was sure it was probably state of the art.

I took a log of wood that had been lying next to it and placed it in the stove. I then looked around for something to light it with. With Spike able to breathe fire, I figured they wouldn't need anything else, but I was wrong as I found a tinder box lying off in the corner, looking as though it had never been used. I brought it over and struck it a couple times, realizing it wasn't going to get me anywhere unless I had something that would catch better. I put it down and walked outside, knowing that because I was living in a tree I might find some small branches.

But once again I was mistaken as the ground outside was bare.

I looked around when I noticed on the side there was a pile of hay. It was probably Twi's, so I was sure she wouldn't mind. I grabbed a handful and went back inside, placing it on the log. I grabbed the tinder box again and once again struck it a couple times until I had the hay smoldering. I blew on it lightly until it caught fire. I then closed the little door on the stove and latched it. I took out a pan from one of the other cupboards and placed it on the stove and waited until it got hot.

I looked around until I found a small ladle. It was quite small for a ladle and I laughed as I realized it was made to suit Spikes size. I took it and scooped up some batter and placed it in the pan, the batter sizzled lightly as it hit the hot pan. The sizzling however had stopped after a few seconds. I went to where I found the ladle and grabbed a spatula, went back over to the pan and checked the in-process pancake. It seemed ready so I flipped it.

After about fifteen minutes to a half an hour I had a considerable stack of pancakes. Enough to feed all three of us. Once i was finished I began to clean up as I heard footsteps come down the stairs.

"Mmmh, what smells so good. Twi is that you?" Spike asked as he came into the kitchen.

"Hey, morning Spike." I said.

"What are you doing up so early?" he asked.

"I had a very strange dream and I was awake so I figured I would make you guys breakfast."

"Cool." Spike replied.

"Spike, Breakfast smells great." Twilight said as she came down the stairs.

"Twilight, I didn't make breakfast, Alan did." he said happily. I was happy he finally warmed up to me. When we first met, he seemed to not trust me at all.

"Wow, really?" she replied.

"What I can't make breakfast?" I said, feigning hurt.

"Oh no, I didn't mean...not that you're not capable or anything...what I meant was..." Twilight said frantically.

"Twi, it's alright. I was joking." I chuckled.

"Oh. Well it's not funny! You had me worried that I upset you or something." She said as she sat down at the table. I finished cleaning up and brought the plate of pancakes out and set them on the table. But after cooking them and smelling them as they cooked, I didn't really feel to hungry anymore, but I would need energy for the day, so I took one anyway.

"Wow Alan, these smell amazing. To be honest I didn't know if you could cook or not. You never did so..." Twilight said as she grabbed a few pancakes with magic and placed them on a plate.

"Well, considering this is the first time I cooked something since I got here, I don't blame you." I laughed.

"So what's the occasion?" she asked.

"Well, I figured since you were nice enough to let me stay here until I got my own place, I figure I'd make it up to you." I replied.

"Thank you."

"Your welcome, and I figured since I took the girls on date's already that I had the day free, So a good breakfast sounded like a good idea." I explained.

"You already took The princesses on a date?" she asked.

"The Prince-Oh no, I forgot about the Princesses!" I said as I started to freak.

"Whoah, Alan, calm down, I didn't mean to make you freak out. Think about this, you now have a whole day to come up with a date for the Princesses." Twilight said.

I thought about it, and she was right, I had all day to plan. This...this was good.

"So, uh, you know the Princesses pretty well, would you mind helping me?" I asked.

"Sure. But let me finish eating, ok?"

"Oh, yeah sure." I said, not realizing that our conversation was preventing Twilight from enjoying the breakfast I had made.

Once she was finished, she brought me out to the library part of the tree and we sat down on one of the couches. I had to say, the furniture in Equestria was a lot better than the furniture on earth. More comfortable.

"So, what do you need help with?" Twilight asked.

"Well, I don't really know what the Princesses like and therefore I'm not sure what to do for a date." I replied.

"Well for one, if you are going to take them on a date, we're going to have to have them disguise themselves, so as to not attract unwanted attention. And as for what they like, I think for Luna, you may want to do something simple. She's still getting used to things in our modern era, and as you already know, she's still somewhat living in the same ways she was a thousand years ago." She explained.

I nodded showing that I understood.

"And what about Celestia?" I asked.

"Well, I know that Celestia likes to prank a bit, she happens to have a humorous side to her, (I chuckled. I had guessed that when I first met her.) and you might be able to do something with that."

"Alright, so with Luna, what do you mean when you say simple?"

"Well, how about this. The Canterlot Orchestra is going to be playing tomorrow night at the Canterlot Opera House, so you could take her there. I'm sure she would appreciate something that was quite popular even before she was sent to the moon." Twi said.

"Alright, so Orchestra date for Luna. And as for pranking, I've done some good pranks back on earth, so I might have an idea for what we can do. Thanks a bunch Twilight. Um, by the way, how am I going to get to Canterlot without a chariot?" I asked.

"Oh, that's simple, I'll just take you in my balloon." she said.

"Balloon?" I asked.

"Yeah, when I came to Ponyville, I had my old hot air balloon brought too. I used to have Spike breathe fire to keep it up." she said smiling.

"Oh, you guys are talking about the balloon? Are we going for a ride?" Spike asked happily, walking into the room.

"Yes, we're going to take Alan to Canterlot so he can take Luna and Princess Celestia on a date." she explained.

"Sweet. When do we leave?" Spike asked.

"As soon as we get the balloon ready, we'll leave."

Spike immediately ran up the stairs and came back down a few seconds later carrying a large box.

"Hey, you need some help with that?" I asked.

"No, I got it. The basket is still in the back right?" Spike asked.

"Yep, I'll go help you. Alan, feel free to read or something until we're ready." Twilight said.

"Sure you don't want me to help?" I asked her.

"Oh, it's not problem, Spike and I can take care of it." she said smiling as she trotted out to the back with Spike.

* * *

When the balloon was ready, Twilight came in and let me know we were ready to go. I walked out with her and looked up at a large purple air balloon. It looked like the ones back on earth, only there was no machine in it to cause a flame so that it could rise, that was what Spike was for.

"Wow, that's pretty cool." I said.

"Thanks, you ready?" she asked.

"Yep."

I walked over and hopped into the basket, my feet catching the edge and causing me to land face first in the bottom. Twilight came over and giggled, opening a door into the basket. I wish I had noticed the door before getting in, I could have saved myself from humiliation.

Twilight let some of the sand bags on the side go as Spike breathed a continuous flame into the balloon, causing it to rise slowly. Twi again released a couple more sand bags, making us ascend faster. Finally, we reached a manageable height and Twi used her magic to cause a breeze to blow against the balloon, propelling them forward toward Canterlot, and Canterlot castle.

While we rode, Twilight began quizzing me on what I was going to do for the dates, almost as though I was about to take a test. I found it kind of funny, but I didn't laugh, and decided to humor her anyway. I smiled knowing that after tonight, there was going to be a very happy Princess of the night, and come tomorrow, a very happy Princess Celestia.

Author's Note

Hey everypony, sorry for the wait on the next chapter, I was pretty busy yesterday with schooling and I was pretty tired, so I went to bed early. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and I wonder what you will all think of Alan's dream. I might write another chapter tonight to catch up. haha. Other than that I hope you guys continue to support me through the writing of this fic and remember, comment comment comment. haha. au revoir my friends.

-StormHoof