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Chapter 10: Dinner date and an evil return

It was a peaceful sunny day in Ponyville and I was walking through the streets with Jeff on my back as I was looking for the perfect restaurant for my dinner date with Twilight tonight.

As I was walking around, other ponies kept looking at me and started whispering to each other. I was worried that it had something to do with me fighting that manticore yesterday.

I then saw Rainbow Dash up ahead; she noticed me and zoomed right up to my face. "Matt, is it true?" she asked in an excited tone.

I raid an eye brow nervously. "Is what true?"

"That you and the others fought off a manticore yesterday." Her smile grew bigger.

"Is that why everypony's looking at me like they are doing?" I asked.

"Yeah." She said in an even more excited tone

"Then yes, we did." I asked nervously.

She threw herself back in the air. "Oh yeah, I knew it. That is so awesome. How did you do it? Did it fight back? How big was it? Come on, give me the dete's!"

"I made a wagon fall on its head, yes it did fight back and it was the size as a regular manticore." I answered in order.

Rainbow Dash waved a hoof. "Is that all? I would have easily sent it crying back to its manticore mommy." She said as she was punching the air.

I rolled my eyes. "I bet you could but it wasn't its fault, the princess said its mind was being controlled by some mysterious source and that it takes a power far greater than her's to control the mind of something like a manticore. Doesn't that worry you?"

She tapped her chin. "Hmmm…no." with that she took off into the sky's

I shook my head and then kept on walking. "Don't worry Matt; the bad stuff is over now. We don't have to worry about something like a mind controlled manticore for a while." Jeff said with a sound of confidence in his voice.

I turned my head to face him. "I know Jeff, but it just has me on edge. I mean, what if they send something other than a manticore next time? Like Cerberus or a dragon."

Jeff flew off my back and I stopped as he landed in front of me. "I don't know, but that's not important right now; what is important is gettin' everything ready for your date with Twilight tonight." He said.

I let out a small sigh. "Your right Jeff, I have to calm down and relax; for Twilight's sake."

Jeff nodded and flew back onto my back and I started walking again.

After a while of searching, I finally found a nice looking restaurant. I walked inside to see the place packed with ponies.

I walked up to the register to see a tall pony with a mall thin mustache and a combed mane standing behind it.

"Welcome monsieur, may I help you?" he said in a French like ascent.

I gave him a small smile. "Yes, I would like to book a table for two tonight at nine 'o'clock please."

He then looked into the register, I was afraid that they would be all booked up tonight.

"We have a few tables' open tonight at that time, what type of table would you like monsieur?" he asked.

I smiled as my worry's faded. "Hmmm, what's the most romantic table you have?" I asked.

He looked down at me and then walked around the register table. "Follow me!" he said as he walked passed me with me following.

We walked through the restaurant until we came upon a pair of double doors, the French pony then opened the doors revealing a large beautiful garden.

In the middle of the garden was a gazebo with a single table in the middle. It was perfect.

"Spunky." Jeff exclaimed

"How much is it." I asked.

The French pony looked at me. "For that table, 100 bits"

It's my lucky day. I reached into my saddleback and pulled out a bag of money, I then gave him the bag.

"Will that be all monsieur?" he asked me

"Just one more thing, how much is it for somepony to play romantic music to us?" I asked with a smile.

"That would be 56 bits." He answered.

I reached into my saddlebag but I couldn't find any more bags of money. Damn, how could I be out of money already?

I turned to him. "Looks like I'll have to do without the music." I said in a disappointed tone.

"Very well, we shall hold this table for you until you return tonight." He said as we both walked back into the restaurant.

I walked out the front door of the restaurant with a small frown on my face.

"Aw man, my plan is ruined." I said. Jeff then flew off my back and started hovering next to me.

"Do you really need music on your date?" he asked.

I stopped walking and turned my head to face him. "Yes Jeff, everypony knows that the three most important things about dinner dates are a good table, a beautiful view and beautiful music in the background. I have two of those and I can't get the last one."

Jeff then landed in front of me. "If you're so desperate for music why don't you just ask me?"

I raised an eye brow at him. "You want to play music on my date?"

He nodded. "Yeah dude, I know how to set the mood."

"Oh really?" I said with a smirk.

Jeff smirked back "Yeah and if I don't play good, I'll stop riding on your back for a week."

"Deal." I said as I shook his wing with my hoof.

Jeff then got on my back and I set off towards the library.

That night 9 'o' clock: the restraint

Me and Twilight entered the restaurant and walked up to the register to find the French pony behind it.

The French pony recognized me and walked from behind the register. "Welcome back monsieur and this must be your date. Please follow me."

We then followed him through the restaurant and he opened the double doors revealing the beautiful garden.

Twilight gasped at the beauty that she was seeing in front of her. "Surprise." I said with a smile.

We then walked into the gazebo and I pulled the chair back, allowing Twilight to sit down on it. After I pushed her in, I sat down on the other side of the table.

The French pony then gave us menus. "Would you like to order?"

Twilight looked through the menu and then put it down. "I would like to have the grass and daisy salad please." She said kindly.

The French pony turned to me; I didn't understand much of the food so I just went with an easy option. "Errr…I'll l have the same thing please." I said kindly.

He nodded, took the menus and walked back into the restraint.

Twilight turned to look at me. "Matt, how did you manage to do all this?" She asked with a smile.

I smiled back. "I'll always try my best to get the best for you Twilight and it gets better, I got us somepony to play music for us."

Twilight's smile grew. "Really? Who?"

"Errr…..Jeff." I said as I smiled sheepishly.

She then had a confused look on her face. "Jeff? But Jeff's not even here."

Suddenly, Jeff crashed in the middle of the table. I narrowed my eyes. "Now he's here."

"Sorry about that, we had to rush here." he said as he brushed the dust off his feathers.

"We?" Me and Twilight said at the same time.

Suddenly, Spike fell in the middle of the table.

"Spike? How did you even do that?" Twilight asked in shock.

Spike pulled his head up. "That's not important." He answered.

Spike, who was holding a small guitar and Jeff then got off the table and stood in front of the table with us facing them.

"This song goes out to you two." Jeff said.

He then started to whistle in a rhythm and Spike started playing the guitar softly as Jeff then started to sing.

Jeff: "Wasn't really thinking, wasn't looking, wasn't searching for an answer

In the moonlight

When I saw your face

Saw you looking at me; saw you peeking out from under moon beams

Through the palm tree's

Swaying in the breeze

I know

I'm feeling so much more than ever before

And so

I'm giving more to you

Then I thought I could do

Don't know how it happened, don't know why, but you don't really need a reason

When the stars shine

Just to fall in love

Made to love each other, made to be together for a life time

In the sunshine

Flying in the sky

I know

I'm feeling so much more than ever before

And so

I'm giving more to you

Then I thought I could do"

As Jeff was whistling again and Spike kept playing his guitar, me and Twilight looked into each other's eyes and smiled as we thought about the words of the song.

Jeff: "Now I know love is real

So when sky high

As the angels dry

Letting you and I

Fly love."

Me and Twilight then clapped both our hooves together as Jeff and Spike did a playful bow.

After a short wait, two waiters came to the table with our orders; they placed the food in front of us. I looked down at the bowl of grass and daisy's, I hesitated at first but then I saw Twilight give me a sweet smile which melted my heart.

Usually I don't like trying new foods, but if it meant making Twilight happy I was willing to do anything.

I slowly lowered my head to the bowl and took a bite out the salad. My eyes then shot open at the taste, "Mmmm….this is good."

Twilight's smile grew "I'm glad you like it."

With that we both went back to our food and enjoyed the rest of the night, Jeff and Spike decided to give us some privacy and then left the restaurant to go back to the library.

After we finished our food and left the restaurant, me and Twilight where on the road back to the library.

Suddenly, I felt a drop of water on my head and then another until it started to rain. Me and Twilight ran to the library as the rain came down heavier and heavier.

When we reached the library, we ran through the door and I shut it behind us. We were both soaked and out of breath.

I looked over to Twilight and my eyes grew slightly, my face burned red as I stared at her wet fur and dripping mane.

She looked over to me with a confused look on her face. "What are you looking at?" she asked.

I snapped back to reality. "Err nothing; I was just wondering…..where are the towels?"

She pointed to the bathroom door. "They should be in the bathroom."

I nodded, "Alright, I'll get them; you get the fire place going." She nodded and walked into the next room.

I then walked into the bathroom and only saw one towel; I grabbed it with my mouth and walked out the bathroom.

As I walked into the next room, I saw Twilight sitting in front of the flames of the fire place, I was stunned by how beautiful she looked in the glow of the fire.

I walked over to her and covered her with the towel and sat next to her. She then noticed I wasn't wearing a towel, "Where's your towel?"

I turned my head to her, "There was only one. It's ok, you can have it, I'm not that cold." I turned my head back to the fire.

She smiled warmly and I felt half the towel wrap around me, I looked to Twilight to see that we were wrapped together in the same towel.

She then nuzzled her head into my shoulder with a smile; I smiled down at her and closed my eyes as we shared each other's warmth.

Spike and Jeff then walked through the door and saw us together; they looked at each other and smiled as they backed out the room.

Twilight looked up to me, "I really enjoyed tonight Matt."

I looked down to her and smiled. "So did I."

We then moved closer until we were locked in a passionate kiss. We then broke the kiss and went back to sharing each other's warmth.

Meanwhile: Canterlot gardens

The night was quiet and the guards were patrolling the grounds. Two of them were patrolling the gardens.

Suddenly. Two bolts of fire burst from the ground, one was black and the other was dark purple. The guards put the wings in front of their face to shield them from the heat.

When the flames faded and disappeared, two of the silhouetted alicorns stood in their place.

The guards charged at them, the alicorns horn's then glowed and the guards were sent flying back crashing into the ground, knocking them unconscious.

The alicorns then started walking through the gardens. "Are you sure we can trust him?" the male alicorn said.

The second alicorn turned its head to face the other. "No, but I trust our brothers decision." The female alicorn said.

"Our brother has been a bit paranoid lately, let's hope he knows what he's doing bring this freak into this" the male alicorn said

They continued walking until they came to the goal. "Here he is." The female alicorn said

They both glared their as at the sight of Discord's statue with a horrified look still on his face.

The two alicorns horn's then glowed and the statue started to glow as well until it stared cracking.

It continued to crack until it burst apart and Discord collapsed to the ground. He then started to slowly get up.

"Wha….what happened?" Discord said as he held his head, he looked at the two alicorns. "Who are you?"

"Our names are not important; we have a job for you Discord." The female alicorn said

Discord got up off the ground, crossed his arms and raised an eye brow. "What kind of job?"

"Do you remember the unicorn know as Twilight Sparkle?" the female alicorn asked.

The memories came flooding back to Discord. "Yes, she and her little friends turned me back to stone, I take it this job involves her?"

"Not just her. You see, she has been busy since you've been gone. She has a coltfriend, Matthew I think his name is." The male alicorn said.

Discord stroked his beard. "Really? Weird name, but who's complaining. So what do you want me to do?"

The two alicorns grinned evilly.

So how did you like that?

The song used in the chapter was called Fly love by Jamie Foxx from the animated movie Rio. I don't own anything.

Next chapter will be up soon. Goodnight everypony.