Chapter 19: Element training

It's been 4 days since Thorn tried to take Canterlot and so far he hasn't come back, but we're still prepared for it.

Discord was still in Celestia's care in the castle and I've had to wear bandages around my arm after Thorn zapped it with his magic. It's taken a few days, but my arm has finally healed and the bandages are being removed.

Ponyville library

I was sitting on the edge of mine and Twilight's bed with my wrapped arm sticking out while Twilight was gently unwrapping my bandages with her magic.

"Hold still Matt, it's almost off." Twilight said in a calm tone.

"I'm just worried what my arm looks like now, it was burnt really badly." I said in a slight worried tone.

Finally, all the bandages came off my arm and too my surprise, my arm looked completely normal. No bruises, no scars, no wound what so ever. "See, nothing there. Feel better now?" Twilight asked with a smile.

I got down off the bed and bent my arm a few times. "Still feels a bit stiff."

Twilight then came closer to me. "Want me to kiss it better?" she asked with a sweet smile.

I gave her a sweet smile back. "I'd like that." She then lifted up my arm and gave it a small kiss.

A sly smirk then grew on my face. "You know Twi. There's….another part of me that hurts as well."

Twilight was confused for a second before she realized what I was doing and giggled. "Oh really?...and what exactly would that part be?"

I then leaned my head closer to her with the smirk still on my face. "Take a wild guess!" Twilight giggled again before we shared a deep kiss on the lips.

We kissed for a few minutes before we broke the kiss and stared into each other's eyes. "Feel better?" Twilight asked with a smile.

"Much." I answered before we pressed our noses together while staring into each other's eyes dreamily.

At that moment, Spike came up the stairs with Jeff on his shoulder and they both saw Me and Twilight. "Ah dude come on! I prefer you two kissin' then doin' that." Jeff said as he covered his eyes with his wing.

Me and Twilight then separated and turned our heads to face them. "How is it you always walk in when me and Twilight are having a privet moment?" I asked with an eye brow raised and a small smile.

Jeff moved his wing away from his eyes. "Trust me dude! It's startin' to bug my too. I mean, what's next? Lovey-dovey names? Next time I'll just knock before I enter a door or yell up the stairs or somethin'."

Spike then walked up to us with a scroll in his hand. "Anyway Matt, this came for you."

Twilight then levitated the scroll out of his hand a hovered it in front of us before unravelling it with her magic. The letter said.

Dear Matthew.

I am pleased to say that the Canterlot training hall is ready and my sister Luna is prepared to train you to control the powers of the Element of bravery. When you're ready, please report to the castle and I will escort you there.

Sincerely: Princess Celestia.

Twilight then grew a smile on her face. "Well Matt, it sounds like their finally ready to start your training. Are you ready?"

I gave her a small frown. "What's wrong Matt? Don't you want to learn how to use the Element?" Twilight asked with a concerned look on her face.

"I do, it's just….I don't have to go if you don't want me to. If you want? I can tell Celestia to hold it till another time and I can spend the day with you." I said in a calm tone.

Twilight gave me a sweet smile. "Matt that's sweet, but it's important and you need to learn how to use the Elements powers. I'll be fine here, don't worry!"

I hung my head. "Well….if you put it like that."

Twilight then placed her hoof under my chin a raised my head back up so I was looking at her. "Hey…it'll be fine. I'll be here when you get back, then we can spend the rest of the day together. Ok?" She said with a warm smile.

I gave her a small Smile. "Ok Twi, I'll go."

Twilight nodded. "Good, now do you want me to pack something to eat while you're there?" said asked sweetly.

"A few apples would be nice." I answered before she smiled and walked towards the stairs

I stared at her dreamily as she went down the stairs. "I'm telling you guys, she's the one." I said in a dreamed voice.

Jeff then flew onto my back and I turned my head to face him. "Well, why don'cha tell her then?" he asked in a curious tone.

"I was going to at the comet show but that Thorn guy showed up and killed the mood. I've haven't had a chance to tell her since." I said in a slightly irritated tone.

"Well, Thorn isn't here now. Here's your chance." Spike said as her pointed to the stairs.

My eyes widened slightly. "What just like that? What if she doesn't feel the same about me?" I asked in a curious tone.

Jeff flew off my back and landed on the floor in front of me. "Are you crazy? She's nuts about you. Look! All you have to do is go down there, look deep into her purple eyes and say those three simple words that I know are just dying to come out of that big mouth of yours."

I gave him a thankful look. "Look Jeff, I appreciate you trying to help me and all but I think I should just leave it 'till the right moment." I said in a calm voice.

Jeff rolled his eyes. "Fine, it's your love life. You do what you think is right!"

I smiled down at him. "Thanks Jeff. Well, I'll see you guys later." I said before walking passed them and went down the stairs.

"Even though I'm an expert on romance because I have a wife and two eggs at home." Jeff yelled down to me.

Spike looked down at him with a suspicious look. "No you don't. Just yesterday, I saw you flirting with two female pigeons at Fluttershy's-OW."

Spike couldn't finish his sentence before Jeff stomped his talons down on his foot. "Shut up, he doesn't know that." He whispered loudly in an angry tone.

"Yes I do." I said with a smirk as I continued to walk down the stairs. "D'OH!" I heard Jeff yell from the top of the stairs.

Once I was down the stairs, Twilight came into the room while levitating my saddle bags in front of her with her magic. She came up to me and placed the saddle bags on my back.

I looked at both of my saddle bags to see they were full of apples. I turned my head back to Twilight and smiled. "Thanks Twi, are you sure you want me to go?"

She gave me a sweet smile. "I wish we could spend the day together but this is just too important to pass up."

I nodded slightly. "I know…maybe when I get back; we can go to that restaurant we like tonight? You know! Just the two of us." I said with hopes that she'd say yes.

Her smile grew. "I'd love to." She said as we looked deep into each other's eyes.

There was a moment silence before I broke it. "Twilight I…I.."

"Yes." Twilight said as she leaned her head closer to me with her eyes sparkling.

I leaned my head slightly closer to her "I….I want to tell you that….I…I'm gonna miss you while I'm gone today."

Twilight's ears lowered slightly. "Oh..right….well..I'm gonna miss you too." She said with a small smile.

We then leaned our heads closer to each other before we shared a passionate kiss. "Tell her tonight at the restaurant Matt." I thought as we continued kissing.

We then broke the kiss and walked towards the front door. Once we reached the front door, Twilight opened it with her magic and I walked through the door way before turning back to face Twilight.

I was about to say something before I noticed Jeff and Spike standing behind Twilight. I then had an idea which put a large deceptive grin on my face.

I walked up to Twilight and whispered into her ear. She was confused at first but after hearing my plan, she giggled slightly.

I then pulled away from Twilight and looked into her eyes. "Have a nice day….my precious little egg-head." I said playfully.

"You too….my big handsome green lump." Twilight said playfully while fluttering her eyes.

"AHHH." Both Spike and Jeff cried out in disgust. "OH COME ON!...LOVEY-DOVEY NAMES? You're just doing this on purpose now." Jeff yelled in annoyance.

Me and Twilight laughed over their complaining before I turned around and started walking away from the front door. "See ya later, Twi." I said while still laughing a bit.

"See ya Matt." Twilight said as she waved goodbye.

I then flew up into the sky and up towards Canterlot with Twilight watching me from the door way.

Canterlot Castel

After a long flight, I finally landed in the castle grounds. I looked towards the front double doors to see two guards standing in front of them.

I walked up to them. "Keep up the good work fellas." I said as I tried to walk between them. Suddenly, they both spread one of their wings in front of me and blocked my path.

"You're not allowed in there without authorization sir." One of the guards said to me.

"Oh not this again." I thought as I rolled my eyes in frustration. "Look guys! Princess Celestia sent me a letter saying that she'd take me to see Princess Luna so she could teach me how to control the powers of the Element of bravery, so I really need to get in there or else Princess Celestia's going to come out here and I'll be in trouble for keeping her waiting while you two will be in BIG trouble for making me keep her waiting. Get it?" I said with my arms crossed.

The two guards looked at each other before looking back at me. "You represent the Element of bravery?." One of the guards asked me before I nodded.

"Her majesty informed us that a Pegasus would show up to attend a lesson with Princess Luna. We just didn't expect you to be so….young." the guard said with a raised eye brow.

I smiled. "Yeah I know, I can't believe it ether. But seriously, I really need to see Princess Celestia right now." I said hoping they would allow me to go in.

The guard nodded. "Understood, follow me please." He said before they both turned around to the double doors, opened them and walked inside the castle with me following behind.

When then walked down the long hallway until we came to another pair of double doors, the guards opened the doors with their magic revealing the large room with the big stairs. As we walked towards the stairs, I looked up at the top of the stairs to see Princess Celestia smiling down at us.

We then stopped at the bottom of the stairs. "Your majesty, this young Pegasus claims he represents the Element of bravery. Is this the Pegasus of which you spoke of before? The guard asked.

Celestia nodded. "Yes he is, you two may go now." She said in a calm voice.

With that, the two guards bowed before they turned around and walked out the room; leaving Me alone with Celestia.

I then walked up the stairs until I reached Celestia. "Matthew, I'm so glad that you could make it. Are you excited about your first lesson?" she asked with a smile.

"I'm a bit nervous." I admitted.

"I understand how you feel, just keep a cool mind and remain calm and you should be fine. Now, shall we get going?" Celestia said as she walking towards the pair of double doors on the right side of the room with me following beside her.

After a long walk around the castle, we were finally walking down the hallway that lead to the training hall. As we were walking, Celestia noticed that I was looking down at the floor in deep thought. "Is there something troubling you Matt?"

My train of thought was broken and I turned my head to face her. "What?...no…I was just…trying to think of a way to do something at home. That's all." I said before turning my attention back to the floor.

Celestia smiled down at me. "You're trying to find a way to tell Twilight how you feel about her."

My eyes widened slightly and I turned my head back up to Celestia. "How did you-" I couldn't finish my sentence as Celestia cut me off.

"I can tell when it comes to these kind of things Matt; I can see it in your eyes. With each passing day, your relationship with Twilight grows bigger and you feel the desire to be by her side every second of the day. But now you realize how you feel about her and you don't know how to tell her." Celestia said in her understanding voice.

I was amazed that she knew how I felt. "Yeah, that's exactly how it feels like. But I don't know if I have the courage to-"

Celestia cut me off again. "Matthew…do you love Twilight?" she asked.

"…..yes….I do." I said in a slightly quiet tone.

Celestia's smile grew. "Well when you get a chance alone with her, tell her. I'm more than sure she feels the same way about you. I mean, why wouldn't she?"

I tried to think of a reason but couldn't think of one. "I don't know."

"Exactly, so have confidence Matt! Everything will be fine. Now let's keep moving! We're keeping my sister waiting." Celestia said sweetly as we continued to walk down the hallway until we reached the pair of double doors.

Celestia's horn then glowed and the doors opened revealing a large stone room with stone tiles forming a large circle on the floor in the middle of the room.

I looked in the middle of the room to see Luna standing in the middle of the circle with a book hovering in front of her face. Luna then noticed me and Celestia standing in the door way and lowered the book. "Ah Matthew, I was beginning to wonder if you were going to show up."

I stepped forward with a smirk on my face. "Yeah, I wanted to stay with Twilight but she convinced me to come and she did make it sound important so….here I am."

She smiled to me. "Here you are."

Celestia smiled. "Well Matthew, I can see that you're all settled here. So if you'll both excuse me? I need to go tend to Discord." With that she turned around and headed towards the door.

"How is he, by the way?" I asked before she left.

Celestia turned her head around to face me. "Oh he's fine, still in needs to be in bed but he's fine."

"That's good, say Hi to him for me!" I said with a smile.

Celestia smiled and nodded before walked out the double doors and shut them behind her with her magic; leaving me alone with Luna.

I then walked over to the wall, took off my saddle back and placed it on the floor next to the wall so it was out of the way. I then walked back to Luna. "So Princess…how do we start this thing?"

Luna smiled. "Well first you need to put on the Element."

I stuck my hoof out. "No problem. I'll just…put on the…errr." I looked around the room to find my Element but I couldn't see it anywhere. "Errr Princess…the Element's not in here. Was I supposed to bring it here?" I asked curiously.

Luna shook her head. "No, this is your first lesson. You see Matthew; this Element can be used in combat. So unlike the other Elements, you can summon it and it'll appear on your body within a few seconds."

I raised an eye brow. "Huh?"

Luna let out a small sigh. "You can summon it to come to you, that way you won't have to go all the way to the vault to get it.

I then understood what she meant. "Oooooh right, why didn't you say so?"

Luna rolled her eyes. "Anyway here's how it works, close your eyes, clear your mind of everything but the Element and imagine wearing it."

I then closed my eyes tightly and imagined myself wearing the Element. After a minute, I could see a light shining through my eye lids but I didn't open my eyes to see what it was. When the light faded, I opened my eyes and looked down at my chest to see I was wearing the golden armoured vest with my crystal version cutie mark in the middle of it.

"Whow…I did it." I cheered in amazement.

Luna smiled. "Yes, and on the first try too. I'm very impressed. Now your next task is to create a forcefield to protect yourself from incoming magic attacks. For instance, I'm going to shoot some of my magic at you and need to defend yourself." She said as she took a few steps backwards.

"Wait…what?" I said in a shocked voice.

"Heads up." Luna said as she pointed her glowing horn at me before shooting a dark blue beam of magic towards me. As the beam shot towards me, I quickly shut my eyes and grunted as I tried to make a shield appear.

Suddenly, the green crystal on my armoured vest started to glow until a large green shield appeared in front of me and deflected Luna's beam; which ended up hitting the wall and making a hole in it.

I then opened my eyes to see that I succeeded. "Oh yeah, that's what Mattie's talkin' about." I cheered before the shield disappeared revealing Luna with a confused look on her face.

Once I saw her face, I blushed out of embarrassment. "I mean….yay, I did it." I said with a sheepish smile.

Luna's confused face turned into a small smile. "It's alright to enjoy your victory. And I do have to admit, your progress is moving faster than I expected."

I smiled back at her before looking over to the wall with the hole in it. "Ooh, sorry about the wall. I should probably watch my aim in the future."

Luna waved a hoof. "No need to be sorry Matthew, the room will repair itself."

I gave her a confused look before turning my attention back to the wall and my eyes widened in surprise by what I saw. The rubble on the floor levitated off the ground and placed itself back on the wall, now it looked as though the wall was never damaged.

"Whow…did you see that?" I said in amazement as I pointed to the wall. Luna stepped closer to me. "Yes, you see Matthew. When this room was being built, my sister knew that it would take a lot of damage during the training sessions so she enchanted it to repair itself after taking damage. It's quite a handy spell if you ask me.

I nodded in agreement. "Yeah it is. Now should we get on to the next task?" I can't believe I just said that.

Luna nodded. "Yes of cause. Now your next task is to create smaller shields that you can use in combat against your foes. So I'm going to make you a target to practises on." With that, Luna's horn glowed and a pony training dummy appeared in a flash of light.

"Now Matthew, place your front hooves together and open them slowly while imagining a round shield growing wide between your hooves." Luna explained.

With that, I sat down on the floor, put my front hooves together and slowly reopened them. As I opened them, a small green disc appeared between them; the more I opened my hooves, the wider the disc grew until it was a large green disc."

I then held the disc like a plate on my hoof. "Whow….this is weird and awesome at the same time. Now what do I do?" I asked while staring wide-eyed at the disc.

Luna pointed at the training dummy. "Now you throw it at the dummy as hard as you can."

With that, I looked at the dummy, held the disc in my arm like a discus and spun around a few times before I stopped and threw the disc towards the dummy only of it to miss and smash like glass against the wall.

"Oh…that was wrong wasn't it? Let me try that again." I said before I made another green disc in my hooves and threw it at the dummy only for it to jet again miss and smash against the wall.

"Come on Matthew! You can do it." Luna said in a confident tone.

"I know I'm doing something wrong, maybe I'm throwing it wrong, I should try throwing it like a Frisbee." I thought before I made another green disc in my hooves and closed one eye to get a better aim.

Once I got a good aim, I threw the disc like a Frisbee with great force and it shot towards the dummy. The disc the sliced through the dummy; cutting it in half.

My eye widened in amazement. "Whow hold on! Is that gonna happen if I throw it at a real pony? I don't want to kill anypony."

Luna stepped forward. "Don't worry Matthew! The discs only cut through certain objects. They're not capable of cutting through live ponies no matter how weak they are." She explained with a small smile.

"Well that's a relief. Anyway, what's next?" I asked curiously.

"Well you've proven you can hit a still target, but how are you with a moving target?" she asked with a smirk.

"Errr…moving?" I asked nervously.

Luna's horn then glowed and three more pony training dummies appeared on the other side of the room. The dummies then started to glow and when the glow faded from them; they slowly started to walk towards me.

"Oh crap." Was my only response.

Meanwhile: Celestia's bedroom

Discord was lying on the bed with the bandages still wrapped around his chest while reading a newspaper. "Oooh, there's a sale at Sugar Cube Corner." He said in a slightly surprised tone.

At that moment, Celestia walked into the room. "Evening Discord, how do you feel?" she asked in a sweet voice.

Discord turned his attention to Celestia and smile. "Much better, I still can't sit up but the doctor says that I should make a full recovery in the next two days."

Celestia smiled as she walked up to the bed. "Good. By the way, have you read what the paper says about you and Matt?" she asked before her horn glowed and the pages of the newspaper flipped until they came to a stop on a certain page.

Discord then read what the paper had to say. "New Element discovered by a young Pegasus named Matthew and his friends when a mysterious alicorn named Thorn attempted to take the throne while Discord suffers after committing a selfless act by saving Princess Celestia from an unknown doom. Well I'm glad they mentioned that, if that doesn't get ponies to believe I've changed; I don't know what will."

Celestia then looked down at the floor with a sad look on her face. Discord noticed this. "Is something wrong Celestia?" he asked with a concerned voice.

Celestia looked at Discord. "Nothing it's just….I feel like it's my fault you got hurt. If had only seen that bolt coming then maybe this wouldn't have happened." She then hung her head again.

Discord then placed his lion hand under Celestia's chin and raised her head back up so he could look in her eyes. "I don't blame you Celestia. There was no way I was going to let somepony like Thorn hurt you."

"How do you know him anyway?" Celestia asked curiously.

Discord rubbed the back of his head. "I don't remember much but I think he's the one who freed me…and I think he's the one who started that fire in the main hall and tried to kill me in the process."

"You said that an alicorn threatened to take away your name and half your magic if you didn't kill Matthew, was it Thorn who threatened you?" Celestia asked.

Discord rubbed his chin. "I think so, I don't really remember. But…to be truthful Celestia, my name and magic wasn't the only think he threatened to take away." He said as he started to become nervous.

"Really?...what else did he say he'd take away?" Celestia asked.

"He….he threatened to….kill you if I didn't do as he said. And I couldn't live with myself knowing that you died because of my failure, that's why I tried to kill Matthew…I didn't want to but he said if I didn't he'd come after you so I had no choice." Discord admitted.

Celestia was surprised by this truth. "But….that was before you turned to good. Back then you spent years trying to take my throne."

"To overthrow you, not kill you. Even if I was still evil; I would never kill anypony. That day, I was forced against my will to try and kill Matthew….and I'm sorry for everything I've done in the past…to you and to Matthew. I just hope you find it in your heart to forgive me." Discord said with a look of sorrow on his face.

Celestia was both shocked and surprised by what she had just heard. Discord was forced to try and do something he'd never do to try and protect her. "Oh Discord, that must have been terrible…forced to do something you didn't want to do…to protect me. But…why?...do you care about me that much?"

Discord looked deep into her eyes and decided to tell her the truth. "Yes….I do."

"Discord…I.." Celestia was interrupted by the sound of a knock on the door. She looked back at the door to see one of her guards standing by the doorway.

"Your highness, you requested me to tell you when it was time to return to the training hall?" The guard said with a raised eye brow.

"Yes, I'll go now." Celestia said. The guard then nodded and left the room before Celestia turned her head back to Discord.

"Well….I'll come back later Discord. Try to get some rest while I'm gone! Ok?" Celestia said with a sweet smile.

Discord then had a slight disappointed look on his face. "Oh…must you go?"

"Yes….I need to tell Matthew that he's done training for today. Don't worry! I'll be back soon." Celestia said before turning around and walked out the door before shutting it behind her with her magic; leaving Discord alone in the room.

He let out a small sigh before he laid his head on the pillow and let himself drift off to sleep.

Castle training hall

I had my back against the wall as the dummies came closer to me. I've been trying to beat these things for the last few minutes but I keep missing them with my shield discs.

They were standing in a row as they walked towards me; I took this opportunity to strike and made a green disc in each of my front hooves before I threw both of them at the dummies on the left and right.

The discs then cut through the two dummies and they fell to the floor; leaving only the middle one left.

I grinned as I made another green disc in my hooves and threw it towards the last dummy. To my surprise, the dummy ducked and dodged the disc which flew across the rest of the room and smashed against the wall.

The dummy then got up and pounced on my, I tried to push it off me but it had a tight grip on me. Suddenly, the green crystal on my armoured vest glowed and a green forcefield shot around me and pushed the dummy off me.

I then had an idea on how to beat this thing. I made another green disc, held it in my mouth, made the forcefield disappear and used the disc to slice through the dummy's neck and chest. The dummy stood there for a second before it fell apart into three separate pieces.

The green disc in my mouth then disappeared in a small flash and I took this time to take a breather and calm down.

Luna then walked up beside me while levitating a paper towel in front of her. She then levitated the paper towel to me and I took it in my hoof before I used it to wipe the sweat off my head.

"You did well today Matthew, how about we take a break?" Luna suggested with a smile.

I nodded. "Yeah, I'm starving." I said before I walked over to my saddle bag, grabbed it in my mouth and brought it back to Luna. Luna's horn then glowed and with a flash of light; a round stone table appeared and me and Luna sat by it.

I placed my saddle bag on the table and pulled out an apple and started eating it. "You know Princess….you're a pretty alright teacher….ever thought about teaching a class?" I said while chewing.

Luna shook her head. "No, most ponies don't usually want me to teach them anything. In fact, I'm surprised you actually accepted it."

I gave her a confused look. "Why?"

Luna frowned slightly. "Because….most ponies find me….frightening. I mean, who would want to be taught by…Nightmare Moon?" she then hung her head.

I couldn't help but feel sorry for her, she still thinks badly of herself for that. I then decided to try and cheer her up. I placed my hoof on her shoulder. "Princess, you shouldn't beat yourself up over that. You're not Nightmare Moon anymore; you're Princess Luna, the Princess of the night. Don't you think it's time to forget all that?"

Luna raised her head back up and looked at me. "I was trapped on the moon for a thousand years, how am I supposed to forget something like that?" she asked with her ears slightly low.

"Ok I admit, being stuck on the moon for a thousand years may have been a bit…extreme. But that's all behind you now Princess, it's time to move on and forgive yourself." I said trying to lift her spirits.

Luna gave me a slight suspicious look. "Do you know how it feels to have others call you behind your back? I mean sure, the ponies in Ponyville like me now but what about the ponies here in Canterlot? I can tell their all still unsure of me."

"Well, I do know what it's like to be called by others. Trust me, where I came from others use to call me names all the time. But I didn't care what they said because I knew what they said about me wasn't true." I said.

Luna then started taking interest in what I was saying. "Look Princess, the Canterlot ponies can call you a lot of things. But no matter what bad names they call you, you shouldn't listen to what they say because you know that none of it is true. You should listen to what your friends and family say about you. For instance, I'm your friend and I think you're a good hearted pony and a pretty damn good teacher. A smart farm pony said something to me when she discovered my deep secret; she said Who gives a flyin' feather about what you used to be, we're your friends and nothin' gonna come between us, not your past, not anythin'." I said quoting Applejack with a smile.

Luna then smiled warmly. "You speak with such wisdom, how do you do it?"

I shrugged. "I don't know. I just say what sounds good, I guess."

"You're not like other colts I've meat, you're….understanding." Luna said with the smile still on her face.

I smiled at her. "Thanks." I then reached into the saddle bag and pulled out another apple. "Want one?" I asked as I held the apple out to her.

Luna smiled warmly again and took the apple off my hoof with her magic before taking a bite out of it.

After we ate the apples, we both heard a knock on the door and we turned around to see Celestia walk into the room. "Evening you two, how was the lesson?" she asked with a smile.

"It went well; I learned how to throw small shield discs at enemies and….actually, that's basically it." I said with a smirk.

Celestia's smile grew. "That's good. Anyway, you lessons have finished for today Matthew. You can go home now."

I then smiled, grabbed my saddle bag and headed for the door where Celestia was. "See ya Princess Luna. Thanks for today, you rock." I then walked out the door while Celestia walked up to Luna.

Luna had a confused look on her face. "I…rock? Sister, what is the meaning of that phrase?"

Celestia rubbed her chin. "Well…it's kinda like saying that you're good…and cool or something like that. Either way, it was a compliment." She said with a smile.

"He thinks I'm….cool?" Luna asked before she looked out the door and watched me walk further down the hallway.

Luna's confused face then turned into a small smile as she blushed.

That night: the restaurant

Me and Twilight were sitting on our usual table; the one in the gazebo in the garden. Our food had just arrived but I didn't notice as I was too busy staring at Twilight dreamily.

Twilight then noticed I was staring at her and she giggled. "What are you looking at?"

"You just look so beautiful tonight Twi. I can't stop looking at you." I said in a dreamed tone.

"Matt, I didn't dress up tonight. I look the same as I always do." She said with an amused smile.

It was true, she wasn't wearing a dress and she had no make-up on, but that didn't change anything. "Still." Was my only response.

Twilight blushed. "You're such a flatterer Matt. By the way, you haven't told me how your lesson with Luna went yet."

I then snapped out of my daze. "Oh, it went well. I learned a new shield attack and I helped Luna with a problem and I think I did pretty well with that one. If I do say so myself."

Twilight gave me a curious look. "Really? What was her problem?"

"Well, she still feels bad about that whole Nightmare Moon thing so I cheered her up by telling her to not listen to the bad things that ponies say about her because she knows they're not true and listen to what her friends and family say about her. And to show her that I was her friend, I shared my apples with her." I explained.

Twilight gave me a large proud smile. "Oh that was nice of you. So does she feel better?"

"I think so, I'll ask her in our next lesson." I said before I lowered my head down to my drink, put my mouth around the straw and took a sip of my drink.

Twilight smiled warmly. "I'm proud of you Matt; this could really mean a lot to Luna."

I then raised my head back up and looked at her. "I know, she did seem to cheer up when I told her all that. Anyway, should we get eating?"

Twilight looked down at her food. "Yeah, I'm starving." She then lowered her head down and took a bite out of her grass and daisy salad.

As I watch her eat, I was in deep thought. "Ok Matt, now's a good time to tell her how you feel. No distractions this time." I thought.

I was about to say something before Twilight cut me off. "Matt, can I tell you something?"

I decided to let her go first. "Sure Twi, what is it?"

Twilight then started tapping her front hooves together with a nervous look on her face. "Errr Matt, we've been dating for a while now and I think it's time we faced a big obstacle in our relationship, please don't freak out but…."

"Is she going to say it first?" I wondered. "Yes." I said with a smile growing on my face.

"I got a letter earlier today from my parents and they're coming to the library tomorrow." She finished.

My eyes then went wide as I was stunned in shock. "Matt? Are you ok?" Twilight asked nervously.

I then snapped out of my shock. "Oh…yeah, I look forward to meeting them." I said with a forced smile.

Twilight then exhaled in relief. "Thank goodness, just don't worry ok! I'm sure they'll love you." She said sweetly.

My forced smile then turned into a small one. "Alright Twi, now…lets enjoy the rest of the night! Alright?"

"Ok Matt, we'll plan what to do tomorrow." She said with a warm smile before going back to eating her food.

As I started to eat my food, I still couldn't help but feel a bit worried about meeting Twilight's parents tomorrow.

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