Chapter 20: Meeting her parents

Today was the day that I was going to meet Twilight's parents and I must say; I'm feeling pretty calm about it….Oh who am I kidding? I'M FREAKING OUT.

Canterlot Castle: training hall

I was trying to throw my green shield discs at a target on the wall but I was having trouble because my mind was too busy thinking about how I was going to impress Twilight's parents.

I then decided to worry about that later and focus on my training. I then threw another green disc at the target and it hit the bulls-eye which activated a switch that made two more targets on stands pop up on the other side of the room.

I spun around fast and made two green discs in my hooves before I threw them at the same time. They hurled across the room until they sliced right through the targets; cutting them in half.

While I was doing that, Luna was staring at me dreamily "Wow….he's so…athletic…and I can't believe I've never noticed how much his coat shines when he makes those shield discs appear. And he's just so….so…"

"Hey Princess, I've hit all the targets. Should we take a break before I go?" I asked breaking Luna's train of thought.

Luna then snapped back into reality. "What?...oh yes, lets!" she said before her horn glowed and the round stone table appeared in the middle of the room.

Me and Luna then sat by it and I placed my saddle bag on the table before reaching into it and pulled out two apples for us both.

As I was chewing on the chunk of apple, I noticed Luna wasn't eating her apple but instead, looking at me with a smile on her face.

I gave her a confused look. "Princess, are you ok? You're not eating." I asked with a slight concerned tone.

"Oh please forgive me! I was….just wondering if you were alright. I've noticed that you seemed a bit off today." Luna said as an excuse.

"Sorry, my mind's been elsewhere today. I'm just nervous about meeting Twilight's parents this afternoon." I explained.

Luna raised her eye brow in surprise. "You're meeting Twilight Sparkle's parents? That's should be nice." She said with a small smile.

My ears lowered slightly. "Yeah, except I have no idea how I'm going to impress them. I mean, if I make a bad example they'll probably say I'm no good enough for Twilight and….I don't even want to think about what they might do." I then dug my head into my hooves in worry.

Luna tapped her chin with her hoof before she came up with an idea. "Why not do something fancy like…making them dinner or something?"

I then realized it wasn't a bad idea and I raised my head out of my hooves. "Wait a minute, that's it. I'll make them dinner; I always was good at cooking anyway. Luna you're a genius….oh I mean, Princess you're a genius." I said with a sheepish smile.

Luna smiled and blushed slightly. "It's alright; you can call me Luna if you wish."

I smiled back. "Ok…Luna. Well, gotta get goin' so here; have the rest of my apples as a thank you present." I then grabbed my saddle bag and poured the rest of my apples on the table in front of Luna. "See ya, and thanks again." I said as I got up and galloped out the training hall.

While Luna watched me go, she sighed dreamily.

That afternoon: Ponyville library

I was standing next to the bathroom waiting for whoever was to come out. Spike then walked up behind me with Peewee on his shoulder. "Hey Matt, what are you doing?"

I turned my head to face him. "Waiting for whoever's in the bathroom to come out, they've taking forever." I said in a slight irritated tone.

Spike crossed his arms. "It must be Twilight, she always hogs the bathroom."

Peewee nodded in agreement. "Yeah. One time, she was in there for a whole hour just to comb her mane."

"Excuse me, that was because I was wanted to make sure I looked my best for my spare day with Rarity." Twilight said as she walked up behind Spike and Peewee.

I then rolled my eyes. "Oh no. If you're here, then that means only one thing. Jeff's the one hogging the bathroom, figures." I said in annoyance.

We all then heard somepony whistling behind Twilight and we all looked to see Jeff walk towards us holding a scrub-brush in his wing and a towel wrapped around his waist.

He then noticed us and face winged himself. "Ah man, there's always a line."

I then got confused. "Wait! If you're there….then who's in the bathroom?"

We all then heard the toilet flush and we looked at the door to see Pinkie Pie walk out the bathroom with a towel wrapped around the top of her head.

"Pinkie? What are you doing in our bathroom?" Twilight asked with a raised eye brow.

Pinkie Pie smiled. "Oh funny story. You see, I really needed a bath because I spent all day playing in the dirt but my drain was clogged and your house was the closest one to mine so I came in and took a bath but then I really needed to use the toilet because earlier today I drank 20 cups of chocolate milk and the toilet was right there so I used it, and when I came out, you asked me what I was doing in your bathroom so I told you I really need a bath because-"

"Yeah, we were here for that part Pinkie." I said cutting her off.

"So you just came in here without telling us?" Twilight asked.

"Oh, was I supposed to tell you before I went in?" Pinkie asked in a curious tone.

"It would make us feel a little more comfortable with it, yeah." Jeff said with his eye narrow.

"Anyway Pinkie, I hate to sound rude but you have to leave now." I said as I pointed to the door to the front room.

"Okie dokie lokie." Pinkie Pie said cheerfully before she hopped into the next room, we then heard the front door open and close; telling us that Pinkie had left.

"Well, that was kinda awkward." Twilight said with a raised eye brow.

"Yeah. Anyway, I'd better take my shower. Don't want to smell when I meet your parents." I said before I walked into the bathroom and locked the door behind me. Twilight, Spike and Peewee then walked into the other room to prepare everything for when Twilight's parents arrive.

Jeff continued to wait outside the bathroom. "Save me some hot water dude!" Jeff yelled through the door.

Once in the bathroom, I walked up to the shower and turned the shower nob to turn on the water. Once the water stared shooting out the shower head, I stepped into the shower and closed the shower curtains.

It took a few seconds to get use to the temperature of the water but I managed to get right under the warm shooting water and started scrubbing myself with soap and a sponge.

20 minutes later, I stepped out of the shower and shook the water off my body until I was completely dry.

I then unlocked the bathroom door and walked out. "It's about time." Jeff said as he walked passed me and into the bathroom.

I walked into the dining room to see that everything was all set for dinner. The large table was ready with plates, glasses and candles. Twilight was standing next to the table lighting the candles with her magic.

I then walked up beside her and she turned her head to face me. "Well, everything's all set. Now we just need to wait for them to arrive. This is gonna be great." She said with a smile.

I smiled back. "Yeah…great." My smile then turned into a frown as I became nervous again and looked down at the floor.

Twilight noticed and placed her hoof on my shoulder. I then looked at her to see her sweet smile. "Everything's gonna be fine Matt, just be yourself."

My ears then lowered. "But that's just it, what if they don't like me for myself? I mean for instance, your talent is being good at magic while mine's just being good at video games. What if they see that talent as a waste of time and say I'm not good enough for you?"

Twilight gave me an honest look. "Oh come on Matt! My parents aren't that strict, I'm sure they'll like you of you. The one thing that'll show them you're a good coltfriend is honesty."

"I know Twi…don't worry! I'm not gonna make up stuff to be accepted. I almost lost you once that way; I don't plan on doing it again." I said while looking into her eyes.

Twilight continued to smile warmly at me. Me and Twilight looked deep into each other's eyes until we heard a knock on the front door. We both walked into the front room and looked towards the front door.

Twilight then walked up to the door and opened it with her magic, revealing her parents with smiles on their faces.

"Mom, Dad." Twilight greeted as they all shared a hug.

"Twilight, how are you sweetie?" Twilight's mum said as she hugged Twilight.

They all then broke the hug. "I'm fine, I'm so glad you both made it here." Twilight said in a happy tone.

"We're never too busy to visit our little angel." Twilight's dad said with a smile.

"Sooo…where's this coltfriend of yours? You never stop mentioning him in your letters." Twilight's mum said with a small grin.

Twilight then stepped to the side to let her parents get a good sight of me. "Mom, Dad, this is my coltfriend Matthew." Twilight said as she pointed at me.

I waved my hoof slightly. "Hello." I said before I laughed nervously.

Twilight's parents then walked up to me. Once they were right in front of me, Twilight's dad held out his hoof and I grabbed it with mine before we started shaking them up and down. "Hello Matthew, I'm Crescent and this is my wife Star Sparkle. It's nice to finally meet you." he said with a smile.

I smiled back. "The pleasure's all mine sir."

We then let go of each other's hooves and Star tapped her chin while looking at me with a wondering face. "Matthew?...wasn't that the name of the pony from the newspaper yesterday honey?"

Crescent thought for a moment. "Yeah it was. You're that Matthew? The one who discovered the seventh Element with his friends?" he asked me.

"Errr yeah…and Twilight and the rest of our friends were the ones who discovered it with me." I said getting nervous again.

"You're the Element of bravery?" Star asked me with a suspicious look.

"Yeah." I said with a nervous look.

The two were silent for a moment before they both smiled. "That means you're the one who saved the Princess and all of Canterlot from that awful Thorn character. You're a real hero." Star said with a large smile.

I smiled as I blushed in embarrassment. "Well…I wouldn't really call myself a hero."

"You're a hero to me." Twilight said sweetly as she walked up to me.

I couldn't help but feel heart warmed by her comment. "Thanks Twi. Anyway, should we go into the dining room? Dinner will be ready soon." I said with a warm smile.

They all nodded in agreement before we all headed towards the dining room. Once we entered the next room, Crescent and Stars jaws dropped in awe at the beautiful sight of the large dinner table.

Crescent and Star sat down on the chairs next to each other by the table while I pulled Twilight's chair for her to sit down in. once she sat down on the chair, I gently pushed her to the table before I walked over to the door that lead to the kitchen.

"Well, he's certainly a gentlecolt." Star complimented.

"Yeah, he's a sweet heart. And….I just know he's the one." Twilight said quietly as she watched me walk into the kitchen.

Crescent and Star looked at each other and then back at Twilight with warm smiles on their faces. "Well if you feel that way about him, then you should tell him." Star said.

Twilight then had an unsure look on her face. "I don't know if I can. I don't want to come on too strong…and what if he doesn't feel the same way about me?" she said in a worried tone.

Star gave her a sweet smile. "It's ok to be nervous about telling a colt how you truly feel. In fact, on the night your father told me he loved me; he was so nervous that when he finally said it, he nearly fainted."

Twilight and Star couldn't help but let out a small laugh. "Really?" Twilight asked while still laughing.

Star stopped laughing and nodded. "Yes…and when he calmed down, I told him I loved him back and one thing lead to another and….here we are."

"You see Twilight! If you keep something as powerful as love trapped inside, it could make you sick. And if you don't tell him soon, you could lose him." Crescent said.

Twilight then became slightly worried until she made her decision. "Ok…the next time we have some privacy, I'll try to tell him."

Crescent gave her a warm smile. "That's my girl."

Hearing this made Twilight smile back warmly.

Meanwhile, I was in the kitchen putting the food on the plates. We were having the same as always, grass and daisy salad only it was cooked this time. Since there were four plates, I had to stick my wings flat out and balance one plate on each while I balanced one on my back and one on the top of my head.

I slowly re-entered the dining room and Twilight looked over to me and saw that I was struggling. "Errr, let me help you there Matt!" she said with a sweet smile.

Her horn then glowed and all the plates levitated off me and placed themselves on the table in front of Twilight, Star, Crescent and an empty space next to Twilight.

I then walked around the table to the empty space and sat down on the chair so I was next to Twilight. We all then started eating the salads.

"Mmmm, this is delicious. Did you make this Matthew?" Star asked.

"Yeah, I always had a talent for cooking back where I came from." I answered with a smile.

Crescent looked up from his food to face me. "Oh, is cooking your special talent?"

My smile then faded. "Errr…well…not exactly."

Star gave me a curious look. "Really? Then what is your talent?"

I hesitated for a second before turning my head to Twilight and she gave me a warm smile as she nodded.

"Errr…I'm…kind of a video game champion so…I have a game controller as a cutie mark." I said nervously.

Crescent and Star were silent for a second before Crescent smile. "Really? I was kind of a video game player myself when I was you age."

I gave him a slight shocked look. "Really?"

Star smiled and waved her hoof. "Oh we both were. In fact, we had most of our dates at the arcade. I spent so much of my parents money and they kept getting so angry when I did."

Crescent turned his head to face Star. "My parents were the same, we then decided to stop going there and find a different talent…and we did." Crescent and Star then showed me their cutie marks.

"So….there's nothing wrong with video games being my special talent?" I asked with a hopeful smile.

"Of cause there isn't, why would you think there would be?" Star asked with a raised eye brow.

I waved a hoof. "No reason, it's cool now. How about we finish our food!"

Crescent and star then decided to drop the subject and we all went back to eating our salads.

After we finished eating, we were all lounging on the chairs with full stomachs. "That was wonderful. Matthew, you didn't do all this just for us did you?" Star asked while rubbing her stomach.

"Well, you are Twilight's parents and you deserve the best." I said with an honest smile.

Crescent and Star then looked at each other with warm smiles before looking back to me with the smiles still on their faces. I smiled warmly back.

Twilight then got off her seat before her horn started to glow and all the empty plates levitated off the table and hovered in front of her as she walked towards the kitchen. "Matt, can you help me in the kitchen?"

"Sure Twi." I said before I got off the chair and followed Twilight into the kitchen.

Once in the kitchen, Me and Twilight started washing the dishes. "Twi this is going great." I cheered quietly.

"I know, they really like you. Now we just need to make sure nothing embarrassing happens and tonight will be perfect." Twilight said as she washed the dishes with her magic.

I smirked. "And what embarrassing thing do you think might happen?"

"I don't know…anything really." She answered while focusing on the dishes.

My smirk changed into a devious grin. "You mean like…making you laugh so loud that your parents would hear it from the other room?"

Twilight turned her head to face me. "And how are you going to do that?" she asked with a raised eye brow.

I then turned my head around to face my wings, grabbed one of my feathers with my mouth, plucked it out and slowly walked towards Twilight while pointing the feather at her.

"Matt…no…don't even think about it." Twilight said with a giggly smile as she backed away.

As I got closer to her, she turned around and galloped away. I then started chasing her around the kitchen. I eventually caught up with her and stared tickling her side.

"Hahaha…Matt..stop..hahaha." Twilight laughed as we continued galloping around the kitchen.

I then tackled her to the floor and pinned her down by the hooves before I started tickling her chest, which made her laugh uncontrollably loud.

I then stopped to let Twilight calm down. Once she did, we looked deep into each other's eyes as we smiled sweetly at each other.

"Awww, that's so cute." A voice said across the room. Me and Twilight then looked in the direction the voice came from to see Crescent and Star smiling at us from the door way.

I then quickly got off Twilight and spat the feather out my mouth. "Errr…we were just…I was…oh boy." I said nervously while Twilight got up off the floor.

"Twilight, would you go back in the dining room with your mother please! I want to speak with Matthew for a moment." Crescent said as he approached us.

I gulped hard as Twilight walked passed her father and went back into the dining room with Star; leave me alone in the kitchen with Crescent.

I then became worried. "Ok it's not what it looks like, we were just playing. I wasn't trying anything." I said in a slight scared tone.

Crescent raised his hoof. "Matt calm down, I wasn't suspecting you of anything. I know you were just tickling her….and I must say, you two make an adorable couple." he said with a warm smile.

All my worry then faded away and I gave a small smile. "Really?"

Crescent nodded. "Yes, I've never seen her so happy. She truly does have a heart for you…and I know that you have a heart for her. She's told us how you saved her from that Thorn guy by taking that bolt of magic that burnt your arm."

I then gave him an honest look. "And I'd do it a thousand times again if it meant keeping her safe….I'd never forgive myself if something happened to her."

Crescent grinned slightly. "Sounds to me like you're in love with her."

I blushed slightly and looked down at the floor. "I….I…"

I was cut off by the feeling of a hoof on my shoulder. I looked up to see Crescent smiling warmly at me. "It's ok if you're in love with her Matt, me and Star think you're perfect for her. You just need to tell her how you feel."

"I do love her but….does she feel the same about me?" I said with my ears low.

Crescent chuckled. "You know Matt! You remind me of myself when I was your age, I was unsure if Star loved me as much as I loved her. But I knew I had to find out the truth, so I told her and she told me she loved me back…and that's what you need to do."

"I know…but how?" I asked.

Crescent came closer to me. "Here's what you do!...you take her somewhere private, look her deep in the eyes and tell her. Trust me! If you tell her, it'll make her be happier than ever."

I raised an eye brow. "How can you be so sure?"

Crescent gave me a warm smile. "Because she feels the same way, it's obvious she does. I'm surprised you can't see it."

I then thought hard about it and it did seem likely that she did feel the same way. Her kindness towards me, the sadness she felt when I almost left Ponyville, how she comforts me when I'm sad or worried. It all lead to it.

I then made my decision. "Ok, I'll tell her….tonight."

Crescent smiled. "Good, I think it's time for me and Star to leave anyway." He then turned around and walked towards the door.

I tilted my head. "Really? You don't have to g-"

"No, it's getting late and you and Twilight have a lot to talk about." Crescent said; cutting me off.

I didn't want to argue with him so I decided to leave it and follow him back into the dining room.

Once back in the dining room, Crescent told Star that it was time for them to go and they both walked out of the dining room and towards the front door with Me and Twilight following behind.

When we reached the front door, Crescent opened the door with his magic before he and Star turned around to face us. "Well Matthew, it was nice meeting and I wish you two the best." Crescent said.

"It's been nice meeting you too." I said as I shook his hoof.

Crescent then let go of my hoof and turned his attention to Twilight. "Goodbye Twilight, be a good girl ok!" he said with a warm smile.

"I will, come visit again soon." Twilight said sweetly as she hugged him and Star.

They all then broke the hug and Crescent and Star walked out the front door. Me and Twilight walked to the door way and waved them off. "Bye Mom, bye Dad." Twilight yelled as she waved.

"Bye sweet-heart." Star yelled back as she looked back while continuing to walk away with Crescent.

Crescent looked back at us. "Bye angel. And Matthew, remember what we talked about!" he said before he winked at me with a smile.

I gave him a small nod. We then watched Crescent and Star walk away further into Ponyville until they were out of sight. Once they were, Me and Twilight walked back into the library and I closed the door behind us.

Me and Twilight then looked at each other. "Well that went way better than I thought." I said cheerfully.

Twilight nodded. "I told you they would like you. By the way, what did you and my Dad talk about in the kitchen?"

"Oh…that….errr..I'll tell you later." I answered.

"Oh…ok." Twilight said before she walked away into the other room.

"How the friv am I gonna do this?" I thought nervously.

That night

Spike, Jeff and Peewee had already gone to bed and were fast asleep. Me and Twilight were the only ones still up.

"Ok Matt, you can do this. Just go in there, look her in the eyes and tell her how you feel. This time, nothings gonna stop me." I said to myself as I approached the door to the room with the fireplace.

Once I reached the door, I slowly opened it to see Twilight lying down in front of the fire place reading a book while enjoying the warmth of the fire.

I gulped hard before I walked into the room and up to Twilight. I then tapped her shoulder which caused her to flinch in fright.

"Matt….you scared me." she said holding her hoof against her heart.

"Sorry…errr Twilight, can I speak to you?" I asked nervously.

Twilight gave me a sweet smile. "Sure Matt, what is it?"

I then lied down next to her and took a deep breath. "Twilight…I…we've been together for a while now and…I want to tell you that I….I.."

As I was trying to say it, I looked at the sweet look on her face and my heart melted until I couldn't hold it anymore. "I…I love you Twilight."

She looked at me in surprise. "What?"

"I love you…I've loved you for a while now but I've never had the guts to tell you." I admitted.

Twilight was silent for a second and I was starting to worry until a warm smile came on her face. "Matt….I love you too."

I looked at her in surprise and shock. "Really?" I asked quietly.

Twilight nodded. "Yeah…ever since that night at the Ponyville dance…I knew you were the one." She said sweetly.

I couldn't believe what I just heard, she loves me...she actually loves me. I smiled warmly back before we moved in slowly and share a deep passionate kiss.

After a few minutes, we broke the kiss and looked deep into each other's eye while feeling the love we shared.

Twilight then nudged closer to me and rested her head on my shoulder before she closed her eyes.

I looked at her and smiled lovingly before I rested my head against hers and closed my eyes. While I had my eyes closed, I couldn't help but shed one tear of happiness before we both fell asleep in each other's warmth and love.

Meanwhile: Luna's castle

Luna was in her bedroom; lying on her bed while looking up at the ceiling in deep thought.

"Why do I feel so different around Matthew? Why do I always feel happier around him? I mean, he's a nice colt. We've only recently met and he doesn't care about what I did when I was Nightmare Moon. He's the first pony to not become afraid when we first meet. Twilight Sparkle is a very lucky pony to have a coltfriend as good as him….so why can't I stop thinking about him?" Luna thought.

Luna's eyes then went wide once she realized what she was feeling. She then leaned up on the bed with her eyes still wide. "Oh no…I think I've…got a crush on Matthew." She said to herself in a shocked voice.

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