Hi, everypony.

As promised, I will now explain why Cadence didn't appear in the last chapter.

Remember in "A Canterlot wedding Part 1" where Shining Armor told Twilight that he was marrying Cadence? Well, Twilight sounded as though she hadn't seen Cadence since she was a filly.

And seeing how there's no proof of them seeing each other before the episode's events, that's what I'm going by.

So Cadence probably won't be seen until my Canterlot Wedding episode chapter, but I wouldn't get excited about it yet, it's a while away.

If I can come up with something, maybe Matt will meet Cadence early, but I can't promise anything.

So as always, please enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 42: The honeymoon

It's been 3 days since Twilight and I got married, and we've never been happier. Although, we haven't talked about having a special night yet.

The day after our wedding, Princess Celestia came to our suite and said she had a surprise for us.

We followed her through the castle until we came to a pair of double doors, Celestia opened them to reveal a Pool-side were ponies come to when they're on vacation.

Twilight and I were amazed by it, there was a large pool, massage beds, a drink bar, and a kidy-pool for young fillies and colts.

Celestia said we could relax here anytime we wanted while we were on our honeymoon, we both gave her our dearest gratitude for this wonderful gift.

And that wasn't the only thing she had for us, Celestia had also assigned one of her best and toughest guards to aid and protect us while we were in Canterlot.

His name was Blaze Horn, he was a unicorn guard. But unlike most of Celestia's guards, his coat was light-brown and his mane & tail were black, he had silver cross-swords for a cutie mark.

Despite being determined to fulfil his assignment, he was more loose and cheerful than the other guards. He was a very kind pony, Twilight and I got along with him just fine.

Canterlot Pool-side

Today was a warm sunny day, so Twilight and I decided to spend it at the Pool-side.

Of course, we weren't wearing our wedding rings anymore, we packed them away with our wedding cloths for safe keeping.

Twilight was sunbathing on one of the wooden sun-chairs, she was a few feet away from the pool so she wouldn't get splashed or anything like that.

While she was relaxing, I was on top of the high diving-board walking as carefully as I could across it. Once I reached the end of the board, I looked down to see how high up I was from the pool.

"Oh boy, what've I got myself into this time?" I said under my breath.

"What's wrong, Mr Matthew? Afraid of heights? That's kinda weird, seeing is how you're a Pegasus and all." Blaze Horn called while standing near the edge of the pool.

I looked down at him. "I'm not scared, I've just never used one of these things before." I stated.

Blaze chuckled. "Well there's a first time for everything, sir." He called with an amused smile on his face.

"Yeah, whatever." I responded as I slowly took a few steps back.

Once I was far enough back, I waited a few seconds before I rushed across the board and bounced off the end. I hugged my knees to form a cannonball before I fell down into the water with a big splash.

After a few seconds, I shot my head out of the water and whipped the water off my eyes, I breathed heavily as I tried to catch my breath. "Well done, Mr Matthew. If I had number cards, I'd give you a…hmm…solid eight." Blaze stated.

I smirked at him. "An eight? Ok then, tough guy. Let's see you do better." I said as I swam over to him.

Blaze shook his head. "No thanks, sir. I'm not exactly the swimming type. Plus, I'm on duty helping you and your wife." He stated.

When I reached the side of the pool, I climbed out of the water and shook myself dry. Once I was dry, I looked at Blaze. "You know, you work too hard. Why not take a break? Sit down for a bit, me and Twilight can handle things." I said kindly.

Blaze smiled at me. "That's very generous, sir. But I'm under order to aid you and Twilight. And as a loyal guard, I must stick by my orders and follow them." he stated proudly.

"Whow, get a load of Captain America over here." I thought in amusement.

"Ok, do what you want, Blaze." I said.

As I thought about going back in the pool, I moved my tongue around my mouth to feel it was dry. I then looked over to the drink bar before I looked at Blaze again. "Hey, I'm kinda thirsty, wanna get a drink at the bar over there?" I asked as I pointed my hoof at the bar.

Blaze looked over to it before he smiled and looked at me again, he gave me a small nod. "Alright, sir. Let's have a drink, maybe we can learn a bit about each other." he said.

I smiled at this before we headed over to the drink bar. When we reached it, we sat on the spinning stools before the bar-tender came over to us. "What can I get you boys?" he asked.

"A glass of apple-juice, please." I said politely.

"Same here, please." Blaze said.

With that, the bar-tender walked away to make our drinks. After a few minutes, he came back and placed them in front of us.

I then realised I didn't have my money with me. I looked over to the chair Twilight was resting on and saw my saddle-bags, I then looked at the bar-tender. "Just a sec, I'll need to get the money from my bag." I said.

But before I could move from my seat, the bar-tender spoke. "It's ok, they're on the house." He said kindly.

I was slightly surprised by this. "Really?...oh, thanks." I said.

The bar-tender waved his hoof. "Don't mention it, kid. Any friend of Blaze Horn, is a friend of mine." He stated before he walked away to attend another customer.

Once he was gone, I turned my head to face Blaze with a raised eye brow. "Sounds like you've made a name for yourself, Blaze. How come you're so popular around here?" I asked curiously.

Blaze looked at me and shrugged. "I don't know, maybe it's because I'm good friends with the Captain of the Guards or something." he said.

"You know Shining Armor?" I asked in surprise.

Blaze smirked. "You mean Shiny? Yeah, I know him. He and I go way back, we trained together with Midnight Gaze before we became guards."

Once I heard that name, my curious smile faded away. "…Oh…you knew Midnight?...Did you hear about what happened to him?" I asked.

Blaze nodded. "Trust me, Matt. Every guard in the castle knows about what happened to him, we all attended his funeral at Princess Luna's castle." He said before his ears dropped.

"It was hard for me and Shining Armor, we were friends with Midnight for many years. To most of the guards, we lost a dear friend that night…but to me, I lost a family member." Blaze stated sadly.

After hearing this, I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. "…I'm sorry for your loss, Blaze…By the way, where were you during Thorn's attack on the castle?" I asked.

"Before Thorn could take over the castle, he had to get to the throne room first. I was one of the first guards he knocked-out on the way there, I woke up some time later in the Canterlot Hospital. When I returned to the castle, I asked one of the other guards what happened after I was knocked out." Blaze explained.

"And what did he say?" I asked curiously.

A smirk then grew on Blaze's face. "He told me Thorn was stopped by a little green pony with a habit for annoying bad guys." He stated.

I chuckled at this. "And now you're having a drink with that little green pony." I said.

Blaze chuckled as well. "Haha, yeah." He said before his amused smile turned into a small frown. "I still wish I could've done something during the attack, I would've tried to help-out." He stated.

I then placed my hoof on his shoulder. "Hey, Thorn was a tough guy. You were lucky to get out of there, you're even lucky to be alive." I said.

Blaze nodded in agreement. "I know I am…I just wish I could've helped." He said before he managed to form a smile. "Anyway, the past is the past. It's time to move on to the future, like your future with Twilight." he said in a more cheerful tone.

At that moment, look over to Twilight who was still relaxing on the sun-chair before I turn my attention back to Blaze.

"I know…I still can't believe I'm married. Think about all the things we can do in our future together, where would we start?" I asked, I was still in slight amazement over the fact that I was married.

"Here's something, ever thought about having kids?" Blaze asked with a raised eye brow.

After hearing this, my eyes widened slightly. "Err...well, we almost had a...special night…but we decided to wait until we were married." I said.

"Well you're married now, so what do you do next?" Blaze asked before he grabbed his drink with his hoof and took a small sip of it.

I turned around to look over to Twilight again, I just stared at her as I thought it over. "Well…we did say we'd do it after we were married." I admitted in a quiet tone.

Blaze placed his drink back down. "And married couples usually do it on their honeymoons, so this maybe the best time to do it." he stated.

I continued to stare at Twilight as I thought about what he said, it would be good to do it while we were away from home. Our room was private, everyone knocks before entering, and I felt ready for it. "Well…I guess we could try, I'd have to ask her first." I said.

"Well, why not go over there and ask her now?" Blaze asked.

And within a few seconds, I felt confidence flow through my body. I turned my head back around to face Blaze. "You know what? That's exactly what I'm gonna do." I said.

I then grabbed my glass of apple-juice and drank the whole thing in a few gulps. When the glass was empty, I slammed the glass down and took some deep breaths. "Alright, I'm going over there."

With that, I jumped down from the stool and made my way towards Twilight. "Good luck." Blaze called before he took another sip of his drink.

As I got closer to Twilight, I saw that her chair was lying flat so she was looking up at the sky. She lied there with sun-glasses over her eyes and a warm smile on her face, I could tell she was enjoying her sunbathe.

Once I reached her, I walked around her chair until I was behind her head. I then leaned my head forward until my face was above hers; causing my shadow to block the sun from her face.

After a few seconds, her smile faded. "Excuse me, you're kinda blocking my light." She said before he horn glowed and her sunglasses tilted up to her fore-head.

Twilight then opened her eyes to see me smiling warmly down at her, her smile then returned. "Oh, hey Matt. What're you doing?" she asked.

I continued to smile down at her. "Oh you know, enjoying the view." I said.

Twilight giggled at my comment. "Well, maybe you'll enjoy this even more." She said as she placed both her front hooves on my cheeks.

Twilight then pulled my face down and we shared a deep kiss, it felt a little strange kissing her upside-down, but I didn't care.

We then separated before Twilight removed her hooves from my face, we smiled lovingly at each other before I moved around to the left side of her chair.

Twilight watched as I got onto chair with her and laid down on my back beside her, I wrapped my arm around her as we looked into each other's eyes. "Isn't this peaceful, Matt? Just you and me spending personal time together on this gorgeous day?" she said.

"Yeah." I answered.

Twilight then nudged closer to me and nuzzled her head against the side of my neck. Once she got comfy, she closed her eyes to enjoy the moment.

As I continued to hold her, I thought about what I was going to say to her. "I know she wants to do it, but how do I tell her? Ok, just say you're ready, and don't be too strong about it. It's easy, you can tell her you're ready to take the next step." I thought.

I took a quiet deep breath before I spoke. "…Twilight…" I said.

"Yeah?" Twilight responded as she kept her eyes close.

"I…I want to tell you something…I…I'm ready…" I said.

Twilight opened her eyes before she moved her head away from my neck and looked at my face. "Ready? Ready for what?" she asked curiously.

I was slightly surprised that she didn't remember. "You know…I'm ready to do it…what we said we'd do after we were married." I said.

At that moment, Twilight knew what I was talking about and blushed deeply. "Oh…y-you mean…you're ready?" she asked.

I remained silent as I nodded. "So…when do you want to do it?...Tonight?" Twilight asked.

I gave it some more thought before I nodded again. "I want to do it with you, Twi...I think this honeymoon is the best time to do it. No distractions, no interferences, just you and me on our bed." I said softly.

A small smile grew on Twilight's face before a thought came to her. "But what about Blaze? He'll be standing right outside the door of our suite." She said.

I gave her a comforting smile. "We'll send him away, we'll tell him we want some time alone, he'll understand." I said.

Twilight blushed again as she continued to smile at me. "Ok, Matt…we'll do it tonight..." She said before she wrapped her arms around me and held me tight.

I closed my eyes as I kept holding her, we felt relaxed as we continued to lie there in each other's embrace. We felt the heat from the bright sun warm our faces as we thought about what tonight would be like.

That night: Our suite

That night, we returned to our suite to begin our special night.

Just like said, we explained everything to Blaze and asked if we could have some privacy. Blaze understood and kindly went away, he said he had other business he needed to take care of anyway.

After he left, Twilight hung a sign outside on the front door. It read 'Do not disturb', somehow I can tell she's been planning this night for a while.

While Twilight was getting comfy on the bed, I was in the bathroom swilling my face with water as I thought of what I was about to do.

I leaned over against the sink with my head hanging above it, I felt the water drip from my face as I took steady breaths. After a few more breaths, I looked up at my reflection in the mirror. "Alright Matt…you can do this…she's your wife now, it's ok to do it with her." I said to myself.

As I tried to build confidence, an unsure feeling caused me to frown slightly. "But what if something bad happens? What if I hurt her somehow?" I said before I felt my confidence return.

"NO! You're doing it with her tonight, you promised her." I said strongly at my reflection.

"Matt, are you ok in there?" Twilight called from the bedroom.

I turned around to look at the open bathroom door. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'll be in there in a minute." I called before I turned around to face the mirror again.

"Well…here I go…" I said before I stepped down from the sink and headed over to the door.

Once I entered the bedroom, I saw Twilight lying in the bed with her chin resting on her left hoof. She fluttered her eyes as she smiled slyly at me. "Coming to bed, sweetie?" she asked.

I blushed deeply as I stared at her beauty, I made my way towards the bed while smirking at her. "Well, I've never seen this side of you before…but I think I like it." I said.

Twilight giggled. "I think you'll like it even more once we get started." She said slyly.

I was surprised by her sudden flirty attitude, I never thought I'd see someone like Twilight act like this…But who ever said I had a problem with it?

Once I reached the bed, Twilight's horn glowed before the covers on my side of the bed moved aside to let me in. I lied down on the bed with her before she moved the covers over me.

I continued to smile as I rolled on top of Twilight and she placed her hooves on my shoulders. "Alright, you naughty pony. Are you sure you're ready for this?" I asked.

Twilight smiled back as she nodded slightly. "More than you know." She stated.

We smiled lovingly at each other before I lowered my head down to her face, we both soon connected in a passionate kiss. Twilight's hooves moved from my shoulders to the back of my neck as we continued to kiss.

After a few seconds, we began to move faster. We both soon felt the irresistible urge trying to take over, but this time we weren't going to hold back.

The feeling was overpowering, I felt my wings desperately try to unfold while I was doing my best to keep them down.

We separated from the kiss to breathe. Once I caught my breath, I began to softy kiss Twilight's cheek; earning a small giggle from her.

But suddenly. *Knock, knock, knock!* someone knocked at the front door.

Twilight and I quickly looked over to the door to hear another knock, I then looked down at Twilight with confusion. "I thought you put a sign on the door." I said.

Twilight looked at me. "I did put a sign on the door." She claimed.

This made me even more confused, I looked over to the door again with an unpleased look. "Well who the hell's dumb enough to knock on a door with a 'do not disturb' sign on it?!" I asked in an irritated tone.

At that moment, the door opened to reveal Rover. "Room-service." He said with a large smile.

Once I saw him, I lowered my eye-lids half-way. "Now I feel dumb for asking." I groaned out-loud.

Rover stepped aside to allow Spot to push a food-cart through the doorway. The cart had two metal dome cloches on it, obviously they were covering our food.

"Guys, did you even notice the sign on the door?" I asked still feeling irritated.

Rover and Spot looked at the sign on the door before they looked at me. "Yes." They both answered.

"Well can you read?" I asked growing more annoyed.

They both looked at the sign again before they looked at me. "No." they both answer.

I couldn't help but face-hoof myself while letting out a groan. "Grr…ok, just…put the food over there." I said while pointing to the table on the other side of the room.

With that, Spot pushed the food-cart over to the table. When he reached it, he then removed the cloches to reveal two plates of steaming salads.

"Fresh cooked food for the new pony couple." Spot said as he placed the plates on the table.

Twilight and I could smell the food from the bed, it was giving off a wonderful sent that tempted us to eat it.

With that done, Spot turned around and pushed food-cart back towards the door. After he left the room, Rover looked at us with a raised eye brow. "Err…why are you two in bed?" he asked curiously.

Twilight and I didn't answer, we just gave him an annoyed glare before Twilight's horn glowed. Suddenly, the door slammed shut in Rover's face; locking him and others out.

Once that was done with, Twilight and I let out a small exhale. We then looked over to the food before we both slipped out of the bed and walked towards it.

Once we reached the table, we looked down at the food-filled plates in wonder. "Matt, why did you order room-service on our special night?" Twilight asked as she kept staring at the food.

I turned my head to face her. "Whow, hold up, I didn't order anything." I stated.

Twilight then looked at me. "Well, I didn't do it. And it didn't just order itself, so who did order it?" She asked.

I then looked down at the plates again before I noticed a small note lying on one of the plates beside the food. "Hey, there's a note." I said as I pointed at it.

Twilight looked down at it before her horn glowed, the note then lifted off the plate and hovered in front of her as she began to read it.

"Dear Twilight and Matthew.

I ordered this special surprise dinner for you both. Don't worry about paying, it is free in your honour. Just make sure you have a wonderful honeymoon.

Yours: Princess Celestia."

After Twilight finished reading the note, she looked at me again. "So the Princess ordered this for us? Why?" she asked in wonder.

"Looks like Blaze isn't the only one trying to make our honeymoon perfect." I said.

Twilight then placed the note back down on the table before she looked at the food again. "We're not gonna do it tonight, are we?" she asked with a disappointed look on her face.

I could tell she was upset by this, so I got closer to her and wrapped my wing around her. "Hey, it's ok. We still have a few days before we go back to Ponyville, there's plenty of time." I said softly.

Twilight then turned her head to face me. "So what should we do tonight?" she asked.

I gave it some thought before spoke. "Well we can't just leave this food to go cold, especially after the Princess ordered it for us. Plus, I am kinda hungry…and it does smell good. How about we eat this tonight and try again some other night?" I said.

Twilight was silent for a moment before she nodded slightly. "Ok, Matt…Rover and Spot kinda ruined the mood anyway." She said.

I could tell by the sound of her voice that she was still disappointed, I placed my hoof under her chin and gave her a warm smile. "Don't worry, Twi. We will do it eventually, we just need to find the right time to do it." I said.

Twilight then managed to form a smile. "Ok, Matt. Well…we should probably start eating this food, we don't want it to get cold." She said.

With that, we both sat down by the table before we started to eat our salads. However, we were still disappointed that our special time was ruined just as it was getting good.

The next day: Castle Gardens

While Twilight was getting a back massage by the pool, I decided to take a peaceful walk through the castle gardens.

Blaze Horn accompanied me and he was curious about what happened last night.

"I told you, Blaze. Nothing happened last night, we just ended up having room-service." I stated trying to end the conversation.

"Oh, I get it. You blew it." he said.

I immediately stopped and turned around to face him. "I did not blow it. We almost had a special night, but those Diamond Dogs interrupted us before we could even get best part." I explained.

"Bummer…better luck next time, huh?" Blaze said with a slightly amused smile.

I didn't take notice to his smile and let out a small sigh.

"Yeah, we'll try again some other night. And when that night comes…we're locking the door." I said before I turned around and continued to walk through the garden with Blaze behind me.

As we kept walking through the lovely surroundings, we soon entered another part of the garden that had bushes cut into the shape of different animals.

Blaze and I looked around to admire them. There was one in the shape of whale, one in the shape of an elephant, one in the shape of a giraffe, and many more.

Just then, I saw someone up ahead. I got closer to see it was Discord behind a rose bush, he looked as though he was hiding.

I wondered what he was doing before I turned my head around to face Blaze. "Hey, how about you go check on Twilight? I just need to check something out. Plus, she's been alone for a while."

Blaze smiled as he saluted to me. "Sure thing, buddy." he said before he turned around and headed back to the pool-side.

Once he was out of sight, I turned my attention back on Discord before I started to walk over to him.

When I reached him, I watched as he looked at something on the other side of the bush. Obviously he didn't want to be seen. "Hey Discord, what're you doing?" I asked.

Discord then quickly looked down at me. "Oh, hello Matthew…I'm…I'm doing nothing." He stated while shifting his eyes left and right.

I raised my eye brow at him. "Nothing, huh? What do you keep looking at over the bush?" I asked.

Discord began to sweat slightly. "Err…also nothing." He stated.

I still didn't believe him, he had a nervous look in his eye that told me he didn't want anyone to know what he was doing. "Oh, so you were looking at nothing?" I said.

Discord smiled and nodded.

"Ok, then there shouldn't be anything beyond this bush. Mind if I have a look?" I asked with a devious smirk on my face.

Discord's smile went away as his eyes widened slightly. "Well…emm…you see…I…" he said trying to come up with an excuse.

I just rolled my eyes before I looked over the bush. That's when I saw Celestia on the other side of the gardens with a watering-can floating beside her, she was using her magic to water the flowers while humming a calming tune.

I then looked at Discord again to see him twiddle his fingers while smiling nervously down at me. "I don't get it, it's just Celestia." I said.

"Yes…I know." He responded.

I was really confused by this, why was Discord spying on Celestia? Discord's usually really calm around her. At that moment, it hit me.

I looked back and forth from Discord to Celestia a few times as a smile grew on my face. "Hey…are you checking her out?" I asked.

Discord then let out an amused chuckle. "Haha, checking her out? Haha. Oh Matt, you make me laugh when you're talking nonsense." He said as he patted my head with his lion hand.

"No seriously, I wouldn't mind if you were. I mean…she's very beautiful." I said in an honest voice.

Just then, Discord's amused faded away before he looked at Celestia again. "Well…I suppose she's quite lovely…" he said.

I was curious to why he was acting so shy and defensive, he's usually more lively than this. "Discord, I'm starting to get the feeling that you like Celestia. And not as a friend, I mean as something else." I said.

Discord then looked down at me again and his ears dropped. "Well seeing how the cat's out of the bag…I…I guess I do have curtain feelings for her." He admitted.

"Well, have you ever thought about asking her out?" I asked curiously.

Discord raised his eye brow. "You mean have I ever considered dating her? I have dated her, we went to witness the Canterlot bonfire together. You were there with Twilight, remember?" he said with his arms crossed.

I nodded. "Yeah, I remember. But I'm not talking about going to a bonfire, I'm talking about an real date. You know, take her out to dinner or something like that." I said.

"It's not that easy, Matt. You may think I have a chance with her, but why would she ever have a relationship with me? I mean, just look at me!" Discord said as he looked down at his body.

I gave him a confident smile. "Don't be-little yourself like that, Discord. I've seen enough to know Celestia likes you too, you just need to make the next move." I said.

Discord then rubbed his chin with his talon hand. "I see…well then, I should probably make that move now, shouldn't I?" he said.

I nodded. "Yep." I responded.

Discord looked over to Celestia again before a nervous look came on his face, he then looked back down at me. "But…I've never been on an actual date before…can you come with us and help me?" he asked sounding desperate.

"Discord, I can't come on your date with Celestia, that would just be weird." I stated.

Discord then wrapped his hands together. "Please, please, pleeeease." He begged.

After hearing him beg a few more times, I decided to try and think of a way to help him before I came up with something. "Well…maybe Twilight and I could double-date with you and Celestia." I said.

Discord gave me a confused look. "Double-date? What's that?" he asked.

"It when two couples go on a date together, Twilight and I will be able to join you and Celestia on your date." I explained.

"…I guess that could be suitable." Discord said before a look of confidence came on his face. "Alright, I'll do it. I'll go over there and ask her out on a date." He said.

I then gave him a proud smile. "Good on ya, Discord. Don't worry, I'll be here the whole time." I said before I sat down on the ground.

Discord's confident look didn't last long as looked over to Celestia again, he gulped hard as he felt nervous again. "Alright, here I go." He thought.

With that, Discord took a deep breath before he walked around the bush and made his way towards Celestia. As he got half-way, he stopped and turned his head around to face me.

I could tell he was having second thoughts, so I moved my hoof in a way that told him to keep going.

Discord then mouthed the words 'I'm going' before he turned his head back around and continued to walk towards Celestia.

Finally, Discord approached Celestia from behind while she continued to water her plants. Discord listened to her humming melody, her smoothing tune somehow made Discord feel calmer.

Discord listen to her for a few more seconds before he held his fist to his mouth and cleared his throat, Celestia heard this and turned her head around to see Discord.

Celestia smiled at him before she turned the rest of her body around to him. "Why hello Discord, how long have you been standing there?" she asked curiously.

Discord rubbed the back of his head with his lion hand. "Well, I haven't been here long…I was actually wanting to ask you something." he stated nervously.

Celestia then placed her watering-can down on the ground. "What is it?" she asked giving him her full attention.

Discord was a loss for words, he turned his head around to face me again. I saw this and motioned my hoof again to tell him to keep it up

Discord then turned his head back around to face Celestia again, he began to sweat slightly as he tried to spit it out. "Well…I was…urr…wondering if you'd like to go somewhere with me tomorrow night. You know, a place where we can have an evening together." He said.

After hearing this, Celestia cocked her head in confusion. "Discord, are you asking me out on a date?" she asked.

Discord slowly nodded. "Umm…yes…" he answered with a sheepish smile.

Celestia looked at the ground as she thought about it, Discord became more worried every silent second. Discord was sure she was going to refuse…until. "I'd love to, Discord." Celestia answered with a kind smile.

At that moment, Discord's worried feelings went away and a cheerful smile came on his face. "Really?" he asked.

Celestia nodded. "Yes, I need some time out of the castle anyway. And also…I've grown rather fond of spending time with you, Discord." She said with a sweet smile.

Discord smiled sweetly beck. "Oh…thank you, Princess. By the way, do you mind if Matthew and Twilight joined us on our date? Matthew said it was something called…a double-date." He said.

Celestia shook her head. "Oh, I wouldn't mind at all. I've been meaning to speak with those two, I'm curious on how their honeymoon is going." She stated.

Discord was pleased on how well this had gone, he gave Celestia a small nod. "Ok then…So how about we go to that fancy restaurant in the city tomorrow night?" he asked.

"That sounds like a good idea." Celestia said before she picked up her watering-can with her magic.

"Anyway, I need to get back to watering my plants. I'll meet with you later, Discord. I'm really looking forward to our date tomorrow." Celestia said kindly.

"As am I, Princess." Discord said before Celestia walked away from him to water a different bush.

When Discord started walking back towards me, an overjoyed smile came on his face, he couldn't help but chuckle cheerfully. "Yes." He cheered under his breath.

As he came closer to the bush, I could see the smile on his face that told me he had done it. Once he reached me, I smiled up at him. "So, what happened?" I asked curiously.

"She said yes, we're going out of dinner tomorrow night." Discord said in delight.

"Did you mention it was a double-date?" I asked.

Discord nodded. "Yes, and she doesn't mind if you and Twilight come, she said she wanted to speak with you two anyway." He stated.

At that moment, I gave Discord a proud smile. "Well I'm happy for you, Discord. Looks like you and Celestia have more of a chance than you think." I said.

Discord smiled humbly as he rubbed the back of his head. "Well…maybe…but no one should get their hopes up just yet, we still need to see how this date turns out." He stated.

"Yeah" I said.

suddenly, I remembered that I supposed to be back at the pool-side by now, Twilight and Blaze must still be waiting for me. "Oh crap! Discord, I have to go. I was supposed to be back with Twilight ages ago." I said.

Discord raised his talon hand up. "Don't fret, I'll get you back in a snap…literally." He said.

But before he could snap his talon fingers, we heard a loud dark caw. We looked in the direction it came from to see a large black crow standing on a tree branch.

"Wow…I've never seen a lot of birds in my years, but never one that creepy, it looks like it's…glaring at us." Discord said as we stared at the crow.

As it glared at us with its menacing red eyes, I looked at it closer to see it had a large ugly scratch on its beak. That's when I remembered the crow from Fluttershy's garden that attacked me and Spike.

"No…it can't be." I thought.

Suddenly, the crow spread out its wings before it launched down at me. My eyes widened in surprise. But before I could react, the crow shot past my face and slashed my left cheek with its talons.

"AHH! Ahh…damn it!" I yelled in pain as I held my hoof against my cheek.

As I held my cheek in pain, the crow flew towards another tree and landed on another branch before it continued to watch me.

My yells caught the attention of Princess Celestia, she turned around to see what the commotion was and saw me in pain. She quickly placed her watering-can down before she rushed over to me and Discord.

Once she reached me and Discord, she looked down at me with concern. "Matthew, are you alright? What's wrong?" she asked.

I looked up at her while still holding my hoof against my face. "Ah...a damn crow just attacked me, it scratched my face!" I said loudly.

"May I see your wound?" Celestia asked calmly.

With that, I gently removed my hoof from my face.

Celestia looked at my wound to see three long scratches going across my cheek, she let out a small gasp. "Oh my…this is quite bad for a crow to make, are you sure it was a crow?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, positive." I said before I looked around to try and find it. After a few seconds, I saw the crow up on another tree branch. "There it is!" I said while pointing at it.

While Discord and Celestia looked up at it, I picked up a rock with my hoof. "Get out of here, you ugly feathered rat!" I yelled before I threw the rock towards it.

The rock hurled towards it before it hit the tree-trunk, the crow cawed loudly at me before I took off and flew away into the sky.

After it was gone, I held my hoof against my cheek again before I removed it. I looked down at my hoof's palm to see a small amount of blood on it, this meant my wound was starting to bleed.

"Fucking pigeon." I said under my breath in anger. Again, I don't usually swear like that, but it really hurt.

After I calmed down, I looked up at Celestia and Discord. "Hey guys, I'm just gonna get back to Twilight before anything else happens, alright?" I said in a calm yet exhausted tone.

Celestia gave me an understanding look. "Of course, Matthew. Go and relax for a while. And if that cheek's bothering you, there should be a medical kit in your suite." She said.

I gave her a thankful smile. "Thanks, Princess. I'm looking forward to the double-date tomorrow, I'll be sure to tell Twilight about it." I said.

As I began to walk away, I felt the scratches on my cheek sting again; forcing me to stop and place my hoof on the wound.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Discord asked in concern.

I turned my head around to face him. "Yeah, I'll be ok. I just need to get to that medical kit, I'll see you tomorrow." I said.

With that, I turned my head back around before I looked at my hoof again. I saw even blood this time, I could tell by the amount of blood that the wound was starting to bleed more.

I rubbed my hoof on the ground to wipe the blood off. Once the blood was off my hoof, I continued down the path to the pool-side.

On the way, I was still thinking about the crow that attacked me. There was no denying it now, that was definitely the same crow from Fluttershy's garden. But what was it doing here? And why does it always come after me when it appears?

I started to wonder if it was stalking me, like it was out to get me. I then realized how silly that sounded and shook the thoughts off. "What do crows have against me anyway?" I groaned under my breath as I tried to forget about it.

However, the stinging pain on my cheek kept reminding me of it. But all the while, I wondered how Twilight would react once she saw my wound.

That night: The suite

When we returned to the suite, Twilight immediately searched around for the medical kit. She was really shocked when she saw my cheek.

After finding the medical kit in one of the kitchen drawers, Twilight was now sat in front of me as she tended to my wound. She soaked a cotton-bud in disinfectant and was dabbing my cheek with it.

I sat on the edge of the bed as I felt the disinfectant sting the scratches on my cheek. "Ow…ow…ow." I repeated every time she dabbed my cheek.

"Matt, stop whining like a school-colt." Twilight said as she continued to dab my cheek.

"I can't help it, it stings. Ow!" I yelped as she dabbed my cheek again.

After a few more stinging dabs, Twilight stopped dabbing and threw the wet bloody cotton-bud in a bin beside the bed.

Twilight then levitated three band-aids out of the kit before she stuck them onto my cheek, the band-aids each covered one of the three scratches on my face. "All done, better?" Twilight asked.

At that moment, I thought of an idea that made me grin. "Kinda, it still hurts a little bit." I said slyly while tapping my cheek.

Twilight was confused at first before she understood what I meant, she smiled before she gave me a sweet kiss on my wounded cheek. "How about now?" she asked.

"Much better." I said smiling warmly at her.

Twilight smiled back before she spoke. "So how'd that happen anyway? Did you say it was a crow?" she asked curiously.

I nodded. "Yeah, Discord and I saw it up on a tree branch before it shot down and scratched me across my face. I think it was the same crow from Fluttershy's garden…I'm sure it was." I stated.

"You mean the one that scratched your arm?" Twilight asked with a raised eye brow.

I nodded again. "Yeah, it had a large scratch on its beak just like the one at Fluttershy's place." I said.

"Well if it is the same bird, it's gone now. Let's just try to forget about it, ok?" Twilight said as she placed her hoof on my shoulder.

I then gave her one last nod. "Ok, Twi." I said.

Just then, I remembered about the double-date we had with Celestia and Discord. "Oh Twilight, I almost forgot. How do you feel about going on a double-date with Discord and Celestia?" I asked hoping she'd be alright with it.

Twilight gave me a confused look. "Double-date with Discord and Celestia? What're you talking about?" she asked.

"Before the whole crow thing happened, I was helping Discord ask Celestia out on a date. He asked her and she said yes, but Discord is kinda nervous and he'll feel much better if we go with them on the date." I explained.

Twilight gave me an unsure look. "I don't know, Matt." she said.

"Aw c'mon, Twi. We'll be on a date too, only Celestia and Discord will be with us on theirs. We're going to one of the fancy restaurants in the city, and the Princess wants to talk to us anyway…How about it, Twi?" I asked with a hopeful smile.

Twilight tapped her chin as she thought about it. "Well…we haven't had a romantic dinner while we've been here, I guess it could be good." she said with a small smile.

"So we're on?" I asked.

Twilight kept smiling as she let out a small sigh. "Ok, we're on. But only because we haven't been on a dinner date yet. Plus, we're talking about the Princess here, we don't want her date to go bad." She stated.

I smiled at this news. "Great, the date's tomorrow night." I said.

"In that case, we'd better get a good night sleep, we need to be up early enough." Twilight said before she stood up and walked towards the bathroom. "Come on, let's get ready for bed." She said.

I was slightly confused by this. "But…the date's tomorrow night, how come we need to get up early?" I asked.

As she kept walking, Twilight turned her head around to face me. "I find it best to over-prepare for things like this." She stated before she entered the bathroom.

I smiled with amusement as I shook my head. "That's my twilight, always being prepared for anything." I thought.

"Honey, have you seen my toothbrush?" Twilight called from the bathroom.

"Well…almost anything." I thought before I hopped off the bed and walked into the bathroom to help Twilight.

After hearing Twilight say we needed to sleep early tonight, I was disappointed a little. I was hoping we could try to have a special night again…Oh well, better luck tomorrow night.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Well friends, season 3 is over. I know some of you may not like the idea of Twilight as a Princess, but this is one of those moments were we need to remember that Bronies and Pegasisters stick together and pull through no matter what.

I have no problem with Princess Twilight, I'm looking forward to see how this works in Season 4, I just hope you feel the same way.

Pony News: Season 4 sounds like it could be better than season 3. Meghan McCarthy considers the Season 3 final a 3-parter, and she says parts 2 & 3 (most likely the season 4 premiere) will be worth the wait.

And Daniel Ingram says there's something big in store for us, here's what he said in his Twitter.

"For those planning on leaving the fandom after season 3…I've seen into the future, and you do NOT want to miss out on what's in store."

Poll: I'm curious on what you thought of season 3, so I've put up a poll to find out. You'll find it on my profile, here are the votes.

1: I loved it.

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3: I hated it.

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