Hi everypony, and welcome back once again. So sorry for the wait, I've been a bit out of it lately.

The votes on how people felt about Season 3 are in. 9 people loved it, 11 people think it could've been better, and 0 people hated it.

I'm happy to hear that most of you loved Season 3. And again, don't worry about the Alicorn Twilight thing, let's just give it a chance and see where it takes us in Season 4.

I had to change some of the lyrics in the song I used so they'd fit the story.

Chapter 43: The double-date

As the sun rose to begin the new day, Twilight and I kept our word and woke up early so we could have some time together before our double-date with Celestia and Discord tonight.

While we were getting ready to head out, Twilight managed to find a healing spell in one of the Spell Books she brought with her. She used it to heal the scratches on my cheek, now it looked completely clear and I didn't need the band-aids anymore.

Canterlot Pool-side

As Celestia's sun shun brightly down over Canterlot, Twilight and I were once again spending our time by the Pool-side enjoying the warm weather.

While Twilight was having a nice swim in the pool, I lied on one of the massage-beds with a female employee massaged my back. It felt great, I've never had a back massage before, but I was beginning to like it.

Blaze Horn was standing beside the bed I was lying on with a determined look on his face, he really took his job seriously, even if it wasn't that big of a deal.

I opened my eyes before I looked over to him. "Hey Blaze, maybe you should relax a little bit. Try one of these back massages, they feel amazing." I said before I felt the massager hit a good-spot on my back. "Oooh, really amazing." I moaned.

Blaze looked down at me and chuckled. "Haha, no thanks. Like I keep saying, I'm on duty and I can't afford any distractions." He stated.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. You're only duty is to aid and protect me and Twilight, but don't you ever take a break and chill out?" I asked.

"Only on weekends, Mr Matthew…Oh, and I almost forgot. I have a message from Princess Celestia, she requests something from you." Blaze stated.

The relaxing feeling left my mind as I gave Blaze my full attention. If it involved the Princess, it must be important. "What is it, Blaze? Does it involve the date tonight?" I asked.

Blaze shook his head. "No, it isn't about that. You see, there're some new guards coming in a few weeks and the Princess was wondering if you could be there when we first meet them." he said.

Hearing this sent a worrying feeling through my body. I've only been married to Twilight for a few days, I shouldn't be planning things like this, not on our honeymoon. "Well…I don't know, Blaze. I have Twilight to think about now, I can't just leave her alone at the library like that." I said.

"Oh Twilight can come too, the Princess would be more than happy to have you both there. It's a very important event when new recues join the royal guard, it's the day when they turn from trainees to soldiers." Blaze stated.

After hearing this, I rubbed my chin with my hoof as I thought about it. "Well…I'm still not sure, Blaze. I'm gonna have to talk it over with Twilight." I said.

"Fair enough, sir." Blaze said with a small smile.

"You know, you can call me Matt. I like it better than 'sir' or 'Mr Matthew'." I stated.

Blaze nodded slightly. "Understood…Matt." he said as he gave me a friendly wink.

The massager then finished rubbing my back and I paid her. As I stepped down from the massage-bed, my back felt so flexible and refreshed, the massagers here really knew how to give a mean back rub.

"Oh…my back feels great, I don't know if it's ever felt so-AH!" I yelled as a small amount of water splashed against me.

I looked down at the pool to see Twilight swimming close to the edge, she gave me a small smirk before she splashed me again; soaking my face.

I shook the water off my face before I smirked back. "So that's the game you want to play, is it?" I said under my breath.

With that, I leaped into the pool and swam towards Twilight. She saw me coming closer before she started to swim backwards. "Matt, don't even think about it." she said as I got close to her.

"Never do." I responded with a devious grin, I then pulled back one of my hooves before I thrust it forward; causing a large amount of water to splash in front of Twilight.

Twilight let out a playful scream as the water waved over her body and got her even wetter. Her flat mane was now dripping with water, a part of her fringe was even covering her right-eye. Twilight then grinned before she splashed me back.

We both soon began to splash each other hard like a couple of school-ponies. But after a minute of mindless splashing, Twilight began to paddle away from me.

I noticed this before I paddled after her, I even cheated by using my wings like oars; causing me to move faster.

As I began to catch up with Twilight, she suddenly turned around before her horn glowed. Three chunks of water then rose up from the pool's surface before they stopped above Twilight's head, she gave me an evil smile before one of the water-balls hurled towards me and slashed in my face.

After I wiped the water off my eyes again, I saw that Twilight had made a few more water-balls. I gulped hard before I quickly turned around and swam away. "Ok, you win! I give, I give!" I said as I swam with all my might.

But that didn't stop Twilight from swimming after me while throwing the water-balls at the back of my head. It was all fun and games, so I couldn't help but laugh as she kept throwing the water-balls at me.

While we kept playing in the pool, an amused smile came on Blaze's face as he watched us. "There's never been a sight more perfect." He said to himself.

Meanwhile: Princess Celestia's room

Princess Celestia was already getting ready for her date with Discord tonight.

While she was getting ready, three of her best unicorn maids helped her. They were called Dusty, Shiny, and Pearl Blossom. And to top it off, they were sisters. (You can decide what they look like, but they don't wear outfits.)

After years of cleaning for Celestia, they had become close friends with her. She could always rely on them to help her with other things besides from cleaning. In this case, helping her get ready for a date.

While Celestia was sitting in front of her make-up desk, Shiny was combing her rippling mane with a golden brush. "I really appreciate your help, girls. I need to look my best for tonight." Celestia said as she stared at her reflection.

"It's our pleasure, your highness. And don't worry, we'll make sure you look magnificent." Shiny said as she continued to comb Celestia's mane.

"I still can't believe you're actually going out with Discord. No offence, but the guy's kinda creepy. And didn't you two use to be enemies? How come you want to date him all-of-a-sudden?" Pearl asked from across the room with Dusty sitting beside her.

Celestia then looked over to Pearl and smiled. "Because he's changed now, I like having him around. Besides, we've been on a date before. Is there really anything wrong with spending time with a good friend?" she asked.

Pearl quickly shook her head. "No, there's no problem at all." She said before Celestia turned her attention back to her mirror.

Just then, Dusty leaned over to Peal. "Except if your 'good friend' use to be the Master of Chaos." She whispered.

Shiny then went back to combing Celestia's mane "Well I'm happy for you, Princess. Especially now that you're starting to date again, why is it you stopped in the first-place?" She asked.

The moment she asked that question, Celestia's small smile turned into a frown. She looked down at her desk as she thought about her last relationship with the late Grimerd, Celestia remembered how she believed in him and loved him. But after his betrayal and death, she never had a romantic relationship with anypony since.

"I...I'd rather not talk about it, if you don't mind." Celestia said in a slightly sad tone.

Shiny did notice the tone in Celestia's voice, but she thought it best not to ask. "Well whatever the reason, we're just glad you decided to get back out there." She said as she kept brushing Celestia's mane.

Celestia then turned her head around to face Shiny with an unsure look. "To be honest…I wouldn't call it a date." She said.

Shiny gave her a confused look. "But…I don't understand, aren't you going out with Discord tonight?" she asked.

"Yes, that's true." Celestia answered.

"So isn't it technically a date?" Shiny asked.

"It is, but…I just don't want to refer to it as a date, I like to think of it as an evening out with a friend." Celestia said before she turned her head back around to face her reflection.

Shiny was confused by Celestia's words, she looked over to Dusty and Pearly to see them shrug their shoulders; stating that they didn't understand either.

Shiny then turned her attention back on the Princess's mane. "All right then." She said still rather confused.

As Shiny went back to brushing her mane, Celestia thought about why she just said that and why she didn't want to think of this evening as a date.

"I cannot believe I just said all that, I was so looking forward to this evening and now I'm afraid to go. I want to call it a date, I really do. But…after my relationship with Grimerd went terribly wrong, I've been afraid to gain another in case it ends the same way. I once decided to let go of the past and get back into dating, that's why I agreed to Discord's offer. But my last relationship broke my heart, I don't want to go through it all again." Celestia thought.

After thinking about for a little more, a feeling of confidence soon came to Celestia. "No! I won't allow myself to live like this! Just because a relationship I had in the past went wrong doesn't mean my future ones will end the same way. I don't care how I feel, I am going on this date tonight!" she thought strongly.

Celestia's strong attitude didn't last very long when a part of her worried feelings returned. "Well…I'll call it a date, but it shouldn't be anything else. I trust Discord and I like him, but anything can happen in the future." She thought.

After a few more minutes, Shiny finished combing Celestia's mane and placed the brush down. "There, now all you have to do is choose your dress." She said before she walked across the room to the wardrobe.

Celestia then stood up before she followed her. When they reached the wardrobe, Shiny opened it with her magic before they started searching through it to find the perfect dress.

While Shiny and Celestia were looking through the wardrobe, Pearl turned her head to face Dusty. "I still don't know what the Princess sees in Discord." She said.

Dusty then looked at her. "Me neither." She said.

Meanwhile: Discord's room

"I still don't know what the Princess sees in me." Discord said while looking at his reflection in the mirror.

He was wearing a black tuxedo. And when he snapped his fingers, his suit changed into a different colour. But no matter how many colours he tried, he always found it difficult to decide.

By now, Discord had already tried 12 different colours, but none felt right to him. "I mean, I know she likes me and all. But I still don't understand why she would consider dating me, especially after our history." He said to himself.

The Diamond Dogs, who were sitting on a large red couch on the other side of the room, listened to him talk to himself before Rover spoke. "Maybe the Pony Princess has special feelings for you, Lord Discord." He said.

Discord then turned around to face them. "Feelings?...For me? Do you three actually believe that she, of all ponies, would like me in…that way?" he asked with his arms crossed.

They all smiled as they nodded. "Oh yes, Lord Discord. I think she would, she really likes you." Fido stated.

"And besides, what's not to like about you?" Spot asked trying to butter-up Discord.

After hearing all that, Discord stroked his beard as he thought about it. "Well, I suppose you're right. She did say she liked spending time with me, and we have dated before." He said in a more cheerful tone.

"Exactly, so what are you worried about?" Rover asked.

A confident smile came on Discord's face. "Nothing. I'm spending the evening with a beautiful mare, and I'm going to enjoy it. Now, I need to choose the right colour from my suit. What do you boys think? Black, red, or yellow?" he asked as his suit changed into the 3 colours.

"Oh, how about yellow, Lord Discord?" Rover said.

"No, red! Red looks better on you." Spot said loudly to get Discord's attention.

"Red's too bright, go with the blue one." Fido said.

Discord looked at him with a raised eye brow. "I didn't suggest blue." He stated.

After hearing this, Fido felt sheepish. "Oh right…urr…how about the green one?" he asked.

Discord almost face-handed himself, but instead just rolled his eyes. "You know, I'm just going to pretend I didn't hear that and go with the black one." He stated before his yellow tux into a black one with a flash of light.

When Discord turned back around to face his reflection, he began to adjust his red bow-tie to make sure it looked good.

meanwhile, Rover turned his head to face Fido and Spot. "Hey, do you think Lord Discord is a little nervous about this date?" he whispered.

Fido and Spot looked at him. "What do you mean? Are you saying you don't believe our master can go through with it?" Fido asked.

"Of course not! I would never question Lord Discord, I'm just saying he may need a little help in case he makes a mistake and gets into a jam." He said.

"But he's not in jam, he can't even fit into a jar!" Spot said in confusion.

Rover face-handed himself in frustration. "Grr…that's not what I meant, I meant someone needs to be there to help him in case things get out-of-hand." He stated.

"So what do you plan to do? Hire someone to follow them around on their date and make sure everything goes right?" Fido asked with his arms crossed.

Rover then grinned as he shook his head. "No, we're gonna follow them around on their date and make sure everything goes right." He said.

This caught Fido and Spot by surprise, but it also made them worried about how Discord would react if they got caught. "You want us to follow Lord Discord on his date? But what if he spots us? We'll get in big trouble." Spot stated with worry.

"That's why we're going to hide while wearing clever disguises, Lord Discord won't see or recognise us. It's the perfect plan." Rover said while rubbing his hands together deviously.

"Do you really think that'll work?" Fido asked.

Rover nodded. "Yes, but I need to know if you two are with me. Come on, do it to help Lord Discord." He said.

Fido and Spot looked at each other before they looked at Rover again. "Ok." They both said at the same time.

"Excellent." Rover said.

The Diamond Dogs then huddled around each other before they went through the plan. "Now, here's what we're going to do…" Rover said as he began.

Later that evening

When it started to get dark, Twilight and I returned to the suite to get ready for the double-date.

While I was wearing my black tuxedo again, Twilight was wearing her glittery dark-purple dress. To my surprise, it was the same dress she wore on the night we first kissed. And after all these months, she still looked breath-taking in it.

After we got ready, Twilight went through the male to find a letter from Shining Armor. According to the letter, everything is fine at the library and everyone is getting along great. Hearing this brought me relief, I've been worried about Spike and the others lately.

It also said that my family had made it back to England safely. I was glad to hear this too, and hopefully we'll see them again soon.

A few minutes after, Celestia and Discord came up to our suite to collect us.

While Discord was wearing a black tuxedo like me, Celestia was wearing a beautiful pearl-white dress that sparkled as much as her wonderfully combed mane. I've always seen her as beautiful, but I haven't seen her this beautiful before.

We were now walking through the streets of Canterlot with everypony eyeing at us, they were mostly looking at Celestia and Discord.

They all had looks of confusion, disgust, and shock. Obviously they had never expected their Princess to date someone like Discord, they even started to whisper amongst themselves as they continued to watch them.

But Celestia and Discord took no notice, they just kept walking without a care in the world.

Twilight and I were following a few feet behind them. in the silence between us, I was thinking about this date. "Discord seems calmer about this whole thing now, and this is his first actual date with Celestia. Does he still need us to be with him? Or will we just ruin the atmosphere for them? I don't want to do that, maybe I should talk it over with Twilight." I thought.

With that, I turned my head to face Twilight. "Hey Twi." I said.

Twilight then looked at me. "Yeah?" she responded with a smile.

"Listen, I've been thinking…maybe we should let Discord and Celestia take it from here and we can go have our own private date, just the two of us." I said.

Twilight then gave me a really surprised look, which was exactly the reaction I was afraid of. "What? You want us to leave before we even get there? Matt, you're the one who arranged all this in the first place!" She said.

"I know, I just think we should give them some privacy. It's Discord's first romantic date, and Celestia hasn't had a proper date since…well, she hasn't had a date for years. I just want everything to be perfect for them, you know?" I said in an honest tone.

After hearing this, Twilight looked at the ground as she thought about it. "I see what he means, Discord does look more confident. But this is Princess Celestia, my teacher, we can't just leave after we said we'd spend the evening with her. I have to convince Matt to continue this…and I know just how to do it." She thought.

Twilight looked at me again before she took a step closer. "Alright, let's make a deal." she said with a serious face.

"Umm…Ok, what is it?" I asked curiously.

"We keep this double-date going to make sure Celestia and Discord have a good time." Twilight said before her serious look turned into a sly smile.

She then moved closer to me and began rubbing my chest softly with her hoof. "And once we get back to the suite, we can-" Twilight said before she started whispering into my ear.

The things Twilight whispered to me made my eyes widened, my face began to burn from blushing.

Once she was done, Twilight pulled away before she saw the look on my face, she giggled at the sight. "Deal?" she asked with her arms wrapped around my neck.

I then shook off my stunned expression before I looked at Twilight's face, I gave her an innocent smile. "T-Totally." I answered.

Twilight grinned at this. "Works every time." She thought.

"Thank you, but we'll only do those things if you're a good boy tonight." Twilight teased before she released my neck and walked away to catch up with Celestia and Discord.

I remained where I stood as Twilight walk away from me, the things she whispered in my ear aroused me to the point where I couldn't move. After a few seconds, I looked up at the night-sky with desperation. "Oh great Pony God, I know I talk to you much, but please let there be no interruptions tonight." I said out-loud.

"Matt, are you coming?" a female voice called.

I then looked to where it came from to see Twilight waiting for me up the road. "Oh…yeah, I'm coming." I said before I trotted over to her.

Once I reached her, we both continued to follow Celestia and Discord towards the restaurant.

Later: The Canterlot restaurant

After arriving at the restaurant, we were now sat by our table admiring the surroundings.

The dining-room we were in was massive, there was a large glass chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and there was a String-quartet playing fancy music on a small stage.

As we ate our food, we told each other interesting and humorous stories. And seeing how Twilight, Celestia, and Discord knew that I was once a human, I told them about events that happened when I was in England.

"So after waiting for a long time, my Dad came home and told me to take cover inside the bath. Once I did, he broke the door open." I said; ending my story.

Twilight looked at me with an amused smile. "I still can't believe you locked yourself in your own bathroom." She said.

I turned my head to face her. "It was an accident. The lock was rusty, it got stuck." I protested while sharing her smile.

This made everyone laugh slightly. "So what happened after that? Did the lock break?" Discord asked.

I then looked at her. "Yeah, we fixed the door, but we didn't bother getting another lock." I said before I leaned down and took a bite out of the cooked salad in front of me.

While I was chewing my food, Celestia spoke. "So anyway, how's your honeymoon going? I've been curious for the last few days." she said.

"It's been great, the Pool-side is wonderful, Matt and I go there every day. Thank you so much for letting us to spend time there." Twilight said with a thankful smile.

Celestia smiled back. "You're very welcome, and how are things with Blaze Horn? Are you getting along with him well?" she asked.

After I chewed my food enough, I swallowed it before I spoke. "Yeah, he's ok. He reminds me a lot of Shining Armor."

"And he takes his guard duties just as seriously." Twilight added.

"Well I'm not surprised, Blaze is one of those ponies who like to do the job right, no matter how difficult it may be." Celestia said before her horn glowed.

Her tea-cup then floated up from the table before she noticed it was empty. "Oh…does anyone know when the Waiter will come back? I seem to be out of tea." She said to us.

After hearing this, Discord stroked his chin with his talon-hand before a small smile came on his face. "One refill coming up." he said before he snapped his fingers.

With a small flash of light, a blue tea-pot appeared in front of Celestia and poured warm tea into her cup; filling it before disappearing in another flash of light.

Celestia looked down at her cup before she took another small sip. After tasting it, a smile appeared on her face. "Discord, this tea is wonderful. Thank you." she said giving him a thankful smile.

Discord smiled back. "My pleasure, Princess." He said.

As they smiled kindly at each other, Twilight and I could definitely see that there was something going on between them.

Their smiles soon faded away as they noticed us smirking at them. "Well, I see your relationship's going well." I said.

Celestia and Discord blushed deeply, they started to mutter things like "Well I…err…", "Relationship?", and "I was just…you know…" It seemed a bit awkward for them.

I chuckled slightly before I put my hoof up. "Guys, I was just messing with you." I said trying to calm them down.

Celestia and Discord continued to blush as they smiled sheepishly at us. "Oh…of course, just messing." Celestia said.

"A bit of harmless humor. Haha, you're a funny guy, Matt." Discord said as he rubbed the back of his head with his lion hand.

Twilight and I then noticed their blushing faces, we began to wonder what was causing them. "Are you two ok?" Twilight asked curiously.

"We're fine!" They both answered loudly at the same time.

Celestia was surprised by her volume and quickly covered her mouth with her hoof. Discord was also surprised by his own volume, he remained perfectly still as he tried to avoid eye-contact with any of the other customers.

They both then looked around to see if anyone was looking at them. Thankfully, it seemed no one heard them. Celestia calmly removed her hoof from her mouth. "Forgive me…I…I don't know why I answered so loudly." she said.

"I also apologize, I don't know what came over me." Discord stated as he rubbed his hands nervously.

Celestia then looked up at Discord. "M-Maybe we should just get back to eating our food." She said trying to end the awkwardness.

Discord turned his head to face her. "Yes, I agree. We can talk a little more later." He said in agreement.

With that, they both went back to eating their food, trying to pretend as though nothing happened. Twilight and I looked at each other before we decided to do the same.

Meanwhile, three figures were sitting on one of the far tables behind me and Twilight, they were each holding a menu in front of their faces. When they placed the menus down, they revealed themselves as the Diamond Dogs in unusual disguises.

Rover was wearing a brown hat with shades over his eyes, Fido was wearing a black fake-beard , and Spot was wearing a colourful propeller-hat to make him look like a child.

"What do you think's going on over there?" Rover asked as he kept his eyes on our table.

"I don't know, I can't hear anything from over here." Fido answered.

"Maybe they're not talking, maybe the date's not going as well as we thought." Spot said in a worried tone.

"What're you talking about?" a female voice said beside them, the Diamond Dogs quickly turned their heads to see three other figures sitting on the same table as them with menus in front of their faces.

They each placed them down to reveal themselves as Dusty, Pearl, and Shiny. Instead of disguises, they were each wearing a lovely dress. Shiny was wearing a green dress, Dusty was wearing a red dress, and Pearl was wearing a light-blue dress.

"Of course everything's alright over there, they're both just trying to hide their feelings from each other." Dusty stated with a raised eye brow.

Rover gave them a confused look. "Err…who are you and why are you on our table?" he asked.

"We're Princess Celestia's royal maids. And we're doing the exact same thing as you're doing, we're following the Princess to make sure her date with Discord goes well." Pearl answered.

"How did you know what we were doing?" Fido asked slightly worried that their cover had been blown.

"We saw you following them on the way here. We figured you were doing the same thing as we were, seeing how you're Discord's pets and all." Shiny said with a smirk on her face.

Spot gave her a small glare. "Hey, we may be dogs, but we are not pets!" he responded firmly.

Shiny kept smirking at him. "Oh really? Did Discord give you your little bones today?" she said.

Spot's firm look quickly went away. "No, he forgot. We're hoping he'll give us them once the date is over." He answered indecently.

Rover quickly turned his head to face Spot. "Don't tell them that!" he said before he smacked Spot over his head for his stupidity; earning a small laugh from the three maids.

Rover then turned his attention back to them. "What do you three want anyway?" he asked in an irritated tone.

"The same thing you want, to make sure the one we care about has a wonderful evening with their date. And to avoid any unnecessary arguments, I suggest we all work together to achieve our goal." Dusty explained in a serious tone.

Rover rubbed his chin as he thought about it, he then turned around to face Fido and Spot before they started whispering to each other. After a small discussion, they all nodded before Rover turned back around to face the girls again. "Alright, we have an agreement. Deal?" he said as he held his hand out to Dusty.

Dusty then grabbed it with her hoof before she shook it up and down. "Deal." She said with a pleased smile.

"So what should we do now?" Fido asked.

Dusty released Rover's hand before she looked over to him. "Now…we watch and listen." She stated with a grin.

With that, they all locked their focus onto our table. They sat there in silence with their eyes wide open, making sure not to miss a single second of what was happening.

After a great meal, we were all leaning back on our chairs with satisfied smiles on our faces.

Over by the other table, the Diamond Dogs and Celestia's maids were still watching us. Feeling tired and bored, they all had a tough time keeping their eye-lids open. Spot was the closest to sleeping, he would have too if he hadn't grab a glass of water and pour it over himself.

Back at our table, we all felt our food start to settle in before we sat back up on our chairs. "Ah, that was delicious." Twilight said.

"Indeed, I couldn't eat another bite." Discord stated.

"Me neither, I think my stomach would burst." I stated as I patted my full stomach with my hoof.

Celestia then nodded in agreement. "Yes, that was a wonderful meal. But it's getting late, I think it's time for us to pay the bill and make our-"

Celestia was then cut off by the sound of the String-Quartet changing the tune in their music, the sound of it was smoothing and bright. It was beautiful, like something you'd hear in a slow-dance song.

Even though I had never heard it before, it was all too familiar to Celestia. A large smile soon came on her face. "Oh, I love this song." She said in delight.

At that moment, Discord looked at the Quartet to see a small number of ponies slowly dancing in front of them. The floor they were dancing on was sparkling with cleanliness, it must've been a posh dance-floor or something.

Discord then turned his attention back to Celestia before a small smile came on his face. "Really?" he asked before he stood up from his chair. "Would you…care to dance?" he asked nervously with his talon-hand held down to her.

Celestia was slightly surprised by this sudden question, she never thought Discord would want to dance to this type of music. She looked up at his face to see his kind smile, she couldn't help but smile back. "…I'd love to…" she answered.

With that, Celestia placed her hoof on Discord's hand before he helped her up. She then placed her hoof back down on the floor before they made their way towards the dance-floor.

While Twilight and I watched them walk away, the Diamond Dogs and Celestia's maids quickly became aware of what was happening. However, Fido and Spot had fallen asleep from waiting too long.

After hearing their small snores, Rover turned his head to see his two friends sleeping. "Hey…hey, wake up, we have movement." He said as he shuck Fido and Spot to wake them up.

Fido and Spot's eyes then shot open before they looked around it confusion. "Wha? What's going on?" Spot asked.

"The Princess and Discord are on the move, they're heading towards the dance-floor." Shiny said without taking her eyes off Discord and Celestia.

Fido and Spot quickly looked over to see them. "Drat, how are we going to hear them now?" Fido asked in a frustrated tone.

"Someone's gotta go over there and keep an eye on them. We don't want to blow our cover, so whoever goes has to blend in with the crowd." Dusty said.

Rover then turned her head to face her. "And how do you expect us to do that?" he asked with a raised eye brow.

"…We're going for a little dance…" Dusty answered before she grabbed Rover's hand with her hoof and rushed towards the dance-floor with him stumbling behind her.

Meanwhile, Celestia and Discord walked onto the dance-floor before they turned around to face each other, they stared into each other's eyes as the soft music continued to play.

Discord held his lion-hand in front of Celestia before she gently placed her hoof on its palm, Celestia had to stand on her hind-legs so she could hold Discord's shoulder with her other hoof.

With their eyes now at the same level, Discord held Celestia's waist with his talon-hand before they started waltzing to the music.

Dusty and Rover soon got in the same position before they started to dance too, they each stared at Discord and Celestia through the corner of their eyes. "If you stand on my hooves even once, I'll break your tail." Dusty threatened in a whisper.

"Shhh, stop talking." Rover whispered.

Dusty then looked at him with her mouth open, she looked slightly offended. "Did you just tell me to-"

"Shut up, you'll give us away!" Rover said in a loud whisper as he looked at Dusty firmly.

Dusty huffed before they both went back to watching Celestia and Discord dance.

While Discord smiled at her, Celestia had a blank expression on her face, as if she was lost in deep thought. She was thinking about Discord's behaviour tonight, he seemed more charming then he usually did. She was also impressed by his waltzing, he was so light on his feet.

After a few minutes, Celestia couldn't help but let a small smile grow on her face. "I…I'm impressed, Discord. I never knew you were quite the dancer. I saw how good you were at the Gala, but I've never seen you waltz before." She said.

"Why thank you, Princess. I know I may not look it, but I've always had a heart for any type of dance." Discord stated as he continued to waltz with Celestia.

"I can tell, you're very good at this. I never took you for one who likes to waltz, especially to this music." Celestia said while listening to the music in the background.

"Well, that shows I'm fully of surprises." Discord stated with a smirk on his face.

"I didn't need to dance with you to know that." Celestia joked before she giggle a little.

Discord chuckled at her small joke before they continued to waltz in silence.

After a few minutes, the music ended, but Celestia and Discord continued to hold each other. As Celestia stared into Discord's large yellow eyes, she could've sworn she saw a small sparkle in them. At that moment, she felt her heart beat slightly faster; causing a warm shiver to flow up her body.

Suddenly, Celestia snapped back into reality before her eyes widened slightly. She stepped down off Discord's body before she rubbed her leg with her hoof, almost as if she was nervous. "Umm…thank you for the lovely dance, Discord." She said as kindly as possible.

Even though it was obvious, Discord didn't notice her sudden nervous behaviour, he just smiled back down at her. "It was my pleasure, Princess." He said while giving her a small bow.

Celestia and Discord had a small talk before they headed back towards our table. As they walked away, Dusty and Rover were still on the dance-floor watching them. "Well, that worked out well." Rover said in a pleased tone.

"Yeah, but we still need to keep an eye on them, this date isn't over yet." Dusty stated before they both made their way back to their own table.

Twilight and I watched as Celestia and Discord approached the table. "Twilight, Matthew, do you mind if Celestia and I take everything from here? We want to go for a little walk and get some fresh air." Discord said.

Twilight and I looked at each other before we looked at them again. "Err…sure, go ahead." I answered.

Celestia gave us a thankful smile. "Thank you for understanding. I had a wonderful evening, thank you both ever so much form this." She said kindly.

"Anytime, Princess." Twilight said with warm smile before Celestia and Discord walked away from us.

As they were about to walk through the exit, Celestia and Discord stopped before they turned around and waved goodbye to us, Twilight and I waved back before they walked out of the restaurant and into the streets.

The Diamond Dogs and Celestia's maids were also watching them leave. "They're leaving, should we follow them?" Fido asked.

Shiny then turned her head to face him. "Dah, how else are we gonna keep an eye on them?" she stated.

Just then, Dusty stood up from her seat. "Then why are we still sitting around? C'mon, let's go before we lose them!" she said firmly before they all rushed off their seats and left the restraint.

With Celestia and Discord now gone, Twilight and I were trying to think of something to do for the rest of the evening. "So what should we do now? It's just the two of us." Twilight said.

I gave her an unsure look. "I'm not sure, Twi. Discord and Celestia are gone now, so I think the double-date's over. Should we call-it-a-night and go back to the suite?" I asked.

Twilight thought about it before she let out a small sigh. "Ok, I'm kinda tired anyway." She said in what sounded like a disappointed tone.

Seeing her unhappy-look always upsets me, I then tried to think of a way to make the night last a little longer for us. Just then, I heard the String Quartet start to play another sweet-sounding song. I soon gained an idea.

I stepped out of my seat before I held my hoof out to Twilight, she looked at it with confusion before she saw the smile on my face. "May I have this dance?" I asked.

Twilight gave me a sweet smile, she placed her hoof on mine and stepped out of her seat. We then walked onto the dance-floor before we started to dance to the soft music, neither of us wanted to look away from each other's eyes.

Meanwhile: Canterlot Park

Unlike the Castle Gardens, the Canterlot Park was much bigger with more trees and flowers. There was even a small humpback-bridge that stretched across a calm stream.

Celestia and Discord had already arrived there and were now crossing the bridge, they both looked around at the park's beauty. "Wow…I've never actually been to this part of Canterlot before." Discord stated.

Celestia looked at him with slight surprise. "Really?...I use to come here all the time when I was young, I once even came here with…" she suddenly stopped in her sentence as he smile faded away.

Discord noticed this and grew concerned for her. "Princess, are you ok?" he asked.

Celestia snapped back into reality before she looked up at him. "What?...oh, yes I'm fine. Urr, can we find a place to sit down? My hooves are starting to ach a little." She said before she quickly walked across the rest of the bridge and sat down on a near-by stone bench.

Discord wondered why she was acting so odd all-of-a-sudden. But being the smart spirit he was, he already knew the answer. He then followed her across the bridge before he sat down beside her.

Discord looked at Celestia to see she had her head turned away from him, there was a moment of silence before he broke it. "You…came here with that stallion once, didn't you? The one from your academy. Grimerd, right?" he said.

Celestia didn't look at him, she could only sigh. "We came here on our first date…my first date…It was so magical, and he was so charming and kind. I sometimes find it hard to believe somepony like him could've turned into something so…sinister…so dark. He betrayed all of us" She stated with sadness in her eyes.

Discord couldn't help but feel bad for her. "But he betrayed you most of all, didn't he?...He betrayed your heart." He said.

Tears began to form in Celestia's eyes. "Yes…but we didn't even give him a chance to come back, he's dead now…and I'm the one who killed him." She choked as a tear ran down her cheek.

Discord could tell she was starting to cry, he placed his talon-hand on her shoulder before she turned around to face him. Discord had never seen Celestia so sad, it made him feel even worse about the situation.

Celestia sniffed as Discord placed his lion-hand on her cheek and whipped the tear away with his thump. "Celestia…I know it hurts, and I know he hurt you in a way even I can't imagine. But I promise you this…no matter what happens between us, I will never…never…hurt you." He stated.

Celestia looked at him with wide eyes, she had never seen the passionate side of him before. "Discord, I…I don't know what to say…except-"

Celestia was suddenly interrupted by the sound of a twig snapping, they both looked over to where it came from to see a large bush on the other side of the path. After staring at it for a few seconds, they saw it rustle slightly.

Discord gave the bush a suspicious glare before he snapped his fingers and the bush rose up off the ground; revealing the Diamond Dogs and Celestia's maids sitting behind it. "Haha, hi, Princess." Dusty said sheepishly.

"Dusty?...Shiny?...Pearl? What're you doing here?" Celestia asked in surprise.

The three maids smiled nervously at her. "Oh, us?...Well, the thing about that is…well…" Shiny said as she tried to think of something.

Meanwhile, the Diamond Dogs looked up at Discord with fear. Discord crossed his arms with his left eye brow raised. "And what are you three doing here with them?" he asked.

They all stared up at him as they tried to think of an excuse. "…Urrr…" Was all Rover could say.

"What he said!" Spot blurted out while pointing at Rover.

Discord raised his eye brow higher. "From how I see it, it looks as though you and these maids were spying on us." he said with a disapproved look.

The Diamond Dogs began to sweat. "Oh no, we'd never spy on you and the Princess, Lord Discord. Haha." Fido laughed nervously.

"We were merely following you to make sure your date goes well." Spot stated.

"SPOT!" Rover, Fido and the maids yelled at the same time.

"Following us, huh? Well thanks to all of you, the moment Celestia and I were sharing is now ruined. What do you have to say for yourselves?" Discord asked in a firm voice.

The Diamond Dogs began to beg in front of their master. "We only wanted to help you, Lord Discord. We had good intensions, please have mercy on us!" Rover said loudly.

Dusty could only roll her eyes at this sight. "What a bunch of babies." She said under her breath.

"Well I appreciate you concerns, but what happens on my date is none of your business and you shouldn't get involved. Now with that said, I suggest you return to the castle immediately." Discord said firmly.

"Err…very well, Lord Discord. But can we say one thing?" Rover asked.

"Hmm…nope." Discord answered before he snapped his fingers. The Diamond Dogs didn't have time to say anything else before they disappeared in a flash of light.

With that done, Discord turned around to face Celestia with a calmer look. "I'm sorry about that, Princess. I didn't know they were following us this whole time." He stated.

"It's quite alright, Discord. I didn't know either, but I'm going to have a firm talk with my assistants once we get back to the castle." Celestia said as she glanced over to her maids.

"So before I go, what was it you were going to say to me?" Discord asked.

Celestia looked up at him nervously. After the moment was ruined, she forgot what she was going to say. "I was…I was going to say…"

Just then, Celestia stood up before she gave Discord a small kiss on his cheek; making him to blush deeply. "I was going to say thank you for everything." She answered with a sweet smile.

Discord smiled back. "Y-You're welcome, Princess." He said kindly.

Discord then suddenly thought of something to seal-the-deal. He snapped his fingers before a yellow rose appeared in his lion-hand, he held it out to Celestia before she took it in her magic. "Discord…it's lovely." Celestia said as she stared at its beauty.

"Much like the pony it now belongs to." Discord said while still blushing.

After hearing his complement, Celestia blushed slightly as well.

Discord rubbed the back of his head while still smiling. "Well…I should be going now. Goodnight, Princess. Sleep well." He said kindly.

Celestia smiled up at him. "Goodnight, Discord." She said.

Discord then snapped his fingers before he disappeared in a flash of light; leaving Celestia alone with her maids.

Once he was gone, Celestia looked at the yellow rose he gave her, she couldn't help but smile at it.

Just then, the thoughts of her last relationship came back to her. The smile on her face then faded as she remembered how Grimerd hurt her, how he once stole her heart before breaking it like glass. Would she really go through all that again?

Celestia didn't want to admit it, but she still questioned Discord's loyalty at time-to-time. But Celestia couldn't deny she had feelings for hum, not after everything they've done together.

After a few silent seconds, Dusty stepped forward with a concerned look on her face. "Princess?" she said.

But Celestia didn't look at her, she just kept staring at the rose before she placed it down beside her and stood up from the stone bench.

The three maids watched as Celestia walked passed them and went deeper into the park.

As Celestia walked further away from them, Dusty looked over to the yellow rose before she gapped it with her mouth. She, Shiny, and Pearl then galloped after Celestia to catch up with her.

As she wondered within the park, Celestia thought about how deep she was letting Discord into her heart. She was still unsure about having a romantic relationship, especially after her last one with Grimerd. She didn't know whether to let Discord in, or keep their relationship at a professional level.

When the maids finally caught up, they saw Celestia standing in the middle of the path with her head down. They heard her let out a loud sigh before she spoke. "What have I gotten myself into? You think I would've learned by now." Celestia said to herself before she kept walking, the maids followed.

Even though Celestia knew they were following her, it didn't stop her from thinking about the situation. She soon began to sing to herself with the maids listening from behind.

Celestia: "If there's a prize for rotten judgment…I guess I've already won that…

Not stallion's worth the aggravation…

That's ancient history – been there, done that!"

Dusty, Shiny and Pearl: "Who d'ya think you're kidding? He's the earth and heaven to you

Try to keep it hidden. Honey, we can see right through you

Girl, you can't conceal it. We know how ya feel and who you're thiiiinking oooof."

Celestia: "Oh, no chance, no way, I won't say it – no, no."

Dusty, Shiny and Pearl: "You swoon, you sigh, why deny it? Uh-oh!"

Celestia: "It's too cliché, I won't say I'm in loooove….

I thought my heart had learned it's lesson, it feels so good when you start out

My head is screaming 'Get a grip, girl!'…

Unless you're dying to cry your heart out."

Dusty, Shiny and Pearl: "You keep on denying - who you are and how you're feeling

Baby, we're not buyin'

Hon, we saw you hit the ceilin'

Face it like a grown-up! When ya gonna own up that ya got, got, got it BAD?!"

Celestia: "Oh, no chance, no way, I won't say it – no, no."

Dusty, Shiny and Pearl: "Give up, but give in." Pearl: "Check the grin, you're in love."

Celestia: "This scene won't play, I won't say I'm in loooove."

Dusty, Shiny and Pearl: "You're doin' flips, read our lips, you're in love."

Celestia: "You're way off base, I won't say it

Get off my case, I won't say it."

Dusty, Shiny and Pearl: "Girl, don't be proud. It's ok, you're in love."

As Celestia sat down on another stone bench, Dusty walked over to her and held the rose out to her. Celestia then took it with her magic before she smiled sweetly at it.

Celestia: "Oh, at least out loud…I won't say I'm iiiin…loooove."

Celestia continued to smile as she gently stroked the rose's head with her hoof. Dusty, Shiny and Pearl sighed at the sight of this, they were glad to see Celestia had finally chosen to give in to her feelings.

As she staring dreamily at the rose, Celestia became lost in a day-dream. The only sound she could hear was the light beating of her heart. "Perhaps…I could give it a chance." She thought before she sniffed of the rose and sighed at its sweet aroma.

Celestia and her maids stayed there for a few more minutes before they left the park and made their way back to the castle; ending the best date Celestia had in years.

Meanwhile: Canterlot streets

After spending half-an-hour at the restaurant, Twilight and I were ready to head back to the suite.

Twilight had kept her part of the deal and we were gonna have our special night once we got back, I'm not embarrassed to admit I was excited.

But I wanted to do something that would make tonight feel more romantic. After thinking for a few minutes, I thought of a way. But I needed to do it alone, or-else it wouldn't be a surprise.

Luckily, the gentle breeze was too cold for Twilight, so I told her to go to the suite without me and get warm.

Twilight soon agreed and left me in the streets by myself; giving me the perfect opportunity to form my surprise for her.

After running the errand, I was now heading back to the suite again, but this time I had a large bouquet of red roses in my mouth. "I hope Twilight likes these." I thought.

Suddenly, something smacked me hard across the face; causing me to drop the bouquet onto the ground. "What the hell was that?" I said out-loud as I rubbed my hoof against my stinging cheek.

Just then, the mysterious force smacked against my other check. But because I didn't have all four of my legs on the ground, the force knocked me down.

After I got back up, I suddenly heard a dark caw and looked up to see an all too familiar face. It was the red eyed crow again, it was looking down at me from a lamp-post.

I gave it a sharp glare. "Oh not you again! Have you got a problem with me or something?" I yelled up to it.

The crow then spread out its wings before it shot down towards me. My eyes shot wide open as the crow flew passed and scratch me across the chest with its talons.

I let out a small yelp and held my hoof against my chest, I then removed my hoof to see three small scratches on my chest, they were each starting to bleed. And that wasn't all, the white under-shirt of my tuxedo now had three slashes on it.

After seeing this, I looked up at the crow that was flapping in mid-air. "That was my faverate suit, you little pest!" I yelled in anger.

The crow cawed darkly at me before it turned around and flew off into the city. "Oh no you don't, you're not getting away this time!" I yelled before I picked up my bouquet and flew after it.

I flapped my wings as hard as I could to keep up with the crow, it was surprisingly fast for such a small creature.

I chased the crow almost all over Canterlot. It was weird, I thought it would've tired-out by now. But no, it just kept going. While I was chasing it, I had to dodge fruit-stands, buildings, and lamp-posts to keep myself from crashing.

We soon entered the Canterlot Castle Gardens and I grew tired of this ridiculous chase. "That's it! Time to end this!" I muffled with the bouquet still in my mouth.

With that, I flapped my wings with all my strength to pick up speed, it wasn't long before my front hooves were just behind the crow's tail feathers.

But before I could grab it, the crow took a sudden turn and I crashed into a large tree.

I groaned in pain as I peeled off the tree's trunk and fell to the ground. After a few seconds, I opened my to see all the roses from my bouquet were now scattered on the ground, it must've broke went I crashed.

"Oh, perfect." I groaned before I rolled over onto my hooves and stood back up, I then started to look around to see if the crow was still here.

I took slow steps as I looked around the gardens, I didn't want to risk it coming out and attacking me again. The gardens soon became quiet…too quite.

"Why is it so quiet all-of-a-sudden?...I don't like where this is going, it's getting a bit creepy." I said under my breath as I continued to search for the crow.

After a few more minutes of searching, it didn't show up. I then decided to quit before I turned around and walked back towards my now destroyed bouquet, maybe some of the roses were still intact.

As I walked, I looked down at the scratches on my suit and frowned. "Dammit, this was my best suit… *Sigh* well maybe Rarity can fix it when I get back to Pony-AHHH!"

Something suddenly grabbed onto one of my hind-legs and hoisted me up in the air, I was now dangling upside-down from a lasso-rope tied to a tree-branch.

When I saw what had grabbed me, I felt so stupid knowing I was stuck in the oldest trap ever made. If Rainbow Dash saw me now, she'd laugh her head off. "Well…I must look pretty stupid right about now." I said.

I then tried to pull myself up to the branch to free my leg, but I soon lost my strength and dropped back down to my dangling position. I couldn't say I wasn't annoyed by everything that was happening. I mean with the crow, the dangerous chase, the crash, and now this. It was like my luck for today just ran-out.

As I felt the blood start to rush to my head, I let out an annoyed groan. "Grr, how'd this even happen? I mean seriously, what idiot would set a robe-trap in the middle of a bloody garden?" I said out-loud.

Suddenly, I heard the crow's dark caw again. I looked in the direction it came from to see it was standing on another branch that was pointing straight at my face. Step-by-step, it walked down the branch towards me.

"Oh, so you expect me to believe you're the idiot? Don't make me laugh." I scoffed as it approached my upside-down head.

Then without warning, the crow grabbed my snout roughly with its claw before it pulled my face up against his, it glared sharply at me with its beaming red eyes. The moment was then silence…until. "The fight's not over yet, runt." The crow hissed with a male's voice.

My eyes widened with complete shock, the crow just spoke to me.

The crow then pushed my head away before he flew up to the branch I was hanging from. Once he landed on the branch, he smiled deviously down at me before he cut the robe with his talons.

As I fell from the high tree, I yelled loudly before I landed head-first on the hard ground. My ears rang before my world turned to black.

Later: The suite

"Matt!...Matt!...Are you ok? Please wake up."a familiar female voice said as I blinked my eyes open.

I soon saw two blurry figures looking down at me. When my vision cleared, I saw that it was Twilight and Blaze who were looking down at me, they each had a worried look on their faces.

I began to wonder why they were in the park before looked around to see I was actually back in the suite, I also noticed that I was lying on the bed.

"Matt, are you ok?" Twilight asked with a worried tone.

I turned my attention to. "Yeah, I think so." I answered weakly before I leaned up on the bed, I suddenly felt a throbbing pain in my head and moaned as I held my hoof against it.

"Easy there, Matt. You have a bad bump on your head, you were even unconscious when I found you." Blaze as he gently rested me back down.

I then gave him a confused look. "…Found me?.."

"After I got here, I waited for you to come back, but you didn't. I was getting really worried, so I sent Blaze out to find you." Twilight explained.

"I found you unconscious in the park, you looked pretty beat-up. You also had a piece of rope tied around your leg, don't worry, we got it off. But you looked as though you were attacked, did something happen?" Blaze asked.

At that moment, my eyes widened as I remembered everything that happened to me before I blacked-out. Twilight soon noticed my scared look. "Matt, what's wrong?" she asked in a concerned tone.

I looked at her with my eyes still wide. "This wasn't an accident…it did this to me..." I said.

"What did?" Blaze asked with a raised eye brow.

"The crow…the crow from yesterday…it…it set a trap and I fell into it…it did this to me." I said.

Twilight and Blaze then looked at each other before they looked at me again. "The crow did this?...Matt, I think that bump may have done more damage than we thought." Blaze stated.

I looked at him with a firm face. "What, you think I did this to myself?" I said before I looked down at my chest to see the three small scratches. "And how do you explain this?" I said while pointing at them.

Twilight saw the scratches before she looked closer at them, she examined them while rubbing her chin with her hoof. "Hmm…these do look like talon scratches, and they definitely match the ones you had on your face yesterday." She said.

"See!" I said to Blaze.

"Well if a crow did manage to do this, it must've flown away before I found you. Now, is there anything else you want me to do before I turn-in for the night?" Blaze asked.

Twilight turned to face him and shook her head. "No, we can take care of everything from here. You go get some rest, you deserve it." she said kindly.

Blaze smiled at her. "Thank you, Twilight." he said before he looked at me. "Goodnight, Matt. Be sure to get a lot of sleep tonight, you look exhausted." He said.

I nodded. "I will, goodnight, Blaze." I said.

Twilight and I then watched as Blaze walked over to the door and left the suite.

After he left, I went into deep thought about what happened tonight, including the fact that the crow actually spoke to me. Did this mean it can do the same things Jeff can? How many talking birds are there in Equestria? I only knew one thing, that crow definitely wants to cause trouble.

"Matt, is something wrong?" Twilight said.

I snapped out of my thoughts before I looked at her. "Huh?...oh…yeah, I was just remembering something that happened." I answered.

"What is it?" Twilight asked curiously.

I didn't know how to tell her, I didn't even know why I felt so worried about it. The crow only talked, we listen to Jeff and Peewee talk all the time…But the thing he said, the way he called me the same name Thorn called me, it just didn't feel right and I didn't want to worry Twilight.

But I could never keep something like this from her, not if it truly involves Thorn. "Well…you're not going to believe this but…the crow spoke to me." I stated.

"W-What?" Twilight said with a confused look on her face.

"The crow…it spoke, just like Jeff and Peewee can." I said as I leaned up on the bed again.

"So how's that scary?" Twilight asked still looking confused.

My ears lowered slightly as I prepared to tell her the bad part. "He said…the fight wasn't over, and then he called me a runt." I answered.

Twilight's confused look then faded away. "You mean…the same name Thorn use to call you?" she said before I nodded to her.

"You don't think this has anything to do with him, do you?" Twilight asked.

I let out a loud sigh. "I hope not, the last thing we need is to go through that hell again." I said as I lied back down on the bed.

"Or to be reminded of it, so let's try and forget the subject, ok?" Twilight said.

I gave her a comforting smile as I placed my hoof on top hers. "Ok, Twi. Sorry if I'm starting to cause problems."

Twilight smiled back and chuckled. "Haha, it wouldn't be the first time." She joked.

We both shared a laugh at what she said before I noticed something, I wasn't wearing my tuxedo anymore. "Hey, what happened to my tux?" I asked as I looked down at my flat body.

"I took it off you while you were unconscious, I thought it would make you more comfortable. And there's some bad news about it." Twilight said before her horn glowed and my slightly ripped tuxedo hovered up beside her.

"Rarity's gonna have some work to do when we get back to Ponyville." Twilight joked.

I chuckled slightly before Twilight placed the tuxedo down on a chair next to the bed. But when her magic grip released it, something fell out of the bottom.

Twilight looked down at whatever it was before she picked it up with her magic, I was then surprised to see it was one of the roses from the bouquet I bought for Twilight. However, it was slightly bent and most of its petals were missing.

"Why is there a rose in your suit?" Twilight asked while staring at the rose.

"Oh…well…that was the errand I had to run, I bought you a whole bouquet of roses to make our special night seem more romantic. But it got ruined during the whole crow thing, sorry" I apologized.

After hearing this, Twilight looked at me with a sweet smile. "Matt, that was so sweet of you. But don't be sorry, this rose is perfect." She stated.

"But…it's broken." I said while pointing at the rose.

"…As long as it was from you, it doesn't matter." Twilight said sweetly before we shared a small kiss.

But for some reason, Twilight's smile suddenly turned into a frown. "But about our special night…I think we may have to postpone it again." she said.

"What? Why?" I asked.

Twilight gave me a look of sorrow. "Trust me, I want to do it as much as you do. But after what happened, I don't think you're in any condition to do anything like that." She explained.

I waved my hoof. "What're you talking about? I feel fine, we can sti-ohhhh." I groaned as I felt the throbbing in my head again.

"See, you need to get a lot of rest tonight. I'm sorry, Matt, but we'll just have to wait a little while longer." She said before she pulled the covers over me with her magic.

I didn't want to argue, so I let out a disappointed sight. "Alright." I said with my ears down.

Twilight then walked over to a table with a small vase on it before she placed the rose inside it, she smiled at how it looked. "There, now it's in a nice little spot where I can always see it, it even has some water to help it feel better. Speaking of which, I could use a drink myself." She stated.

Twilight turned around to face me. "Do you want some too? It could help your head feel better." She said with a kind smile.

"Yes, please." I answered politely before Twilight walked into the suite's kitchen.

All the while, I still couldn't believe our special night was cancelled again. All thoughts of the talking crow had now left my mind, I didn't even care about it anymore.

All I could do now was lie on the bed while looking up at the ceiling. "Thanks a lot, Pony God." I said under my breath before I crossed my arms and waited for Twilight.

While I was waiting, I thought about the things Twilight whispered into my ear before the date and how weren't gonna do them tonight. However, we still had a few more days before we go back to Ponyville.

So who knows, maybe we'll get lucky.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Again, sorry for the long wait. Like I said, I've been feeling a bit out of it lately. But maybe a good strong review will help me get some spirit back. Trust me, I'm not gonna quit.

The song I used in this chapter is called "I won't say I'm in love" from the cartoon Disney movie "Hercules". I don't own anything.

Pony News: this is about the fan-game Fighting Is Magic.

Apparently, Lauren Faust herself is helping the makers create the game. Either that, or she's helping them turn it into something else due to the Cease-and-Desist order they got from Hasbro.

In other news, the show's Season 2 DVD will be 'hitting stores' on May the 14th. It will be available on Amazon.

Poll: Some of you might be asking this question "What would happen if Matt visited his family in the Human World and Twilight and her friends went with him?" Well, we might find out.

If you want Matt, Twilight and the others to go to the Human World, go to my profile and vote now, here are the options.

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