Ch.1: Hearts & Hooves Day in Canterlot

You, Readers, may know this already, but I consider myself quite the romantic. You can tell by some of my fanfics that I've written. But what you probably don't know is that I'm also a Pepe le Pew fan. He's French, he's an adorable skunk, and he's romantic. I also love Penelope Pussycat, the cat he romantically pursues because of the white stripe painted onto her back. But I guess my love for those two Looney Tunes characters is what started a hilarious mess in Equestria.

It all started when I was visiting Canterlot (in my Pony form btw) to do a bit of shopping and seeking some inspiration for my next fanfic. The streets were decorated with hearts, flowers, and all sorts of romantic stuff, a sure sign of the romantic Hearts and Hooves Day, the Ponies' version of Valentine's Day, one of my favorite holidays back in the human world.

Some people tell me it's just a holiday made up by the Hallmark Company to sell their products. Personally, I consider that insulting comment something a pathetic spinster would say, pure and simple! You know, someone who has no love life.

Anyway, I was swooning over a cute Pony couple sharing a vanilla-ice-cream-and-red-velvet-cake parfait when I heard a cry from nearby.

"Oh, no!"

"Gross!" I turned to see the Cutie Mark Crusaders (plus Babs Seed) looking down at a dirty puddle in front of them in dismay. I can see something in the pond but went closer to get a better look and find out what's going on.

"What's going on, girls?" I asked the little ones.

"Oh, hi, Illustre," Babs answered, looking up at me sadly and using my nickname/Pony name. "We dropped something in this puddle, and now it's all dirty." I looked down to see that it's a golden arrow with a heart-shaped arrowhead. It can't be a Love Arrow like from Greek mythology, could it?

"Well, let's just get it cleaned up," I said, picking it up with my Unicorn magic, "and it'll be good as new again." The girls smiled up at me in reply.

"Thanks, Illustre," Apple Bloom replied. "Yer the best."

"Just happy enough to help," I laughed before we went to find someplace to clean the arrow off.

A short while later, we found a river in the park where I dipped the arrow in it, washing the dirt and such clean off. As I was, I decided to ask the girls about it.

"So what's this little arrow for, girls?"

"It's our Hearts and Hooves Day present for Princess Celestia," Sweetie Belle answered with a smile. "Her very own, genuine Love Arrow; we asked Twilight to help us make it for her."

"Oh, that's so sweet," I cooed, finding it adorable that the girls want to give their Sun Princess this special gift, before I began to tease them. "You're not gonna make her fall in love with somepony, are you?"

"After what happened with Miss Cheerilee and Big Mac?" Scootaloo answered with a face. "Yeah, right! It's just something she can add with her other treasures. Maybe next to the crown jewels."

"Now there's an idea," I laughed as I dried off the now clean arrow. "But you know? Maybe we should give it a little perfume just in case of a bad smell from that puddle. Good thing I have just the thing."

I then used my magic to pull out of my satchel my gift from my sister and nephew. It is a perfume bottle called Eau de Pepe Perfume, a new product of Warner Brothers with different scents (my bottle is La Rose Romantique) and with Pepe and Penelope as the icons. The liquid in the bottle is rose red, and the wrapping on the bottle shows a love struck Pepe holding a freaked out Penelope in his arms while holding a rose in his teeth (something I think I've seen on a T-shirt a few times before).

"Are those the two Looney Tunes you've told us about?" asked Babs, pointing at the bottle. "Pepe le Pew and Penelope Pussycat?"

"Sure are," I answered, giving the arrow a couple of sprits of my perfume.

"Aw, you're right about them," Sweetie Belle cooed. "They are adorable!"

"Told ya so," I giggled before putting my perfume back into my satchel. "Anyway, how about I go with you to help you give this to the Princess. You know, just to avoid anymore puddles."

"Thanks, Illustre," Scootaloo replied with a smile. So the five of us headed for the castle to find Celestia and give her her Hearts and Hooves Day gift.