Twilight's Big Night

Fledge was in his bedroom practicing what he was gonna say to his parents Helia and Strawberry about him asking a girl named Twilight Sparkle out on a date that Saturday night. He'd told his only friend Helena who was the family's personal assistant about it and she was overjoyed.

Helena had pretty much been his only friend and somewhat link to the real world as she treated him like a normal kid and had helped him with his father's help to finally convince his overprotective mother to let him attend a public high school. It had only been his second day and he was very happy with how things had gone so far.

When they'd talked about the topic of him going to a real high school his mom had had a lot of other suggestions for schools, but he'd a gut feeling that Canterlot High was the place for him. He trusted both his instincts and if he had a dream about it then it must be important and special.

He'd expected what he'd gotten so far with the students first reactions to him. He knew he was drop dead gorgeous and downright sexy. He'd known that his whole life. His whole family had had generations of highly attractive people on both sides so it wasn't a surprise that the girls swooned and fawned at the sight of him.

Nor was the reaction when everyone found out he was rich that they made the usual kind of behavior most people had when they learn someone is rolling in the Benjamins. Though he at least felt today had proven that once everyone got over day one initial shock and realization they'd treated him normally.

He'd felt this was true because he'd lunch with a few guys. His assigned buddy Flash Sentry along with a few other boys. Two who had competed alongside Flash in the recent Friendship Games. So if they could treat him totally normal he'd a feeling that Helena's prediction that by next Monday he'd be a totally normal student at CHS.

He was pacing back and forth in his room which was actually like that of an average teenager if you got over the much bigger size and some of the furniture. But yeah his room was as big as a hotel suite and pretty much designed as one too.

Despite looking like a room at the New York Plaza Hotel it was still very much a teenager's room. It wasn't completely clean so it was a tad on the messy side and there were things that showed off Fledge's personality and interests in life and also he had a large pile of dirty and slightly smelly laundry in one corner next to a garbage can that had more than its fair share of junk inside it.

Though a few things were made apparent as he was stumbling through his practicing speech he was going to say to say to his parents as he paced around his bedroom just by looking at some of the stuff.

He clearly had great love for mythology from just about any culture in the world, and really was also into the artwork of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell's based on how many of their past hit calendar pictures he'd all over his room. He also seemed to like collecting any item of a fantasy nature in addition to things connected to dreams based on the books, figurines and other bits and pieces in his room.

He also seemed to really love horses as well and unmistakably adored the colors of chestnut and gold given the color theme of the room. He had a hand stitched doll of what was unknown to him or anyone of the Human World what he looked like in Equestira laying on his bed. It also looked like he was still scared of the dark because he had more than one nightlight in his room as well.

So right now he stopped mumbling and just looked right at himself in the large mirror on his dresser and finally sighed and tried one more time to say what he wanted to say to his parents.

"Mom, Dad? We need to talk. I've got something important to tell you and it cannot wait another day.

First off I'd like to say I'm very happy you're allowing me to attend CHS and I thank you very much for giving me the chance at a real high school experience. I'm sure to have many happy and also not so happy times but that is part of life and growing up.

Speaking of growing up and high school in general umm….this may come as a shock to you but I think…I found a girl I really like and I sorta of asked her out on a date this Saturday…

Oh! Who am I kidding?! I'll never be able to say any of this to them! Besides they'll never understand why I asked a girl out on my first day of high school! Plus what if they don't even like who I asked out? What if they don't like Twilight? Oh, this is gonna be impossible to do! Oh! Lord above please give me strength right now to do this! Oh boy."

"You really are making a bigger issue out of this then it needs be, Fledge. Like so many other people we make bigger deals out of things that aren't even issues at all and it's just add so much unnecessary drama and anxiety. Just relax!" Helena said from the doorway she was leaning against.

"Helena! This is serious! How the hell am I supposed to relax?!" he demanded furiously.

"Well, if you don't lower your blood pressure right now you'll have a heart attack before you go on your date. So let's just trying some deep breathing for a few minutes and then we can go talk to your parents? Also just so your mom doesn't nag me please remember to get this room clean before Saturday? You know keep this room a bit tidier and things should go smoothly.

You wanted some freedom and independence I get that. I do. Still, it might just help matters if you show you're more the capable of handling a few things on your own. You're not a procrastinator normally but given the stress of the last few weeks leading up to you going to CHS, I can see why you've let this room become a bit of a pigsty."

Sighing he nodded. "Yes, I'll make sure my both my room and all of my laundry is clean and done properly before Saturday. What kind of laundry detergent did you buy so I know what I can use to do my laundry tomorrow?"

"Tide with both Downy and Febreze, with some Shout Stain Remover. Got a great deal at the local Dollar General when I went to get a few things today while you're in school. Even if this family is slightly better off than most no need not to seek out a bargain when you can. I mean I do from time to time get things at Dollar Tree too to be honest."

"Okay, well shall we go face my parents now? Again, God? If you're listening right now I need a lot of your strength to go and do this thing! So please I'm begging please give it to me now!" he prayed quickly.

"Alright well it's nice to ask for some divine intervention and all and I'm sure that God loves to hear about young love and all. Nevertheless God isn't gonna be much help with this sorta thing. Now come on, Fledge! You better just buck up and go do it and not waste another moment putting it off. So let's go!" Helena told him a matter-of-factly as he nodded and followed her down from the second floor to the first floor to the very large and impeccable clean and well furbished living room where his parents were relaxing.

His father Helia was busy doing a New York Times crossword puzzle on the couch and his mom was listening to a nature CD while enjoying a drink of strawberry flavored iced tea in her favorite recliner. Both seemed to be in a very good mood so that made Fledge feel a bit less nervous.

While again Fledge looked very much like his mother he again had his father's copper eyes. But he also at least styled himself like his dad too. His dad was dressed pretty causal for someone with his money and lifestyle.

You don't see too many rich people just wearing faded blue jeans and a bluish white t-shirt with tan leather boots and he too wore his sky blue hair long like his son. So they at least dressed and had the same style of hair and clearly some similar personality traits as well. He also wore a matching medallion. They're special because Helia had made one that broke into two halves. So when put together they showed a very special secret image and words that were for father and son alone to know.

"Does anyone know what a three letter word for a Swiss river beginning with A is?" Helia asked nonchalant as he peered at the puzzle intensely. He was pretty darn good at crosswords in general and he found them a good way to relax. Better than those Sudoku that was for sure.

"I think the word you're looking for, Dad is "Aar" I think I stumbled across that in study hall today funny enough."

"Looks like you got lucky today, son. It fits perfectly. Well, that was the last one I needed to finish this one off. So thanks, son."

"Welcome, Dad."

"Something on your mind, son? I know we didn't get a chance yet to hear how your first day of high school was yesterday or how today went given how late last night's meeting went. You're looking like a volcano about to blow with what you're bursting to say. So out with it before you bust."

Taking a seat in what was consider his chair Fledge then informed his parents of everything that had happened. Though he waited till he'd said everything else before telling them about asking Twilight out on a date that Saturday and he waited for their reactions.

So he was doing this at the same time the girls had all been at the Beauty Mark Salon/Boutique giving Twilight a makeover. Therefore it remained to be seen how things for the rest of the week would go and what Fledge was gonna tell Twilight on Saturday or if the date would happen at all.

The two of them couldn't get together for the rest of the week at all to talk about anything to do with the date. In addition Twilight hadn't wanted to spoil how she looked after her makeover was at least for rest of the school week looking like her frumpy plain self. She was just gonna have the girls help her get ready the night of the date so not to spoil how she looked after her makeover.

So it was Wednesday study hall time and all the girls were busy quizzing each other for upcoming tests at first. But that only lasted about ten to twelve minutes at most. Then the girls put up a lot of books to cover their faces and talked in low but excited voices about the date.

"So be honest, Twilight, you nervous? You can tell us."

"Well, of course I'm nervous, Applejack, but I don't think I'm in danger anymore of passing out from the anxiety. I think I've finally gotten over the shock."

"About time too! I couldn't stand another day of having to try and wake you up yet again from passing out!" Spike grumbled as he poked his head out of the backpack for a moment looking hungry.

"Spike! Please don't be so uncouth and try and stay out of sight! Miss. Cheerilee really doesn't want animals of any kind in the library! So be a dear and just enjoy these doggy treats and be quiet, kay?" Rarity hissed urgently as she slipped him some doggy treats. He gave her a bit of a lovesick look for a minute before disappearing back into the bag to munch on his treats.

"Looks like Spike got a crush too. Isn't it just so adorable?"

"Really, Fluttershy? It was a bit disturbing already that a dragon turned into a dog had a crush on me, but now the actual dog has a crush on me? You don't find that a little unnerving?"

"Whatever, Rarity! I think it's awesome anyway you look at all this!"

"You find just about everything awesome, Dash. Still how about we go over with Twilight the game plan I came up with yesterday? You know at least help prepare her?"

"Sure thing, Sunset. So tell us what in tarnation you came up with? And I hope this is a better plan then all those stupid dating books and websites suggest!" Applejack concurred but nearly tipped her chair over and would've if Sunset hadn't caught her in time.

"Thanks for saving me from being embarrassed, Sunset."

"No problem, Applejack. Now let's get to the plan of attack. Here it is ladies. What do you think?" Sunset asked as she took out a folder and opened it up.

"Let me see! Let me see! Whoo! It looks so pretty! Look at all the sparkly things on the pages whoo!" Pinkie Pie said a little too loudly and then everyone in the library all said "SHUSH!" at the same time.

"Sorry!" she mumbled embarrassingly with the whole library glaring at her for a moment. Then all students in the library went back to studying and quizzing each other quietly the girls looked over all the meticulous work and thought-out plan of Sunset Shimmer's genius mind.

"Okay, I just thought since this is a first date nothing too big or major for a first date. It should be the simple dinner and a movie. Though I'm guessing the movie this time is coming first then dinner.

Now there are three movies playing at the theater I recommend. One is a romantic drama which would be appropriate for the mood. The next is a romantic comedy in case you need to break the tension some and get relaxed and the third one is just basically the newest action adventure fantasy film in case Fledge doesn't go for the other two."

"Alright. I'll ask him about it. Should I bring any money along with me?"

"Well, he's guy and should pay…" Rarity started to say but Sunset cut across.

"I think in this day and age you should be at least able to help pay your own way and not expect your date no matter how rich he is to pay for everything. It also shows you're considerate and strong if you do pay for things. At least help pay for popcorn and drinks."

"Alright. What about where we eat?"

"I don't think you'll be going to any four star restaurant. So you'll likely go to the local café and just order what you'd normally eat."

"Actually I've never been to a restaurant like the Sugarcube café before or really any restaurant I wasn't with my family before. So okay let's hope I don't knock over anything."

"I suggest you try to keep the conversation light and causal and just ask basic questions and get to know each other and see how things go from there. Just pretend you're talking to Shining Armor and just think of it as an everyday conversation."

"Alright, keep it light and causal. Anything else?"

"What about the romances, Sunset? The kissing? The drama and flare and all that? Shouldn't she be thinking of something romantic?" Rarity expressed in an almost exasperated tone.

"Rarity! It's just the first date and I think for now Sunset's right. It's better to not to throw it all out there at once. Let this happen naturally and see if there even a second date!

No need to rush into things and make mistakes you might regret if it don't work out. This isn't a romantic novel or movie where you have to kiss on the first date and fall so madly in love you get married at the end of the movie/story. It is real life and love takes its own time and course." Applejack retorted in equal exasperation.

"Please don't fight, girls. It's not very nice."

"Sorry, Fluttershy."

"But what gonna be awesome about a date if you don't get kissed?" Rainbow Dash asked in an annoyed tone.

"Girls! Let's not turn this into a debate or fight. Whatever happens, happens and we'll just see what happens. Is there anything else you can suggest, Sunset?"

"Well the only thing else I was thinking you could take a walk in the park since it's near the public library and that should give you a sense of calm. That's about it."

"Well, I guess that's the best advice you all can give me for this date. I've got my new look waiting for the night. I've got an idea of what to do. I just hope this all goes well enough. Well, I'll be back in a few minutes. I'm going to go look for a few books we'll need to get back to doing what we're supposed to be doing. Studying. Sunset can you help me find what I'm looking for?"

"Sure, I've to get a drink and use the bathroom anyway. We'll be back in ten minutes, girls," as everyone got back to doing basic quizzing and Sunset and Twilight got up.

Sunset pointed to the section of the library that Twilight was having troubling finding and she also pointed out where a few more sections were for future reference. After that she headed to the door to get her drink and use the bathroom just down the hall.

She was just coming out of the girls' room and heading to the nearest water fountain when she bumped into someone coming out of the boys' room and hadn't looked before turning.

"Oww!"

"Sorry! I didn't mean to do that! I've never been this clumsy in all my life!" said a kindly voice and Sunset was help to her feet by Fledge himself. Sunset couldn't help but blush as he helped her up.

"It's not a big deal, Fledge. We all have ran into someone at least once in our lives. No damage done. Oh, I'm Sunset Shimmer, in case you don't remember my name."

"I remember. You're one of Twilight's friends. Part of that group of girls some people I've heard referred to as the Mane Six. I say mane as in m-a-n-e and not main as in m-a-i-n as the school mascot is the Wondercolt. So I think people mean it the other way around here."

"Yeah, I'm sure that the mane they mean when they talk about out group of friends. Though I guess we're the Mane Seven now that Twilight's joined our group."

"Well I say it is better sounding then one of those cliché clique names of movies and novels."

"Thanks, um so I hope you and Twilight have a good date on Saturday. I used to date a guy named Flash Sentry but I didn't really like him like him. I was just using him to become more popular. To be honest I wasn't the best of persons a short while back. Though I've worked hard to turn it around."

"Well, congrats on changing. It's very easy in life to either to nothing or like in movies kill someone off. It takes a great deal more strength and effort to live and try and change. Though it can only really make you a better person in the end. So I'm impressed hearing that."

"Thanks, Fledge. Well, I just need to grab a quick drink and get back to study hall. So nice chatting with you and again hope you and Twilight have a great time on your date."

"Oh, speaking of Twilight a girl from the school store named Tecna asked me to give these to Twilight but could you do it for me, please, Sunset?" he asked politely as he handed her a large tan envelope.

"Hmm, must be Twilight's school cutie mark calendar and watch she was promised yesterday. I didn't really think Tecna could get them done as fast as she said she would but I guess she did. Thanks I'll give them to her for you."

"Thanks, well got to get going. Just tell Twilight I said hi and that I said hi to all her friends she so lucky to have."

"Well do! See you."

With that Sunset went back towards the library and Fledge headed to wherever he was supposed to go. She got her drink and couldn't help but smile as she was heading back to the library.

If Twilight and Fledge fell in love and were together in Equestria that surely at least meant the first date should at least go well and at least lead to a second date.

Twilight still hadn't returned to their table when she got back to the library and Sunset started to hear a lot of quick and exciting whispering as she took her seat again at the table again.

"What are you guys talking about now? As you're obviously not talking about schoolwork at the moment."

"We're talking how best to watch over Twilight on the date. I've got just the outfits too do it in inspired by my favorite novel series "The Mysterious Mysteries of Shadow Spade." She's is such a glamorous, fashionable and cleverly smart young detective. Oh, her novels are the best thing ever written!" Rarity declared with much passion which caused Rainbow Dash to glare at her angrily and shot back at her.

"If you like dumb old detective novels with such predictable endings. At least "The Adventures of Daring Do" are awesome and fun and cool. And there ain't some stupid novels inspired by those stupider old black and white films, ugh!"

"Now girls let's not a start an argument…." Fluttershy tried to say but there was already a heated argument brewing and it didn't take long for both Rainbow Dash and Rarity to be nearly at each other throat.

People were giving them more odd looks then they'd given Pinkie Pie who was breaking library rules by eating a very large cupcake she'd snuck in. Though no-one notice that she was eating it as Rarity and Rainbow Dash got louder.

Finally before Miss. Cheerilee came to throw them out both Applejack and Sunset kicked the squabbling girls under the table and both said at the same time while Rarity and Rainbow Dash nursed their throbbing knees.

"Before you get us kicked out of the library and into detention shut it! Let's just agree to do disagree and respect the others opinions and likes! Now hurry and make up before Miss. Cheerilee gets here! Like NOW!"

Not a moment too soon as their teacher Miss. Cheerilee showed up looking unhappy. "Excuse me, girls? But is there a problem? Do I need to ask you to leave or get Vice Principal Luna involved?" she asked sternly.

"No, everything is fine! We just had a small disagreement. But it's all settle now. Right, girls?" Applejack emphasized the last part and everyone nodded.

"Good, now get back to studying or I will send you to Vice Principal Luna's office. Pinkie Pie? No food in the library. So if you've any more cupcakes don't bring them out or you'll be sent to Vice Principal Luna's office!" the teacher warned as she gave them all a stern look before pushing the book trolley away.

"Hello, Twilight, find everything you need?" she asked politely and Twilight nodded and pushed up her glasses that were slipping.

"Good, well if you need anything just ask and please keep it down? Thanks, good day."

"She's seems like a nice teacher. My old teachers demanded nothing short of perfection being at Crystal Prep. Nice to know here everyone is just encourage to do their best and not expected to be perfect. So did I miss anything while I was busy looking up books on genealogy, psychology and meteorology?" Twilight asked as if she hadn't heard the loud fight at all. Maybe she hadn't if she was so focused on the books she might've blocked it out.

The girls glanced at each other and smiled pleasantly and Fluttershy said "No you didn't miss anything at all. We're all just fine right, girls?"

"Yep we all are just fine," everyone agreed on the other hand Pinkie Pie was about to say in her loud exuberant way the truth of the events. However before she could the girls silenced her with a look. As a result for just one occasion the bubbly party girl didn't do one of her Pinkie moments.

Twilight didn't appear to notice this but was thankful when Sunset passed to her, her package full of the cutie mark stuff. She looked very pleased with how the watch turned out and immediately put it on and loved how it was nice accessory.

"I can't wait to show this amazingly brilliant calendar to my family. So it's for next year right? Not this year?"

"Yep, next year. We didn't want to make one for the middle of the year. So it's for next year. Glad we thought to ask about getting you one and glad Tecna so good at keeping her word. I didn't honestly think she get the watch done by today.

Also you'll find other school spirit stuff and cutie mark things in the package. Like it's also got your Wondercolt sweatshirt, ears and tail, and a notebook with a set of pens and pencils. Also a Magic of Friendship bracelet inside it too.

That was in every student's package when we decided do this a few months ago." Sunset explained to a perplex Twilight as she was looking confused by the other contents of the large envelope.

"Wow, it's a lot, but I'm thankful all the same. Well let's finish up here so we can get out of school and finish getting me ready for my date that is just three days away."

"Sure thing, Twilight. C'mon girls lets go get some drinks and talk more at Sugarcube Café! I'll buy for everyone today!" Sunset proposed to which everyone cheered loudly only to have the whole library shush them again.

Well they enjoyed getting their sweet treats at the café and just talked and gossiped some more and all felt really good about everything. Still they felt for good measure they should at least show Twilight a bit more around town so she knew more likely where to go on her date.

The first thing she said when they got to huge mall was say honestly she really not been in a mall before. But for the Canterlot Mall which was at least two stories tall and the whole experience of being there was cool. So the girls spent till near eight a clock at the mall just showing Twilight around and pointed out where the movie theater at mall was located.

The theater wasn't a gigantic one, but it at least played ten movies at once and all things consider wasn't that outrageously priced as some other theaters were. Sunset pointed out the three movies she thought be best for Twilight and Fledge to choose from.

The romantic drama was called "Flying to your dreams" Sunset gave the basic summary of that movie to the girls who didn't realize this and Sunset wouldn't realize this till she got home but somehow two of the movies had something to do with an adventure that Twilight had lived or known about in Equestria.

So the romantic drama was really she realized as she was getting ready for bed that night would be the human world movie version of Princess Twilight and Prince Fledge's own love story!

The romantic comedy was in fact pretty the same adventure the Cutie Mark Crusaders had when they tried to use a love potion that turned out to be a love poison on Big Mac and Miss. Cheerilee for Hearts and Hooves Day. Only of course the humans called that holiday here "Valentine's Day" The movie was titled "The Valentine's Day Love Poison"

The third movie she thought they might see was the only other good one in her opinion for a date if Fledge wasn't wanting romances of any kind. It was an action adventure fantasy film called "Gauntlet of Fire"

The movie poster had a beautiful royal blue female dragon on it. She was the protagonist named "Princess Ember" with the deuteragonist being a small male dragon who looked awfully similar to Spike on it, even the name of the dragon in the film was named Spike! Which was just freaky when you thought about it.

But she'd explained what she knew of the basic plot without too many spoilers for it to the other girls. The movie's plot was one wild of adventure of fun, friendship, and action to save a neighboring kingdom from being destroyed by the dragons, and that was only gonna be averted by the love and friend from the Spike look-alike character to the Princess Ember character.

The girls thought it sounded cool and any of the three movies would be good picks in their opinion but it would ultimately be up to Fledge and Twilight to decide together.

Finally Saturday finally rolled around and everyone was doing all they could to make everything perfect for the date. The girls spent most of the morning before going to Twilight's getting their own 'disguise' that Rarity had made for them to wear to 'watch over' Twilight from without being recognized.

Finally Applejack just had to say it out loud as Rarity was trying to shove her into the outfit she'd made for her.

"Rarity! This is beyond ridiculous and it ain't exactly the most honest or honorable thing we're all setting out to do!"

"Hold still, Applejack, I need to let out the seam in this pant leg some," Rarity said absent-mindedly clearly not hearing what Applejack was trying to say. Getting mad Applejack jerked and Rarity fell on her face.

"Ow! You could've put my eye out! I was holding a whole set of pins!"

"Will you just listen for a god darn sec, Rarity? We ain't watching over Twilight we're downright getting ready to spy on her! That isn't an honest act you know! We should give her privacy on her first date not spy on her!"

"Oh come off it, Applejack, you already agreed to this yourself days ago! Besides this was pretty much guaranteed for us to do the moment Twilight said yes to Fledge! You really thought we wouldn't end up spying on her? You really honestly expect us to believe for a second you didn't know this is how it was gonna go down? Please! What do you take us for, Applejack? Idiots?" Rainbow Dash laughed hysterically as she flipped her rainbow hair over her shoulder.

"Well, she does have a point, girls, it exactly nice of us spying on Twilight," Fluttershy admitted timidly as she adjusted the stylish hat that Rarity had made for her.

"Well that's true, but is it any worse than when Pinkie Pie and I tried to spy on Crystal Prep before the Friendship Games? Though that wasn't very successful was it, Pinkie Pie?"

"Nope, we had a great time as cat burglars, dog burgles, trees and the big balloons! It was so funny and fun! That's how I remember it, Rainbow Dash! Will spying on Twilight be that much fun tonight?!" Pinkie Pie asked obliviously as Rainbow Dash instead cringed at how Pinkie Pie's stealth skills needed serious work.

"Well, it still isn't very honest of us, even if we're going to end up doing this because no-matter-what nothing stop us even if we tried. Not even our consciences and common sense work on us right now to tell you the truth." Applejack admitted in defeat as Rarity was fixing the pants she'd torn a bit when she jerked, but she accidently pricked Applejack in the butt causing Applejack to yell something that she shouldn't have yelled.

Since they're at Applejack's home at the time Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were outside trying to shoot a new video to load up onto YouTube. When they heard Applejack yell out a profanity word they couldn't believe and yelled up at the window where Applejack's room was.

"Hey, big sis!" Apple Bloom yelled out.

"What is it, Apple Bloom?" Applejack asked from the second floor as she rubbed her sore bottom in pain.

"You think you could say that word again? It might give us more hits if it was of a cooler more mature nature!"

"Yeah, we've been trying our best to come up with some really cool ideas for videos since our last one was such a flop. Though I don't know why it was cool to me. Though maybe it was my lack of sewing skills?" Sweetie Belle said as she was now holding the camera.

"Whatever it was girls we need something awesome and cool and edgy if we're gonna go viral and get a zillion hits! So you think your sisters and Rainbow Dash could do some stunts in her pony up form and then added the mature words…" Scootaloo was starting to say when their sisters gathered at the window looking mad.

"Apple Bloom? You listen to me right now little sister. I never want to hear you say one bad word ever! You hear me? If you so much as utter one you'll have to answer to a kick more painful than if I did have hooves!"

"That goes for you too, Sweetie Belle! I won't have my little sister have such rude and vulgar words within her vocabulary! So unless you want your mouth wash out with soap dear you won't say anything of the sort!"

"I don't need to even say how un-awesome it will be if you say anything of that uncool nature either, you got me, Scootaloo?"

"Yes we understand," the trio of the girls' younger sister all said disappointedly.

"Good! Now if you want something to make a video out of make it clean and appropriate okay? We've got to finish getting ready up here. So why don't you three hustle out into the orchard to that clubhouse of yours and think of a more appropriate thing to make a video of okay y'all?"

"Yes, Applejack. C'mon fellow Crusaders we'll think of something else to make a viral video on YouTube with!" and with that the girls rushed off and knocked over Big Mac as he was carrying a basket of apples into the house.

"You okay, brother?" Applejack called down and her brother simply looked up and said.

"Yep"

"Good. Keep an eye on them while girls and I are gone tonight, kay, brother?"

"Yep."

"Well, that's settled. Let's get the rest of this settle so we can go help Twilight get ready like we promised. And Rarity? Please watch where you stick those pins!"

"Alright, Applejack!"

Sunset was just laughing up a storm and trying to figure if she should write to Princess Twilight now or a little later. She decided she at least wait till they knew what movie that Sci-Twilight was gonna see and just write as the date played out.

So the girls hurried over to Twilight's place to help her finish get ready. It was the very first time they're at her house and meeting her family. The Sparkles were very nice and so was her older brother Shining Armor.

Though just by looking at Shining Armor it looked like he was biting at the bit to say something. Though the girls were too preoccupied to really take notice. Everyone was super busy finishing getting Twilight ready and making sure she didn't know they be spying on her later tonight.

Finally with only half an hour to spare she was ready. Taking a deep calming breath she only had one thing left to do before Fledge showed up. That was the girls had to pray to the big guy that Twilight wouldn't embarrass herself on her first date ever!

While the girls were finishing getting Twilight ready and praying together the doorbell rang. It was only 6:15 though! So they panicked a bit when they heard Twilight's father go to open the door.

"Now dear please be nice to the young boy? Please? Don't go into "Overprotective Daddy" mode and that goes for you too Shining Armor! I don't want you to go into "Overprotective Mode" either.

We've to show our daughter we trust her and let her grow up a little. She's not a little girl she's 16 and perfectly capable of handling a boy for a night. So please don't ruin this for Twilight?" begged Mrs. Sparkle.

"Alright, Velvet, I won't go overboard meeting this boy who wants to date our daughter. I promise."

"I hope so, Night Light, I really hope so! You better keep your word. As I expect of you, Shiny. You both understand me?"

"Yes, Mom. We totally get you. Don't we, Dad?"

"Yes, we do. No need to anger your mother in anyway."

"Okay. Well let's not let him stand there in the cold. You can open the door now."

So Night Light opened the door and they found both Fledge and Helena standing there.

Helena was still dressed normally but Fledge on the other hand? He'd done his best to look nice and cool at the same time.

He was wearing a sleeveless chestnut colored shirt with dark green leather jeans with a gold strip down the side and tall leather boots. He had on some gold necklaces, armbands, wristbands and still wore his special medallion. He had with him a large bouquet of really red roses and a small wrapped box. He looked very nervous and also a bit shy at the same time.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Sparkle it is a humble pleasure to meet you. I'm Fledge Dreamwings, son of Helia and Strawberry Dreamwings, and I am much honored to make your acquaintance," he said in a very respectful manner as he shook their hands and bowed once.

He then turned and looked at Helena and said in an equally respectful tone. "This is my friend and confidant and personal assistant to my family Helena Faith."

"I'm likewise honored to make your charming acquaintances. May we come into your humble home now? It's a bit chilly out here at the moment."

"We're honored ourselves to meet you both. Please do come in. Twilight still upstairs with her new friends getting ready. Would you care for some refreshments while we wait for her?" asked Velvet kindly.

"That would be most acceptable, Mrs. Sparkle. Let me help you go get them." Helena said as the ladies disappeared into the kitchen and that left the boys standing awkwardly in the front hall.

"How about we go into the living room and sit for a moment while Mom getting the refreshments, Dad?"

"Good idea, Shining Armor. It's right this way." Night Light said as he led the teenager into his living room still eyeing him like any father would and that went for Shining Armor eyeing him too like any good brother would.

Fledge followed them into the living room and just took one look around the quaint little living and turned and said. "You do have a most charming little home. It's nice to be in a more normal sized home rather than the big one I live in. I've often wished that even if we have more money then what we know what to do with we could live in a more normal sized home then the huge palace like house we live in.

You don't know how lucky you guys are or how envies I feel that you get to be a normal family and live in a normal house. My family is normal in its own way but it's hard to feel like an average person when you live almost in a palace it seems.

Still my parents are quite nice and very average people despite being so wealthy and just not what you expect from people with our kind of money. Still I wish it was more average then it is at times."

"Why we're on the subject of your family, Fledge, tell us a bit more about them and yourself?" Night Light inquired inquiringly as both he and his son looked intensely at the teenage boy from their seat on the navy blue sofa.

Fledge looked extremely uncomfortable and was showing it quite visibly from where he stood. He was just glancing at a family portrait above the fireplace and just squirmed from Twilight's dad's question not sure how best to answer it.

"Um…well… let see how to best describe my family? Okay well, um both my parents came from very affluent families, and they're unbelievably tenderhearted, philanthropic individuals in general. Their only real wish in this life or world is to just do whatever miracles they can with the one necessary evil of life which is money. They're very much humanitarians and just great at many kinds of businesses in addition to just in fact tremendously charitable.

I'd say in some other world or lifetime they'd have been a pair of very benevolent and wise sovereigns of a beautiful enchanted kingdom. There is no doubt in my mind that they dare to risk it all, and would give it all and more to save me, and if they're a king and queen they'd sacrifices themselves for the whole kingdom and do whatever it took to save not only a kingdom but the whole damn world it be in a heartbeat.

That's the best way to describe my parents and how we kinda see what our lifework is for this world and all future generations. That's our purpose to make the dreams of others a reality and just to leave a legacy of love behind and inspire hope and dreams for the next generation. That's pretty much my family in a nutshell."

Night Light and Shining Armor glanced at each other and felt the boy was being very honest and pretty darn descriptive in how he was explaining his family. So at least he seemed like a good boy from a good family. So at least they didn't worry about that.

"Um, Twily, told me your family founded the college I was just accepted into. Golden Dreamstone? Is that true? That your family built that college?"

"Yeah, my grandfather Somnus who was my dad's dad built that college when he was not much older than me to be honest. He wanted to create a place where learning could be achieved by anyone of any kind of background and then see where their dreams would take them. So congratulations for being accepted into it."

"Well just by looking at the brochure and just from my orientation all week it seems like it's an amazing and swell college! So your grandfather's dream does seem to have become a reality. Umm…who is Asteria? It sounds like a chick's name and that was the name of the girl's main dorm on the campus."

"Asteria was my beautiful grandmother who was my grandfather's childhood sweetheart and wife for over fifty years. She passed away with my grandfather when I was nine years old. About a month after my ninth birthday to be exact. They died because of a carbon monoxide leak when they're at their summer cottage for a weekend getaway," Fledge answered back with some sadness in his voice so they didn't pry further.

"You boys playing nicely I hope? Is lemonade alright with you, Fledge?" inquired Velvet as she and Helena came back into the room with a pitcher and some glasses.

"We're doing alright, Mrs. Sparkle. Um this is for you and your whole family to share," Fledge said as he almost shoved the pinkish purple wrapped box at Twilight's mom.

"Oh, thank you, Fledge. What's in here?" as she slowly under the wrapping paper and sniffed. "Smells good."

"It is chocolate goodies made from my other grandmother my mom's mom Chocolat recipes. In fact my Grandma Chocolat's first business was her own sweetshop with chocolate and other sweets made with her own secret recipes. She started that when she only 19 years old and it was quite successful. It's in fact how she met my mom's dad. His name was Sweet Tooth and he had a big one and he also just had a good eye for opportunities and knew a success when he saw one."

"Though it seems like she did get his heart by finding his stomach. Good thing he loved to work out so much so he was still fit and trim till they both passed on. Fledge here was only eleven when they passed on because of some type of unidentified food poisoning while on vacation in Europe." Helena explained and again Fledge looked uncomfortable.

"So enough about my family. I assure you I come from good stock and I'm very good, respectful and just an all-around pleasant young man. I won't do anything to offend or take advantage of Twilight tonight! I swear! I'll be better than behaved! I promise you won't have to hunt me down and murder me like most fathers and brothers would do if I was a jerk and hurt your daughter/sister! Trust me! I won't hurt Twilight."

"No need for drastic measures, Fledge. We trust you. Just you and Twilight have a good time." Velvet told him as she tried a piece of fudge and was in love with it and passed it around to the rest of the family.

"If it puts your minds at ease at my employers insistence I'll be sorta chaperoning the date. From a safe distance so Fledge and Twilight can have some sense of privacy on their first date?" Helena informed them kindly to which now all the Sparkles seemed to have accept Fledge and didn't look at him badly.

"Twilight? You and your friends want to come downstairs now? You don't want to be late getting to movies. Even if they say the movie starts at 7:00 but really given the credits and other crap in front of it won't start till actually 7:35 you still better get down here!" called out her mom.

"Coming, Mom!"

With that what sounded like a stampede coming down the stairs and everyone hurried into the living room. But the girls shield Twilight till the very last moment and then at the perfect moment they unveiled her makeover look and she was smiling shyly at Fledge who looked like he had indeed become breathless.

He couldn't speak amazed by her transformation and she was amazed by how damn sexy he looked and how he stole her breath. But it looked obvious to everyone in that small living room at the moment that love was definitely in bloom and it looked like by night's end they'd be falling helplessly, hopelessly and breathlessly in love!

"You look amazing, Twilight!"

Blushing, she batted her eyes at him and smiled. "Thanks, you look amazing too!"

"Thank you. Here these are for you," he stammered as he gave her the bouquet of red roses.

Smiling she breathed in their scent and said, "They're truly beautiful and divine. Mom? Why don't you put them in some water for me so Fledge and I can get going on our date?"

"Sure thing sweetheart."

"Well, we've got to get going if we're going to get to the movies on time. Is the movie "The Gauntlet of Fire" okay with you? I just really love anything to do with fantasy, magic and mythology."

"That's perfectly fine with me, Fledge. You pick the movie and I'll buy the snacks. Well, see you all later! Love you, Mom, Dad, and BBBFF! See you girls later too! Make sure Spike gets his dinner while I'm out tonight!" she said to her loved ones as she gave them all a hug and kissed her family goodbye. Then Fledge helped her into her light lavender jacket and they left.

The girls waited only ten minutes before they rushed off to follow her into the night. Well they didn't know it but Helena wasn't just gonna be chaperoning the date because of Fledge's parents or Twilight's. She wasn't born yesterday and it might have escaped the two young lovebirds' minds, but she knew without a doubt that Twilight's friends would be spying for sure tonight. Therefore she was gonna make sure they didn't do anything too stupid with their foolishness shenanigans to ruin the date.

So they got to movies alright and things went well getting the tickets and finding their seats. The girls however had a very hard time as it was like Pinkie Pie was trying to buy the whole concession stand up! It finally took her friends forcing her from buying three more giant Cherry Pepsis and two big humongous bags of popcorn that they even managed to get into the theater at all.

Pinkie Pie was being so noisy before the movie even started they're worried the usher would throw them out before even the first preview could be shown! Or worse that Twilight and Fledge would find out they're spying on them.

Though Rarity wanted to be closer to eavesdrop Applejack told her that while this still wasn't exactly honest or nice of them they couldn't be up in Twilight's face. So as a result the girls were in the last two rows with Fledge and Twilight two rows in front of them and to the left of where they're sitting.

"I hope this movie is gonna be worth the price we paid to get in even if we're after a different kind of show." Rainbow Dash muttered as she tore open a large Crunch bar and started to eat it.

"Let's please girls not ruin the rest of the movie for anyone else in the theater? I just hope this movie isn't too scary. I don't do well with scary things." Fluttershy shivered at the thought of anything scary.

"You can be a bit too timid for your own good, Fluttershy. Every single Halloween you rather barricade yourself in your bedroom then just have a night of pleasant frights! You wouldn't even help with my family corn maze back in freshman year when we asked for your help." Applejack remarked as she turned her cell phone off and the rest of the girls did the same.

"Excuse me young ladies but is this seat taken?" asked a voice next to where Sunset was sitting and they looked guilty up at Helena who already looked exasperated.

"Umm. No that seat's not taken you can have it, Miss." Sunset answered nervously as Helena sat next to her.

Putting down her own large Spirit and popcorn Helena decided to give them all a talking too before the first preview started.

"I know exactly why you six are here and what you're up too and I won't say I'm not surprised. I was a teenager not so long ago myself and if it was my first date with a hot young boy I'm sure my friends be doing exactly what you're doing. So I'll cut you girls a deal here and now.

You let me do my job of chaperoning and that means chaperoning the six of you too, and I'll make sure you don't get caught. Because I'm sure we all want this to be a good first date for the both of them. So if you agree here and now to follow my rules and if you step too far out of line, I can send you away in total embarrassment? So you'll let me babysit you six and I'll make sure you spy in a way that doesn't embarrass either Twilight or Fledge or get you caught? Deal?"

"Deal," they all said in rather uncomfortable voices as well as horrified looks. They knew instantly just from her tone that they'd never get away with anything if this woman was watching them and well they didn't want to be embarrassed anymore then they wanted Twilight to be. So they had a slight moment of pouting and then just tried to sit back and enjoy the movie.

Well Sunset was writing as fast as she could before the lights were to dim to Princess Twilight.

"Dear Princess Twilight,

Well it's your other self's big date night. We didn't hear too much of what was going on down in the living room when he came into your other's self home. Though from what I gathered from just observation this version of your parents and brother are okay with Fledge.

I'm sure your other self will tell us more about it later since we've already been caught spying before we could even really spy. Fledge's friend Helena just gave us a talking too and well she'll let us 'spy' but only if she can babysit us and make sure we don't do anything stupid which between Rarity and Pinkie Pie at the moment is very likely. Given Rarity's need for drama and Pinkie Pie being…well being Pinkie Pie!

So right now we're about watch a movie that seems to be something that might happen in Equestira. In fact all the movies in the theater at the moment for some unfathomable reason seem to have something to do with an adventure you lived since moving to Ponyville or just Equestria in general.

I know freaky right? Well this is called "The Gauntlet of Fire" and it's about two dragons, one that for some uncanny reason looks, sounds and acts like Spike and is named Spike even helping the Princess of Dragons Princess Ember get through a treacherous obstacle course to claim the Bloodstone Specter so she can be the new Dragon Lord.

I'm guessing it's a friendship lesson and maybe in a sequel if there is one some romance as Spike's character from what I read only participating to save his home which isn't called Equestira but it's called the Fablelands where all other kinds of magical creatures live in love, peace, harmony and friendship.

The dragons want to destroy it and only Princess Ember can save Fablelands with this Spike teaching her about friendship.

Well tell you more later the movie starting and thought it's gonna take like twenty minutest to get through previews I want to see that. Then we'll see how the rest of this date plays out. I tell you more later!

Your friend, Sunset Shimmer!"

So everyone actually enjoyed the film having no idea at all that this was an actual event that was taking place in Equestira at that exact moment! It was bit lengthier of course with a few more background details but overall a good two hour movie which led the whole audience wanting a sequel and of course people wanting to come up with a shipping name for Ember and Spike of the movie by the time they left.

The girls had enjoyed the movie and were glad they'd been caught but Helena told them to get away quickly because Twilight and Fledge were getting done in the bathrooms and be heading to dinner soon. So if they didn't want to be caught a second time they better move.

So the girls manage to disappear into the crowd just in the nick of time. Fledge and Twilight came out of the theater talking in very excited voice about what they liked most about the movie and it looked like they'd enjoyed themselves.

Rarity was quick to point out that they're holding hands and smiling which they took as a good sign.

"That was such a blast! I mean the fact that the computer animation was so amazing it was almost like really being there! If only it been in 3D that would've made it even cooler!" Fledge was saying excitedly.

"Well, I think 3D become a bit of an overkill with so many movies in it and we don't need to pay extra to enjoy something. Though during most of obstacle course it would've been cooler I'll admit.

Though I've got the nagging feeling as if that wasn't just a work of fiction. Like it could really be happening or have happened."

"Maybe in another world, not this one for sure. Not a lot of dragons here in this town and not a lot of magic either as far as I can see."

"You'd be surprised what real magic is, Fledge. It's not just the common sorcery you've seen and read about the pop culture or modern day media. Real magic comes in simpler forms and the greatest magic there is, Fledge, is the Magic of Friendship as Ember learned from that Spike. Who I can't help but think looks like what my Spike would look like if he was a dragon and not a dog."

"Hmm…never thought of it that way. But I guess magic doesn't have to magical in the traditional sense to be counted as magic. I'd like to believe in the magic that a dream starts out as.

That you make it even more magical when you achieve it and also realize that where one magical dream ends another will begin. So want to get a bit to eat now?"

"Sounds good, the popcorn really wasn't that filling and way too salty and soda only makes you thirstier anyway. So where do you wish to go? And where is Helena?" she asked looking around the mall trying to spot her.

They didn't see her at first which was a good thing since she was given a certain gaggle of girls another talking too and how best to get where they'd be going next but to still do nothing stupid and she emphasized that most to Rarity and Pinkie Pie.

Rarity got it a bit better than Pinkie Pie who was even more hyper than normal after eating half a candy store and like five large sodas. So she was so pumped up with sugar if she was a diabetic she be crashing from her heart stopping from the sugar overload.

Which did beg the question to Sunset with how much sugar and hyper activeness of Pinkie Pie why wasn't she a diabetic? Well that thought had to be put out of her mind for a while as they hurried to get to where the dinner was without being seen or heard.

They got to the café alright and the girls were in the far corner with Twilight and Fledge in the center and Helena was still sitting with the girls keeping an eye on them as much as she was her charges.

Well things got pretty ridicules and it was amazing how Fledge and Twilight remained clueless as the girls did do a bit over-the-top things that Helena had a hard time wrangling in and it wasn't just Pinkie Pie or Rarity either causing all the mischief.

Rainbow Dash was doing her best to try and pony up enough to get her wings to spy over the crowd, though all she could manage to do was stand up on her chair on her tiptoes. Applejack was trying to get her to sit back down and not cause a scene and Fluttershy was too busy with the menu trying to decide between the soup and salad to really think about anything else.

But Sunset just felt the craziness zany things everyone was doing and how the other patrons were starting to stare at them was slightly embarrassing, though at the same time it was more it like a comedy show script, she couldn't help but laugh so hard at all the insane antics of her friends and knew if she was busting a gut so would Princess Twilight when she finished writing her back later.

However at the moment she had to jump up to avoid Rainbow Dash who fell out of her seat from trying to stand up to see the couple and Applejack had yanked her down. This action caused them both to topple out of their seats and Sunset had back into a young waitress who accidently dumb a plate of food and drinks all over the six of them.

Well they just laughed at it and Fluttershy who didn't seem to notice she was now drenched in cola said she had decided on a strawberry salad for dinner.

While all that been going on Twilight and Fledge had been talking more about themselves and their own personal history. Twilight taking Sunset's tip had tried to keep it light and casual as well as just image she was just talking to her brother.

"So um yeah I'm really named after my mom. Her full name is Twilight Velvet, but if we use my mom's real name we just call her Velvet to keep straight who being talk too. She's an author actually. She writes adventure stories. I'll show you some of them sometime in the future," she was saying as she was enjoying her pork tenderloin sandwich.

"That's cool your named after your mom. Many of my family or at least my father's side of the family is named after gods and goddess that have something to do with mythology or at least connected to dreams or the night.

My dad's parents in fact his dad was named after the Roman God of Dreams and his mom after the Goddess of Nocturnal and Oracles and the Stars. I guess that's one reason I love fantasy, magic and mythology so much.

It's like part of my heritage, my dad's name is Helia, and he was named after Helios the Titan God of the Sun. But my grandma thought Helia sound a bit sweeter and she wanted him to be a little more unique anyway."

"So where does your mom name come from?"

"Well, her parents met at her mom's sweetshop and well they met having a bowl of strawberries dipped in my grandma's secret chocolate recipe so that's why she's named Strawberry."

"That's pretty amusing I'll admit. Well, I've read practically the whole library so I'm a huge bookworm and a total techy. I can pretty much built any super sophisticate device at the drop of a hat. So science and math I'm really great at that.

But one reason I transferred to CHS was to learn about things I wasn't going to learn about in any book. You can't learn about Friendship or yourself from a book or being alone.

You need to put yourself and your heart out there and just be with people. I've only been here at CHS for a week but it's been the best week of my whole school life. Never in my whole school life have I actually enjoyed myself outside of studying to get better than a perfect score.

There only so much school and textbooks can offer."

"Yeah, life and the people around you can teach you a hell of a lot more than anything on the internet or in any of a thousand books.

I wanted to learn myself about what I'm guessing CHS refers to as The Magic of Friendship. You said that it was magic? I guess it is and I guess you're right when you say there are many forms of magic and not all of them have to be of supernatural origin."

"Well there are five major parts to the Magic of Friendship I can tell you about right now. It was learning about them and thanks to Sunset using them to save my life in a way that I learned what really matter.

I learned that real magic is from honesty, loyalty, laughter, generosity and kindness. Put together they form a powerful magic. But there is one new element to it that Sunset didn't say but still taught me is another element of the magic of friendship is what she embodies is forgiveness.

Still my friend each embody a part of friendship and it's through them and the rest of the people around me I hope to really understand that magic and learn ultimately who I really am and who I'm meant to me."

"Well, you sound like this is a very profound thing and I hope to learn what you're aiming to learn as well. Maybe we'll learn it together?"

"That would be great."

"Yeah I also hope to teach my own take on magic the Magic of Dreams. If Friendship is Magic then so is Dreams. Which seems to be my family whole point of existence to be honest. Our mission is to make the Magic of Dreams possible."

"I know there are other magic's like Magic of Love and Family as well. And hopefully you and I won't need to learn all forms of magic on our own. But with my friends who are surely gonna be your friends too."

"Yeah, that be great, Twilight, but it looks like your friends have caused a slight fiasco?" he jerked his head towards them.

"Oh my word…"

"I was expecting them to spy on us. But let's get out of here while Helena's busy with them and go to some place we can be really alone if only for a short while," he said as he left the money and tip on the table.

"Okay, where do you want to go?" she asked as she left her own money and tip and he took her hand and led her outside.

"There is something I've wanted to do and was thinking of doing in case I was right that we'd be spied on."

"Well, I guess with how big my brain is I should've realized that they try and spy on us. So what do you have in mind for us to be alone if only for a short bit?"

"Well the Canterlot Park is only a few blocks from here and there is a lake in the park with some boats. We could float in a blue lagoon so to speak for a short while till they come and find us. You can swim right?"

Laughing, "I can swim, Fledge! Let's go!"

So they headed to the park and got into a rowboat and under the crystal clear night skies the diamond stars shined brightly and the crescent moon lit up the sky very magical and the fireflies didn't hurt either.

So for a few moments they just floated alone in the big blue lake just holding the other's hand and gazing into the other's eyes. They didn't say or do anything else just talked with their eyes to say the words they wanted to say without moving their lips.

Well by now the girls and Helena had been trying to track them down and it was Sunset who found them as she recalled her suggestion about the library. Well they watched from the gazebo and Rarity was still moaning that they couldn't really see or hear what was being said on the lake but everyone told her to shut up and let them enjoy the moment.

"I've had a really good time tonight, Fledge. I never imaged I'd ever go on a date in my life. Then again a short while ago I never thought I've friends or that friendship even matter.

It really is amazing how one event can truly change your life forever. Just one thing. That again is something no book or any kind of school will ever teach you."

"Nope you're right about that one, Twilight. Though I think there is one thing that is undeniable right now."

"What's that?"

"Well, I think we both agree we'd both never thought about anything like friendship. We also can agree we never thought either of us would ever go on date with any one in our lives, and surely we both never thought we even end up right now on this lake on a date that's for sure."

"Yeah, I think we can both admit we both never figured we'd ever fall for anyone. I at least never thought I fall ever for anyone or anyone would ever notice me ever! So I'm surprised that I am sitting in a rowboat on a park lake at night. Never thought in a million years that would happen! It's unbelievable!"

"Well I guess we can agree to this next thing then without a doubt."

"Yep I know what you're gonna say."

"If all things in time, time will reveal," they said at the same time and just gazed romantically into the other eyes.

"So I guess we're at least going out again, I take it? I want to get to know you better, Twilight."

"This night is a dream come true for both of us, so let's see where this dream take us and let's see what the magic of love has in mind. If we go out on a few more dates we might fall deeper, or we could just end up really good friends.

Either way I think we've come to the agreement we do want to see each other. I want to see all kinds of magic as do you. So I say I'd love to go on another date with you."

"And maybe next date we'll truly be alone, but I guess Helena was right. Whatever happens from this moment on, I'm just glad to have met you, Twilight Sparkle."

"I'm glad to have met you too, Fledge Dreamwings. So we should probably return to the dock now? Um our friends and chaperone are getting testy. So let's call it a night and plan for the next date, okay?"

So they rowed back to the dock and held hands as they got off the boat.

"Well, I hope you two had some enjoyable alone time. But it's nine thirty now. So let's get you home Twilight and your friends too. But before these girls drive me more up a wall, at least tell us is there gonna be another date?" Helena asked in a tired and exasperated manner.

"Yes, we'll go out on another date. We don't know where or when, but we'll be going out again in the future. Though for now we'd both like to just have all our friends give us space and still be all eight of us friends." Twilight answered to the group.

There was a loud cheering and then well if they expected the first kiss to be then and there they weren't getting that tonight. Still Helena got all the girls into the car and drove everyone home, but she at least listen to where Sunset wanted to be dropped off.

Helena kinda sensed that Sunset had some deep personal reasons for wanting to be dropped off last of the girls and not actually by a house of any kind. She didn't have to worry about Fledge finding out about her secret. He was pretty tuckered out and was fast asleep in the front seat when Helena dropped her off three blocks from her home.

Sunset hurried home and of course her parents wanted to know what she'd been up to that night and she confesses the truth was and how the night had played out. Well they're not happy with the spying even if it was expected but pleased all the same that Sunset was at least helping a friend out and was still changing for the better.

They did tell her that it was typical teenage behavior that they'd themselves had done to them on their first date in high school so again they expected the spying. But still point out the fact they're just happy that Sunset was with friends and was even had a friend she was spying on a date to begin with. They reminded her that at least next Saturday to help get the apartment cleaned up so when the Sparkles came over for dinner they made a good impression.

"I'll make sure to help make this place shine! It will be so clean it will be divine! Well, it's late and I know even on weekends you don't want me in bed any later than ten-thirty. So I'll go brush my teeth and get to bed.

See you both in the morning. Love you!"

"Love you too, sweetheart, but still don't spy on Twilight's next date, okay?"

"Yes, Sunfire, I won't spy and I'll make sure the other girls don't either. C'mon, Daybreak, let's get some shut eye.

She was so tired and drained from just the excitement and laughter she just passed out and didn't realize till the next morning that Princess Twilight had replied to her earlier message.

Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she sat up in bed and was stroking Daybreak's soft silky gold and red fur as she read Princess Twilight's reply.

"Dear Sunset Shimmer,

I don't know what magic of that world you call home to somehow pull of this trick, but that movie you're watching last night? That actually literally just happened!

Every last detail of that movie you described just happened here in Equestira! Even the Dragon Lord's daughter was named Princess Ember! I don't have any logical answer for that.

Though I doubt I find a logical answer to it anymore then I did trying to figure out Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense! I guess there are some mysterious that just remain that. Mysterious.

So I guess you must have been really worn out not to finish telling me about the date, but I don't know if this is just another thing to add to the "Magical Phenomenon We Cannot Logically Explain"

But I think I know what happened for the rest of the night thanks to my husband. He said he had a dream last night of something he'd never had before.

He felt he was looking at me through his eyes and yet not his eyes. But he was telling me how he remembered dreaming about me as a human girl and just talking about things at a café and a magical rowboat ride.

So am I right that what happened? And let me guess if this did happen that way there was not kiss but a guarantee of a second date?

Fledge didn't recall dreaming about any kissing. Hand holding as you call it yes, but not lip locking as you also call it there.

So am I right about the rest of the date?

Please tell me ASAP. Oh and I might not reply back for a short while. I'm hosting a dinner party for Princess Celestia to come and see how I'm doing as a teacher to Starlight Glimmer and I'm already thinking about how to place the silverware and wondering who Starlight's gonna invited to the dinner.

Since part of the dinner purpose is for her to bring a new friend. I can't want to see who she befriends. But till further notice I'm gonna not to be able to reply for a short while.

Still keep me posted and I'll get back to you when I can. Hope you continue to do well with your own teaching of the Magic of Friendship and I hope that my other self second date is pretty magical and not interrupted by the rest of the girls. Since Fledge recalled some really ridicules antics of the others!

See you later and hope you're going to be alright.

Your friend, Princess Twilight Sparkle!"

P.S. Fledge wants to say hi and also adds he hopes you're well too."

"Maybe there is some underlying psyche connection between ponies of Equestria to this world, Daybreak, not sure on that one. But this is better than any movie even a 3D movie wouldn't be as exciting and freaky as this whole thing is becoming! Let's go tell Sunfire and Yin Yang! They won't believe this!" she exclaimed excitedly as she leapt out of the bed and ran to share this whole letter with her parents and knew this was gonna make them freak out too!