Sleep did not come easily for me that night. After the rain subsided and everypony went home, I decided to call it a night, so I went to bed. I had some kind of delayed wing boner though, and spent the night trying to work them down. Every time I got them down, I would think of what to do tomorrow and BAM! Straight back up. At least they didn't do it when Twilight and I kissed...

FWOOSH

SON OF A... I just got them down! Ahh... well... what now... Well, since they're already up, better think of that kind of stuff now, I guess. First chance I get, I better go out and get some condoms. I doubt I'll really need them... but it doesn't hurt to be prepared. I wonder if...

"TIMORE CRAS!" Miles yells as he bolts straight up, scaring the crap out of me and making me fall out of bed. He stares forward for a bit before he falls back into the bed. What in the hay was that about? I get up and walk over to check on him. He still seems to be unconscious. I give him a light shake to try to wake him up, but it doesn't work, so I smack him across the face next, which only manages to get his head to fall to the side. Nothing... well, he did say weird things would happen, I guess this is one of them... what does ‘timore cras’ mean? Just another thing to add to the list of things to ask Miles when he wakes up. I go back to my cot and drop onto it... I need some sleep. I shuffle around until I get comfortable and finally let sleep take hold of me.

When I wake up in the morning I somehow find myself underneath my cot. How in the buck did I get here? I crawl my way out and head to the restroom. After I take care of some business, I take a good look at myself in the mirror. I try to comb my mane to at least look neat, but it's a losing fight. After a while I give up and head out to get some breakfast. On my way to the kitchen I notice that Twilight isn't home, neither is Spike for that matter. Whatever, this will give me a chance to go get some things I need. I make some toast, grab my bag and head out into town.

I first head to the local pharmacy. It's a small building on the north side of town. It would look just like any other building if it weren't for the large white sign out front. Ponyville Pharmaceuticals, catchy. I walk in and look around. The area I'm in seems to be a small waiting area, filled with a long couch next to me, and a small table in front of it that's covered in various magazines and newspapers. On the wall across from me, next to a door, there’s a small opening that serves as a counter, so I walk up and look inside. It's a small room meant to hold a single pony, with several certificates framed on the wall behind. There's a lower counter inside that has a register and a few piles of papers. On the counter next to me is a small silver bell with a sign that says, ‘Ring bell for assistance’, so I do.

Ring......ring......ring, ring, ring, ring...

"I hear da bell!" says a sassy mare from inside. A door on the other side opens up to reveal a middle-aged unicorn mare with a brown coat, a pink mane that's up in a bun, and a cigarette in her mouth. She's wearing an obscene amount of jewelry. "You da one ringing da darn bell?" She says as she exhales a plume of smoke.

"*cough* Yeah... I need to buy some condoms..."

"CONDOMS!?" she says loudly. "Aw what, little playa here trying ta get some mmhmm? You in our rosters?"

"No, I..."

"What ‘e want?" yells a high pitched voice from behind the door.

"Gurl you gotta see this, Mick Swagger here tryin' ta buy some condoms," she yells back to her friend, who gives a high pitched woo in response; what the buck. "Alright, before we can sell 'em we have ta have ya fill out our roster." She pulls out a clipboard and sets it on the counter. "Just fill this out and ring the bell when you’re done... ONE DAMN TIME."

"O-Okay..." I say as I take the clipboard and take a seat. What's up with that mare... it's like she can't talk without yelling. Mick Swagger, da buck. I fill out the paperwork as quickly as possible and trot to the counter. I set the clipboard down and ring the bell.

Ring.

After a few minutes of silence, I decide to ring the bell one more time.

Ring

"What did I tell you?!" she yells as she enters her room.

"Sorry, I just have places I need to go."

"MMhmm, yeah, places ta go," she says as she picks up the clipboard and looks it over. "HA!"

"What's so funny?" demands the voice from behind.

"Gurl you gotta see dis, bucking Pon Jeremy here tryin' to buy XL condoms."

"Oh no he didn't!"

"Yeah he did... look here hun. There's only one stallion here who buys that size, an' I ain't seen him here for a while. Imma set you wit' a M and..."

"But that's not my size."

"Oh, so you’re dick expert now, mmhmm. Yea, cause I can see yo pharmaceutical certificate on yo chest, mmhmm. Well then, let's jus' do a examination then," she looks down at the roster, "Doctor Storm Cloud, please step into the examination room." She pulls a bar underneath the counter and the door next to me swings open. Before I can say anything she leaves the room, so I go down the hall. This will not end well. I make my way to the end of the hall where I find the mare from before.

"MMhmm, jus' go in dat room an' wait for me," she says as she points to a room to my right. I enter it and take a look around. It's about the size of a large restroom, but has an examination table instead. Across from the table is a sink with a towel dispenser on the wall beside it, not sure why that's there, but okay. I walk in and jump onto the table, sitting with my bottom legs hanging off the side, using my upper leg to hold onto the table. As I wait I kick my legs back and forth and look around the room. Boring white walls... a sink... a small table with a couple of Playcolts on it... the door... wait what!?

"’E in there?" says the high pitched mare from outside the door.

"Yea, he in there." In walks the mare from before with another mare. The new one is a pegasus with a light pink coat and a light blue mane that is styled to point straight down. She wears an unholy amount of makeup and is also smoking a cigarette. "MMhmm, go ahead an' lay on yo back an' we’ll begin." I comply and prepare for what's about to happen. The brown unicorn zaps me with her horn and I feel the magic make my member grow. After a few humiliating seconds go by I reach my peak, getting woo's from the other two.

"Damn girl, dis colt hung like a dragon!"

"MMhmm, how that thing even fit inside ya?"

"Can we just finish up here so I can leave already!?"

"AW... why you so snooty booty?" says the brown mare, as she levitates a measuring tape over to me and gets to work. After a few measures I begin to suspect that she's just playing with me, so I swat the tape away.

"You done yet?"

"Aw hell yea," she says as her friend giggles. "Now the spell will wear off in one hour..."

"An hour!"

"MMhmm, that or you can help it along wit' da magazines... or ya could let us help ya out," she says in her version of a seductive tone.

"I'd rather waste an hour," I say as I sit up and cross my legs.

"Whatever, your loss," says the pink mare as she walks out the room.

"MMhmm, don't know wat he's missing," the brown one says as she follows her friend out of the room. I sit there for a while just waiting for the time to pass by, but my gaze slowly finds its way to the magazines. *sigh* If it'll help me get out of here faster, then may as well. I pick up the first one and look it over. The cover has a grey earth pony, with a red mane and tail, standing on her hind legs and facing away, wearing a skimpy nurse’s outfit. She's looking back and is giving a seductive smile, as her eyes are opened only slightly. I go to open to the next page, but it doesn't separate. Instead it tears with the cover, due to its probable prior use. Bucking sick! I toss it back on the table and jump over to the sink and wash my hooves. Does everything here have to be bucking gross? GAH... well... what now...

One hour later

I leave the room, panting heavily. I've spent the last hour doing pushups, sit ups, wing lifts, anything to keep me distracted until I regained my composure. When I do I walk out and down the hall to the door, but stop when I hear a familiar voice.

"MMhmm, will this complete your order, Miss..."

"Sparkle, and yes, that is all I need." Twilight? What is she doing here?

"’Kay, that'll be forty bits." I hear some money fall on the counter and some shuffling before the front door is opened and closed. What would Twilight need to get from here? I ponder this some more as I open the door and walk to the front counter. "Damn colt... what were ya doing in thur? Bucking the furniture?"

"Sure, can I buy the condoms now?" She gives me a funny look as she sets a box on the counter.

"That'll be forty bits." Forty bits... no. No way Twilight bought condoms... just... I pull the money out of my bag and pay her. I take the box and put it into my bag as I leave for my next destination. There's no way Twilight would know my size... or is there?

I spend the rest of the day flying around town getting ready for our date. I make dinner reservations at a local cafe, buy the tickets to the movie, plan out a route to walk after the movie, stop by Rarity's to order and pick up a simple black jacket for the night, everything is looking up. I glance at the sun and determine that it's around six, so I head back to the library to shower up. I land by the door and walk in to find Spike lying on the floor reading a newspaper.

"Hey Spike, what're you up to?"

"What's up Storm, I'm just reading, Twilight gave me the day off so I've been taking it easy."

"Sounds like a good plan, do you know where she is?"

"She's upstairs taking a shower, which reminds me, she told me to tell you not to disturb her and to wait for her down here until she's ready. What are you two up to?"

"Just a movie," I say as I walk towards the stairs, "I'm going to take a quick shower, just... keep doing what you’re doing."

"Can do," Spike says as he turns back to his newspaper. I make my way to my room and check on Miles real quick. Nothing different other than a little sweat, but he's been under sheets all day, so I ignore that for now and hop in the shower. After I finish I get out and immediately work on brushing my mane back. I normally just let it fall forward, but today I decide to try and style it. After a lot of brushing, I finally convince my mane to stay back. I walk out, put on my jacket and head to the front room.

"Just a movie huh?" Spike says from the side of the doorway.

"Heh, yeah... how do I look?"

"Clean." Thanks Spike. I look to the clock and see that I have an hour left.

"So... are you alright with this?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well... you and Twilight are really close... I don't want you to think that I'm taking her away or anything."

"I don't mind. If anything, I'm glad Twilight finally found a good stallion. Especially after that last jerk..."

"Don't worry about him. If he ever shows up again, I'll deal with him."

"Yeah... I know..."

"Something wrong?"

"It's just... I wish I didn't have to depend on others to defend my friends. I wish I could be the one to save the day." He looks away after he says this. I understand what he feels. I went through it before myself. I walk over to him and put a hoof on his shoulder.

"Hey, you don't have to be able to fight to be able to defend your friends."

"Yeah... but it helps."

"Tell you what. You keep an eye on Miles while we're gone, and apologize when he wakes up, and I'll show you a few tricks I've learned for self-defense."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Deal!" I stick my hoof out and shake with him before he runs upstairs. He's a good kid, I just hope Miles goes easy on him. I look to the clock and see I still have another thirty minutes. Oh well, what could I do for thirty minutes?

After looking through the book collection, I finally decide to read a book called Daring Doo and the - whatever whatever. I try to read it, but I can't get past the first page. It’s not that the book is bad, I’m actually enjoying the parts I read, I’m just getting really nervous. I keep thinking of things that could possibly go wrong, like, what if the movie catches fire? Or what if I get poisoned from the food? My thought process ends when I hear hoofsteps coming down the stairs. My heart starts to race as I walk towards the doorway to the stairs. When Twilight comes into view I fall flat on my face. She's wearing a light blue dress that has even lighter blue stars at the end of it. She has a few hair clips in her mane, resembling light blue stars, and just seems to emanate beauty. She gives a light chuckle as she walks up to me and waits for me to get up.

"Twilight... you look amazing." She blushes a little from this and looks away for a second, before she returns my gaze.

"Thank you Storm... you look very handsome." We stand there for a while before Spike walks in the room.

"If you keep gawking at each other you’re going to miss the movie."

"Oh... right, well let’s get going then Storm," Twilight says as she walks out the room. I shake my head and run out after her, getting chuckles from Spike.

"So what's this movie we're going to see about?" Twilight asks as we make our way into downtown.

"Well, from what I could tell from the poster, it’s some kind of thriller, romance. Or, that's what the poster says at least. Have you ever been to a movie before?"

"No, the theater is new to Ponyville. That, and movies are still too new for most folk around here to really get used to them."

"Do you want to see it? We could go do something else if you want."

"No, I want to go. I'm quite curious about these movies." We walk the rest of the way to the theater in silence, just enjoying each other’s company... or at least I hope we were. She kept looking up for some reason, but I didn't see anything to look at, so I just figured it was some deep thinking. We make it to the theater and stop by the front. The building has a pointed roof and is very long. The front is guarded by a pony in a red suit. We walk to the movie attendant and I give him my tickets, which he clips and allows us to enter. We enter into the main lobby and I turn to Twilight.

"Do you want to get any snacks for the movie?"

"Umm... how about just something to drink?" I nod and head to the concession stand. The stand is a long glass counter that contains various treats and snacks for sale. We walk to the counter and up pops Pinkie Pie in a theater uniform.

"Pinkie? Since when do you work here?"

"I dunno? What would you like?" O...K...

"Uh... we would like..."

"Something to drink, coming right up!" She says as she dives behind the counter. I look over to Twilight, but she only gives me a small smile in response. "Alrighty, a drink for the coup—I mean the two of you," she says as she pulls out a large cup of soda with two straws.

"Umm... okay, what do I owe you?"

"It's on the house, now you two better hurry up, the movie is going to start soon."

"Thank you Pinkie, come on Storm, let's get going so we can get good seats," Twilight says as she levitates the drink with her. I glance over to Pinkie before I follow Twilight into the theater.

The theater is dark and only lit enough to barely see the seats and floor. A large screen hangs at the front of the room as rows of folding seats sit facing it. I follow Twilight as she heads straight to the back and takes a seat in the center. We are the only ones in the entire theater and yet she wants to sit way in the back... whatever, as long as she's comfortable, I'm happy with it. I take the seat next to Twilight and look over to her. She's looking away as if she's reading a note, but when I lean over to see she quickly turns to me.

"What was that?"

"What was what?" She asks as she tilts her head.

"Never mind... so, you weren't kidding when you said that folk around here don't like movies."

"Yeah... I don't really get it, but then again, I come from Canterlot. Have you been to the movies before?"

"Once. It was supposed to be a comedy, but the only funny part was when the film burned and we all got a refund."

"*giggle* Well, hopefully we will have a little better luck this time," she says as she leans against me. Even if it did burn, it would already be worth it. I look around for the soda, but can't seem to find it. I would’ve asked about it, but the lights went out and the movie started.

A Dark Heart

The movie begins with a mare moving to Fillydelphia with her little colt. She seems to be trying hard to start over, but we don't know why yet.

"Hmm... he's a cute little colt," Twilight says.

"Yeah... pretty adorable."

The movie continues to show that the mom strives to provide for herself and her colt, and seems to be doing well. She meets two stallions and soon befriends the both of them. One of them she obviously falls for, while the other one falls for her. When the other one opens up to the mare, and she refuses, he storms off in a fit of anger and self-loathing. The scene goes to the first stallions home, where he goes about his business normally. Little does he know, the other stallion is shadowing his every move. This is making Twilight hold tightly onto my leg.

"You alright?"

"Y-Yeah... j-just fine... why, are you scared?"

"I'm good." I lift my wing and drape it around her, getting a smile and a peck on the cheek.

The movie begins to pick up pace now. The other stallion tries to murder the first stallion, but you don't see if he lives or dies. He then begins to chase down the mare, almost catching her at every turn, making Twilight EEP and hide her face in my shoulder. Just as the killer stallion is about to plunge a knife into the little colt, the screen goes white.

"What the hay?" I look back to the camera to see an orange mare tangled up in film... or I think it's a mare. She looks just like Applejack, but has a theater uniform and a fake mustache on.

"Uh, sorry fer that... there's been a minor... technical difficulty," he/she says in a low forced voice. "Just give me a minute ta start it back up," he/she says as he/she wrestles with the film. I turn back and look down to Twilight. She's practically squeezing my leg off and won't look up.

"Hey Twi," I say as I give her a little nudge, "there's been a little delay in the movie, you can look up now." She slowly picks up her head and peeks out. When she sees the coast is clear she brings her head completely up. "If you’re..."

"I'm fine, honestly. I just... things like that tend to get to me... a little." I smile and tighten my hold with my wing.

"If you say so. If you get too scared, you can always use my shoulder to hide..."

"I was not hiding... I was just protecting my vision by not looking at the screen."

"By hiding in my shoulder," I tease, getting a flat look from Twilight. We stare at each other for a second before she gives a little chuckle.

"Okay, I'm a little scared. But I don't want to leave. I have to know how it ends."

"Alright, I'm right next to you if you get too scared."

"Hmm... thanks."

Bang-Bang

The movie worker pounds the machine a couple times until the movie starts back up. The killer thrusts his knife down, but instead of hitting the colt, the first stallion jumps in the way and takes the hit. I knew he was alive. They fight for a bit, but the three of them eventually have to run away, and actually get away somehow. The three of them spend the next few days on the run, trying to escape the killer stallion, but he seems to show up at every turn. The final fight takes place and the two stallions fight to the death, as the mare tries to save her colt from some contraption that the killer had somehow set up. Twilight is under my jacket holding on to me as the fight unfolds, she's shivering lightly, should I find this as funny as I do? The killer sends a blow to the hero, but he dodges it and delivers the final blow, ending the killer. Simultaneously, the mare is able to rescue the colt and they all run out of the collapsing building together. Twilight pokes her head out and watches the last scene. The hero and the mare are looking into each others eyes as the sun sets in the background. They lean into each other’s and share a kiss as the screen turn black and the movie ends. I look down to Twilight and she looks back up to me. We lean closer to each other until I close the distance and kiss her. I wrap my hooves around her and pull her close as she returns the kiss.

"Umm... excuse me?" A theater worker says from the front of the room in a squeaky voice, ending our kiss. "How did you get in here? This movie isn't supposed to air until tomorrow."

"Then why would you sell me a ticket for today?"

"There must’ve been a mix up. I'm sorry, but you two will have to leave now." I look over to Twilight, who only shrugs and gets up to leave.

"Alright, we'll go then. Come on, let’s go get something to eat."

"Alright," Twilight says as she follows me out, leaning against me the whole way.

We make our way to Cafe Gourmet and wait for a waiter. Rainbow Dash appears in the Cafe's uniform.

"Rainbow? Let me guess, you work here."

"What? The tips are good here... now, I see you have a reservation, let me take you to your table." She trots off into the cafe and we follow closely. She takes us to a table that is situated outside with a view of the surrounding park. We take our seats and look back to Rainbow Dash. "Would you like anything to drink before I take your order?"

"I'd like a glass of red wine," Twilight says.

"Same here." Rainbow Dash nods and writes down our order on a notepad before running off. "So, Pinkie and Applejack work at the theater, Rainbow Dash works at the Cafe, does Fluttershy happen to be a park manager?"

"No... though those have been strange circumstances..." I stare at her for a bit as she looks around and begins to sweat a little. "Uh... I have to use the restroom; I'll be right back." She gets up and quickly trots to the restrooms. I laugh a little and look over the menu. She's lucky to have so many friends that will help her. I look through the menu and decide on the spaghetti. Rainbow Dash returns with our drinks, but looks a little confused.

"Hey, where's Twilight?"

"She said she had to use the restroom, so..."

"Aw ponyfeathers." She sets down the drinks and flies off for the restrooms. A few minutes go by before Twilight finally returns, looking more relaxed.

"Everything alright?"

"Yes, nothing is wrong... I just had to... go." She picks up the menu and hides her blushing face behind it. I just laugh and take a drink from my glass. Rainbow Dash returns to take our orders. I get the spaghetti and Twilight just gets what I'm getting. We spend the remainder of our time talking idly to each other. The movie, the wine, small stuff like that. When we get our food my mouth starts to water from the aroma. I try to take my fork, but Twilight uses her magic to take it and scoop up some spaghetti. I smile as I open my mouth and let her feed me. It's not half bad. I take the spoon and roll some up to feed to her. She leans forward and takes a bit from the fork... then spits it out immediately.

"What's wrong?"

"It's freezing cold! I don't think they cooked it properly." I go to take a bite, but before I could a large red blur falls onto the table, sending all of the contents in my face. I slowly wipe away the spaghetti to see Big Macintosh laying on top of the now destroyed table between me and Twilight.

"Big Mac."

"Eeyup."

"Did you just fall onto the table and send everything all over me?"

"Eeyup."

"Care to explain?"

"Nnnope."

"Why's that?"

"Well, I was talkin' with somepony, an' then this thing landed nearby an' sent me flyin'. Other than that I can't really explain." I look up to Twilight and see that she's completely clean. Well, at least there's that. The manager quickly comes running out and starts hollering at us. We eventually get kicked out so we decide to just go for a walk in the park.

The night air is giving a gentle breeze as Luna's moon gently lights our path. It’s getting pretty cold, so I give Twilight my jacket. The park is completely empty, not even giving signs of wildlife. It's just me and Twilight.

"Hmm..."

“What’s up?"

"You still smell like spaghetti."

"Hehe, yeah..."

"I like it." She stops walking and looks over to me. I step close to her as she looks down coyly.

"Twilight..."

"Yes Storm...?"

"BRING ME ALL YOUR VIRGINS!"

I swing around to see a massive Minotaur charging down the path, wielding a massive great sword. I push Twilight to the side and roll the other direction to escape his massive sword.

"Who are you!? What are you doing here?" I yell as I fly up to meet his gaze. He turns to me and gives a snort of a laugh before he answers.

"I AM GARY THE UNSTOPPABLE! I AM RIDDING THE WORLD OF ALL ITS EVIL! PREPARE TO DIE!" He tries to cleave his sword into me but I quickly shoot up and avoid the attack. I see his sword nearly slam into Twilight, stopping midair as her force field catches it. I shoot forward and buck him in the face as hard as possible, but he only gets pissed off from this.

"YOU DARE CHALLENGE THE MIGHT OF GARY THE UNSTOPPABLE!? I WILL TAKE YOUR SOUL AND DEVOUR YOUR FLESH, WEAKLING!" How is he the one ridding the world of evil? He charges straight for me and I try to move around him, but he does a wicked strike into my side that sends me falling back. I black out for a second, when I come to I found Twilight standing over me, holding me in her hooves as she puts a force field around us.

"Hey... what's with the tears...?" I say weakly.

"*sniffle* Please Storm... stay quiet... I need to try to fix you up..." Tears are pouring down her face as she looks down at my side. I look down to see that I have a massive gash on my side that's bleeding profusely. "It's okay... I can fix this... I can..."

"Hey Twilight... thanks for today... I actually had a lot of fun..." She grabs on to me and cries out as Gary starts waling on her force field.

"I AM GOING TO FUCK YOUR SHIT UP UNICORN! COME TO GARY THE UNSTOPPABLE!" With every strike onto the force field, I can feel Twilight tighten her grip on me. After a couple more swings the field shatters, and Gary steps forward with an evil smile. He hovers over us and tries to get something from under his chain mail, but never gets the chance, because Miles drops in and drop-kicks him away.

Fire... screams... agony... swords clashing... death.

I slam into consciousness and jump out of bed ready for a fight. Spike had been sleeping next to me so I accidently send him flying.

"Whoa! Miles, you’re up! I..."

"Where is everyone? What’s going on!?"

"Easy there, calm down. Everyone is fine. Storm and Twilight are out on a date."

"No, everything is not... a date? Really? Way to go, Storm... No! I had a premonition. Something horrible is going to happen tonight! We have to go save them, come on." I look around and start to put on my armor as Spike approaches me, shuffling his hands.

"Umm... Miles. I can't really do much, maybe..."

"I don't know this town at all. I'm going to need you to guide me around town..."

"Yeah, but..."

"That and you’re going to be our medic. Go to the first aid kit and grab a potion... NOT THE RED ONE!" He nods and runs upstairs. I finish putting my armor on and run to the front room, picking up Spike on the way. I stop at the weapon chest in the room and set Spike down. I need my sword.

"How do you plan to open it?" I flare the magic in my hands and slam them into the force field, shattering it instantly. I reach down and pull out my sword, slinging it across my back. I walk out the front door and look around. Nothing’s happened yet, maybe I can still make it. Spike walks out holding the first aid kit and looking pretty scared.

"You ready for this?"

"No. But if they need us I'll get over it."

"Uh-rah." I pick up Spike and hold him close as I flare the magic in my heels and take off in the air. "Where did they go?"

"The movie theater, north side of town," he yells back.

"Point the way." He points forward as we fall to the ground. We hit and make a small crater as I jump straight back into the air.

"It's that one down there," he yells as we fly over a long building. I twist and push with one heel so we stop moving forward, and push with the other so we hurl straight for the ground. We slam down in front of a young looking guy wearing a red suit. I walk up to him and grab him to stop him from running away.

"Is there anyone in this building?"

"N-no, it’s completely empty. There was a couple here earlier but they left a while ago." I set him down and walk off down the street.

"Fuck! Do you know where they went next?"

"No, but I imagine they would go get dinner next - let’s try Cafe Gourmet, it should be down the street." I nod and launch into the air. Spike points it out almost immediately, so I shoot us straight down. This time I run into a cart and send a red blur into the cafe.

"What was that?" I say as I grab the hilt of my sword.

"I think it was Big Mac." Oh... shit. I look over and sure enough there's Big Mac, lying on the ground in between Storm and Twilight. "Look, there they are, perfectly safe..."

"For now. Let's shadow them, I don't want to take any chances tonight."

"I don't know Miles... that's kind of creepy to spy on their date."

"I agree, that's why we're not going to spy on them, just stay close enough to be able to act if something were to happen."

"What's the... WWHHOAA!" I launch into the air and land half a kilometer away. "Dude! A little warning next time!"

"Sorry... now, let's make sure we stay near this path so we can keep a good view."

"How do you know they'll go for a walk in the park?"

"Dolum's class on Romance and other matters of the heart." I set Spike down and take cover behind a tree, Spike following closely. Sure enough, there go Storm and Twilight, walking down together. I look over to Spike and give him a smug smile. "See, our boy Storm here at least knows the basics. He even gave her his jacket. Smart boy." Spike just shakes his head and looks over.

"I think we have trouble." I look over in time to see a massive hairy... thing swing a great sword at Storm.

"What is that thing!?"

"It's a Minotaur!" I stand and unsheathe my sword, and begin to walk towards the two. As I set out the Minotaur scores a deep hit on Storm, dropping him instantly. I stop as my heart drops. No... no... not again. I watch as Twilight flashes over and puts up a force field around Storm and herself, but I can't move. I can't lose another friend... I can't. "What are you waiting for Miles! Come on!" Spike yells as he runs past me with the first aid kit held over his head. I shake myself and run full force at the Minotaur. He will pay for hurting my friends. I run up to them and drop-kick the brown Minotaur away from the two of them. I quickly get up and put my focus solely on the enemy in front of me.

"WHO DARES ATTACK GARY THE UNSTOPPABLE!?" He yells at me. He's at least two and a half meters tall, wielding a massive steel great sword. He has chainmail covering most of his body, and has two massive horns coming out of the side of his head that curve towards me. He has a cap on the top of his head that has seven gems going around it that are glowing lightly. His eyes are glowing red as glares down at me, readying his sword.

"I am Miles Eremita. Deverto pulvis et salutant mortuus." I raise my sword and ready myself for the fight.

Gary takes the initiative and does a goring charge at me, flailing his sword as he runs forwards. I sidestep and give him a kick as he runs straight into a tree. I stand there in a daze; did he really do something that stupid? He takes advantage of this and tries to charge me again, only to have me roll to the side and dodge the attack. This time I run up to him and give a few quick swipes with my sword, scratching his mail up and giving a few cuts on his exposed arms. He lets out a roar as he charges like a bull and slams straight into my chest, making me stagger back several paces. He focuses for a second, making energy seep from him as he makes another brutal advance to me. His initial attack misses, but the gems flash white and give him the force to connect the attack.

I’m sent flying back, but I stay standing. When I stop moving, I run up to him and pivot 'n slide into Gary, sending a deep cut across his chest, shattering the chain mail. Gary looks down and focuses his energy, sending a surge of healing over his body. He looks back to me and drives an attack into me, flailing his sword from side to side he hits me and sends me flying on my back. Gary walks up and is about to lower his sword to decapitate me, but I swing my free hand forward and take control of the steel. I send the sword flying into the air and with a pull of my arm send it flying into Gary. He staggers back and falls backwards. I get to my feet and walk over to him.

"Damn... where's that damn Band-Aid when you need that old bastard..."

"Any last words?" I say, as I lift my sword over him.

"Yeah... I curse that fucking sand bag." I nod and send my blade straight into his neck, forcing him to bleed out and slip into the void. I turn to Twilight and Storm and run over to them, dropping my sword on the way. Storm does not look good.

"H-hey Miles... glad to see you walking amongst the living... he he..." he says weakly.

"Stop Storm, please save your strength," Twilight says as she cradles him in her hooves. I kneel down and flare the magic in both my hands. Twilight looks at me for a second but I continue anyway. I lightly put my hands on both sides of the wound and push it closed, getting groans from Storm. I next send waves of healing magic into him. I take it slow so I can make sure to heal it properly, only letting the lines reach my wrist. After what feels like an eternity I remove my hands and sit back - there's nothing more I can do. Storm has his eyes shut as Twilight gently strokes his hair, come on you bastard, pull through already.

"Hey Twilight..." he says as he looks up to her, "have any plans tomorrow?" Twilight pulls him into a hug and plants kisses all over his face. Damn... that was too close.

Shout out to Kutushk for picking the movie genre, kingdok for picking the element that killed Gary, and jmlop0 for picking who dropped by for dinner. Thanks for reading and like always, Brony on!

P.S. Don't worry, this goes full circle... eventually.